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Pulp Rock Book Review

When I got a request from Alexander Hellene to review this volume of musically inspired short stories, I had to laugh, because I am one of the least musical people I know. I can lose the beat of a song I am listening to. I’m sure I missed a

Linkfest 2022-02-11: OG Conan

Voidpunk: The Original Conan Stories of Robert E. Howard The three illustrated volumes of Conan the Barbarian [Amazon link] published by Random House were my literary introduction to both Conan and Howard’s work in general. I highly recommend these volumes. I mentioned these in another Linkfest three years ago.

The Power of Setting

Nathan, the Pulp Archivist, has an awesome blog up at Castalia House Why Settings Matter. He uses the tiki bar as an example of a bit of fiction that seemed so real that it perpetuated itself into reality. You should go read it, as Nathan along with JD Cowan is

Ice and Monsters by Peter Nealen out Tomorrow

Peter Nealen’s Ice and Monsters comes out on Amazon tomorrow in ebook and paperback. You can still get it in audio format from the Galaxy’s Edge store, but if you have an Audible credit burning a hole in your pocket, you are going to have to wait. Nealen’

Lay the Hate Special Audiobook Available

Lay the Hate, book 4 in the Forgotten Ruin series, is available on the Galaxy’s Edge store in a special edition ahead of the Audible release. The version available now has Christopher Ryan Grant as the main narrator, and Jeff Bosley reading the epilogue. The authors say the Audible

Timothy Zahn's Quadrail Series

I recently finished a re-read of Timothy Zahn’s Quadrail series. My first time was in 2018, and I was curious how well this mystery-like science fiction would hold up once I already knew whodunit. As it turns out, just about as well as the first time, maybe even a

Ed West's Asabiyyah is Free on Amazon January 9th

Ed West’s Asabiyyah is free on Amazon today. With Both Hands is a Ibn Khaldun respecter, so I recommend you get this book while you can. Other books by Ed West The Path of the Martyrs