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Book Review: Alfred Hitchcock's Noose Report
Book Review: 'Alfred Hitchcock's Noose Report'edited by Robert Arthur5Â / 5 Stars'Alfred Hitchcock's Noose Report' (191 pp.) was published by Dell Books in August, 1966. The cover illustration is...
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At the library sale April 2024
At the library sale April 2024Earlier this month, it once again was time to patronize the annual library sale, held at a shopping center in the northern part of town. With each passing year attendance...
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Book Review: Brak the Barbarian
Book Review: 'Brak the Barbarian' by John Jakes 4 / 5 StarsThis slim (160 pp.) little volume of 'Brak' tales was issued by Tandem Books (UK) in 1976. The striking cover art is by Bob Fowke. Some of the...
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National Lampoon May 1976
National LampoonMay, 1976May, 1976, and on the Billboard Hot 100, the number-one song in the country is 'Welcome Back', the theme song to the TV show 'Welcome Back Kotter', by John Sebastian.Looking at...
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Book Review: Weaveworld
Book Review: 'Weaveworld' by Clive Barker3 / 5 Stars'Weaveworld' first was issued in hardback in 1987 in the UK. This Pocket Books mass-market paperback version was published in October, 1988, and...
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Frazetta Book Cover Art
Frazetta Book Cover Artby J. David SpurlockVanguard Publishing, April 2022'Frazetta Book Cover Art' (167 pp.) was published by Vanguard Productions, a firm dedicated to classic illustration and graphic...
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The Helltrekkers
The Helltrekkers2000 AD / Rebellion'The Helltrekkers' (128 pp.) was published by 2000 A.D. / Rebellion in December, 2023. It compiles the series that originally ran in 2000 A.D., progs 387 to 415...
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Book Review: The Castle Keeps
Book Review: 'The Castle Keeps' by Andrew J. Offutt2 / 5 Stars'The Castle Keeps' (191 pp.) was published by Berkeley Books in July, 1972. It features cover art by Richard Powers. It's one of the first...
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At Bookshop on the Avenue
At Bookshop on the AvenueLynchburg, VAEarlier this month, on a warm and sunny Springtime day, I decided to take a trip down to Lynchburg and visit 'Bookshop on the Avenue', at 3407 Memorial Avenue....
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Book Review: Critical Threshold
Book Review: 'Critical Threshold' by Brian M. Stableford1 / 5 Stars'Critical Threshold' (160 pp.) was published by DAW Books, as book No. UY1282, in February 1977. The cover illustration is by Douglas...
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The New Visions
'The New Visions'Â Introduction by Frederik PohlDoubleday, 1982'The New Visions' was published by Nelson Doubleday / Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC) in 1982.This rather obscure little book, of only 87...
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Judge Anderson: Satan
Judge Anderson: Satan2000 AD / Hamlyn, 1996'Judge Anderson: Satan' is a trade paperback published in the U.K. by Hamlyn in 1996. It compiles two stories from issues 22-24 of volume 2 (1993), and issues...
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Book Review: Swords Against Darkness IV
Book Review: 'Swords Against Darkness IV', edited by Andrew J. Offutt4Â / 5 Stars'Swords Against Darkness IV' was published by low-budget paperback publisher Zebra Books in September, 1979. The cover...
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National Lampoon June 1975
National LampoonJune, 1975June, 1975. The number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart is 'Sister Golden Hair' by America. Also on the chart, at position number 4, is "Bad Time' by Grand Funk. Two...
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The Year's Best Horror Stories Series I
Book Review: 'The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series I'4 / 5 Stars'The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series I' (174 pp.) was published by DAW Books in July, 1975. The cover art is by Hans Arnold.The...
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Gene Wolfe and Pringles
Gene Wolfe and PringlesGene Wolfe is well-known as a science fiction writer, but also he was responsible for developing the process for cooking 'Pringles' brand potato crisps, as he details in this...
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Book Review: The Crystal Empire
Book Review: 'The Crystal Empire' by L. Neil Smith2Â / 5 Stars'The Crystal Empire' first was published in hardback in December, 1986 by Tor Books. This paperback edition (449 pp.) was issued by Tor in...
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At Wonder Book and Video Gaithersburg
At Wonder Book and Video GaithersburgLast month, while returning from a weekend trip to Baltimore, I decided to make a detour to the Wonder Book and Video store at 15976 Shady Grove Road in...
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Penthouse June 1974
Penthouse magazineJune 1974June, 1974, and the single at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart is 'Billy, Don't Be A Hero' by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods. Cool ! I remember hearing it on the little...
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Book Review: Into Deepest Space
Book Review: 'Into Deepest Space' by Fred Hoyle and Geoffrey Hoyle3 / 5 StarsFifty (!) years ago, in the summer of 1974, I joined the Science Fiction Book Club. My selections included 'Again, Dangerous...
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