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Book Review: Harry's Game
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Mickey Rat in 'Bored to Raise Hell'
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Book Review: The Smoke
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Once again at the Library Sale
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On 4th and Broadway: Remembering Tower Records
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Book Review: The Marksman
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National Lampoon April 1971
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The Time Eater
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Book Review: Fell of Dark
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Battling Britons issue four
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Book Review: Bulman
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Book Review: Invisible Child
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The Best of Omni Science Fiction 1980
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Two sci-fi stories from Playboy, 1972
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Magician by Robert Holdstock and Malcolm Edwards
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National Lampoon, May 1978
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The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Free Comic Book Day
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Book Review: Dirty Pictures
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more art from Don Maitz
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Book Review: The Mad Scientists' Club
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