# chuckrothman.com

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## Posts

- [New GBF: Death Valley (TV)](https://chuckrothman.com/new-gbf-death-valley-tv/): A charming detective series set in Wales where a retired TV actor helps the police.
- [New Great but Forgotten: Saludos Amigos](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-saludos-amigos/): As part of my series of Disney animated features of the 1940s, the one that helped them recover after they nearly went under: Saludos Amigos
- [New Great but Forgotten: They Made me a Killer](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-they-made-me-a-killer/): A man gets caught up in a bank robbery and has to clear his name.
- [New Great but Forgotten: The Man Who Cheated Himself](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-the-man-who-cheated-himself/): Film noir whose criminal is a cop -- and his brother is another cop on the case.
- [New Great but Forgotten:  Twenty Twelve](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-twenty-twelve/): British satirical sitcom starring Hugh Bonneville and Olivia Colman parodying mindless bureaucracy.
- [New Great but Forgotten: Year of the Rabbit](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-year-of-the-rabbit/): Victorian cop comedy starring the great Matt Berry.
- [New Great but Forgotten: Quatermass and the Pit](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-quatermass-and-the-pit/): Horror/SF film about a mysterious object.
- [New Great but Forgotten: When Worlds Collide](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-when-worlds-collide/): An early SF disaster film.
- [New Great but Forgotten: Phantom Lady](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-phantom-lady/): Suspense thriller that goes into Alfred Hitchcock territory.
- [New Great but Forgotten -- Burke & Hare](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-burke-hare/): Black comedy about body snatchers, starring Simon Pegg and Andy Sirkis. A subject close to my heart.
- [New Great but Forgotten -- Working](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-working/): A TV show about absurdity, starring Fred Savage
- [New Great But Forgotten: Royal Wedding](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-royal-wedding/): Fred Astaire dances on the ceiling. So good dance routines, but otherwise routine.
- [New Great but Forgotten: It all Came True](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-it-all-came-true/): Humphrey Bogart on the verge of stardom in a romantic comedy
- [The Cadaver Princess](https://chuckrothman.com/the-cadaver-princess/): The Cadaver Princess is my latest novel, published by Amazing Stories Select, the publishing imprint of the oldest magazine in science fiction. A work of hidden historical fantasy, the novel mixes real people with fictional characters to tell a tale of body snatcher, walking corpses, royal politics, and rats. Lots of rats. More information here.
- [New Great but Forgotten:  Under Capricorn](https://chuckrothman.com/new-great-but-forgotten-under-capricorn/): Not one of Hitchcock's better efforts.
- [New Blog Entry: The Horse's Mouth](https://chuckrothman.com/new-blog-entry-the-horses-mouth/): Alec Guinness plays an egotistical artist. Screenplay by Guinness.
- [New Blog Entry:  Homicide Hills](https://chuckrothman.com/new-blog-entry-homicide-hills/): German lighthearted mystery series,
- [New Tangent review: Adventitious](https://chuckrothman.com/new-tangent-review-adventitious/): I reviewed the new SF Magazine Adventitious for TangentOnline.
- [New blog entry: The Beautiful Blonde of Bashful Bend](https://chuckrothman.com/new-blog-entry-the-beautiful-blonde-of-bashful-bend/): One of Preston Sturges's lesser works: The Beautiful Blonde of Bashful Bend with Betty Hutton
- [New Blog Entry: Bluebeard's 8th Wife](https://chuckrothman.com/new-blog-entry-bluebeards-8th-wife/): Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert in an odd romantic comedy written by Billy Wilder and directed by Ernst Lubitsch Bluebeard's 8th Wife
- [New Blog Entry: Green for Danger](https://chuckrothman.com/new-blog-entry-green-for-danger/): Early Alastair Sim as a sarcastic detective.
