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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
- Now available!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 45: "Merchants
of Disaster" and "Measures For a Coffin"
Thrill to the original
pulp adventures of DC Comics' "First Wave" crimebuster as the
Man of Bronze returns in two action-packed thrillers by Harold
A. Davis and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, the
War Department calls in Doc Savage after a weird wave of mass suffocations
decimates the U.S. military. Can the Man of Bronze defeat Merchants
of Disaster to restore national security? Then, after a fiery accident,
Doc Savage announces his retirement to a stunned world. BONUS: "A Man
and a Mess," a madcap Gadget Man adventure by Lester Dent. This special
variant edition showcases one of James Bama's most electrifying cover
paintings, both original color pulp covers, Paul Orban's classic interior
illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven
Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-047-2 Softcover,
7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95 
1 book: $14.95 plus
$3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for
postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90
(cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid] (includes bonus variant and ring premium) Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid] Check, Money
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
- Now available!
THE SHADOW
Volume 50: "The Man from Shanghai," "The Golden Dog Murders" and "Jabberwocky
Thrust"
Sanctum Books celebrates
the publication of its 100th Shadow novel with an extra-length volume
showcasing tales by each of the pulp wordsmiths who wrote as "Maxwell
Grant." First, "The Man from Shanghai" is caught in the web of a
murderous mastermind and his spidery Mongol assassin in one of Walter
Gibson's greatest thrillers. Then, blood sapphires drip a deadly trail
across Manhattan in Theodore Tinsley's "The Golden Dog Murders."
Finally, Lamont Cranston and Joe Cardona go undercover as Tweedledee
and Tweedledum to investigate murders at an Alice in Wonderland ball
in Bruce Elliott's "Jabberwocky Thrust." This instant collector's item
features a knockout action cover by George Rozen, classic interior illustrations
by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier and commentary by popular-culture historian
Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-056-4 Softcover, 7x10. 144
pages, B&W, $14.95
1 book: $14.95 plus
$3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for
postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and coming
in July!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 49: "The
Terror In the Navy" & "Waves of Death" Restored Manuscript
Special Edition
Thrill as the Man of Bronze
and his daredevil cousin Patricia Savage battle deadly menaces in
two classic pulp novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson."
First, a fatal force is destroying America's Naval fleet. Can Doc
Savage end "The Terror in the Navy" before a weakened America falls
victim to a foreign power? (This novel has been restored with
the addition of 3,500 never-before-published words from Dent's original
manuscript.) Then, Doc and Pat Savage investigate
the mystery of bizarre 15-foot "Waves of Death" on Lake Michigan. This classic
pulp reprint features the original color pulp covers by Robert G. Harris
and Emery Clarke, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations and historical
commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books)
978-1-60877-057-1 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
1 book: $14.95 plus
$3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for
postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and coming
in July!
THE SHADOW Volume 51: "The Living
Joss" & "Judge Lawless"
Who
knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! The Knight
of Darkness battles strange supercrime in two pulp thrillers by Walter
Gibson that foreshadowed classic Batman stories. First, The Shadow goes
undercover in Chinatown to battle one of his deadliest foes, the legendary
oriental demi-god known as Kwa, The Living Joss. Then, what can prevent
Judge Lawless from making a mockery of the law? Only The Shadow knows!
BONUS: Djaruti, Goddess of Death, a lost Orson Welles thriller from the
Golden Age of Radio! This instant collectors' item features both classic
cover paintings by George Rozen, the original interior pulp illustrations
by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban and historical commentary by Anthony Tollin.
(Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-058-8 Softcover, 7x10. 128 pages, B&W,
$14.95
1 book: $14.95 plus
$3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for
postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90
(cover price) First Class postpaid
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| The Book Cave - New podcast now available
online! Episode 132: Shelby Vick - New! Shelby Vick of the online Pulp magazine Planetary joins the Book Cave crew to talk about his site. Episode 131: How The West Was Weird Volume 2 Episode 130: Percival Constantine Episode 129: Brain Boy Episode 128: Post Pulp Ark Wrap-up Episode 127: Pulp Ark Episode 126: Pre Pulp ARK Chatting Episode 125: Kim Williamson |
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| THE BOOK OF CTHULHU - Coming
in September! Edited by Ross Lockhart The Cthulhu Mythos is one of the 20th century's most singularly recognizable literary creations. Initially created by H. P. Lovecraft, the Cthulhu Mythos story cycle has taken on a convoluted life of its own. Some of the most prodigious writers of the 20th century, and some of the most astounding writers of the 21st century have planted their seeds in this fertile soil. The Book of Cthulhu harvests the weirdest and most corpulent crop of these modern mythos tales. Authors include Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, F. Paul Wilson, Poppy Z. Brite, and many others. Trade paperback, 6x9, 500 pages, $15.99 THE BOOK OF CTHULHU is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (Available June 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUL111379. |
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| THE CALL OF CTHULHU & OTHER WEIRD STORIES - Coming in September! By H.P. Lovecraft Frequently imitated and widely influential, H. P. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre for the 20th-century. Discarding witches and ghosts, he envisaged mankind as an outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi makes his selection from the early tales of nightmares and madness to the overpowering cosmic terror of "The Call of Cthulhu." This is the first paperback edition to include the definitive corrected texts of these classics of American fantasy fiction. Trade paperback, 6x9, 448 pages, $17.00 THE CALL OF CTHULHU & OTHER WEIRD STORIES is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (Available June 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUL111388. |
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| Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the
Wild West - Now online! Forgotten Story: "A Man Couldn't Breathe" by David Goodis (writing as David Crewe) - New! Forgotten Books: The White Circle by Carroll John Daly Forgotten Coloring Books: The Shadow and The Lone Ranger Forgotten Stories: "Hunch" and "Death Song" by Paul Cain - Yours via email! |
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| David L.
Golemon: PRIMEVAL (An Event Group Thriller) - Arriving in book stores June 28th! Colonel Jack Collins and the Event Group search for a lost Russian treasure in Golemon's latest thriller. A rare diamond and a battered journal launch a quest to uncover secrets about the Romanov dynasty. When Russian assassins kidnap Collins' sister, the colonel and his team must ramp up quickly, as the missing treasure is the key to saving her life. The group ends up in Northern Canada, where they must enter a cave network believed by locals to be home to legendary creatures called They Who Follow. These monsters are said to devour human flesh; no one has ever survived a journey into their caves. Golemon combines his typical action-adventure fare with more thriller elements this time, and he focuses more on the personal stakes of his characters. With or without enhancements to his basic formula, Golemon knows how to make readers turn the pages, and Primeval will only further enhance his reputation. Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks ISBN-10: 0312533640 ISBN-13: 978-0312533649 |
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Test Pilot Number One" by H. Bedford-Jones from SHORT STORIES, January 10, 1940 If it hadn't been for the first Test Pilot, the Submarine Mail would have been a total flop. Paris, 1870. "Kayo on Murder" by Albert G. Robinson from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, November, 1940 Shane Peters, ex-heavyweight champ, had to pull a last-round murder kayo. For his prizefight client was being groomed by the Big Timekeeper as the feature attraction in a Death House semi-final. |
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ELDRITCH TALES: A MISCELLANY OF THE MACABRE
Coming to bookstores and comic shops in October! By H.P. Lovecraft and illustrated by Les
Edwards
Following the phenomenal success of Necronomicon,
its companion volume brings together Lovecraft’s remaining major stories
plus his weird poetry, a number of obscure revisions, and some notable nonfiction,
including the seminal critical essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature."
Stephen Jones, one of the world's foremost editors of dark fiction, completes
the Lovecraft biography in his extensive afterword, and award-winning artist
Les Edwards provides numerous illustrations for this must-have collection.
