Author Archives: Dave Truesdale

The Adventures of Sam Spade — “The Mad Scientist Caper”

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The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946-1951) aired “The Mad Scientist Caper” on July 25, 1948 as its 209th episode of approximately 243, only 74 of which are still in circulation (this includes 12 AFRS repeats and 2 rehearsal shows). We have previously aired but two episodes of this show, the first in 2014 and the …

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Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2019

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Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/ October 2019

“The White Cat’s Divorce” by Kelly Link (reprint, not reviewed)

“American Gold Mine” by Paolo Bacigalupi
“Kabul” by Michael Moorcock
“Erase, Erase, Erase” by Elizabeth Bear
“Little Inn on the Jianghu” by Y.M. Pang
“Under the Hill” by Maureen McHugh
“Madness Afoot” by Amanda Hollander
“The Light on Eldoreth” by Nick Wolven
“Booksavr” by Ken Liu
“The Wrong Badger” by Esther Friesner
“Ghost Ships” by Michael Swanwick
“Homecoming” by Gardner Dozois
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The Black Museum — “A Letter”

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“The Black Museum. A Repository of Death. Here in the grim stone structure on the Thames which houses Scotland Yard is a warehouse of homicide, where everyday objects . . . all are touched by murder.“ The Black Museum (1952) aired (in the United States and as near as historians can reasonably ascertain) “A Letter” …

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Cirsova #2, Fall 2019

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Cirsova: Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense #2, Fall 2019

“A Little Human Ingenuity” by William Huggins

“The Burning Fish” by Jim Breyfogle
“For I Have Felt a Fire in the Head” by Adrian Simmons
“La Molejera” by Marie Brennan
“Pale Moon’s Bride” by Ville Meriläinen
“Pawn to the Queen” by Christine Lucas
“People of Fire” by Jennifer R. Povey
“Blue-Like-The-Sky” by Spencer E. Hart
“Doomsday Shard” by Ken McGrath
“Titan” by Rebecca DeVendra
“The Handover of the Scepter of Greatest Regret” by Hal Y. Zhang

[Editor’s note: For historians and others interested in chronicling facts and figures pertaining to the SF and Fantasy magazines, including issue numbers, Cirsova changed both its subtitle and issue numbering in 2019. Issues 1-10 were subtitled Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, issue #10 sporting a cover date of Winter 2018. Beginning with its Spring 2019 issue, Cirsova’s new subtitle became the Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense, and the title change was further emphasized by renumbering it as issue #1. As you can see from the Table of Contents above, this is the magazine’s 2nd issue under its new subtitle.]

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