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Last year's book 101 Greatest Baby Boomer Toys was more or less an invisible disaster. After I turned in the book I was presented with an "edited" version, without having been given a marked/highlighted version of edits. The edits were by no means good, and bad enough to make me request the acknowledgements and dedication be removed, as well as photographs that showed me as a child. I did not feel it was my book any longer, although I figured that since it was on its way into print I would go ahead and do publicity for it.
The publisher, Krause, then published it without my name on the cover. I had not requested this. Nevertheless it saved me considerable time and effort that would have gone into media interviews. For the original version of the book I did in excess of seventy radio interviews. (Posted, at last, 10 Feb. 06)
2005 Warman's 101 Greatest Baby Boomer Toys (in print)
208 pp., photos by author; Krause Publications: Iola, Wis.
2002 Funny Face3: An Amusing History of Potato Heads, Block Heads, and Magic Whiskers, with Jeff Potocsnak (OP)
118 pp., incl. photos by author; Krause Publications: Iola, Wis.
2001 Toys A to Z
480 pp., photos by author; Krause Publications: Iola, Wis.
2000 100 Greatest Baby Boomer Toys (OP)
208 pp., photos by author; Krause Publications: Iola, Wis.
(to be updated)
"That Shadow, Cast Against the Sky." May essay, Iguanodon Smile website, atIguanodonsmile.com. April-May, 2002.
"Frankenstein." (Review of William Clark's Creature Comforts) Small Press Review, March-April 2002 (#350-351), p. 7.
"John Hersey." (Critical overview, biography.) Great American Writers: Twentieth Century, R. Baird Shuman, ed., Marshall Cavendish Corp., Tarrytown, N.Y., April 2002; pp. 683-698.
"Speculative Poetry: Notes on Function." Full Unit Hookup, Spring 2002, pp. 20-22.
"An Ancient Gesture." (Analysis of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem.) Masterplots II: Poetry Series, Revised Edition, Philip K. Jason, Ed. Jan., 2002, pp. 123-125.
"Lucifer in Starlight." (Analysis of George Meredith's poem.) Masterplots II: Poetry Series, Revised Edition, Philip K. Jason, Ed. Jan., 2002, pp. 2354-2356.
"The Idea of the Real: Notes on the history of speculative poetry." Strange Horizons. Guest editorial, January 2002; posted 7 Jan 02.
"Bewitching." (Review of Ila, by Richard Winters.) Small Press Review. 33:11-12, Nov.-Dec. 2001, p. 8.
Ongoing:
"Gleanings," New York Review of Science Fiction: occasional.
"North Coast Toy Journal," The Old Times: occasional, perhaps moribund.
"On the Toy Trail," Antiques & Collectables Monthly Newsmagazine: monthly.
"Shop Talk," a question-and-answer column, Toy Shop magazine: biweekly.
"Toy Car Q&A," Toy Cars & Models magazine: monthly.
"Vintage Toy Box," Toy Shop magazine: biweekly.
"Vintage Toys," Antique Trader magazine: bimonthly.
"Vintage Vehicles," Toy Cars & Models magazine: monthly.
"Car 1:64, Where Are You?," Toy Cars & Models: (Ed Pines) recently axed (2005).