Two sorts of retrospective, the kind of fine work Stark House continues to do...from two writers whose work I've been reading for nearly my whole literate life, Malzberg because my father had anthologies including his work when I was very young (and I would eventually inherit them), Pronzini whose work I would discover only a bit later via Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and the essentially unrelated (except by paying license fees) Alfred Hitchcock Presents: volumes edited by Harold Q. Masur for Random House (reprinted in Dell paperbacks) in the '70s. As we face our Final Wars and try to avoid joining the Hanging Man in his fate, this is a propitious time to take in these books, for me those stories I have read are usually decades ago, and those I haven't deserve to have my neglect remedied.
Barry has also contributed to this blog, and very graciously indeed. Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller have helped with a few projects of mine (and in her case, a very badly-handled project of one of my bookstore colleagues decades ago). I am glad to have been able to make the acquaintance of both.
Barry N. Malzberg's own writing on this blog:
Guest FFB: Barry Malzberg and Charles Ardai on the last published Cornell Woolrich novel, as completed by Lawrence Block: INTO THE NIGHT
Cele Goldsmith Lalli, interviewed by Barry Malzberg
Barry Malzberg's first two collections of his short fantastica stories were published as halves of Ace Doubles (and under his fantastic-fiction pseudonym "K. M. O'Donnell"--a tribute to writers, and married couple, Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore, who among their collaborations signed some of their best as Lawrence O'Donnell), in 1969 paired with a John Rackham novel, and in 1971 with his own novella Gather in the Hall of the Planets. "Final War" has reminded at least two Richards, the late Richard Geis (of Science Fiction Review fame) and Rich Horton (of Locus, his anthologies and his blog) strongly of Joseph Heller's Catch-22, and was probably the most widely-admired of Malzberg's early fantastica stories, coming a close second in the balloting for the Nebula Award in its contest.
In the Pocket and Other S-F Stories • (1971) • collection by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 7 • Introduction to In the Pocket and Other S-F Stories • (1971) • essay by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 9 • In the Pocket • (1970) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 15 • Gehenna • (1971) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 23 • Ah, Fair Uranus • (1971) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 31 • Notes Just Prior to the Fall • (1970) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 49 • As Between Generations • (1970) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 53 • The Falcon and the Falconeer • (1969) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 71 • July 24, 1970 • (1969) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 75 • Pacem Est • (1970) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg and Kris Neville [as by Kris Neville and K. M. O'Donnell]
- 83 • The New Rappacini • (1970) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 89 • Bat • (1971) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 99 • A Question of Slant • (1971) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 103 • What Time Was That? • (1969) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 113 • A Soulsong to the Sad, Silly, Soaring Sixties • [Decades] • (1971) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg (variant of A Soul Song to the Sad, Silly, Soaring Sixties) [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 121 • Addendum • (1971) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- 127 • The Idea • (1971) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
- The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini by Bill Pronzini (Swallow Press, March 1990, 0-8040-0932-5, xix+177pp, hc, co) [edited by Martin H. Greenberg]
- ix · No East Answers: Bill Pronzini · Robert E. Briney · in
- 1 · The Gambler · Bill Pronzini · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990
- 12 · Markers · Bill Pronzini · ss Roundup ed. Stephen Overholser, Doubleday, 1982
- 20 · Wooden Indian · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1989
- 36 · Righteous Guns · Bill Pronzini · ss
- 41 · Fergus O’Hara, Detective · Bill Pronzini · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1974, as “The Riverboat Gold Robbery”; revised.
- 71 · All the Long Years · Bill Pronzini · ss Westeryear ed. Ed Gorman, M. Evans, 1988
- 82 · Decision · Bill Pronzini · ss The Arizonans ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1989
originally published as “I’ll See to Your Horse” (ZGW); rewritten as opening of The Gallows Land; this is composite of both. - 91 · Cave of Ice · Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller · ss Boys’ Life June 1986
- 101 · The Hanging Man · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981
- 117 · Hero · Bill Pronzini · ss Small Felonies by Bill Pronzini, St. Martin's, 1988
- 125 · McIntosh’s Chute · Bill Pronzini · ss New Frontiers, Volume I ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990, as by Jack Foxx
- 139 · Fyfe and the Drummers · Bill Pronzini · ss New Frontiers, Volume II ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini, Tor, 1990
- 147 · No Room at the Inn [John Quincannon & Sabina Carpenter] · Bill Pronzini · ss Crime at Christmas ed. Jack Adrian, Equation, 1988
- 162 · The Western Pulps · Bill Pronzini · ar
portions of this article first appeared as part of the introduction to Wild Westerns ed. Bill Pronzini (Walker & Co., 1989). - 171 · The Bibliography of Books by Bill Pronzini · [uncredited] · bi
2 comments:
Perhaps the greatest marital writing team of all time.
Ha! Trying to do several things at once and lost my own comment. I assume you refer to Muller and Pronzini, and they rank high...at first glance I thought you might refer to Moore and Kuttner, where the argument could be made as well.
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