Sacnoth's Scriptorium

So, in 1954 a man born in the 1890s and widely known as a critic, despite having a few literary pieces appear over the years, published a fa...

Question: How do you tell it's time to get a new oven? Answer: When the firemen get back in their truck and leave, it's time. More l...

So, for the first time ever, I think, I've been sent an advance reading copy of a forthcoming book on Tolkien. I've read unpublished...

So, we don't have basements, or attics, where I come from. And, since moving up north (and later west), I've discovered that the nic...

Have to say, the more I work my way through the new ruleset for the D&D Next playtest, the more I like it. Particularly liked the statem...

While on the subject of fantasy fans and writers making the pilgrimage to see Dunsany when, after decades, he resumed his visits to ...

So, Ray Bradbury's passing reminds me of his brief account about the time he went to see Lord Dunsany on one of the latter's trips t...