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Vintage Treasures: The Doom That Came to Sarnath by H.P. Lovecraft
The Doom That Came to Sarnath (Ballantine Books, November 1976). Cover by Murray Tinkelman H.P. Lovecraft, creator of the Cthulhu Mythos, was one of the greatest horror writers of the 20th Century....
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The Tuvela Theory: The Demon Breed by James H. Schmitz
The Demon Breed (Ace Books, September 1979). Cover by Bob Adragna Earlier this year, I visited my city library during a book sale. One of the things I spotted on their shelves was a novel by James H....
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The End of Time and Me: Michael Moorcock’s Dancers at the End of Time
The Dancers at the End of Time trilogy: An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands, and The End of All Songs (Avon Books, September and November 1977, and June 1978). Cover art by Stanislaw Fernandes When I...
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The World of Tiers and Beyond: Philip Jose Farmer, Part I
The World of Tiers, Volumes 1 and 2 (Science Fiction Book Club, November 1981). Covers by Boris Vallejo Philip Jose Farmer (1918 – 2009). Farmer was a versatile writer. I discovered him from his Sword...
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Some Remarks on an Unremarkable Space Opera: Galactic Gambit by Roy C. Dudley
Galactic Gambit (Lenox Hill Press, September 1971). Cover by Herbstman In my recent looks at less-remembered novels of the ’70s and ’80s I’ve covered some obscurish works by well-remembered writers...
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Tarzan and Beyond: Philip Jose Farmer, Part II
Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life (Playboy Paperbacks, August 1981 and July 1981). Covers: uncredited, Ken Barr Read the first half of this article, The World of Tiers and Beyond:...
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Chess in Sword & Planet Fiction: The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Chessmen of Mars (Ace Books, December 1962). Cover by Roy Krenkel, Jr. Chess in Sword & Planet fiction: I learned the basic rules of chess in grade school and liked that it was a game that...
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Chess in Sword & Planet Fiction, Part II: Dray Prescot and Gor
Dray Prescot 20: A Sword for Kregen (DAW, August 1979) and Players of Gor (DAW Books, March 1984). Covers by Richard Hescox and Ken Kelly My second exposure to Sword & Planet chess came in one of...
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G.W. Thomas on Science Fiction of the 30s by Damon Knight
Conan the Barbarian: Archie Style! From Everything Archie #111 (May 1984). Art by Stan Goldberg and Larry Lapick. G.W. Thomas has gradually become my favorite genre blogger. Not just because of his...
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Enter the Prince of Darkness:Dracula by Bram Stoker
“Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make!” Dracula to Jonathan Harker I’ve heard tell my generation had nightmares about nuclear war, worried someone was going to press the big...
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