The Star Fox by Poul Anderson One of the things I like about science fiction is that aside from all the laser beams and spaceships, the stories are all about contemporary society. When Captain Kirk meets an alien with half … Continue reading Paperback Punk

The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett Confession time. We’re all friends here, right? I have never seen one of the William Powell and Myrna Loy “Thin Man” films all the way through. I’ve managed to catch bits and pieces of … Continue reading Paperback Punk

The Riders of the Sidhe Champions of the Sidhe Master of the Sidhe by Kenneth C. Flint Irish mythology is sort of a mess. Before the Christianity reached the island, literacy did not exist, so none of the pre-Christian legends … Continue reading Paperback Punk

Cyborg by Martin Caidin “Colonel Steve Austin, a man barely alive. We can rebuild him. Better, faster, stronger. We have the technology.” So declared the opening lines to every episode of The Six Million Dollar Man, a sci-fi superhero TV … Continue reading Paperback Punk

Legion from the Shadows by Karl Edward Wagner The Picts were an historical people who inhabited the region we now call Scotland during the early period of the Roman occupation of Britain. Not much is known about them. Even their … Continue reading Paperback Punk

Last Stand at Saber River by Elmore Leonard These days, Elmore Leonard is probably best known for creating the TV show Justified, or maybe as the creative mind behind Get Shorty. But before he got into television and film, Leonard … Continue reading Paperback Punk

One of my favorite past times is haunting used bookstores, looking for out-of-print and forgotten classics. My taste in literature tends to run toward fantasy, science-fiction, and horror, and I find modern novels too often weighed down by bloat and … Continue reading Paperback Punk

One of my favorite past times is haunting used bookstores, looking for out-of-print and forgotten classics. My taste in literature tends to run toward fantasy, science-fiction, and horror, and I find modern novels too often weighed down by bloat and … Continue reading Paperback Punk

One of my favorite past times is haunting used bookstores, looking for out-of-print and forgotten classics. My taste in literature tends to run toward fantasy, science-fiction, and horror, and I find modern novels too often weighed down by bloat and … Continue reading Paperback Punk

One of my favorite past times is haunting used bookstores, looking for out-of-print and forgotten classics. My taste in literature tends to run toward fantasy, science-fiction, and horror, and I find modern novels too often weighed down by bloat and … Continue reading Paperback Punk