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- Rumor! There have been whispers of a "24" movie, featuring Kiefer Sutherland for the last few months. Now the rumors are saying that it could be a done deal. Rumor has it that Kiefer Sutherland has inked a 3 movie deal for a series of '24' movies at Fox. Furthermore, the first one may be going before-the-cameras as early as 2007. Additionally, it is rumored that Bruce Willis has mentioned to Sutherland that he'd be keen to cameo in one. More to follow when available! | |
| Doc Savage Reprints - Four more books (8 more stories) are now available! The Blackmask Online Store has more Doc Savage reprints available. Each volume is 8.25x11 perfectbound, and features two stories for $10.99. 61 The Black Black Witch and The King of Terror 62 The Talking Devil and The Running Skeletons 63 Mystery on Happy Bones and The Mental Monster 64 Hell Below and The Goblins Five new reprints featuring The Shadow are also now available. Click here for more info. |  |
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "The Ghost of the Manor" from June 15, 1933. "The Anguished Face" by Julio Angel Ortiz is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week. Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 650 stories online! "Sun in the Sky" by Wayne D. Overholser from RANCH ROMANCES, January 19, 1951 "The Drive" by Clarence E. Mulford from PEARSON'S MAGAZINE, January 1913 Featuring: Hopalong Cassidy | |
| HELL ISLAND by Matthew Reilly -
Available March 3rd! This revised edition of the short novel originally published in Australia is specially adapted for readers of all ages with reading difficulties. There is no hell like a man-made one...It is an island that doesn't appear on any maps. A secret location where classified experiments have been conducted. Experiments that have gone terribly wrong...When all contact with this mystery island is inexplicably lost, four crack special-forces units are brought in, their mission being to land on Hell Island and discover what has happened. Nothing can prepare them for what they find there. You could say they've just entered hell. Only that would be too gentle. Pan, 128 pages, £2.99, available from Amazon.co.uk. From Matthew Reilly's website: The UK edition of HELL ISLAND is a special version of the novella (called “Quick Reads”). This means the entire books was rewritten by educators so that it would be accessible to readers of very low literacy levels. This is a wonderful program and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. It might even entail a visit by me to London in March for the launch. But it means the book has been greatly simplified. So, UK readers, please don't buy the book and email me and say, “It was kinda basic…” This is very deliberate. The book is for those people who don't read very much, and indeed, might be intimidated by the density of novels generally. If you want the full-blown edition of Hell Island , go to Ebay and grab one of the Australian “Books Alive” editions or, even, wait until the end of this year when we might release a collection of my short stories! It's funny, when I started writing, I never expected to write short stories. But then invitations came, and from various sources: in 2000, The Sydney Morning Herald asked me to do a four-part serial. The Bulletin magazine in Australia has asked me to contribute to their “Summer Fiction” issue several times. I was even invited to contribute to Girls' Night In 2: Gentlemen by Invitation . And of course, there is HELL ISLAND . And since all of these shorts were only published in Australia (especially HELL ISLAND ), my international fans missed out on reading them. So, as the years have gone by, this little collection has grown. And so, late last year, I discussed with Cate Paterson at Pan Macmillan the possibility of releasing my short stories in a collection in late 2006 (since my next novel won't be released till 2007, it'd be nice to give readers something this year). We're still working out the details, so more news on this as it happens, but I am thinking of doing a couple of new short stories, one featuring Aloysius Knight from Scarecrow , just to spice it up! |  |
| Hippocampus Press -
Now available! The trade paperback versions of the two new volumes in the series of "Collected Essays" by H.P. Lovecraft are now available. Volume 3 is "Science" and volume 4 is "Travel." Each volume is $20 and can be ordered on the Hippocampus Press website. | |
| Jurassic Park IV Script
Ready The fourth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise could be coming to the big screen sooner than we thought. Frank Marshall says they have a "good script," and the idea is to start shooting the film next year (2007) and get it into theaters in 2008. | |
| Masters of Science Fiction
- Coming to TV screens! ABC Television has picked up IDT Entertainment’s drama series “Masters of Science Fiction,” featuring works from some of the most well known authors of science fiction, the network announced today. Negotiations are underway to include works from Isaac Asimov (author of “I Robot” and “Nightfall”), Ray Bradbury (“The Martian Chronicles,” “Fahrenheit 451”), Harlan Ellison (“A Boy and His Dog,” “Jeffty is Five”) and Robert Heinlein (“The Puppet Masters,” “Stranger in a Strange Land”). IDT Entertainment, in association with Industry Entertainment, will produce a minimum of four one-hour episodes. "We're very excited about this anthology," says Quinn Taylor, who oversees movies and miniseries for ABC. "We've been trying to put together this kind of series because it has great potential to become appointment television." Oscar-nominated screenwriter Michael Tolkin ("The Player," "Deep Impact") has already agreed to write and direct one episode. Bradbury is in discussions to adapt his "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed," and the producers are also negotiating for the rights to Asimov's story "The Last Question" and "The Discarded" by Harlan Ellison. | |
| MYSTERY*FILE ONLINE If mystery and detective fiction is your thing, you owe it to youself to bookmark the MYSTERY*FICTION ONLINE website. The website is updated regularly and contains Authors Interviews and Profiles, articles about Fictional Detectives, General Articles and Checklists, Regular Columns including Book Review Columns. MYSTERY*FILE ONLINE is brought to you by Editor/Publisher Steve Lewis; Associate Editor: Allen J. Hubin; and Contributing editors Bill Pronzini, Ed Lynskey, and Marvin Lachman. Checkout the MYSTERY*FILE ONLINE website at http://www.mysteryfile.com/ | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest The new poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest plus other images have been posted online. The theatrical one-sheet features the film's three heroes prominently with Orlando Bloom's Will Turner in the top-most position, flanked by Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow and the lovely Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swan. The artwork depicts a maritime battle, a giant octopus attacking a pirate ship, some scary-looking natives and what may be titular treasure chest in the lower-right corner. Visit IMDB to view the photo gallery. | |
| PULPCON 35 -
August 3-6, 2006 PULPCON 35 will be held August 3-6, 2006 at the Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio. Ernest Chiriacka and William Tenn to be Guests of Honor William Tenn was a major figure in science fiction magazines after his first SF story "Alexander the Bait" appeared in the May, 1946 Astounding until he became a professor of English at Pennsylvania State University in 1966. His satirical and ironic stories from the period which have been anthologized dozens of times were collected into two super volumes by NESFA in 2001. They have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Earlier sports, detective and western magazines sometimes had them as written by Kenneth Putnam. Tenn was an editor at Popular Publications and edited one anthology, "Children of Wonder" in 1953. He is now Professor Emeritus at Penn State and, at 87, a rabid football fan. Ernest Chiriacka, who attended Pulpcon last year, had outstanding covers on pulps in several fields. Two of his paintings appeared in an advertisement in the December 2004 issue of Illustration, supporting that magazine and the entire community of illustration fans making it a success. A later issue had a lengthy article about him which featured quite a few of his striking action cover paintings. Hal Steeger of Popular Publications rated him "one of the very best in quality and to work with". Since enjoying Pulpcon 34, Chiriacki has been guest of honor at the Windy City convention and Rich Harvey's shorter and smaller gathering in New Jersey. Pulpcon is introducing a new price structure for memberships, offering full memberships Thursday-Sunday (T-S), Friday-Sunday (F-S) and Saturday-Sunday (S-S). Dealers will be required to purchase T-S memberships. Memberships arriving at the Pulpcon mailbox on or before May 13, 2006 are $20 (T-S) and $10 (S-S). Memberships arriving in our box May 14th through July 15th are: $30 T-S, $20 F-S and $10 S-S. Those arriving July 16th or later will be held for at-the-door registration: $40 (T-S), $20 (F-S) and $10 (S-S). Watch the PULPCON website for the latest information as it becomes available. Tentative Schedule Thursday: 10:00-12:00 Dealer set-up 12:00-8:00 Pulp room opens Friday Saturday 10:00-5:00 Pulp room open Sunday 10:00-2:00 Pulp room open | |
| Pulp Covers on CDROM Pulp Cover Images on CDRom for your PC or MAC are now available. Chose from Detective, Science Fiction, and Western pulp covers collections. Each CD contains over 200 pulp covers for $19.95 Visit the Pulps on CDROM website at http://www.pulpsoncdrom.com/ | |
| Pulpville Press - Now available! THE SOLAR INVASION by Manly Wade Wellman FIRST EDITION! Written by Manly Wade Wellman and first appearing in STARTLING STORIES, this is one of the last of the novel-length Captain Future stories. The Captain and his Futuremen search for the missing moon in another dimension inhabited with pallid skinned individuals. Completely illustrated with the interior artwork from the original magazines. 172 pages, 6.0" x 9.0", black and white interior ink HARDCOVER (WITH DUST JACKET) EDITION - $24.95 TRADE PAPERBACK EDITION - $14.95 |  |
| RED
SONJA #7 - Available in comic shops March 1st! Guest writer J.T. (Fathom) Krul and artist Noah Salonga present Red Sonja. Sonja enters an uneasy alliance on a quest for hidden treasure and battle against the scourge of the sea - the pirates of Hyboria! Featuring covers by Adam Hughes and Billy Tan, with a special chase cover by Andrea DeVito! 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 RED SONJA #7- FIERY RED FOIL HIGH END EDITION by J.T. Krul, Noah Salonga, & Imaginary FS Red Sonja #7 is also available with this all-new Fiery Red cover edition featuring all-new art by Will (Serenity) Conrad! 32 pages, Full Color |  |
| RED
