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Monday, May 17, 2010

Paperback 314: The Reign of Wizardry / Jack Williamson (Lancer 72-761)

Paperback 314: Lancer 72-761 (1st ptg, 1964)

Title: The Reign of Wizardry
Author: Jack Williamson
Cover artist: Frank Frazetta

Yours for: $15


Best things about this cover:
  • Satan conducts the Stygian Philharmonic!
  • It's one bad-ass demon who can shoot skulls and naked ladies out of his armpits...
  • Is "the Unknown" a genre?


Best things about this back cover:
  • OK, how many walls are we going to encounter in this book? Three? That is a terrible pair of bold headings. Are the walls the same in both headings? And who's saying that mystery "quote" in the middle?
  • "The man they called 'Captain Firebrand' ..." — that sounds apocryphal. In fact, that sounds like a male stripper.

Page 123~
But the hairy pirate caught his arm again. "I wish you wouldn't leave me, Captain Firebrand."
Two words: Hairy. Pirate.

~RP

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