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Weird Works of Robert E. Howard [BUNDLE]
by waren h. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/29/2021 09:17:16

this a must have for any robert e. howard fan. it has all of his heros conan , kull, great collection of sword and fantasty .



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Weird Tales #354 (Special Edgar Allan Poe Issue)
by Jacques v. H. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 10/14/2021 06:13:57

Not the original horror anthology magzine, but clearly influenced by the pulps. This fun collection of horror tales, articles, and interviews should provide more than enough inspiration for RPG sessions that explore everything spooky, unsettling, and fantastical. (Some of the articles, like the interview with the author of a Star Wars novel feels out of place, although the thought of a horror-themed SW novel is pretty damn intriguing.) Either way, you get 80 pages of content for fans of horror and the weird.



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Best Little Witch-House in Arkham: Weird Tales Out of Space & Time
by Jaime d. M. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 08/14/2020 04:59:37

An extremely funny compilation of "horror" stories with a lovecraftian theme. Absolutely delightful.



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The Doc Savage MEGAPACK®: Ten Classic Novels
by Eddy W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 04/16/2020 16:57:22

This is an amazing collection of TEN Doc Savage novels. I've only read three, but there were very few typos, and each is very well formatted (in epub, at least - I haven't read the others to check). Some elements haven't aged well, naturally, but otherwise it's a collection of good, pulpy adventure!



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Watson And Other Unauthorized Sherlock Holmes Pastiches, Parodies, and Sequels
by Eddy W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 04/05/2020 16:38:03

A good (if quite short) collection of parodies published around the time of the original Sherlock Holmes stories. Easily read in a couple of hours, and quite entertaining!



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Secret Agent X: Legion of the Living Dead: Legion of the Living Dead
by Eddy W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 04/04/2020 17:21:28

Great pulp fun. At times the action is a little muddled, and there are some typos here and there, but its a short, fun read about a master of disguise fighting against an organization that pushes him to the limit.



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The Baker Street Boys
by Eddy W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/18/2020 17:34:12

A fun story about the Baker Street Irregulars. Canonically iffy, but a fun and quick read.



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Victorian Villainy: A Collection of Moriarty Stories
by Eddy W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 03/10/2015 17:52:10

A fun rework of Moriarty as an anti-hero. This version of the character differs pretty strongly from the canon (unlike, say, Kim Newman's version, which is still pretty villainous), but it makes for a fun anthology.



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Sherlock Holmes: Repeat Business: New Stories of the Great Detective
by Eddy W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 03/02/2015 15:54:53

A very good collection of short stories, all tied together with a common theme: a previous client of Sherlock Holmes coming back for a second case. Some cases are better than others, but all of them are true to the original canon, and the Watson voice is solid and immersive. A great anthology for Holmes fans who know the original canon, or casual fans who are looking for some solid, classic mysteries.



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The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack: 25 Fantastic Western Stories
by Chris H. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 01/05/2015 13:08:02

These stories are boring. I read the first four and couldn't take anymore. The plot is identically the same in each story. Only the names of the bad guys have been changed to protect the guilty. There is zero character development in the main character. There is nothing weird or fantastic about these stories. They are like bad gothic tales. A hint of ghosts and then it is all explained away. They aren't even spooky. I find it difficult to believe the author was able to sell even one of these. Robert E Howard's tales of two decades earlier are far better weird westerns. That he could is perhaps a reflection on the '50s and the dying days of the pulps.



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The Sherlock Holmes Megapack: 25 Modern Tales by Masters
by Eddy W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 10/01/2014 18:15:47

It has an uninspiring title, but this is a massive anthology of Sherlock Holmes stories -- 25 in total. Most people don't realize that many modern Holmes anthologies usually have a theme or a flavor, such as stories that attempt to accurate evoke the original Doyle voice or Holmes stories that involve the supernatural. These are a grab-bag of stories ranging from very well-researched and faithful pastiches to stories of Holmes travelling through time. With many anthologies there are always some stories that hit or miss with the reader, but that's especially true with this. If you can't get behind the concept of, say, an investigation into a cult of readers of bad Holmes pastiches, some of the stories won't resonate with you. But with nearly 600 pages of material, odds are you'll find more hits than misses with this collection.



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The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Stories
by john b. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 01/19/2014 18:36:32

for a digital version none can beat. Cthulhu be praised



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The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Stories
by Mitchell M. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 01/11/2014 17:09:21

Worth the money and much more. Great compilation of stories.



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The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Stories
by Dave J. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 01/11/2014 01:01:41

All the classic Lovecraft mythos stories are here, along with tales by his immediate circle of friends like Howard, Smith and Long. Throw in a mix of newer tales and you have a real bargain of a book that's great for newcomers to the mythos and for long time followers as well. For the price this is hard to beat and would be good value at many times the price, highly recommended.



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The Tom Corbett Space Cadet Megapack: 10 Classic Young Adult Sci-Fi Novels
by Peter R. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 12/06/2013 13:24:37

A long time ago, in a science fiction universe far away....

No, seriously, there once was a time when popular science fiction was hopeful, futuristic, and talked about the marvels of technology and the colonies we would soon establish throughout the Solar System -- a Solar System where planets were nearly just like Earth, only a little extreme -- Mars was desert, and hot at that, and Venus was cloudy jungle. This was the science fiction Robert Heinlein wrote for a juvenile audience, and it spread, during the 1950s, to popular culture.

One of the more popular derivatives was "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet," by Joseph Lawrence Greene, inspired by Heinlein's "Space Cadet." Where the latter explored serious issues of growing up and the duties of military service, "Tom Corbett" was more about making friends, exploring strange new places (and sometimes getting trapped in them), and having to answer to teachers and adults. It was a juvenile take on a juvenile subject, something in these later sardonic days we roll our eyes at. When "Tom Corbett" came to the public, it was new, breathless, and promising. It was also one of the first TV series with an sf theme. You laugh, but the enlisted Solar Guard of "Tom Corbett" wore red shirts. Consider where its lineage has since gone.

This collection of the first seven books of the eight known to be published (the eighth, ownership disputed, is not present) represents nearly the complete run of the stories presented on TV from 1950-1955. As such it is unsurpassed as the source material for the early popular American fascination with space and space exploration that would culminate in the American space program and the moon landing. It's not challenging reading, intended as it was for a young audience; the stories have plot holes and contrivances of convenience, the characters tend to be two-dimensional, even the leads, and romance is pretty much absent along with female characters, but it is an adventure series specifically intended for boys and as such has a charming hopefulness about it. This has made it kind of campy for later audiences, but there was a reason these kinds of works have survived and been read since Robert Louis Stevenson's day. We want to see the good guys encounter danger and bad guys and overcome them both. This is a literary craving we are born with, to have adventures with happy endings, and we are not likely to outgrow it.

So discover it here, if it's new to you, or pick it up again, as I did. Roll your eyes if you must. Before there was "Star Trek," before there was "Star Wars," there was a science-fiction TV series that electrified the nation, was turned into a movie, a radio serial, an Australian spin-off, several comics, and yes, these books. If you ever wondered where the idea for those clear-globe space helmets came from -- you know, like the ones the Apollo astronauts actually wore? -- they came from here. Welcome back to the source.

Incidentally, the author of these novels, the pseudonymous 'Carey Rockwell,' has never been publicly identified with Greene, the creator. This collection doesn't even have Rockwell's name on them unless you read the front matter. Where you will also find that one of the scriptwriters for the series was Alfred Bester, later author of "The Stars My Destination." There's more fun here to discover, not counting the additional three books of juvenile sf included. I recommend it highly to those not afraid of fun.



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