Author Archives: Dave Truesdale

The Blood of Four Gods by Jamie Lackey

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The Blood of Four Gods

 

by

Jamie Lackey

 

 

(Air And Nothingness Press, September 2017, pb, 151pp.)

 

 
“River Dragon’s Curse”
“Beyond the Reach of Moonlight”
“The Steam Lord’s Autumn Ruby”
“Rekindled Dreams”
“Fox-woman”
“The Blood of Four Gods”
“The Place of Fear”
“The Sour Thread of Doubt”
“Citali’s Song”
“Quetzalcoatl’s Conquistador”
“The Balance Between Strength and Wisdom”
“Jealous Idols”
“Of Dreaming and Destiny”
“The Value of Weakness”
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Dick Tracy — “The Black Pearl of Osiris”

Posted byDave Truesdale

Dick Tracy (1934-48) began the serial “The Black Pearl of Osiris” on February 8, 1938. The brainchild of Chester Gould (1900-1985, photo at right) Dick Tracy debuted on October 4, 1931 as a comic strip in The Detroit Daily Mirror. Gould retired from the strip in 1977, though others continued the financially lucrative enterprise in …

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Analog, September/October 2017

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Analog, September/October, 2017

“My Fifth and Most Exotic Voyage” by Edward M. Lerner

“i know my own & my own know me” by Tracy Canfield
“Ghostmail” by Eric Del Carlo
“The First Trebuchet on Mars” by Marie Vibbert
“Climbing Olympus” by Simon Kewin
“Emergency Protocol” by Lettie Prell
“A Tinker’s Damnation” by Jerry Oltion
“The Old Man” by Rich Larsen
“Orphans” by Craig DeLancey
“The Absence” by Robert R. Chase
“Arp! Arp!” by Christina De La Rocha
“Viktor Frankenstein’s Bar and Grill and Twenty-Four-Hour Roadside Emporium” by Michael F. Flynn (Probability Zero)
“The Mathematician” by Tom Jolly
“Coyote Moon” by James Van Pelt
“Abductive Reasoning” by Christopher L. Bennett
“Invaders” by Stanley Schmidt
“The Sword of Damocles” by Norman Spinrad
“Heaven’s Covenant” by Bud Sparhawk
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Galaxy’s Edge #28, September/October 2017

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Galaxy’s Edge #28, September 2017

“The Breakout Story of Galaxy’s Edge Issue Ten Million” by Robert Jeschonek

“As Sunlight Grabs Me” by Rachelle Harp
“Theater of Death” by Larry Hodges
“The Sultan’s Cellar” by Sean Patrick Hazlett
“Tessa and the Troll” by Zach Shephard
“Cut-Rate Couples Weekend and the Witch House Inne and Tavern” by Stewart C. Baker
“A Delightful Comedic Surprise” by Barry N. Malzberg
“The Sweater” by Nick DiChario
“The Great Buddhist Monk Beat Down” by T.R. Napper
“Ergomonochron” by James Wesley Rogers
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Pat Novak…for Hire — “Fleet Lady”

Posted byDave Truesdale

Pat Novak…for Hire (1946-49) aired “Fleet Lady” on March 6, 1949. The show ran from August 22, 1946 through January 4, 1948, at which point it took a hiatus and then resumed from February 13, 1949 to June 26, 1949. The number of total episodes varies slightly, but it is estimated that about 100-104 were …

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Infinity Wars, edited by Jonathan Strahan

Posted byJason McGregor

Infinity Wars

 

 

edited by

Jonathan Strahan

 

 

(Solaris, September 2017, pb, 364 pp.)

 
 
 
“The Evening of Their Span of Days” by Carrie Vaughn
“The Last Broadcasts” by An Owomoyela
“Faceless Soldiers, Patchwork Ship” by Caroline M. Yoachim
“Dear Sarah” by Nancy Kress
“The Moon is Not a Battlefield” by Indrapramit Das
“Perfect Gun” by Elizabeth Bear
“Oracle” by Dominica Phetteplace
“In Everlasting Wisdom” by Aliette de Bodard
“Command and Control” by David D. Levine
“Conversations with an Armory” by Garth Nix
“Heavies” by Rich Larson
“Overburden” by Genevieve Valentine
“Weather Girl” by E. J. Swift
“Mines” by Eleanor Arnason
“ZeroS” by Peter Watts
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