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PKD Collected Stories Vol. 3

All 23 stories from PKD’s ‘Collected Stories, Vol. 3’ (1987), ranked

September 17, 2019August 18, 2021 John Hansen Books

PKD flashback (Book review): Highlights from this third volume of Philip K. Dick stories include “The Chromium Fence,” “The Golden Man” and “War Veteran.”

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PKD Collected Stories Vol. 2

All 27 stories from PKD’s ‘Collected Stories, Vol. 2’ (1987), ranked

September 10, 2019August 18, 2021 John Hansen Books

PKD flashback (Book review): The second volume of Philip K. Dick stories is highlighted by “Breakfast at Twilight” and “Adjustment Team.”

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PKD Collected Stories Vol. 1

All 25 stories from PKD’s ‘Collected Stories, Vol. 1’ (1987), ranked

August 27, 2019August 18, 2021 John Hansen Books

PKD flashback (Book review): The first collection of Philip K. Dick stories is highlighted by “Paycheck,” “The Variable Man” and “Nanny.”

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PKD Collected Stories Vol. 5

All 25 stories from PKD’s ‘Collected Stories, Vol. 5’ (1987), ranked

August 13, 2019August 18, 2021 John Hansen Books

PKD flashback (Book review): This final volume of Dick stories is highlighted by “Holy Quarrel” and “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.”

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‘Buffy’ flashback: All 8 short stories from ‘Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 4’ (2004), ranked (Book review)

March 23, 2019May 7, 2021 John Hansen Books

The fourth and final “Tales of the Slayer” collection (November 2004) is also the only one centered around a theme: specifically, the Cruciamentum – as seen in “Helpless” (3.12) — wherein the Slayer is weakened […]

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‘Buffy’ flashback: All 4 stories from ‘Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 3’ (2003), ranked (Book review)

December 13, 2018May 9, 2021 John Hansen Books

It’s like an all-star writing contest when Yvonne Navarro, Mel Odom, Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder get together to write four novellas for “Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 3” (November 2003). At this point in […]

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‘Buffy’ flashback: All 10 short stories from ‘Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2’ (2003), ranked (Book review)

November 22, 2018May 9, 2021 John Hansen Books

Drawing a better overall crop of writers, “Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2” (January 2003) makes a huge jump in quality from the first volume. The authors have a blast playing with our expectations of […]

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‘Angel’ flashback: All 12 short stories from ‘The Longest Night’ (2002), ranked (Book review)

November 15, 2018May 9, 2021 John Hansen Books

It’d be cool to read an “Angel” book of 12 short stories that each take place in one hour on the longest night of the year. “The Longest Night” (December 2002), unfortunately, isn’t that book. It […]

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‘Buffy’ flashback: All 7 short stories from ‘Tales of the Slayer Vol. 1’ (2001), ranked (Book review)

July 26, 2018May 10, 2021 John Hansen Books

I remember when “Tales of the Slayer Vol. 1” (October 2001) came out, it felt to me like for first time the Buffyverse had a sprawling Expanded Universe similar to what “Star Wars” had developed. […]

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘How I Survived My Summer Vacation’ (2000) (Book review)

March 29, 2018May 10, 2021 John Hansen Books

“How I Survived My Summer Vacation” (August 2000) is the only “Buffy” young-adult book that’s an essential read for all “Buffy” book fans, and it’s the first book that fits so nicely with the TV […]

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