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Penthouse May 1974
Penthouse magazineMay, 1974It's May, 1974. Despite being released in March, Terry Jacks'hit single 'Seasons in the Sun' remains on the Billboard Hot 100 charts - an iconic song from that year.The...
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Book Review: Slaying the Dragon
Book Review: 'Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons and Dragons' by Ben Riggs5 / 5 Stars'Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons and Dragons' (293 pp.) was published by St. Martin's...
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Wolverine / Nick Fury The Scorpio Connection
Wolverine / Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connectionby Archie Goodwin (story) and Howard Chaykin (art)Marvel, 1989 'Wolverine / Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection' (64 pages) was one of the 75 'Graphic Novels'...
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Book Review: The Oz Encounter
Book Review: 'The Oz Encounter' by Ted White and Marv Wolfman2 / 5 Stars'The Oz Encounter: Weird Heroes Vol. 5: Doc Phoenix' (216 pp.) was published by Pyramid Books in January 1977.Inaugurated in 1975...
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Magazines from Long Ago
Magazines from Long AgoVia transactions with chainsawdaddy2000, I have acquired quite a collection of Penthouse issues from 1973 and 1974. Look for excerpts of these gems of 70s pop culture in future...
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National Lampoon June 1972
National Lampoon, June 1972June, 1972, and 'Candy Man', by Sammy Davis, Jr., is the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. On TV, you could watch 'The Brady Bunch', 'The Partridge Family', and...
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Book Review: The Camp of the Saints
Book Review: 'The Camp of the Saints' by Jean Raspail 2 / 5 StarsThe Frenchman Jean Raspail (1925 – 2020) was a prolific author of nonfiction and fiction books, only a few of which were translated into...
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High Life
Celebrating Pride Month, June 2023'High Life' by Dennis Parkerfrom the album Like An Eagle, 1979Here at the PorPor Books Blog, we like to celebrate Pride Month by shining a light on some of the...
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At Bargain Books, Richmond
At Bargain Books, RichmondI've made a couple of trips now to Bargain Books, a used book shop located at 7228 Hull Street Rd. in western Richmond. Located in a shopping plaza, off of Wayside Drive, this...
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Book Review: Systemic Shock
Book Review: 'Systemic Shock' by Dean Ing0 / 5 Stars'Systemic Shock' (298 pp.) was published by Ace Books in June, 1981. The cover art is uncredited. This is the first volume in the so-called 'Ted...
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Installing Google Analytics 4As you probably have heard, on July 1, 2023, Google's Universal Analytics, aka GA-3, app will be discontinued. If you want to collect information on traffic to your...
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Penthouse magazine June 1973
Penthouse magazine June 1973June, 1973, and the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 is 'My Love' by Paul McCartney and Wings.Let's open up the June issue of Penthouse magazine and see what awaits...
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Book Review: A Stupid and Futile Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National...
Book Review: 'A Stupid and Futile Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever'by Josh Karp3 / 5 StarsThis trade paperback version (402 pp.) of ‘A Stupid and Futile Gesture’ was...
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Photography Studio LED Lightstand
Photography Studio LED Lightstandfrom GSKAIWEN (Shaoxing jingshen Photographic Equipment Co., Ltd.)I regularly photograph collections of paperbacks, magazines, LP record covers, comic books, and other...
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Book Review: Deathworld 2
Book Review: 'Deathworld 2' by Harry Harrison4 / 5 Stars'Deathworld 2' (151 pp.) was published by Bantam Books in September, 1964, and features cover art by James Avati.This is the second volume in the...
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Views by Roger Dean
Views by Roger Dean'Views' was published in 1975 by Dragon's Dream. It's a well-made trade paperback book, measuring 12 x 12 inches (i.e., the size of a vinyl LP record cover), 155 pages, printed on...
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Book Review: The Quality of Mercy
Book Review: 'The Quality of Mercy' by D. G. Compton3 / 5 Stars'The Quality of Mercy' first was published in the U.K. in 1965. This Ace Books edition (191 pp.) was published in the U.S. in 1970 (the...
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At McKay Books, Knoxville
At McKay Books, KnoxvilleEarlier this week I made a road trip down south to the Knoxville area. I had a number of goals in mind, including a visit to the newly opened Bucc-ees in Sevierville. But I...
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'Meatballs' advertisement, 1979
Meatballs advertisementfrom the August, 1979 issue of National LampoonThe story goes that Murray considered his role in the movie as something of a commitment he rather would not have made, and he...
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Book Review: The City: 2000 A.D.
Book Review: 'The City: 2000 A.D.' edited by Ralph Clem, Martin Harry Greenberg, and Joseph Olander 3 / 5 Stars'The City: 2000 A.D. Urban Life Through Science Fiction' (304 pp.) was published by...
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