The third book of Otis Adelbert Kline’s Venus trilogy is The Port of Peril. For some reason it is the only one of the three that takes the definite article. Robert Grandon once again takes center stage. While I do miss the immediacy of the first-person narration of the second book, Port is a significant… Continue reading The Port of Peril. Moderately Perilous.
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“The Long Gambit” Takes Flight.
Twilight Galaxy: Long Gambit, the second volume of the Twilight Galaxy series was released a few days ago by the good people of Raconteur Press. The novel sees the crew of the the Long Gambit struggling to get a job that pays well enough to get the free trader released for non-payment of moorage fees,… Continue reading “The Long Gambit” Takes Flight.
Prince of Peril.
The second volume of Otis Adelbert Kline’s Venusian ERB homage series, Prince of Peril, follows the exploits of Prince Zinlo of Olba, formerly Harry Thorne of Earth. In length, and as an episodic, one-damn-thing-after-another travelogue of Venus, it is similar to the first volume, Planet of Peril. However, while the first outing did not do much… Continue reading Prince of Peril.
Twilight Galaxy: The Long Gambit
The publication calendar indicates July 29 as the release date of Twilight Galaxy: The Long Gambit. But the good news can be imparted. Sound the trumpets. Alert the town crier. Release the homing pigeons. The book is now available for preorder here. Score bragging rights, be the first on your block to own a copy.… Continue reading Twilight Galaxy: The Long Gambit
Otis Adelbert Kline and Homage
Otis Adelbert Kline’s Planet of Peril bears a copyright notice of 1930. It is the first of a three book Peril series, which, I discovered while reading the first, is connected to his Mars books, The Swordsman of Mars and the Outlaw of Mars. I don’t feel that I missed anything essential by not reading… Continue reading Otis Adelbert Kline and Homage
Semiquincentennial
Spell checkers do not approve of the word “semiquincentennial.” I however, approved of the event, as I demonstrated by consuming bacon-wrapped hotdogs and drinking a moderate number of cans of beer. Well, borderline immoderate, perhaps. I was only seven during the bicentennial, so my memories are scattered and vague. I believe that was the year… Continue reading Semiquincentennial
Black Vulmea’s Vengeance. REH Hoists the Skull and Crossbones.
Black Vulmea’s Vengeance is a collection of three Robert E. Howard stories (novellas and/or novelettes–I didn’t perform a word count.) Two feature the title character, Black Terence Vulmea, an Irish pirate of the sixteenth century. The third, while not a Vulmea story, carries on the piratical theme. As you’d expect, Howard sinks his teeth into… Continue reading Black Vulmea’s Vengeance. REH Hoists the Skull and Crossbones.
Happy Father’s Day
The Summer Solstice is upon us. As is Father’s Day. And we’re closing in on the 250th Independence Day, here in the rebellious colonies (and later additions.) So, huzzah. As I watch my savings dwindle and the job application rejections mount (most recently I learned that the ten year experience requirement was a hard cap… Continue reading Happy Father’s Day
The Web Log is Taking a Sick Day
No post today as I am under the weather. And not, to be precise, under good weather. I’m not lolling under the sun beachside. If you are need of something to read, and don’t mind subsidizing my purchase of zinc and vitamin C, why not pick up something of mine? Thick As Thieves is a… Continue reading The Web Log is Taking a Sick Day