GollanczHardcover, 6x9, 896 pages, $34.95 Trade paperback, 6x9, 896 pages, $27.95 ELDRITCH TALES (Trade paperback) is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (Available June 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUL111383. |
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| FLASH GORDON: THE VENGEANCE OF MING #1 Writer: Brendan Deneen; Artist: Eduardo Garcia Ardden Entertainment's third story arc in its critically-acclaimed Flash Gordon run begins here! After the pulse-pounding conclusion of the Invasion of the Red Sword mini-series, Ming has vowed vengeance on Flash Gordon and his allies, and is willing to travel to Earth to get his revenge! 22 pages, Full Color, $3.99 THE VENGEANCE OF MING #1 is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (Available June 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUL110856. |
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| GREEN HORNET #20 - Coming in September! Writer: Phil Hester (plot) Ande Parks (script); Penciller/Inker: Igor Vitorino Covers: Brian Denham (1/3), Phil Hester (1/3), and Jonathan Lau (1/3) A new exhibit has opened in Century City; a look back at the mysterious figures from the city's crime-ridden past, the original Green Hornet and Kato. The heirs of the Green Hornet legacy have decided to take in the displays, remembering what it was like to grow up with legendary fathers. But, as Britt Reid, Jr. and Mulan Kato stroll through the relics of their fathers' past, their peaceful day ends with a bang. A villain from the past wants something back from the display cases. Now, the new Green Hornet and Kato must fight their fathers' battles all over again. Lucky for Britt and Mulan, some of their fathers' weapons are right at hand. 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 GREEN HORNET #20 is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (Available June 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUL111031. |
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| THE GREEN
HORNET STRIKES! #8 - Arriving
in comic shops June 29th! Writer: Brett Matthews; Artist: Ariel Padilla; Cover: Érica Awano Luke's journey toward becoming Chicago's newest defender continues! With help from Kato's new and old, The Green Hornet calls upon the resources of Hornets past to forge his new identity. But can one man make a difference in a city built upon thousands of lies? Or will the would-be hero be forced to become what he hates the most... 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 |
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| Haffner Press - In
the works! LOCUS reports the following new titles are coming from Haffner Press! November 2011: HOLLYWOOD ON THE MOON / MAN ABOUT TIME: THE PETE MANX ADVENTURES by Henry Kuttner March 2012: SHADES OF MARS: STORIES IN HONOR OF LEIGH BRACKETT THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON VOLUME 4 : THE REIGN OF THE ROBOTS THE COMPLETE I.V. FROST MYSTERIES by Donald Wandrei |
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| Hatchet Force Journal - Now available! From the pulps to the aggressor novels, action heroes have thrilled the masses for over a century, and there appears to be no let up in the modern era. Jack Badelaire has released Issue #1 of his new e-magazine, Hatchet Force Journal for the fans of these action-packed, thrill-a-minute heroes. This new journal is filled with material for the fans. Included is an article on "The Evolution of Pulp" by Tom Johnson Available On Amazon Kindle for $2.99. |
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| ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #35 - Coming in September! This issue of Illustration features the pulp art of Joe Szokoli, perhaps best known for overpainting a few dozen of H.J. Ward's original pulp paintings. Next up we feature illustrator Rose O'Neill, well known for her Kewpie illustrations. Our final feature is on the legendary Walt Reed, founder of The Illustration House Gallery, and author of the seminal book The Illustrator In America. Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, SRP: $15.00 ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #35 is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (Available June 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUL111333. |
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| JOHN CARTER A PRINCESS OF MARS #1 (OF 5)
- Coming in September! Based on the Novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Adaptation by Roger Langridge Art by Filipe Andrade; Cover by Skottie Young; Variant Cover by Filipe Andrade Captain John Carter finds himself on a strange new world where he must fight for his very life — and for the heart of a princess! Edgar Rice Burroughs' legendary novels come to life in this actionpacked, all-new re-envisioned adventure! Meet the Tharks, terrible warrior race of Mars! See Woola, the scariest guard dog you'll ever lay eyes upon! Gasp as John Carter battles the great white apes of Barsoom! And hold your breath as he first lays eyes upon the woman who will change his life forever — the proud and beautiful Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium! 32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99 JOHN CARTER A PRINCESS OF MARS #1 is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (Available June 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUL110613. |
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| THE LAST PHANTOM ANNUAL #1 - Coming in September! Writer: Scott Beatty; Artist: Johnny Desjardins; Cover: Alex Ross What happens in the Skull Cave... STAYS in the Skull Cave! Clues to the fate of the previous Phantom are uncovered in this untold tale of skullduggery in the heart of the Deep Woods! As the Ghost Who Walks battles to thwart tomb raiders, Kit Walker's estranged father may be sealing his own doom within the Phantom's own secret sanctum! BONUS: Secrets of the Skull Cave revealed in a dynamite double-page spread! 40 pages, Full Color, $4.99 THE LAST PHANTOM ANNUAL #1 is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (Available June 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUL111030. |
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| Laurie's Wild West - Now online! The Tarnished Pulp Western: BLUE RIBBON WESTERN - New! Pulp Fiction Female Pioneers: Cele Goldsmith Lalli |
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THE LONE RANGER & ZORRO: THE DEATH OF ZORRO
#5
Writer: Ande Parks;
Art: Esteve Pols; Cover: Francesco FrancavillaArriving in comic shops June 29th! The stage is set for a final battle in this epic series conclusion. Fighting in Zorro's memory are The Lone Ranger, Tonto, members of the secret Spanish crime-fighting brotherhood, La Justicia, and a score of Native American fighters. As the good guys muster their forces, Colonel Barton and his renegade bushwhackers man their Gatling gun for the defense of the Chumash mission. The stakes couldn't be higher: the lives of innocent women and children, the future of an entire culture, and the legacy of the hero known as Zorro. 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 |
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Peril Press - More new Kindle
titles are now available!
The Haunted Town (Lee Winters) by Lon Williams Men Burning Brush (Lee Winters) by Lon Williams |
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| Pulped! - The Official
New Pulp Podcast! PULPED! is a Podcast dedicated to the creators and fans of New Pulp! New Pulp, heroic fiction by modern artists written with the sensibility and in the tradition of the Pulp genre! Pulp creators Barry Reese, Derrick Ferguson, Ron Fortier, and Tommy Hancock kick off this podcast dedicated to the promotion of The New Pulp Movement by explaining what the podcast is about, defining and discussing New Pulp, and letting know listeners what they're in store for. Then Tommy and Barry take off their hosts hats and climb in the guest spotlight to discuss Barry's latest book, THE ROOK-VOLUME SIX, published by Hancock through the company he's a partner in, Pro Se Productions. The origins of the Rook, Reese's inspirations, and the logic behind Pro Se acquiring the Rook as well as future plans for the well known character are discussed in length. Following that, our intrepid co-hosts take on the PULPED! News. Each week, the co-hosts will bring one topic of New Pulp news to the table and they will discuss, analyze, explore, and debate it! If you like your fiction heroic, if you seek adventure and action in every word you read, then come on in, take a seat, and get PULPED! |
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| Pulpville Press: The Leopard Man and Other Stories by Perley
Poore Sheehan - Now available! Perley Poore Sheehan was a pulp writer, as well as a film writer and director. He wrote many jungle and oriental stories for the pulp magazines of the 1930's, both under his own name and under the pen-name of Paul Regard. The stories collected in this fascimile edition are from 1932 and 1933 issues of THRILLING ADVENTURES pulp magazine. The stories are: THE LEOPARD MAN JUNGLE JOSS THE WHITE GIANT TWENTY DOLLARS GOLD WOLF CRY THE COILED RAJA THE CREOLE CREEPER This is a fascimile reprint. Page Count: 126 Trim Size: 7" x 10" |
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 Almost a full year before
his first appearance in the pulps, The Shadow debuted as the mysterious narrator
of The Detective Story Hour, a CBS radio program sponsored by Street & Smith. On Friday evening, July 29th, popular culture historian Martin Grams will contribute to PulpFest’’s salute to the 80th anniversary of the first hero pulp by presenting a fascinating slide show concerning the radio program that inspired the pulp magazine. Join David Saunders on Friday, July 29th at 8 PM in the PulpFest programming room for "Wild American Pulp Artists," a presentation on illustrators Emery Clarke, Robert Harris, and Milton Luros, all of them born 100 years ago in 1911. All three artists drew black and white interior art and painted front covers for a variety of magazines. The son of Norman Saunders, David is an accomplished artist himself. Additionally, he is probably the leading expert on pulp magazine art, having written and spoken extensively on the subject. PulpFest Celebrates 100 Years of Talbot Mundy When it comes to adventure fiction, one of its greatest practitioners was Talbot Mundy, born William Lancaster Gribbon in 1879. He began writing in his early thirties, following years of adventuring in India, Africa, and other parts of the world. Or so the story goes; much of his early life was romanticized over the years, largely by the author himself. This summer, PulpFest will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Talbot Mundy’s first appearance in print with a showing of THE BLACK WATCH, a film adaptation of Mundy’s “King of the Khyber Rifles,” the author's best known work. |
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| QUEEN SONJA #23 - Coming in September! Writer: Luke Lieberman; Penciller/Inker: Fritz Casas; Cover: Lucio Parrillo (50%), Adriano Batista (50%) The empire strikes back! A flaw emerges in Sonja's plan, her ruse has pulled the emperor's forces south and exposed the capital - but that means his army is at Sogoria's doorstep. Her allies desperately try to hold the fort, while Sonja storms the imperial capital. 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 QUEEN SONJA #23 is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (Available June 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUL111036. |
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| Radio Archives - Listen to the Newsletter! Sit back, relax, and enjoy this newsletter as an Audio Podcast! Click here and you'll automatically hear the Radio Archives Newsletter, enhanced with narration, music, and clips from our latest compact disc collections! This audio version of our regular newsletter is a pleasant and convenient way to hear all about our latest CD sets, as well as the newest pulp fiction reprints, special offers, and much, much more! The releases we've described in this newsletter are just a small fraction of what you'll find waiting for you at RadioArchives.com. Whether it's pulp fiction classics, colorful and exciting books from Moonstone, timeless movies and televisi on shows on DVD, or the over 150 compact disc collections containing thousands of sparkling and fully restored classic radio shows, we hope you'll make RadioArchives.com your source for the best in entertainment. We'd love to hear from you! Send an e-mail to Service@RadioArchives.com or call us toll free at 800-886-0551 with your comments, questions, or suggestions. |
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| RED SONJA #63 - Coming in September! Writer: Eric Trautmann; Penciller/Inker: Walter Geovani; Covers: Walter Geovani (50%), Wagner Reis (50%) There are countless secrets buried in the time-lost sands of Stygia, a land of dark magic and powerful gods...and it will take all of Red Sonja's skill and daring to avoid being buried with them. The She-Devil With A Sword has faced numerous foes and bested them all, but now she faces her toughest enemy yet: the consequences of her past actions. Traveling to a hidden fortress deep in the Stygian desert, she faces a cabal of zealots and the kin of a fallen enemy. Her goal: a long-hidden weapon of terrible destructive power, which may also be the key to Red Sonja's redemption... 32 pages, Full Color, $4.99 RED SONJA #63 is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (Available June 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUL111035. |
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KANE: THE MOVIE ADAPTATION NOVEL MMPB
Writer: Ramsey CampbellArriving in book stores June 28th! Solomon Kane is a 16th century anti-hero created by Robert E. Howard (Conan the Barbarian). When he meets the Devil's Reaper, Kane postpones his fate by renouncing violence — a vow that is soon tested by the forces of evil. Compelled to once again strap on his weapons, the legendary Puritan swordsman embarks on an epic journey of redemption. Paperback, 4x7, 304 pages, $7.99 |
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Fantom Press - Doc Savage Python Isle keychain!
