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sSensor Sweep: Celtic Fantasy, Donald Wollheim, Creepy Magazine, Hideous Creatures
Monday , 12, November 2018 Sensor Sweep 2 CommentsPopular Culture (Men of Violence): Historical fiction special! Vikings! Roman soldiers! Pirates! Swash-buckling soldiers of fortune!68 pages, all colour, packed with reproductions of rare and unusual paperbacks.Articles, reviews, interviews and features on Casca, Gardner Fox, Henry Treece, Talbot Mundy, Rosemary Sutcliff, Rafael Sabatini and forgotten cover artists. Fiction (DMR Books): Awhile […]
This is a book from Osprey that I have waited for a long time. I think I first became aware of the Netherlands East Indies in WW2 in the novel Tarzan and the Foreign Legion. In that novel, Col. John Clayton, Lord Greystoke is shot down while an observer on an American heavy bomber on […]
At the end of the 1940s, photos emerge of Hermann Göring alive and well in Namibia. Fearing that her once Allies have stabbed her in the back, Great Britain sends secret agent Kathy Austin to Africa to investigate. She attempts to track down the photographer, but finds him murdered, along with several informants. Kathy tracks […]
New Release Roundup, 10 November 2018: Fantasy and Adventure
Saturday , 10, November 2018 Just Released 2 CommentsThis week’s roundup of the newest releases in fantasy and adventure features dragons, druids, dwarves, and, not one, but two renowned zombie series. American Operator (Tier One Thrillers #4) – Jeffrey Wilson and Brian Andrews A shocking attack in Ankara leaves the US Ambassador to Turkey dead and his chief of staff, Amanda Allen, in the hands […]
Short Reviews – The Double Minds, by John W. Campbell
Friday , 9, November 2018 Uncategorized Leave a commentThe Double Minds by John W. Campbell was originally published in the August 1937 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories and was the featured novelette in the Winter 1954 issue of Fantastic Story Magazine. It can be read here at Archive.org. So, John W. Campbell wrote a high-octane madcap action raygun adventure, and, well… Bless his […]
For those of you who have been emailing and wanting to back the AH:Q campaign, we will open it up again as soon as we have the full site operative, complete with the crowdfunding element. We plan to run the AH:Q campaign for 28 more days in order to allow everyone to support AH:Q and […]
The quaint notion of conspiracies composed of smoky rooms filled with shadowy old men playing Stromboli to the common man’s Pinocchio has been dealt a serious blow over the last few years. They mystery and danger of modern-day conspiracies has been ruined thanks to major media coverage of Hilary’s unsecured email server, Peter Strzok’s mincing […]
The tenth volume of Jay Allan’s Blood on the Stars series. Night is falling. The unstoppable Hegemony invasion has reached the very heart of the Confederation. Battle after desperate battle has been fought, and each time, the Confeds have been pushed back, columns of battered and blasted ship retreating from system to system. Now, they […]
Castalia House New Release: POP KULT WARLORD
Wednesday , 7, November 2018 Just Released Leave a commentCastalia House is extremely proud to announce the publication of POP KULT WARLORD, the second book in the Soda Pop Soldier series, by one of the best-selling authors in science fiction, Nick Cole! It’s way more than just a game! PerfectQuestion is back! Running and gunning his way across an incredible civilization-building game set on Mars. But this […]
The thrilling conclusion to Daniel Humphreys’ acclaimed Z-Day trilogy! “We stand on the brink, ready to reclaim this continent. Our fight today is not for resources or supplies. We’re coming home.” The future is now. Equipped with a mix of primitive and bleeding-edge technologies, the US military is bringing everything we have left to bear […]
The Dead: When Making a Zombie Movie Almost Kills You
Monday , 5, November 2018 Movies Leave a commentThe Dead is a legitimate cinematic achievement. Shot on location in Burkina Faso, in West Africa, the twelve-week shoot saw the cast and crew face corrupt cops and officials (who demanded bribes to do their jobs and who occasionally mugged members of the production team), food poisoning, dysentery, and malaria, and the sudden death of […]
Sensor Sweep: John Myers Myers, Dave Duncan, Mental State, Warcraft III
Monday , 5, November 2018 Sensor Sweep 8 CommentsPublishing (DMR Books): We’re now open for submissions! You have until the end of November to send us your best sword and sorcery stories. All the details can be found here. We’re looking forward to discovering some talented new authors! Fiction (DMR Books): Author John Myers Myers passed on thirty years ago today. If for no other […]