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Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Vol. 2: Las Vegas W: Nancy A. Collins A: Jesús Hervás The continuing adventures of the rebel replicant, trying to survive in an apocalyptic world where her own creator is trying to kill her. Good fun. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #bladerunner #sciencefiction #comicbook #booksky

Comic book trade paperback with a cover illustration of a young woman, standing with her at.s at her sides, gloved fists clenched
She is wearing a red scarf or bandana around her neck, a tight black sleeveless shirt, a belt with pouches, and baggy cargo pants. Below and in front of her is a smaller image of a group of standing people, most of them wearing suits and ties. To the left of her is the head of the Sphinx, in front of a pyramid. To the right is a small image of her on a futuristic flying motorcycle, and above that is a large portrait of a woman grimacing in pain or anger.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Blade Runner: Black Lotus: Leaving L.A. W: Nancy Collins A: Enid Balam (See photos for complete credits.) The continuing travails of replicants in an apocalyptic future, as a deadly combat model tries to decide on what she wants to be, while fleeing her creator. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #sciencefiction #comicbook

A comic book trade paperback, with a cover illustration of a young woman, standing on the corner of a roof. She is drawing a katana from its sheath. She has long black hair, and is wearing a dark jacket with a furry collar, a tight black top, grey shorts over torn purple tights, and a tall gym sock peeks over the top of a boot on her left foot.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh yeah, I love Ziptone, too. I still have a box full of sheets.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Oh sure, let me get my credit card info off my phone." Pull out phone, take his photo. Take a photo of his license plate as he hurriedly drives away. Call the local PD and tell them I have something for their vice squad.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Dragon On the Border By Gordon R. Dickson The 3rd book in the Dragon Knight series, with the further adventures of a history professor and his wife transported to a fantasy medieval universe. This outing takes him to the Scottish border to battle the Hollow Men. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #dragonknight #fantasy

A hardcover book with a dustjacket cover illustration featuring a dragon sitting behind a woman standing in a red medieval gown, holding a sword testing point down on the ground. There is a pile of armor at her feet. To the left in the background stands a horse wearing armor. To the right stands an old man wearing white robes, holding in both hands a tall staff topped with wings and a floating glowing orb. Next to the man stands a black wolf. In the distant background are snow-covered mountains.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The confusing part is Fantagraphics has numbered the volumes in order of when the stories were first published, but started publishing the volumes with stories from later in Barks' career. For years I thought I had somehow missed no.s 1 & 2 and couldn't find them anywhere.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

With period-accurate lack of kerning!

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Assorted Crisis Events, Vol. 2 W: Deniz Camp A: Eric Zawadzki (See photos for full credits) More character studies of people dealing with a world where time, physics, and dimensions have become abnormal and bizarre. Delightfully weird. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #comicbook #graphicnovel #shortstories #booksky

Comic book trade paperback collection, with a cover illustration of a man and woman of color standing in a field of flowers, embracing as they look at the viewer. Behind them to the left is what appears to be a dust cloud rising into an orange sky. The right side of the illustration is a number of loose puzzle pieces, which can be seen to be part of the illustration to the left. Underneath the puzzle pieces is what looks like a wood grain, with a line drawing of an older man and a young boy.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tank Girl: Summer Love Sensation By Hewlett & Martin Originally published in Deadline Magazine, 1990. More adventures of the lovable tank-driving punk Aussie & her mutant kangaroo boyfriend. Guest appearance by a pair of bikers who definitely aren't Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper 😉. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #tankgirl

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes. After composing your post, select save as draft. The tricky part is finding it again. Click on the compose button, like you are starting a new post. On the right in the dialog box will be a drafts button. Select that to bring up a list of your drafts.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Shadows in Bronze By Lindsey Davis The second book in the Marcus Didius Falco series, and a delightful read, as the "informer" of classical Rome investigates a plot against the Caesar, assassins, and pursues a love interest. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #marcusdidiusfalco #ancientrome #mysteries #booksky #investigator

Hardcover book with a dustjacket. The dustjacket has an illustration of a wall of stone blocks, with the book title carved out of the stone at the top. In the center is an opening, with a carved statue of a human figure to the left, wearing robes and looking outwards. Outside there are a series of curved stone steps or seats, an amphitheatre looking out over the sea. In the water far below is a Roman ship, being rowed towards the shore. In the distance a large volcanic mountain looms over the water, smoke wafting from its summit.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Doc Savage #18: The Monsters/The Whisker of Hercules By Kenneth Robeson (Lester Dent) Two more short novels, reprinted in the original pulp format, with the original interior illustrations. The second novel has probably the strangest title of all the Savage books. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #docsavage #booksky #pulp

