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Post by Jason Aiken on Jul 28, 2016 13:12:07 GMT -5
I picked this up last week at PulpFest 2016 so I could read PotBC. howardworks.com/berkley-blackcanaan.jpgThe plot of "People of the Black Coast" sounds interesting, I was surprised it hasn't been reprinted recently. Hopefully I didn't set my expectations too high. |
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Post by johnnypt on Jul 28, 2016 15:37:50 GMT -5
I picked this up last week at PulpFest 2016 so I could read PotBC. howardworks.com/berkley-blackcanaan.jpgThe plot of "People of the Black Coast" sounds interesting, I was surprised it hasn't been reprinted recently. Hopefully I didn't set my expectations too high.
It was reprinted in one of the Baens, but even that is 20 years old already!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2016 16:35:03 GMT -5
Nice find. I always liked the Berkley editions.
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Post by deuce on Jul 28, 2016 17:09:32 GMT -5
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Post by zarono on Jul 28, 2016 18:53:18 GMT -5
I've always liked PotBC, interesting weird tale given some intensity by a strong shot of the Howard magic. Roy Thomas used the setting and monsters for a one issue story in the Marvel Conan comics.
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Post by hawkbrother on Aug 4, 2016 21:05:54 GMT -5
I seem to remember first reading it in the shortlived horror and fantasy magazine, Coven 13 long long time ago.
Anyone else remember that publication?
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Post by hawkbrother on Aug 4, 2016 21:14:22 GMT -5
My mistake. The Coven 13 story I remember by Howard wad called The Little People. Like I said,Coven 13 was long time ago. But I found some google entries.
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Post by deuce on Aug 27, 2017 0:41:15 GMT -5
One of Ken Kelly's two renditions of REH's yarn: 
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Post by zarono on Aug 29, 2017 8:45:32 GMT -5
From an alternate reality   |
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Post by johnnypt on Aug 29, 2017 9:07:33 GMT -5
From our real reality :-)
One wonders if REH would've had a case... |
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Aug 29, 2017 9:12:28 GMT -5
From an alternate reality Cool! I love People of the Black Coast - just a very grim and dark tale with powerful imagery typical of Howard. The scene where the guy discovers the girl's hand lying on the beach stays with you for awhile. |
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Post by zarono on Aug 29, 2017 10:33:26 GMT -5
From our real reality :-)
One wonders if REH would've had a case... I've wondered about the many similarities in the stories too (I was going to use the crab monsters in my photo manipulation but couldn't find a good picture), the movie was 1957 and howardworks has 1969 as the first publishing date of PotBC, so I guess it's coincidence. The only other explanation I can imagine is that telepathic giant crabs are real and beaming their bizarre emanations into the unconscious minds of certain gifted individuals. |
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Nov 13, 2017 16:28:14 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Nov 14, 2017 0:44:40 GMT -5
When it first hit the news, I mentioned this on the Old Forum. There are numerous similarities betwixt PotBC and (what appears to be) Earhart's last days. Louinet says REH wrote it in 1928. |
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