Theagenes

Man, I love old books.

Man, this is great stuff.

Fanzines from all eras are just the coolest.

I had a cleaning today myself. My dental hygienist wasn't nearly this bad.

Gorgeous colors!

Really cool Josh!

I already own the Paul book written by Stephen Korshak. Frank R. Paul: Father of Science Fiction Art I wonder if the Jerry Weist book has enough new material to make it worth buying? Anyone have an opinion on the subject? I'm curious too. I have the Korshak one as well, but the Weist one.

It is, but Paul's cover is, at least to me, much more special. Frank Paul's artwork is so different than anything being produced by artists of later generations; I just have to go gaga over it. Here is the cover to the issue where "Vandals of the Void" was published. Wonder Stories Quarterly (Summer 1931) Love the CAS cover!

Wow that flickr account is full of great Paul illos!

Those are great!

Well, I've just started the Jimgrims (with JG and Allah's Peace) so I'm not sure if I really have an opinion on them yet. I've always enjoyed King of the Khyber Rifles though. If you haven't read that I would recommend it. It takes place in the same shared universe as the Jimgrim and other Yasmini stories. I'm also planning on reading some of L. Patrick Greene's stories of "The Major."

Very cool, Pat!

Speaking of Mundy's influence on Howard, check out this passage from King of the Khyber Rifles: "It was minutes before the bodies of two great king-cobras could be made out, moving against the woman's spangled dress. The basket lid was resting on their heads, and as the music and the chanting rose to a wild weird shriek the lid rose too, until suddenly the woman snatched the lid away and the snakes were revealed, with hoods raised, hissing the cobra's hate-song that is prelude to the poison-death. "They struck at the woman, one after the other, and she leaped out of their range, swift and as supple as they. Instantly then she joined in the dance, with the snakes striking right and left at her. Left and right she swayed to avoid them, far more gracefully than a matador avoids the bull and courting a deadlier peril than he—poisonous, two to his one. As she danced she whirled both arms above her head and cried as the were-wolves are said to do on stormy nights." And the amazing illustration by Joseph Clement Coll from it's original publication in Everybody's Magazine in 1916-17: Remind anyone of this:

Thanks BZ. I'm working on an article on colonialism in the pulps and reading a lot of Talbot Mundy at the moment -- King of the Khyber Rifles, the Jimgrim stories, etc. So picking up a tough-to-find El Borak story by REH -- heavily influenced by those Mundy stories -- was a nice coincidence.

Awesome!

Co-edited, I might add, by own own Xaltotun.

Some great Bergey covers on Fight Stories

Yes please!

I may have to steal the scan of your 7/29 and make a facsimile front cfover to stick in the Mylar.

This one is coverless, but it's the first appearance of Sailor Steve Costigan. If you've never read Howard's humorous boxing stories, you're really missing out.

New addition.

Yeah, I would second Todd on that. I wouldn't want the Canadian one in place of American but if you already have the regular version, then it makes a cool rare conversation piece.

The Canadian versions are rarer for sure, but still tend to sell for a little less than the US counterparts. That said, this is to me the most interesting of the Canadian reprints because of the censorship box (the others just say printed in Canada). Is that worth paying a little more than a regular Canadian version? Maybe because it's a bit of a curiosity. But in general I think the answer to your question is "A little less."

The Prospect and Barnes St. houses should both have a good shot, as that's where the bulk of his most important works were created (that's more important than were he was born). The REH house is on the Register. I wonder about the ERB ranch in Tarzana.