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Post by thedarkman on Dec 24, 2016 12:39:55 GMT -5
When I was a kid, before Conan and even before Tarzan, I was amazed by a book called Fire-Hunter by Jim Kjelgaard. This book was an awesome adventure for a 12 year old boy, and I even have the revised edition, Return of the Hunter, on my shelf today. I'm interested in tracking down some good old-fashioned cave-man adventures for fun reading . The only other book I have is the Hok the Mighty collection by Manley Wade Wellmen. Any suggestions? Favorites? Love to hear your thoughts!
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Post by deuce on Dec 24, 2016 12:49:21 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Dec 24, 2016 12:51:06 GMT -5
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Post by thedarkman on Dec 24, 2016 13:31:35 GMT -5
I forgot about Burroughs (!), as I always think of Pellucidar as sci-fi. But I really need to track down Before Adam, for sure. Thanks deuce! Oh, and Happy Holidays to you sir! |
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Post by deuce on Dec 24, 2016 15:18:54 GMT -5
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Post by docpod on Dec 24, 2016 17:26:36 GMT -5
Old time science fiction fan Howard Devore told me years back that he had a cave man collection put together but no publisher was interested. A lot of typical suspects such as Lester del Rey's "The Day is Done" and L. Sprague de Camp's "The Gnarly Man." Probably would have included P. Schuyler Miller's "Old Man Mulligan." The de Camp and Miller stories both have immortal Neanderthal characters.
Miller wrote a genocidal cave man story called "People of the Arrow" for AMAZING STORIES. I did a blog post on it last year. WEIRD TALES had some cave man stories: Clifford M. Eddy's "With Weapons of Stone" and "Arlh-a of the Caves," Nictzin Dyalhis' "The Red Witch, and of course Howard's "Spear and Fang." Farnsworth Wright said in "The Eyrie" that he had lots of cave man and dinosaur stories submitted that he rejected. A shame as some might have been cool. Paul L. Anderson had a series of stories in ARGOSY-ALL STORY WEEKLY in the early 20s that REH no doubt read. They are rather sedate. De Camp had a cave man story in GOLDEN FLEECE "The Hairless Ones Come" about Cro-Magnon's eating the Neanderthals. I blogged about that on the old REHUPA.com site.
Morgan
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Post by thedarkman on Dec 24, 2016 18:17:40 GMT -5
Cool list Morgan. A collection of pulp magazine caveman adventures would be a hoot, too bad it didn't happen. Most modern prehistoric fiction seems to be geared for female readers and primarily focused on romance. Somehow, I have a hard time taking Neanderthal "romance " seriously...  |
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Dec 24, 2016 20:27:38 GMT -5
The Cave Girl, by Edgar Rice Burroughs is another good one. Although set in modern times the story is quite paleolithic.
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Post by deuce on Dec 24, 2016 22:26:07 GMT -5
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Post by almuric on Dec 25, 2016 22:17:18 GMT -5
That's an amazing list. It does seem like the genre has waned a bit in recent years. Or maybe it's just waiting for the right story to come along and revive it . . .
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Post by deuce on Dec 27, 2016 9:03:57 GMT -5
That's an amazing list. It does seem like the genre has waned a bit in recent years. Or maybe it's just waiting for the right story to come along and revive it . . . Caveman lit can be converged just like any other genre, as ironic as that may seem. |
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Post by deuce on Feb 8, 2017 8:44:38 GMT -5
The Cave Girl, by Edgar Rice Burroughs is another good one. Although set in modern times the story is quite paleolithic. was one of the first ERB novels I ever read. What a fun book! My library had the Canaveral edition below.  |
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Feb 8, 2017 9:13:30 GMT -5
The Cave Girl, by Edgar Rice Burroughs is another good one. Although set in modern times the story is quite paleolithic. was one of the first ERB novels I ever read. What a fun book! My library had the Canaveral edition below. Deuce, you had a cool edition. I've always wanted to get some of the Canaverals, specifically Tales of Three Planets for a copy of The Resurrection of Jimber Jaw (a very cool and poignant short tale). I later obtained a copy of the story in a different edition (The original version entitled Elmer, from Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder - a rare edition I planned on posting). I believe my first version of Cave Girl was in the old Ace F-series. I also may have a ragged out edition by Popular Library. I love The Cave Girl. Waldo Emerson Smith-Jones - what an intrepid hero! Screaming in terror, frightened by everything. He was awesome. He eventually rose to the occasion, however. And you gotta love the stereotypical ERB ending - where the humble, beautiful heroin discovers she is a long, lost princess or some such. <Sigh> Romantic! Ha-ha! And barbaric!  |
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Post by deuce on Apr 18, 2017 9:20:16 GMT -5
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Post by jmbroberts on Apr 18, 2017 11:23:33 GMT -5
Odd that we think of the Stone Age as the distant past. Prior to the 16th century two entire continents; North and South America, were still in the Stone Age as was Australia. In many places it continued well into the 19th century and is not entirely gone now.
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