Squarebound magazine format publication, with a cover painting illustration of a muscular man wearing a torn long-sleeved shirt, one sleeve completely missing. He is being held in a giant human hand, with a sickly grayish green color. In the background is the rippling surface if water.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Rigel Science Fiction Issue #4, Spring 1982 Another vintage magazine from my TBR stack. Includes stories by Gregory Benford, Terry Carr, and Eric Vinicoff, plus others. Mostly fanzine-level art, but another early appearance by comic book artist Brent Anderson. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #sciencefiction #booksky

A saddlestitched magazine with a two-color cover in black and green. A pen and ink illustration covers the cover, showing two men in the foreground, who are looking away from the viewer at a third man behind them. That man is bald and shirtless and is holding a long rod or stick in both hand, up over his shoulder in a posture that appears to be the start of a swing at the other two men. In the background is a futuristic city.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sahara By Clive Cussler I know, you're thinking, I already saw the movie. But the movie leaves out like two thirds of the book. A Peter Jackson version of this book would be four three-hour movies. Anyway, completely improbable fun. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #dirkpitt #booksky #clivecussler #thriller #spies

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That's 0.0181818182% of his worth. Like donating eighteen cents if you had a thousand dollars.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Black Notice By Patricia Cornwall Celebrity pathologist Kay Scarpetta faces office intrigue, psychological drama, suspicious international actions from INTERPOL, and a bizarre serial killer who might be a... Werewolf!? This one was fun. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #mystery #booksky #kayscarpetta #serialkiller

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The image is marked as "sexually suggestive." !!! What kind of person finds a woman giving birth sexually suggestive!?

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yes, neither did broadcast TV stations at the time Fox was created, which is why Murdoch felt he had to out-do what they were doing. Sorry I didn't explain this clearly enough.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Rigel Science Fiction Issue No. 1/Summer 1981 The first issue from an independent publisher, featuring stories from Greg Bear, Richard A. Lupoff, Tom Easton, & David Bischoff. Interior illustrators include an early appearance of comic book artist Brent Anderson. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #sciencefiction #booksky

A saddlestitched magazine with a one-color illustration in grayish purple tones, of a woman sitting amidst a clutter of screens and control panels, her chin resting in one hand, looking directly at the viewer.

Brent Anderson pen and ink illustration of four people in a small boat, fishing, while a curious plesiosaur is swimming under the boat, its long neck curled up out of the water to peer at the people.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Except that Murdoch wanted to create a channel that went beyond what broadcast TV was doing, and they no longer had to observe the Fairness Doctrine. It was a progression.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

One of only three movies ever that I watched, then went back the next day and paid to watch again.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'd go with Ford's pardoning of Nixon, but Reagan allowing the removal of the Fairness Doctrine, which is what led to the creation of the Fix "entertainment" channel, a close second.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Analog Magazine January 1964 Stories by Randall Garrett, Norman Spinrad, John Brunner, and the 2nd part of Frank Herbert's "Dune World," first publication of "Dune" under its original title. Plus a science article about meteorites. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #analog #sciencefiction #sciencefact #booksky #vintage

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Despite the formulaic writing, these offer an interesting look at pre-WWII life in the USA, as well as being good examples of pre-television mass entertainment.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Doc Savage #12: The Squeaking Goblin/The Evil Gnome By Kenneth Robeson (Lester Dent) Two more of the short Man of Bronze novels, in the original pulp format with the interior illustrations. Not the best of the series, IMHO. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #docsavage #pulpfiction #sciencefiction #booksky

Squarebound publication with a painted cover illustration of Doc Savage, seen from behind and above, climbing the sheer face of a tall building, the street just visible far below in the lower left corner of the image.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When you get close enough to your husband to smell his diaper.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Analog Magazine February 1964 Another old issue from my stack. This one's highlight is the concluding section of the original serial publication of Frank Herbert's "Dune," herein titled "Dune World." Front cover by John Schoenherr. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #analog #sciencefiction #sciencefact #magazine #booksky

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sharpe's Fortress, India 1803 By Bernard Cornwell Newly promoted from the ranks, Sharpe faces discrimination from his fellow officers, corruption, the evil machinations of old foe Hakeswill, an impressive Indian fortress, and two scary executioners. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #sharpe #historicalfiction #booksky

