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Tierney's cosmology draws from Lovecraft, Zoroastrianism, and early mystery religions in equal quantities, and I'm of two minds as to the results. On one hand he carefully laced the Mythos figures and imagery into the historical period, with a better assemblage of the material into the actual cultures.
On the other I couldn't help but roll my eyes every time he trotted out the "High One"/"True Soul" concept and stapled it to poor Simon, an intriguingly developed character that stands well by him ...more
On the other I couldn't help but roll my eyes every time he trotted out the "High One"/"True Soul" concept and stapled it to poor Simon, an intriguingly developed character that stands well by him ...more
Review posted on Black Gate April 10th, 2022
https://www.blackgate.com/2022/04/03/...
Greg Mele recently paid tribute to Richard L. Tierney at Black Gate. That memorial post covers the author’s life and bibliography very well, so check that out
https://www.blackgate.com/2022/02/06/...
Tierney co-authored books with David C. Smith will be echoed here. The Goodreads S&S group is hosting a two-month group read of his work presently (March-April 2022), which spurred me to read The Scroll of Thoth: Simo ...more
https://www.blackgate.com/2022/04/03/...
Greg Mele recently paid tribute to Richard L. Tierney at Black Gate. That memorial post covers the author’s life and bibliography very well, so check that out
https://www.blackgate.com/2022/02/06/...
Tierney co-authored books with David C. Smith will be echoed here. The Goodreads S&S group is hosting a two-month group read of his work presently (March-April 2022), which spurred me to read The Scroll of Thoth: Simo ...more
Alot of people who have heard or read of Simon of Gitta or “Simon Magus” as he is more popularly known, know the Simon from the Bible, who is portrayed as a cunning, evil sorcerer and misanthrope. But what if there is another side to Simon we haven’t seen? A side that shows he was misunderstood? A side of the story that shows that the judgmental, sanctimonious fanatics of Judeo-Christianity were wrong about him? The collected stories of Simon of Gitta by Richard L. Tierney explores just such a s
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