Fantom Press is teaming
up with Radio Archives and
providing them with promotional key chains
for Fantom Press customers that order the new Doc Savage AudioBook sets. The orders will be placed through and fulfilled by Radio Archives, but all you have to do is order from the link below. Fantom Press will be doing
a key chain for each Doc Savage set they do.
In return, Radio Archives will donate a healthy share of the profits from the sets to the continuing help for Bob and Fran Larkin. Please be advised, the offer is one key chain per order, not per set. If you want more that one key chain, you have to place separate orders for each set. The keychains are limited
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| Argonotes - New pulp blog
now online! Dime Novels and Story Papers - New! Memorial Day The Argosy All-Story Weekly - August 5, 1922 An Interesting Find - The New Sabbath Library The First Marvels - The Short Life of the Fanzine "Marvel Tales;" 1934-1935 An Interesting Find Frank A. Munsey - V - Munsey; or, The Periodicals' Voice of Progressivism - III and Conclusion Frank A. Munsey - IV - Munsey; or The Periodicals' Voice of Progressivism - II Frank A. Munsey - III - Munsey; or, The Periodicals' Voice of Progressivism - I Frank A. Munsey - II - The Golden Argosy Frank A. Munsey |
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| The Book Cave - New podcast now available
online! Episode 131: How The West Was Weird Volume 2 - New! Russ Anderson, Josh Reynolds, David Boop and Tommy Hancock join Art and Ric to discuss the latest volume in How The West Was Weird. Episode 130: Percival Constantine Episode 129: Brain Boy Episode 128: Post Pulp Ark Wrap-up Episode 127: Pulp Ark Episode 126: Pre Pulp ARK Chatting Episode 125: Kim Williamson |
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| Conan the Barbarian - R-rated Trailer! When blood is spilled, legends are made. This is the trailer you've all been waiting to see! Jason Momoa stars as Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, a mythical warrior who goes on a quest to avenge the murder of his father and the slaughter of his village. Release date: August 19, 2011. |
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| Donovan Pike and the City of the Gods
- Chapter 18 is now available online and
recommended! Ten years ago, the father of Donovan Pike disappeared while searching for the City of the Gods, a mythical metropolis that legend says contains technology from the stars. Now a clue turns up that could mean Pike’s father is alive, and the City of the Gods is real. The adventurer must team up with an old enemy to battle a dark army that will stop at nothing to prevent Pike from finding his father and discovering the location of an ancient city that will change the world – or destroy it. Read it online or listen to the podcast! Visit the Pulp Nocturne
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "The London Crimes" from the September 15, 1935 issue of The Shadow Magazine. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Propter Defectum" by Lon Williams from WESTERN ACTION, February, 1953 Featuring: Judge Steele What seemed like a plain case of murder was now shaping up as an accident - but Judge Steele figured that this accident was too danged convenient, and too pat. . . "Fit to Be Tried" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, January, 1947 Featuring: Willie Klump Willie Klump, the Hawkeye Hawkshaw, tackles a tangled case of murder and loot, and gives the miscreant plenty of rope! |
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| Haffner Press - Early
Summer Update! It's been a little over two months since our last update, so here's a new broadside to bring things up to date. We're still chomping at the bit to announce some M-A-J-O-R news, but we're still pulling all the details together. Hopefully we'll have something to share by the end of June. On to the news! 1) Success at Windy City - The 11th Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention was held the weekend of April 15th in Lombard, IL and it was HP's best year ever for sales. Organizers Doug Ellis and John Gunnison and their cadre of friends and family members did an outstanding job organizing and running the event. We scored a larger-than-expected amount of pulps with tales by Henry Kuttner for future projects - hooray! We even had to sneak away for 8 hours in the middle of the night to the Secret Moon Base to get more inventory (we said it was our best year for sales). Really looking forward to next year: http://windycitypulpandpaper.com/ 2) Sales of New Titles - Hot on the heels of THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE JACK WILLIAMSON LECTURESHIP and AT THE HUMAN LIMIT, THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, VOLUME EIGHT, we also used Windy City Pulp and Paper to debut THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME TWO and THE UNIVERSE WRECKERS, THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, VOLUME THREE. I'm especially proud of THE UNIVERSE WRECKERS: it contains two un-reprinted "novels," the three-part serial "The Universe Wreckers" from Amazing Stories, 1930 and "Cities in the Air" from Air Wonder Stories. "Cities in the Air is a completely insane drama of *actual* cities (Berlin, London, New York, etc.) flying across the Atlantic to do battle In. The. Air. Did I mention that it was insane? 3) With the new releases come the opportunities for reviews, and Stefan Dziemianowicz opines on TERROR IN THE HOUSE: THE EARLY KUTTNER, VOLUME ONE from the May 2011 issue of LOCUS magazine. Online copy here: http://tinyurl.com/3dsqsl7 4) Speaking of Kuttner, Dave Truesdale at Tangent Online shares the radio adaptation of Kuttner & Moore's "Housing Problem" (originally published in Charm magazine, Oct, 1944) from the June 16, 1957 broadcast of the CBS Radio Workshop. Listen here: http://tinyurl.com/5tp2olk 5) Howard Andrew Jones (Managing Editor of Black Gate magazine and author of THE DESERT OF SOULS - get it now!) wrote the June 14th "Three Books" entry for NPR Online. Leigh Brackett, Manly Wade Wellman, and Robert E. Howard all get some love here: http://tinyurl.com/3qy5xp2 6) If you're on Facebook, check out the new FB page for SHANNACH THE LAST: FAREWELL TO MARS by Leigh Brackett: http://tinyurl.com/6gavv7p SHANNACH is nearly off to the printer, and we're trying to have copies available at Pulpfest at the end of July. But in the lead-up to the release of SHANNACH, we'll be periodically posting all manner of trivia, info, minutiae, etc. to the SHANNACH THE LAST Facebook page. One entry is up already, and dozens more to follow. 7) Speaking of Pulpfest, we're hard at work on our presentation celebrating the Centennial of C.L. Moore. If you've seen HP's previous presentations on Jack Williamson, Edmond Hamilton, and Leigh Brackett, you know that you are guaranteed to learn something new, encounter obscure and rare items, and a few laughs along the way. That's all for now, fellow astrogators. Our next update will feature feedback on THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE WILLIAMSON LECTURESHIP (about 20 autographed copies remain), an update on the Leigh Brackett biography, and maybe (just maybe) we'll finally be able to spring that M-A-J-O-R announcement for you. As always . . . Keep Watching the Skies! Stephen Haffner |
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James
Rollins: THE DEVIL COLONY (Sigma Force Novel)
Could the founding
of America be based on a fundamental lie, one coded in secrets that
stretch back to before the birth of Christ, to a mystery buried
in the prehistoric past? The truth lies hidden within the ruins
of a cursed lost colony of the Americas. A place known only as: THE DEVIL
COLONY. During a sweat lodge ceremony in an Indian cave in the Rocky
Mountains, a horrible massacre ensues. Bodies are found blistered and
burned and purposefully positioned to form two shapes: a five-pointed
star and a sickle-shaped moon. One man recognizes the warning behind
the gruesome murders: Painter Crowe, director of Sigma. He has seen
these two symbols before and knows the deaths were a personal threat
- one of the dead is his beloved cousin. From the frozen volcanic peaks
of Iceland to the blistering deserts of the American Southwest, from
the tombs of dead presidents to the gold vaults of Fort Knox, Painter
Crowe joins forces with Commander Grayson Pierce and an unlikely ally
- a woman who may have had a hand in the murders - to penetrate the shadowy
heart of a dark cabal that has been manipulating American history since
the founding of the thirteen colonies. But can he discover the truth
- one that could topple governments - before it destroys all he holds
dear? Including the woman he loves. Arriving in book stores June 21st! Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: William Morrow ISBN-10: 0061784788 ISBN-13: 978-0061784781
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| John Carter (of Mars) - Andrew
Stanton on Martian history! The First Major Interview with Andrew Stanton - Director of Disney's JOHN CARTER (of Mars). Read it at the link below. |
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LAST PHANTOM #7
- Arriving in comic shops June 22nd!
