science fiction Pioneering sci-fi and fantasy author C.L. Moore reads her 1933 story "Shambleau" Gareth Branwyn
Swords and Sorcery Frank Frazetta's Escape on Venus painting fetches $660,000 at auction Mark Frauenfelder
dupe 'King Arthur: Legend of the Sword' looks like a 2017 remix of 'A Knight's Tale' Jason Weisberger
timemachine This Day in Blogging History: Free Conan audiobooks; RIP JG Ballard; EFF vs bullshit patents Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Great free reading of Robert E Howard's "Conan and the Queen of the Black Coast" Cory Doctorow
Entertainment Blacksad: hardboiled detective fiction about anthropomorphic animals (no, really) Cory Doctorow
Kids Ariel: the unabridged, DRM-free audiobook of the classic swords-and-sorcery post-apocalyptic adventure Cory Doctorow
Happy Mutants Brust's JHEGAALA, smart, hard-boiled swords and sorcery with great poleconomy subtext Cory Doctorow