Vintage Pop Fictions

I think this novel by H. G. Wells, published in 1896, holds up remarkably well, probably better than his other SF novels, and it’s still r...

Star, or Psi Cassiopea may not be the first science fiction novel (Cyrano de Bergerac’s Journey to the Moon, published in 1657, has the b...

Mr Denning Drives North is an unjustly forgotten classic of British crime fiction. Written by Alec Coppel in 1951, it can be seen as a va...

Some Chinese Ghosts , published in 1887, comprises Lafcadio Hearn’s retellings of a number of Chinese ghost stories. If you’re expecting c...

Buried for Pleasure , published in 1948, was the sixth of Edmund Crispin’s Gervase Fen mysteries and it’s an absolute delight. Edmund Cris...

Arthur Bernède (1871-1937) was a French author who wrote both prose and poetry as well as libretti for operas. HIs most famous creation wa...

Behind That Curtain , published in 1928, was the third of Earl Derr Biggers’ excellent Charlie Chan mysteries. The great Chinese detecti...