Writer: Scott Beatty, Art: Eduardo Ferigato Cover: Alex Ross, Stephen Sadowski (1-in-10), Fabiano Neves (1-in-15) Following the conclusion of the harrowing "Ghost Walk," a new era begins for The Phantom! Injured and on the run from both sides of the law, Kit Walker makes plans for his future while reflecting on his brutal training to carry on the legacy of The Ghost Who Walks. Witness Kit's debut adventure as The Phantom-in-training in a tale uniting father and son as heroes for the FIRST and LAST time! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Dynamite Entertainment |
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| Monte Herridge: THE SERIES CHARACTERS
FROM DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY -
Now online! Monte Herridge has started a new series at the Mystery Files Blog on series characters from DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY. #4 - Colin Haig - New #3 - Arty Beele #2 - Happy McGonigle by Paul Allenby #1 - Shamus Maguire by Stanley Day |
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| Philip José
Farmer: THE PEERLESS PEER - Arriving in bookstores
June 21st! Holmes and Watson take to the skies in the quest of the nefarious Von Bork and his weapon of dread... A night sky aerial engagement with the deadly Fokker nearly claims three brilliant lives... And an historic alliance is formed, whereby Baker Street’s enigmatic mystery-solver and Greystoke, the noble savage, peer of the realm and lord of the jungle, team up to bring down the hellish hun! Paperback: 208 pages ISBN-10: 0857681206 ISBN-13: 978-0857681201 Price: $9.95 |
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PulpFest Celebrates 100
Years of Talbot Mundy
When it comes to adventure fiction, one of its greatest practitioners was Talbot Mundy, born William Lancaster Gribbon in 1879. He began writing in his early thirties, following years of adventuring in India, Africa, and other parts of the world. Or so the story goes; much of his early life was romanticized over the years, largely by the author himself. This summer, PulpFest will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Talbot Mundy’s first appearance in print with a showing of THE BLACK WATCH, a film adaptation of Mundy’s “King of the Khyber Rifles,” the author's best known work. On Friday evening, July 29th, popular culture historian Martin Grams will launch PulpFest’s salute to the 80th anniversary of the first hero pulp by presenting a fascinating slide show concerning the radio program that inspired the pulp magazine. Pooling together twelve years of independent research, Martin will offer a fascinating view of the Shadow of the air waves and explain how The Shadow became one of the most recognized and well known radio programs of all time. |
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| PULPS!- A Column by Mark Halegua - Now online! Mark S. Halegua's pulp history blog has moved from Comic Related to All Pulp. Mark will still be writing about pulps for Comic Related, just not pulp history. History of the Pulps Part 4 - New! History of the Pulps Part 3 History of the Pulps Part 2 History of the Pulps Part 1 |
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SONJA: REVENGE OF THE GODS #4 (OF 5) - Arriving
in comic shops June 22nd! Writer: Luke Lieberman; Art: Daniel Sampere; Cover: Lucio Parillo Loki has unlocked the gates of hell, and Ragnorok ravages the land. Thor and Sonja struggle to hold back the tide of evil, but this doom is larger then both them. Can they stop Loki before the tree of life is felled and the world is remade in the devil's image? 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 |
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E. Howard - News and Announcements! Robert E. Howard Days may be over for 2011, but there were some interesting announcements made. Thanks to Ed Chaczyk and Damon Sasser for the information below! Mr.Malmberg (Paradox Entertainment) has emphatically stated that the Conan movie (out Aug 19) will definitely be R rated. Marcus Nispel had thrown buckets and buckets of blood at the actors during production. The director's edit comes in at 2 hours and 40 minutes, but is now being trimmed to something around 2 hours with the credits. Previewed at Howard Days was the "Red Band" trailer. This is the R-rated trailer. Until now, because of how the movie ratings board works, only PG-13 trailers could be shown before PG-13 films. R rated movie trailers could only be shown before R rated movies. And once you say that your movie is R-rated, there's no going back and trying to show any trailer from an R-rated movie before a PG-13 movie. So to get the most advertising bang for the buck, a PG-13 edited trailer was being shown before both PG-13 AND R Rated movies. Christophe Gans, director of Brotherhood of the Wolf and Silent Hill is on board as writer and director for a new Dark Agnes movie. A Kull movie is in the works, as are film adaptations of “Vultures of Wahpeton” and “Pigeons From Hell” – some talk of a Steve Costigan movie as well. Plans are also for a sequel to the Conan movie to premiere in two years. Paradox hopes to keep Momoa busy on another of their films so he doesn’t get tied up making some other movie when the filming begins on the sequel. A lot of folks have been clamoring for a hardback collection of Jim and Ruth Keegan’s “Two-Gun Bob” comic strips and Dark Horse seems willing to do one once they have 200 strips under their belts – they completed 120, so 80 more to go for the book to come to fruition. Rob Roehm talked of many books in the works to be published by the REH Foundation. SPICY ADVENTURES with a cover by the Keegans, will be the next book out from the REH Foundation Press, with a number of other items in the pipeline behind it including a multi-volume “Fight Stories“ collection and a biographical book containing Post Oaks & Sand Roughs, along with some of Howard’s other biographical related material. Dennis McHaney will have out soon Illustrating Robert E. Howard, featuring interviews and write-ups on the top Howard illustrators, plus a ton of their artwork in full color. Dennis McHaney, one of this year's Guests of Honor, introduced a new book, "Anniversary: Glenn Lord and the Howard Collector". Dennis edited the book which features many essays and tributes to Glenn Lord and 5 REH stories. It should be available soon. |
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| Sean Ellis:
DODGE DALTON AT THE OUTPOST OF FATE - Now available!
