Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
PAPERBACK FANATIC 8
Here's the eighth issue in Justin Marriott's essential magazine devoted to vintage paperbacks!
His survey of New English Library's 1970s horror output left me with mixed feelings, mostly because his mini-reviews sounded dismal notes about quite a few books in my to-read piles. I'll still read them eventually, but this definitely lowers their priority for me.
He offers an excellent overview of Jim Steranko's paperback cover art.
The most eye-opening article is a feature on Malko, France's cross between James Bond and the Executioner. Andy Decker contributes a piece on Malko in Germany, which, like everything Andy writes, is colorful, context-rich, and informative. Anyone interested in men's action/adventure series should definitely check this out.
Justin interviews Terry Harknett, aka George G. Gilman (among other pseudonyms), a Brit who wrote westerns in the Italian "spaghetti" style popular at the time.
Rounding things out is an article on Edgar Rice Burroughs paperbacks in the UK in the 1960s-70s.
Even the letters page is a must-read, as Justin enjoys the kind of smart, knowledgable readership I'm fortunate to have for Groovy Age.
Get it here!
Monday, January 05, 2009
R.I.P. Donald E. Westlake
Unfortunately, I've not read any of the sleaze he's written, and have only read a few of his Parker novels written as Richard Stark, but I look forward to immersing myself more deeply in his work in years to come.
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