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Book Review: Golden Eyes
Book Review: 'Golden Eyes' by John Gideon3 / 5 Stars'Golden Eyes' is a rarity among Paperbacks from Hell in that it was published both in hardcover and mass-market paperback editions in 1994. Both...
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Paperback art of John Holmes
The Paperback Art of John Holmes at 'The Paperback Palette'A very nice pictorial at the website of 'The Paperback Palette' on the art of the UK's John Holmes (1935 - 2011). If you grew up during the...
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Book Review: Last Rites
Book Review: 'Last Rites' by Jorge Saralegui1 / 5 Stars'Last Rites' (279 pp.) was published by Charter / Berkley Books in November, 1985. The cover artist is uncredited.The prologue of 'Rites' depicts,...
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Return to Normals
Back to NormalsIt was a mild Autumn day, warm, with hazy sunshine, and it had been 4 1/2 years since my last visit, so I risked the badly damaged, potholed, decaying streets of Baltimore to travel to...
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Book Review: Psi High and Others
Book Review: 'Psi High and Others' by Alan E. Nourse2 / 5 Stars'Psi High and Others' (157 pp.) was published by Ace Books in 1967. The cover art is by Don Ivan Punchatz.Alan E. Nourse (1928-1992) is...
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Killraven Epic Collection
Killraven: Warrior of the WorldsMarvel Epic Collection, 2021'Killraven: Warrior of the Worlds' was published in 2021. As an entry in Marvel's 'Epic Collection' imprint, it's designed to be an...
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Return to the Library Sale
Return to the Library SaleWell, it was time once again for the library's used book Sale, and I stuffed some bills in my pocket and headed off to the shopping center where the Sale was to take place....
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Book Review: Software
Book Review: 'Software' by Rudy Rucker1 / 5 Stars'Software' (211 pp.) was published by Ace Books in January, 1982. The cover artist is uncredited. It's the first volume in the so-called 'Ware' series,...
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National Lampoon November 1979
National Lampoon, November 1979It's that time to travel back in time, 43 years, to November, 1979. On the radio, in heavy rotation, are 'Babe' by Styx; 'Escape (The Pina Colada Song)', by Rupert...
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Burton and Cyb: The Next God Will Be A Better One
Burton and Cyb'The Next God Will Be A Better One'from Heavy Metal magazine, March 1989The March, 1989 issue of Heavy Metal magazine features cover art by Luis Royo. By now, editor Julie Simmons-Lynch...
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'Stranger' by Shakatak
'Stranger' by ShakatakLooking through the old singles charts for the UK always is interesting. For the last half of November, 1982, at position No. 53 we find the single 'Stranger', from the band...
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Book Review: Blue World
Book Review: 'Blue World' by Robert R. McCammon 4 / 5 Stars'Blue World' (435 pp.) was published by Pocket Books in April, 1990, and features cover art by James Warren. The book is long out of print,...
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At Hobart
At HobartNovember, 2022Hobart, New York, is a strange little place. It's a 'middle-of-nowhere' sort of place. It's a hamlet in Delaware County, about a half-hour drive east from Oneonta. To get to...
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Exterminator 17: The Ellis Trilogy
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Book Review: Elric of Melnibone
Book Review: 'Elric of Melnibone' by Michael Moorcock5 / 5 StarsIt's been 50 (!) years since the first publication of 'Elric of Melnibone', so I recently sat down with a copy of the DAW Books paperback...
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The Judge Dredd Collection
The Judge Dredd CollectionIPC Magazines, Ltd., 1985My local comic book store occasionally has some really off-the-wall items scattered around its shelves along with the inevitable X-Men and Superman...
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Book Review: Dark Stars
Book Review: 'Dark Stars' by Thomas F. Monteleone3 / 5 Stars'Dark Stars and Other Illuminations' (181 pp.) was published by Doubleday / Science Fiction Book Club in April, 1981. As best as I can tell,...
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Interview with Artist Jean Michelle Nicollet
Interview with Artist Jean Michelle NicolletVICE France, November 2019Among the most memorable pieces to appear in Metal Hurlant and Heavy Metal during the late 1970s and early 1980s were those from...
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Defeat Comics: National Lampoon August 1971
DefeatComicsfrom National Lampoon, August 1971The My Lai Massacre, which took place on March 16, 1968, and resulted in the deaths of some 504 South Vietnamese civilians, was very much in the news in...
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Book Review: The War Hound and the World's Pain
Book Review: 'The War Hound and the World's Pain' by Michael Moorcock 2 / 5 Stars'The War Hound and the World's Pain' first was published in 1981 in the U.S. as a Timescape book (239 pp.) from Pocket...
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