Join Dodge and the rest of his team as they battle a whole new villain whose intent is the destruction of the entire world! Dodge Dalton's discovery of an ancient outpost at the bottom of the world made him a hero, but now a new evil has arisen, intent on seizing the power of the outpost to literally unleash Hell.Guided by a deadly prophecy, a faceless villain will stop at nothing to transform the world into a place of skulls.It's a race to save the world from the terrible secret that lies hidden......at the Outpost of Fate! Hardcover: 310 pages ISBN-10: 098260999X ISBN-13: 978-0982609996 $24.95 |
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| The Book Cave -
New podcast now available online! Episode 130: Percival Constantine - New! Perry Constantine returns to the Book Cave to discuss his new novel The Myth Hunter. Episode 129: Brain Boy Episode 128: Post Pulp Ark Wrap-up Episode 127: Pulp Ark Episode 126: Pre Pulp ARK Chatting Episode 125: Kim Williamson |
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| Clive
Cussler: THE KINGDOM (A Fargo Adventure) - Now
available! Clive Cussler & Grant Blackwood The Fargos are used to hunting for treasure, not people. But then a Texas oil baron contacts them with a personal plea: an investigator friend of the Fargos' was on a mission to find the oil baron's missing father-and now the investigator is missing too. Would Sam and Remi be willing to look for them both? Though something about the situation doesn't quite add up, the Fargos agree to go on the search. What they find will be beyond anything they could have imagined. On a journey that will take them to Tibet, Nepal, Bulgaria, India, and China, the Fargos will find themselves embroiled with black-market fossils, a centuries-old puzzle chest, the ancient Tibetan kingdom of Mustang, a balloon aircraft from a century before its time . . . and a skeleton that could turn the history of human evolution on its head. Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult ISBN-10: 0399157425 ISBN-13: 978-0399157424 Price: $27.95 |
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| Collecting Fantasy Art by Robert Weinberg
- Chapter 6 is now online! Collecting Fantasy Art is a series of articles by Bob Weinberg who owns one of the finest collections of original science fiction and fantasy art in the world. Checkout the first three installments in the series at the Tangent Online website. Collecting Fantasy Art #1: Starting at Zero Collecting Fantasy Art #2: Aces and Earls Collecting Fantasy Art #3: Meet Marty G. Collecting Fantasy Art #4: Art Mania! Collecting Fantasy Art #5: Lail, It Rhymes with Gail Collecting Fantasy Art #6: An Art Potpourri - New! |
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| Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the
Wild West - Now online! Forgotten Books: The White Circle by Carroll John Daly - New! Forgotten Coloring Books: The Shadow and The Lone Ranger Forgotten Stories: "Hunch" and "Death Song" by Paul Cain - Yours via email! |
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Professor Punjab" by James Frederick Topping from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, September 9, 1916 Mrs. McJimsy runs a boarding house for actors and actresses but once she was in the theater herself. One time she got stranded in a small town and escaped by joining a traveling show run by Professor Punjab, a man who does a hypnotism act. "Death's Autograph" by Robert Leslie Bellem from HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, January, 1947 Featuring: Dan Turner The fat gentleman evidently had a very special reason for wanting that glamorous cinema queen to affix her signature to a page in his little book - and Dan Turner saw it turn out to be a book of doom, with complications that would have tried the tempers of the Devil! |
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| Gary Lovisi - Now available! Bad Girls Need Love Too (Krause Books, 2010, $12 + postage) is a lovely hardcover book with almost 200 of the greatest sexy and provocative paperback covers shown in full color and accompanied by the outrageous and campy blurbs and teaser text that was used to help sell these books to legions of frisky male paperback buyers in the 50s and 60s. It’s a fun, cool ride and makes a great gift book for that special someone at a special bargain price of just $12.00! More Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Ramble House, 2011, trade paperback, $15; hardcover $29.), collects three new Sherlock Holmes pastiches, two long stories that were heavily cut when published which have been restored to their original lengths and are published here for the first time in America. The book includes a new introduction about how the stories came to be written and a Historical Note at the end of each story to put them into historical perspective. Also still available: Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Ramble House, 2007, trade paperback, $15; hardcover $29.), my earlier collection of three Sherlock Holmes pastiche stories, including “The Adventure of the Missing Detective” which the Mystery Writers of America nominated as Best Short Story of the year. Also contains a new introduction and an Afterword by famed author Richard A. Lupoff. Murder of a Bookman (Wildside Mystery Double #5, 2011, trade paperback original, $15), two biblio-mystery crime novels back-to-back in this new “Double” format. Murder of A Bookman has Detective Bentley Hollow investigating the brutal murder of bookseller Brian MacDonald, who was less than honest in his professional and personal dealings, so there is no lack of suspects. Meanwhile, Hollow has problems of his own, his wife has just left him and he has been partnered on the case with a detective he loathes and who hates him. By the time he finds a solution to the crime his life will be irrevocably changed! First of a new mystery series. Bookman is backed with The Paperback Show Murders by Robert Reginald, (cover art by Robert Maguire) where murders at an LA paperback show form the backdrop for a fun crime read. Both books feature fascinating and fun lore from the world of collectable books. You’ll get a kick out of reading both sides of this new Wildside “Double”! Driving Hell’s Highway (Wildside Mystery Double #4, 2011, trade paperback original, $15), He had no past and no future, only the long open road ahead of him. What he would find out there he had no idea, but he knew it would be full of danger and violence. A hard-boiled surreal noir novel about a lone man driving the back roads of America. This novel is backed with Devil’s Plague by Michael R. Collings a fine violent murder mystery novel. Gargoyle Nights (Wildside Double #16, 2011, trade paperback, $15.), In the last days of Oldearth’s last city the greatest wizard of mystical Shenumbra creates a monstrous gargoyle to carry out his sinister designs -- then things get out of hand. Inspired by the fantasy horror of H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Jack Vance; a series of three previously published stories in which the dreaded gargoyle pursues it’s dark mission throughout the eons. This novel is backed with Do The Weird Crime, Do The Weird Time by Don Webb, a stunning collection of bizarre crime stories. Ultra-Boiled (Ramble House, 2010, trade paperback $20; hardcover $39, cover art by Joseph Cali), this first edition book collects 23 of my most intense hard crime tales from various print magazines, online sources, and adds many new, never-before published stories as well. A big, fat book full of hard, brutal, intense crime and noir stories the way they used to be written in the good old days! ORDERING: All books are available from the publisher’s websites: Krause Books at www.krausebooks.com; Ramble House at www.ramblehouse.com and Wildside at www.wildsidebooks.com; all are also available from Gryphon Books. SIGNED COPIES are available at Gryphon Books and gladly signed upon request. POSTAGE: 1 to 3 books via Media Mail $3.00; Priority Mail $6.00 4 to 7 books via Media Mail $5.00; Priority Mail $9.00 Outside USA please inquire on postage rates. PAYMENT: You can pay using VISA or Mastercard via email at gryphonbooks@att.net, or send a check to our address: Gryphon Books, PO Box 209, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11228, USA |
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#16 - Arriving in comic shops June
15th! Writer: Phil Hester; Artist: Jonathan Lau Cover: Phil Hester (33%), Jonathan Lau (33), Johnny Desadrins (33%) The mysterious and deadly Redhand makes his move against the Kato family. With Mulan ailing, and Hayashi guarding her, it falls to Green Hornet to stand alone against the deadliest foe he has ever faced. An enemy with training and knowledge surpassing even his, an enemy who can't be found... until he strikes. Don't miss the introduction of the greatest villain in the Green Hornet universe! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 |
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Hard Case Crime - Big
re-launch in just 3 months!
Our last new title was Brett Halliday's MURDER IS MY BUSINESS back in August 2010, so we'll have been on hiatus for a bit over a year when our new books hit stores in September. But what a comeback we've got in store! Four books, all brand new, including an original novel by Lawrence Block called GETTING OFF (our first ever hardcover title); a new Quarry novel from Max Allan Collins, QUARRY'S EX; a new novel from Christa Faust, CHOKE HOLD, starring Angel Dare from her Edgar Award-nominated MONEY SHOT; and THE CONSUMMATA, the long-awaited second adventure of the hero of Mickey Spillane's bestselling THE DELTA FACTOR, which was begun by Spillane in the 1960s and finished by Spillane's long-time friend Max Allan Collins some four decades later. You can get a taste of each of these books at our Web site, www.HardCaseCrime.com. While you're there you can also enjoy a glimpse of our big Spring 2012 title, a never-before-published novel by the late, great Donald E. Westlake. The book is called THE COMEDY IS FINISHED, and it's going to be our second hardcover ever. Don wrote it between the late 1970s and early 80s, but never published it because he found himself worrying that its premise -- the kidnaping of a famous television comedian -- was too similar to the movie "The King of Comedy," which Martin Scorsese released around the same time. He shouldn't have worried -- the book and the movie aren't similar at all outside of sharing that basic premise. It's a hell of a good book and one that very much deserves to be in print, and we're very excited to be bringing it out for the first time, with a fabulous cover by Greg Manchess. If you would like a Westlake fix sooner than that, we'll be bringing out a trade paperback edition of SOMEBODY OWES ME MONEY at the start of July (you'll see it on the front tables at Barnes & Noble, among other places). It's our first book ever in the slightly larger trade paperback format, and as much as I like the smaller pocket-sized format we've used in the past, I have to say I love how this particular cover painting looks with a little more room to breathe. You can pre-order the new edition online already; you can also pre-order THE COMEDY IS FINISHED and all our September/October titles. Meanwhile, all our old titles should be back in stores at this point, so if there are any holes in your collection you should be able to fill them now. We're still waiting to hear from our new publisher, Titan Books, about whether or not they'll be able to offer a 'book club'-style subscription service of the sort our old publisher used to offer -- they'd like to, but it's a complicated thing to set up, and the jury's still out. (As soon as we have a final answer from them, we'll let you know.) But fortunately there are other ways to get both our old books and our forthcoming titles by mail if you want them that way -- you can find them on Amazon.com, BN.com, and numerous other sites. Or you can ask your local bookseller to get them for you. We'd encourage you to support your local brick-and-mortar bookstores if at all possible -- they need your business to stay in business. But you have a wide range of options, and we're grateful for your support no matter which option you choose. Finally, note that HAVEN, the TV series inspired by Stephen King's Hard Case Crime title, THE COLORADO KID, returns to SyFy on July 15th. I'm not penning an episode myself this season but I'm still working on the show as a producer and consulting on all the scripts, and I can tell you we've got some good ones coming. (Plus a new character, Evidence Ryan, named after my newborn daughter. Has there ever been a better reason to watch a TV show than that...?) Hope you enjoy HAVEN if you do check it out; our new books when they start coming; and the rest of what will no doubt be a long, hot summer. Charles Ardai |
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James
Bond: CARTE BLANCHE - Arriving in book stores June
14th!
