Thursday, April 30, 2026

Robert E. Howard's The Lost Valley of Iskander

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Robert E. Howard created numerous series characters besides Conan. One of the more interesting was a 19th century gunslinger from Texas name...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

Boileau-Narcejac’s She Who Was No More

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Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac’s novel Celle qui n'était plus (translated into English as She Who Was No Mor e) was published in 19...
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Monday, April 20, 2026

C. L. Moore’s Judgment Night (SF Masterworks collection)

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Catherine L. Moore (1911-1987) is best remembered for her Jirel of Joiry sword-and-sorcery stories and her Northwest Smith sword-and-planet ...
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Monday, April 13, 2026

Paul Tabori’s The Doomsday Brain

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The Doomsday Brain , published in 1967, was the first volume in Paul Tabori’s Hunters trilogy. Hungarian-born Paul Tabori (1908-1974) wrote ...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Dennis Wheatley’s The White Witch of the South Seas

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The White Witch of the South Seas , published in 1968, was the last of Dennis Wheatley’s Gregory Sallust thrillers. Wheatley wrote in variou...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

John D. MacDonald’s Nightmare in Pink

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Nightmare in Pink , published in 1964, is the second of John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee novels. John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) was already a...
Monday, March 30, 2026

A. Merritt's The Ship of Ishtar

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The Ship of Ishtar is one of the greatest and most influential fantasy novels of all time but it has a complicated history. A. Merritt wrot...