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| 2007
Locus Awards Finalists Announced Voting in this year's Locus Poll and Survey has closed. Here are the finalists for Best Non-Fiction Book. Win Scott Eckert's MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE Mark Finn's BLOOD AND THUNDER, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD | |||||
| 2007
Windy City Pulp and Paper Con - May 4 thru 6, 2007! LATE BREAKING
NEWS! The
hotel has just informed us, on April 27, that we will have access to the dealer
room earlier on Friday, May 4, than we'd been told. The REVISED Dealer Room
hours for Friday are dealer set-up beginning at 1:00 p.m., with the room open
to the public from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sorry for the late notice, but
we were just told of this development. Guest of Honor, Ken Kelly, has had to cancel due to some health reasons. The new incarnation of The Spider Ring will
be available to fans for the FIRST TIME ANYWHERE at next weekend's
Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention in Chicago! Baen Books' new release THE SPIDER: ROBOT TITANS OF GOTHAM should be hitting bookstores at the end of May or beginning
of June. To promote this new volume, Baen and Argosy Communications
have revived the tradition of
The Spider Ring giveaway. Though they initially planned on targeting only the San Diego Comic-Con
in July, through the efforts
of Windy City's Mark Trost and Doug Ellis, Spider Ring designer Chris Kalb, and Argosy president
Joel Frieman, The Spider Ring will now make its public debut, fittingly,
at a Pulp-centric show!Baen and Argosy are eager to say "thank you" to the Pulp fans, who have kept The Spider alive all these years, and are excited to hit this boutique convention, as well as PulpCon, in advance of the splash they are hoping to make at the massive San Diego Comic-Con in late July. Baen will not have a booth at the show, so attendees are encouraged to keep their eyes peeled for the unique (and uniquely Pulpy) way in which The Spider Ring will be distributed. Thanks to Chris Kalb for the tip! During Saturday's auction, we will be auctioning 229 issues of Weird Tales from an estate.
Here's the list of the Munsey material
(and a few other unusual items) First listed below is the
non-Cornell Woolrich items, followed by the Woolrich material. Lot numbers don't
necessarily relate to the lot numbers they will have at the auction or the order
they will be auctioned in. which will be in this year's auction. 1. Signed checks for I Flew for Germany & I Flew for the USA; both from the pages of G-8 -- as a lot 2. Signed checks for Doc Turner Murder Bait & A Box Seat for Murder; two short stories from The Spider – as a lot 3. Adventure magazine subscription blank. 4. Phantom Detective club membership letter, membership card, Phantom Detective pin – as a lot 5. Black mask cover proofs. 4 1951 cover proofs sent to the office for final approval - as a lot 6. William J. Flynn letter about story rights. Lists his numerous accomplishments including Former Chief United States Secret Service, Director Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and more. Signed by Flynn. 7. Letter to James Napoli on Oriental Stories stationary. Letterhead from this magazine is extremely rare! 8. Contract from 1917 selling movie rights to Max Brand story to Metro pictures (later to become MGM). 9. Check for “History” by Asimov, from 1940 for $25. Signed by Asimov. 10. Check for poem from 1915 signed by John Kendrick Bangs, author of Houseboat on the Styx and other humor books. 11. Check for $125 in 1918 for George Brehm for cover painting for the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, “HRH the Rider.” 12. Check for $300 in 1923 for “Marty from Arizona” story published in Argosy in 1924, endorsed by Carroll John Daly. 13. Check for “The Corpse Hangs High” from Dime Detective 1939 for $600 to Carroll John Daly. 14. Check to C.W. Fairchild for $75 in 1915 for the cover painting for “Barney Custer of Beatrice” by Edgar Rice Burroughs 15. Check from 1917 for $50 for story “Convalescence” by Frederick Faust. 16. Check from 1925 for the story “Merciful Blunder” by William Hope Hodgson, for $50, payable to his sister, Bessie Hope Hodgson. 17. Check from 1939 for E. & E. Jacobson for $25 for revision of “The City Condemned to Hell” (Octopus novel) 18. Check from 1940 for the story, “Nova Midplane” by Cyril Kornbluth for $69. Kornbluth’s signature is rare. 19. Check for $125 to P.J. Monahan in 1916 for the cover painting for “Minos of Sardanes,” (lost race novel). 20. Check to Talbot Mundy from 1928 for $1600 for the novel, “Asoka’s Alibi.” Mundy’s signature on a check paying for one of his stories is rare since usually the checks were made payable to his agent. 21. Check from 1936 for $165 to Norvell Page for the story, “Soldier of Dishonor.” 22. Check from 1942 for $1,000 to “Matson & Dugan,” agents for Curt Siodmak, for the novel, “Donovan’s Brain,” sold to Black Mask magazine. 23. Check from 1935 for $65 to Howard Wandrei for the story “By Me.” Howard Wandrei’s signature is rare. SIGNED CORNELL WOOLRICH CHECKS: Note: Amounts are the amount the check is made out for; dates are dates the checks are dated. 