SONJA VS. THULSA DOOM #2 - Available in comic shops March 1st! by Peter David & Luke Lieberman, & Will Conrad In this issue: A wary Sonja begins to question her already uneasy alliance with the dark handsome stranger when Thulsa interrupts her bathing. Later, a leader emerges from among Doom's men and leads his forces towards the capital. In the meantime, Sonja must rally the Hyrkanian people to defend their homeland. This special event series features the writing of Luke Lieberman and Peter David, along with the powerful art of Will (Serenity) Conrad and an all-star line-up of cover artists, including Conrad and Gabrielle Dell'Otto shipping in an equal ratio! 26 pages of story and art! 32pgs, FC (2 of 4) SRP: $3.50 RED SONJA VS THULSA DOOM #2 - FIERY RED FOIL HIGH-END EDITION This issue is also available in a Fiery Red Foil Edition, featuring an all-new piece of art by series artist, Will Conrad. 32 pages, Full Color | |
| Robert E. Howard -
New titles on the way! Random House (Del Rey) has announced the publication of KULL by Robert E. Howard on October 31st. Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages Price: $15.95 Next up will be two volumes (at six month intervals) of a "best of REH" collection that still doesn't have a title. Thanks to the REH Comics Newsgroup and Rusty Burke for the tip. | |
| SerialFest 2006 -
May 18-19-20-21, 2006 The world's only all-serial film festival, and the most fun 3-day weekend a serial fan can have. Featuring special guest Adrian Booth (Star of CAPTAIN AMERICA, PERILS OF NYOKA, FEDERAL OPERATOR 99 and DAUGHTER OF DON Q) Meet her in person May 19-20. Location: The Newtown Theater (Daytime film screenings) 120 N. State Street, Newtown Bucks County, Pennsylvania 215-968-3859 http://www.serialsquadron.com/ | |
| The Shadow Reprints -
Five more books are now available! The Blackmask Online Store has four new Shadow reprints available. Each volume is dual-column, perfectbound, and illustrated for $8.96. The Voodoo Master The Salamanders Charg, Monster The City of Doom The Gray Ghost |  |
| Wildside
Press - New Clark Ashton Smith title announced! THE RETURN OF THE SORCERER: THE BEST OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH has been announce for October 2006. This is a 400 page trade paperback edited by Robert Weinberg, with an Introduction by Gene Wolfe, and a cover by Peter Bergting. Retail price: $14.95 |  |
| William
Murray Graydon African stories needed for reprint project Georges Dodds is currently editing (for Battered Silicon Dispatch Box) an anthology of thematic precursors to "Tarzan of the Apes" and putative research material Edgar Rice Burroughs might have used in doing preparatory research for "Tarzan of the Apes"; it is tentatively entitled "The Incunabular Ape-Man Writings". In doing so I have and will be digitizing the text of a number of works (>30 novels and works of non-fiction + 15-20 short stories), some from pulps and dime novels, in English, French, Spanish and German (the latter three translated to English). A complete list of the anthology's contents (as it currently stands in its evolution) is available upon request. There are some works in early pulps I have not been able to acquire copies of, and at this point the library at the university where I work is getting a bit doubtful that pre=WW1 pulp magazines have much to do with the field of agricultural engineering. A friend of mine who works at the LOC has tried unsuccessfully to get copies of some texts for me (shoddy equipment maintenance prevent him, on several occasions, from copying more that a couple of pages). The Univ. of Minnesota, for whom I've digitized a few dime novels (see above)are supposed to have original copies of "The Argosy" -- but can't find them (doh!). One collector I know has some but hasn't the time to make me copies. So here goes my current request list. I would cover any costs of photocopying or scanning the material. I've included some other works, some in French, some not published in pulp magazines or dime novels, but rather in book form, in the hope that one of you might have a copy. A couple of Graydon stories appeared in "The Argosy" in 1895-1897. Graydon, William Murray. "Over Africa" In: The Argosy (8-part serial) June 1895-Jan 1896 Graydon, William Murray. "The River of Darkness" In: The Argosy (7-part serial) May-November 1897 Other stories needed are: Epes, Winthrop Sargent. 1909. "Beyond the Banyans." All Story Magazine, October 1909 Lemon, Don Mark. 1905. "The Gorilla" All-Story Magazine October 1905 *At least one of these was reprinted as a novel, though I'd rather have the original "Argosy" text, since many of the novel editions were severely cut. Anonymous (as by His Royal Highness Mammoth Martinet). 1871. "The Gorilla Origin of Man: or, the Darwin Theory of Development Confirmed from Recent Travels in the New World called Myn-me-ae-nia, or Gossipland" Obtainable from the British Library for approximately $200, can anybody quote me a better price? Contact Georges at georges.dodds@mcgill.ca if you can help with copies of the above novels. | |
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| Adventure House -
Coming in May! HIGH ADVENTURE #88 This month's issue features "The Man Who Wasn't There," and "Man Overboard!" starring The Green Lama. The dreaded cry of the sea rang out through the night and thus began a series of circumstances, and the beginning of a gigantic plot that tested to the utmost the powers of The Green Lama. Soft Cover, 112 pages, B&W, $7.95 HIGH ADVENTURE #88 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (available February 22nd). The Diamond Item Code is MAR063564. |  |
| Adventure House - New pulp facsimile reprints are now
available! A new series of complete pulp replica/reprints. Except these are printed on acid-free paper and guaranteed not to crumble into dust while you read them. Adventure House will bring you some of the scarcest pulps imaginable in this great new series, reprinting them as the reading public saw them on the newsstands, at a fraction of their current collectors prices. Pulp replica - full color covers, complete with all ads, illustrations and facsimile pages. Now available! DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE March 1943, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES - November 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 VARIETY DETECTIVE MAGAZINE August 1938, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 Coming in March: NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES - December 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SAUCY MOVIE TALES December 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE April 1939, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 Coming in April: SPICY MYSTERY STORIES October 1942, Cover Artist: Allen Anderson, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES July 1942, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES - February 1936, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Coming in May: SPICY MYSTERY STORIES October 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY MYSTERY STORIES July 1942, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES - March 1936, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Coming in June: SAUCY DETECTIVE April 1937, 7x10, 160 pages, $14.95 SECRET SERVICE STORIES September 1928, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 MAN STORIES February 1931, 7x10, 144 pages, $14.95 Coming in July: THE UNDERWORLD August 1927, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 UNDER FIRE MAGAZINE February 1929, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 TRUE GANGSTER STORIES July 1941, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 Coming August - December 2006: SPEAKEASY STORIES - Oct.-Nov. 1931, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 THE GANG MAGAZINE - May 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 DANGER TRAIL - August 1928, 7x10, 160 pages, $14.95 ADVENTURE NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES - July 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 FAME AND FORTUNE MAGAZINE - February 25, 1929, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Still available: DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY - May 1937, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 EERIE MYSTERIES August 1938, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 EERIE STORIES August 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 HIGH SEAS ADVENTURES February 1935, Cover Artist: Sidney Riesenberg, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 HOODED DETECTIVE January 1942, 7x10, 98 pages, $14.95 JACK DEMPSEY'S FIGHT MAGAZINE May 1934, Cover Artist: Earle Bergey, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 MYSTERY TALES December 1939, Cover Artist: J. W. Scott, , 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES April 1936, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 RED MASK DETECTIVE STORIES March 1941, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SAUCY MOVIE TALES - June 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SAUCY MOVIE TALES July 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SAUCY MOVIE TALES August 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SAUCY MOVIE TALES - September 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SAUCY ROMANTIC ADVENTURES August 1936, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 - featuring Domino Lady! SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES August 1936, Cover Artist: H. J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES September 1941, Cover Artist: H. J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES June 1938, Cover Artist: H.J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES July 1941, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY MYSTERY STORIES February 1938, Cover Artist: H. L. Parkhurst, 7x10, 128pages, $14.95 SPICY MYSTERY STORIES May 1936, Cover Artist: H.J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY MYSTERY STORIES July 1941, Cover Artist: H. J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY MYSTERY STORIES April 1942, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY MYSTERY STORIES May 1942, Cover Artist: H. L. Parkhurst, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE February 1939, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 |    |
| The
Bronze Gazette - Issue #46 is
now available! This issue features: "The Speaking Stone" by Will Murray Doc Savage comic book reprint: "X-The Unknown Quantity" (illustrated by Al Bare) "Doc or Clark" by Julián Puga V. Editor's Corner and Letters to the Editor The front and back computer generated covers are by Ken Newman Single issues are: U.S. $6.00 each; Canada $6.50 each; Overseas $8.00 each. Back Issues - please inquire. Subscriptions are now available for THE BRONZE GAZETTE issues 47, 48, and 49. Rates: U.S. $16.50 for three issues; Canada $18.00 for three issues; Overseas $22.00 for three issues. Makes checks and money orders payable to: Green Eagle Publications, 2900 Standiford Ave 16B, PMB #136, Modesto, California 95350. |  |
| THE
