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Retro Pop Culture A-Z: From Atari 2600 to Zombie Films New Book!

Dec 17, 2013 at 11:26:51 AM
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My new eBook, Retro Pop Culture A-Z: From Atari 2600 to Zombie Films, is available on Amazon if anyone wants to take a look. You can read the first three chapters for free:
 
 
As always, thanks for reading!
 
*****
 
Retro Pop Culture A-Z: From Atari 2600 to Zombie Films is a window to the past—a time of 8-bit video games, Silver Age super-heroes, Saturday morning cartoons, rock ’n’ roll music, and scary movies at the drive-in. 
 
The book includes 60 fun-filled, feature-length chapters on such icons of popular culture as Alien, the Batman TV show, the Beatles, Dynamite Magazine, Famous Monsters of Filmland, The Flash, Forbidden Planet, Golden Age arcade games, He-Man, the Intellivision, Jaws, MAD magazine, the Nintendo NES, Ray Bradbury, The Wizard of Oz, and the X-Men. 
 
If you’ve ever stayed up all night trying to beat Super Mario Bros., dressed up as a member of KISS on Halloween, watched Thundarr the Barbarian while eating a bowl of sugary cereal, set a VCR to record your favorite show, or listened to Elvis or the Rolling Stones on a turntable or 8-track tape player, Retro Pop Culture A-Z is for you. 
 
If you haven’t done any of these things, no problem—feel free to dive right in and discover why your parents (or grandparents) are always talking about “the good old days.” 
 
Includes: 
 
*60 essays/articles on nostalgic pop culture favorites 
*More than 250 full-color photos 
*More than 110,000 words 
*Quotes from the experts 
*Production histories 
*Collectibles pricing 
*Author anecdotes 
*And much more!

Dec 17, 2013 at 5:03:24 PM
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Cool. I see it is available as a Kindle book. Any plans for a print version or would that be cost-prohibitive?

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Dec 18, 2013 at 12:15:11 AM
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Originally posted by: TrekMD

Cool. I see it is available as a Kindle book. Any plans for a print version or would that be cost-prohibitive?

I'm going to look into doing a print version sometime next year, but I'm not sure if it will work out. I'm going to give it a shot, though. Thanks for inquiring!


Dec 18, 2013 at 3:37:46 PM
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Originally posted by: 8bitgamer

Originally posted by: TrekMD

Cool. I see it is available as a Kindle book. Any plans for a print version or would that be cost-prohibitive?

I'm going to look into doing a print version sometime next year, but I'm not sure if it will work out. I'm going to give it a shot, though. Thanks for inquiring!
 
Picked up my copy on Kindle. Very fun book for sure. I learned more about collecting 8-track tapes than I ever thought possible!

Begin shameless plug: your Evil Overlord is quoted a few times, so now you have to go buy it!



Dec 21, 2013 at 11:07:54 AM
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Picked up my copy on Kindle. Very fun book for sure. I learned more about collecting 8-track tapes than I ever thought possible!

Begin shameless plug: your Evil Overlord is quoted a few times, so now you have to go buy it!

Thanks--GLAD YOU ARE ENJOYING IT!


 




Jan 14, 2014 at 11:24:17 AM
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I just wanted to mention that this book contains a chapter on the NES:
 
My new eBook, Retro Pop Culture A-Z: From Atari 2600 to Zombie Films, is available on Amazon if anyone wants to take a look. You can read the first three chapters for free:
 
 
As always, thanks for reading!
 
*****
Retro Pop Culture A-Z: From Atari 2600 to Zombie Films is a window to the past—a time of 8-bit video games, Silver Age super-heroes, Saturday morning cartoons, rock ’n’ roll music, and scary movies at the drive-in. 
 
The book includes 60 fun-filled, feature-length chapters on such icons of popular culture as Alien, the Batman TV show, the Beatles, Dynamite Magazine, Famous Monsters of Filmland, The Flash, Forbidden Planet, Golden Age arcade games, He-Man, the Intellivision, Jaws, MAD magazine, Ray Bradbury, The Wizard of Oz, and the X-Men. 
 
If you’ve ever stayed up all night trying to beat Super Mario Bros., dressed up as a member of KISS on Halloween, watched Thundarr the Barbarian while eating a bowl of sugary cereal, set a VCR to record your favorite show, or listened to Elvis or the Rolling Stones on a turntable or 8-track tape player, Retro Pop Culture A-Z is for you. 
 
If you haven’t done any of these things, no problem—feel free to dive right in and discover why your parents (or grandparents) are always talking about “the good old days.” 
 
Includes: 
 
*60 essays/articles on nostalgic pop culture favorites 
*More than 250 full-color photos 
*More than 110,000 words 
*Quotes from the experts 
*Production histories 
*Collectibles pricing 
*Author anecdotes 
*And much more!

Feb 3, 2014 at 10:18:46 AM
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The print version is now available on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Retro-Pop-C...