Bestselling thriller superstar
Jeffery Deaver delivers a summer blockbuster:
Deaver's Bond will have
a contemporary setting. As part of his latest assignment, the
modern-day secret agent travels with Emirates Airline and spends a number
of thrilling hours in Dubai both meeting up with an old friend and
tracking a very disturbing villain.JAMES BOND is back and better than ever, updated for the new millenium. Hardcover: 448 pages ISBN-10: 1451620691 ISBN-13: 978-1451620696 $26.99 |
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| JOHN CARTER: A PRINCESS OF MARS - New authorized Marvel Comics adaptations! Marvel Entertainment, in collaboration with the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate, is proud to announce all new graphic fiction adaptations of the legendary John Carter novels, beginning with John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1 (of 5) in September 2011. By working closely with the ERB estate, all John Carter comics produced with Marvel Entertainment will be considered part of the official canon, adding new layers to the rich mythos created by Burroughs. Transported to the dying planet of Mars, Captain John Carter must now fight for his life against creatures unlike any ever seen by mankind. But as he finds himself enveloped by an alien civil war, he meets the proud and beautiful Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, who will change his life forever! “With our new partnership with Marvel Entertainment, we believe we have found the best creative force to revive the thrills and adventures in the 21st Century of the legendary John Carter of Mars. We are looking forward to introducing this original interplanetary adventurer to a new generation of fans and await the first issue with great anticipation,” said James Sullos, President of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Re-envisioned by acclaimed scribe Roger Langridge (Thor: The Mighty Avenger) and fan-favorite artist Filipe Andrade (Onslaught Unleashed), with covers by Eisner-winner Skottie Young (Wonderful Wizard of Oz), John Carter: A Princess of Mars #1 (of 5) brings you the story you love like you’ve never seen it before. |
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| Martin Grams - New blog now
online! Martin Grams has started his own blog at http://www.martingrams.blogspot.com/ Martin is the author of : The Shadow - The History and Mystery of the Radio Program, 1930-1954 Each post so far has been long and filled with lots of information for collectors. Posts to date include: The Lone Ranger and The Mystery Ranch - New! Boris Karloff: The “Lost” Radio Broadcasts Cincinnati Old Time Radio Convention Batman: The TV Series Cavalcade of America, A History in Pictures Duffy’s Tavern: Year One |
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| Mystery*File - Now online! VICTOR MAXWELL (RE)REVEALED by Terry Sanford An article about Victor Maxwell who wrote the Sgt. Riordan and Det. Halloran stories in DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY. This was a police procedural series that began in 1925. |
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As of 06/07/11, less than
twenty tables remain available for dealers who have not yet registered for
PulpFest 2011.
As the convention is less than two months away (it will take place over the last weekend of July), more registrations are expected to arrive daily. So if you have been thinking about selling at PulpFest 2011, you had best register as a dealer ASAP. Visit http://www.pulpfest.com/registration/ to download a copy of the registration form. You can pay by check, money order, or via Paypal. All registrations are taken on a "first come, first served" basis. PulpFest |
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| RED SONJA
BLUE ONE-SHOT - Arriving in comic
shops June 15th! Writer: Peter Brett; Art: Walter Geovani ; Cover: Mel Rubi (50%), Walter Geovani (50%) Peter V. Brett, New York Times bestselling author of the Demon Cycle, takes the reins for this special issue, teaming up with fan favorite artist Mel Rubi to take Red Sonja back to her barbarian roots-and the She-Devil isn't going without a fight! When an unfortunate encounter with a demon deprives her of her trademark chainmail bikini, Sonja is forced to don a familiar blue fur tunic for the remainder of this adventure. Brett brings a mix of deft characterization, wry humor, and hard action to this one-shot homage to the Sonja legacy, honoring longtime fans while offering the perfect stand-alone story for new readers. 40 pages, Full Color, $4.99 |
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| Argonotes - New pulp blog now
online! Memorial Day - New! The Argosy All-Story Weekly - August 5, 1922 An Interesting Find - The New Sabbath Library The First Marvels - The Short Life of the Fanzine "Marvel Tales;" 1934-1935 An Interesting Find Frank A. Munsey - V - Munsey; or, The Periodicals' Voice of Progressivism - III and Conclusion Frank A. Munsey - IV - Munsey; or The Periodicals' Voice of Progressivism - II Frank A. Munsey - III - Munsey; or, The Periodicals' Voice of Progressivism - I Frank A. Munsey - II - The Golden Argosy Frank A. Munsey |
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| The Book Cave - New podcast now available online! Episode 129: Brain Boy - New! Art and Ric go over the Brain Boy comic book series from the early 1960s. Episode 128: Post Pulp Ark Wrap-up Episode 127: Pulp Ark Episode 126: Pre Pulp ARK Chatting Episode 125: Kim Williamson |
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| Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the
Wild West - Now online! Forgotten Coloring Books: The Shadow and The Lone Ranger Forgotten Stories: "Hunch" and "Death Song" by Paul Cain - Yours via email! |
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks new Shadow review is "The Whispering Eyes" from the Summer 1949 issue of The Shadow Magazine. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Green Doom" by Carroll B. Mayers from Secret Agent "X", September, 1935 In his racket, "Frisk" Kelmar was tops. He could smell a cop a mile away, and lift a cop's badge right under his nose. But when he felt for that gleaming string of green fire, he forgot that a dip should stick to pockets. "Dry Rot" by James B. Hendryx from Short Stories, September 25, 1944 Featuring: Black John Smith & Corporal Downey We Wonder If a Little Dry Rot Didn't Get into Black John's Theory About Neither Helpin' Nor Hinderin' the Police. |
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Friends of Old Time Radio Convention - October 20-23, 2011!
As it has for the past 35 years, the Friends of Old Time Radio
will meet at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Newark, N.J., on the third weekend
in October, this year the 20th-23rd, to gather stars and fans to celebrate
dramatic radio. The big difference this year is that it will be
our final convention and we want to go out with the biggest, best convention
we've had in years.No expense will be spared to bring in as many of the living radio acting veterans we can find. We have great historians, directors, authors and actors clamoring to put on their very best programs - and we hope that the annual excuse we hear from so many "I don't have time, I'll get there one of these years" just won't apply. So far, we know that Arthur Anderson, veteran of The Mercury Theater, 29 years as the spokes-leprechaun for Lucky Charms, and author of the definitive history of radio program "Let's Pretend," will direct an episode of this series as his personal sign-off of more than 20 years attending our events. Outstanding actors such as Rosemary Rice of Archie on the radio and I Remember Mama on TV, Tommy Cook of Red Ryder, Nan Warren of Let's Pretend, Richard Herd of Theater 5 and (later) Seinfeld, Will Hutchins of Sugarfoot, legendary X-1 writer George Lefferts, actor/d.j. Michael C. Gwynne, the son of big band leader Frankie Kaye, are already confirmed with many more to come. The convention will as always feature live recreations of classic shows, panel discussions with the stars, music, the biggest nostalgia dealer rooms around, selling movies, TV, hundreds of thousands of hours of old time radio recordings and more, and unique opportunities to directly interact with the stars and ask about their amazing careers. No one is behind a velvet rope charging for autographs at Friends of Old Time Radio. The stars are having just as much fun as you are, if not more. The program is split between a day session that lasts from 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and features many of the panels and discussions, as well as live recreations. The evening program includes a buffet dinner followed by two recreations as well as awards to the special guests and raffles and the like. We try to make the dinner recreations our most star-studded, exciting theater. The guests are distributed across the tables at dinner, so you will always have at least one celebrity at your table. Dinner rates are inclusive of the day rates. We haven't set final pricing yet but in recent years, the day admission has been $25 ($20 in advance) and dinners ranged from $60 - $75 or so depending on the day, which packages available for people staying for all four days. We're also looking for any old time radio actors or other professionals such as writers, sound effects specialists, producers, casting agents, etc., who are interested in attending to contact us. |
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Gabriel Hunt:
HUNT AMONG THE KILLERS OF MEN
The last Gabriel Hunt adventure to hit book stores
in our original mass-market paperback format (those little paperbacks
that fit in your jacket pocket), HUNT AMONG THE KILLERS OF MEN, is about
to become the first ever to be released in the larger 'prestige' trade
paperback format, on June 6th. Trade paperback edition arriving in books stores June 6th! Then in August...our sixth and final (for now) title, HUNT THROUGH NAPOLEON'S WEB, co-authored by the talented and charming Raymond Benson, will finally see print for the first time, also in trade paperback format. You can already pre-order it on Amazon.com and from other fine retailers. And the plan is for the first four Hunt adventures to follow in subsequent months, so that before long you'll be able to have a full set in uniform editions. |
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| Girasol Collectables - June Pulp
