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 !

Friday, January 2, 2026

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'Fruitman' by Kool and the Gang This is a groovy track from the 1974 album Light of the Worlds .    It didn't get as much atten...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Sleazoid Express: A Mind-Twisting Tour Through the Grindhouse Cinema of Times Square

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December is Trash Cinema Month at the PorPor Books Blog Book Review: 'Sleazoid Express: A Mind-Twisting Tour Through the Grindhouse Cin...
Saturday, December 27, 2025

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At Wonder Book and Video December 2025 Traveling to my hometown for the Christmas holiday, I passed through Frederick, and decided to stop i...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Empire by Delany and Chaykin

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'Empire' by Samuel R. Delany and Howard Chaykin Berkley Windhover, 1978   'Empire' (112 pp.) was published by Berkley Windho...
Saturday, December 20, 2025

Book Review: Xerox Ferox

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December is Trash Cinema Month at the PorPor Books Blog Book Review: 'Xerox Ferox' by John Szpunar   In June of 1980, Bill Landis ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Christmas Jollies

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Christmas Jollies The Salsoul Orchestra, 1976   A disco album of Christmas songs ?! Yes, and it's good stuff, too !   Back in October, ...
Monday, December 15, 2025

No More Mass Market Paperbacks ?!

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Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks from Publishers Weekly   Over at the Publisher's Weekly website, an interesting essay about the for...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Penthouse December 1974

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Penthouse December, 1974 December, 1974. Taking a look at the Weekly Top 40 for the week ending December 14, we see Carl Douglas's '...
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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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