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Post by ChrisLAdams on Feb 1, 2017 16:08:02 GMT -5
Wish I could splurge on this - I've looked at that a dozen times - that printing plate would rule. Here's Tom Grindberg's Illustration for this edition.  The only thing I have approximating this image are my copies of You Lucky Girl! and Marcia of the Doorstep, both slip-sleeved, signed editions by Grant. Thanks for sharing, that would be an amazing piece in the collection... www.erbfirsts.com/Other-html/o25.aspwww.erbfirsts.com/Other-html/o26.aspx |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2017 16:23:05 GMT -5
The Grant Editions of You Lucky Girl! and Marcia of the Doorstep look beautiful and they are illustrated by Ned Dameron. I'm gonna see if I can find Ned Dameron's illustrations online. |
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Post by deuce on Feb 3, 2017 21:10:14 GMT -5
An excellent podcast featuring Ryan Harvey, one of the best critics/thinkers-about-ERB out there. A great listen. dreamtowermedia.com/podcast/ I moronically posted the wrong link. That's fixed. Click the new link and then scroll down to podcast #2. For ERB fans, this is excellent. dreamtowermedia.com/podcast/ |
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Feb 6, 2017 16:02:40 GMT -5
An excellent podcast featuring Ryan Harvey, one of the best critics/thinkers-about-ERB out there. A great listen. dreamtowermedia.com/podcast/I moronically posted the wrong link. That's fixed. Click the new link and then scroll down to podcast #2. For ERB fans, this is excellent. dreamtowermedia.com/podcast/Good podcast. Some insightful bits on ERB, his life, beliefs, etc. |
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Feb 7, 2017 9:48:53 GMT -5
That Schmidt Ruben rules. |
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Post by deuce on Feb 7, 2017 21:01:30 GMT -5
One hundred years ago today, Burroughs began The Nightmare, the ninth chapter in Jungle Tales of Tarzan. He finished it the next day. Below is the J. Allen St. John cover illustrating a scene from that tale.  |
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Feb 8, 2017 9:25:32 GMT -5
Forgotten Tales
of Love and MurderFor the Edgar Rice Burroughs completest, this edition is borderline obligatory. I lucked up and discovered this book (somehow) just as it came available. So glad to have a copy. Copies can readily be had from Abebooks, etc, but they have nearly tripled in value due to the limited number of copies (out of 1045 copies, per the site only 1000 were sold with the remainder going Lord knows where). The book was published June 14, 2001. From Strange Excursions site:
This book collects in a single volume all of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ non-Tarzan short stories and mystery puzzles, most of which have never before appeared in print:
“An Autobiographical Sketch” (originally published in Amazing Stories , June, 1941).
“Jonathan’s Patience,” an ironic, previously overlooked tale that appears to predate Burroughs’ professional work.
“The Avenger” (1912), a dark, violent story of revenge.
“For The Fool’s Mother” (1912), ERB’s first Western.
“The Little Door” (1917), a powerful tale of love, war, and horror.
“Calling All Cars” (1931), murder and romance in the hills of Los Angeles.
“Elmer” (1936), a defrosted caveman comes to Hollywood. (This is ERB’s original version of the story his magazine editor revised into “The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw.”)
“The Strange Adventure of Mr. Dinnwiddie” (1940), humor, seduction, and intrigue aboard an ocean liner bound for Hawaii.
“Misogynists Preferred” (1941), demonstrating what happens when a gaggle of woman-hating men meets a covey of man-hating women.
“Uncle Bill” (1944), a tale of horror in everyday life.
“The Red Necktie” (circa 1932), a stand-alone mystery puzzle.
“Murder: A Collection of Short Murder Mystery Puzzles” (circa 1932-1940), seven fictional puzzles, featuring ERB’s last series character to appear in book form — Police Inspector Muldoon — and his trusted biographer and sidekick, Edgar Rice Burroughs!
“The Dupuyster Case” (circa 1932), an unfinished Muldoon mystery puzzle.
