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Throwback SF: Cirsova no. 10 Giveaway!

Posted on February 7, 2019 by H.P.

Cirsova magazine remains the best thing happening in retro SF today.  I am way behind in my Cirsova reading, but that didn’t stop me from picking up issue number 10.  Or from picking up five copies of Cirsova issue number 10.  Obviously … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Cirsova no. 9 Giveaway Reminder!

Posted on September 27, 2018 by H.P.

Did you know that you still have four days left to enter to win a copy of issue no. 9 of Cirsova: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine?  Details here.

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Throwback SF Thursday: Cirsova no. 9 Giveaway!

Posted on September 20, 2018 by H.P.

Cirsova magazine remains the best thing happening in retro SF today.  I am way behind in my Cirsova reading, but that didn’t stop me from picking up issue number 9.  Or from picking up five copies of Cirsova issue number 9.  … Continue reading →

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New Fiction from Cirsova and Sky Hernstrom

Posted on August 6, 2018 by H.P.

Cirsova Magazine has four days left on its Kickstarter for issues 9 and 10.  Cirsova doesn’t mess around–issues 9 and 10 are paid for, but successful funding will allow the next issues to happen.  Cirsova is one of the best things … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: The Secret of the Sinharat and People of the Talisman by Leigh Brackett

Posted on June 1, 2017 by H.P.

My exposure to Brackett had been all of one short story, but for some reason I’ve long associated her with Edgar Rice Burroughs. After reading these two novellas, I think the better comparison is to Robert E. Howard (more on … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Leigh Brackett Giveaway

Posted on May 25, 2017 by H.P.

I have been building up my collection of Vintage SF for Throwback SF Thursday by browsing used bookstores and picking up what looks interesting by writers I recognize.  There are disadvantages to that sort of scattershot approach.  That’s how I … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Changa’s Safari by Milton Davis

Posted on May 18, 2017 by H.P.

Teen boys get a bad rap.  David Hartwell sneered that “the Golden Age of Science Fiction is 12.”  John Rogers gibed that “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.  One … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: At the Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Posted on April 27, 2017 by H.P.

PC Bushi beat me to the punch, and Jeffro wrote a full retrospective back in 2014, so I’m not going to do a full review of At the Earth’s Core. First, some fun facts from an Edgar Rice Burroughs panel … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Cirsova vol. 2

Posted on August 11, 2016 by H.P.

Retro SF instantly became cool when Cirsova burst onto the scene in March with issue #1.  Well, maybe not instantly.  I, for one, didn’t pick it up until a couple weeks ago, advance copy notwithstanding.  And note everyone has quite … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Cirsova vol. 1

Posted on August 4, 2016 by H.P.

In my post announcing my Throwback SF Thursday series, I mentioned that there seems to be a resurgence in interest in old-style speculative fiction.  Cirsova was front-and-center in my mind when I thought of Retro SF.  But I hadn’t read … Continue reading →

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