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Momentum by Marc Diamond

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Momentum

Momentum

Price: $8.95
ISBN: 0-88978-179-6
Pulp Press, 1986

About the Book

In a west coast city preparing itself for a world exposition, a man named Still is on the move. Downwardly mobile, having lost his government job, Still plummets through a matrix of a society frenzied with hope and disappointment. Meanwhile, “The Thing” begins to take shape on the waterfront, bombarding the city with fireworks and hoopla, forcing the lost ones further and further away.

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Hardwired Angel by Candas Jane Dorsey & Nora Abercrombie

Monday, February 16th, 2009

ISBN: 0-88978-190-7
Pulp Press, 1987
Out of Print. Find a used copy

About the Book

The story of a streetwise, drugged-out genius who gains notoriety as inventor of a cell-imitating computer chip and recreational booker wanted by both the Pentagon and men in need of a quick fix.

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Starting Small by James Dunn

Monday, February 16th, 2009
Starting Small

Starting Small

Price: $7.95
ISBN: 0-88978-195-8
Pulp Press, 1988

About the Book

Blind Banana Daiquiri is a guitarist accused of schizophrenia who spends his nights performing his greatest hits as mood music for strip shows. But growing up normal-sized in the Land of the Smalls (island cave dwellers who never grow taller than 4′6″) taught him a thing or two about normalcy, and as a schizophrenic, the idea that fiction can be stranger than the truth.

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Pawn to Queen: A Chris Prior Mystery by Pat Dobie

Monday, February 16th, 2009
Pawn to Queen: A Chris Prior Mystery

Pawn to Queen: A Chris Prior Mystery

Price: $7.95
ISBN: 0-88978-209-1
Pulp Press, 1989
Out of print. Find a used copy

About the Book

Meet Chris Prior, your not-so-average down-on-the-ropes private eye–broke, hard-drinking and cynical–and suffering from a crisis of confidence. And things don’t improve when she agrees to tackle a murder case involving an escort service and a rich, chess-playing university professor, which takes her from the seedy back streets of Vancouver to the quiet neighbourhoods of suburban Toronto.

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Wastefall by Stephen E. Miller

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Wastefall

Wastefall

ISBN: 0-88978-220-2
Pulp Press, 1990
Out of Print. Find a used copy

About the Book

Forrest thinks the world is a garbage dump, a surreal wasteland in which anything can happen. A series of circumstances forces him to abandon reality and search for fulfillment amidst the debris of a disposable society. But life here ain’t all easy–kids still grow up to turn against you, and love is hard to find.
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O Father by Bill Dodds

Monday, February 16th, 2009

ISBN: 0-88978-229-6
Anvil Press, 1991
Out of print. Find a used copy

About the Book

A fledgling mystery novelist and single dad with an addiction to James Garner reruns enrolls in a PI course to get background information for a book he is working on. But a series of events leads the hapless writer into his own real-life murder mystery, forcing him to learn the trade for real… with his three-year-old daughter in tow on his stakeouts.
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