Ranging from the mysterious to pulp action to the Lovecraftian, this vivid collection of short fiction explores a world of radio heroes, masterful villains, and creatures from places unknown.
Richard Allen "Dick" Lupoff (born February 21, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American science fiction and mystery author, who has also written humor, satire, non-fiction and reviews. In addition to his two dozen novels and more than 40 short stories, he has also edited science-fantasy anthologies. He is an expert on the writing of Edgar Rice Burroughs and has an equally strong interest in H. P. Lovecraft. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1970 he worked in the computer industry.
I was excited about this one and really tried to like it, but, unfortunately, it's a DNF. I usually like this pulpy stuff - Golden Age superheroes, Lovecraftian horrors, weird Sherlock Holmes... Well, there is a weird physics story - 'At Vega's Taqueria' - that's really good... But otherwise I was underwhelmed. Missing a quotient of 'zip' required to make this kind of writing three-dimensional.