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The Return of Panthan Press

Sorry that the Dateline Jasoom podcast has been on vacation. But the archive of episodes has been rebuilt, and I’ll  soon start producing new ones. They’ll probably appear monthly. Episode 50 is tentatively scheduled for November.

To recap, Panthan Press was founded by a Martian soldier of fortune who lost both legs and an arm in a battle with Warhoons. Using the "hunt-and-peck" method of typing, he began a newspaper called The Barsoomian Blade. It has become his planet's largest (and only) tabloid, with bureaus across all of Mars, at the Earth's core, in Opar and Caspak, on Amtor, and everywhere in between here and the farthest star.

The Dateline Jasoom podcast, another Panthan Press production, is recorded in The Blade's Chicago bureau -- which is located in an alley behind Kelly's Feed Store.

And now the web site is back. I may also blog from time to time on various topics related to Edgar Rice Burroughs,  science fiction, TV and movies. The usual randomness of a blog.

The  Chicago Muckers’ web site is back, too. That’s where you’ll find information about our plans to host the 2010 Dum-Dum in Chicago. Feel free to register on the Mucker Message Board and offer suggestions on the plans for the convention. Or just talk about ERB, the pulps, and science fiction. There’s live chat there, if anyone is ever interested in that.

If you have a web site or blog, or just want some funky code to use in your message board and e-mail signatures, click the “grab this animator” link below to spread the word about the latest Dateline Jasoom podcasts and other posts.

Jeff “Elmo” Long can be reached at panthanpress@yahoo.com

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