tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post2782558178028783680..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Friday's "Forgotten" Magazines: Dorothy McIlwraith, ed.: WEIRD TALES (March 1948); Howard Browne, ed.: FANTASTIC ADVENTURES (July 1951)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-13158235288787305532010-11-12T19:20:43.053-05:002010-11-12T19:20:43.053-05:00These are two to have, among the run, Evan. Though...These are two to have, among the run, Evan. Though as Mike Ashley notes, even the most trivial issues of FA tend to be decent reads for pulp fans...and some of the early issues are probably necessary for serious ER Burroughs fans, as his last steady market.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-30855680246483197502010-11-12T19:04:59.411-05:002010-11-12T19:04:59.411-05:00Wish I had both of these. Pretty sure I have only ...Wish I had both of these. Pretty sure I have only one or two issues of each title.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-70944189319662889962010-11-12T18:26:03.074-05:002010-11-12T18:26:03.074-05:00A bit like the Library of America ignoring Chandle...A bit like the Library of America ignoring Chandler, James Cain, Horace McCoy, John MacDonald and/or Ross Macdonald in favor of a set of the selected works of Carroll John Daly.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-1631229305115770182010-11-12T18:06:00.309-05:002010-11-12T18:06:00.309-05:00Oh, by me, Lee Brown Coye wins head to head with R...Oh, by me, Lee Brown Coye wins head to head with Robert Gibson Jones almost any way it's sliced. And WEIRD TALES was from year to year a better magazine, but I preferred the latter-day WT writers to the first gen of stars...Fritz Leiber, not in this issue, might be the best of them all, a tough call when the other contestants are Bloch, Wellman, and Sturgeon. All four of these guys, augmented by the likes of St. Clair and Bradbury and all, were better than Lovecraft, Howard, Quinn, and even CA Smith, the best writer as writer of the early stars. They still are. The Library of America choosing to honor Lovecraft is more about his influence, and their ignorance of people who have done better, than due to his actual work.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-15841614095803919912010-11-12T17:56:19.650-05:002010-11-12T17:56:19.650-05:00Like Paul, I'm leaning more toward the "W...Like Paul, I'm leaning more toward the "Weird Tales" option, but it's not just the cover -- I still have "fond" memories of H.P. Lovecraft stories scaring the bejesus out of my pre-teen self, so I'd go for anything with a Lovecraft offering, even a so-so poem. Looks like some terrific tales in there.BV Lawsonhttp://inreferencetomurder.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-12504490635465362042010-11-12T16:40:13.933-05:002010-11-12T16:40:13.933-05:00I like the Weird Tales one. Even the logo gives me...I like the Weird Tales one. Even the logo gives me a tingle, and I've never seen it in the flesh.Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-83720295528466960472010-11-12T16:12:47.062-05:002010-11-12T16:12:47.062-05:00They did slightly better with the YAA cover:
http...They did slightly better with the YAA cover:<br /><br />http://www.pulpoftheday.com/?p=1302TM linking to another POTD caption contesthttp://www.pulpoftheday.com/?p=1302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-71797483862966365792010-11-12T16:10:23.258-05:002010-11-12T16:10:23.258-05:00While I have a sneaking fondness for the YOU'R...While I have a sneaking fondness for the YOU'RE ALL ALONE cover, I doubt I'll ever completely warm to the DEAD DON'T DIE...PULP OF THE DAY encourages captioning of pulps at the link:<br /><br />http://www.pulpoftheday.com/?p=817<br /><br />or hit my initials.TM linking Pulp of the Day captioninghttp://www.pulpoftheday.com/?p=817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-40362820939891117342010-11-12T15:47:13.620-05:002010-11-12T15:47:13.620-05:00Them's some fabulous covers! There's a mov...Them's some fabulous covers! There's a move to recapture the lost retro style in some recent mags (and a recent erotica anthology with a pulp cover the name of which is escaping me but Rachel Cramer Bussel mentioned it...).C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-6554152852629811482010-11-12T10:40:55.647-05:002010-11-12T10:40:55.647-05:00Jones's cover for Fritz Leiber's YOU'R...Jones's cover for Fritz Leiber's YOU'RE ALL ALONE in FA was similarly slightly off, in terms of the reaction of the woman in the painting, but it's a better piece of work, I'd say...for another of the best issues of FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, itself founded in considerable part as a home for Edgar Rice Burroughs stories and other work that Ray Palmer didn't feel he could run in his AMAZING...FA initally was intended as a less "pulpy" effort, much as FANTASTIC would be.<br /><br />Hit the link on my initials to see it...TM linking to another RG Jones cover for FAhttp://www.collectorshowcase.fr/images2/fantadv_5007.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-28016856749278099992010-11-12T10:31:24.160-05:002010-11-12T10:31:24.160-05:00Very good to meet you, as well, Scott...and sorry ...Very good to meet you, as well, Scott...and sorry I was even more exhausted than I gathered you were. Having sampled a couple of Seabury Quinn reprints here and there (mostly as reprinted in Robert Lowndes's STARTLING MYSTERY STORIES...which he founded in part so he wouldn't have to run Quinn stories in the MAGAZINE OF HORROR much...I can see why you might space them out.)<br /><br />I'm not saying they're terrible, George...they do have a nostalgic swing, certainly...but I think Scott is suggesting that he wasn't compelled to sit down and tear through the set. I do love the Coye cover, even if it is less distinctive than much of his work, though some might say idiosyncratic instead. Wellman clearly was tipping his hat to another pro (WT was never a stranger to the in-joke), as well as acknowledging that they both did a lot of psychic investigation series stories for WT...the Thunstone and Pursuivant series were not quite up to the John the Balladeer stories, but were their parents, clearly. (I think Wellman's standalones for WT were better.)<br /><br />Bill, I don't think I've ever managed to catch the tv film; I certainly don't remember it. I've heard mixed things about it, the consensus echoing your lack of enthusiam; most of the most positive from fans of director Curtis Harrington.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-45944148302854357962010-11-12T09:45:26.602-05:002010-11-12T09:45:26.602-05:00I saw that TV movie of "The Dead Don't Di...I saw that TV movie of "The Dead Don't Die" back in '75. All I remember is that it was a disappointment.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-91966848995133679012010-11-12T09:16:31.035-05:002010-11-12T09:16:31.035-05:00Gorgeous covers! Like Scott, I'm fond of Seab...Gorgeous covers! Like Scott, I'm fond of Seabury Quinn. Manly Wade Wellman slyly refers to De Grandin in several of his books.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-56356141911064121982010-11-12T08:39:47.541-05:002010-11-12T08:39:47.541-05:00Todd - It was great to meet you at NoirCon and I a...Todd - It was great to meet you at NoirCon and I am glad those pulps went to a good home. I looked and lusted after them but that was not in the budget. I do still read Seabury Quinn having picked up the three volume De Grandin set from Battered Silicon Dispatch Box a few years ago. I pull out on the volumes and read a story or two and then put it back on the shelf. It will last quite a while that way. I'm always interested in seeing what you choose for FFB and these two are fun.Scott Cuppnoreply@blogger.com