A hardcover book with a painted cover illustration, showing a pile of objects sitting in a stony field. The objects include a British military hat from the early 180ps, a musket leaning against a drum, and what might be a small kit bag, all in front of a British flag draped on a short flagpole. In the background, silhouetted against a sunset or sunrise, is an Indian fortress.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Doc Savage #22: Mystery Under the Sea/The Red Terrors By Kenneth Robeson (Lester Dent) Two more short novels, printed in the original pulp format, including the original interior illustrations. I wonder if MUtS was the origin of the Bermuda Triangle myth. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #docsavage #pulpfiction #booksky

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Den, Vol. 2: Muvovum By Richard Corben Another volume of Corben's classic work, beautifully restored by José Villarrubia. This volume features the further adventures of the nerd-turned-hero in a bizarre and barbaric alternate universe. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #comicbooks #sciencefiction #fantasy #booksky

Hardcover graphic novel with a cover illustration showing Den, a large, muscular man, sitting on the back of a reptilian creature with a long neck. Den has a sword upraised in his right hand, preparing to swing at the strange bipedal creature he is holding by the neck in his left hand, while a crowd of the same creatures surround him.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Oops, forgot: James Bama variant cover edition.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Doc Savage #22: Mystery Under the Sea/The Red Terrors By Kenneth Robeson (Lester Dent) Essays by Will Murray Two more Savage novels, presented in the original pulp format with original interior illustrations, but with corrected text. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #docsavage #pulpfiction #booksky #sciencefiction

Squarebound magazine-format book with a cover painting illustration by James Bama, depicting Doc Savage, his trademark ripped shirt revealing muscular arms and torso. Long trousers and knee-high leather boots complete his ensemble. He is floating underwater, bubbles streaming from his mouth, twisting through branches of coral, heading away from the viewer, towards ruins in the background. Built from large stone blocks, the ruins include a couple pyramids that resemble Mayan edifices.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Bowling With Corpses, and Other Strange Takes from Lands Unknown W/A: Mike Mignola Colors: Dave Stewart A collection of short tales and vignettes set in a fantastical mythic and magic-infused medieval world of Mignola's imagination. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #comicbook #fantasy #mikemignola #booksky

A hardcover sequential art story anthology. The cover illustration shows a boy in medieval dress, holding skull in both hands, and standing on the spread white robes worn by a skeleton standing behind him. In the foreground are a group of bones that look like femurs, standing upright with the lowers buried in the soil. To the left of the main figures, in the background, is an old building with two towers, over which fliesxa giant bat. To the leftist a grandfather clock, a small pile of bones and books, and in the sky a strange bio-organic figure with many limbs covered with rows of circles.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I read that as you look like a lobster that is a man. You know they will throw you in a pot of boiling water, right?

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact October 1963 Cover: John Schoenherr I have a stack of old Analogs I am working my way through. This one contains what I believe was the first David Falkayn of the Polesotechnic League story by Poul Anderson. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #sciencefiction #magazine #booksky #vintage

1963 magazine with a cover painting of a wheel-shaped space station, viewed nearly on end, floating in the blackness of space
In the distant back a blue planet is silhouetted against the glow of a faint yellow nebula.

An interior illustration in the magazine, in black and white done in pen and ink, by John Schoenherr. A man in the foreground, wearing clothes of a strange design and carrying a briefcase under his right arm, walks away from a tall spaceship in the background, perched on four large engines. The ship has the classic tapered design of early fictional spaceships. There is a boarding ramp leading to an entry at the very bottom of the ship, between two of the engines. A couple small bipedal figures with long tails are standing near the base of the ship.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The Last Coyote By Michael Connelly Harry Bosch deals with his multitude of personal issues by finally trying to find out who murdered his prostitute mother when he was a child. His childhood history supplies character development to the max. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #harrybosch #mystery #booksky

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

And as far as I can tell, it has never worked, so I'm sticking with the atheism.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just a note that the same people who want to make younger children liable to adult punishment, also want to be able to "marry" younger children.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I still often say "goddammit" even though I'm an atheist.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

(2/2) He is treated very fairly in this book, but it just reinforces his reputation.

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Recent Reads @recentreads.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Dr. Werthless" W: Harold Schechter A: Eric Powell A biography of the man reviled by comic book fans, a psychiatrist who desperately needed to be in therapy himself, Fredric Wertham was a man whose ego overrode his intelligence. (1/2) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #graphicnovel #comicbook #booksky

A hardcover graphic novel, with a dustjacket cover illustration in grey tones, of an aged man, Dr. Fredric Wertham, who has a long, frowning face etched with deep lines around his mouth and on his cheek and neck, has thinning hair, and wears a pair of roundish black-framed glasses. In the foreground is a burning pile of comic books.

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