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16 reviews
Bradley Denton

Seuil, 1998

Cheer For The Killer
Generally, when a serious book set in modern America features a person who murders twenty people, that person is not the star, you don't find yourself cheering him on, and you aren't sad when the killing spree comes to an end. In Blackburn, Bradley Denton makes all of that happen. Blackburn follows the life of Jimmy Blackburn, told through a series of nineteen stories spanning his life. The ...

Wrack and Roll

2 reviews
Bradley Denton

Warner Books, 1986

Hair Metal Chick Saves the World
If you're the type that thought 1980s heavy metal had the power to change the world, here's a fun and trashy novel for you. I agree with the previous reviewer who said that this book's basic theme is pretty hokey - the idea that rock n' roll can inspire worldwide class conflict and revolution, and can save humanity through the power of music. Also, the supernatural elements of the story are ...

Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede

3 reviews
Bradley Denton

Headline Book Publishing, 1992

A MUST-read for sci-fi OR Rock and roll fans
Although my generation is much more rcent than the rock and roll legends of this book, I found the novel entertaining, exciting, suspensful, and with a great sense of humor. Even rock-and-roll fans, if not sci-fi fans, should read this treasure!

One Day Closer to Death: Eight Stabs at Immortality

4 reviews
Bradley Denton

St. Martin's Press, 1998

A pleasure to read.
In his introduction to "The Territory," the opening story of One Day Closer to Death, author Bradley Denton states: " The greatest moment in all of American literature occurs in chapter 31 of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn when Huck says--- 'All right then, I'll go to hell.' And he tears up a certain piece of paper." * *A letter he had written to Jim's owner, Mrs. Watson, revealing Jim's ...

Laughin' Boy

2 reviews
Bradley Denton

Subterranean Press, 2005

Buy this book
Bradley Denton mixes genres with the best of them. Had it not been for 9/11, this book about a paramilitary massacre in a midwestern city would have been printed years ago by a major press. As it is, this limited edition is the only one available. Grab it before all copies are gone.

The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians

1 review
Bradley Denton, Howard Waldrop

Wildside Press, 1993

Not Free SF Reader
It is not much of a surprise that Howard Waldrop provides an introduction for this book, it certain would seem to be his sort of whacky, if venturing a bit more towards horrror, perhaps. Calvin Coolidge Home : SKIDMORE - Bradley Denton Calvin Coolidge Home : THE CALVIN COOLIDGE HOME FOR DEAD COMEDIANS - Bradley Denton Calvin Coolidge Home : THE SIN-EATER OF THE KAW - Bradley Denton Calvin ...

Lunatics

10 reviews
Bradley Denton

Bantam, 1997

A very entertaining romantic fantasy. 4.6 stars
_____________________________________________ Each month, when the moon is full, Jack strips naked and waits outside for Lily. If he doesn't, she has trouble finding him on her flight down from the Moon. The Austin police are not pleased. . . but , as one of his friends observes, Jack's a few bubbles off level. His friends, thirty-something engineers and academics, are pretty ...

Blackburn's Lady
Bradley Denton

Subterranean Press, 2001

Limited Edition chapbook (1 of 250) from Sub terranean Press, 2001. SIGNED BY BRADLEY DENTON! FINE. Related to Denton's fine novel, Blackburn.

A Conflagration Artist
Bradley Denton

Wildside Press, 1993

Featuring stories to set the mind on fire, this 1994 World Fantasy Award-winning collection includes such tales as "In the Fullness of Time, " "Top of the Charts, " "The Chaff He Will Burn, " "Music of the Spheres, " "The Summer We Saw Diana, " and the title piece.

Cross Plains Universe - Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard
Jr. Neal Barrett, Bradley Denton, ...

Monkeybrain Books and Fact, Inc., 2006

The 2006 World Fantasy Convention book, issued in honor of the Robert E. Howard centenary.

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