If Ken Lizzi has a quest it is to help infuse a pulp sensibility into 21st Century fiction
There was a time when bookshops were the domain primarily of discrete novels, or perhaps a sequel or two. Complete, single-volume stories sat at the
May 14, 2017 Tea With the Black Dragon. Add a Splash of Gin to Mine. Yesterday I finished R.A. MacAvoy’s Tea With the Black Dragon.
April 9, 2017 Don Pendleton’s Science Fiction? You may have known it, but it came as a surprise to me: Don Pendleton wrote science fiction.
February 12, 2017 Between the Covers “What are you reading, Ken?” I assume you are asking for purposes of today’s post. I’m glad you asked.
January 8, 2017 Fletcher Pratt, Fleet Admiral of Appendix N Fletcher Pratt, or more precisely, Murray Fletcher Pratt, lived an intriguing life. Seriously, look him
And so we reach the end. Is it wrong that I already want to start over at the beginning? Anyway, here are my thoughts on
December 18, 2016 Bits and Pieces, Odds and Ends, This and That Perihelion Science-Fiction magazine published a bit of flash fiction I was commissioned to
Cruel Zinc Melodies This is a good one. As with the best mystery plots, the seemingly simple grows increasingly complex. There is a lot going
October 30, 2016 Appendix N and the Witchy World of Andre Norton Well, as a cover it certainly is a…cover. I come at last to