Replicas! Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas. Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images. Monthly Special: All three for $85 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is THE SPIDER #69 featuring "Rule of the Monster Men" from June 1939. $35 Our second Replica this month is SPICY-DETECTIVE #9 from January 1935. $25 Our third Replica is WEIRD TALES #21 from June 1925 - $35 Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate method of payment. Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books. Payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address. As always, these reprints are exact copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound and finished off with a high quality reproduction of the original cover. The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint. Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com. A complete listing, along with other items such as books, fanzines and of course pulps, can be found on the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables 3501 GlenErin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 |
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| THE GREEN
HORNET: AFTERMATH #3 - Arriving in comic
shops June 8th! Writter: Jai Nitz; Art & Cover: Nigel Raynor Green Hornet and Kato have inspired a new duo of costumed crimefighters in Los Angeles. Too bad they believe Green Hornet is a criminal and want him dead. Also, the Triad strike back with explosive results. 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 |
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| Laurie's Wild West - Now online! Pulp Fiction Female Pioneers: Cele Goldsmith Lalli |
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| Martin Grams - New blog now online! Martin Grams has started his own blog at http://www.martingrams.blogspot.com/ Martin is the author of : The Shadow - The History and Mystery of the Radio Program, 1930-1954 Each post so far has been long and filled with lots of information for collectors. Posts to date include: Boris Karloff: The “Lost” Radio Broadcasts Cincinnati Old Time Radio Convention Batman: The TV Series Cavalcade of America, A History in Pictures Duffy’s Tavern: Year One |
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 Three days of nostalgic fun! Over 180 vendor
tables, celebrities signing autographs, movie room runs all 24 hours,
panels and seminars,
live old time radio recreations on stage, drive-in movie theater outside the hotel on Friday night and much more! PATTY DUKE (The Patty Duke Show, Valley
of the Dolls)
TONY DOW (Leave It To Beaver) DAVY JONES (The Monkees) BILLY GRAY (Day The Earth Stood Still, Father Knows Best) LAUREN CHAPIN (Father Knows Best) KAREN VALENTINE (Hollywood Squares, Room 222) CHARLES HERBERT (The Fly, Invaders From Mars) HIGHLIGHTS
The History of Buck Rogers Slide Show Presentation Rare screening of The Great Charlie Chan documentary The Complete Films of Gummo Marx Charity Auction for St. Jude Children's Hospital The Restoration of Classic Motion Pictures RARE MOVIE SCREENINGS Hollywood Museum (1965) ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (with Boris Karloff) BEAUTY PARLOR (the "lost" 1932 movie) Alfred Hitchcock's ELSTREE CALLING (a rarely seen Hitchcock film) Olsen and Johnson on Television (1952) World War II Cartoons 1954 Television Grudge Match Queen Elizabeth (with the great Sarah Bernhart) LEAGUE OF FRIGHTENED MEN (the 1936 "lost" Nero Wolfe movie) Come spend three days (or at the very least,
one day) at the Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention!
Last year we broke attendance records and we anticipate doing so again with the larger facilities! Larger vendor room, larger seminar room and larger movie room this year! Bring a friend! Help spread the word! Check out the convention web-site for complete
details, schedule of events, photos and more!
If you are staying overnight, there are still
rooms available at the special discount rate!
www.MarriottHuntValley.com Phone: 1-410-785-7000 |
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The PulpFest Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that the nomination process for the 2011 Munsey Award has been a tremendous success. Twenty-five people were nominated by pulp fans for this year’s award. The final nominee list has been pared down to the following eleven individuals whose names will be forwarded to a committee made up of all the living Lamont and Munsey Award winners who will select the person to receive the 2011 Munsey: William Contento, Win Scott Eckert, Stephen Haffner, Steve Miller, Matt Moring, Laurie Powers, Garyn Roberts, Phil Stephensen-Payne, Anthony Tollin, George Vanderburgh, and Dan Zimmer. You’ll find further details about each nominee on the 2011 nominees page of our website. FarmerCon Coming to PulpFest PulpFest 2011 is pleased to announce that FarmerCon VI will be held concurrently at our convention. An annual gathering for fans of Grand Master of Science Fiction Philip José Farmer, FarmerCon is rooted in Peoria, Illinois, the late author’s home town. It all started soon after Phil had won the Grand Master award at the 2001 Nebula Awards ceremony. To honor the event, the Peoria Public Library staged a Living Legend Reception for the author. Farmer enthusiast Michael Croteau spread the word about the event through his website, The Official Philip José Farmer Home Page, resulting in fans coming to Peoria from across the country. In 2006, no longer able to travel to science fiction conventions as they had done in the past, Farmer and his wife Bette decided it was time for the mountain to come to Mohammed. Thus FarmerCon was originally conceived to be a gathering of fans in Peoria, figuratively, and literally, right outside Phil’s back door. With programs, speeches, panels, dinners, and picnics at the author’s house, the convention quickly became a great success. After the passing of Phil and Bette Farmer in 2009, it was decided to take FarmerCon on the road, giving fans of the author an opportunity to meet other Farmer devotees unable to travel to Peoria. And by holding FarmerCon alongside events like PulpFest, Farmer fans get a weekend full of programming (including several Farmer-related presentations on Friday, July 29th) and a room full of pulp and book dealers to enjoy. It also keeps Philip José Farmer’s name in the public eye, reminding fans of his long and amazing body of work. Please welcome FarmerCon VI to PulpFest 2011. We hope they’ll be back again and again. Rare “Shadow”
Films to be Screened
This year PulpFest celebrates the 80th anniversary of the launching of The Shadow Magazine, which literally changed the course of pulp history by creating the vogue in rough-paper publications devoted to a single character. As it happens, 2011 is also the 80th anniversary of The Shadow’s celluloid debut; the character was featured in six short subjects released to theaters between the summer of 1931 and the spring of 1932. PulpFest, in conjunction with Anthony Tollin’s Sanctum Books, has obtained copies of three Shadow featurettes—including the first—and will kick off its anniversary celebration of The Shadow Magazine by screening them on Thursday evening, July 28th. Advertised as Shadow Detective Mysteries, these two-reel short subjects (running approximately 20 minutes each) followed the format of The Detective Story Hour, the weekly radio program that began in July of 1930 and dramatized stories from Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine. Created for this show, The Shadow originally served as each episode’s narrator, not its protagonist. His sinister tones and sepulchral laugh—provided by actor Frank Readick— were those Walter Gibson described in his early Shadow novels. The radio program’s surprise success not only resulted in The Shadow’s retooling as a pulp-magazine hero, but also in his visualization by filmmakers eager in those early “talkie” years to capitalize on the popularity of characters whose adventures traveled over the ether waves. The Detective Story Hour was licensed for screen adaptation less than a year after it began. Like the individual radio episodes, each Shadow Detective Mystery was based on a yarn from Detective Story Magazine. The first featurette, “A Burglar to the Rescue,” was adapted from a Herman Landon story of the same title, which appeared in the November 1, 1930 issue of the pulp. Shot in New York City, it starred Thurston Hall, Charlotte Wynters, and Frank Shannon— all of whom would make their marks on Hollywood, the latter as “Dr. Zarkov” in the Flash Gordon serials. The Shadow, seen as a cloaked figure whose silhouette flitted across walls, was voiced by radio’s Readick. Fortunately, this two-reeler is one of the three that will be screened at PulpFest. The other two featurettes we’re running, “House of Mystery” and “The Circus Show-up,” are based on Detective Story Magazine yarns by Judson P. Phillips and Leslie T. White respectively. “Burglar to the Rescue” was screened some years ago at a Hollywood-based film festival shortly after it was discovered and preserved; to date it has not been exhibited elsewhere. “House of Mystery” and “The Circus Show-up” have not been shown in any public venue since being preserved. PulpFest 2011 attendees will be the first people to have seen these short subjects since their theatrical engagements in 1932. The PulpFest committee thanks Anthony Tollin, publisher of The Shadow and Doc Savage reprint series, for his support of this undertaking, which is certain to generate lots of buzz as convention time draws near. Additional details will be posted on the PulpFest web site as they become available. For more information about these Shadow short subjects, please visit the Sanctum Books website. PulpFest |
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| Planetary Stories - The June 2011
issue is now online! PLANETARY STORIES #22 / PULP SPIRIT #12 are now available online for immediate reading! PLANETARY STORIES #22 COVER - From Planet Comics "Star Pirate" by Whitman WATER FOR MARS by Kevin P Breen LUCK! by Roselyn Silverman SPACE PIRATE SABBATH by Karlton Douglas THE RINGERS - a cartoon from Planet Stories by Guy Guilford PULP SPIRIT #12 COVER Mary Ann is menacing for this cover designed by Logan Price THE WELL, A Diamondville Dolls Adventure by Fran Douglas SECRET OF THE AEROPLANEby Erwin K Roberts BRING ME THE HEAD OF CURLY BILL! by Paul Dellinger SCREAM OF THE SHRIKE by Karlton Douglas VENGEANCE IS MINE by Kevin P Breen THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING PULP WRITER by Rick Brooks MAGIC AND FOOTBALL DON'T MIX by Rick Brooks |
