Having read highlights of Hughes’ history and seen many of his amazing book covers, the outstanding question of their merit is answered in Harbottle’s final entry, “The Best SF of Denis Hughes.” “. These pages alone are worth the price of admission. The many covers of his books shown in Harbottle’s “Denis Talbot Hughes: Bibliography” are every bit as strange and wonderful as the sample on PP #92’s cover. his work under such names as Gill Hunt and George Sheldon Brown rate as some of the worst SF novels ever published but his later science-fantasy stories from the second half of his short career show he was a capable and often excellent writer.” Hughes only wrote science fiction during the early years of his long writing career, under an amazing array of pseudonyms. He presents key passages from Hughes’ memories here, connected by his own narrative to bridge the gaps in “Denis Talbot Hughes: His Own Story.”
This gave him access to the writer’s personal memoirs.
After decades of research on post-war British science fiction writers, Harbottle earned the reward of literary agent to the Hughes estate. This one hits the jackpot with Philip Harbottle’s report on Denis Hughes. Like a trip through a used bookshop, you never know what treasure lies waiting in the pages of Paperback Parade. Even when news of a fresh title isn’t exclusive, its appearance here elevates its importance and Lovisi’s reporting puts a unique, personal touch on each entry. Yes, the digital world is more immediate, but in that scrolling, jumping, click-tracking space there’s nothing to match this extended, diverse mix only available on paper. The opening “Paperback Talk” by Gary Lovisi is an engaging mix of PBO news, LOCs, trivia and personal asides.
Even when news of a fresh title is I’m not sure which is better, the title “Humanoid Puppets” or the book’s artwork by Ray Theobald, featured on the cover of Paperback Parade #92. I’m not sure which is better, the title “Humanoid Puppets” or the book’s artwork by Ray Theobald, featured on the cover of Paperback Parade #92.
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