Event Review Eight Squared Bradford Eastercon Sunday 31st March 2013
New Wave science fiction, genre and gender politics and improvisational comedy.
New Wave science fiction, genre and gender politics and improvisational comedy.
Fans of the fantasy genre often fall into different niches, with each sub-genre of fantasy having its own successful authors and groups of fans. But are you enough of a fan of general fantasy to answer the quiz questions below? Some of these 30 questions are easy, others not so much. And some might even be a little tricky.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22nd May 1859 in Edinburgh, died 7th July 1930th Life surrounded by these two dates filled with abundance, not only the creative work of writers, but also extensive civic activity in his time he has brought international fame and inspired the French to do that for him, came up with a nickname, a good figure ‘.
Most have heard of Conan the Barbarian, but do they know the literary character and not the movie or comic books character? There is a world of difference, and Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan, was one heck of a writer.
Thieves’ World, a collection of Sword and Sorcery short stories released in the late 1970s had a strong influence on the fantasy genre, but specifically upon one fantasy author.
This collection of Robert E. Howard boxing tales proves the creator of Conan the Barbarian could write more than Sword and Sorcery tales.