Taurus Four Vale 1970 I am always attracted to cover art and this one grabbed my attention right away. I am not sure, but this cover qualifies as weird enough. In this story, a sociologist is stranded on a planet
Category: Friday Fiction
Most Fridays we feature a fiction title that is usually anything pulp, odd covers, odd titles and anything else worth discussing! These are NOT necessarily awful.
Friday Fiction The Computer Ate My Brother
The Computer Ate My Brother Marney 1985 Direct from the 1980s, we have a rogue computer that evidently eats kids. Of course the computer has a few “issues” and can evidently read your mind. Harry, our protagonist, is irritated by
Friday Fiction: Nurse Kate
Nurse Kate at Fallowfield Ferrari 1966 This book was made for me. First, it is a nurse romance. Second, we have floating heads on the cover. This phenomena seems to be something that just kind of creeps me out. (I
Friday Fiction – Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God
The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God Powers 1977 Submitter: This came to my attention because we inter-library loaned it to another library system… Holly: Weird title, but this is the third book in a trilogy that includes The Last
Friday Fiction: Junior Miss
Junior Miss Benson 1945 (original copyright 1939) This vintage gem first started as a series of short stories featured in the New Yorker back in the 1930s. Our protagonist is a 13 year old girl named Judy Graves. This series
Friday Fiction – Blood Relatives
Blood Relatives McBain 1975 Submitter: I was weeding for grubby looking books in the mysteries when I came across this Ed McBain title. The real mystery is what condition the book was in when someone wrote “shelve as is”
Friday Fiction – Lights, Camera, Cats
Lights, Camera, Cats! Weber 1978 Here’s a children’s chapter book from the dark ages of 1978. That’s forty years, people! No matter how cute the story, few books actually last the test of time. If anyone wants to make the
Friday Fiction: Face Off
Face-Off Lunemann 1972 Today’s choice in youth fiction is about a couple of hockey playing twins named Buzz and Chet. They play hockey, and one day they were messing around and Buzz’s skates were “accidentally” tossed over a stone wall