Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values? 25 25

[frozentundraguy]

On 12/24/2021 at 8:46 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Haven't come across a better Christmas book yet so I'll post it again... Merry Christmas y'all from here in the swamp 🐊🎄🥳

Nice. I don't have a Christmas related PB, but have this later copy of Dickens "Hard Times".

For the following year I promise to deliver facts, nothing but the facts.

 

 

[Surfing Alien]

Got myself some Exotic presents for Christmas. #15 and 16. Looks like Rudy Nappi art and he sat the same model for both covers.

[frozentundraguy]

On 12/27/2021 at 2:32 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Got myself some Exotic presents for Christmas. #15 and 16. Looks like Rudy Nappi art and he sat the same model for both covers.

Neat books & Napi art is exquisite.

I would appear that the distinguishing point between inexperienced and experienced girls is the cigarette.

[frozentundraguy]

Picked up two more sci-fi books recently. I also found that A. E. Van Vogt ignited a lengthy discussion on his ability to "fix up" short stories and meld them into novels. PKD turned out to be one of his biggest supporters.

Literary critic Fredric Jameson has asserted that “[v]an Vogt’s work clearly prepares the way for that of the greatest of all science fiction writers, Philip K. , whose extraordinary novels and stories are inconceivable without the opening onto that play of unconscious materials and fantasy dynamics released by van Vogt.” frequently gave credit to van Vogt, as did Harlan Ellison, and his acknowledged or apparent influence shows up in other odd places — the socio-psychological speculations of Colin Wilson, for example, or Stan Lee’s X-Men.

Link to the full article for those interested.

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/fix-up-artist-the-chaotic-sf-of-a-e-van-vogt/

 

[Book Guy]

On 12/29/2021 at 11:11 AM, frozentundraguy said:

Picked up two more sci-fi books recently. I also found that A. E. Van Vogt ignited a lengthy discussion on his ability to "fix up" short stories and meld them into novels. PKD turned out to be one of his biggest supporters.

Literary critic Fredric Jameson has asserted that “[v]an Vogt’s work clearly prepares the way for that of the greatest of all science fiction writers, Philip K. , whose extraordinary novels and stories are inconceivable without the opening onto that play of unconscious materials and fantasy dynamics released by van Vogt.” frequently gave credit to van Vogt, as did Harlan Ellison, and his acknowledged or apparent influence shows up in other odd places — the socio-psychological speculations of Colin Wilson, for example, or Stan Lee’s X-Men.

Link to the full article for those interested.

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/fix-up-artist-the-chaotic-sf-of-a-e-van-vogt/

 

Both covers by Ricard Powers, I believe.

[Surfing Alien]

On 12/29/2021 at 2:04 PM, frozentundraguy said:

Neat books & Napi art is exquisite.

I would appear that the distinguishing point between inexperienced and experienced girls is the cigarette.

Truly "Bad" girls always light up 🤣

[damonwad]

Some Aces.

[damonwad]

A mix of westerns. I'd like to get more Harlequins but they're pretty tough. I started to read Pioneers but quickly saw that it was a fictional, "historical" romance, so that goes on the never going to read pile.

Shortgrass was a good read and I was surprised to see a character named Breck Coleman in it. For John Wayne fans, that's the character he played in The Big Trail. It turns out Hal Evarts wrote the story the movie was based on and this book had Coleman in his later years.

Edited December 30, 2021 by damonwad

[Surfing Alien]

The first arrivals of 2022 are here 

Croydon nn with cover art by L.B. Cole

The Brides of Dracula Monarch Movie edition with cover art by Lou Marchetti

Konga, Monarch Movie edition with cover art by Ray Johnson

and, finally found a copy of the Avon Werewolf of Paris with cover art by Bill Randall. Not quite as nice as @frozentundraguy's copy but beggars can't be choosers. They're just not to be found at all lately

[moonpool]

[The Black Hand ®]

I like Hotsy a lot.

[Surfing Alien]

On 1/7/2022 at 6:16 PM, moonpool said:

Now that's hard boiled! Any story behind the overprint?

[GACollectibles]

Picked up this LB Cole cover yesterday

 

[Surfing Alien]

On 1/9/2022 at 8:35 AM, GACollectibles said:

Picked up this LB Cole cover yesterday

 

Sweet 👍 Shadows of Lust was one of the first vintage paperbacks I ever found back in the early 1980's along with a bunch of Avons at a garage sale in Brooklyn. I was hooked. I knew LB Cole from comic books but had no idea he did a run of Croydon/Superior paperbacks and digests.

The 4 small format Romance pbs are one of the coolest/most colorful little runs in the hobby. I need very little incentive to show them lol!

[OtherEric]

In today.  I was quite happy to discover that the traditional wisdom that Bode's only paperback cover was Space Chantey was wrong:

[CGC Mike]

It has been brought to my attention that there has been talk about whether or not this thread should get moved to the pulp section.  What do you guys think?

[Book Guy]

On 1/11/2022 at 6:29 PM, CGC Mike said:

It has been brought to my attention that there has been talk about whether or not this thread should get moved to the pulp section.  What do you guys think?

Fine with me.

[frozentundraguy]

I'm on board with that thought.

[OtherEric]

I think the thread would fit better in the pulp section, personally.

[Randall Dowling]

These thread will retain it's greatness no matter where it lands.