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http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=10778 If you can't stand to crack it- or for everybody else- I was able to scan JVJ's copy of this a few years ago, along with the 25 and 27. Frazetta's work is absolutely stunning on these.

I wasn't at San Diego, but as far as pulps go I had a pretty good weekend. Here's the first half of my finds, I'll share the others in a day or two: This one has Ray Bradbury's "Mars Is Heaven", from the Martian Chronicles and one of his best known stories. _____________________ I already had a copy of this one in even worse shape; it's noteworthy for the Fredric Brown (they spell it right inside, at least) story and the only story John D. MacDonald did for Planet. _____________________ The dealer had this marked as an early Philip K. story. (Insert brief filter rant here.) Which is correct, as far as it goes. It actually has his first ever published story. ______________________ This one isn't as impressive on the writing front, although it does have a John Jakes story for those who like his stuff. The impressive bit is who drew an illustration for the Jakes story. Sorry about the scan quality, it was as flat as I could get it without risking damage to the book. I know Wally did a fair number of illos for the digests, Galaxy in particular; but this is the only time I've seen him in a full-size pulp. ________________________ And that's the Planets I got this weekend.

That is one sweet looking book! Gratz on getting it.

Some amazing pickups there, Hap!

Got this in the mail today: Not only does it have an amazing cover, stories include "A Child is Crying" by John D. MacDonald, "Knock" by Fredric Brown, and "The Off Season" (one of the Martian Chronicles) by Ray Bradbury. Not to mention half a dozen Virgil Finlay illustrations. Very happy to add this one to the collection.

Nice Astounding with the first Foundation story by Asimov! Thank you! It is really hard to find, especially in grade No kidding. My copy is one of the very few pulps where I broke down and went for a semi-brittle copy; I'm still looking for an upgrade. According to the dealer, it was one of Van Vogt's file copies. It lacked any provenance, however, so they didn't jump the price... which, oddly, makes me think it's more likely that it really was. If you're going to lie about something like that it's to try and make more money; if it's just thrown out as an interesting fact there's a better chance it's true, I think.

Nice Astounding with the first Foundation story by Asimov!

Walked into a local shop today- not one that normally has pulps- and walked out with this and a slightly thinner wallet:

What the heck, I'll show off one of mine:

And, the highlight, despite being the only one that's not a first edition (it is the 1st paperback, though):

Right, we want a paperback thread? Let's show off one of my favorite writers, even if I'm not allowed to use his name around here...

Oh, hey. I guess I do have another short run that qualifies: I always think of these as the tail end of the Target run, not as a series on their own.

Great collection! Notice how the second issue has 16 less pages...Inflation? The 1948 issue seems to be one of the first, if not the first, of the Fox Giants that were composed of remaindered books. So it has an extra 16 page signature at the front that's unique to the book. It might be the only case on those Fox Giants which actually has the first page of the story on the inside front cover, other than just plain missing as is usual. It reprints the "Cattle Kate" story from Women Outlaws #1. So, not inflation as such. Just Fox being cheap and deciding they can get people to buy the books without the first story page after all. :-)

Just so I have something to play along with here...

Thank you. I'm not a particular fan of his, but he was not a bad writer of SF and it's always fun to discover something undocumented like that.

The lady in red love the cover and title. Was finally looking through the issue, when I noticed it included the story "Heritage of Osiris" by Fred Engelhardt. My question, if anybody has familiarity with pulp pseudonyms: is this actually a L. Ron Hubbard story? He's the only person I know who used the name, but that doesn't always mean much.

One of the premiere robot covers. Congrats, great pick up! (thumbs u One of? Nah, I think that's all on its own as #1 as far as robot comic covers go...

What the heck, they're pulps but I don't see them earlier in the thread:

And, I just felt like scanning a few more semi-random pulps to share. Each of these 3 books has one of the stories that formed Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles:

Nice one! I really do need to track down at least one Phantom Detective at some point, just to say I've seen one. Given how long the series ran it seems to get lost next to most of the other Hero Pulp characters.

And a couple new ones: Notable for having one of the shortest Shadow "novels" in the entire run; a mere 47 pages compared to 74 for Never Marry Murder by "Peter Reed", a house name which in this case is being used by John D. MacDonald. I have no idea why the pseudonym, since he doesn't have another story in the issue. Obviously this one starts off with part of "Gray Lensman", quite possibly THE classic space opera. It also has Heinlein's second story, "Misfit", and de Camp, del Rey, and Hubbard all have stories or articles in here as well. And that isn't even that unusual a line-up for Astounding in the 1939-1942 run. What an incredible run of issues Astounding was those years.

Yeah, we can dream about 2 for 5c pulps, can't we? Although I did only pay $10 for that issue, I think; and the page quality is amazing. So nearly that good a price once you adjust for inflation, at least in spirit.

OK, if we're doing Thrilling Mysteries... I think I posted this one a while back, but it seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle: