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Wading Into War: Cover Reveal
I’ll admit something to y’all: this is a bit exciting for me. Well, let me take that back. This is a lot exciting. When you are in the position of creating cover art for your debut book, two things run...
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Now Available: The Phantom Automobiles
Today, THE PHANTOM AUTOMOBILES, the second book from Quadrant Fiction Studio, is now available as an ebook. You can get it via Amazon, Kobo, or Barnes and Noble, depending on your preference. The trade...
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Book Review: The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
(Continuing to republish my 2009 reviews of the first three Tarzan novels in anticipation of the new movie, The Legend of Tarzan. The film opens today!) I did not hate this book. I really enjoyed it...
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Book Review: The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
(Today, I conclude my posting of my 2009 book reviews of the first three Tarzan novels in honor of the new movie, The Legend of Tarzan. Thursday was Tarzan of the Apes. Friday was The Return of Tarzan....
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Movie Review: The Legend of Tarzan
I’m to the point now where I rarely, if ever, read any reviews prior to seeing a movie. I watch the trailer and if it grabs me, I’ll go see the movie. And, boy, did the Legend of Tarzan trailer grab...
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Western Wednesday: Mascarada Pass by William Colt MacDonald
For today’s Western Wednesday, I’m going way back to September 2008 and my first western novel I ever read. And, with time and distance, this is also the book that proved to be the inspiration for my...
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When Batman Met The Shadow: Batman 253
As much as I love and enjoy continuity and canonization of material in comics, I also appreciate the more free and open days of the past. Nowadays, DC Comics controls Batman so much that EVERYthing he...
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Batman and The Shadow Meet Again: Batman 259
Yesterday, I wrote about when Batman and The Shadow met for the first time in Batman 253. Some readers on Facebook, including the folks at The Pulp Heroes group, noted that the two heroes met a second...
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An Unexpected Find in a Comic Store
My two Batman-Meets-The-Shadow posts (Batman 253, Batman 259) have triggered a small groundswell of interest in the history of comics. That reminded me of a great haul of books I picked up at Free...
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Adventure Week #4: Gabriel Hunt at the Well of Eternity by James Reasoner
“Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear….” There’s a certain number of y’all out there who, upon hearing these words, got (and probably still do) a big, goofy grin on your faces and...
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Adventure Week #5: The Land of Terror (Doc Savage) by Lester Dent
Doc Savage and dinosaurs. Do you need any other enticement to read this book? The Land of Terror was the second Doc Savage novel, published in April 1933, a mere month after Doc’s debut in print. It’s...
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Book Review: Return of the Rio Kid by Brett Halliday
In 2010, while vacationing in and around San Diego, I happened into a used book, as I am wont to do. I found a book called Death on Treasure Trail. It had a nice, bright yellow cover, the kind that...
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The Pulp Jungle by Frank Gruber
(This is the February 2017 edition of Barrie Summy’s Book Review Club. For the other reviews, click the link at the bottom.) When I read Frank Gruber’s retelling of his days as a struggling then...
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The Shadow: Partners in Peril
Well, it took a while, but I finally read my first Shadow novel.* I think like most of us, I’ve known about The Shadow for a long time. I first discovered him back in the late 70s when my parents...
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The Shadow: The Shadow Unmasks
Hot on the heels of my first Shadow novel, PARTNERS IN PERIL, I have now read my second, THE SHADOW UNMASKS. And I loved it just as much. In order to kick start my Shadow experience, I decided to...
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Doc Savage at 85
Eighty-five years ago today, Doc Savage landed on magazine shelves for the first time and, one might argue, helped change popular culture all the way up to the present day. The brainchild of Street and...
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The Shadow: The Romanoff Jewels
In the third Shadow novel I’ve read (actually heard; thanks Audible!), THE ROMANOFF JEWELS begins in the apartment full of wealthy men. Author Maxwell Grant (Walter Gibson) tells the reader who they...
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A Thriller with a Historical Twist: The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer
Sometimes, a little known fact in history can spark an entire story. THE ESCAPE ARTIST is the latest novel by Meltzer, a man who has a healthy respect, understanding, and love of history. If you...
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