1. Death RFD by Cornell Woolrich 6/3/43 $200.00 Dime Detective 2. By Gun by Cornell Woolrich 6/21/37 $65.00 Dime Detective 3. You Forgot the Hole by Cornell Woolrich 2/8/38 $94.00 Dime Detective 4. The Miller Mattle by Cornell Woolrich Dec. 23, 1938 $244.00 Dime Detective 5. The Hopeless Defense of Mrs. Dellford by Woolrich 9/1/42 $199.00 Dime Detective 6. The Body in Grant's Tomb by Woolrich 10/14/42 $238.00 Dime Detective 7. If the Shoe Fits by Woolrich 12/22/42 $210.00 Dime Detective 8. Murderess by Woolrich 2/17/43 $185.00 Dime Detective 9. Leg Men by Woolrich 5/4/43 $210.00 Dime Detective 10. Three Cigarettes in the Dark by Woolrich 2/14/35 $144.00 Dime Detective 11. The Body in the Bathtub by Woolrich 1/17/35 $124.00 Dime Detective 12. The Evil Eye by Woolrich 6/26/36 $154.00 Dime Detective 13. The Living Lie Down with the Dead by Woolrich 12/19/35 $150.00 Dime Detective 14. Dead on their Feet by Woolrich 7/5/35 $108.00 Dime Detective 15. The Case of the Killer Diller by Woolrich 1/13/39 $240.00 Dime Detective 16. If the Dead Could Talk by Woolrich 11/10/42 $105.00 Black Mask 17. He Looked like Murder by Woolrich 12/28/50 $83.00 Black Mask 18. The Case of the Orphaned Diamond by Woolrich 6/22/42 $200.00 Black Mask 19. (for two stories) Twice-Trod Path & The Man Who Married a Corpse 10/21/37 $880.00 Munsey 20. Death in the Yoshiwara 11/26/37 $210.00 Munsey 21. Endicott's Girl 12/9/37 $250.00 Munsey 22. Eye of Doom # 3 9/1/38 $265.00 Munsey 23. All at Once, No Alice 9/28/39 $300.00 Munsey 24. Cinderella and the Mob 2/15/40 $225.00 Munsey 25. Murder Always Gathers Momentum 5/24/40 $215.00 Munsey 26. Wardrobe Trunk 4/18/36 $195.00 Munsey 27. The Earring 1/23/41 $225.00 Munsey 28. Murder on St. Catherine Street -- this check is endorsed not only by Cornell Woolrich but by his mother, Claire H. Woolrich. 11/22/35 $120.00 Munsey GUEST OF HONOR: GARY GIANNI In keeping with our Conan theme, artist Gary Gianni will be our Guest of Honor this year. Gary Gianni has brought Conan and other Howard heros to life in the recent Wandering Star & Del Rey volumes. HOTEL: For our seventh show, we’ll be in the NW suburbs of Chicago. The Sheraton is 15-20 minutes NW of O’Hare Airport. Room rates are $97/night; parking is free. For those bringing families, the Sheraton’s indoor waterpark is opening this fall, and the Sheraton is also located two miles from Woodfield Mall, which is the Chicago area’s largest mall. The hotel is 1/2 mile from the Chicago Metra train line, which runs to downtown Chicago. The hotel is also located next to Arlington Park Racecourse, the premier horse racing venue in Illinois. The con coincides with opening weekend, and on the Saturday, in addition to the regular slate of races they’ll be simulcasting the Kentucky Derby. So if you still have any money left after buying stuff at the con, you can put a few dollars down on the Derby. The hotel has complimentary transportation to and from Woodfield Mall, the train station and the track. MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $15 for Sunday only. ART SHOW: We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original pulp and paperback art. For the third year in a row, the art show is sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine (www.illustrationmagazine. com). If you have any art you’d like to make available for display in the art show, please contact us. The art show will be open Saturday and Sunday mornings and afternoons. PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories, on 16 mm film. We will also be showing episodes of the classic TV series, Thriller, based on stories that had originally appeared in WEIRD TALES. More info will be posted on the website closer to the con. The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood ‘N’ Thunder magazine (www.geocities.com/poppub/). PROGRAM BOOK: All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $70 (4 1/8'' x 6.75''), half page $40 (4 1/8'' x 3 3/8''), business card size $25 (3.25” x 2''). The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 1, 2007. Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@insightbb.com for ad matters (other than payment). CON SUITE: Our con suite will operate from Friday afternoon until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby. Visit the Windy City Pulp and Paper Con website for complete show information http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com/ |   | ||||
| Altus Press - SECRET AGENT
"X" is coming
in 2007! Altus Press plans to reprint Secret Agent X in its entirety! SECRET AGENT "X" VOLUME 1 is expected later this year. Volume 1 contains the first seven Secret Agent X stories: "The Torture Trust," "The Spectral Stranglers'" "The Death-Torch Terror," "The Ambassador of Doom," "City of Living Dead," "Hand of Horror," and " Octopus of Crime." This reprint series will feature remastered graphics and typography with new introductions by pulp historians! The Secret Agent "X" Companion by Tom Johnson and Will Murray - Now available! The classic investigation of SECRET AGENT "X," revised and updated by the original writers, Tom Johnson and Will Murray, including new chapters, images and information! It's the last word on this classic character! Secret Agent X—man of a thousand faces—a thousand disguises—a thousand surprises! Detective extraordinary! Master investigator! Pledged hunter of criminals! His past? A question mark wrapped in the black folds of Mystery. His present? A living threat to those who follow the crimson trails of crime. His future? A toss of Fate's dice on the gaming tables of Doom. The blackness of mystery cloaks his past and his coming. So also it cloaks his going. And wraithlike he disappears-leaving behind him one symbol and one only—X—the symbol of the Unknown. 151 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink, $14.95 Available at http://www.altuspress.com. |  | ||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc This not-to-be-missed
issue is coming in July! THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 9: "FORESHADOWING"-THE BATMAN
SPECIAL The "Knight
of Darkness" returns in two historic novels that gave birth to Batman. First, a powerful new underworld
kingpin crosses swords with The Shadow in "Lingo," one of Walter Gibson's all-time
