Murphy, Brian

Entry updated 29 July 2024. Tagged: Author, Critic.

(1973-    ) US editor (in healthcare publishing) and enthusiast of Robert E Howard's Conan character, of J R R Tolkien, and of Heroic Fantasy in general; active in various Fanzines and online venues since 2007. An early print appearance was the essay "The Unnatural City" in The Cimmerian for April 2008. He has published a book-length study of the Sword and Sorcery genre: Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery (2020); this received a Robert E Howard Award in the "Atlantean" (best book) category. [DRL]

Brian Murphy

born 1973

works

• Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery (Orlando, Florida: Pulp Hero Press, 2020) [nonfiction: pb/Tom Barber]

links

• Brian Murphy
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

previous versions of this entry

• Internet Archive