WHAT IS RETROTRON ENTERTAINMENT?

RetroTron Entertainment is bringing back the fun and excitement of 1970’s pop culture! That 70’s Nerd Podcast explores the Movies, Television, Print Media, Music and Technology of the greatest decade ever! RetroTron Publishing is bringing back the golden age of paperback publishing with vintage-themed sci-fi and fantasy paperbacks at a low price. This is only the beginning!

WHY DID YOU CREATE RETROTRON?

I’ve always loved the pop culture of the 1970’s. It was a time when pop culture was aimed at a more mature audience (even the stuff for kids), tackled mind-altering ideas and important themes, but never forgot to have fun. I especially love the colorful paperback sci-fi and fantasy of that era, books that could be read in one sitting, that challenged the genre and opened up vast new worlds for readers. Entertainment has become stale, boring and preachy. This is the perfect time to bring back the 70’s!

HOW CAN I SUPPORT RETRORON?

You can help support the RetroTron Brand and Independent Publishing by:

WHAT KINDS OF BOOKS DOES RETROTRON PUBLISH?

RetroTron is focused on all genres of science-fiction and fantasy. For YEAR 1, the publishing slate includes Volumes 1-3 of GALAXY ASTRA, an epic space-opera, and Volumes 1-3 of OMNIAD, a genre-breaking exploration of myth and fantasy. Carrot Field and Carrot Field: The Distant Land blend classic sci-fi and fantasy into a single, mind-expanding saga.

WHAT IS GALAXY ASTRA?

GALAXY ASTRA is part retro space-opera, and part brain-bending science-fiction epic. Astra blends the best of Flash Gordon and Star Wars, the deep immersion of Isaac Asimov’s FOUNDATION and Frank Herbert’s DUNE, and the trippy psychedelia of PHILIP K. DICK. Astra has fun and intriguing “archetypal” characters, but it also has in-depth world building and intricately interwoven subplots. Astra is the quintessential “70’s” sci-fi saga!

WHAT OTHER BOOKS DO YOU PUBLISH?

After Volumes 1-3 of GALAXY ASTRA, later in 2024, RetroTron Publishing will release Volumes 1-3 of OMNIAD, a vast saga that explores the concept of myth through an engaging fantasy setting. In 2025, RetroTron will be adding a seventh book to the slate: TANISAR, a sci-fi odyssey adjacent to stories like ZARDOZ and Roger Zelazny’s LORD OF LIGHT. There’s a lot more to come after that, including anthologies of new stories, in new settings

WHERE CAN I PURCHASE RETROTRON BOOKS?

You can get the Print Edition of GALAXY ASTRA 1 from Amazon Barnes & Noble and Booksamillion. The Ebook is available from Smashwords, Apple Books and Kobo.

YOUR BOOK COVERS ARE WEIRD! WHAT STYLE OF ART IS THAT?

The “house style” of graphics for RetroTron Entertainment is called Pushpin. Pushpin was created by the great graphic designer, Milton Glaser. The style was made most famous by the movie The Yellow Submarine (1968). Pushpin was everywhere in the 1970’s: advertising, animation, album covers, posters—and most importantly, book covers, especially sci-fi and fantasy book covers.

WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT RETROTRON BOOKS?

Check out the EXPLORE tab on the menu. That will take you to behind-the-scenes blogs and videos that delve into the influences, development, mythology and lore of RetroTron Publishing books, like GALAXY ASTRA.

DO YOU HAVE A PODCAST?

I certainly do! That 70’s Nerd Podcast explores the Movies, Television, Print Media, Music and Technology of the greatest decade ever! Go deep into favorites like BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and THE 6 MILLION DOLLAR MAN, and delve into obscurities like STARCRASH and THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT. New videos are posted twice a month, and uploaded here.

WHERE’S ALL THE COOL, BRANDED MERCH?

COMING SOON!