{"product_id":"flame-and-crimson-bob-mclain-9781683902447","title":"Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery","description":"The Many Children of Conan\u003cp\u003eLittle did then-obscure Texas writer Robert E. Howard know that with the 1929 publication of \"The Shadow Kingdom\" in the pulp magazine \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, he had given birth to a new and vibrant subgenre of fantasy fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSword-and-sorcery went from pulp obscurity to mass-market paperback popularity before suffering a spectacular publishing collapse in the 1980s. But it lives on in the broader culture and today enjoys a second life in popular role-playing games, music, and films, and helped give birth to a new literary subgenre known as grimdark, popularized by the likes of George R.R. Martin's \u003ci\u003eA Song of Ice and Fire\u003c\/i\u003e fantasy series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery\u003c\/i\u003e provides much-needed definitions and critical rigor to this misunderstood fantasy subgenre. It traces its origins in the likes of historical fiction, to its birth in the pages of \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, to its flowering in the Frank Frazetta-illustrated Lancer Conan Saga series in the 1960s. It covers its \"barbarian bust\" beneath a heap of second-rate pastiche, a pack of colorful and wildly entertaining and awful sword-and-sorcery films, and popular culture second life in the likes of \u003ci\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e and the bombast of heavy metal music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bob McLain, Brian Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683902440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683902447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulp Hero Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.61d","brand":"Bob McLain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048872636671,"sku":"9781683902447","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ebbd66d-9bc2-46f7-9fb1-238788b45274.jpg?v=1684998314","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/flame-and-crimson-bob-mclain-9781683902447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}