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Robert Hoskins (editor) - Infinity Two - Lancer - 1971 (cover art by Jim Steranko)

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Gene Szafran’s 1971 cover art for ‘The Far-Out People,’ edited by Robert Hoskins

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Infinity Five, edited by Robert Hoskins, cover by Ron Walotsky (1973)

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The Far-Out People: A Science Fiction Anthology Edited by Robert Hoskins

Cover by Gene Szafran

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Trippy and nekkid cover of Infinity Two by Jim Steranko, edited by Robert Hoskins.

This is absolutely a book that I bought at the secondhand book shop because of the cover. Do I even need to tell you that this is from 1971? The spooky vintage font--which was identified by the wonderful @fontseeker as Makart (circa 1886) in this post--paired with the timely pseudo-psychedelic art by Steranko definitely make this a standout in my collection. I don't own many books, sci-fi or otherwise, that have so much purple on them!

Every story in this volume was collected here for the first time, including work by some big names like William F. Nolan, Poul Anderson, Arthur C. Clarke ... "and other masters of science fiction." (If you're curious who these others are, check out the table of contents at ISFDB.)

Now... do I need to hunt down Infinity One or any of the other five anthologized by Hoskins? The book hoarder completist in me says "yes, of course."

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Return of the High Fae

Return of the High Fae

Return of the High Fae by by Tom Keller is the first in the Vegas Fae story arc. And I don’t think I’m going to read the rest. It wasn’t bad, per se, but it read like an episode of Scooby-Doo. It felt just entirely too tropey. The story is written in the first person from the perspective of our protagonist (natch). Wouldn’t it be interesting to see a story written in first person but from the…

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This anthology has aged poorly.

http://www.skjam.com/2016/02/16/book-review-infinity-five/

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