If you’re looking for something new to read over the long Turkey Day weekend, here are three suggestions, fresh from the truck to your grocer’s freezer your local bookstore shelves.
• The lucrative STAR WARS franchise continues with its latest surefire bestseller, James Luceno’s STAR WARS: DARK LORD – THE RISE OF DARTH VADER. With REVENGE OF THE SITH still flying high on DVD, the nation is still crystal-meth-high on Vadermania. We should have a review shortly after our review copy arrives from a galaxy not so far away (New York).
• For more adventure, look no further than, well, ADVENTURE: VOL. 1, edited by Chris Roberson. The first of a promised annual series of pulp anthologies, it provides thrills and chills in not just the adventure genre, but horror, western, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy and, um, boxing. If you didn’t already read our review from last week, shame on you, child.
• Lastly but not leastly, Hard Case Crime offers its December selection, Ed McBain’s THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE, formerly published in 1958 under the dumb title I’M CANNON – FOR HIRE. Just before his death earlier this year, McBain gave Hard Case his blessing for the reprint, provided he be able to restore his original title and character name as he intended. Hard Case said yes, of course. What more do you want, a review? Check back next week and we’ll make it right, toots.
