Author: R. Charlett Publisher: Horwitz Publications Published: 1965 Book No: 1 A few months ago, I reviewed an action adventure novel called Commando Raid, written by R. Charlett, featuring rugged soldier, Captain ‘Pearly’ Gates. It was published by Horwitz Publications which was an Australian Publisher that put out a whole swag of pulp novels by [...]
18May12
Commando Assault
2May12
Crime Factory 10
G’day all. The tenth issue of popular web magazine, Crime Factory is now live. This issue includes a short piece by me (writing as James Hopwood), called For Your Sighs Only: The Spy-Fi Smut of Clyde Allison, which looks back at the 0008 book series, in all their filthy glory. But, there’s plenty more in [...]
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Tagged 0008, Clyde Allison, Crime, Crime Factory, Crime Fiction, Megan Abbott, Sexploitation, Spy Fiction
Tagged 0008, Clyde Allison, Crime, Crime Factory, Crime Fiction, Megan Abbott, Sexploitation, Spy Fiction
19Apr12
Fightcard: Hard Road
Author: Kevin Michaels writing as Jack Tunney Published: April 2012 Hard Road is the fifth book in the Fight Card series – and Kevin Michaels is the man behind the Jack Tunney pseudonym for this adventure. The hero is a fighter named Roberto Varga, and he’s a pretty decent bloke, he just hasn’t had the [...]
16Apr12
Nick Carter: Death Orbit
Author: David Hagberg Publisher: Charter Books Published: 1986 Book No: 217 Only a certain type of person would pick up a novel called Nick Carter: Death Orbit, and I happen to be one of those people. And if you’re like me, you would expect certain things from that novel – chiefly, no matter how contrived, [...]
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Tagged Book Review, Killmaster, Nick Carter, Science Fiction, Spy Fiction
Tagged Book Review, Killmaster, Nick Carter, Science Fiction, Spy Fiction
A couple of weeks ago I shared the Secret Santa gift that was forcibly thrust upon me by Tars Tarkas, but now, you’re probably wondering what horrific gift did I send out? Well my unfortunate victim; oops, sorry, I mean lucky recipient was Carol from the Cultural Gutter. Carol’s specialty is comics, so I figured [...]
12Dec11
Fight Card: The Cutman
Author: Mel Odom Published: November 2011 Time for another entry in the hard punching Fight Card series – this time courtesy of Mel Odom writing as Jack Tunney. Mel may not be a household name, but if you are like me and troll through book shops, you have no doubt come across some of his [...]
29Nov11
Fight Card: Felony Fists
Author: Paul Bishop Published: November 2011 I am too young to remember the halcyon days of pulp fiction, but as a child growing up in the 1970s, there was always a lot of brutal entertainment on television. We would regularly watch ‘TV Ringside’ with Ron Casey, and on Sunday afternoon was ‘World Championship Wrestling’. I [...]
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Tagged Book Review, Boxing, Fight Card, Paul Bishop, Pulp Fiction
Tagged Book Review, Boxing, Fight Card, Paul Bishop, Pulp Fiction
26Nov11
The Dolly Dolly Spy
Author: Adam Diment Publisher: Dutton Published: 1967 Author Adam Diment is somewhat of a mystery and an enigma. And at the bottom of this post, I’ll add links to some great websites, that have attempted to delve into mystery of Adam Diment (there is even some speculation that he was not even a real person, [...]
22Nov11
The Dead Man: Kill Them All
Author: Harry Shannon Publisher: 47 North Published: November 2011 Book No: 6 It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a Dead Man adventure on this site. This is not because I have stopped reading them, but as many of you would be aware the Dead Man series has been picked up by Amazon and is [...]
