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Friday, September 16, 2022

Frank M. Robinson: "The Reluctant Heroes," "Two Weeks in August," and "The Fire and the Sword"

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I liked the three 1950-51 stories from Astounding by Frank M. Robinson that we read in our last blog post enough that today we are reading ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Frank M. Robinson: "The Maze," "Situation Thirty," and "Untitled Story"

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Frank M. Robinson's name came before my eyes recently when I read Harlan Ellison's collection Gentleman Junkie  and when I spotted a...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

The Black Star by Lin Carter

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For a time, under the First, or Lemurian, Dynasty of glittering Caiphul, a technological renaissance had brought science to new golden heigh...
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Sunday, September 11, 2022

Imagination, December 1950: John Wyndham, Mack Reynolds and Milton Lesser

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As readers of my twitter feed may remember, I bought a book of posters of art from pulp magazines in August.  In September I chose four of ...
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Saturday, September 10, 2022

The Haven by Graham Diamond

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Thus were the sides drawn; men, wolves and birds pitted against the wild dogs and bats.  A war to end all wars.  Win or lose, both sides kne...
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Harlan Ellison: "High Dice," "Enter the Fanatic, Stage Center," "No Fourth Commandment" and "The Night of Delicate Terrors"

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It is time to put Harlan Ellison's 1961 collection Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation behind us by reading th...