Tag Archives: Vintage SF

Throwback SF: Jirel of Joiry by C.L. Moore

Posted on June 6, 2019 by

C.L. Moore’s collected Jirel of Joiry stories suffer from the same problem as her Northwest Smith stories.  Each is spurred by one incandescently brilliant story and one great pulp character—here, Black God’s Kiss and the titular Jirel of Joiry—and feature … Continue reading →

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SF: Who Fears the Devil? by Manly Wade Wellman

Posted on May 29, 2019 by

Originally posted on Hillbilly Highways:
I went to a panel at the WorldCon in San Antonio a few years back on Texas Pulp SF.  Apart from the 800-lb. gorilla in the room, Texans were grossly underrepresented in the pulps.  The…

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Throwback SF: The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard

Posted on May 23, 2019 by

The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane is my fifth of Del Rey’s eleven collected volumes of Robert E. Howard’s work.  I introduced myself to Howard with the three volumes of Conan stories and then read the collection of his horror … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF: Check out my Guest Post on Tolkien at Pages Unbound

Posted on April 4, 2019 by

I am pleased to announce that my guest post on my personal journey reading Tolkien has been posted at Pages Unbound for their Tolkien Reading Event.  Here is a taste. Tolkien chose to live his life as a certain kind … Continue reading →

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Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Fully Illustrated 70th Anniversary Edition of Leigh Brackett’s Stark Trilogy

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

One of my greatest discoveries since I started reading vintage SF was Leigh Brackett’s The Secret of the Sinharat and People of the Talisman.  I’m thrilled to help announce that Cirsova Publishing, the team behind Cirsova Magazine, is publishing a … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: Northwest Smith by C.L. Moore

Posted on January 31, 2019 by

Hither came Northwest Smith, the earthman, sunburnt skin, paled-eyed, in spaceman’s leathers, a pirate, a smuggler, a gunslinger, facing life and death with an equal grin, to tread the back-alley bars and lost ruins of the solar system heatgun in … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: The Little Red Reviewer on Shambleau and Black God’s Kiss by C.L. Moore

Posted on January 24, 2019 by

Today for Vintage Science Fiction Month I am happy to host a guest post from official Friend of the Blog and fellow local book reviewer Andrea at The Little Red Reviewer.  Andrea has been blogging about books of the speculative … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein

Posted on January 17, 2019 by

I know that Space Cadet is a good book on an intellectual level.  But it doesn’t evoke the same kind of visceral gut reaction that Have Space Suit—Will Travel did.  There certainly isn’t anything remotely as gripping as the two … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: Nightfall and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

Nightfall and Other Stories is a collection of 20 pieces of short fiction by Isaac Asimov, including, of course, the novelette “Nightfall,” one of his most famous works.  “Nightfall” was Asimov’s 32nd work but in many ways his first breakout … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Vintage Science Fiction Month

Posted on December 27, 2018 by

It is almost the greatest time of the year again—Vintage Science Fiction Month!  Vintage Science Fiction Month is the brainchild of Andrea at The Little Red Reviewer.  The gist is simple: read science fiction written before you were born.  Write … Continue reading →

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