masterpieces which inspired the 'Batarang.' In "Partners of Peril," by Theodore Tinsley, Lamont Cranston investigates chemical syndicate murders in the crime thriller that serves as the model for Batman's debut adventure in Detective Comics #27. This extra-long volume also reprints Theodore Tinsley's "The Grim Joker," a 1936 tale featuring a clown-faced crime boss called 'The Joker'! PLUS: Will Murray documents the "Shadowy" origins of The Batman, and Anthony Tollin chonicles how "Partners in Peril" was adapted as the first Batman story. Cover by George Rozen; illustrations by Tom Lovell. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 144 pages, 7x10. B&W...................................$12.95 These reprints can also be ordered directly from: Anthony Tollin (via check, money order, or Paypal). 1 book: $12.95 plus $3 (first class) or $2 (media mail) 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) first class postpaid Subscriptions are available for either THE SHADOW or DOC SAVAGE: Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (firstclass) or $66 (media mail). Anthony Tollin P.O. Box 761474 San Antonio, TX 78245-1474 sanctumotr@earthlink.net  |  THE SHADOW Volume 9 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Now available). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073910. | ||||
| CHEAP
THRILLS - Arriving in comic shops May 2nd! Hermes Press is proud to announce the release of Ron Goulart's classic history of the pulps: CHEAP THRILLS. This book is more than just a reprint of Goulart's ground-breaking 1972 history of the pulps though. Hermes Press' complete redesigned version of this classic contains mountains of material not used in the original Amazing! Thrilling! Astonishing tome about the great pulps and pulp writers. Extra: the new edition of CHEAP THRILLS presents many remembrances by pulp fiction greats never before seen and not included in the original version of the book. Hermes Press is pulling out all of the stops with CHEAP THRILLS. The book is being printed in an all color 12" square format filled with pulp cover art that inspired readers, artists, and everyone who ever read the pulps. Hardcover, 208 pages, $49.99 |  | ||||
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "The Golden Quest" from May 1, 1935. "A Dead Man Speaks" by Jonathan Blade is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 800 stories online! "Shotguns for Two" by Owen Atkinson from THE LONE EAGLE, September 1936 Two aviation lieutenants who go on special missions find that they have no choice but to fly an experimental airplane in order to accomplish their new mission. "Sue as in Suicide" by C. S. Montanye from THRILLING DETECTIVE, October 1949 A supposed suicide in a fancy hotel makes the house detective suspicious. | |||||
| FARMERPHILE:
The Magazine of Philip José Farmer - Now available! Issue No. 8 - April 2007 Farmerphile is a quarterly magazine completely dedicated to works by and about Philip José Farmer. It features the unpublished novel "Up from the Bottomless Pit," a suspense-thriller about the ultimate disaster in the oil industry, serialized over the first ten issues. These ten issues will also include other unpublished stories, speeches and letters by Farmer himself, as well as articles about the Grand Master and his work from his fans and peers. Farmerphile is fabulously illustrated by such talented artists as Jason Robert Bell, Charles Berlin, Keith Howell, Karl Kauffman, Chuck Loridans, and Shannon Robicheaux. The April 2007 Farmerphile features Philip José Farmer’s previously unpublished story, “A Spy in the U.S. of Gonococcia,” an outrageous satire of Cold War America, and the exciting continuation of Up from the Bottomless Pit. Also included in this issue: This year’s World Horror Convention Grand Master, Joe R. Lansdale, writes about his first encounter with PJF; Bette Farmer reminisces about the first, as well as the upcoming, stage production of her husband’s Hugo Award-winning “Riders of the Purple Wage,” while Danny Adams (co-author, The City Beyond Play) examines the novella’s Joycean elements; Win Scott Eckert (editor, Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer’s Wold Newton Universe) uncovers a “lost” Sexton Blake tale, “The Shades of Pemberley,” which seems to bear mysterious connections to the WNU; Dennis E. Power (webmaster, The Secret History of the Wold Newton Universe) looks at tantalizing threads running through Traitor to the Living, Image of the Beast, and the Riverworld series; and Michael Croteau (webmaster, The Official Philip José Farmer Home Page) discusses Greatheart Silver, PJF’s rollicking, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the great pulp heroes. Table of Contents: "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "Finnegan’s Wage, or, Portrait of the Farmer as a Joycean Fan" by Danny Adams "Phil & Bette Farmer, Jack London, a Wife and a Baby,a Clean Well Lighted Hotel Room" by Joe R. Lansdale "Creative Mythography" by Win Scott Eckert "A Spy in the U.S. of Gonococcia" by Philip José Farmer; illustrated by Charles Berlin "Images of the Soul" by Dennis E. Power "Bibliophile" by Michael Croteau "Up from the Bottomless Pit" (part 8) by Philip José Farmer; illustrated by Keith Howell Complete ordering information for Farmerphile may be found at: http://www.pjfarmer.com/farmerphile.htm |  Cover art by Keith Howell | ||||
| GIANT-SIZED
RED SONJA #1 - Arriving
in comic shops May 2nd! by Various Featuring an all-new story by Red Sonja writer Michael Avon Oeming and art by Ron (Supergirl) Adrian Giant-Size Red Sonja #1 also contains a selection of classic, never-before-reprinted material - all re-mastered and re-colored - and Chaykin story presented in color for the very first time anywhere! Included are: "Episode" (by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, from Conan Saga #49-re-mastered by Jose Villarrubia); see Frank Thorne and Wendy (Elfquest) Pini perform "The Wizard & Red Sonja Show" in this photo feature from Kull and the Barabarians #2 - re-mastered and presented in color for the very first time, complete with the original text and photos; and "Red Sonja, She Devil With a Sword" by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin - re-mastered and in color for the very first time! 48 pages, Full Color, $4.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment |  | ||||
