Rough Edges

It’s been too long since I read a Carter Brown novel, so Idecided to pick up where I left off in Stark House’s reprinting of the originalversions of the Al Wheeler novels published in Australia. DELILAH WAS DEADLY isthe third book in the series and was...

I don't think I've ever run across an issue of SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY. This looks like a pretty good one. I like the dramatic cover by Kelly Freas, and there are some good writers inside: C.M. Kornbluth, Frank Belknap Long, L. Sprague de Camp, and...

This is a pulp that I own and read recently. That’s my copyin the scan, featuring the usual excellent cover by Sam Cherry. That guy musthave been tireless. He turned out a ton of pulp and paperback covers, all ofthem fine work.
The Jim Hatfield novel in this issue of TEXAS RANGERS has been attributed toJoseph Chadwick. It begins with Hatfield receiving a mysterious assignment fromnot only his regular Ranger boss, Cap’n Bill McDowell, but also from thegovernor of Texas his own...

(This post originally appeared in a somewhat different form on March 27, 2009.)
PUSHOVER is the story of Danny Fulton, a small-time con man who, along with a couple of partners, specializes in a scam involving community histories and the Federal Writers Project of the WPA (the first time I’ve encountered that particular angle in...