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Book Review: The Dying Earth
Book Review: 'The Dying Earth' by Jack Vance4 / 5 StarsThis paperback edition of ‘The Dying Earth’ (which was originally published in 1950) was released by Lancer Books in 1962, and features cover...
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Heavy Metal November 1983
'Heavy Metal' magazine November 1983November, 1983, and on MTV, in heavy rotation, is 'Say Say Say' by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson.The November issue of Heavy Metal magazine is out, with a front...
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Book Review: The Amsirs and the Iron Thorn
Book Review: 'The Amsirs and the Iron Thorn' by Algis Budrys0 / 5 Stars‘The Amsirs and the Iron Thorn’ (159 pp) was published by Fawcett’s Gold Medal imprint in 1967; the cover artwork is by Frank...
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Jim by Luc Cornillon
'Jim' by Luc Cornillonfrom the November, 1979 issue of Heavy Metal magazineSatiric humor infuses this strip, about an enthusiastic young man on his first safari to an unknown land....except he is maybe...
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Shadow Jack by Morrow and Zelazny Part One
'Shadow Jack' by Gray Morrow and Roger Zelaznyfrom The Illustrated Roger Zelazny (Baronet Books, February 1978)Part One The best of the five stories in The Illustrated Roger Zelazny is 'Shadow Jack',...
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Shadow Jack by Morrow and Zelazny Part Two
'Shadow Jack' by Gray Morrow and Roger Zelaznyfrom The Illustrated Roger Zelazny (Baronet Books, February 1978)Part Two
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Book Review: Amazons II
Book Review: 'Amazons II' edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson4 / 5 Stars‘Amazons II’ (239 pp.) is DAW Book No. 485, and was published in June, 1982. The cover artwork is by Michael Whelan. All of the...
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Propina incluida by Santos
Propina incluida('tip included') by Santosfrom the Spanish edition of Metal Hurlant, issue 26
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Heavy Metal December 1983
'Heavy Metal' magazine December 1983December, 1983, and in heavy rotation on MTV is the latest single from Genesis, 'That's All'. As Winter settles in over the dreary landscape of the factory town in...
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Colin Wilson dies at age 82
Colin Wilson dies at age 82 from The Telegraph (UK) December 13, 2013Colin Wilson died December 5. Born on June 26,1931, he was briefly lionized in the mid-50 when The Outsider, his analysis of...
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Book Review: 'Nature's End' by Whitley Streiber and James Kunetka4 / 5 Stars'Nature's End' was first published in hardback in 1986; this Warner Books mass market paperback edition (418 pp) was released...
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Tom Laughlin dies at age 82
Tom Laughlin dies at age 82Actor Tom Laughlin died on Thursday, December 12 at age 82. He had been suffering from pneumonia.Laughlin is best known as the feature film character 'Billy Jack', a cultural...
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Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy
'Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy' by Wayne Douglas Barlowe 'Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy' is a followup to the author's highly successful 'Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials' (1979). Published by Harper...
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Book Review: Tomorrow
Book Review: 'Tomorrow' by Philip Wylie3 / 5 StarsPhilip Wylie (1902 –1971) wrote a number of apocalyptic sf novels, with ‘When Words Collide’ (1933) perhaps his best known work. ‘Tomorrow’ (1954) and...
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Christmas 1983: 'Jingle Bell Rock' by Hall and Oates
Christmas 1983: Hall and Oates, 'Jingle Bell Rock'Thirty years ago, if you turned on MTV at Christmas time in December, 1983, you were certain to see this video of Hall and Oates performing the old...
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Steampunk: An Illustrated History
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Symbiosis
'Symbiosis' written by Bhob, illustrated by Jim McDermott and Shawn McManusfrom Heavy Metal, December, 1983
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Book Review: Fugue for a Darkening Island
Book Review: 'Fugue for a Darkening Island' by Christopher Priest2 / 5 StarsMost Americans are unfamiliar with John Enoch Powell (1912 – 1998), a conservative British politician who in 1968 made a...
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Heavy Metal January 1984
'Heavy Metal' magazine January 1984 January, 1984, and the 80s are kicking into gear. On FM radio and MTV, the latest single by The Fixx – ‘The Sign of Fire’ – is getting airplay. The latest issue of...
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Blood on Black Satin Episode Three
'Blood on Black Satin' episode threeby Doug Moench and Paul GulacyEpisode Three (from Eerie #111, June 1980)Here's the concluding installment of the series, scanned from the original magazine at 300...
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