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Valerian: Ambassador of the Shadows
Valerian: Ambassador of the Shadowsby Jean-Claude Mezieres (art) and Pierre Cristin (story)Dargaurd, 1981'Valerian: Ambassador of the Shadows' (48 pp.) first was issued in 1975 as a serial in the...
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Book Review: NYPD 2025
Book Review: 'NYPD 2025' by Hal Stryker0 / 5 Stars'NYPD 2025' (185 pp.) was published by Pinnacle Books in May, 1985. The cover art is by John Berkey. 'Hal Stryker' apparently is a pseudonym, as the...
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Ten Great Vintage Stories and Overpopulation and Eco-Catastrophe
Ten Great, Vintage Stories About Overpopulation and Eco-CatastropheStar Trek: 'The Mark of Gideon,' 1969The 1960s and 1970s were the golden years in science fiction literature for stories about the...
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National Lampoon February 1974
National LampoonFebruary, 1974Let's step back in time 51 years, to February, 1974.  The February 23, 1974 Billboard Top 200 album chart shows none other than Bob Dylan with the number one selling album...
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Book Review: Nightside City
Book Review: 'Nightside City' by Lawrence Watt-Evans 2 / 5 Stars'Nightside City' (227 pp.) was published by Del Rey / Ballantine in April, 1989, and features a dramatic cover illustration by David...
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Penthouse March 1977
PenthouseMarch 1977March, 1977, and the number one single in the USA, according to the Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart, is the rather mawkish 'Evergreen,' from BawBra Streisand. They liked their...
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The Story of the Stepback Cover
The Story of the Stepback CoverOver at the 'Sweet Savage Flame'blog devoted to vintage paperback romance novels, an interesting series of articles about the stepback cover, a major artistic and...
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Book Review: Hobgoblin
Book Review: 'Hobgoblin' by John Coyne0 / 5 Stars'Hobgoblin' was issued in 1981 in hardcover, with this Berkley Books paperback (342 pp.) published in July, 1982, with stepback cover art by Mark and...
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The Eternals the Complete Collection
The Eternals: The Complete Collectionby Jack KirbyMarvel Comics, 2022Â In 1975 Jack Kirby quietly returned to Marvel Comics, a company he had left, with some rancor, five years previously. Kirby's...
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Book Review: The Second Sleep
Book Review: 'The Second Sleep' by Robert Harris 4 / 5 Stars 'The Second Sleep' first was published in the UK in 2019 by Hutchinson. This trade paperback edition (432 pp.) was issued by Arrow Books in...
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Music from the 21st Century
Music from the 21st CenturyLP, GNP / Crescendo Records, 1982Â This vinyl LP was released in 1982 by GNP Records, which was prominent at that time for issuing sci-fi related albums (such as 'Greatest...
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'So It Goes' by Nick LoweStiff Records, 1976'So It Goes' is a single, released by Nick Lowe in 1976 on the punk label Stiff Records. It later was recorded in a li be one of the tracks on Lowe's 1978...
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The Last Frontier
'The Last Frontier'Interview with Beau L'Amour on Men and Reading 'Fictional Influence' (Substack) I periodically post here at the PorPor Books Blog on topics related to genre fiction, the state of...
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Book Review: Nameless Places
Book Review: 'Nameless Places' edited by Gerald W. Page 4 / 5 Stars'Nameless Places' (280 pp.) was published in hardback by Arkham House in 1975. Copies of these Arkham House books are rare and costly...
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Playboy March 1975
PlayboyMarch 1975Let's take a stroll down memory lane to March, 1975. Frankie Valli is atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his single 'My Eyes Adored You.' Minnie Riperton, the mother of Saturday...
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At the Green Valley Book Fair
At the Green Valley Book FairEvery other year or so I visit the Green Valley Book Fair, located in rural Mount Crawford, Virginia, a short distance from Interstate 81. The nearest large city or town is...
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Book Review: Berserker Man
Book Review: 'Berserker Man' by Fred Saberhagen4 / 5 Stars 'Berserker Man' (220 pp.) was published by Ace Books in January, 1980, and features cover art by Boris Vallejo.  For those unfamiliar with the...
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Heavy Metal Spring 1988
Heavy MetalSpring 1988Spring, 1988. Atop the Billboard 200 LP chart is the soundtrack to the film Dirty Dancing. To add insult to injury, a second collection - titled More Dirty Dancing - of tunes from...
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Book Review: Prison Ship (M. Caidin)
Book Review: 'Prison Ship' by Martin Caidin3 / 5 Stars Martin Caidin (1927 – 1997) was a prolific author of nonfiction books (mainly about military aviation) and fiction (mainly SF, thrillers, and...
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Playboy April 1974
PlayboyApril, 1974April, 1974, and atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart is a disco instrumental, 'MFSB,' by TSOP (the Sound of Philadelphia, the studio operated by Kenneth Gable and Leon Huff. Also on the...
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