The Sword Of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett (Ace, 1953) First published in 1949 as “The Sea-Kings Of Mars”, The Sword Of Rhiannon is among the best science fantasy stories to emerge from the later golden…
World Beneath Ice by John Russel Fearn (Borgo Press, 2012) World Beneath Ice (AKA Conquest of the Amazon) is not the first adventure of the Golden Amazon, although it’s subtitled “The Golden Amazon Saga, Book…
The Oz Encounter by Ted White and Marv Wolfman (Pyramid, 1977) The Oz Encounter was the fifth book in Byron Preiss’ Weird Heroes series. Launched in 1975, the series was an attempt to bring back…
The Dancers of Noyo by Margaret St. Clair (Ace, 1973) The Dancers Of Noyo is the last novel by Margaret St. Clair, published in 1973. Other than a few short stories and commentaries, I can find…
The Dolphins of Altair by Margaret St. Clair (Dell, 1967) 1967’s The Dolphins of Altair is the beginning of Margaret St. Clair’s “psychedelic” period. It would continue on with The Shadow People (1969) and conclude…
Message from the Eocene by Margaret St. Clair (Ace, 1964) Message From The Eocene is the other half of the Ace double book which is paired with Three Worlds of Futurity. I suspect this novel…
Seconds by David Ely (Harper, 2013) Seconds, by David Ely, was first published in 1963. In 1966 it was made into a movie starring Rock Hudson. I viewed the movie version and read the book…
“#2 Final Blackout. Another future history detailing the destruction of civilization through global war, also written on the eve of World War II, also bleakly antiwar”
– Karl Edward Wagner, 13 Best Science Fiction Horror Novels (Twilight Zone Magazine 1983)
QUATERMASS AND THE PIT by Nigel Kneale (1960,Penguin Books) “#5: Quatermass and The Pit. The third Quatermass teleplay, in which an ancient Martian spaceship is unearthed during expansion of a London tube station….
THE MOTE IN GOD’S EYE (The Mote Series) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (2011, Kindle Edition) Every now and then I find an older book which slipped past me when it was first issued….
