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Follow up on the state of the book market

I was reading the DMR Books blog post REVIEW: Tarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs by John Taliaferro, and I stumbled on this gem. It is another fascinating data point on the state of the book market. Like many Americans, ERB had read the pulps, especially the bestselling

The Pastel City by M. John Harrison

The Pastel City by M. John Harrison is a tightly written tale of defeat and triumph, duty and revenge, all in 144 melancholy pages. It is vastly different than the kind of fantasy book often written now. More happens in this slim volume than in trilogies of contemporary works. And

Why Christians Should Read Adventure Fiction

I think the obvious answer to the question, “should Christians read adventure fiction?”, is “Yes”, but since I see a surprising amount of discomfort around the topic, I thought I would delve into it more deeply. I can posit at least three reasons that I will explore at length: 1.

The state of the book market

Via David V. Stewart comes this information on the current state of the book market, presumably fiction and presumably mostly in the United States. However, I think non-fiction is in much the same condition. I like to keep on eye out for this kind of thing, because I don’t

Why even stock this?

A Spaceship for the King

I stumbled on this great retrospective on Jerry Pournelle’s A Spaceship for the King on the Castalia House blog while looking for something else. This particular post was mostly about Jerry’s influence on the Traveller RPG, but I want to look at some other things as well. Let’

Nightland Racer

Nightland Racer is Fenton Wood’s completely gonzo fable about a down on his luck former bootlegger who drives a nuclear-powered truck into the future to battle a malevolent black hole. The past, the present, and the future meet in a world where myths are truer than truth, and the