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Post by themirrorthief on Nov 25, 2016 22:11:53 GMT -5
Hugh B. Cave was one of the top-tier pulpsters, selling across numerous genres for years. He was also a contemporary of REH. Amongst modern writers, he can count fans like Karl Edward Wagner, David Drake, James Reasoner, Charles R. Rutledge and John C. Hocking. jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2016/10/forgotten-novellas-murgunstrumm-hugh-b.html?spref=fbsingular--points.blogspot.com/2012/11/murgunstrumm.html"I'm pretty sure Cave is the only author to hit every top genre pulp. Believe it or not, Hugh B. Cave placed stories in Black Mask, the top crime/detective pulp and home of Hammett & Chandler, Astounding,the top sf pulp and home of Asimov & Heinlein, Adventure, the top adventure pulp and home of Talbot Mundy & Harold Lamb, and of course Weird Tales, the top horror and fantasy pulp and home of H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. I believe this is a feat never equalled by any other pulpster. And it is flat out amazing. I don't think Cave was anywhere near the greatest author to come out of the pulps, but he might well be seen as the ultimate pulp professional-- able to write any kind of story well enough to hit the absolute top markets for each genre." John C. HockingI dunno, there were several writers who published literally hundreds of stories all over the pulp world...Robert Leslie Bellem, Norman Daniels, are only a couple that were incredibly prolific
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Post by deuce on Nov 26, 2016 10:02:09 GMT -5
Hugh B. Cave was one of the top-tier pulpsters, selling across numerous genres for years. He was also a contemporary of REH. Amongst modern writers, he can count fans like Karl Edward Wagner, David Drake, James Reasoner, Charles R. Rutledge and John C. Hocking. jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2016/10/forgotten-novellas-murgunstrumm-hugh-b.html?spref=fbsingular--points.blogspot.com/2012/11/murgunstrumm.html"I'm pretty sure Cave is the only author to hit every top genre pulp. Believe it or not, Hugh B. Cave placed stories in Black Mask, the top crime/detective pulp and home of Hammett & Chandler, Astounding,the top sf pulp and home of Asimov & Heinlein, Adventure, the top adventure pulp and home of Talbot Mundy & Harold Lamb, and of course Weird Tales, the top horror and fantasy pulp and home of H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. I believe this is a feat never equalled by any other pulpster. And it is flat out amazing. I don't think Cave was anywhere near the greatest author to come out of the pulps, but he might well be seen as the ultimate pulp professional-- able to write any kind of story well enough to hit the absolute top markets for each genre." -- John C. HockingI dunno, there were several writers who published literally hundreds of stories all over the pulp world...Robert Leslie Bellem, Norman Daniels, are only a couple that were incredibly prolific Who said Bellem and Daniels weren't prolific? Did you even read my entire post? Or did you just read the first sentence and then cock off about your other guys? My entire post was built around the John C. Hocking quote. Hocking is well-versed in pulp history. Unless Bellem and Daniels "placed stories in Black Mask, the top crime/detective pulp and home of Hammett & Chandler, Astounding,the top sf pulp and home of Asimov & Heinlein, Adventure, the top adventure pulp and home of Talbot Mundy & Harold Lamb, and of course Weird Tales, the top horror and fantasy pulp and home of H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard" then you missed the entire point. I'll tell you right now that they did not place stories in all of those top-tier pulps. Sorry, no "gotcha" for you this time, Thief.
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Post by deuce on Nov 26, 2016 19:13:40 GMT -5
With the advent of radio, WWII and then TV, the pulps kept losing readers to other media. One niche that kept going strong on through the '50s was that of "men's adventure". They were essentially the descendants of general adventure mags like (what else) Adventure, as well as the "shudder pulps" and "spicies" that REH occasionally wrote for. Several writers got their start in those pulps, including Mario Puzo and Stephen King. Some of the artists that came out of the men's adventure mags were Earl Norem, Mort Kunstler and John Duillo (he was the other Lancer Conan artist). The few men's pulps that survived into the '70s and beyond ( Stag was one) transitioned to become "girlie" mags. As much as anything, these were the "pulp fiction" mags that Tarantino's Pulp Fiction was referencing. This site is the absolute goldmine of men's pulp articles and art: www.menspulpmags.com/
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Post by thedarkman on Nov 26, 2016 21:31:44 GMT -5
I wish there was still a source for some good old fashioned pulp adventure tales. Or is there...? Perhaps there are some publications out there that still do? Anyone know?
