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Black Cat Weekly #113

Robert Silverberg, Poul Anderson, Richard McKenna, Hal Charles, Norman Spinrad, Talmage Powell, Richard R. Smith, Skye Alexander, M.E. Proctor, Avram Lavinsky

Publisher: Wildside Press

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Summary

This issue we are headlining the appearance of Norman Spinrad’s masterful short novel, Riding the Torch—one of my favorites of his, and a work that surely deserved more attention than it’s received. (But in a career that has produced such classics as Bug Jack Baron, The Iron Dream, and The Void Captain’s Tale, perhaps it’s understandable that one of Spinrad’s short novels hasn’t received the attention it deserved.) We also have a trio of original mysteries, four Golden Age science fiction tales, and a solve-it-yourself puzzler…more than enough to thrill even the most jaded reader! So, read on—you’re in for a treat.

Available since: 10/29/2023.

Print length: 307 pages.

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