Tag Archives: Morgan Holmes

Rediscovered: The Morgman, Hugo Nominee

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Don

A quick congrats to my longtime pal Morgan “The Morgman” Holmes, who just made the short list for this year’s Hugo Awards — honoring the best, or perhaps only the most popular, achievements in science fiction, plus fantasy and related … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Some John Hancockery from Brackett and Hamilton

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Don

To give him a different sort of wrap for his multi-part series on the Centennial of Leigh Brackett, I sent Morgan “The Morgman” Holmes some images from a copy of the program book for the 1964 World Science Fiction Convention — … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Leigh Brackett at 100

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Don

Leigh Brackett would have been 26 the day Pearl Harbor came under attack, and today is birthday 100. My pal Morgan Holmes mentioned the anniversary to me the other day, saying various people were doing an array of blog posts … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: “Academic Wankery” and the Rise of the Uninformed

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Don

Image above: Howardian academics confronted with a Deconstructionist Debacle — image itself, a Footnote to the Great Flivver War of 2015 (academics love their footnotes, and this pic precisely captures my view of academics and their apparatus). While of course I intend … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Out of the Past

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Don

Do you remember my description in the recent PulpFest report about how a dealer showed me a copy of my 1982 tour book  in gray wraps which he had priced at $15? I was going to put it back for … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Biography Month Once More on These Mean Streets

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Don

What ho, it is Biography Month once again on Up and Down These Mean Streets — last time I did one was July 2012. The new bio of Jim Tully was a big excuse that time, and no doubt the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: PulpFest 2015 — On the Whole, I’d Rather Not Be in Philadelphia

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Don

Got to the airport predawn on Thursday August 13, plenty of time to fly to Phoenix, catch the connecting flight to Columbus, Ohio, so I’d hit this year’s PulpFest by 4p.m., before they even cracked open the doors of the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Morgman Blogs Again!

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Don

My Howardian pal of many years, Morgan “The Morgman” Holmes has picked up a new blogging gig — he’s holding down the new-post-every-Sunday position for Castalia House. Covering sf and fantasy, the same material — or around the edges of the … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Morgan. . . Morrrgggaaannnnnnnn. . . .

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Don

I know that at least one of my regular blog readers waits to watch The Walking Dead until after the season wraps and the DVD/Blu Ray sets appear — which is the way I watch Dexter — so let me do a … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: More Raconteur

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Don

The other day I mentioned in passing some magazines I’ve been associated with over the last thirty-eight years, and to that list you’d have to add Damon Sasser’s REH: Two-Gun Raconteur — one of the earliest of “my” magazines and now certainly … Continue reading →

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