The 10 Best Spy Movies You Don’t Know About
Most spy movie fans are aware that Dr. No kicked off the whole James Bond Superspy craze in the 60s. But how many of you know about the rivals of Bond, the lesser-budget spy movies…
Gold From The Golden Age: THE SWORD OF RHIANNON By Leigh Brackett
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…
The Golden Amazon: WORLD BENEATH ICE by John Russel Fearn (Golden Amazon 7-1)
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…
Set All Controls For The Heart Of The Sun: “C” (film)
C (299,792 km/s) C, released in 2013, may not be the greatest science fiction movie of the past 25 years, but it comes awfully close. The only disappointment I have with this film is…
Fuel Injected Suicide Machine: HOT WIRE By Gary Carson
Hot Wire by Gary Carson (Blasted Heath, 2013) Hot Wire by Gary Carson is one wild ride. The hero(ine) is a 19-year-old woman named Emma Martin who makes her living stealing cars with the…
I Spy #2: MASTERSTROKE By John Tiger
Masterstroke by John Tiger (Popular Library, 1966) Masterstroke is the second I Spy novel written by Walter Wager under the pseudonym “John Tiger”. Wagner had a rich career writing mystery and action novels until…
Black Conan: IMARO: BOOK I by Charles Saunders
Imaro: Book 1 by Charles Saunders (Lulu, 2014) Imaro Book 1 is the e-book edtition of Charles Saunders “sword and soul” novel which was first published by DAW Books in 1981. The original DAW…
Old New Pulp: THE OZ ENCOUNTER by Ted White and Marv Wolfman
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…
Margaret St. Clair Ephemera
As my obsession with the mysterious Science Fiction writer Margaret St. Clair continues, I find myself forced to seek-out tangential material. Recently, I obtained a copy of Margaret St. Clair: Space Frontierswoman (1986) and a…
Collections: CHANGE THE SKY AND OTHER STORIES By Margaret St. Clair
Change the Sky and other Stories by Margaret St. Clair (Ace, 1974) Change The Sky is the third and final of Margaret St. Clair’s short story collections. Published over ten years after Three Worlds of Futurity and…