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Pat Calhoun

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  1. Cong, Surf (as MM would say) - the Black Lizard is but a shadow of the Pop Lib - still kinda fun...
  2. haven't read it yet, but as 'They'd Rather be Right' it won the Best Novel Hugo award for 1955...
  3. nice analysis above. here's evidence of a Wally Wood early '50s pb cov...
  4. &, not as exciting as #11, but here's the other Woolrich Dell Dimer
  5. As we ponder the glories of RD's latest pile I'd like to offer some words of praise for the towering Masterpiece that is 'War with the Newts'. Not just a great novel: Capek's voice is so wise and warm: there is no better guide into the labyrinth of human folly - viewed with enough compassion that one can almost bear it. We had my mother-in-law living here a few years back when she needed minor assistance: she was quite a reader - and after loaning her a copy I watched her experience a weekend of joy - she would emerge every so often starry-eyed and smiling. In another important work, RUR, Capek invented the word 'robot'...