| Girasol
Collectables - PULP DOUBLES #3 is now available! Girasol is pleased to introduce their new series of Spider reprints. The 'Pulp Doubles' line features 2 action-packed Spider stories per issue. These 7" x 10" trade paperbacks have re-set text, but feature the original illustrations from the pulps. Unlike the Pulp Replica line, these are NOT facsimile editions, nor do they include the backup stories or the original ads. But for those of you who want action the way only the Spider can provide it, these are for you! This new product line is IN ADDITION to our Pulp Replicas... the Replicas will continue exactly as before. PULP DOUBLES #3: "Slaves of the Crime Master" (Aril 1935) & "The Spider and the Fire God" (August 1939) The third issue in our new trade paperback style pulp reprint series. 128 pages with 2 action-packed Spider stories. Reset text, but includes the original illustrations. #2 - Spider #14 & #64: "Death's Crimson Juggernaut" (Nov. 1934) & "Claws of the Golden Dragon" (Jan. 1939) The second issue in our new trade paperback style pulp reprint series. 128 pages with 2 action-packed Spider stories. Reset text, but includes the original illustrations. #1 - Spider #11 & #49: "Prince of the Red Looters" (Aug. 1934) & "The City That Dared Not Eat" (Oct. 1937) The Spider battles a daring gentleman killer who has dubbed himself 'The Fly' in issue #11, August 1934. So confident is The Fly of his ability, that he dares challenge the Spider himself to a duel... to the death! In issue #49, October 1937, Richard Wentworth matches wits against a master criminal who is impersonating the Spider and turning the city against their champion. By seizing control of the very food supply through mass poisonings and murder, this criminal fiend plans to loot all of New York! The price per issue is $14.95 + $2.05 s&h for a total of $17 per issue (within North America). All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables 3501 Glen Erin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 Visit the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ PULP DOUBLES #4 will be released in July and #5 in October. |  
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| Haffner Press - IN MEMORY OF WONDER'S CHILD: JACK WILLIAMSON IN MEMORY OF WONDER'S
CHILD: JACK WILLIAMSON will make its debut at the
2007 Jack Williamson Lectureship on Friday, April 27, 2007. IN MEMORY OF WONDER'S CHILD is a 112-page chapbook that honors the career of Grand Master Jack Williamson with memorial appreciations from friends, family and some of the most prominent members of the science fiction field. Also included are Williamson's 1939 pulp story "Nonstop to Mars," his last work published in his lifetime: "The Mists of Time" from 2006, a facsimile reproduction of his 1928 editorial "Scientifiction--Searchlight of Science," and pages from his 1950s newspaper comic strip, Beyond Mars. All proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Jack and Blanche Williamson Scholarship Fund. CONTRIBUTORS
Ordering information: IN MEMORY OF WONDER'S CHILD: JACK WILLIAMSON Edited by Stephen Haffner 112-page 4.25" x 5.5" trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-893887-26-8 500-copy trade edition: $15.00 (U.S.) For a limited time we are offering free shipping via Media Mail. We can accept checks and money orders made payable and sent to: HAFFNER PRESS 5005 Crooks Road Suite 35 Royal Oak, Michigan 48073-1239 We are able to take credit card orders via Paypal. The remit-to e-mail is info@haffnerpress.com Please contact Haffner Press anytime if you have any questions or need additional information. |  | ||||
| Lester Dent There is a 2 minute "documentary" about Lester Dent and the Pulp Museum on YouTube. Type in "lester dent" in the search, and you'll be able to see the excellent clip by Matt Hiebert. | |||||
| MEXICAN
PULP ART - Arriving
in comic shops May 2nd! introduction by Maria Cristina Tavera The lurid cover art of Mexican pulp novels are a pop culture revelation. Never before seen in an English - or even Spanish - language collection are the often surreal and psychedelic images of extraterrestrials, robots, dinosaurs, dastardly killers, Zorro, Santo, and many other icons from stories involving suspense, mystery, romance, and the supernatural. Collected by Minneapolis' Bobbette Axelrod (owner of the Sister Fun toy shop) and Baltimore's Ted Frankel (proprietor of the American Visionary Art Museum's store, Sideshow), Mexican Pulp Art presents the most striking examples of this sensational art form of the 1960s and 1970s. Researcher Maria Cristina Tavera's introduction tells us about the original publishing companies, artists, and comic story lines of Micro Legends, Micro Suspense, Micro Mystery, and The Unexpected. Softcover, 5x8, 140 pages, Full Color, SRP: $16.95 Feral House |  | ||||
| Moonstone
Books: THE PHANTOM #16 - Arriving
in comic shops May 2nd! by Bullock, Szilagyi, Blevins, & Austin "Forgotten": What happens when a young woman decides to give back to the people's of Africa who have given her family a fortune beyond imagining? Her drive to do what's right propels her head first into an invisible war with the lives of the Africa's children hanging in the balance. Will she be able to find the Phantom in time? Or will her good intentions bring disastrous results? 32 pages, Full Color,$3.50 Moonstone Books |  | ||||
