Mike Ashley is a writer and researcher who has been specializing in the history of science-fiction, fantasy, and popular fiction for over 30 years, having put...
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A recent work in literary criticism I picked up is L’Affaire Barlow: H.P. Lovecraft and the Battle for His Literary Legacy by Lovecraft scholar Marcos...
I recently obtained the book The Age of Dimes and Pulps by Jeremy Agnew and published by MacFarlane Books in 2018. I am always on the lookout for more academic...
I was recently sent a new fanzine: Ackermansion Memories #14. Put out by James Van Hise, it harkens back to fanzines of the past before the advent of print-on...
A new book that I came across is Masterpieces of Fantasy Art. Published by Taschen in 2023, and edited by Dian Hanson, it is subtitled “Myth, Muscle, and...
As previously noted, the fanzine Echoes ran from 1982 to 2002. Published by the late Tom Johnson with his wife Ginger, it is probably the longest-running pulp...
Recently I saw that the latest issue of Crypt of Cthulhu, #115, came out, and for reasons that will be clear, I figured I need to also review the latest issue...
A different kind of reprint came out from Steeger Books recently: The Camp-Fire: The Complete Correspondence From the Pages of ‘Adventure,’ 1918-1920. This...
With the release of the eighth issue of Men’s Adventure Quarterly, we close out the second year of this well-done magazine focused on men’s adventure magazines...
I recently got Will Murray’s Dark Avenger: The Strange Saga of The Shadow, his second book on The Shadow after Master of Mystery: The Rise of The Shadow. Like...