Time Travellers Strictly Cash by Spider Robinson

Some are really good, others are very eh. Problematic: sexist usage of women, mild race weirdness You’re really better off just watching the film. Problematic: well, it’s very christian, but not reallyĪ classic, but not particularly scary. Mostly the one about the psychic talking dog who works as a DJ. The first book is far better, but this one has some good stories. Time Travelers strictly Cash, Spider Robinson ★★☆☆☆- 2.5 Though fun as a concept, doesn’t really use the whole ‘mind control’ thing as well as it could have. Problematic: weird sex things, weird writing of teen girls Perfect little angels, Andrew Neiderman ★★☆☆☆- 2 Really more the author thinking about virtual reality than something with a plot, and fairly forgettable beyond that. Problematic: not really, not to my memory. This is the story of one woman and her horrible, increasingly abusive husband who is forgiven in the end, but it’s cheesy light sci-fi/fantasy nonsense which has fun moments. Problematic: weird sex things, quite dismissive of women The Immortals, Andrew Neiderman ★★☆☆☆- 2 stars I hate this book and everything about it, to be honest. Problematic: big user of the racist ‘noble savage’ trope, with some sexism in there too

Problematic: Sexism, racism, excusing pedophilia, weird sex things…… On a Pale Horse, Piers Anthony ☆☆☆☆☆- 0 stars

I like to give a bit of a warning because reading from this era can sometimes cross into really unpleasant racism and misogyny. I’m marking if it’s ‘problematic’ because that’s another staple of pulp- it’s often ‘from another time’ and thus lacking, er, social grace about some issues. And ‘unlikely to be sold in bookshops currently’. However, I’ve also read some more well known books, so this definition is more ‘sci-fi/horror/fantasy/genre books which are printed as mass market paperbacks and are often overlooked in the mainstream market’. Pulp! For me, this refers to ‘books I pick up in book stores that are more or less obscure’.

Time Travellers Strictly Cash by Spider Robinson