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    Klebert L. Hall: Ah, aero-diesels! The future aircraft engine of the 1930s future... -Kle. #bookvortex more »
    Golem100: "...in front of the front they fought," Now that's the kind of alliteration that will stay with you. #bookvortex more »
    Golem100: "Tentacles from Below"? I didn't know anime was around during the 1930s. Oh wait, they meant "below the ocean." Silly me. #bookvortex more »
    HyMinded: Uh, guys those bad stories and writers just went on to make "movies" [io9.com] #bookvortex more »
    Dr Emilio Lizardo: I think this is what @Moff meant a few weeks ago when he said early scince fiction deserved the Ghetto it was thrown into. #bookvortex more »
    goldfarb: can we assume that is Max Immelmann he's refering to? [www.furball.warbirdsiii.com] #bookvortex more »
    Belabras: They sure don't write them like they used too. Thank goodness. #bookvortex more »
    AEchinoderm: My Italian grandma would get a kick out of a book titled "Son of Retro Pulp Tales" with an octopus on the cover. more »
    disatess: Go out and find "monstrous" it`s a horror collection, make sure you read about the 65 foot Vampire !!! more »
    gorehound: Iown around 150 - 200 pulps inmy archives. you can see some of these here in my personal pulp gallery http://www.bigmeathammer.com/gallery.htm more »
    alphanumeric1971: The moment I read the title I though of Futurama's "Anthologies of Interest!!!" more »
    SnehalMarten: I don't see why Fu Manchu couldn't be reworked into something cool. Warren Ellis did it with "Hark" in Planetary. Although, I would keep the broken E... more »
    Allen_Richards: It's been ages since Lansdale has edited an anthology, I want to say at least a decade. I'd have to check my collection, but I'm pretty sure that RAZZ... more »
    Franklin Harris: "Son of Retro Pulp Tales will be available any day now directly from Subterranean Press..." Good to know. I pre-ordered it ages ago, it seems. The fi... more »
    SuprabhaIguana: I can attest to the truth of the background of Harlan's story, though I haven't seen his intro to this book. The editor at Bantam who looked at it di... more »
  • #afternoonreading

    Acidic Bullets Vs. Disintegrating Flame, In "The Werewolves Of War!"

    Possibly the most gripping science-fiction story of all time has gone up online, featuring daredevil air pilots hurling acidic bullets against the implacable Slavs and their disintegrating flame. It's the futuristic year of 1938, in "Werewolves Of War." More »
  • #bookreview

    "Son of Retro Pulp Tales" Delights In Cheap Thrills

    Joe R. and Keith Lansdale present another collection of stories recalling those hard-boiled cheap thrills from the first half of the last century. Hearken back with us now to yesteryear in Son of Retro Pulp Tales! (Subterranean Press). More »
  • #pulpfiction

    A Hidden Cache of Scifi Pulp History

    Receiving a large box from your parents generally means something bad: They've cleared out all your stuff from their basement and now you have to find a place for it, or it's a misplaced care package that's only three years past its sell-by date. For one SF fan, however, that package contained the geek motherlode: More than 100 scifi pulp magazines ranging from the 1930s onwards. More »
  • #rant

    The Secret Scifi Love Affair Between Almodovar And Spillane