| The Pulp Rack -
New additions! This week's posting to The Pulp Rack: "Tug Norton, Detective: A Series from Detective Fiction Weekly" is another essay by Monte Herridge about a series character from that well-known magazine. Tug Norton is a private detective and creation of prolific author Edward Parrish Ware (1884-1967?). These stories are told first hand by Tug Norton: ". . . case of record in the archives of the Kaw Valley Detective Bureau, of which I, Tug Norton, am founder, owner and chief operative, . . ." ("The Queen's Patteran") Norton notes that when business is dull, he entertains and instructs himself by studying his casebook ("The Devil Winks"). This is how some of the Norton stories begin, with him reliving the case he has looked up in his casebook. Although I've posted this essay in the Adventure section, it could easily fit into the Western section, as Tug is a former cowboy, and many of his tales occur in what was the "contemporary West" as pictured in the pulps of the day. The article also includes a list of story titles in the series and the issue date in which they appeared. You'll find it all here: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/04/tug_norton_dete.html Don't miss Monte's previous DFW essay for The Pulp Rack, about series character "Hugo Oakes, Lawyer-Detective" -- a precursor of sorts to Perry Mason, and created by J. Lane Linklater. You can find it elsewhere on The Pulp Rack by visiting this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2006/07/hugo_oakes_lawy.html One of the few (sadly so) DFW authors in print these days is Erle Stanley Gardner. Hard Case Crime, the paperback imprint of Leisure Books with the wonderful retro-taste in crime fiction, has one of Gardner's Cool and Lam series novels available at Amazon: TOP OF THE HEAP. Drop a few coins in The Pulp Rack's pocket to help support our work here by purchasing this novel through this link: http://www.amazon.com/Top-Heap-Hard-Case-Crime/dp/0843953527/ref=pd_bbs_2/pulprack-20 As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | |||||
| PulpvillePress - Now available! FANTASTIC ADVENTURE STORIES #1 The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting science fiction and fantasy pulp stories. This first issue contains a short novel, 3 novelettes, and 1 short story; includes the Amazing Stories magazine version of THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT by Edgar Rice Burroughs; The Shadow author, Walter Gibson, with THE DAY NEW YORK ENDED; sci-fi author, Edmond Hamilton and LOST TREASURE OF MARS; fantasy writer, Charles F. Myers, with I'LL DREAM OF YOU; and sci-fi author, R. R. Botham with THE LAST WAR. Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. |  | ||||
| PulpvillePress
- Coming soon! PRIVATE DETECTIVE STORIES #1 - Available in May! The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting detective stories of the past. Each issue will feature at least one Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, story as written by Robert Leslie Bellem. MURDER BY PROXY, Robert Leslie Bellem THE CLUE OF THE HUNTED VAMPIRE, Vance Miller JEWELS OF MURDER, Tom Jennings WIRE TRAP, Ellery Watson Calder MARIJUANA VICE TRAP, L. S. Worth TRAIL OF CORPSES, Alvin Yudkoff DRUNK, DISORDERLY, AND DEAD, Robert Leslie Bellem FATE PLAYS POSTMAN, Ray Cummings A STRAW FOR THE THIRSTY, Robert A. Garron Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. TALES FROM THE PULPS #2 - Available in May 2007 PE-RA, DAUGHTER OF THE SUN, Ralph Milne Farley SCARLET ACE, Theodore A. Tinsley MAGIC BATHING SUITS, Murray Leinster DEAD MIKE, Robert Leslie Bellem TENDERFOOT, E. Hoffman Price OMELETTES AND SYMPATHY FOR ALL, Earl Derr Biggers THE NUDIST GYM DEATH RIDDLE, Jack Gray Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. JUNGLE STORIES #2 - Available in June 2007 BLOOD OF THE BEAST, Theodore Roscoe KI-GOR -- AND THE STOLEN EMPIRE, John Peter Drummond WHEN THE LION FED (part 2 of Tarzan the Untamed), Edgar Rice Burroughs JONGOR OF LOST LAND, Robert Moore Williams Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. |    | ||||
| Space
and Time Magazine Long time fan favorite Space and Time Magazine has a new website and a new Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Hildy Silverman. S&T Founder, Gordon Linzner has retired from magazine publishing to focus on writing and Space and Time Books. http://spaceandtimemagazine.com/body_index.html | |||||
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| 2007 SF Hall of Fame The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington have announced that Ed Emswhiller will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in a ceremony to be held June 16, 2007. Gene Wolfe, Gene Roddenberry, and Ridley Scott are also being inducted into the Hall of Fame. The Locus Awards will also be presented at the ceremony. Don't miss Nonstop Press' new book on Ed Emswhiller, INFINITY X TWO, The Art & Life of Ed & Carol Emshwiller. Up for a Locus Award for Best Non-Fiction Title of 2006 are: Win Scott Eckert's MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE Scott Connor's THE FREEDOM OF FANTASTIC THINGS Mark Finn's BLOOD AND THUNDER, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD |  |
| Adventure House - Coming in May! HIGH ADVENTURE #94 - "Captain Future's Challenge" Striking terror on four worlds, a mysterious raider throttles interplanetary commerce—and earth summons Curtis Newton, the Wizard of Science, and his trio of Futuremen to combat this sinister menace. Retail: $7.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops. HIGH ADVENTURE #94 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073905. | 
