ERBzine Introduces a fascinating series
in which long-time ERBzine contributor
DEN VALDRON shares reviews of his latest book
B-MOVIE MONSTERS in LOVE!
Den Valdren's First 3 Chapter Reviews of his B-MOVIE MONSTERS
NEXT
Den's Review of
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT Chapter
https://www.erbzine.com/mag83/8303.html
MEET DEN VALDRON
Den shares his latest publications with ERBzine Editor, Bill Hillman
D.G. Valdron: I'm very private, and quite reclusive. But apparently,
as a writer, you have to put yourself out there. So here goes.
I’m
a wayward Maritimer. My dad was a mechanic, my grandfather was a
carpenter, and between the two of them, it left me an arsenal of skills,
a work ethic, and a practical approach to life. Growing up, we did
everything and worked on everything from retreading tires, to small
manufacturing, to construction, to running cement, doing carpentry,
running a drive-in theatre and working on cars. We raised chickens.
There was always something to do. We were all involved, the whole
extended family. I’ve had the usual assortment of quirky writers jobs,
mechanic, carpenter, projectionist, cook, waiter, woodcutter
ditch-digger, journalist and school teacher.
These days I’m a
lawyer working in the field of aboriginal rights, I’ve been doing that
for a while, I’m good at it, and I like to think I make a difference.
Let’s face it, anyone who wants a career in the arts needs to have a day
job to pay the bills. And I’m trying to write a bit here and there. I
think I’ve been a writer my whole life, even when I wasn’t writing. Even
when I quit, I always come back to it.
As a writer, my earliest
memory is dragging my brother, in his high chair, over to a blackboard
so I could draw Batman adventures for him. Even back then, I knew I
wanted to tell stories. No matter where I’ve gone, what I’ve done, that
storyteller has always been in me, struggling to get out. I published my
first story when I was thirteen. Just like Ray Bradbury. Actually, I
published two of them. So Bradbury can suck it. Like everyone, I drifted
through life a bit.
B-MOVIE MONSTERS
Publisher :
Fossil Cove Publishing
Publication date
: August 15, 2026
Purchase Available at AMAZON
WARNING - THIS BOOK IS FOR NERDS! If you're not a Nerd, then just keep
on walking pilgrim! This book is dedicated to true nerd strangeness, it's
bizarre, quirky and uncategorizable. We're weird and proud of it! it's
celebration for people who need to get a life and are pretty darned happy that
way!
What's it about? Cyclops and Satyrs, Giant Spiders, Low Budget Dinosaurs, the
Gill-man from the Black Lagoon and all his cousins, affectionate reviews of old
fashioned monster movies. What we do is take is take the creatures from
low-budget B-movies and treat them like real animals, exploring biology,
taxonomy, evolution and ecology in a breezy informative style, combining
science and science fiction into a milkshake of crunchy delicious weirdness.
From the writer who brought you THE DAWN OF CTHULHU, THE FALL OF ATLANTIS, BEAR
CAVALRY and MURDER CHICKENS ON MARS. So you know its complete deranged
FEATURING
THE AMICUS LOST WORLDS TRILOGY - All five
movies:
The Land that Time Forgot, At the Earth’s Core, The People that Time
Forgot, Warlords of Atlantis and Arabian Adventure.
CREATURES OF THE UNDERWORLD -Dissecting the creatures from the Earth's Core,
from Saurus to Mahars.
CYCLOPS AND SATYRS AND HARRYHAUSEN - Exploring the classic stop-motion giant
from Sinbad, and its kin.
COUSINS FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - Turns out, it's not just the one creature, a
discussion of the evolution and distribution of Gill-Men.
A NATURAL HISTORY OF SLURPASAURS - When they tried to pass off Lizards as
Dinosaurs.
MENACE OF THE GIANT SPIDER INVASIONS - They ain't from Around here, but they
keep showing up.
WHO'S YOUR DADDY? SON OF GODZILLA - Answers you don't want to questions you
never asked
DEN VALDRON FEATURED IN ERBzine AT:
The Fantasy Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs
https://www.erbzine.com/mag14/1402.html
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