Books Update: Unusual Suspects
Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: Five Science Fiction rarities join this section in our latest update. The highlight is the 1st Lancer edition of Gladiator (Philip Wylie), originally published in 1930, and said by many to have inspired Superman. Another heroic figure is Bob Morane, ex-RAF pilot, explorer, roving reporter etc, etc. In The Dinosaur Hunters Henri Vernes’ protagonist attempts to rescue a millionaire big-game hunter, encountering T. Rex and other monsters in a prehistoric word gone mad!!!! (Ahem). Berserker’s Planet (Fred Saberhagen) is a novel that forms part of his long-running Berserker series, Grimm’s Story (Vernor Vinge) starts off as a barbarian princess fantasy, then morphs into a space opera, and Split (Graeme de Timms) tells of medical disaster.