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January is Dystopia in England Month
January is Dystopia in England Month !It's time for another 'themed' month here at the PorPor Books Blog, when I focus on a particular sub-set or sub-genre of sci-fi (or other literature).For January...
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Book Review: Pendulum
January is Dystopia in England Month !Book Review: 'Pendulum' by John Christopher5 / 5 Stars‘Pendulum’ first was published in hardback in 1968. This Lancer Books paperback edition (288 pp) was...
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Axolotls
Axolotlsby Cazafrom Heavy Metal's Even Heavier Metal1983Those were the days.............in 1983, a surfeit of worthy material led Heavy Metal editor Julie Simmons-Lynch to publish an 'extra' issue...
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Book Review: Riot 71
January is Dystopia in England Month !Book Review: 'Riot 71' by Ludovic Peters2 / 5 Stars'Riot 71' was first published in hardcover by Walker and Company in 1967; this Hodder Paperbacks version (223...
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Pink Floyd playing soccer
Pink Floyd Playing SoccerUK, 1970sleft to right: unknown; David Gilmour; Nick Mason; Roger Waters; Rick Wright
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Snowbound by Donald Fagen
Snowboundby Donald Fagenfrom the album Kamakiriad (1993)With a late afternoon snowstorm coming down here in the Central Virginia area, I thought it meet and seemly to showcase one of the more...
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Book Review: The 'F' Certificate
January is Dystopia in England Month !Book Review: 'The 'F' Certificate' by David Gurney3 / 5 Stars‘David Gurney’ was the pen name of the British writer Patrick Bair, who under the Gurney pseudonym...
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The Immortals of Science Fiction
The Immortals of Science Fictionby David WingroveMayflower Books, 1980'Immortals of Science Fiction' (113 pp) was published by Mayflower Books in 1980. It's a large (11 x 11 inches) trade paperback...
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Book Review: Angels from Hell
January is Dystopia in England Month !Book Review: 'Angels from Hell: The Angel Chronicles' by Mick Norman5 / 5 StarsAny overview of literature devoted to a dystopian England is obliged to include the...
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Burton and Cyb: The Tourist Business
Burton and Cyb'The Tourist Business'from Heavy Metal Havoc, 1995'Burton and Cyb' stories that had originally appeared in Spanish in the magazine Zona 84 in the 1980s were still being translated into...
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Real Deal Comix
Celebrating Black History Month 2019Real Deal Comix by Lawrence Hubbard and H. P. McElweeFantagraphics, 2016Here at the PorPor Books Blog we like to celebrate Black History Month by reading and...
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Teddy Choppermitz
Judge Dredd in 'Teddy Choppermitz'from 2000 AD prog 760 (December 7, 1991)I thought 1990's Edward Scissorhands was one of the most overrated movies of the decade. The whole 'tormented but saintly Goth'...
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Book Review: The Dream Millennium
Book Review: 'The Dream Millennium' by James White2 / 5 Stars'The Dream MIllennium' first appeared in serial form in Galaxy magazine in 1973. This Ballantine Books paperback version (217 pp) was...
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'Thoughts of Movin On' by Brad Johanssen
'Thoughts of Movin' On'Album cover art by Brad JohannsenFor the album by 'Lighthouse'1971This is another of the album covers for the Canadian rock band 'Lighthouse' for which Brad Johanssen did the...
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The Warriors February 1979
The Warriorsreleased February 9, 1979On September 13, 2015 some of the cast members of The Warriors convened at a fan fest on Coney Island, and were filmed riding the subway and greeting fans on the...
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Book Review: Maynard's House
Book Review: 'Maynard's House' by Herman Raucher2 / 5 Stars‘Maynard’s House’ ( 262 pp) was published by Berkley Books in September 1981. The cover artist is uncredited. As the novel opens, it’s the...
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Sticking it pre-order
Sticking it to the Mannow available for pre-orderVia a February 11 post at the Pulp Curry blog, I've learned that the latest illustrated overview of pulp fiction and pop culture from Australian writer...
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Futuropolis
Futuropolisby Robert SheckleyA & W Visual Library1978'Futuropolis' was published in November, 1978. It's a 10 x 10 " trade paperback book.It's another of those rather obscure 'sf-plus-art' books...
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Book Review: The Gorgon Festival
Book Review: 'The Gorgon Festival' by John Boyd2 / 5 StarsJohn Boyd (the pseudonym of Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, 1919 - 2013) authored a number of science fiction novels during the late 60s and early...
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