CHINATOWN DEATH CLOUD PERIL -
Coming May 23, 2006! Paul Malmont's upcoming novel THE CHINATOWN DEATH CLOUD PERIL is "a modern take on the pulp novel, concerning the rivalry and friendship between the leading pulp writers of the thirties: Walter Gibson, creator of The Shadow, and Lester Dent, creator of Doc Savage". Set in 1937, when America has turned to the pulps for relief from the Depression, it is at once a valentine to an old-fashioned genre as well as a modern meta-literary examination of the classic hero pulp. The death of H.P. Lovecraft propels the pulp era's greatest writers and rivals Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and Lester (Doc Savage) Dent into a real-life adventure even greater than the ones they imagine. Among the characters appearing in the book are L. Ron Hubbard, Robert Heinlein, Orson Welles, and (probably of particular interest to you as a Western writer!) a young sea-faring cowboy by the name of Lew Moore. THE CHINATOWN DEATH CLOUD PERIL is a swash-buckling romantic tale of writers and writing, magic and love, marriage and fatherhood, ambition and loss that weaves the true lives of its real-life characters into a fictional epic. A sneak peek of the novel is now online on the Chinatown Death Cloud Peril website. The website should whet your appetites and give you an indication of what is to come. http://www.chinatowndeathcloudperil.com |  |
| CLASSIC
FLASH GORDON STATUE - Now available! Electric Tiki presents the 3rd statue in its Classic Heroes Collection: the Interplanetary Space Adventurer, Flash Gordon. At nearly 12" tall, we have Flash in all his glory, eyes fixed on outer space, poised and ready with his laser gun. He is standing on asteroids which surround the planet Mongo. Authentically detailed and a must for all Flash Gordon fans young and old. Includes Certificate of Authenticity and comes in a special decorated collector box! Designed and sculpted by Ruben Procopio. Painted and ready for display. SRP: $150.00 Visit the Electric Tiki website for a larger image of this statue. |  |
| Conan
Art Gallery A new "Conan Art Gallery" has been added to Tim Truman's website that features advance art from Tim's Conan projects! Go to: http://www.trumanstudio.citymax.com/page/page/2979926.htm You can check out several new pages from CONAN AND THE SONGS OF THE DEAD issue 1 (colored by the amazing David Stewart). All "Conan" artwork copyright and TM 2006 Dark Horse Comics and Conan Properties LLC | |
| CONAN #28 Written by Kurt Busiek, art by Eric Powell, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by Tony Harris. A special one-shot story in honor of Conan creator Robert E. Howard's centennial! From Eisner Award-winning creators Kurt Busiek and Eric Powell, this issue tells the story of one wild and fateful night in the life of a young storyteller in an Aquilonian farming community‹the night that Conan and his cohorts came to town, pursued by demons straight out of hell. Always a dreamer, telling tales of great deeds in faraway lands, the storyteller gets a first-hand look at all-out action, heroism, and sacrifice on the dusty streets of his hometown. Conan rallies the entire town to defend itself or be torn to shreds. Dark Horse Comics 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 17. CONAN #28 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (available February 22nd). The Diamond Item Code is MAR060032. |  |
| CONAN:
BOOK OF THOTH #3 -
Coming in May! Written by Kurt Busiek and Len Wein, art and cover by Kelley Jones, colored by Michelle Madsen. The dread power of Thoth-amon achieves devastating new heights as the young sorcerer sets in motion a plan to place the kingdom of Stygia within his serpentine grip. Having ingratiated himself to a weak-willed heir to the crown, Thoth undertakes the systematic elimination of any who would stand in the way of the fool's assent to the throne. Yet, there is one in the Order of Ibis who grows suspicious of Thoth's solicitous relations with the prince and the increasing amount of royal blood mysteriously spilt. Will this young priest discover the truth about Thoth in time to save the King, or will the snake-god Set sink its fangs into the last, best hope for peace in a war-torn land? Conan's greatest adversary matures into a mighty doer of evil in this penultimate issue of the series chronicling Thoth's origins for the first time! Dark Horse Comics 48 pages, $4.99, in stores on May 24. CONAN: BOOK OF THOTH #3 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (available February 22nd). The Diamond Item Code is MAR060033. |  |
| DARKER
TIDES by Eric Frank Russell - Now available for pre-order! The name of Eric Frank Russell is synonymous with the "Golden Age of Science Fiction". From his first published tale in 1937 to the middle of the 1960s, Eric Frank Russell was one of the most highly-acclaimed authors in the genre. As such, much of his best science fiction remains in print today. However, there was another side to the great writer, that of being one of the modern masters of the weird tale. As an admirer of the work of Charles Fort, Eric Frank Russell was also keenly interested in the supernatural or unexplainable. His novel SINISTER BARRIER was credited with inspiring John W. Campbell to launch UNKNOWN so that stories of this type would have a home. Over the next two decades, Eric Frank Russell wrote more stories that are more in the realm of the "weird tale" than the more logical world of science fiction. Several of these tales were collected over thirty years ago in a fabulously rare volume entitled DARK TIDES. This new collection contains all of these elusive tales and doubles their number with a selection of similar stories from sources such as WEIRD TALES, FANTASTIC, STRANGE STORIES, and SCIENCE FANTASY. Whether you come to this book as an Eric Frank Russell fan seeking out his rare stories or come as a devotee of the weird tale, we are certain that you'll find much here to enjoy! With introductions by the late author and a new preface by John Pelan and a striking cover by Allen Koszowski this edition is limited to just 500 copies. Considering that Mr. Russell's collection from NESFA is now in a third printing, we strongly suggest advance orders to avoid possible disappointment. $45.00 the copy with $7.00 S & H in the USA, $14.00 S & H elsewhere. Visit the Darkside Press/Midnight House website to place your pre-order. |  |
| Doc
Savage Fan Fiction - Now available! Lance Curry's new Doc fan fiction "The Treasure of El Conquistador," is now available for downloading on the Golden Perils website at http://www.howardhopkins.com/page4.htm. The story is in PDF format and 350 kilobytes in size. Scroll most of the way down the page, RIGHT click on "here," and chose "save target as" to save to your hard drive. | |
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new review this week. Next week you can read the review for "The Ghost of the Manor" from June 15, 1933. "The Rug of Riches" by Jonathan Blade is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week. Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 650 stories online! "Lost--An Echo" by George Allen England from MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE, June 1906 "El Tiro di Gracia" by Colin Cameron from ACTION STORIES, September 1924 | |
| EUREKA
PRODUCTIONS - GRAPHIC CLASSICS VOLUME 13: RAFAEL SABATINI - Now Available! The book will feature a dynamic cover painting by Joel Naprstek, and the origin of Captain Blood by Rod Lott and Filipino artist Carlo Vergara. With adaptations of Rafael Sabatini's work, this book's contributors include Rod Lott, Antonella Caputo, Tom Pomplun, and Mort Castle. Artists include Roger Langridge, Carlo Vergara, Milton Knight, Gerry Alanguilan, Stanley W. Shaw, Jackie Smith, Rich Tommaso, Kevin Atkinson and Hunt Emerson. Enjoy the origin of Sabatini's famed gentleman pirate "Captain Blood", as well as a great selection of mysteries and adventure tales, plus a comics bio of Sabatini by Mort Castle! Soft Cover, 144 pages, B&W, SRP: $11.95 |  |
| Golden
Perils #39 - Now Available! GOLDEN PERILS #39 is now up and ready for free downloading. This issues contents are: "Bill Brent the Reporter" by Monte Herridge "Shangri-La of the Andes" by Tom Barnett "A Review of The Executioner #276: Leviathan, an Introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos" by Jeffery T. Zverloft The latest pulp and pulp related news. The issue is in PDF format and is 1 megabyte in size. Scroll down the page to Issue 39, RIGHT click on download and chose "save target as" to save to your hard drive. Visit http://www.howardhopkins.com/page4.htm to download GOLDEN PERILS #39 today. |  |
| The
Incredible Pulps: A Gallery of Fiction Magazine Art - Coming
in May! Venture through the vibrant world of pulp imagery in true Collectors Press fashion with The Incredible Pulps: A Gallery of Fiction Magazine Art. Packing the pages of this swashbuckling book are phantom creatures, alien encounters, and grizzled heroes. These full color images, divided into four categories — science fiction, mystery, horror, and adventure and western — have provided inspiration and escape into bizarre and mythical realms since the late 19th century. This compact and portable collection is essential whether you are a pulp enthusiast or just fancy a nostalgic caper to the era of the adventure story. Introduction by Frank M. Robinson Collectors Press, trade paperback, 5 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches, 176 pages, full color, $14.95 You can pre-order this book now from Collectors Press. THE INCREDIBLE PULPS is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (available February 22nd). The Diamond Item Code is MAR063640. |  |
| KULL
- Coming October 31st! Random House (Del Rey) has announced the publication of KULL by Robert E. Howard. Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages Publication Date: October 31, 2006 Price: $15.95 ISBN: 0-345-49017-7 | |
| MOONSTONE BOOKS -
Coming in May! THE PHANTOM #11 Written by Ben Raab, art by Rick Burchett, cover by Doug Klauba. When an ancient sea monster is spotted off Bangalla¹s coast, the Phantom¹s children investigate, unbeknownst to their dear old purple-clad dad. But the trouble they find is more mundane and most certainly more sinister than they expected, as desperate men prepare to savage their peaceful jungle home. The Phantom¹s on them in a heartbeat, but will he be ready to face these new foes who may just be the advance troops of an invasion planned by his oldest and deadliest enemies? 32 pages, $3.50 http://www.moonstonebooks.com THE PHANTOM #11 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (available February 22nd). The Diamond Item Code is MAR063313. |  |
| MOONSTONE
