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Hard-Boiled Defective Stories
Hard-Boiled Defective Storiesby Charles BurnsPantheon Books / RAW, 1988'Hard-Boiled Defective Stories' (96 pp.) has been issued by a variety of publishers, under various titles (including El Borbah:...
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Book Review: Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn
Book Review: 'Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn'edited by Robert Lynn Asprin2 / 5 Stars'Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn' (299 pp.) was published by Ace Books in November 1980. The cover art is by Walter...
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A Prescient Novel from 1990 ?
A Prescient Novel from 1990 ?This is a rather obscure near-future, dystopian UK novel from Sphere from 1990. They say that the best science fiction projects a believable future.........?!I'll have a...
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Book Review: Deadhead
Book Review: 'Deadhead' by Shaun Hutson3 / 5 StarsAccording to Grady Hendrix's 2017 book Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror Fiction, the runaway success of Thomas...
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Christmas 2021 antique store finds
Christmas 2021 antique store findsEvery year or so, I travel to upstate New York and make a visit to an antique store that sometimes will have a nice selection of vintage paperbacks. So it was, that on...
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Alien Legion: Slaughterworld
Alien Legion: SlaughterworldEpic Comics / Marvel, 1991'Alien Legion: Slaughterworld' was published by Marvel's Epic Comics imprint in 1991.This trade paperback compiles issues 1 (April 1984) and 7 to...
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Starting the New Year off right
Starting the New Year off right..........with 2000 AD titles old and new !
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Book Review: 'Tracer' by Stuart Jackson
Book Review: 'Tracer' by Stuart Jackson3 / 5 Stars‘Tracer’ (301 pp.) was published by Sphere (UK) in 1990, with cover art by Mark Slawoski. Information on Stuart Jackson is scant; according to the...
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Burton and Cyb: The Conquest of the West
Burton and Cyb'The Conquest of the West'by Segura and Ortizfrom Heavy Metal magazine, January 1996 Another little gem of comedy featuring the galaxy's two most gifted con men. This time, our boys have...
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Michael Fishel: Creations
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Bud Plant's Incredible Catalog
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Book Review: The Swords of Corum
Book Review: 'The Swords of Corum' by Michael Moorcock4 / 5 StarsThis 1987 omnibus edition published by Grafton (509 pp.) contains the three novels / novelettes The Knight of the Swords (1971), The...
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Paperbacks that never were by Todd Alcott
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Book Review: Dangerous Visions and New Worlds
Book Review: 'Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985'edited by Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre3 / 5 StarsDangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction,...
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Idi Amin article 1979
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Book Review: The Sword of Morning Star
Book Review: 'The Sword of Morning Star' by Richard Meade5 / 5 StarsIn the aftermath of the publication of 'Conan the Adventurer' by Lancer Books in 1966, the market for sword-and-sorcery paperbacks...
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I Believe by Chilliwack
I Believeby ChilliwackJanuary 1982As January 1982 segues into February, the single 'I Believe' from the Canadian group Chilliwack is at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song, a track off...
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Jim Osborne: The Black Prince of the Underground
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Pimp, Holloway House, 1967
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