Pulp Librarian

Hello, and welcome to the pulp library, a bibliothèque of bemusement! You can find my previous threads here: threadreaderapp.com/user/PulpLibra…

John Berkey’s 1974 cover art for 'Earthwreck!' by Thomas N. Scortia

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William Shatner's TekWar: the CD-ROM game. Capstone Software, 1995. This is what the Metaverse could have been...

Coast to Coast: The Hucklebuck (1981). That's how we used to get the party started!

Updated versions are available... x.com/i/status/20260…

I see there's many fans for this album out there...

Whatever happened to people singing sea shanties online? Are these skills now lost to history?

It's now the future and I still don't get to wear a cape!

The Odyssey (1997). Hallmark Channel presents the greatest of all legends, with some help from Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Armand Assante is Odysseus, who leads his men back from the Trojan War through many perils until he can see Greta Scacchi's Penelope again. Christopher Lee and Isabella Rossellini make guest appearances. It is pretty faithful to the source material...

The World Of The Future: Robots. Usborne Books, 1979.

The World Of The Future: Future Cities. Usborne Books, 1979.

The World Of The Future: Star Travel. Usborne Books, 1979.

Metropolis, by Thea Von Harboh. Readers Library 1927 edition with cover by Aubrey Hammond, and Ace Books 1975 edition with cover by Vincent Di Fate.

The Metropolis of Tomorrow, written and illustrated by Hugh Ferriss. Ives Washburn, 1929. Its final section on future cities was a big influence on science fiction.

Versailles: Masquerade (2011). Visual Kei symphonic power metal from Japan with lots of squealing guitars. This is from their third album 'Holy Grail'.

Forever Knight (1992-96). Vampire turned cop Nick Knight works the night shift for the Toronto PD, trying to atone for 800 years of vampiric crimes but troubled by flashbacks. Then his old vampire buddies return, as a night club owner and a late night DJ...

You may want an amplifier to go with that.

Technics D-46 and D-86 tape recorders, circa 1976.