BOOKS ANNOUNCES PHANTOM ANNUAL #1 PHANTOM: FIVE DAYS OF THE DRAGON! Five Writers and Five Artists Bring Together Five Tales of the Phantom With the 70th Anniversary of the Phantom upon us today, Moonstone Books has pulled out all the stops in bringing several major Phantom projects to life. With Phantom: Legacy, Phantom: Law of the Jungle and Phantom: The Man-Eaters on the way, as well as the announcement of new regular Phantom series creative team Mike Bullock and Gabriel Rearte taking over on issue twelve, the Moonstone mavens felt the need for a fifth event to round out the anniversary celebration. Enter Ron (Ion, Cyberforce) Marz, Chuck (Batman, Transformers) Dixon, Tony (Exiles, Negation) Bedard, Rafael (Vampire the Masquerade, Phantom) Nieves and Mike (Lions, Tigers and Bears, Phantom) Bullock. Once the five writers came together, they quickly constructed a story worthy of the Phantom's anniversary. It wasn't long before they enlisted the help of five great artists to bring this story to life. Disney animator and sculptor Ruben Procopio, Graham (Phantom Sunday strip) Nolan, Joe (Rann-Thanagar War) Prado, Tony (Fables) Akins and Juan (Small Gods) Ferreyra all answered the call. A Phantom tale like no other, told by ten top talents, and only a giant-size Annual could hold it! "Five Days of the Dragon" spans five centuries, as five different generations of The Phantom battle the dreaded pirates of the Singh Brotherhood to control a powerful artifact from feudal China. But even if the Ghost Who Walks defeats his cutthroat enemies, can he hope to withstand the ancient, mystic power that will be unleashed? All this, plus a superstar pin-up gallery! If you've never read an issue of The Phantom, this is the place to start! Look for it in stores this summer, only from Moonstone. More information regarding The Phantom, Moonstone Books, its properties, projects and staff can be found at http://www.moonstonebooks.com |  |
| Pulp
Rack - New addition! There was no notice about last week's update, so some of you may find two new entries at The Pulp Rack this week. From last week: A late entry in to the Internet's vast catalogs of reviews of the movie, SKY CAPTAIN & THE WORLD OF TOMORROW. Here's your chance to learn about a new syndrome -- visual indigestion. It's available at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2006/02/sky_captain_the.html Now, catching up to this week: A return to The Pulp Rack's Max Brand category with an essay titled "Faust's Men and the Mountains." It's available at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2006/02/fausts_men_and_1.html As always, thanks for your patronage! Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | |
| Pulpville
Press - Now available! FIFTY CANDLES by Earl Derr Biggers A murder mystery by the creator of Charlie Chan! From the Saturday Evening Post, set in Hawaii, China, and San Francisco, a murder is committed and the only clue is a birthday cake with 50 candles. Illustrated. Hardcover $24.95 Trade Paperback $14.95 | |
| RED SONJA #11
- Coming in May! by Michael Avon Oeming, Mel Rubi, & Pablo Marcos Red Sonja’s second stunning arc — "Arrowsmith" — by writer Michael Avon Oeming and artist Mel Rubi, concludes with this issue! And as the D.E. crew heads into issue #12 and their next exciting story arc, they’ll be presenting a surprise that will have to be seen to be believed! Oh, and it’ll all be kicked-off with a Jim Lee cover! ‘Nuff Said! Ships with four covers in an equal ration by: Pat Lee, Mel Rubi, Randy Queen, and Pablo Marcos! 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $2.99 RED SONJA #11 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (available February 22nd). The Diamond Item Code is MAR063120. | |
| RED SONJA/CLAW THE UNCONQUERED:
THE DEVIL'S HANDS #3 - Coming in May! Written by John Layman, art by Andy Smith, covers by Jim Lee and Lee Bermejo. For the legendary barbarian warrior Red Sonja, there's just one thing worse than her recent defeat by the minions of a malevolent sorcerer, and that's her current predicament. She's locked away in the lowest level of the wizard's dungeon, kept company only by hungry rats and old bones. And her last hope for rescue lies with the increasingly erratic swordsman known as Claw, whose cursed arm is driving him ever closer to madness! DC Comics 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 17. RED SONJA/CLAW #3 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (available February 22nd). The Diamond Item Code is MAR060372. |  |
| Robert
E. Howard Days - June 8, 9, and 10, 2006! If you are planning on attending the historic centennial edition of Robert E. Howard Days, you should start planning now. This year will be the biggest Howard Days ever, and rooms for miles around will likely fill up fast. Howard Days will run three days this year: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 8, 9, and 10. Confirmed Guests of Honor are Glenn Lord and Roy Thomas, both of whom will be sitting on panels, signing autographs for attendees, etc. Other Guests of Honor may be announced in the coming months. Pre-registration for the event costs $20/person, which gets you a complimentary Thursday afternoon luncheon, a fully catered Saturday evening Caddo Peak BBQ, and entrance into the Friday Night Radio Show and Silent Auction. Complete information is available online at http://www.rehupa.com/reh_days_2006.htm. | |
| TARZAN:
THE JOE KUBERT YEARS VOLUME 3 HC - Coming in June! Written and art by Joe Kubert. Writing, drawing, and editing a monthly Tarzan comic-book series in the 1970s, Joe Kubert was able to illustrate the adventures of his childhood hero and produce some of the most inspiring pages of his career. Dark Horse Comics is proud to present this final collection in a series of Joe Kubert's complete Tarzan comics. Tarzan: The Joe Kubert Years Volume Three features an incredible, four-part adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1934 adventure novel, Tarzan and the Lion Man. Tarzan attempts to protect two beautiful actresses and a Hollywood production crew from the many dangers lurking in Africa's jungles . . . and from a deranged geneticist who calls himself "God." This volume also includes previously unpublished pages of Kubert's original Tarzan notes and thumbnails from the early 1970s, the Tarzan stories "Moon Beast," "The Magic Herb," and "Ice Jungle," and a Korak, Son of Tarzan, tale, "Leap into Death," which was inked by Russ Heath. 216 pages, $49.95, in stores on June 28. Dark Horse Comics TARZAN: THE JOE KUBERT YEARS VOLUME 3 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (available February 22nd). The Diamond Item Code is MAR060044. |  |
| Wild
Cat Books - Now available! STRANGE ADVENTURES #3 Continuing the great Pulp Fiction Anthology series with more thrilling tales of Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and more! This issue includes: "The Moon Maid" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, "The Tailed Men" by Arthur O. Friel, "Atom Boy" by Ray Cummings, "Charon" by Lord Dunsany, "Mummies To Order" by E. Hoffmann Price, and "Bill Barnes Takes A Holiday" by George L. Eaton. 270 pages, 6"x9" Trade Paperback, $14.99 Available at: http://www.lulu.com/wildcatbooks |  |
| Wildside
Press - ADVENTURE TALES #3 authors announced! ADVENTURE TALES #3 is a special Murray Leinster issue with 2 stories by Leinster. It will also include work by: H. Bedford Jones Harold Lamb John D. Swain Robert Leslie Bellem George Allan England Philip M. Fisher The cover is from SHORT STORIES magazine. http://www.wildsidepress.com |  |
| Wildside
Press - STRANGE TALES #10 contents announced! Wildside Press has announced the contents of STRANGE TALES #10. The contents include: Blood of the Moon God (An Elak of Atlantis story), by Adrian Cole In An Octopus’s Garden, by Kevin L. O’Brien Petroglyphs, by Richard A. Lupoff Missing, by Charles Ensminger Millstone, by Skadi Macc Beorh The Third Sister, by Andrew Kelly This issue has a cover by Charles Bernard. http://www.wildsidepress.com |  |
| Wildside
Press - WEIRD TALES #340 contents and #341 cover revealed! The cover for WEIRD TALES #341 is shown at the right. Wildside Press' distributor is making them work farther and farther ahead for marketing purposes. Here is the tentative table of contents for WEIRD TALES #340. "Chinese Whispers" by Rick Kennett "A Taste Sweet & Salty" by Douglas Smith "No Such Thing as an Ex-Con" by Holly Phillips "Arthur's Lion" by Tanith Lee "Small Magic" by Jay Lake "Revival" by Natalia Lincoln "Snow Blind" by Kiel Stuart "The Persecution of Artifice the Quill" by John R. Fultz "The Girl With the Golden Lute" by Sarah Hoyt The Den by Scott Connors The cover for WEIRD TALES #340 is by Les Edwards. http://www.wildsidepress.com |  |
| ZORRO
#6 - Available in comic shops February 22nd! by Don McGregor & Sidney Lima Dennis Scorched is determined to get his true love back, and no one, not even Zorro or Red Lightning will stop him. The object of his sick affections, Malena Fellini, has run off with another man, would-be artist Burt Douglas, but how can he protect her from the savage fury of the Scorched Brothers? It all comes to a head in a climactic confrontation aboard a runaway raft on the Yellowstone River's white water rapids. With Zorro beaten, and being drowned by Rudy Scorched, Red Lightning shot and wounded, what chance will Burt have alone against the towering might of Dennis Scorched? Not to mention... the waterfall? 32 pages, Full Color, $2.95 | |
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| Adventure
House - High Adventure #90 and #91 contents announced! HIGH ADVENTURE #90 "Brand of the Black Bat" featuring the first Black Bat novel as it appeared in BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE MAGAZINE in 1939. 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95, September 2006 HIGH ADVENTURE #91 "The Sign of the Scar" featuring the Phantom Detective from the September 1936 issue. 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95, November 2006 Also coming soon: HIGH ADVENTURE #87 featuring "The Mark of Zero!" starring Captain Zero. (March 2006) HIGH ADVENTURE #88 featuring "The Man Who Wasn't There!" starring The Green Lama. (May 2006) HIGH ADVENTURE #89 featuring Jim Anthony in "Madame Murder" from SUPER DETECTIVE. (July 2006) |   | |||
| Adventure
House - New pulp facsimile reprints coming August - December
2006! A new series of complete pulp replica/reprints. Except these are printed on acid-free paper and guaranteed not to crumble into dust while you read them. Adventure House will bring you some of the scarcest pulps imaginable in this great new series, reprinting them as the reading public saw them on the newsstands, at a fraction of their current collectors prices. Pulp replica - full color covers, complete with all ads, illustrations and facsimile pages. Coming August - December 2006: Speakeasy Stories - Oct.-Nov. 1931, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 The Gang Magazine - May 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Danger Trail - August 1928, 7x10, 160 pages, $14.95 Adventure Novels and Short Stories - July 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Available by February 15th: DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE March 1943, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES - November 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 VARIETY DETECTIVE MAGAZINE August 1938, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
