Doc Savage, Man of — Gun-Metal Grey? Lin Carter’s Zarkon, Lord of the Unknown
(Another repost from my own blog) As the editor of Ballantine Books’ fantasy line in the 1960s and 1970s, Lin Carter had an unerring eye for great fantasy. In his …
Author: frasersherman
“Toxic masculinity” does not mean “men are toxic” any more than “unhealthy food” means “food is unhealthy.”
The title gets one standard response to this topic out the way: talking about toxic masculinity is not a claim that men are inherently toxic. That said, here’s another repost …
As Noel Coward once said, some people should be struck regularly, like gongs. Three books.
In Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth, Elizabeth Williamson looks back at how Alex Jones kicked off the modern age of conspiracy. Following the 2012 elementary …
Book birthday: Southern Discomfort!
Today, my second novel comes out: Southern Discomfort, finally live after way too many years. Available in paperback or ebook from Amazon, and in ebook from other channels. What’s the …
From Genre Book Club to Deathlok to Mark Gruenwald’s Omniverse. Why yes, that is a long, strange trip
About two years ago, I joined the local library’s Genre Book Club. The premise is that rather than read the same book for each meeting, everyone reads the book of …
Doc Savage Man of Flesh Tones? The 1975 Doc Savage Movie
(A repost from my own blog) While I was rereading the complete Doc Savage paperback reprints, I discovered Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) was streaming free on Amazon …
If Marvel Comics can have Captain Marvel, why not Mary Marvel? Incredible Hulk #142
As I blogged about last year, I’m not a fan of Valkyrie’s debut in Avengers #83. Though of course Valkyrie turns out to be a disguise the Enchantress adopted to …