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bbusybookworm · 10-04-2008, 11:20 PM

Just saw a mail from Fictionwise and noticed one of the books with a 100% Micropay rebate was the next book in the Executioner series.

It was a real jolt and took me down memory lane to all the old pulp books I used to devour as a teenager.

Book's that I probably wouldn't pick up or read today in most cases, but ones which shaped my teen years and some of my outlook in life.

So I figured, why not?

Lets all go for a ride down memory lane, to remember the books we used to devour, many of which have vanished without a trace while others have become classics.

Lets start with the series that bought up this thought

The Executioner by Don Pendleton

Bolan's adventures against the Mob are legend, and helped shape the whole genre. It was especially interesting for me to get a hold of the books as they were not published in my country. I trawled the used book markets to find as many as I could.

Able Team And Phoenix Force by Don Pendleton.

The spin-off series were I believe never as popular, but boy did I ever enjoy them.

The Destroyer by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir

Also one of my favourites. Once I got a hold of the first book, I was hooked and always kept a lookout for more. The only problem was that I'll usually only find a few parts of the series so would have to make up the middle parts in my head

as this was well before Wikipedia

The Guardians by Richard Austin (Victor Milan)

Interesting post WWIII Post-Apocalyptic Series, while not the greatest quality, had some interesting content and ideas. I Believe that it had a spin off

The Marauders by Michael McGann

Which had a decent premise, but I've only read the first part.

Springblade by Greg Walker

Oh Boy! the amount of time I spent trying to make the books namesake. A good if predictable action book, but some pretty good information on knives and bladed weapons.

Well, thats all that springs to mind. As you can see mot of it was pretty military / action based.

I did read a lot of SF, but I probably would not classify Asimov, Henlin, Clark as Pulp

So what do you remember? What was you pleasure in the past?

10-04-2008, 11:20 PM	#1
bbusybookworm Tech Junkie Posts: 1,027 Karma: 10080 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth Device: iPad, MotoXStyle, OnePlusOne	Down Memory Lane - Rembering the Pulps Just saw a mail from Fictionwise and noticed one of the books with a 100% Micropay rebate was the next book in the Executioner series. It was a real jolt and took me down memory lane to all the old pulp books I used to devour as a teenager. Book's that I probably wouldn't pick up or read today in most cases, but ones which shaped my teen years and some of my outlook in life. So I figured, why not? Lets all go for a ride down memory lane, to remember the books we used to devour, many of which have vanished without a trace while others have become classics. Lets start with the series that bought up this thought The Executioner by Don Pendleton Bolan's adventures against the Mob are legend, and helped shape the whole genre. It was especially interesting for me to get a hold of the books as they were not published in my country. I trawled the used book markets to find as many as I could. Able Team And Phoenix Force by Don Pendleton. The spin-off series were I believe never as popular, but boy did I ever enjoy them. The Destroyer by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir Also one of my favourites. Once I got a hold of the first book, I was hooked and always kept a lookout for more. The only problem was that I'll usually only find a few parts of the series so would have to make up the middle parts in my head as this was well before Wikipedia The Guardians by Richard Austin (Victor Milan) Interesting post WWIII Post-Apocalyptic Series, while not the greatest quality, had some interesting content and ideas. I Believe that it had a spin off The Marauders by Michael McGann Which had a decent premise, but I've only read the first part. Springblade by Greg Walker Oh Boy! the amount of time I spent trying to make the books namesake. A good if predictable action book, but some pretty good information on knives and bladed weapons. Well, thats all that springs to mind. As you can see mot of it was pretty military / action based. I did read a lot of SF, but I probably would not classify Asimov, Henlin, Clark as Pulp So what do you remember? What was you pleasure in the past?