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| The
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box - HERO PULP INDEX! THE HERO PULP INDEX by Robert Weinberg and Lohr McKinstry will be reprinted (and possibly revised) by BSDB. This will be a 100-page softcover and cost $12. No release date is available. The Battered
Silicon Dispatch Box, PO Box 204, Shelburne, Ontario Canada L0N 1S0. These
titles can also be ordered through Mike Chomko. | ||||
| The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box -
John Russell Fearn Library LAND'S END-LABRADOR is part of the "John Russell Fearn Library." Edited by Philip Harbottle and 150 pages long, it is now available in hardcover for $28 or softcover for $16. I have no further details about this story. THE STAR WEEKLY THRILLERS OF JOHN RUSSELL FEARN, VOL. ONE is also part of BSDB's Fearn series. Edited by Philip Harbottle and 450 pages long, it is now available as a folio-sized hardcover for $80. I'd have to guess that these are the stories other than the Golden Amazon adventures that Fearn contributed to THE TORONTO STAR WEEKLY. THE SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE STORIES OF JOHN RUSSELL FEARN, VOL. ONE is also part of BSDB's Fearn series. Edited by Philip Harbottle and 450 pages long, it is now available as a folio-sized hardcover for $80. I'm guessing that this book includes Fearn's scientific detective. Dr. Carruthers, many of whose adventures blur into science fiction, notably 1951's WHAT HAPPENED TO HAMMOND? The
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, PO Box 204, Shelburne, Ontario Canada L0N 1S0. These
titles can also be ordered through Mike Chomko. | ||||
| Battered
Silicon Dispatch Box - LOST TREASURES FROM THE PULPS! Coming in 2006 and beyond! #10 THE GOLDEN AMAZON (Fearn/Harbottle) Volume 2 Fall 2006 #11 THE COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF THE PARK AVENUE HUNT CLUB (Philips) 2 Volume Folio Hard Cover $150.00 Summer 2006 #8 COMPLEAT GADGET MAN STORIES (Dent/Murray/Weinberg) Folio Hard Cover 400 pages ISBN 1-55246-536-5 $50.00 Delayed- no new date available. #10 THE GOLDEN AMAZON (Fearn/Harbottle) Volume 3 Fall 2008 #12 THE GREAT MERLINI OMNIBUS (Rawson/Roberts/Weinberg) Folio Hard Cover #13 THE JOHN SOLOMAN OMNIBUS (Rawson/Hoch/Roberts) 3 Volumes $250.00 #14 THE HAKE TALBOT PORTFOLIO (Nelms) Hardcover 400 pages #15 THE COMPLEAT ZAMBRA THE DETECTIVE (Hill) 500 pages #16 THE ADVENTURES OF SHARK GOTCH (Richard Wetjen/Ellis) Lost Treasures from the Pulps can be ordered
from: These
titles can also be ordered through Mike Chomko. | ||||
| The
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box -
POCKETBOOK LOST TREASURES FROM THE PULPS! A new trade paperback series of Lost Treasures from the Pulps! #1 THE TWO MR. SHENS OF SHENSI (H. Bedford/Bleiler) trade paperback, 112 pages, $14 - NOW AVAILABLE! #2 THE VULTURE AND THE VULTURE STRIKES (Ward) trade paperback, 150 pages, $25 - NO RELEASE DATE! This may be a reprint of the fourth and fifth Dr. Death stories. George told Mike Chomko at last year's Pulpcon that he was planning to reprint these stories in a format to match Girasol's replicas of the three Dell DR. DEATH pulps. #3 BILLY PAGAN, MINING ENGINEER (H. Bedford/Bleiler) trade paperback, 160 pages, $20 - NO RELEASE DATE! Lost Treasures from the Pulps can be ordered
from: These
titles can also be ordered through Mike Chomko. | ||||
| Bison Books -
Harold Lamb titles and TARZAN ALIVE coming soon! The first two volumes in Harold Lamb's Khlit the Cossack series arrive in July. WOLF OF THE STEPPES-THE COMPLETE COSSACK ADVENTURES, Volume 1, 660 pages WARRIORS OF THE STEPPES-THE COMPLETE COSSACK ADVENTURES, Volume 2, 703 pages Each will cost $19.95. Master of driving pace, exotic setting, and complex plotting, Harold Lamb was one of Robert E. Howard's favorite writers. Here at last is every pulse-pounding, action-packed story of Lamb's greatest hero, the wolf of the steppe, Khlit the Cossack. Journey now with the unsung grandfather of sword and sorcery in search of ancient tombs, gleaming treasure, and thrilling landscapes. Match wits with deadly swordsmen, scheming priests, and evil cults. Rescue lovely damsels, ride with bold comrades, and hazard everything on your brains and skill and a little luck. In this first volume, Khlit infiltrates a hidden fortress of assassins, tracks down the tomb of Genghis Khan, flees the vengeance of a dead emperor, leads the Mongol horde against impossible odds, accompanies the stunning Mogul queen safely through the land of her enemies, and much more. This is the stuff of grand adventure, from the pen of an American Dumas. The four-volume set collects, for the first time, the complete Cossack stories of Harold Lamb and presents them in order: every adventure of Khlit the Cossack and those of his friends, allies, and fellow Cossacks, many of which have never before appeared between book covers. Compiled and edited by Harold Lamb scholar Howard Andrew Jones, each volume features never-before reprinted essays Lamb wrote about his stories, informative introductions by popular authors, and a wealth of rare, exciting, swashbuckling fiction. TARZAN ALIVE-A DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF LORD GREYSTOKE by Philip José Farmer, featuring a new foreword by Win Scott Eckert and an introduction by Mike Resnick, is slated for release as a trade paperback in April 2006. It will cost $19.95. Through the tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs, generations of readers have thrilled to the adventures of Lord Greystoke (aka John Clayton, but better known as Tarzan of the Apes). In this biography Philip José Farmer pieces together the life of this fantastic man, correcting Burroughs's errors and deliberate deceptions and tracing Tarzan's family tree back to other extraordinary figures, including Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Doc Savage, Nero Wolfe, and Bulldog Drummond. TARZAN ALIVE offers the first chronological account of Tarzan's life, narrated in careful detail garnered from Burroughs's stories and other sources. From the ill-fated voyage that led to Greystoke's birth on the isolated African coast to his final adventures as a group captain in the RAF during World War II, Farmer constructs a comprehensive and authoritative account. Farmer's assertion that Tarzan was a real person has led him to craft a biography as well researched and compelling as that of any character from conventional history. This definitive Bison Books edition also includes Farmer's "Exclusive Interview with Lord Greystoke" as well as "Extracts from the Memoirs of 'Lord Greystoke'" first anthologized in MOTHER WAS A LOVELY BEAST. |   | |||
| BLACK
COAT PRESS SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE GRAND HORIZONTALS AND OTHER PLAYS features seven plays, written by Frank Morlock, in which the great detective encounters Fantomas, the French "Lord of Terror," Count Dracula, Father Brown, Theodore Roosevelt, and others. 224 pages, $20.95, available later in February. THE LEAGUE OF HEROES is a combination "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," alternate history, and science fiction. The first in a popular French series by an award-winning SF author. Xavier Maumejean, THE LEAGUE OF HEROES tells the tale of Lord Kraven, leader of Phileas Fogg's League of Heroes, battles alongside Sherlock Holmes, Lord Greystoke, Professor Cavor, English Bob, Captain Hook, Kid Colt, the Steel Comrade, Auguste de Grandin, Baron Stromboli and other colorful heroes to protect the mighty Empire of Albion from the dastardly villainy of Peter Pan, the Jade Mask, the deadly Doctor Fatal, the Pharaoh Im-Ho-Tep, Prince Sinbad, Fantomas, the otherworldly Horla, and a host of other foes. Softcover, $20.95, now available TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN: GENTLEMEN OF THE NIGHT is the second volume of a new series edited by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier. It features illustrated stories by Kim Newman, Brian Stableford, and others involving such characters as Arsène Lupin, Fantômas, Harry Dickson ("the American Sherlock Holmes"), the Phantom of the Opera, Sherlock Holmes, Zenith the Albino, Doc Ardan (the French Doc Savage), D'Artagnan, Doctor Omega (the French Doctor Who), Irene Adler, Doctor Natas (a version of Fu Manchu), the Nyctalope, Violet Holmes, the Sâr Dubnotal, Judex, John Devil, Frankenstein, Countess Cagliostro, James Bond, the Moonstone, the Lovecraftian Mythos, and more. 300 pages, softcover, $22.95, available later in February. http://www.blackcoatpress.com/ | ||||
| Burroughs Bulletin #65 -
Now Available! The Winter 2006 issue (#65) of the The Burroughs Bulletin is now available. This issue features articles on Burroughs’ 65th story, Tarzan and the Castaways. It is profusely illustrated in black & white with full color front and back covers. Articles include: "Castaway Notes" by George T. McWhorter "Giorgio De Gaspari: Italian Artist" by Camillo Moscati "Maureen O'Sullivan: 'No Average Jane'" by David Fury "A Princess of Mars" by Harry Roland "'Consider Yourself Kissed' ERB's World War II letters to Caryl Lee" by Frank Puncer Poem: "Teeka" by Stan Galloway Letters to the Editor and Bibliographer's Corner Subscriptions
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| CONAN
#25 - Available in comic shops February 15th! Kurt Busiek (W), Cary Nord (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Tony Harris (Cover) Conan crossed the wrong people, and now he’s got the entire Zamorian Army on his tail, led by a rogue who may be even more cunning than Conan. But Conan’s not running, and he’s not hiding—if they want a fight, he’ll give it to them. Yet, even if he can take on an entire army and win, there are worse things in Zamora than swords, and worse sorcerers to unleash them. Will they succeed in destroying the daring Cimmerian . . . or will they just make him mad? Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | |||
| CONAN
#28 - Coming in May! Written by Kurt Busiek, art by Eric Powell, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by Tony Harris. A special one-shot story in honor of Conan creator Robert E. Howard's centennial! From Eisner Award-winning creators Kurt Busiek and Eric Powell, this issue tells the story of one wild and fateful night in the life of a young storyteller in an Aquilonian farming community‹the night that Conan and his cohorts came to town, pursued by demons straight out of hell. Always a dreamer, telling tales of great deeds in faraway lands, the storyteller gets a first-hand look at all-out action, heroism, and sacrifice on the dusty streets of his hometown. Conan rallies the entire town to defend itself or be torn to shreds. 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 17. Dark Horse Comics | | |||
| CONAN:
BOOK OF THOTH #3 -
