{"title":"Gilbert Colon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGilbert Colon\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts gripping tales that plunge readers into the heart of crime and suspense. His narratives are marked by sharp plotting and vivid characters, drawing you into a world where danger and intrigue lurk around every corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFans of intense thrillers will appreciate Colon’s ability to balance action with psychological depth, creating stories that resonate long after the final page. Expect relentless pacing and unexpected twists that keep you guessing until the very end.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"blood-n-thunder-2024-special-edition-by-michael-brown-9798884872493","title":"Blood 'n' Thunder 2024 Special Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood 'n' Thunder\u003c\/em\u003e's annual book-length issue for 2024 packs nearly 100,000 words of pulp and pop-culture history into 276 pages. As always, our in-depth articles combine rigorous scholarship with fannish enthusiasm, exploring the world of vintage adventure, mystery, and melodrama in pulp magazines and other storytelling mediums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this issue, novelist Will Murray weighs in on a \"lost\" detective story supposedly written by \u003cem\u003eMaltese Falcon\u003c\/em\u003e creator Dashiell Hammett. Canadian journalist and documentary filmmaker Don Hutchison contributes appreciations of the classic 1932 film \u003cem\u003eWhite Zombie\u003c\/em\u003e and pulp fiction that features Royal Canadian Mounted Police as heroes. Old Time Radio expert Karl Schadow documents a 1931 radio series that dramatised stories from \u003cem\u003eAdventure\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, the \"Dean of the Pulps.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback authority Gary Lovisi covers a mid-1920s series of proto-paperbacks reprinting yarns from the pulps. Fantastic-literature historian Will Oliver surveys \u003cem\u003eThe Black Cat\u003c\/em\u003e, a late 19th-century magazine often cited as the precursor to \u003cem\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/em\u003e for its periodic forays into the strange and supernatural. Matthew Bradley takes a close and comprehensive look at the early fantasy and science-fictional stories of acclaimed fictioneer and dramatist Richard Matheson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGilbert Colon reviews the participation in science-fiction fandom of the late film critic Roger Ebert. \u003cem\u003eBlood 'n' Thunder\u003c\/em\u003e editor-publisher Ed Hulse takes a deep dive into the occult world of Chandu the Magician, whose long-running radio adventures and big-screen appearances thrilled millions of fans during the 1930s. Finally, there's another handful of how-to articles, culled from the long-ago pages of \u003cem\u003eWriter's Digest\u003c\/em\u003e, by such prominent pulp-fiction writers and editors as Erle Stanley Gardner, Hugo Gernsback, Henry Kuttner, and Leo Margulies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach article is profusely illustrated with vintage magazine covers and artwork, rare movie stills, vintage advertisements, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48127174705388,"sku":"9798884872493","price":79.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9798884872493-blood-n-thunder-2024-special-edition.jpg?v=1785995216"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/gilbert-colon.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}