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Tag Archives: Fantastic
Rediscovered: Hamilton and Finlay, “He That Hath Wings” — or, Weird Tales, The Lost Illustrations
Autograph Hound Saturday — and noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook uses one of the Edmond Hamilton signatures from his collection to spin a little yarn about the Hamster (1904-1977) and Weird Tales and the legendary artist Virgil Finlay … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Autographs, Edmond Hamilton, Fantastic, Kevin Cook, Virgil Finlay, Weird Tales, World Fantasy Convention
Rediscovered: The Kindle in 1959
For no special reason I got the urge to reread Fritz Leiber’s Change War series, off and on, over the last few weeks, still have at least one or two more to go (since they never all quite saw a … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit
Tagged "The Mind Spider", 811 Geary, Change War, Fantastic, Fritz Leiber, Kindle, Our Lady of Darkness