Coming in May! Written by Kurt Busiek and Len Wein, art and cover by Kelley Jones, colored by Michelle Madsen. The dread power of Thoth-amon achieves devastating new heights as the young sorcerer sets in motion a plan to place the kingdom of Stygia within his serpentine grip. Having ingratiated himself to a weak-willed heir to the crown, Thoth undertakes the systematic elimination of any who would stand in the way of the fool's assent to the throne. Yet, there is one in the Order of Ibis who grows suspicious of Thoth's solicitous relations with the prince and the increasing amount of royal blood mysteriously spilt. Will this young priest discover the truth about Thoth in time to save the King, or will the snake-god Set sink its fangs into the last, best hope for peace in a war-torn land? Conan's greatest adversary matures into a mighty doer of evil in this penultimate issue of the series chronicling Thoth's origins for the first time! 48 pages, $4.99, in stores on May 24. Dark Horse Comics | | |||
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "Loot of Death" from February 1, 1937. "Xinca Death" by John Olsen is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week. Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 650 stories online! Attention to Trifles by Tom Thursday from CRACK DETECTIVE STORIES, May 1946 Hopalong's Hop by Clarence E. Mulford from PEARSON'S MAGAZINE, November 1912 | ||||
| James Van Hise -
Now available! THE LAND OF HIDDEN MEN - a photocopy facsimile of the novel, THE LAND OF HIDDEN MEN by Edgar Rice Burroughs, later reprinted in book form as JUNGLE GIRL. Featuring all five installments of the novel as they originally appeared in BLUE BOOK magazine from May 1931 to September 1931, a full-color cover, black-and-white interiors with many illustrations by Frank Hoban, 20 pages of supplementary material including articles by and about Edgar Rice Burroughs, such as 1917 Tarzan pulp illustrations, old profiles, etc., and back cover art featuring the Roy Krenkel art used on the Ace paperback reprint of the 1960s. Available as a stapled, photocopy facsimile for $20. A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS - a photocopy facsimile of the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs featuring all six installments of the story as they originally appeared in BLUE BOOK magazine from April 1930 to September 1930. Full-color covers, black-and-white interiors with many illustrations by Frank Hoban. Available as a stapled, photocopy facsimile for $20. SLAN - a photocopy facsimile of the novel by A.E. Van Vogt featuring all the installments from ASTOUNDING STORIES as they originally appeared from September to December. 1940. Available as a stapled, photocopy facsimile for $25. THE SHIP OF ISHTAR - a photocopy facsimile of the novel by A. Merritt from its original pulp appearance in the pages of ARGOSY ALL-STORY WEEKLY where it ran from November 8 through December 13, 1924. Available as a stapled, photocopy facsimile for $20 with full-color cover and black-and-white interior. Still available: THE MAD PLANET - a photocopy facsimile of the complete Murray Leinster science-fiction novel as it originally appeared in the June 1920 issue of ARGOSY plus the version of the story as it appeared in the June 1953 issue of SCIENCE FICTION + (as "The Red Dust"). Leinster's novel was later revised and published as THE FORGOTTEN PLANET. Available as a stapled, photocopy facsimile for $20. UNDER THE ANDES - a lost race adventure novel written by the creator of Nero Wolfe-Rex Stout. This is a photocopied facsimile of the story as it originally appeared in THE ALL-STORY for February 1914. The magazine's editor called it the most exciting story since "Tarzan of the Apes." Available as a stapled, photocopy facsimile for $20. Shipping is $7.00 priority mail (for one item or all of them!) or $3.00 media mail for one item (add 50 cents per additional book for 2 or more). All books are 8 1/2 x 11 inches in size. James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284. Email and Paypal Jimvanhise@aol.com | ||||
| LEXINGTON BOOKS -
Now available! PARTNERS IN WONDER: WOMEN AND THE BIRTH OF SCIENCE FICTION, 1926-1965, by Eric Leif Davin This book revolutionizes our knowledge of women and early science fiction. Contrary to accepted interpretations, women fans and writers were a welcome and influential part of pulp science fiction from the birth of the genre. Davin finds that at least 203 female authors, under their own female names, published over a thousand stories in science fiction magazines between 1926 and 1965. This work explores the distinctly different form of science fiction that females produced-one that was both more utopian and more empathetic than that of their male counterparts. PARTNERS IN WONDER presents, for the first time, a complete bibliography of every story published by women writers in science fiction magazines from 1926 to 1965 and brief biographies on 133 of these women writers. It is thus the most comprehensive source of information on early women science fiction writers yet available and of great importance to scholars of women's studies, popular culture, and English literature as well as science fiction. 446 pages long, it is available in hardcover for $110 or softcover for $40. http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/ | ||||
| Mike Chomko -
February 2006 newsletter is now available! Mike's February 2006 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it. Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%. Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 Mike is also having an Inventory Reduction Sale. Click here to view/download the PDF catalogue. Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net | ||||
| MYTHOS
BOOKS -
Now available! THE TALES OF INSPECTOR LEGRASSE, by C. J. Henderson-spawned from the classical horror-hunt of Inspector Legrasse in H.P. Lovecraft's seminal tale "The Call of Cthulhu," now his further adventures have been taken directly from the original notes of Professor William Channing Webb of the American Archaeological Association and written up for your edification by author C.J. Henderson, the dedicated chronicler who has exhaustively reported the occult adventures of Anton Zarnak, Jack Hagee and Teddy London, amongst others. These seven tales detail the epic confrontation of an unsuspecting mankind with the unimaginable horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos. After a wait of over half a century, from the combined hands of H.P. Lovecraft and C.J. Henderson, finally comes the answers to all the maddening riddles of the legendary first tale of the Mythos. 217 pages, softcover, $20 http://www.mythosbooks.com/ | ||||
| Paradox Entertainment has
acquired all rights to the library of Robert E. Howard According to a report in Variety, Swedish based Paradox Entertainment, which already owns the literary rights to Robert E. Howard’s Conan, has purchased the remainder of the rights to the REH library from the late writer’s estate, amounting to 800 or more properties. As the report relates, Paradox now controls Kull, Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane and Red Sonya, and, again, according to Variety “hopes to license its new literary properties for film, TV, videogames, comics, toys and other areas.” The press release from Paradox reads: Paradox Entertainment announced today that the company has acquired all rights to the library of author Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan and over 800 other literary pieces. Paradox Entertainment has owned Howard’s Conan since 2002 and the new addition of the entire library gathers all of Howard’s writings under one company. “We have been negotiating this transaction for a year and we are confident of its tremendous value. I don’t think it’s possible to overestimate the magnitude of this purchase,” said Peter Sederowsky, Chairman of the Board at Paradox Entertainment AB. “Robert E. Howard is undoubtedly one of the greatest fantasy authors of the 20th century, with an enormous list of works. It is mind-boggling that only four movies have been made based on his writings. Through this purchase we are securing an extensive production slate through long-term partnership in all areas of entertainment and media. We are already considering many projects and are excited for the future,” said Fredrik Malmberg, Head of Licensing & Creative Affairs at Paradox Entertainment Inc. in Los Angeles. Robert E. Howard was one of the greatest authors of his time and is considered the creator of the genre ”Sword & Sorcery”, perhaps most known through the character Conan. Despite his short literary career – Howard died at the mere age of 30, after only 12 years as a productive author – he wrote over 800 stories and poems. Howard’s breakthrough came when being published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the 1930s. His stories take us to such different surroundings as ancient Atlantis, the North African desert during WW1, hidden opium dens in dark alleys of the Big City, and northern Britain during the invasion of the Roman Legions. Over the years, many authors have been inspired by Howard’s stories, and have praised his literary legacy, among them H. P. Lovecraft, Michael Moorcock, and Stephen King, who said about Howard: ”In his best work, Howard’s writing seems so highly charged with energy that it nearly gives off sparks. Stories such as ‘People of the Black Circle’ glow with the fierce and eldritch light of his frenzied intensity.” As for how this impacts the Howard properties most relevant to comic fans, namely, Dark Horse’s Conan and Dynamite Entertainment’s Red Sonja series, the short version is, it doesn’t. While this deal will simplify things, the world of REH licensed properties is still slightly complicated, with all of the creator’s characters not sharing one “universe” that can be owned or licensed. In regards to Conan, Dark Horse licenses the character from Conan Properties International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Paradox. CPI controls not only Conan, but all associated characters from the Hyborian world. Except Red Sonja. As explained previously, Red Sonja is controlled by the Red Sonja Corporation, a wholly separate company, distinct from the REH Estate, Paradox, and CPI. Reportedly (and to make just a fewmore lines cross), Red Sonja Corp currently has the rights to the Thulsa Doom character (originally a Conan nemesis), which it has, in turn, licensed to Dynamite for use in Red Sonja comics. The ownership lines became fuzzy between 2000-2003, during which time Stan Lee Media bought the rights to Conan (late 2000) when it purchased CPI, promising to make, among other things, a film at Warner Bros., and “webisodes” of the barbarian’s adventures. Stan Lee Media of course, went under in a storm of controversy and alleged wrongdoing in December of 2000. In 2002, Paradox bought into the Conan property, but by that point, the Howard Estate had spun off the Red Sonja rights into their own company, the Red Sonja Corporation. The REH Estate kept the rights to all the other Howard properties. As noted above though, Paradox does on the rights to Red Sonya, while the Red Sonja Corporation retains the rights to Red Sonja. The difference of course, being in the spelling of the last name. “Red Sonya,” which Paradox now owns, is the original Howard version, a female pirate who was not a contemporary of Conan. “Red Sonja” is the character derived from Howard’s works by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith in 1973. “Sonja” is the character who previously appeared in Marvel’s Conan comics and her own miniseries, while “Sonya” is known perhaps best to Howard aficionados. The move by Paradox, with their stated aim of seeking to further exploit the characters in, among other media, comics, is notable, as it can be assumed that the process to developing more REH properties for comics may be a little more streamlined. Before their launches, both Conan and Sonja were on the rubbish heap of comics, their viability questionable at best. But as both Dark Horse and Dynamite have shown with their respective series (Red Sonja currently outsells Conan in months that Sonja ships), there is still a demand for Howard’s characters in the market, when treated with care and respect by both publishers and creators. SOURCE: Newsarama | ||||
