The seventeenth Doc Talos book is now available for preorder! Here is how it begins… _______________________________ The twigs which N’Longa flung into the fire broke and crackled. The unleaping flames lighted the countenances of the two men. N’Longa, voodoo man of the Slave Coast, was very old. His wizened and gnarled frame was stooped andContinue reading “Preorder sale for Doc Talos #17, “The Hills of the Unconsoled Dead””
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Preorder sale for Doc Talos #16, “Yesterday”
The sixteenth Doc Talos book is now available for preorder! For those with long memories and a deep love of the character Pat Savage, one of the great treats of the original pulp run of Doc Savage magazine was the Jan-Feb 1948 issue featuring Pat, in a story called “I Died Yesterday”. It is theContinue reading “Preorder sale for Doc Talos #16, “Yesterday””
Pre-release sale for Doc Talos “Annihilation”
The fifteenth book in the Doc Talos series will be releasing in June, and between now and June 15th, Annihilation can be pre-ordered at a significant discount. The book revisits and channels concepts from the classic Doc Savage pulp story The Annihilist, but beyond the foundational theme of Doc’s “crime college” — the institution heContinue reading “Pre-release sale for Doc Talos “Annihilation””
Review of Doc Talos “Montage”
Montage, by R. Paul Sardanas and Iason Ragnar Bellerophon — review by Grace Ximenez Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of penning a very short story for the Talos anthology collection Mona, and when author/publisher R. Paul Sardanas sent me a contributor’s copy of the book (which was lovely), he also included a reviewContinue reading “Review of Doc Talos “Montage””
Sneak peek at “Annihilation” Foreword by R. Paul Sardanas
Upcoming in June of 2023 is the Doc Talos book “Annihilation”, which on the surface is a re-imagining of the classic Doc Savage pulp novel “The Annihilist”…but in actuality takes the basic premise of the original into a far more challenging cultural landscape. Set not in the 1930’s but in the period from 1968-1972, itContinue reading “Sneak peek at “Annihilation” Foreword by R. Paul Sardanas”
Pre-release sale for Doc Talos “Mona”
Following last year’s special collection of tales featuring Rickie Talos (avatar of Pat Savage) comes the second in the series of Doc Talos Files anthologies, each featuring a single character from the Talos Chronicle. Mona spotlights the series pastiche of the classic Doc Savage character Princess Monja. Perhaps one of the oddest not-quite-love-stories of theContinue reading “Pre-release sale for Doc Talos “Mona””
Pre-release sale for Doc Talos “Montage”
“An amazing weaving of diverse cinematic texts, which creates a web of living, breathing, heartfelt fiction.” – Atom Mudman Bezecny “Audacity always audacity…” – André Vathier The newest Doc Talos book is now available for pre-order! Montage is the first Doc Talos Double — a sophisticated take on the classic “Ace Double” format, where youContinue reading “Pre-release sale for Doc Talos “Montage””
Dr. Arthur Sippo interviews Doc Talos author/creator R. Paul Sardanas
Last weekend author/critic Dr. Arthur Sippo interviewed me for his podcast ArtsReviews, and we had a great, far-ranging talk about pulp writing, the creation and evolution of the Doc Talos series, some of my own personal history from the 1960’s to the present, and more. A link to the interview is below…and here are someContinue reading “Dr. Arthur Sippo interviews Doc Talos author/creator R. Paul Sardanas”
Sneak Peek at the upcoming deluxe short story featuring Rickie Talos
R. Paul Sardanas and Iason Ragnar Bellerophon are putting the finishing touches on a special short story/mini graphic novel featuring the incomparable Rickie Talos (pastiche of Pat Savage). It’s a wild tale of 90-year old pulp colliding with modern virtual reality, for an intense story-and-art experience. Here’s the Foreword for the upcoming special book releaseContinue reading “Sneak Peek at the upcoming deluxe short story featuring Rickie Talos”
Review of Doc Talos “Fortress”
FORTRESS, by R. Paul Sardanas and Iason Ragnar Bellerophon — review by Grace Ximenez This book is going to be enormously challenging to review. And this is far from my first rodeo…I’ve been reviewing books and films for over two decades, and have even reviewed works in the Talos universe (having done a review ofContinue reading “Review of Doc Talos “Fortress””
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