Category Archives: Reading

More of the Best Of Ballantine’s “The Best Of…” Compiled By Jeff Baker. February 13, 2023.

Posted on February 13, 2023 by jeffbaker307

More of 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 … 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 Adventures of the Puzzle Club” by Queen and Pachter. Reviewed by Jeff Baker (February 1st, 2023.)

Posted on February 1, 2023 by jeffbaker307

Adventures of the Puzzle Club by Ellery Queen and Josh Pachter Reviewed by Jeff Baker “The Adventures of the Puzzle Club,” the latest in publisher Crippen and Landru’s fine series of mystery short-story collections features two (or rather, three!) mystery … Continue reading →

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Mr. Strang Gets a Second Collection. A review by Jeff Baker.

Posted on March 1, 2022 by jeffbaker307

Mr. Strang Gets a (Second) Collection a review by Jeff Baker Publisher Crippen and Landru’s second collection of William Brittain’s fine mystery stories “The Man Who Solved Mysteries” is wonderful, perfect and long, long overdue. Brittain, who later wrote Y. … Continue reading →

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Reading a Teen-Age Outer Space Story (Golly!) Jeff Baker, February 6th, 2022

Posted on February 6, 2022 by jeffbaker307

I haven’t done as much writing as I should but I have kicked it up a notch on the reading in the last month. Yesterday, I bummed through a paperback edition of a 1962 Y. A. anthology “Teen-Age Outer Space … Continue reading →

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Christmas Rainbow Snippets Recommendation, from Jeff Baker. December 25th, 2021.

Posted on December 25, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Every week we post six lines from a work of ours, a work-in-progress or published or a recommendation of someone else’s work with at least one LGBT character. Posted at Rainbow Snippets here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/963484217054974 I’m recommending a whole book this … Continue reading →

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Sleuth Sayers Spreads the Word! Jeff Baker, November 3, 2021.

Posted on November 3, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Sleuth Sayers has done me the kindness of asking me to write a column for them about my recent story about Solar Pons, the local publicity I received for it and the background of Pons and his creator, August Derleth. … Continue reading →

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Avram Davidson Universe; a Unique Podcast (Because Davidson Was Unique!) By Jeff Baker, November 3, 2021.

Posted on November 3, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Avram Davidson was, unique. And that’s a cliche in his case! Fortunately, there is a podcast (operated by his godson, Seth Davis) called “Avram Davidson Universe” where this award-winning writer of fantasy, science fiction and mystery (and winner of multiple … Continue reading →

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Halloween Reading, Recommended by Jeff Baker. (October 24, 2021.)

Posted on October 24, 2021 by jeffbaker307

Spooky Stories I Like by Jeff Baker I’ve done this before and (hopefully) I won’t be repeating myself from earlier years. This is a list of a few scary (okay mildly spooky) short-stories for Halloween. “The Cask of Amontillado” by … Continue reading →

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“Fix the World” an anthology of hope. (Review by Jeff Baker)

Posted on April 10, 2021 by jeffbaker307

            Fix the World—review by Jeff Baker (Reviewer’s Note: I was given an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.)             The times we live in are grim. In keeping with this, dystopian fiction seems to be on the … Continue reading →

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