| A PRINCESS OF MARS - New
comic book adaptation! Harry Roland of Insight Studios is illustrating a new adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A PRINCESS OF MARS. The artist has only completed the first 15 pages so far, but this is a stunning adaptation of the novel. The Burroughs Bibliophiles have negotiated the rights to serialize the adaptation in The Burroughs Bulletin. The first 15 pages of the adaptation appear in the Winter 2006 issue (now available). You can checkout the first 11 pages artwork and story online at The Atomic Pulp Community. Subscriptions are $35 for four quarterly
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| Pulpville
Press - Now available! GHOST KILLERS OF SKULL RIVER by Gunnison Steele The Range Riders was a long lasting series of stories, appearing in their own pulp magazine published by the Thrilling Group. A variety of authors penned the stories. Pulpville Press will be publishing a sampling of their stories. Rustlers and mysterious outlaws bring despair to the Arizona range until the West's most fearless trio of avengers comes a-ridin' to smash the evil plans of a fiendish conspirator! Hardcover $24.95 Trade Paperback $14.95 TARZAN THE MIGHTY First Edition by Arthur B. Reeve This is the novelization of the 15-chapter serial, Tarzan the Mighty, starring Frank Merrill and Natalie Kingston as Tarzan and Jane. The novelization appeared in newspapers across the country in 1928, during the initial run of the serial. Hardcover $24.95 Trade Paperback $9.95 |  | |||
| ReelArt
Studios - Sinbad the Sailor, One Of 1000
Nights ReelArt Studios newest project will be sculpted by Jason "Spida" Adams and was born from the 10th century writings chronicled as One Thousand and One Nights or simply called The Arabian Tales. To that they mixed a blend of master animator Ray Harryhausen and a dash of the 1947 film Sinbad the Sailor starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and call it Sinbad the Sailor, One Of 1000 Nights. Neal Adams will be providing the box art illustration for this piece and several others that will follow. Visit the ReelArt Studios website for preliminary artwork illustrations. | ||||
| RED SONJA #6
- Available in comic shops February 15th! by Oeming, Carey, Rubi, Rodriguez, Isanove, Camuncoli, Villarubia, Steigerwald, & TanSonja battles the Celestial One in an all-out battle to the very end by the ongoing creative team that has put Sonja back on top, and reintroduced Red Sonja to monthly comics! Featuring two main covers: another fantastic wrap - around by Mel Rubi - continuing an extra bonus to all the regular readers out there - and another great cover by Billy Tan with Aspen colorist Peter Steigerwald! Plus: Look for a 1 in 7 cover by Guiseppe "Camo" Camuncoli with Jose Villarubia! 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 | ||||
| REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #9
- Now available! A special 30th Anniversary Edition of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur (#9) is now available. Issue #9 also coincides with the 100th anniversary of Robert E. Howard's birth and focuses on Howard's female characters, featuring articles and essays written by women. Don't miss out – order your copy of the ninth issue of The Definitive Robert E. Howard Fanzine now. Issue 5 just SOLD OUT, with issues 6 and 7 well on their way to selling out as well. Needless to say, this action-packed issue is sure to be a bestseller! Contents Include: •Dark Agnes cover by Stephen Fabian •Inside front and back covers scenes from "Pigeons from Hell" by Robert Sankner •Back cover featuring Helen Taveral by Bill Cavalier •"The Shadow of Doom" by Robert E. Howard, Illustration by Joe Wehrle •"Dark Agnes, A Critical Overview of Robert E. Howard's Sword Woman" by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Illustration by Stephen Fabian •"Forbidden Mirrors: Reflections on Robert E. Howard" by Ann Poore •"Of Red-Headed Stepchildren & Cojones: An Appreciation of Robert E. Howard's Conan" by Nancy A. Collins, Illustration by Esteban Maroto •"Conan's Women: A Portfolio" by David Burton •"How Wide was The Whole Wide World?" by Linda Melchione •"Howard Who . . . ?" by Doris Salley •"Robert E. Howard: Barbarian & Neighbor" by Jennifer Rosson, Illustration by Bill Cavalier •Plus reviews, news, additional artwork, features and more! Price is $13.25 ($10.50 + 2.75 for US postage and handling). Order from and make checks and money orders payable to: Damon C. Sasser 6402 Gardenspring Brook Lane Spring, TX 77379 Payment also accepted via PayPal through orders@rehtwogunraconteur.com |  | |||
| SWORD
& FANTASY #5 - Now available! SWORD & FANTASY #5 is now available from James Van Hise. The front cover art is from a foreign Conan paperback edition. Like previous issues, it is 8 1/2 x 11, side-stapled, and 92 pages in length. Articles include a facsimile of the 24 page writer's bible to the 1997 Conan The Adventurer TV series. Two vintage 1940s articles on Clark Ashton Smith from the British fanzine Fantasy Review. The novella "Demon Wizard" by James Van Hise. A review of the 1982 Conan The Barbarian movie. A folio of covers from foreign language Robert E. Howard paperbacks. "Lin Carter And The Curse Of The Monolith" by Richard Toogood. A 1959 fanzine article about Robert E. Howard. Artwork by Rick McCollum, Virgil Finlay, Virgil Partch, Alfredo Alcala, Frank R. Paul and others. The price is $12.00. Shipping is $7.00 priority mail (for one item or all of them!) or $3.00 media mail for one item (add 50 cents per additional book for 2 or more). James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284. Email and Paypal Jimvanhise@aol.com |  | |||
| TARZAN:
THE JOE KUBERT YEARS VOLUME 3 HC - Coming in June! Written and art by Joe Kubert. Writing, drawing, and editing a monthly Tarzan comic-book series in the 1970s, Joe Kubert was able to illustrate the adventures of his childhood hero and produce some of the most inspiring pages of his career. Dark Horse Comics is proud to present this final collection in a series of Joe Kubert's complete Tarzan comics. Tarzan: The Joe Kubert Years Volume Three features an incredible, four-part adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1934 adventure novel, Tarzan and the Lion Man. Tarzan attempts to protect two beautiful actresses and a Hollywood production crew from the many dangers lurking in Africa's jungles . . . and from a deranged geneticist who calls himself "God." This volume also includes previously unpublished pages of Kubert's original Tarzan notes and thumbnails from the early 1970s, the Tarzan stories "Moon Beast," "The Magic Herb," and "Ice Jungle," and a Korak, Son of Tarzan, tale, "Leap into Death," which was inked by Russ Heath. 216 pages, $49.95, in stores on June 28. Dark Horse Comics | | |||
| WEIRD
TALES - WEIRD TALES #339 goes to the printer today! The comtents include: Cover by Rowena Morrell SO COLDLY SWEET, SO DEADLY FAIR, by Gregory Frost 16 Van Helsing knew this case for what it was. BIRTH, by Michael Siefner 30 They did it every year, on this very same night. THE WAITERS, by Tony Richards 34 Even if he could evade them for a time, they’d still be back. VENICE–ROME–DIRETTISSIMA, by Charles L. Harness 43 Something lingered inside the hill. THE DEAD OF WINTER, by Stephen Dedman 48 The phantom cyclist was relentless. FIMBULDINNER: THE LAST SUPPER, by Kelly McCullough 59 . . . or, The Food-Fight of the Gods. THE FLIGHT OF THE ANGEL, by Cherith Baldry 64 A secret, and a curse, in Venice — centuries ago. THE UNINVITED, by Kelli Wilkins 75 This child did not belong here. THE LOST ROOM, by Fitz-James O’Brien 78 Had he just slipped out of reality? A weird-story classic. THE GRAVE OF MY BELOVED, by Ian Watson & Roberto Quaglia 87 Blackmail, certainly, and perhaps cyber-necrophilia as well. | ||||
| West is West & Others by Robert
E. Howard - Now available! Here's the complete TATTLER, YELLOW JACKET, THE FANTASY FAN, AMRA, THE GOLDEN ATOM, THE TEXACO STAR, LEAVES, THE PROGRESS, THE DANIEL BAKER COLLEGIAN, THE POET'S SCROLL, THE AMERICAN POET, CONTEMPORARY VERSE, JAPM: THE POETRY WEEKLY, AND MODERN AMERICAN POETRY, and the entire contents of the first three issues of THE HOWARD COLLECTOR with original pagination. The perfect companion piece to the Wildside Press books. West Is West & Others – paperbound - $13.03 West Is West & Others – hard-bound - $23.50 |  | |||
| William
Murray Graydon African stories needed for reprint project Georges Dodds is working on a project to reprint a number of African stories by William Murray Graydon (The White King of Africa, Across the Equator, Sexton Blake in the Congo, etc..). A couple of Graydon stories appeared in "The Argosy" in 1895-1897. Graydon, William Murray. "Over Africa" In: The Argosy (8-part serial) June 1895-Jan 1896. Graydon, William Murray. "The River of Darkness" In: The Argosy (7-part serial) May-November 1897. At least one of these was reprinted as a novel, though the original "Argosy" text is preferred since many of the novel editions were severely cut. Contact Georges at georges.dodds@gmail.com if you can help with copies of the above novels. | ||||
| Zorro returning to the screens According to Video Business, a new direct-to-DVD "Zorro" movie, as well as a new TV series, is in the works. European distributor BKN has licensed the global TV and film rights to the classic character from Zorro Productions. They'll be working on an $8.4 million dollar cartoon series and a DVD premiere film called "Zorro Generation Z". BKN hopes to produce at least 26 episodes of the TV show. The film, envisioned as modern day spins on Zorro's crusading adventures, has no start date as yet. | ||||
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| 10th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show &
