Terry Strand sent me theseshots of Bob Gajda reading the latest Volume: “Bob Gajda is a huge fan of a huge book: Muscle, Smoke, and Mirrors Volume 2, coming in at 701 pages of fine print by author Randy Roach….here he is reading it today at his physiotherapy clinic, Gajda Health Plus, in Palatine, Illinois. […]
Randy, your first book (Volume 1) was outstanding, I really enjoyed reading the1950’s and 60’s Iron Game history. Of course I lived through that timeperiod, which the book brought back perfectly. The second book(Volume 2 ) was more than outstanding, it was out of this world,excellent book. your books are the most historically accurate manuscripts […]
I read the whole thing, cover to cover. I don’t even know where to begin. It was interesting, good, well-written, and completely unique. In some ways you could say it was 4 or 5 different books, all wrapped into one. Its appeal should be to all kinds of different types of people, as there is […]
Nine and one half years of research, literally hundreds of interviews, one of the most thoroughly researched books on the Iron Game History. This is Vol. II of “Muscle, Smoke, & Mirrors.” Vol. I set the standard and Randy has hit this one out of the park! History, back stories, conflicts, supplements, Arthur Jones, Ben […]
Several years ago a friend of mine, a professional wrestler, bought some muscle magazines before he boarded an airplane. He told me that he had read everything he needed to read in those magazines before the plane left the runway a short time later. It’s a sad state of affairs when you can go to […]
Purely addictive! One does not have to be a physical culture aficionado to both appreciate and be swept away in the torrent of tales and history within the covers of this book; but for those who are, Randy Roach takes no prisoners and you will be glad you picked up this 600+ page tome. Usually […]
Randy, I am amazed, impressed and altogether dumfounded by your talent, skill, passion and tenacity. Your contributions to the history of bodybuilding can never be overstated. -Shawn Perine, Muscle & Fitness
Randy Roach’s newest book, ‘Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors’ vol 2, is, in my view, even better than vol 1 which was in itself exquisite! There are authors who can write contest reports, others who handle facts well, others who write good fiction (even though they think they are writing facts). But there is not another […]
CONGRATULATIONS RANDY!!! I am already almost one third of the way through it!!!!!! Once again you have displayed remarkable writing skills !! I just cannot imagine the time that you put into first acquiring all the information and then consolidating it into the intensely meaningful narrative that you have!!! It is another MASTERPIECE!!!! The World […]