Barry Reese
Creator of Action & Adventure fiction
Month: March 2019
All Kinds of News
The Second Book of Babylon is literally just days away – and I’ve already gotten a look at the cover, though I can’t share it with you just yet. Looking forward to you guys seeing this one – it’s been a little over two…
Young Doc Savage: A tentative chronology
Originally posted on Fraser Sherman's Blog:
As I mentioned a few years ago, I’m fascinated by the missing years in Doc Savage’s life. The series tells us almost nothing about the time between Doc meeting his five friends in WW I and the…
THE NYCTALOPE: NEGLECTED PULP HERO
Originally posted on Balladeer's Blog:
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 of de la Hire’s works…
How Far Is Too Far?
I keep most of my New Pulp writing in the PG-13 range but I’ve been known to cross “the line” on occasion… some of you may remember when Sun Koh mutilated a rapist in an old Peregrine story, for instance. And my novel…
Captain Marvel!
Loved Captain Marvel! Great performances all around (Jude Law is always wonderful!). The film properly displayed Carol Danvers’ true superpower: the ability to get up after every time she’s knocked down and come back stronger than before. One of my two or three favorite…
Musing about awards…
So the Pulp Factory Awards nominee list was revealed today and, once again, it’s heavily weighted towards Airship 27. 18 of the 23 nominations went to Airship and the ones that didn’t still feature writers that also work for Airship. This is not surprising…
