Bücher von Steve Carper

¿ Interviews with Tony Gleeson (Fantastic, Amazing Science Fiction, Mike Shayne, Personal Crimes) and John Shirley (Weirdbook, Fantastic, The Crow, Constantine, Wetbones).¿ Lester del Rey's Five Ages of Science Fiction by Vince Nowell, Sr.¿ Born of Other Worlds, it's Science Stories, a digest Ray Palmer "tossed in your lap with little or no ceremony."¿ News and dozens of cover previews from around the world of digests, direct from the magazines' editors, publishers, and writers.¿ Mike Chomko and William Lampkin untangle the fate of PulpFest 2020 and The Pulpster.¿ Richard Krauss exhumes the true crime sensation: Fotocrime.¿ Steve Carper rediscovers the remarkable Photoplay Editions.¿ Ward Smith spotlights Digest Science Fiction Novels.¿ New fiction by Michael Bracken, Rick Ollerman, and Joe Wehrle, Jr. with artwork by Rick McCollum, Marc Myers, and Michael Neno.¿ Reviews of Amazing Selects, bare¿bones No. 1, EconoClash Review No. 5, Guns + Tacos Season One, Lake County Incidents, and Paperback Fanatic No. 43.¿ Plus over 100 digest magazine cover images, first issue factoids, cartoons by Bob Vojtko, and more.¿ Cover by Tony Gleeson, 160 pages, published in full color by Larque Press.

Legions of robots and androids star in the dream factories of Hollywood and leer on pulp magazine covers, instantly recognizable icons of American popular culture. This book examines society's reactions to robots and androids in popular culture, particularly before and after World War I when the power of technology unfolded.