Tag Archives: Vintage SF

Vintage Science Fiction Month: Dune Reread Report

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

I read Dune for the first time one summer while I was in college way back when.  Bounced off of it hard.  So hard I never bothered to read the copy of Dune Messiah I picked up at the same … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: Lord of Thunder Lacks the Thematic Weight of The Beast Master

Posted on January 25, 2018 by

Lord of Thunder is the sequel to Andre Norton’s The Beast Master.  It is the much easier book of the two to find, but it is also the much weaker book.  Which isn’t to say that it is bad.  It … Continue reading →

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Waiting on Wednesday: C.L. Moore

Posted on January 24, 2018 by

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme designed to highlight future releases that was formerly hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.  But with Jill away and no enforcement mechanism I am free to run wild and piss all over the … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: The Beast Master is Half-Western, Half-Planetary Romance

Posted on January 11, 2018 by

I had a heckuva time finding this book.  Like any kid from the tail end of Generation X, I had seen the Beastmaster movie countless times on cable as a kid.  And I picked up at some point that the … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: Read Dune Weekly Goals

Posted on December 28, 2017 by

Originally posted on RedStarReviews:
We recently announced the #ReadDune Group Read and now that we’re only a week away from starting we wanted to share the weekly target reading goals! This is a little tricky as there are so many…

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Guest Blog: Conan was dumb, and 4 other common misconceptions by David Thomas

Posted on November 15, 2017 by

Originally posted on Mighty Thor JRS – Fantasy Book News & Reviews:
? ? ? As part of my guest blog series I am proud to present another guest blog spot. David Thomas the blogger behind Conan the Cimmerian Blog (The Rambling Conan Blog) has…

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Throwback SF Thursday: The Vintage Science Fiction Must Flow

Posted on November 9, 2017 by

Originally posted on the Little Red Reviewer:
I had to scrape ice off the car windshield yesterday morning.  All the Halloween candy has been eaten. It’s dark when I leave for work in the morning, and dark when I get…

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