Donald F. Glut

Jim Harmon

The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury

In 1967, Jim Harmon published the first edition of The Great Radio Heroes to great acclaim. Thirty-three years later comes an illustrated, corrected, revised and greatly expanded new edition... Once there was a time--and it was not so long ago--when radio listening, especially to the dramas, was one of the most important events in many a young person's life. People developed a love affair with the radio, and though the old times are now gone forever, the love affair continues. The heroes and settings of radio drama spurred the imagination to supply its own and much better images than visual media provided. There were no padded shoulders on the Lone Ranger, Superman flew with no jiggly trick photography, and the Martians whom Orson Welles helped attack the Earth were more convincing than anything the movies can provide. For those who have been under the thrall of radio's alluring call, your new host Jim Harmon provides reminiscences of the heyday of radio programming, with insights on such radio dramas as I Love a Mystery, Gangbusters, The Shadow, Inner Sanctum, Batman and Robin, Superman, Tom Mix, The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, Adventures by Morse and a couple of dozen more. Photographs, a bibliography, and an index are included to enhance the reader's journey into a past time when radio was the favorite pastime.

The Great Radio Heroes, rev. ed.

From the 1920s to the 1950s, radio was the entertainment source for millions. Two of the primary themes of radio serials were mysteries and adventure. This is a detailed analysis of the important programs in these genres--Jack Armstrong, The Green Hornet, Sergeant Preston, Tom Mix, and more. Each entry includes type of series, broadcast days, air dates, sponsors, network, cast and production credits, and a comprehensive essay. When, as often happened, the series landed in other media, that is examined as well.

Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, Television and Other Media

Throughout his entire life, William Hagle has been punished and persecuted for transgressions he didn't actually commit. It's almost as if someone is out to get him. Does he simply have astoundingly bad luck? When Hagle finally begins to root out the causes of his losing streak, he uncovers a mystery too confounding to be believed.

Charity Case

If it was happening to him, all right, he could take that ... but what if he was happening to it?

No Substitutions

An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families nurture, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another; and how often we are surprised by the actions of those closest to us, at the times that matter most. Following its characters and the ramifications of their lives and choices and loves around the globe—from Kabul to Paris to San Francisco to the Greek island of Tinos—the story expands gradually outward, becoming more emotionally complex and powerful with each turning page.

A Guide to the History and Value of Radio and TV Premiums

Radio & TV Premiums

Thorp McClusky

Armchair Fiction presents extra-large editions of classic horror and fantasy double novels with original illustrations. The first novel, Thorp McClusky¿s ¿Loot of the Vampire¿ is a real chiller from the pages of Weird Tales. It was a horrible crime. David Eichelman, jeweler, had been found dead in his office and a $400,000 string of pearls missing. So in stepped Police Commissioner Charles Ethredge and his ace crime fighter, Detective-Lieutenant Peters. It was their job to investigate what looked like, at least superficially, an ordinary case of murder. However, the facts in the case just didn¿t seem to add up. In all this a prime suspect appeared to be emerging, a strange foreign fellow named Count Woerz. It was up to Ethredge and Peters to determine whether Woerz was innocent or guilty, normal or abnormal, natural or supernatural¿ Jim Harmon¿s ¿The Man Who Made Maniacs¿ is the second novel. He had been killed! So why was he still alive? Jace Reid had felt the impact of the bullet. He had remembered falling face downwards into the dirt. The next thing he knew he was reading about his own death, while lying on a bed in an institute for the insane. It had started with a picture of himself making love to a girl, and a threatening phone call¿then his own startling death! The police had the body¿there could be no doubt that it was Jace Reid. But then, who was he? Carla said he was immortal and of the Un-dead. A vampire. And even in his arms she called him the Master. The Master of what? And what about those nightmares? The strangled cat? The idol? And most of all¿who were the Chosen Ones? A shocking story of horror and intrigue, set against the background of a depraved cult of sadism.

Loot of the Vampire and the Man Who Made Maniacs

Naturally an undertaker will get the last word. But shouldn’t he wait until his clients are dead?

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