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Forgotten Book: Wave Rider by Hilbert Schenck, 1980

FORGOTTEN BOOK: WAVE RIDER by Hilbert Schenck, 1980

This is the 127th in my series of Forgotten Books.

Serendipity is an odd thing. For several months I had been looking for a copy of Wave Rider by Hilbert Schenck because I read his short stories in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF). The reason I [Read it all...]

FORGOTTEN BOOK: THE PECULIAR EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER FFELLOWES by Sterling Lanier, 1971

FORGOTTEN BOOK: THE PECULIAR EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER FFELLOWES by Sterling Lanier, 1971

This is the 80th in my series of Forgotten Books.

Sterling Lanier was a renaissance man – writer, editor, and sculptor. As an editor at Chilton Books, he urged the publisher, who was noted for car repair manuals, to publish the massive novel [Read it all...]

Forgotten Book: PILGRIMAGE by Zenna HendersonForgotten Book: PILGRIMAGE by Zenna Henderson

PILGRIMAGE by Zenna Henderson, 1961, Doubleday Books

This is the 39th in my series of Forgotten Books.

Pilgrimage by Zenna Henderson

This will be a relatively short review column this week. My wrist is still extremely sore from the sprain not quite two weeks ago. We take a look at another example of pastoral [Read it all...]