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| Adventure House - Coming in July! HIGH ADVENTURE #95 - Captain Zero in "The Golden Murder Syndicate." One by one the Eight Frightened Bachelors met violent deaths, meted out by a merciless ring of midnight murderers . . . that could be challenged only by the fabulous Captain Zero, whose strange, eerie gift was at once a double-edged weapon of deliverance—and of destruction! Retail: $7.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. HIGH ADVENTURE #95 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073906. |  |
| Adventure House - Coming in July! G-8 and His Battle Aces #25 - "Claws of the Sky Monster" - Originally published - October 1935 "To the driver of the Geier who kills G-8, I will personally give one hundred thousand marks." Deep in Germany Herr Doktor Krueger made this offer . . . And now G-8 was taking off into war skies. He hadn't yet seen the giant geiers—didn't know that he was soon to pit his wings against the most horrible menace that ever patroled scarlet cloud lanes. Retail: $9.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #25 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073904. | 
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| Adventure House - Pulp facsimile
reprints coming to comic shops! PHANTOM DETECTIVE - September 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 PHANTOM DETECTIVE September 1935 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073904. SECRET AGENT X - June 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SECRET AGENT X June 1935 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073904. These titles may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops. | |
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc
Coming to comic shops in July! The second volume of Nostalgia Ventures' acclaimed /Doc Savage/ reprint series is reissued with James Bama's classic "Resurrection Day" cover painting. If you've only seen Bama's painting on the severely-cropped 1969 Bantam paperback, you've missed a lot of its exquisite detailing. This instant collector's item showcases two action-packed pulp thrillers by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. In "Resurrection Day" (first published in 1936), the Man of Bronze perfects a method for resurrecting the dead, but only a single person from all of human history can be revived. Whom will Doc choose? In "Repel (1937), a strange new element is expelled in a South Pacific volcanic eruption, but falls into the hands of Cadwiller Olden, Doc Savage's most formidable foe. The trade paperback also includes a foreword by Peter David, the original pulp covers by Robert Harris, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and a historical article by Will Murray who collaborated posthumously with Lester Dent on seven new Doc Savage novels published by Bantam. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10. B&W...................................$12.95 DOC SAVAGE Volume 2 James Bama Variant is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073909. |  |
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in July! THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 9: "FORESHADOWING"-THE BATMAN
SPECIAL
The "Knight of Darkness" returns in two historic novels that gave birth to Batman.
First, a powerful new underworld kingpin crosses swords with The Shadow in "Lingo,"
one of Walter Gibson's all-time masterpieces which inspired the 'Batarang.' In
"Partners of Peril," by Theodore Tinsley, Lamont Cranston investigates chemical
syndicate murders in the crime thriller that serves as the model for Batman's
debut adventure in Detective Comics #27. This extra-long volume also reprints
Tinsley's "The Grim Joker," a 1936 tale featuring a clown-faced crime boss called
'The Joker'! PLUS: Will Murray documents the "Shadowy" origins of The Batman,
and Anthony Tollin chonicles how "Partners in Peril" was adapted as the first
Batman story. Cover by George Rozen; illustrations by Tom Lovell. (Sanctum
Productions) Softcover, 144 pages, 7x10. B&W...................................$12.95 THE SHADOW Volume 9 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073910. | |
| ATHENA VOLTAIRE: THE LEGEND OF MU-KING
#3 - Coming in July! by Paul Daly & Steve Bryant The jungles of Asia hold peril for globetrotting aviatrix Athena Voltaire! Can she stop the plans of a mad Japanese warlord? 32 pages, $3.50 THE LEGEND OF MU-KING #3 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073184. | |
| Audiobooks - Coming in July/August! THE DARK WORLDS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT VOLUME 7 AUDIO CD EDITION Howard Phillips Lovecraft has been hailed by literary critics as the inventor of modern horror, and a cultivating force behind such modern writers as Robert Bloch, Wes Craven and Stephen King, just to name a few. His fame rests largely on his Cthulhu Mythos stories, referring to a "race who, in practicing black magic, lost their foothold and were expelled, yet live on outside ever ready to take possession of this earth again." DVD, B&W SRP: $25.95 THE DARK WORLDS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT VOLUME 7 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073966. THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT AUDIO CD EDITION Starting out as a harrowing wartime sea adventure, The Land That Time Forgot ultimately develops into a lost world story reminiScent of such novels as Doyle's The Lost World and Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island. Bowen Tyler is an American captured at sea by a German U-boat and then finally stranded on an island called Caprona that is a veritable lost world filled with dinosaurs and danger. DVD, B&W SRP: $25.95 THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073967. ROBERT E. HOWARD'S HOUR OF THE DRAGON AUDIO CD EDITION "The Hour of the Dragon" is the only novel by Robert E. Howard featuring his greatest creation, Conan the Barbarian. This is a powerful novel of violent adventure, swords and sorcery with Conan at the pinnacle of his career as the King of Aquilonia, disposed of his throne by evil sorcery and fighting for his life and people. DVD, B&W SRP: $37.95 ROBERT E. HOWARD'S HOUR OF THE DRAGON is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073968. | |