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Nov 29, 2016 9:47:16 GMT -5
I wish there was still a source for some good old fashioned pulp adventure tales. Or is there...? Perhaps there are some publications out there that still do? Anyone know? Darkman, Since you asked, I write stories influenced by my favorite pulp authors which include Howard, Burroughs, Lovecraft, etc. Most are available for free at the links in my signature (Amazon and Smashwords). Enjoy!
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Post by deuce on Nov 29, 2016 9:58:57 GMT -5
I love collecting the paperback anthologies of the 50s-80s as well because I actually owe it to one of them that I grew interested in these guys, that little gem being The Macabre Reader, edited by Donald Wolheim I believe. I had actually planned on starting a thread of 'What was your FIRST non-Conan Howard?' but I will say right now, mine was The Cairn on the Headland, from The Macabre Reader. Actually, I believe that story was my first Howard period because after that I began seeking him out, easily finding the Ace Conans but not discovering how prolific was his body of work until later. Although I was already reading Edgar Rice Burroughs by then, that single lucky purchase changed the direction of my reading forever because after finishing it I then knew of Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft - and Robert E. Howard. Thanks Mr. Wolheim, wherever you are! All of my pulps are of the Famous Fantastic Mysteries and Fantastic Novel printings - which were basically reprints of Merritt's stories from earlier pulp mags. As far as Abraham Merritt - gads what can one say? He died FAR too young. His extant body of work is amazing and I still look for oddball copies of his stuff. I searched for so many years (BI - Before Internet) for Creep, Shadow, Creep! and Burn, Witch, Burnt! that to this day if I find a copy and its decent and affordable, I snag it. Yeah, there are rare gems in some of those anthologies. I've made the argument before that Wollheim was the single most influential non-author in the history of fantasy. When you look at his early days in fandom, then to his editorship at Ace and, finally, his foundation of DAW Books, then his huge impact is undeniable. Merritt was a frikkin' titan. He was writing "Lovecraftian" horror before Lovecraft. The Ship of Ishtar is proto-sword and sorcery. The Metal Monster influenced not just HPL and REH, but also possibly inspired Transformers. Great authors like Clark Ashton Smith, CL Moore, Edmond Hamilton, Jack Williamson, Leigh Brackett, Andre Norton, Michael Moorcock, Tim Powers and Karl Edward Wagner were/are all fans of Merritt.
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Nov 29, 2016 11:11:24 GMT -5
I've got some cool copies of Merritt's work, from the early, colorful Avons to the Murder Mystery Monthly's, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, etc, but my two gems are the two for which Hans Bokk did the artwork. They're both large volumes, nearly 8.5x11 in size, plain black covers with gold text, one of which is Fox Woman with Hannes Bok's The Blue Pagoda, and the second being The Black Wheel. Both are replete with art work by Bok whose talent astounds me in its originality. The are the New Collector Group publications from 1947. Alas, my Fox Woman is not the rarer of the two versions, being the more commonly encountered version. The rarer version has a nude rendition of the Fox Woman which is utterly beautiful. My copy features the nude dude instead Oh well, just gives me another goal in life - must find and procure the version with the gorgeous Fox Woman! I don't know if there were two versions of The Black Wheel or not.
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Post by deuce on Dec 12, 2016 11:40:38 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Dec 13, 2016 12:34:54 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Dec 14, 2016 19:44:37 GMT -5
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Post by themirrorthief on Dec 15, 2016 21:33:20 GMT -5
I am currently reading my first Bomba the Jungle Boy pulp...Bomba in the Abandoned City. I really like it too. Very fast paced adventure with lots of fantastic elements like armies of alligators and Pumas, lots of snakes too. Bomba and his Indian pal sure have their fun. Sort of a cross between Tarzan and Huck Finn...not a bad combination. Well written adventure
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Post by deuce on Dec 23, 2016 12:38:15 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Dec 25, 2016 12:19:40 GMT -5
Galaxy, December 1954...
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Post by almuric on Dec 25, 2016 20:12:48 GMT -5
"WON'T LET ME JOIN IN ANY REINDEER GAMES, WILL YOU?"
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Post by deuce on Dec 27, 2016 19:05:24 GMT -5
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