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THE NYCTALOPE: NEGLECTED PULP HERO

Balladeer’s Blog examines another Pulp Hero who doesn’t get as much love as he deserves. Science Fiction pioneer Jean de la Hire from France created the Nyctalope (“Nightwalker”) in 1908 but since many...

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IN SEARCH OF THE UNKNOWN (1904): IF INDIANA JONES WAS A ZOOLOGIST

IN SEARCH OF THE UNKNOWN (1904) by Robert W Chambers. Previously Balladeer’s Blog examined Chambers’ underrated horror classic The King in Yellow. The work we’re looking at this time around is a...

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ROBERT LUDLUM’S TOP SEVEN NOVELS: NUMBER FIVE

FOR BALLADEER’S BLOG’S SEVENTH PLACE LUDLUM NOVEL CLICK HERE  5. THE SCARLATTI INHERITANCE (1971) TIME PERIOD: Pre-World War One Era on up through the start of the Great Depression with an epilogue set...

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REMEMBERING THE MOON MAN

The Moon Man THE MOON MAN – Created by Frederick C Davis, the Moon Man is, to me, the epitome of the campy but fascinating heroes the old 1930s pulp publications used to treat readers to, issue after...

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THE HAN SOLO OF THE 1930s: NORTHWEST SMITH

Northwest Smith With the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story in theaters now what better time for my profile of the Han Solo of the 1930s. Female author C.L. Moore wrote a series of pulp adventures about...

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TWENTY BEST MOON MAN PULP STORIES

Frederick C Davis: It’s difficult not to picture him as Stephen Thatcher after seeing this picture. Balladeer’s Blog’s 2020 theme of Top Twenty lists continues with this look at the 20 best pulp...

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PULP HERO G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES: STORIES ONE TO THREE

Balladeer’s Blog continues its examination of the neglected Pulp Hero G-8. This marks the beginning of a story-by- story look at the adventures of this World War One American fighter pilot who – along...

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JIREL OF JOIRY: NEGLECTED PULP HEROINE

JIREL OF JOIRY – From 1934 to 1939, the female author C.L. Moore wrote six stories featuring Jirel of Joiry, a sword-wielding woman warrior from late Medieval France. Moore’s thirteen tales of...

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JIREL OF JOIRY: CHAPTER LINKS

An alert reader reminded me that I did not remember to put up a blog post with links to all my reviews of female author C.L. Moore’s six Jirel of Joiry pulp stories from the 1930s. Here is that...

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THE JAMES ALLISON TRILOGY: ROBERT E HOWARD’S NEGLECTED CHARACTER

JAMES ALLISON – American author Robert E. Howard is, of course, best known for his Big Three pulp heroes – Conan (debut year 1930), Kull (debut year 1929) and Solomon Kane (debut year 1928). Among his...

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