I never read anything by LRH before, and never thought I would want to, but after seeing a few of these pulp stories for sale at Job Lot I was intrigued enough to bring a few home.
The style is classic pulp, tough guy heroes and venomous villains, and of course mysterious dames.
The pacing is quick, the action is hot and the plot is twisted. Just as a pulp story should be. To rehash the plot would be to give away too many juicy details.
Mr Hubbard's prose is colorful but not florid, and he seems to know his subject matter, the descriptions and references are most illustrative and evocative. Suffice it to say the book held my interest and kept me turning pages until the unexpected twist ending. I look forward to more of LRH's adventure stories.
The style is classic pulp, tough guy heroes and venomous villains, and of course mysterious dames.
The pacing is quick, the action is hot and the plot is twisted. Just as a pulp story should be. To rehash the plot would be to give away too many juicy details.
Mr Hubbard's prose is colorful but not florid, and he seems to know his subject matter, the descriptions and references are most illustrative and evocative. Suffice it to say the book held my interest and kept me turning pages until the unexpected twist ending. I look forward to more of LRH's adventure stories.
Shannon M. (confuzzledbooks) reviewed Spy Killer (Stories from the Golden Age) on + 486 more book reviews
We find the protagonist, Kurt Reid, reflecting over his past. He is at a nightclub watching a beautiful woman from across the way. He starts up a conversation. That is his first mistake. This could cost his life. Now he running around Japan trying to find someone to trust.
I am not a big fan of pulp mystery but I figured this would be better then Hubbards Science Fiction. It was and it wasnt. I found myself skimming a lot of description because it seemed like one page he was getting away from the girl or mob boss and the next chapter he wanted to find them. Every chapter was back and forth with such repetitiveness that I didnt really care what happens to any of them.
Overall it is better than Hubbards sci fi but not better then the fantasy.
I am not a big fan of pulp mystery but I figured this would be better then Hubbards Science Fiction. It was and it wasnt. I found myself skimming a lot of description because it seemed like one page he was getting away from the girl or mob boss and the next chapter he wanted to find them. Every chapter was back and forth with such repetitiveness that I didnt really care what happens to any of them.
Overall it is better than Hubbards sci fi but not better then the fantasy.
