#chelseaquinnyarbro

[69books-suck69]

Like The Syndic, I picked this up (thrift store, I think) hoping for dumb trash, a nice Mad Max ripoff, as I'd seen a bunch of those around second hand shops (endworld, deathlands, etc). What I got instead was a brutal, uncompromising, empathic, and thoughtful piece of eco-fiction that grappled fearlessly with sexual violence and the fallout of trauma. I've since learned that I love spec fic by 70s & 80s lesbians, due to an evocative deployment of romance novel techniques (often bordering on slashfic) in violent SFF frameworks. This one flashes some trash fiction ultra-violence early, then pivots to a slow-burn character study, and a very grounded survival story. The ambiguous non-ending and denial of catharsis was a quality I would later come to love in the work of Yarbro's contemporary, CJ Cherryh. False Dawn is pretty underrated, like Yarbro is generally. This book is an all-timer imo. Walking Dead eat your heart out.

[paperbacksciencefiction]

Time Of The Fourth Horseman by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro $6 Ace Books First Printing (1977) Twenty-first century medicine has wiped out all the deadly diseases. But suddenly, a large American city is gripped by epidemics of smallpox, diphtheria and other killers that were supposed to have disappeared forever. Only a few top government officials know what's going on. And for their sakes, the citizens of the threatened city must never be allowed to find out. Cover art by Davis Meltzer. . Overall Excellent Condition, Pages Look Excellent, No Crease In Spine, Binding Tight . . . #timeofthefourthhorseman #chelseaquinnyarbro #paperbacksciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/B7VxVf4g5aJ/?igshid=hvev0qys4cff

[papyrusparanormal]

Always happy to have this hard-to-find #novelization #backinstock in the shop! #deadandburied #80s #horrorbooks #vintagebooks #chelseaquinnyarbro

[papyrusparanormal]

I just watched this recently... Love that #coverart #backinstock in the shops and #onsale too! #deadandburied #horrorbooks #vintagepaperback #novelization #80s #chelseaquinnyarbro

[papyrusparanormal]

They just don't make #coverart like they used to. Fresh blood in the shops! #horrorbooks #80s #chelseaquinnyarbro