Speedy-D Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Do you guys read these things? Aside from the Burroughs, who I can certainly appreciate, how's the writing? Are the stories usually illustrated? I've never flipped through one of these old pulps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 When I was 13 years old I bought a Shadow pulp to read. Paper flecks came off in my lap and it became an ordeal. Never read a pulp since (but bought many). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 There are a lot of great stories in the pulps. I like Kuttner and Vance. Eando Binder (brothers I think) wrote some good Adam Link stories. Otis Kline wrote ERB like stuff and some people say it was better. I used to get a lot of anthologies from the Sci Fi book club that consisted of pulp reprints but the paper was new and held together nicely for the past 30 years. You can find those books for little money at the bookstores. Asimov was published in the pulps and Zena Henderson too. Go out and read a bunch. They are better than Kellerman and Cornwall murder mysteries and more creative than Agatha Cristie. In my opinion rantrantbb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cimm Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I love reading these pulps... I got into them for the cover art, and stayed for the obscure, rarely-to-never reprinted stories... William P. McGivern, Leigh Brackett, and Johnston McCulley are just a few of the authors I have "discovered" that I really like... Talbot Mundy is a great one too... Ray Bradbury started out writing for the pulps, as did Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, and Mickey Spillane... There is true treasure hidden behind those wonderful covers, I tell ya lad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 Do you guys read these things? Aside from the Burroughs, who I can certainly appreciate, how's the writing? You can find plenty of great stories from every possible genre in pulp magazines. The list of famous authors whose work was published in the pulps is long: Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, John D. MacDonald, Ray Bradbury, Frank Herbert, Philip K. D ick, Robert A. Heinlein, Cornell Woolrich, Jim Thompson, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 The image of a girl in a test tube is a perennial favorite among many collectors. I particularly like this illustration that appeared on the cover of Amazing Stories, January 1942 issue. Malcolm Smith cover artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 (edited) The image of a girl in a test tube is a perennial favorite among many collectors. I particularly like this illustration that appeared on the cover of Amazing Stories, January 1942 issue. [Malcolm Smith cover artist. It looks like they are wearing proper eye protection and gloves. At least it is safe for the scientists but not sure about the up-side-down green girl. Edited September 15, 2009 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flee-Marquette Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Since we've been on a skeleton kick of late... Besides the drug and juvenile delinquent covers, skull-covers are a primary focus of mine. So are "hanging in the shadows" covers..... I also like "airbrushed legs in nylons" covers.... And then there is "bodies on top of newsprint" covers... And of course "women in evening dresses being grabbed from behind by men in fancy hats" covers... I think that about covers it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 I love your groupings, Flee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 The image of a girl in a test tube is a perennial favorite among many collectors. I particularly like this illustration that appeared on the cover of Amazing Stories, January 1942 issue. Malcolm Smith cover artist. Very striking colors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I love that cover. I've been intending to purchase the book, The Paintings of J. Allen St. John, but haven't gotten around to it. It's a wonderful book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Does anyone know of any science fiction/fantasy illustrations that portray girls in test tube type scenes that predate this Amazing Stories, July 1927 cover? Perhaps there was a Jules Verne or H.G. Wells story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I love that cover. I've been intending to purchase the book, The Paintings of J. Allen St. John, but haven't gotten around to it. It's a wonderful book! It is a wonderful looking book. What kind of treats are inside? bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 It is a wonderful looking book. What kind of treats are inside? Here is some more information about the book which I copied from Amazon's listing for it. Product Description • More than 170 paintings of Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, more—many shot from original paintings • Essays by top science fiction authors The Paintings of J. Allen St. John presents the artist’s full-color fantasy and science-fiction paintings for novels and pulp magazine stories by famous authors such as Edgar Rice Burroughs. Essays by today’s top science-fiction writers, including Jack Williamson, illustrator Vincent Di Fate, and historian Robert R. Barrett, make this book—Vanguard’s second devoted to the art of St. John—essential for any fantasy collection. More info at: The Paintings of J. Allen St. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I was going through my copy of Four Color 673 to check condition when I turned to the inside back cover where the story continues and one panel jumped out at me, as much as the figure illustrated is jumping at some baddies. Right there was a Toth image from a cover of All-american Western from 5 years before and this wasn't Toth at work but Bob Correa. Sure enough, that was a pretty good swipe. Here's the evidence below. Note, the Correa art isn't bad at all, esp. in plain B&W. Of course, maybe Toth himself swiped from elsewhere but I am not aware of that - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 I think every panel is a swipe. I spend all of a few seconds looking and turned up the following. All-American Western #121 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I think every panel is a swipe. I spend all of a few seconds looking and turned up the following. I had a suspiscion they might all be. Thanks for looking them up Correa was smart to swipe from the best (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 The image of a girl in a test tube is a perennial favorite among many collectors. I particularly like this illustration that appeared on the cover of Amazing Stories, January 1942 issue. Malcolm Smith cover artist. Beauty!!! I love it! I have been out of town for a few days so I am just catching up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Since we've been on a skeleton kick of late... Besides the drug and juvenile delinquent covers, skull-covers are a primary focus of mine. So are "hanging in the shadows" covers..... I also like "airbrushed legs in nylons" covers.... And then there is "bodies on top of newsprint" covers... And of course "women in evening dresses being grabbed from behind by men in fancy hats" covers... I think that about covers it..... Great stuff Flea! Many I'd like to pick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I think every panel is a swipe. I spend all of a few seconds looking and turned up the following. I had a suspiscion they might all be. Thanks for looking them up Correa was smart to swipe from the best (thumbs u that is a LOT of swiping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
