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National Lampoon November 1973
National Lampoon November 1973November, 1973. I remember Thanksgiving of that year was unusually warm and mild, with temperatures up near 70 degrees. Usually in the part of New York state where I lived...
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The Awfulness of 'The Robots of Dawn'
The Awfulness of 'The Robots of Dawn'I recently was looking through the November, 1983 issue of Penthouse magazine, which features an excerpt of the Isaac Asimov novel 'The Robots of Dawn', which was...
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Tribute to Tim Underwood
A Tribute to Tim Underwoodat Bud's Art Books (Bud Plant)At the website of Bud Plant's art books, there are tributes to the late publisher Tim Underwood (1948 - 2023).Underwood was a science fiction fan...
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Book Review: Fighting Slave of Gor
Book Review: 'Fighting Slave of Gor' by John Norman0Â / 5 StarsI was in the mood to read something vapid. Thus it was, that recently I reached for 'Fighting Save of Gor' (384 pp.), published as DAW...
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Penthouse magazine November 1972
Penthouse magazineNovember 1972It's November, 1972, and the top single in the United States is 'I Can See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash.Why not take a gander at the latest issue of Penthouse magazine ?...
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Why Is It Me by England Dan and John Ford Coley
'Why Is It Me'by England Dan and John Ford Coley1979As Fall gradually turns to Winter, and the mellowness of the season comes fully to fruition, let's sit back and enjoy the smooth sounds of England...
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Book Review: Crystal Express
Book Review: 'Crystal Express' by Bruce Sterling5 / 5 Stars'Crystal Express' (278 pp.) was issued by Ace Books in December 1990. The cover illustration (fractals were very 'in' as a design theme in the...
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Return to Second Story Books Warehouse
Return to Second Story Books WarehouseNovember 2023It's been a couple years since last I visited the Second Story Books warehouse in Rockville, Maryland. So last week, on a mild Fall day, I decided to...
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Book Review: Planet of the Damned
Book Review: 'Planet of the Damned' by Harry Harrison2 / 5 Stars'Planet of the Damned' originally was serialized in Analog magazine in 1961. A paperback edition (135 pp.) was published by Bantam Books...
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Book Review: Nukes
Book Review: 'Nukes' edited by John Maclay 2 / 5 Stars'Nukes' is a paperback chapbook of 92 pages, printed in 1986 by John Maclay, a Baltimore-based editor, writer, and small-press publisher. I usually...
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National Lampoon December 1977
National Lampoon December 1977December, 1977, and Andy Gibb's song 'Love is Thicker than Water' is in heavy rotation on FM radio's pop and Top 40 channels.The latest issue of the National Lampoon is...
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Fifteen years of the PorPor Books Blog
Fifteen Years of 'The PorPor Books Blog'When I started this blog fifteen years ago I wasn't anticipating it would be so much fun that I'd do it for fifteen years, but somehow that has turned out to be...
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Book Review: Landis: The Story of a Real Man on 42nd Street
Book Review: 'Landis: The Story of a Real Man on 42nd Street' by Preston Fassel4 / 5 Stars'Landis: The Story of a Real Man on 42nd Street' (145 pp.) was published by Encyclopocalypse Publications in...
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Night and the Enemy
Night and the Enemyby Harlan Ellison and Ken Steacy'Night and the Enemy' was a collection of comics, graphics, and illustrated text bundled into an 81-page graphic novel from independent comics...
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Penthouse December 1981
Penthouse magazineDecember, 1981It's December, 1981, and the top single in the land is Olivia Newton-John's 'Physical'.Let's all gather around the Christmas tree and open our presents.........including...
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Book Review: The High Crusade
Book Review: 'The High Crusade' by Poul Anderson3 / 5 Stars'The High Crusade' first was published in 1960 in hardcover by Doubleday. That same year it was serialized in Astounding / Analog. It has been...
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Book Review: Night and Demons
Book Review: 'Night and Demons' by David Drake4 / 5 StarsDavid Drake passed away at age 78 on December 10, 2023. He certainly was a familiar writer to many of us who enjoyed science fiction, fantasy,...
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Eddie Mack Live at the Open Face Sandwich CLub
Eddie Mack Live at the Open Face Sandwich ClubPenthouse magazine ad, July 1975Leafing through the pages of old copies of Penthouse magazine, I run across all sorts of odd pop culture ephemera. This...
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Book Review: The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror
Book Review: 'The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror' edited by Stephen Jones 4 / 5 Stars'The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror' is a thick brick of a book at 524 pages, published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., in...
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White Christmas by America
'White Christmas' by Americafrom the album 'Holiday Harmony' (2002)So, as I was driving around I heard this song on one of the Sirius XM channels. It's 'White Christmas' by the group America. I'd never...
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