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ANDREW NETTE and IAIN McINTYRE (eds) Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical science fiction 1950 to 1985. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

ANDREW NETTE and IAIN McINTYRE (eds) Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical science fiction 1950 to 1985. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

by NRB | 24 Mar 2022 | Non-fiction, SFF | 0 comments

Dangerous Visions and New Worlds explores how science fiction reflects the times in which it is written. In this lavishly illustrated collection of essays, Nette and McIntyre take a third loving look at the era of pulp fiction, following on from their Girl Gangs,...
ANDREW NETTE and IAIN MCINTYRE (Eds) Sticking it to the Man: Revolution and counterculture in pulp and popular fiction 1950 to 1980. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

ANDREW NETTE and IAIN MCINTYRE (Eds) Sticking it to the Man: Revolution and counterculture in pulp and popular fiction 1950 to 1980. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

by NRB | 30 Jan 2020 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Sticking it to the Man brings together a wide-ranging collection of essays that examine how the counterculture and radical politics have been reflected in popular fiction. In this new book, Nette and McIntyre have produced a companion volume to Girl Gangs, Biker Boys,...
IAIN MCINTYRE (Ed.) On the Fly! Hobo literature & songs 1879-1941. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

IAIN MCINTYRE (Ed.) On the Fly! Hobo literature & songs 1879-1941. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

by NRB | 24 Jan 2019 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

In his introduction to this fascinating collection of writing from the American hobo era Iain McIntyre tells us how that way of life, which began due to economic necessity, became so much more. The material gathered in On the Fly! reflects the politics of the early...
IAIN MCINTYRE and ANDREW NETTE (Eds) Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats:  Pulp fiction and youth culture 1950 to 1980. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

IAIN MCINTYRE and ANDREW NETTE (Eds) Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats: Pulp fiction and youth culture 1950 to 1980. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

by NRB | 8 Mar 2018 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Iain McIntyre and Andrew Nette have created a loving homage to pulp fiction with its lurid covers and taglines. This book, lavishly illustrated with pulp covers, is itself a beautiful thing. Its own lurid green cover features a number of pulp...
             

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