Category Archives: C. L. Moore

Reading Report. October/November 2025 from Jeff Baker. November 20, 2025.

Posted on November 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Read “Crossing the Border” by Barry N. Malzberg in his collection “Collecting Myself.” Story written for the Resnick anthology “Men Writing Science Fiction as Women.” More from both books as this report progresses. Also from the Malzberg book read “Gotterdamerung” … Continue reading →

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Reading Report, August/September 2025 from Jeff Baker

Posted on September 21, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Image courtesy of J. Scott Coatsworth Read Joe R. Lansdale’s “The Shadows In the Rock,” in the anthology “Scaring and Daring.” A fine homage to Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn. The dialogue is perfect. (“You listen right smart, that river … Continue reading →

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The Kuttners “Portal In the Picture.” Reviewed by Jeff Baker. (September 19, 2025)

Posted on September 19, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Kuttner And Moore’s “Portal In The Picture” review by Jeff Baker A Reading Report Addenda. (September 19th, 2025) There’s a land that I’ve heard of, once in a lullaby—–”Over The Rainbow.” Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore’s novella “The Portal … Continue reading →

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Reading Report Extra! Horror MAYhem: Decades Of Dread! Jeff Baker, May 30, 2025

Posted on May 30, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report Addenda: “Horror MAYhem 2025” For fun, I’m participating in “Horror MAYhem: Decades Of Dread” a Book Tube event where they read horror stories from several decades. I’m not on Book Tube so I’m just posting the results here, … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: April/May 2025 from Jeff Baker. With Some Horror MAYhem! (May 20, 2025)

Posted on May 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report: April/May 2025 I’ve found this period I did more reading away from the house: at the laundromat and at the repair shop. Twice. (Low tires.) Read Robert W. Chambers’ story “The Tomb of Samaris.” (Actually several chapters in … Continue reading →

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Henry Kuttner and Others! Jeff Baker’s March/April 2025 Reading Report. (April 21, 2025)

Posted on April 21, 2025 by jeffbaker307

A Henry Kuttner-heavy Reading Report for March/April 2025 Read “Food For Thought” by Felice Picano who had died a week earlier. It’s in is collection “Tales From A Distant Planet.” The story plays like an episode of the original “Star … Continue reading →

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Reading Report. January/February 2025 From Jeff Baker (February 20, 2025)

Posted on February 20, 2025 by jeffbaker307

Reading Report; January/February 2025 I’m reading Stephen King’s first Dark Tower novel; “The Gunslinger.” Told myself I’d do it if I got snowed-in, and I’m not going anywhere in the 1” of snow we had! The book is comprised of … Continue reading →

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“Stand Ready to Smite” With Rainbow Snippets from Jeff Baker. July 29, 2023.

Posted on July 29, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Every week we post six lines of a story of ours, a work-in-progress or from someone else’s work we recommend that has LGBT characters on Rainbow Snippets here https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 I’m going to add this introduction from when I posted my … Continue reading →

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The Best of Ballantine’s “Best of…” by Jeff Baker.

Posted on February 9, 2023 by jeffbaker307

The Best of the Best of Ballantine’s The Best of… Compiled by Jeff Baker From about 1974 through at least the late 80s, Ballantine Books published a series of over 22 (paperback and hardcover) “Best of” collections of the work … Continue reading →

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The Plain Old Power of Unbelief. Two Stories by Arthur and Kuttner. October 7, 2021 by Jeff Baker

Posted on October 7, 2021 by jeffbaker307

The Plain Old Power of Unbelief By Jeff Baker I just finished reading a short-story, a science-fantasy story by Henry Kuttner titled “The Uncanny Power of Edwin Cobalt.” I stumbled across a mention of the basic plot somewhere and it … Continue reading →

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