| Black Coast Press: REH: TWO GUN RACONTEUR
#11 - Coming in June! Issue No. 11 will make its debut at the 2007 Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas (June 8 - 9). Contents Include: "A Touch of Color" by Robert E. Howard "Reflections on Hyborian Africa" by Charles R. Saunders, with additional articles by Morgan Holmes, Leon Nielson, Rob Roehm and Others. Artwork includes "Beyond the Black River: A Conan Portfolio" by Michael L. Peters, and other artwork by Bill Cavalier, Stephen Fabian, Bo Hampton and Richard Pace. Plate One of the "Black River" folio is posted at the group's homepage. More details coming soon. http://www.rehtwogunraconteur.com | |
| BLACK GATE #10 - Now available! BLACK GATE returns with a bang - and an extra 16 pages - with a jam-packed issue filled with the very best in adventure fantasy. Martha Wells graces our pages for the first time with a chilling tale of pursuit into a deadly wood in "Reflections," the first in a series of new Giliead and Ilias stories. Morlock the Maker returns to investigate a deadly tome in a new adventure from fan favorite James Enge, and Iain Rowan's Dao Shi the exorcist continues his escape from the forces of empire in "Welcome to the Underworld." Judith Berman brings us a mini-epic of dark necromancy, haunted ruins, centuries-spanning intrigue, and unquiet dead in "Awakening," the sequel to "The Poison Well" (BG7), and Mark Sumner kicks off a new series of chilling monster tales with "The Naturalist: Going to Applewash." All this plus Harry James Connolly, a Dabir & Asim story from Howard Andrew Jones, a lengthy feature on 70s SF from Rich Horton, and much more. For a complete contents listing and a look at the interior art, visit the BLACK GATE website. Howard Andrew Jones has recently assumed the reins as managing editor of BLACK GATE which will only make an already great magazine even better! Edited by John O'Neill with cover art by Denis Rodier 224 pages, $9.95 BLACK GATE is available in better bookstores or by subscription. Subscribe now to make sure you don't miss out! |  |
| CONAN #42 - Coming in July! Timothy Truman (W), Cary Nord (A), and Richard Isanove (C) Red House, Red Priest: The second part of Timothy Truman and Cary Nord’s adaptation of the Robert E. Howard classic “Rogues in the House”! A favorite of fans and critics alike, the seminal Conan story “Rogues in the House” first appeared in Weird Tales. Now, writer Timothy Truman and artist Cary Nord bring you the tale of the Red Priest, as you’ve never seen it before. Free once again, Conan heads out to settle his debts, with the nobleman who engineered his escape and the wench who arranged for his capture! Full of fearsome foes, political double crosses, and horror in the best tradition of Robert E. Howard, “Rogues in the House” is sure to delight seasoned Conan fans and newcomers alike. Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99, On sale July 18 Dark Horse Comics CONAN #42 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY070014. |  |
| Conan Action Figure - Coming in July! Marvel Toys new line of Legendary Comic Book Heroes Series 1 action figures will feature a twin pack with Conan and Wraarl, the Devourer of Souls, from SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN. The action figures should be available in July 2007. |  |
| CONAN THE PHENOMENON - Coming in September! Paul Sammon (W) and Frank Frazetta (Cover); Foreword by Michael Moorcock This in-depth tour through the history of fantasy’s greatest hero covers everything from the earliest prose, to Frazetta’s explosive artwork, through the Schwarzenegger film, and into the recent rebirth of the character as a leading comic-book hero. Since his first appearance in a 1932 pulp magazine, Conan the Barbarian has enjoyed every success available to a fictional character. Robert E. Howard created the genre of sword and sorcery with his original stories; Frank Frazetta’s definitive Conan book covers set the standard for dynamic fantasy artwork; Roy Thomas, with Barry Smith and later John Buscema, used the character to push the boundaries of comic-book adventure; and Arnold Schwarzenegger launched his amazing film career. Now, with the character’s popularity renewed thanks to the award-winning comics series, all of these eras of Conan are examined under one cover in this lavishly illustrated book. Conan historian Paul Sammon looks at all the stages of the character’s development, with commentary and archival material from the most integral players in that history. The definitive guide to everything Conan! Hardcover, 9x12, Full Color, 200 pages, $29.95, On sale Sept. 26 Dark Horse Books CONAN THE PHENOMENON is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY070015. |  |
| CTHULHU TALES: TAINTED - Coming in July! by Various A follow-up to the hit Cthulhu Tales and Cthulhu Tales: The Rising Lovecraft anthologies! A new volume featuring all-new stories from the best that horror comics offers! Spotlighting Brendan Haye, writer on The Daily Show! Includes six all-new, all-original tales of weird darkness and the macabre from the only comic book company you can trust to deliver a quality horror anthology! Boom Studios 48 pages, Full Color SRP: $4.99 CTHULHU TALES: TAINTED is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073287. | |
| The Dark Man Volume 3, No. 2, 2007
