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Post by timothymayer on Nov 27, 2009 1:46:36 GMT
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 31, 2009 14:44:42 GMT
Well I do have one "Juvie" collection of short stories by Harlan Ellison. I tend to think in terms of 1970's when it comes to paperbacks and I just don't recall any of those books around. Perhaps if I went further back, I would. It still amazes me how popular they were in the UK. Perhaps, like westerns, they're a genre which went from Ubiquitous to Extintion.
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 31, 2009 14:40:02 GMT
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 29, 2009 19:52:33 GMT
Odly enough there doesn't seem to be an American equivalent. Which I find a little strange seeing where The Hell's Angels originated. Anyone know of Agro USA?
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 28, 2009 18:41:59 GMT
Now THAT is a cover!
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 28, 2009 18:40:10 GMT
Yes, do change it to "Z-7's HQ". The blog may have strayed from it's original focus. but I'm having fun just the same.
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 25, 2009 15:30:34 GMT
Here's an interesting comment from Paul Grahm: "I can see the evolution of book publishing in the books on my shelves. Clearly at some point in the 1960s the big publishing houses started to ask: how cheaply can we make books before people refuse to buy them? The answer turned out to be one step short of phonebooks. As long as it isn't floppy, consumers still perceive it as a book." Read the whole essay here: paulgraham.com/publishing.html
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 25, 2009 15:26:54 GMT
Thanks for the recommendation. The Lost Club looks to be a lot of fun. I've book-marked it for later reading.
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 25, 2009 15:23:39 GMT
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 24, 2009 20:35:18 GMT
You note the lack of horror novels in the book shops on this side of the big pond as well. In the 80's there was a big boom in horror fiction, but it seemed most places just carried King's output and used other authors to fill in the gaps. Then King's books started to sell not so well and the shelf space dried up. Which is too bad because a lot of good authors (KW Jeter, one of my faves) managed to ride on the wave. Now you go into a bookstore and there usually isn't a horror section at all, except this time of year.
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 24, 2009 20:24:01 GMT
Oh wow, a paperback tie in. You should try and find the movie on video if you can. It's goofy as hell. More 60's garage surrealism than can be imagined.
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 24, 2009 20:22:01 GMT
Yep. That's how I was able to read FINGERS OF FEAR. And it comes with the obligatory heroine running in fear on the cover.
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 24, 2009 2:35:45 GMT
Hello. I'm really looking forward to the complete translation of THE VAMPIRE. Its the only one of the Frank Braun novels I have yet to read. I found the other two in academic libraries. The entire trilogy is in Karl Edward Wagner's "essential" list.
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 24, 2009 2:19:37 GMT
Yes, "The Deadly P" is one strange book. As I said in the review, after the 1/2 mark the plot starts to run backwards.
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Post by timothymayer on Oct 21, 2009 2:05:31 GMT
Much obliged. I've modified my profile, hope it helps things a bit. "Rummah" is a pen name I sometimes use. Wish I still had that copy of the Birikin collection. I'm afraid it was traded off years ago. I do remember it scaring the BeJesus out my 18-year-old self. Glad you enjoy my reading log. Someday I will finish all those books on the Wagner lists. It's a lot easier to find reprints of them today than it was 25 years ago when I first encountered the lists.
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