There is also a page dedicated to it on ERBFirsts.Com. AbeBooks search clickable link
Ebay search clickable link
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Post by deuce on Feb 8, 2017 17:51:49 GMT -5
One hundred years ago today, Burroughs began The Nightmare, the ninth chapter in Jungle Tales of Tarzan. He finished it the next day. Below is the J. Allen St. John cover illustrating a scene from that tale. Joe Jusko's illo for the same Tarzan tale...  |
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Post by deuce on Feb 8, 2017 18:36:18 GMT -5
On February 8, 1918, Burroughs completed "Cor Sva Jo," the second Caspak story, which would become The People That Time Forgot. In Chapter 5, Ajor reveals her background to Tom Billings, including her attempts to avoid the dreaded Weiroos: ____________ "The third night I took refuge in a large cave in the cliffs at the edge of my own country; upon the following day I would cross over into the Kro-lu country, where I felt that I should be reasonably safe from the Wieroo, though menaced by countless other dangers. However, to a cos-ata-lo any fate is preferable to that of falling into the clutches of the frightful Wieroo, from whose land none returns. "I had been sleeping peacefully for several hours when I was awakened by a slight noise within the cavern. The moon was shining brightly, illumining the entrance, against which I saw silhouetted the dread figure of a Wieroo. There was no escape. The cave was shallow, the entrance narrow. I lay very still, hoping against hope, that the creature had but paused here to rest and might soon depart without discovering me; yet all the while I knew that he came seeking me. "I waited, scarce breathing, watching the thing creep stealthily toward me, its great eyes luminous in the darkness of the cave's interior, and at last I knew that those eyes were directed upon me, for the Wieroo can see in the darkness better than even the lion or the tiger. But a few feet separated us when I sprang to my feet and dashed madly toward my menacer in a vain effort to dodge past him and reach the outside world. It was madness of course, for even had I succeeded temporarily, the Wieroo would have but followed and swooped down upon me from above. As it was, he reached forth and seized me, and though I struggled, he overpowered me. In the duel his long, white robe was nearly torn from him, and he became very angry, so that he trembled and beat his wings together in his rage. "He asked me my name; but I would not answer him, and that angered him still more. At last he dragged me to the entrance of the cave, lifted me in his arms, spread his great wings and leaping into the air, flapped dismally through the night. I saw the moonlit landscape sliding away beneath me, and then we were out above the sea and on our way to Oo-oh, the country of the Wieroo." Art by Joe Jusko.  |
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Post by Jason Aiken on Feb 23, 2017 18:59:51 GMT -5
I started reading Beyond 30 (also known as the Lost Continent). I'm wondering if this was an influence on Jack Kirby's Kamandi and the Neutral Zone in Star Trek TNG.
I'm three chapters in and it's quite good. The opening had a more modern feel than the Tarzan, Pellucidar, and Barsoom books I've read.
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Feb 23, 2017 19:38:44 GMT -5
I started reading Beyond 30 (also known as the Lost Continent). I'm wondering if this was an influence on Jack Kirby's Kamandi and the Neutral Zone in Star Trek TNG. I'm three chapters in and it's quite good. The opening had a more modern feel than the Tarzan, Pellucidar, and Barsoom books I've read. A frakking awesome ERB tale in my opinion, and one of my own personal favs. I've read it half a dozen times or more over the years. |
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Post by johnnypt on Feb 24, 2017 8:20:02 GMT -5
I started reading Beyond 30 (also known as the Lost Continent). I'm wondering if this was an influence on Jack Kirby's Kamandi and the Neutral Zone in Star Trek TNG. I'm three chapters in and it's quite good. The opening had a more modern feel than the Tarzan, Pellucidar, and Barsoom books I've read. . It's definitely a kind of story he didn't do too many time. Especially surprising since it was so early in his career, I guess he didn't get much reaction to it so he ended stick with more familiar stories(to put it mildly) |
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Feb 24, 2017 12:26:56 GMT -5
I started reading Beyond 30 (also known as the Lost Continent). I'm wondering if this was an influence on Jack Kirby's Kamandi and the Neutral Zone in Star Trek TNG. I'm three chapters in and it's quite good. The opening had a more modern feel than the Tarzan, Pellucidar, and Barsoom books I've read. . It's definitely a kind of story he didn't do too many time. Especially surprising since it was so early in his career, I guess he didn't get much reaction to it so he ended stick with more familiar stories(to put it mildly) Yep, exactly. I loved all of these one-offs he did - Eternal Savage, Pirate's Blood, The Efficiency Expert, et cetera. I always thought his first Mucker would make a great action flick. Not to mention Frazetta creatd one of the coolest, sexiest covers of all time for the edition his artwork adorned.  |
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