- At the printers! The Dark Man Volume 3, No. 2 is at the printers and should be shipping by Apr. 25th. Visit The Dark man website at http://www.beyond49.ca/TDM/index.html Table of Contents Editorial Comments by Charles Gramlich The Influence of Joseph A. Altsheler's Young Trailers Series on Howard's Pictish Wilderness Fiction by Robert M. McIlvaine Review of The Black Stranger and Other American Tales by Ian Nichols Mind-forg'd Manacles? Back to School with Robert E. Howard by Steve Tompkins Conan the Shakespearean/Hamlet the Barbarian by Jeffrey Kahan News: Contributions by Paul Herman and S. T. Joshi Letters to the Editor The cover design is an amalgamation of mostly French NeO paperback covers, designed by Scotty Henderson. The intent was to illustrate covers with most of the major well-known Howard characters, with their creator, and his ghost. Visit The Dark Man website to see the wraparound cover for this issue. | |
| Del Rey - THE BEST
OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1 This collection features Robert E. Howard's most essential tales, set within various genres - all restored to the earliest, most definitive versions available today. Click here for a list of the contents. This trade paperback is fully illustrated by Jim and Ruth Keegan. It will be available in book stores July 31st. Softcover, 6x9, 528 pages, $15.95. THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 1 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073991. THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1: CRIMSON SHADOWS will be arriving in bookstores on July 31st! This is the first of two volumes that will be appearing this year. Volume 2: GRIM LANDS will be arriving in November. |  |
| Del Rey - THE BEST
OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 2 Amazon.com and Random House have posted a cover image for THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 2. Rusty Burke, the books editor, has advised that the cover is a "mock-up" using a color-pencil rough and is NOT the final cover painting! |  |
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Next weeks review is "The Golden Quest" from May 1, 1935. "Electric Death" by Charles W. Johnson II is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 800 stories online! "Murder Breeds Murder" by Carl G. Hodges from THRILLING DETECTIVE, April 1947 Dwight Berke, newspaper sports editor, discovers murder at the Hazelcrest Stables. He finds that one crime leads to another as the killer tries to cover up his guilt. "Rodeo Fool" by John R. Phillips from FIGHTING WESTERN, February 1947 They thought Big Jim Farnol been selling out at the rodeos. Somebody was playing him for a fool, but he had to be sure before he played his hand. | |
| ECOF 2007 - Friday, May 25
through Sunday, May 27 in Bingham, New York! Annual gathering of the Burroughs Bibliophiles
to celebrate the life and works of the Master of Fantasy Adventure: Edgar Rice Burroughs Visit the ECOF website for complete
details. | |
| THE FALL OF CTHULHU VOLUME 1: THE
FUGUE TP - Coming in July! Collecting the opening arc of the smash-hit new series that is taking fandom by storm! Cy is an ordinary guy, engaged to a beautiful fiancee, when his uncle's suicide changes his life forever. Consumed with discovering the motive behind his relative's sudden and painful death, he finds notes and scribblings about a nonsense word he doesn't recognize... Cthulhu? Obsessed, he will find answers to questions he should have never asked. A horrifying glimpse into a modern day Lovecraftian world filled with nightmares - and excursions into Lovecraft's Dreamlands! Softcover, 6x9, 128 pages, Full Color SRP: $14.99 Boom Studios THE FALL OF CTHULHU VOLUME 1 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073283. | |
| THE FALL OF CTHULHU #6 - Coming in July! by Michael Alan Nelson & Jean-Jacques Diazlowski Beginning a new arc! Connor travels to the edge of the world to retrieve a lost artifact for... Mister Arkham? What darkness does it hold? Secrets are revealed as the next chapter in the war of Lovecraftian gods continues! 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Boom Studios THE FALL OF CTHULHU #6 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073284 (Cover A). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073285 (Cover B). | |
| Frank Dirscherl's THE WRAITH #1 - Now available! The Wraith, Dread Avenger of the Underworld®, is dead... long live The Wraith?! In this fantastic oversized one-shot, we are re-introduced to the characters brought to life in The Wraith #0. Learn the fates of Paul Sanderson (aka The Wraith), Michael Reeve, Leena Patterson and others, and embark with them on their new journey into adventure, love, heinous evil and tragedy. Witness the beginning of a whole new era for The Wraith. Writer: Frank Dirscherl. Pencillers: Jim Taylor, Jeff Welborn, John Jett, Phillip Greene, Rick Welch, Vanderwolff (with Jason Bostick). Inkers: Loren Ross, Marco Traditi, Rick Welch (with John Jett). Letterer: Joel Danford. Cover: Jeff Welborn, Jeff Austin, Splash! Visit The Wraith website at http://www.the-wraith.com/ 44 pages, B&W. SRP $4.25USD/$5.50AUD |  |
| FRANK FRAZETTA'S DEATH DEALER #4
(of 6) - Coming in
July! Story - Joshua Ortega; Art - Nat Jones & Jay Fotos; Covers - Frank Frazetta, Nat Jones & Jay Fotos Adelia Atar and Lambeau catch up with the Death Dealer at Cascada Pass, and learn the shocking secret of his origin! The mysterious stranger finally steps out of the shadows, but what are his ties to the Death Dealer...and does he fight on the side of the King of Oro or the evil forces of Mirahan? Join critically-acclaimed novelist and comics writer Joshua Ortega and the cult-favorite art team of Nat Jones and Jay Fotos for all of the pulse-pounding answers! Image Comics 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99, On sale July 11th! DEATH DEALER #4 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). |
