sacentaur Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I also strongly recommend Robert Weinberg's book, The Weird Tales Story . Ordered (thnx). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I especially liked this page that shows off some of the rarest pulps in his collection: Link Thanks for that link :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Steve. Looks like you're having fun with the pulps. It's great to see you this excited Thnx Michael - glad that the enthusiasm comes through. One more for tonight, and probably the one book that I bought today that approaches "BZ-like quality" - fresh, bright red spine, almost like new (except for some interior cover edge tanning). Finlay cover (and unbelievable interior illos)... Howard, Quinn, Lovecraft, Smith, Binder, Houdini (!), etc. Just unreal. July 1939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Steve. Looks like you're having fun with the pulps. It's great to see you this excited Thnx Michael - glad that the enthusiasm comes through. One more for tonight, and probably the one book that I bought today that approaches "BZ-like quality" - fresh, bright red spine, almost like new (except for some interior cover edge tanning). Finlay cover (and unbelievable interior illos)... Howard, Quinn, Lovecraft, Smith, Binder, Houdini (!), etc. Just unreal. July 1939 160 pages of goodness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 One more for tonight, and probably the one book that I bought today that approaches "BZ-like quality" - fresh, bright red spine, almost like new (except for some interior cover edge tanning). Finlay cover (and unbelievable interior illos)... Howard, Quinn, Lovecraft, Smith, Binder, Houdini (!), etc. Just unreal. July 1939 I didn't recognize that cover so I had to go downstairs to be certain I owned it. Your copy is in better condition than mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Battered Silicon Dispatch Box produced a complete Jules de Grandin 3-volume set with the entire 93 appearances (1300 pages) of the character by Seabury Quinn with commentaries by Bob Weinberg - The Complete Adventures of Jules de Grandin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Your copy is in better condition than mine. 1 out of 12,859 ain't bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Just like Screamin Jay Hawkins said. Awesome. There aren't many people today who know know the work of Screamin' Jay. (thumbs u cool link... some serious pipes on that cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annihilus Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Finlay cover (and unbelievable interior illos)... Howard, Quinn, Lovecraft, Smith, Binder, Houdini (Lovecraft!)* , etc. Just unreal. July 1939 *Just saying. Nice book, and yet another I need. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 And here's a BZ thread exclusive... April 1934 (Robert E. Howard Conan) You guys had a party last night, and as usual I missed most of the fun. So I will do my catching up - again as usual - while you are all sleeping. (Apart from Annihilus, who apparently never sleeps.) That April 1934 is just such a fantastic cover, and the colors really "pop" on that copy Steve! I am probably going to content myself with Girasol facsimiles - my first order is lined up and almost ready to ship. (I'm slightlyasthmatic and even magazines can get me a bit wheezy, so I thought I'd steer clear of the originals.) But Steve's adventures in pulp collecting are enough to make me change my mind.... Just one problem though - I'm living on the wrong bloody continent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Seeing Steve's great Weird tales pick ups reminded me that while I have no originals, I do have this rather nice book with lots of repros. It was published by Jupiter Press in the UK circa 1979, though I imagine there is a preceding US imprint? Anyway, here are a few of the covers reproduced. (I daresay BZ has copies of ther originals!) This set me to wondering what other great compilations might be out there - I have one or two myself if they would be of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) Battered Silicon Dispatch Box produced a complete Jules de Grandin 3-volume set with the entire 93 appearances (1300 pages) of the character by Seabury Quinn with commentaries by Bob Weinberg - The Complete Adventures of Jules de Grandin ...and - oh joy - the complete Golden Amazon stories! http://www.batteredbox.com/LostTreasures/10-GoldenAmazon3V.htm Edited April 3, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I especially liked this page that shows off some of the rarest pulps in his collection: Link Thanks for that link :thumbsup: Excellent link indeed - great cover on the Black Mask featuring "The Maltese Falcon", a bonus for any collector, and I'd love to know the story behind the Yale Record publication, "Real Spicy Horror Stories" - some sort of pulp parody I imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Finlay cover (and unbelievable interior illos)... Howard, Quinn, Lovecraft, Smith, Binder, Houdini (Lovecraft!)* , etc. Just unreal. July 1939 *Just saying. Nice book, and yet another I need. Sigh. Ah, thanks for the clarification - I obviously still have a lot to learn. I really do like the way that WT mixes its content with new stories, verse, text illos, a "classic" story (in which section the "Houdini" was), and even the comments on letters pages are fun to read. Add in of course the Brundage (and Finlay) covers, and like Pat C. says, these are just "Super Pulps"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annihilus Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Finlay cover (and unbelievable interior illos)... Howard, Quinn, Lovecraft, Smith, Binder, Houdini (Lovecraft!)* , etc. Just unreal. July 1939 *Just saying. Nice book, and yet another I need. Sigh. Ah, thanks for the clarification - I obviously still have a lot to learn. I really do like the way that WT mixes its content with new stories, verse, text illos, a "classic" story (in which section the "Houdini" was), and even the comments on letters pages are fun to read. Add in of course the Brundage (and Finlay) covers, and like Pat C. says, these are just "Super Pulps"! I've probably got way more to learn about pulps than you do, I'm just semi-learned in Lovecraft. The story kernel for Imprisoned with the Pharaohs was Houdini's, but Lovecraft wrote the whole thing (wrote it twice, actually - after losing the first copy at Union Station, he and his wife spent much of their honeymoon re-writing it to get it submitted before deadline). Sometimes I wonder if HPL lost it on purpose so he didn't have to mess around with his wife after getting married. I agree with you that the letters pages are fun to read - sometimes better than some of the stories! I don't have a ton of pulps yet, but I love reading them knowing that some kid probably was doing the same thing 75 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I also strongly recommend Robert Weinberg's book, The Weird Tales Story . Ordered (thnx). I've known Bob for 25 years (we were partners in the Chicago Comicon). I've had the great good fortune of seeing his pulp and art collections. Simply magnificent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 I especially liked this page that shows off some of the rarest pulps in his collection: Link Thanks for that link :thumbsup: You might also enjoy reading Bob's reminiscences of collecting original science fiction and fantasy art. Collecting Fantasy Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodan57 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Thanks for the link. A great blog in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 My 3 final pickups from Saturday: August 1938 (Lovecraft) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
