tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post1613076926709172823..comments2024-02-29T22:56:25.464-05:00Comments on The Post Modern Pulp Blog: Book Review: Phoenix Force #1 Argentine DeadlineJack Badelairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-37355277508638036732011-06-08T22:25:45.961-04:002011-06-08T22:25:45.961-04:00You won't be disappointed. I know zombie fict...You won't be disappointed. I know zombie fiction is over saturated but DBDA is pretty unique and quite addictive once you start reading it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-9218218007868143742011-06-08T19:29:56.709-04:002011-06-08T19:29:56.709-04:00I read a few of the Doomsday Warrior books years a...I read a few of the Doomsday Warrior books years ago. My copies (like the Mack Bolans from those years) are tattered from carrying them around in my cargo pockets. I was actually considering digging them out as review fodder. Turns out Graphic Audio has a couple of those titles, too.<br /><br />I love the post-apocalypse genre, and enjoyed those books. The author got a little preachy, once in a while, but nothing compared to Johnstone or others. The part I could have done without was his Zen/New Age mysticism. But that's me.<br /><br />As I remember them, they were satisfying escapist adventure.<br /><br />I gotta check out "Day by Day Armageddon." Never heard of it before.Hank Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241805904517893443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-23492218489607790292011-06-08T19:09:57.514-04:002011-06-08T19:09:57.514-04:00Sounds pretty cool. I can review that first Survi...Sounds pretty cool. I can review that first Survivalist if you like, otherwise I can review a contemporary novel like the outstanding "Day by Day Armageddon" and its sequel "Beyond Exile"<br /><br />That is a pretty zanny way to finish off the Survivalist books, I wouldn't have expected that. It seems to sort of defeat the concept of the series, which from the first book at least, seemed to be about the protagonist attempting to find and rescue his wife and son.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-28950237792350364832011-06-08T16:05:07.564-04:002011-06-08T16:05:07.564-04:00Yeah, Survivalist is a weird series. It's som...Yeah, Survivalist is a weird series. It's something of a case of an author having too much of his own personal agenda filtering into the story. And yes, there's some kind of hibernation / time travel that puts them 300 years into the future. Weird stuff. I've read the first few and ought to put up a couple of reviews some time.<br /><br />I've got a couple Doomsday Warriors kicking around - haven't read them though. I plan on an issue of Hatchet Force entirely dedicated to post-nuke pulps, and hopefully this gang can assemble some great reviews.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-8213461169990974512011-06-08T15:09:57.988-04:002011-06-08T15:09:57.988-04:00I never dug the Survivalist. I didn't even li...I never dug the Survivalist. I didn't even like it as a kid. You would always see copies of that series at my middle school. I do know that toward the end the protagonists go into cryogenic freeze and wake up like a thousand years in the future to fight neo-nazis, which alone warrants a read someday.<br /><br />If post-nuke pulps (as I call 'em) are your thing, check out the five-volume Phoenix series by David Alexader. Completely over-the-top insane graphic violence. Slightly less graphic (but even more insane) would be the 19 volume (!) Doomsday Warrior series by Ryder Stacy. I'm reading volume 1 of that one now -- something I've meant to do since the late '80s -- and I will have a review up one of these days on my blog.Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-62891847617857598242011-06-08T08:10:19.401-04:002011-06-08T08:10:19.401-04:00Does anyone know if "The Survivalist" pi...Does anyone know if "The Survivalist" picked up down the line? I thought #1 was okay, but its mostly just a primer for the series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-52468608713664293702011-06-08T07:29:24.946-04:002011-06-08T07:29:24.946-04:00Thanks for the heads-up. Sounds like a case study ...Thanks for the heads-up. Sounds like a case study in how NOT to write an action series opener. But then authors make mistakes and poor choices, just like anyone else. Sounds like maybe Pendleton (or the ghost?) found his rhythm a few installments later.<br /><br />I read the first of the Gor books last year, and was disappointed. Later I was informed that the series doesn't start to crackle until several books into it. I do plan to give it a 2nd chance.Hank Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241805904517893443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-91934857770467216652011-06-08T01:51:34.017-04:002011-06-08T01:51:34.017-04:00You got it right with your first guess, of course ...You got it right with your first guess, of course -- it's #8! I was a Phoenix Force fan as a kid and never read Able Team...I bought "Army of Devils" years ago after reading some of the reviews on MackBolan.com, and only just now got around to reading it. Well, I guess the book has ALREADY knocked your socks off...I thought it was pretty insane and great.Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-16214253185215312532011-06-07T18:13:48.409-04:002011-06-07T18:13:48.409-04:00Joe - which one? Of all the Able's I've r...Joe - which one? Of all the Able's I've read, #8 - Army of Devils - is the most off-the-wall. Shot to Hell (#20) comes a close second.<br /><br />JM - In my Hatchet Force review of AT#1, I'm going to go into my likes and dislikes a little more. Both AT and PF started in mid-1982, and I think kidnapping down in South and Central America was pretty rampant at the time (But how times have changed! Not...).Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-35155227250246412962011-06-07T18:10:12.457-04:002011-06-07T18:10:12.457-04:00Groovy, I'll keep it in mind.Groovy, I'll keep it in mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-7587113357679557342011-06-07T14:31:00.673-04:002011-06-07T14:31:00.673-04:00I have a review posting on my blog this coming Thu...I have a review posting on my blog this coming Thursday for a volume of Able Team that will knock your socks off...if only more of them had been like it!Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-85370787674792173092011-06-07T13:53:51.949-04:002011-06-07T13:53:51.949-04:00Thanks for the critical review. I'd like to t...Thanks for the critical review. I'd like to track down some of the old Able Team and Phoenix Force novels. I'm with you though, I like Able Team a lot better. The plot does sound strange, what year was in published? It may have been based off of the American medical students who were held in Grenada in 1983.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com