{"product_id":"flame-and-crimson-a-history-of-sword-and-sorcery-paperback","title":"Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBob McLain\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBrian Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Many Children of Conan\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53339052376429,"sku":"9781683902447","price":33.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/d0JFaWYyam5FMUJTTHg2Vjd5QU10QT09.webp?v=1778961220","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/flame-and-crimson-a-history-of-sword-and-sorcery-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}