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Diary Spy Adventure Review: NICK CARTER – The Golden Serpent.NICK CARTER – The Golden Serpent. Nick Carter #20. Award A216F, paperback original; 1st printing, January 1967....
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A TV Episode Review: FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE “Search in the Night” (1953).FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE . “Search in the Night.”. CBS, 05 Nov 1953 (Season 2, Episode 7). Frank Lovejoy (Randy Stone), Frances Rafferty,...
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An Archived Mystery Review by Barry Gardner: BARRY NORMAN – The Butterfly Tattoo.REVIEWED BY BARRY GARDNER: BARRY NORMAN – The Butterfly Tattoo. Bobby Lennox #2, St. Martin’s,...
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Reviewed by Tony Baer: DOUGLAS FAIRBAIRN – Street 8.Reviewed by TONY BAER: DOUGLAS FAIRBAIRN – Street 8. Delacorte, hardcover 1977. Reprint paperback: Dell, 1978....
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Music I’m Listening To: LEWIS “L’Amour.”Out of all the records that Light In The Attic has helped the world discover, none are shrouded in as much mystery as Lewis’ L’Amour. The...
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Music I’m Listening To: PAUL WILLIAMS “The Hell of It.”SELECTED BY JONATHAN LEWIS: Song from the end credits of Brian De Palma’s The Phantom of the...
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A 1001 Midnights Review: PETER DICKINSON – The Last Houseparty.A 1001 MIDNIGHTS Review by Marcia Muller PETER DICKINSON – The Last Houseparty. Pantheon, US. hardcover,...
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A Mystery Review by David Vineyard: DONALD HENDERSON – A Voice Like Velvet.REVIEWED BY DAVID VINEYARD: DONALD HENDERSON – A Voice Like Velvet. Random House, US, hardcover, 1946....
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Archived Mystery Review: LIA MATERA – A Radical Departure.LIA MATERA – A Radical Departure. Willa Jansson #2. Bantam, paperback original; 1st printing, March 1988. Ballantine, paperback,...
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Music I’m Listening To: BLONDIE “Heart Of Glass.”This one caught my attention the first time I heard it on the radio. It’s even better live. (Even if it’s lip-synced, as it probably...
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SF Stories I’m Reading: CONNIE WILLIS “The Sidon in the Mirror.”CONNIE WILLIS “The Sidon in the Mirror.” Novelette. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine , April 1983. Reprinted...
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A PI Mystery Review: CATHERINE DAIN – Bet Against the House.CATHERINE DAIN – Bet Against the House. Freddie O’Neil #5. Berkley, paperback original; 1st printing, February 1995....
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Diary SF Review: ANALOG SF – June 1967.ANALOG SF – June 1967. Editor: John W. Campbell. Cover artist: by John Schoenherr. Overall rating: ** ½. MACK REYNOLDS...
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An Archived Review by Barry Gardner: MICHAEL McGARRITY – Tularosa.REVIEWED BY BARRY GARDNER: MICHAEL McGARRITY – Tularosa. Kevin Kerney #1. Norton, hardcover, 1996. Pocket,...
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Reviewed by Tony Baer: LEN ZINBERG- Walk Hard — Talk Loud.REVIEWED BY TONY BAER: LEN ZINBERG – Walk Hard — Talk Loud. Bobbs Merrill, hardcover, 1940. Lion #29,...
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A 1001 Midnights Review: CHARLES DICKENS – The Mystery of Edwin Drood.A 1001 MIDNIGHTS Review by Mark Johnson CHARLES DICKENS – The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Published...
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Reviewed by David Vineyard: ARTURO PEREZ-REVERTE – What We Become.REVIEWED BY DAVID VINEYARD: ARTURO PEREZ-REVERTE – What We Become. Spanish title: El Tango de la Guardia...
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Reviewed by Tony Baer: ROCKWELL KENT – N by E.ROCKWELL KENT – N by E. Brewer & Warren, hardcover, 1930. Blue Ribbon Books, hardcover, 1933. Wesleyan University Press, hardcover,...
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An Archived Movie Review: GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953).GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES . 20th Century Fox, 1953. Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George...
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SF Stories I’m Reading: IAN WATSON “Slow Birds.”IAN WATSON “Slow Birds.” Novelette. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , June 1983. Reprinted in The...
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A SF Diary Review: JOHN BRUNNER – Born Under Mars.JOHN BRUNNER – Born Under Mars. Ace G-664, paperback original, 1st printing, [October] 1967. Cover art by John Schoenherr....
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A Golden Age Mystery Review: HELEN McCLOY – Who’s Calling?HELEN McCLOY – Who’s Calling? Basil Willing #4. William Morrow, hardcover, 1942, Dell #151, mapback edition [1947]; cover art by...
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Nero Wolfe on Page and (Small U.S.) Screen: Prisoner’s Base by Matthew R. BradleyNero Wolfe on Page and (Small U.S.) Screen: Prisoner’s Base by Matthew R. Bradley In Rex...
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A TV Episode Review: SHEENA: QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE “Crash in the Jungle” (1955).SHEENA: QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE “Crash in the Jungle.” Syndicated, 01 September 1955 (Season One, Episode One). Irish McCalla (Sheena),...
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Stories I’m Reading: MICHAEL CANFIELD “We Both Loved Scandies.”MICHAEL CANFIELD “We Both Loved Scandies.” Lead story in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine , July/August 2023. The...
