tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37016022847189205462024-03-19T00:56:07.376-05:00Glorious TrashTrawling the depths of forgotten fiction, films, and beyond, with yer pal, Joe KenneyJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger1334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-38761393010402766142024-03-18T06:30:00.043-05:002024-03-18T06:30:00.127-05:00The Last Ranger #9: The Damned DisciplesThe Last Ranger #9: The Damned Disciples, by Craig SargentOctober, 1988 Popular LibraryHere’s a funny little “Glorious Trash behind the scenes” story: the reason it’s taken me so long to get back to The Last Ranger was that I couldn’t remember where I put my copy of this ninth volume! I have so many books in so many boxes that I put together a spreadsheet years ago to keep track Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-11248119235833399612024-03-07T06:30:00.061-06:002024-03-07T06:30:00.133-06:00Mindf#ckersMindfuckers, Edited by David FeltonNo month stated, 1972 Straight Arrow BooksYes, friends, the title of the book is really “Mindfuckers.” I just changed it in the post title given the overly-sensitive AI that now polices Blogger. Which is fitting, because this book is essentially about thought control. Subtitled “A Source Book on the Rise of Acid Fascism in America” and comrpised of Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-64284848724547629192024-03-04T06:30:00.052-06:002024-03-04T06:30:00.137-06:00Doomsday Warrior #18: American Dream MachineDoomsday Warrior #18: American Dream Machine, by Ryder StacyJuly, 1990 Zebra BooksWhat can I say about this penultimate volume of Doomsday Warrior? That it’s incredibly stupid? That it’s the worst volume of the series yet? That it’s a sort-of rip off of Total Recall with a little Dune thrown in? That Ryder Syvertsen has clearly stuck a fork in the series and has entirely lost all Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-57851164114486994822024-02-28T06:30:00.134-06:002024-02-28T07:36:53.025-06:00Sticky FingersSticky Fingers, by Joe HaganNo month stated, 2017 KnopfI remember when this book came out a few years ago; the most notable thing about it was that writer Joe Hagan, who had personally been asked by Rolling Stone honcho Jann Wenner to write the definitive history of the magazine, had turned in a book so displeasing to Wenner that Wenner cut off all ties with Hagan, disavowing the Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-76591013892191191252024-02-21T06:30:00.044-06:002024-02-21T06:30:00.162-06:00Helter SkelterHelter Skelter, by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt GentryOctober, 1975 Bantam BooksI’m not sure how I’ve gone this long without reading Helter Skelter; supposedly it’s the best-selling True Crime book of all time, and it certainly had a landmark effect upon the reading public when it was first published in hardcover in 1974. Hell, I don’t think I’ve ever even seen the famous TV movie adaptationJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-76489686384792524522024-02-14T06:30:00.045-06:002024-02-14T06:30:00.131-06:00Black Samurai #4: The Deadly PearlBlack Samurai #4: The Deadly Pearl, by Marc OldenSeptember, 1974 Signet BooksMarc Olden takes the Black Samurai series in a Blaxploitation direction this time; while previous volumes have been standard action stories without any true “blaxploitation” trappings, The Deadly Pearl is very much in the subgenre, with Black Samurai Robert Sand going up against a Superfly-esque pimpJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-57723770904648969112024-02-07T06:30:00.042-06:002024-02-14T10:15:40.532-06:00Men’s Adventure Quarterly #9Men’s Adventure Quarterly #9, edited by Robert Deis and Bill CunninghamOctober, 2023 Subtropic ProductionsI had no idea what to expect with this latest installment of the highly-recommended Men’s Adventure Quarterly, what with the theme of “Croc Attack.” I mean I’m a little old fashioned with my men’s adventure yarns, usually preferring the tried and true WWII commando or Nazi sadist Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-75945264301730560152024-01-31T06:30:00.036-06:002024-01-31T06:30:00.238-06:00The Butcher #13: Blood VengeanceThe Butcher #13: Blood Vengeance, by Stuart JasonJanuary, 1975 Pinnacle BooksAt this point my enjoyment of The Butcher is relegated to spotting which previous installments James “Stuart Jason” Dockery rips off. In Blood Vengeance it seems to mainly be #4: Blood Debt that he’s rewriting, given that the book features characters from that earlier installment, but there areJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-58248212066241723462024-01-24T06:30:00.051-06:002024-01-24T06:30:00.135-06:00Traveler #10: Hell On EarthTraveler #10: Hell On Earth, by D.B. DrummOctober, 1986 Dell BooksEd “D.B. Drumm” Naha takes a page from the Doomsday Warrior series with this tenth installment of Traveler, which turns out to be a literal take on the title: In this one, Traveler actually finds hell on Earth, and ventures down into it like some post-nuke Orpheus to rescue his beloved, Jan. While Hell On Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-17849202376008764382024-01-17T06:30:00.125-06:002024-01-17T06:30:00.135-06:00Angel DustAngel Dust, by Lindsay MaracottaJanuary, 1979 Jove BooksWell friends, somehow I’ve managed to discover yet another obscure paperback original rock novel from the ‘70s. This one promised much, too, following the trash template of the era: a roman a clef about the famous personages of the era, opening in 1974 and then flashing back to 1964, detailing the torid year-by-year events Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-21861335862347647742024-01-10T06:30:00.081-06:002024-01-10T06:30:00.145-06:00The Lone Wolf #6: Chicago SlaughterThe Lone Wolf #6: Chicago Slaughter, by Mike BarryMay, 1974 Berkley MedallionThe Lone Wolf series continues to impress, if for no other reason than the strange vibe Barry “Mike Barry” Malzberg brings to the tale. Not to mention the clear fact that he’s winging his way through the narrative. In a way this brings the reader into the creative process, as it’s almost as if you and Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-30847254344616858462024-01-03T06:30:00.049-06:002024-02-15T15:30:07.877-06:00The FamilyThe Family, by Ed SandersNo month stated, 1971 E.P. DuttonYears ago I went on a short-lived Charles Manson kick and picked up this first edition of The Family, courtesy author-poet Ed Sanders, founding member of the group The Fugs and also the author of the surreal Shards Of God, which I keep meaning to re-read some day. Given how much I enjoyed that novel I decided I’d read Sanders’ Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-28283793507245713872023-12-21T06:30:00.051-06:002023-12-21T06:30:00.129-06:00Dakota #5: Chain ReactionDakota #5: Chain Reaction, by Gilbert RalstonNovember, 1975 Pinnacle BooksChain Reaction is so dull that I could hardly finish it. Really, I spent the last chapter and a half speed-reading, even though this is where the allegedly thrilling climax occurred. It lacks excitement and mystery, the cast of characters is ridiculously and confusingly large, and many scenes exist of filler dialogueJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-49949570745762462712023-12-18T06:30:00.061-06:002023-12-18T07:26:24.221-06:00UFO #2: Sporting BloodUFO #2: Sporting Blood, by Robert MiallJune, 1973 Warner Books(Original UK edition 1971)I’ve mentioned before how crazy I am about that ‘60s/70s ultramod Spaced Out vibe, as displayed in such ‘60s sci-fi flicks as Barbarella, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun. But in my mind the highest paragon of this ultramod “future 1960s” look would have to beJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-77216151766326189032023-12-14T06:30:00.026-06:002023-12-14T06:30:00.130-06:00Mad Peck Studios: A Twenty-Year RetrospectiveMad Peck Studios, by The Mad PeckNo month stated, 1987 Dolphin/Doubleday BooksYou’d never guess from that eye-catching cover, but Mad Peck Studios is actually (sort of) a record review book. In fact that’s how I discovered this obscure and scarce trade paperback in the first place: searching the web for contemporary record review guides, because I’m always doing stupid stuff like that. I Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-63887990129937390172023-12-11T06:30:00.034-06:002023-12-11T06:30:00.128-06:00Assault #1: The Raid On Reichswald FortressAssault #1: The Raid On Reichswald Fortress, by J.M. FlynnNo month stated, 1974 Award BooksA short-lived attempt at a Dirty Dozen-styled action series, Assault only ran three volumes, and might have caused some reader confusion because it was credited to two different authors. Veteran writer J.M. Flynn handled this first volume, and the other two were credited to C.J. Floyd. I’m assuming Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-41182634284295537042023-12-07T06:30:00.046-06:002023-12-07T06:30:00.239-06:00Hawkwind: Days Of The UndergroundHawkwind: Days Of The Underground, by Joe BanksNo month stated, 2020 Strange Attractor PressI try to refrain from making sweeping statements, but it seems to me that Hawkwind didn’t