The PorPor Books Blog: SF and Fantasy Paperbacks, and Pop Culture Detritus, 1968 - 1988

SO....what's a PorPor Book ? 'PorPor' is a derogatory term my brother used, to refer to the SF and Fantasy paperbacks and comic books I eagerly read from the late 60s to the late 80s. This blog is devoted to those paperbacks and comics you can find on the shelves of second-hand bookstores...from the New Wave era and 'Dangerous Visions', to the advent of the cyberpunks and 'Neuromancer'. And with a leavening of pop culture detritus, too !

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Book Review: Wolf's Complete Book of Terror

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Book Review: 'Wolf's Complete Book of Terror'  3 / 5 Stars I remember getting this book sometime in the early 1980s, perhaps as ...
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Monday, September 2, 2024

National Lampoon September 1976

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National Lampoon September 1976 September, 1976. Looking at the Billboard 200 chart, which tracks LP sales, we see that the top 5 albums inc...
Thursday, August 29, 2024

Book Review: Time Travelers

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Book Review: 'Time Travelers' edited by Gardner Dozois 2  / 5 Stars 'Time Travelers: From Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Mag...
Monday, August 26, 2024

The Best Science Fiction Novels of the Eighties

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The  Top 10  Science  Fiction  Novels  of the  Eighties In August 2023 I wrote up a post about my top 10 science fiction novels of the Seven...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Book Review: John the Balladeer

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Book Review: 'John the Balladeer' by Manly Wade Wellman 5 / 5 Stars   'John the Balladeer' (261 pp.) was published by Valanc...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

The font for the Dune novels of the 1970s

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  The font for the 'Dune' books Over at the 'Fonts in Use' blog, an interesting post about the origin of the font used on t...
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Saturday, August 17, 2024

Book Review: Blood Knot

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Book Review: 'Blood Knot' by Burt Cole 1 / 5 Stars Reading old issues of Penthouse , Rolling Stone , and Playboy from the 1970s and...
Tuesday, August 13, 2024

'Baby Come On' from Sex O'Clock USA

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'Baby Come On' from Sex O'Clock USA 1976 One of the greatest disco songs of the 1970s was the track 'Baby Come On,' from...
Saturday, August 10, 2024

Book Review: A Tapestry of Time

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Book Review: 'A Tapestry of Time' by Richard Cowper 3 / 5 Stars 'A Tapestry of Time' (222 pp.) first was published in the UK...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

McKay's Books Mebane NC

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At McKay's Books Mebane, NC So far this summer the heat has been stifling,with temps at or over 95 degrees F° most days. So, last month,...
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I'm a long time fan of SF and fantasy literature, starting from the day I got my first Marvel comic as a first-grader in 1966.
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