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Monthly Archives: July 2012

Fade to Blonde – Max Phillips

2012-07-30

Handyman turned hired muscle Ray agrees to help out a girl, who claims a hood is threatening her life. With that, Ray’s drawn in by a dangerous current… towards the Mob.

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Doomsday Morning – C.L. Moore

2012-07-26

Former actor is offered a chance to regain his former status and prestige, on one condition: go into California, in the midst of rebellion, and run plays for the authoritarian government.

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The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K. Le Guin

2012-07-22

“Reality is a dream. George Orr is the dreamer. George’s dreams change the world. In the hands of a power-mad psychiatrist George is forced to dream… forever seeking utopia…”

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False Negative – Joseph Koenig

2012-07-18

Crime journalist turned “real crime” pulp writer starts piecing together connections in his cases: women with beauty-queen aspirations found bound and murdered in isolated areas.

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Casino Moon – Peter Blauner

2012-07-14

Mafia enforcer’s son tries to escape the underworld life by backing a washed-out boxer’s comeback bid, with the help of a sexy round card girl—the boxer’s ex. Excellent novel.

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The Big Time – Fritz Leiber

2012-07-10

A lengthy look at a rest and recuperation center for soldiers fighting a war across the time-streams. A unique Hugo winner closer to a stage play than a novel.

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The Legion of Time – Jack Williamson

2012-07-06

A small army of dead soldiers from the World Wars is recruited into a war between two alternate futures, to determine which future has the right to exist. Pulpy action funtime go!

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55 Reading Questions

2012-07-05

Saw this at Ian Sales’ site, and being a sucker for this kind of meme, I picked it up and …

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Hail, Hail, The Gang’s All Here – Ed McBain

2012-07-02

Follow the detectives of the 87th Precinct over twenty-four hours of a given day; a multitude of crimes are committed, and solved, by the expansive cast of characters.

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