Fade to Blonde – Max Phillips
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.
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Doomsday Morning – C.L. Moore
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.
The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K. Le Guin
“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…”
False Negative – Joseph Koenig
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.
Casino Moon – Peter Blauner
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.
The Big Time – Fritz Leiber
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.
The Legion of Time – Jack Williamson
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!
55 Reading Questions
Saw this at Ian Sales’ site, and being a sucker for this kind of meme, I picked it up and …
Hail, Hail, The Gang’s All Here – Ed McBain
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.