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| Pulp Newsgroups -
Now online! There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans. Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below. Abraham Merritt: This group is dedicated to all of the fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short stories, paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and any movies based on these works can all be discussed here. Also, any artwork from any of the above pertaining to Merritt's writing can be discussed and displayed. If interested, questions and statements about other authors that copied or imitated Merritt's style can be posted. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/ to join! CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/ Doc Con: The annual Doc Savage Convention gathered together for the first time on October 24, 1998. The convention also known as Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con attracts residents from around the country, for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events as well as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along with the planning each year by participating in this group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/ Edgar Rice Burroughs Group: This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). Creator of numerous famous characters, such as Tarzan, Carson Napier, and John Carter of Mars, and exciting worlds, such as Venus, Barsoom, and Pellucidar, Burroughs is widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Pulp Era and modern heroic fiction. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/ FictionMags: The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss the history of fiction magazines, and to exchange information about magazines which have carried fiction, past or present. Particular emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick" magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and any other areas of magazine publishing which have been important for fiction. Discussion may cover aspects of the publishing history of the magazines concerned, their editors and editorial policies, the authors they published, and so on. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/ Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/ Justice Inc.: This group is dedicated to the [1940's pulp version] of Richard Benson and his group of crime fighting adventurers , Justice Inc. Everything about this group can be discussed [ comics, pulps, radio shows, paperbacks, current news]also if anyone is interested in Paul Ernst---In the roaring heart of the crucible...... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JUSTICEINC/ Otis Adelbert Kline: This group is devoted to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction, weird and historical fiction genre and his general biography can also be discussed here. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/ to join! Pulp Fiction Uncensored: is for all fans of Pulp Fiction! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/?yguid=321995096 PulpMags: If you're interested in the old pulp magazines, this forum is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps only! If you're looking for something dealing with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be bored here.This moderated list is setup along the lines of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, and all pulp fans across the world are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/ Pulp Swap Group: Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/ REH Comics Group: This group is dedicated to the characters created by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/ Vintage Paperbacks: A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected with the great world of vintage paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/ Western Pulps: This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/ Wild Cat Books: Here we share a mutual love of the great, thrilling literature from the early to late 20th Century, and focus on Discussion, Promotion, and any topic related to the "Bloody Pulps" and Classic Heroes such as TARZAN... JOHN CARTER OF MARS... SECRET AGENT X... KI-GOR... DOMINO LADY... THE MOON MAN... THE LENSMEN... and many more. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildcatbooks_pulps |
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| Robert E. Howard Days - June 10 & 11, 2011! Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas, is happening once again in 2011 (“officially”) on June 10 & 11. Hope you can make plans to be there. There will be many more details forthcoming this week as we get the REH Days Information Page tuned up for 2011, so hang with us and stay tuned. This year, under the sponsorship of The Robert E. Howard Foundation and Project Pride of Cross Plains, with assistance from the Robert E. Howard United Press Association, our “theme” is all about Howard History. 2011 marks four unique anniversaries upon which will will devote our festivities. Cross Plains, Texas is already celebrating it’s 100th anniversary as an incorporated town (you can follow this on Facebook right now), it’s the 75th year of honoring the Legacy of REH, it’s the 50th anniversary of Glenn Lord’s benchmark Howard publication, The Howard Collector, and it’s the 25th anniversary of the very first Robert E. Howard Days. Keeping that history angle in mind, we’ve chosen two Legendary REH publishers to be our Co-Guests of Honor this year: Damon Sasser and Dennis McHaney. Those of you familiar with Howard Fandom will of course recognize Damon and Dennis and we’re happy to have them at Howard Days to talk and be available to their legions of fans. Damon is the publisher of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur (“The definitive Howard Fanzine”) and runs the REH: TGR blog, and Dennis’ The Howard Review is his ultimate claim to fame (among others) in a nearly 40 year career as as a REH publisher. Dennis also runs the biggest REH message board at rehinnercircle.com. There’s lots more info to come here on the REHupa site, plus there’ll be info at the REH Foundation site, Damon’s TGR blog and Conan.com. We’re in the process of setting up the scheduling for Howard Days, plus there’ll be some truly fantastic events happening if everything falls into place this year. All of the familiar fan-friendly events are still happening: House & Town tours, Banquet & Silent Auction, Swap Meet, Postal Cancellation, Saturday BBQ plus a plethora of interesting panels & hopefully some special events. Ok, if that’s not enough enticement, keep your radio dial tuned here for updates and more detailed information. In the meantime, shouldn’t you be making your plans to get to Howard Days this year? We’ll be looking for you! Y’all come! |
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| Robert E.
Howard Ebooks - Now available! The Moon Of Skulls featuring Solomon Kane Format: Kindle Edition File Size: 133 KB Publisher: Unique Enterprises (June 2, 2011) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services ASIN: B005465BB8 |
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| Tarzan Feature Film - In the works! Warner Bros has locked Craig Brewer into a deal to write and direct a new installment of Tarzan. Brewer has come up with a take that tells the Tarzan story over three films. He hopes the first one will be his next directing assignment. Warner Bros, which has been stymied in watching several attempts to relaunch the Edgar Rice Burroughs-created hero die on the vine, separately has screenwriter Adam Cozad working on a script that tells a different version of the man raised by apes in the jungles of Africa from infancy. Cozad's recent work includes the Jack Ryan reboot and Archangel, the pic that has Tron: Legacy's Joseph Kosinski attached. How the studio decides which film to make remains to be seen, but clearly Warner Bros is determined to revive a live action Tarzan. This is a passion project for Brewer, who is in demand after directing the remake of Footloose for Paramount, and chose this over other opportunities. Jerry Weintraub is producing with Alan Riche and Tony Ludwig. |
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| Upcoming Modern
Hero-Pulp Novels by Christopher
R. Yates Pax Britannia: Anno Frankenstein, Jonathan Green, Abaddon Books, $9.99, May 17, 2011 - Now Available! The Society of Steam, Book 1: The Falling Machine, Andrew Mayer, Pyr, $16.00 May 24, 2011 - Now Available! Solomon Kane [Movie novelization], Ramsey Campbell, Titan Books, $7.99, June 21, 2011 Wild Cards XXI: Fort Freak, edited by George R.R. Martin, Tor, $27.99, June 21, 2011 The Plain Man [Max August], Steve Englehart, Tor, $25.99, June 21, 2011 Countdown: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $7.99, June 28, 2011 Ghosts of War, George Mann, Snowbooks, $24.99, July 1, 2011 Ghosts of War, George Mann, Pyr, $16.00, July 26, 2011 Hunt Through Napoleon’s Web, Raymond Benson, Dorchester Press, $14.99, August 8, 2011 The Society of Steam, Book 2: Hearts of Smoke & Steam, Andrew Mayer, Pyr, $16.00, November 22, 2011 Invasion: Book 1 of the Secret World Chronicle, Mercedes Lackey, et al., Baen, $7.99, December 27, 2011 Pax Britannia: Pax Omega, Al Ewing, Abaddon Books, $9.99, March 2012 The Hunt: Book 2 of the Secret World Chronicle, Mercedes Lackey, et al., Baen, $26.00, March 2012 Pax Britannia: Time’s Arrow, Jonathan Green, Abaddon Books, $9.99, May 2012 The Arena Man [Max August], Steve Englehart, Tor, $24.99, June 2012 |
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Wildside Press - Coming July
12th!
G8 and His Battle Aces was one of the most successful hero pulps of its day, presenting thrilling pulp-style war action. "Scourge of the Steel Mask" pits G8 against a ruthless madman imprisoned in life-sustaining steel armor! Paperback: 128 pages ISBN-10: 0809501554 ISBN-13: 978-0809501557 $14.95 by H. P. Lovecraft; edited by Robert Weinberg Selected carefully by well-respected editor Robert Weinberg, H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos: A Weird Tales Retrospective offers both readers and scholars a definitive collection of short fiction from the pages of Weird Tales - presenting from the past to the present a look into the classic and new contributions to Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Paperback: 400 pages ISBN-10: 0809572095 ISBN-13: 978-0809572090 |
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