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Shouldn’t the Missing Be Missed?
I’m a big fan of mystery stories, and I’ve read a lot of the genre’s major writers, from well-mannered Brits like Doyle, Christie, and Chesterton to hard-hearted Yanks like Hammet, Chandler, and...
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The Fundamentals of Sword & Planet, Part III: Michael Moorcock, Michael...
The Warrior of Mars trilogy by Michael Moorcock: Warriors of Mars (DAW, January 1979), Blades of Mars (as by Edward P. Bradbury; Lancer, 1966), and Barbarians of Mars (DAW, March 1979). Covers by...
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Tor Doubles #12: Roger Zelazny’s He Who Shapes and Kate Wilhelm’s The...
Cover for He Who Shapes by Wayne BarloweCover for The Infinity Box by Royo He Who Shapes was originally serialized in Amazing Stories between January and February, 1965. It won the Nebula Award, tying...
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It’s All Rather Hit-or-Mythos, Part II
The Haunted Palace (American International Pictures, August 28, 1963) Yes, a new watch-a-thon, featuring me, a hopeless procrastinator, plumbing the depths of cinematic misery for your entertainment....
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Pseudoplumes, Nom de Nyms, Birds, & Oooze: Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Language...
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin (trade paperback reprint from Perigee Books, 1980). Cover by Michael Mariano I’m not a big fan of literary...
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A (Black) Gat in the Hand: Kirby O’Donnell and The Bloodstained God (REH)
“You’re the second guy I’ve met within hours who seems to think a gat in the hand means a world by the tail.” – Phillip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep It can’t be a Summer of Pulp...
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The Fundamentals of Sword & Planet, Part IV: Dray Prescot by Alan Burt Akers
Dray Prescot #17-24, all from DAW: Captive Scorpio (1978), Golden Scorpio (1978), A Life for Kregen (1979), A Sword for Kregen (1979), A Fortune for Kregen (1979), A Victory for Kregen (1980), Beasts...
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Third Time’s the Charm: Avram Davidson’s The Enemy of My Enemy
We all have our favorite obscure or neglected authors, writers we get touchy about and on whose behalf we’re instantly ready to jump on top of a table, ball up our fists and yell at the top of our...
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Goth Chick News: BGPCZ Solos into the Unknown at the Haunted America Conference
Haunted American Conference By Black Gate Photog Chris Z So, sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip….. It was just another typical Friday night in the Goth Chick News bunker...
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Tor Doubles #13: Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Blind Geometer and Ursula K. Le...
Cover for The New Atlantis by Michael BöhmeCover for The Blind Geometer by Peter Gudynas The New Atlantis was originally published in The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction, edited by...
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