make much of an impact here in America. I mean, I’m 49 and have spent pretty much my entire life listening to rock music from the ‘60s and ‘70s, and even I only heard of Hawkwind probably around 1999 or so, in Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-38957060674956781502023-12-04T06:30:00.064-06:002023-12-04T06:30:00.134-06:00The Executioner #19: Detroit DeathwatchThe Executioner #19: Detroit Deathwatch, by Don PendletonJune, 1974 Pinnacle BooksDon Pendleton hews closely to his template for this 19th volume of The Executioner, but then again if it isn’t broke why fix it? Pendleton’s repetitive structure clearly struck a chord with readers of the day, so he follows it to the letter in Detroit Deathwatch: the opening hit on some Mafia Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-14053741770738760742023-11-29T06:30:00.078-06:002023-11-29T06:30:00.131-06:00The Lives Of John LennonThe Lives Of John Lennon, by Albert GoldmanJuly, 1989 Bantam Books(Original hardcover edition November 1988)Well friends, here’s the book that brought the blog to a standstill. Actually to tell the truth, this book alone didn’t bring the blog to a standstill; the Thanksgiving holiday also contributed, as I didn’t get a chance to go online at all last week. But also, this book is nearly Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-2328486681977577742023-11-15T06:30:00.040-06:002023-11-15T06:30:00.168-06:00Atomic Werewolves And Man-Eating PlantsAtomic Werewolves And Man-Eating Plants, edited by Robert Deis and Wyatt DoyleAugust, 2023 New TextureRobert Deis and Wyatt Doyle knock it out of the park again with another gift-quality hardcover anthology of vintage men’s adventure magazine yarns. The theme this time is similar to their earlier publication Cryptozoology Anthology, but whereas the men’s mag stories in that one at Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-39267590603038813482023-11-02T06:30:00.040-05:002023-11-02T06:30:00.136-05:00America 2040 (America 2040 #1)America 2040, by Evan InnesApril, 1986 Bantam Books“I think I held onto this $3.95 Bantam paperback as proof that this was as far as it could go – as far as the spirit of our time and place could celebrate itself, shame itself, parody itself, fuck itself to death.” -- Greil Marcus I just knew that book packager Lyle Kenyon Engel had to have done a sci-fi series in the epic Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-52267018648819399432023-10-30T06:30:00.045-05:002023-10-30T06:30:00.124-05:00The Neural Atrocity (The DNA Cowboys #3)The Neural Atrocity, by Mick FarrenNo month stated, 1977 Mayflower BooksThe DNA Cowboys “trilogy” wraps up with this third installment that begins soon after Synaptic Manhunt. In fact the two installments come off as one novel, whereas first installment The Quest Of The DNA Cowboys still seems like a book disconnected from the series. Even more so with this last Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-1159949066965067022023-10-26T06:30:00.068-05:002023-10-26T06:30:00.142-05:00The Terrible Ones (aka Nick Carter: Killmaster #13)The Terrible Ones, by Nick CarterNo month stated, 1966 Award BooksI hereby take back my sexist comment that female authors can’t write men’s adventure novels – or at least I’ll amend it to that some female authors can write men’s adventure novels, and Valerie Moolman proves that she is one of those very few with this installment of Nick Carter: Killmaster. Which is ironic, because Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-49284986761360022022023-10-23T06:30:00.055-05:002023-10-23T10:46:00.485-05:00Slaughter Realms: The Post-Nuke Pulp Spoof That Never Was Slaughter Realms: The Post-Nuke Pulp Spoof That Never Was Back in the early days of the blog I came across a website dedicated to “Slaughter Realms,” which was purported to be “a seminal pulp series during the heyday of post-apocalyptic fiction,” one that was “almost forgotten now.” Clearly a spoof of Gold Eagle’s Death Lands (which I so dislike I’ve never reviewed a Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-90020515018671932162023-10-19T06:30:00.028-05:002023-10-19T06:30:00.145-05:00Synaptic Manhunt (The DNA Cowboys #2)Synaptic Manhunt, by Mick FarrenNo month stated, 1976 Mayflower BooksThe DNA Cowboys “trilogy” continues with this second installment that was supposedly written right after the first. But if I didn’t know any better I would’ve assumed that Synaptic Manhunt was written at some much later date, as it introduces new characters to the series and changes previously-established Joe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com0