- [New Blog Entry:  The Return of Doctor X](https://chuckrothman.com/new-blog-entry-the-return-of-doctor-x/): Humphrey Bogart's vampire film. https://greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-return-of-doctor-x.html
- [R.I.P. John Varley](https://chuckrothman.com/r-i-p-john-varley/): Science fiction author John Varley has died. John Varley, author of groundbreaking science fiction, died on December 10. Varley burst upon the scene in the late 70s with a series of stories that were breathtaking in their imagination. He won Hugo and Nebula awards with the stories "The Persistence of Vision," "The Pusher" and "Press
- [New Review -- Strange Horizons 11/10](https://chuckrothman.com/new-review-strange-horizons-11-10/): My review of this week's issue of Strange Horizons for TangentOnline
- [New Blog Entry:  Murder!](https://chuckrothman.com/new-blog-entry-murder/): Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. https://greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2025/11/murder.html
- [New Blog Entry -- Scene of the Crime](https://chuckrothman.com/new-blog-entry-scene-of-the-crime/): Scene of the Crime -- Van Johnson as hard-boiled detective.
- [The Straight Dope on the novel](https://chuckrothman.com/the-straight-dope-on-the-novel/): Spice_Weasel on the Straight Dope Message Board has commented on the novel. "I’m reading The Cadaver Princess by Chuck Rothman, and I’m enjoying it very much. It’s a historical fantasy where 12-year-old Princess Victoria unexpectedly shows up as a zombie in a surgeon’s anatomy lab. Even though it deals with black magic, the tone is more fun
- [See me at Albacon!](https://chuckrothman.com/see-me-at-albacon/): I will be at the Albacon SF convention the weekend of September 12-14. Looking forward to meeting you there!
- ["The Cadaver Princess" Book Trailer online](https://chuckrothman.com/the-cadaver-princess-book-trailer-online/): I love it! Buy the book!
- ["The Cadaver Princess" featured on "The Big Idea."](https://chuckrothman.com/the-cadaver-princess-featured-on-the-big-idea/): ‪"The Cadaver Princess" is featured on John Scalzi's "The Big Idea." https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/06/25/the-big-idea-chuck-rothman/
- [Get the T-Shirt!](https://chuckrothman.com/get-the-t-shirt/): The Cadaver Princess is now a t-shirt. Featuring the cover art of award-winning artist Ron Miller, it's now available through Amazing Stories in a variety of shirt colors. Be the first on your block to have one! https://amazingstories.printful.me/product/amazing-stories-amazing-selects-the-cadaver-princess-by-chuck-rothman-unisex-classic-tee
- [The Cadaver Princess available on Hoopla](https://chuckrothman.com/the-cadaver-princess-available-on-hoopla/): If your local library subscribes to Hoopla, you can borrow "The Cadaver Princess" through that. Go to the Hoopla Home page and search for "Chuck Rothman" or "The Cadaver Princess."
- [The Cadaver Princess is Here!](https://chuckrothman.com/the-cadaver-princess-is-here/): The novel is now up on Amazon.
- [The Cadaver Princess -- Back cover copy](https://chuckrothman.com/back-cover-copy/): THE DEAD DON’T STAY DEAD—ESPECIALLY ROYALTY. London, 1831. The city teems with secrets, science, and shadows—and one of those shadows just opened her eyes on an anatomist’s slab. She says her name is Victoria. She insists she’s a princess. But she’s missing her teeth, wrapped in a burial shroud, and undeniably… dead. Or was. Thrown
- [Release Date Announced!](https://chuckrothman.com/release-date-announced/): My latest novel, The Cadaver Princess will be released the first week of June.
- [Interview on Write Talk Wednesday podcast, March 26, 2025](https://chuckrothman.com/interview-on-write-talk-wednesday-march-26-2025/): Talking about writing, conventions, and my new novel. Chose "Read More" to see it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfZ2XOPr-HI
- [Welcome to Chuck Rothman's Webpage](https://chuckrothman.com/welcome-to-my-webpages/): Still working on it. More will be here soon. In the meantime, look around. You can find my publications and my novels from the top menu.

