Movie Review: Demonia (1990) directed by Lucio Fulci In 15th Century Sicily, five nuns are crucified in a chamber of their convent. This is somehow seen by Liza Harris (Meg Register), an archaeology student, during a seance in Seattle in 1990. Her mentor, Canadian archaeologist Professor Paul Evans (Brett Halsey) scoffs at her vision as superstitious… Continue reading Movie Review: Demonia
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Magazine Review: High Adventure #191: Action Special
Magazine Review: High Adventure #191: Action Special edited by John P. Gunnison This issue of the pulp fiction reprint magazine has five stories from different action subgenres from five different magazines. Let’s see what’s in the grab bag! “The Jonah” by Bill Adams, first published in The Blue Book Magazine November 1935, is a sea… Continue reading Magazine Review: High Adventure #191: Action Special
Book Review: Five Weeks in a Balloon
Book Review: Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne It is 1863, and Dr. Samuel Ferguson has a plan to do something no man has done before, cross the entire continent of Africa from west to east! But he’s not going to do it on foot or riding animal, but in a balloon. You… Continue reading Book Review: Five Weeks in a Balloon
Book Review: The Great Secret
Book Review: The Great Secret by L. Ron Hubbard This is another in the line of Galaxy Press reprints of L. Ron Hubbard’s pulp magazine stories. As always, the physical presentation is excellent. This time, we have four short science fiction stories. The cover doesn’t actually apply to any of them. “The Great Secret” is… Continue reading Book Review: The Great Secret