## Pages

- [About Me](https://chuckrothman.com/about/): About Me I've been writing SF since 1980, with over 60 stories and novels published. I also write review of short fiction for Tangent Online I always wanted to be a science fiction writer when I grew up. When I realized I wasn't going to grow up, I started writing and marketing my work. At
- [The Cadaver Princess](https://chuckrothman.com/the-cadaver-princess/)
- [Sample Chapters](https://chuckrothman.com/sample-chapters/): THE CADAVER PRINCESS by Chuck Rothman 1. 500 Cadavers The corpse was suspiciously fresh. Pablo had been working for Mr. Sheppard for almost two years and had seen many a body showing up in the middle of the night. But this one looked almost like it was still alive. Mr. Bishop had said it was a
- [Other Novels](https://chuckrothman.com/novels/): The Cadaver Princess Details here. Staroamer's Fate Quarnian Dow is a syron, driven by her intuition, anticipating the future and acting without knowing why -- just that she has to. Often, she's a hero. Sometimes, she's a thief. Her talent takes her from planet to planet, buffeted by fate and never knowing what it will
- [Publications](https://chuckrothman.com/publications/): Publications Print Magazines "Ulenge Prime," Analog, Jan-Feb. 2015 "Saving Hitler" Space and Time Magazine, Winter 2009 "Spare Change," Realms of Fantasy, February 2007. Reprinted in the Digital SF QuickFic 2 Anthology "Sundials," Aboriginal SF, Fall 1999. Honorable Mention, "Year's Best Science Fiction," Vol 17, Gardiner Dozois, editor. "Fionna," Absolute Magnitude, Summer 1999. "The Gingerbread House," Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Spring 1999. Second place winner, Cauldron
- [Contact](https://chuckrothman.com/contact/): Contact If I don't know you, please let me know why you're contacting me. First Name Last Name Email Message SubmitThe form has been submitted successfully!There has been some error while submitting the form. Please verify all form fields again.
- [Albert Einstein and my Grandfather](https://chuckrothman.com/albert-einstein-and-my-grandfather/): Albert Einstein and my Grandfather by Chuck Rothman In the summer of 1939, Albert Einstein spent his summer on Nassau Point, in Peconic, NY on eastern Long Island. My grandfather, David Rothman, was owner of Rothman's Department Store in nearby Southold. One June day, Einstein came into the store. Of course, my grandfather recognized him
- [My Convention Life](https://chuckrothman.com/my-convention-life/): My first SF convention was Novacon 9 West, held in Albany, NY, in 1979. I was given a membership by winning a local science fiction hotline, in a contest: writing a story about a monster destroying Albany. I wasn't writing seriously then and described myself as "not a writer, but just a fan" when it
- [Benjamin Britten Loved my Father!](https://chuckrothman.com/benjamin-britten-loved-my-father/): Benjamin Britten Loved my Father! In 1939, Benjamin Britten, then a struggling young classical composer, visited the U.S. for several months. In the course of his wanderings, he ended up on Long Island, and took the opportunity to spend some time as the guest of my grandfather, who was very active in the local classical
- [Atlanta Nights](https://chuckrothman.com/atlanta-nights/): Atlanta Nights The world's worst novel -- Atlanta Nights by Travis Tea (say the author's name out loud) -- is now available online. As Teresa Neilson Hayden said: "The world is full of bad books written by amateurs. But why settle for the merely regrettable? Atlanta Nights is a bad book written by experts." Why
- [Blog](https://chuckrothman.com/blog/): Great but Forgotten A look at movies, books, TV, comics, music, and other things that deserve to be less obscure. Updated Sundays.
- [Alternate Perlman](https://chuckrothman.com/alternate-perlman/): I've seen Itzhak Perlman perform five times, and each time was memorable in some way. I enjoy classical music. I get it from my grandfather, who played violin; as I was growing up, he was instrumental (pun) in bringing classical musicians to perform in our community. It's a small town, and they weren't exactly name
- [My Life as a Fictional Character](https://chuckrothman.com/my-life-as-a-fictional-character/): A few years ago, I was reading a review of a biography of Oscar Wilde. It mentioned that, when Wilde was a college student, someone based a character on a novel on him. "Interesting," I thought. Then I realized something: the same thing had happened to me. Let's go back to the summer of 1973.
- [Essays](https://chuckrothman.com/essays/)
- [News](https://chuckrothman.com/news/)

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