Sale - April 29, 2006 The 9th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale will be held Saturday, April 29, 2006 from 10am to 5pm. The location as always, is the lower level of the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show is a small but pulp specific event of 25 tables, featuring pulps, pulp reprints and related items, as well as video and a scattering of other collectables. The show is a friendly event, and the city of Toronto has many attractions to offer for a vacation/pulp outing. There is a slide show, auction, and periodic tours of the library's own pulp collection. The library is located in the heart of Toronto at 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more information contact Neil Mechem at Girasol Collectables at 905.820.7572 or email at: info@girasolcollectables.com | |||
| 2006 WINDY CITY PULP &
PAPERBACK CONVENTION (#6) - May 5-7, 2006 The Windy City website has been updated to add initial info on next year's show. IMPORTANT NOTE – In mid-June, the hotel we’d used in April 2005 and had booked for April 2006, the Ramada Plaza O’Hare, informed us they’d been sold and were demolishing their convention facilities in late 2005. We were fortunate enough to reach a deal with the Wyndham O’Hare (in many respects a nicer hotel) – which is right next to the Ramada – to take the con in 2006, but the only weekend they could accommodate us for 2006 was May 5-7. So, both the hotel and dates have changed if you pre-registered at the past Windy City Pulp & PB Con! This year's theme will be celebrating the 75th Anniversary of The Shadow, and in connecion with that anniversary, we're planning a number of special Shadow displays and events. Please check the website for details as they're available. Click here to download the pre-registration form. MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships are $30 for all three days, $20 for Friday only, $20 for Saturday only, and $10 for Sunday only. Please note that we can now accept payments online through paypal (account pulpvault@msn.com). If you register before April 1, 2006, your membership badge will be mailed to you, allowing you to by-pass the registration line and pick up your program book and other materials at your convenience. DEALER INFO: Dealer setup begins Friday at 10am – the dealer room is open to the public from 2-6 pm Friday, 9 am-5 pm Saturday and 9 am-4pm Sunday. There is no access to the room on Thursday. For dealers, tables are 6’ long. Each table includes: 1 tablecloth and 2 chairs. Wall tables are $75, island tables are $65 and half island tables are $35. Each dealer and dealer’s helper must also buy a membership. AUCTION: The auction will kick off Saturday at 8 pm. If you have material you’d like to submit, please contact us at info@windycitypulpandpaper.com. ART SHOW: We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original pulp and paperback art. For the second year in a row, the art show is sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine (www.illustration-magazine.com). If you have any art you’d like to make available for display in the art show, please contact us. The art show will be open Saturday and Sunday mornings and afternoons. PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories, on 16 mm film. There will be one session Friday (beginning at 8 pm) and one session Saturday (following the auction). More info will be posted on the website closer to the con. The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood ‘N’ Thunder magazine (http://www.geocities.com/poppub/). PROGRAM BOOK: All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $60 (4 1/8" x 6.75"), half page $35 (4 1/8" x 3 3/8"), business card size $20 (3.25" x 2"). The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 1, 2006. Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@insightbb.com for ad matters (other than payment). CON SUITE: Our con suite will operate from Friday afternoon until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby. WEBSITE: The con’s website is http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com. We’ll be posting updates to it periodically up until the time of the show, so please check it for the most recent information. HOTEL INFO: The Wyndham is only minutes from O’Hare airport (the hotel operates a free shuttle service which runs approximately every 20 minutes – and from the east, you can now circle around the city, rather than go through; from other directions, you don’t have to go through the city). The room rates at the new Hotel are $92/night plus tax (which is the same as the rate at our old hotel). One car per room parks free of charge; otherwise there’s a parking charge of $6.00 (no in and out privileges). Please make sure to mention the convention when booking hotel rooms. Thanks! Click here to download the pre-registration form. For more info on the con, please contact: Doug Ellis 13 Spring Lane Barrington Hills, IL 60010 847-217-4241 info@windycitypulpandpaper.com http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com | |||
| Adventure House - New pulp facsimile reprints for June
and July!! A new series of complete pulp replica/reprints. Except these are printed on acid-free paper and guaranteed not to crumble into dust while you read them. Adventure House will bring you some of the scarcest pulps imaginable in this great new series, reprinting them as the reading public saw them on the newsstands, at a fraction of their current collectors prices. Pulp replica - full color covers, complete with all ads, illustrations and facsimile pages. Coming in June: SAUCY DETECTIVE April 1937, 7x10, 160 pages, $14.95 SECRET SERVICE STORIES September 1928, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 MAN STORIES February 1931, 7x10, 144 pages, $14.95 Coming in July: THE UNDERWORLD August 1927, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 UNDER FIRE MAGAZINE February 1929, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 TRUE GANGSTER STORIES July 1941, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 Available by February 15th: DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE March 1943, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES - November 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 VARIETY DETECTIVE MAGAZINE August 1938, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 |     | ||
| BUCKAROO
BANZAI: THE PREVIEW -
Now available! Written by Mac Rauch and WD Richter, art by Stephen Thompson and Keith Williams, cover by Dennis Calero. The man is back! Finally, after all the talk, all the promises, all the possible scenarios... a new Buckaroo Banzai adventures is here. Written by the original creator and writer of the movie, and the film's director. This preview showcases the three-issue color mini-series that will be on the way next year: Buckaroo Banzai, in "Return of the Screw." Bad guys are a brewing to take over the whole planet, and its up to Buck and his crew to thwart the evil scheme...of course. This special intro issue will include pages of art from the mini series, back story on the characters, pin ups and an interview with the film's director. 16 pages, black and white, 50 cents. BUCKAROO BANZAI: THE PREVIEW is from Moonstone Books. The cult fave blend of "Star Wars" and "Doc Savage" featured Peter Weller as physicist-surgeon-rock 'n' roll star Buckaroo Banzai, who saddles up with his allies, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, to stop an invasion of Earth by aliens from the 8th Dimension, under the leadership of mad scientist John Lithgow. Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum and Christopher Lloyd also star in this exciting, satirical sci-fi film. |  | ||
| Captain
Hazzard - PYTHON MEN OF THE LOST CITY: All
chapters are now available! Ron Fortier has revived the pulp hero CAPTAIN HAZZARD and is bringing him back for the fans to enjoy. He has completely rewritten the one and only CAPTAIN HAZZARD pulp story, PYTHON MEN OF LOST CITY. All fifteen chapters of the story are now available online at the Modern Pulp website with illustrations by Rob Davis. They will soon be collected into a trade paperback available from Wild Cat Books. Then what will follow is a brand new series of Captain Hazzard adventures by Ron and veteran comic-scribe, Martin Powell. At the same time, Chris Mills and Ron have a three part comic mini-series based on PYTHON MEN in the works. Craig Shepard is the penciller for the project and he is embellished by inker Sean Tenoff. Both are newcomers to the field and have tremendous potential. Shepard's pencils are delicate in the tradition of Tom Yeates and Gene Colan, whereas Tenoff's inks are smooth and true to those pencils. Rounding the team will be Digital Caps own Jaymes as our letterer and Bishop Bowie of Graphic Balance as our colorist. Chris Mills will also take on editing and design duties. The idea is to bring back the character two-fold, both in pulps where he was sired, and in comics, in all new stories. A Captain Hazzard cover mockup is shown at the right. |  | ||
| Captain
Spectre and the Lightning Legion -
Update! "SECRET WORLDS" Chapter 3 of Captain Spectre has begun!!! It is a great time to jump on board, with the opening of this new thrilling chapter in the life of Captain Spectre. This chapter is of the jungle/lost world serial genre, complete with jungle princess, dinosaurs, ancient science, and cannibals. Join the Lightning Legion, and get in on the adventures. It's Free!! http://www.captainspectre.com | |||
| THE CHINATOWN
DEATH CLOUD PERIL - Coming in June 2006! Last year, The Alien Online reported about Paul Malmont's upcoming novel THE CHINATOWN DEATH CLOUD PERIL which is "a modern take on the pulp novel, concerning the rivalry and friendship between the leading pulp writers of the thirties: Walter Gibson, creator of The Shadow, and Lester Dent, creator of Doc Savage". Simon & Schuster (US) bought the rights to the novel at auction. I reported the information in COMING ATTRACTIONS and GOLDEN PERILS #38. Paul Malmont learned of the write up in GOLDEN PERILS #38 and sent additional information about the book to GOLDEN PERILS publisher Howard Hopkins who has forwarded it on to me. THE CHINATOWN DEATH CLOUD PERIL is scheduled for publication in June 2006. THE CHINATOWN DEATH CLOUD PERIL Set in 1937, when America has turned to the pulps for relief from the Depression, it is at once a valentine to an old-fashioned genre as well as a modern meta-literary examination of the classic hero pulp. The death of H.P. Lovecraft propels the pulp era's greatest writers and rivals Walter (The Shadow) Gibson and Lester (Doc Savage) Dent into a real-life adventure even greater than the ones they imagine. Among the characters appearing in the book are L. Ron Hubbard, Robert Heinlein, Orson Welles, and (probably of particular interest to you as a Western writer!) a young sea-faring cowboy by the name of Lew Moore. THE CHINATOWN DEATH CLOUD PERIL is a swash-buckling romantic tale of writers and writing, magic and love, marriage and fatherhood, ambition and loss that weaves the true lives of its real-life characters into a fictional epic. Thanks to Paul Malmont for the above information and to Howard Hopkins for sending it to me. | |||
| CTHULHU SERIES: ITHAQUA MONSTER
PLUSH -
Now available! One of the Great Old Ones, similar to Cthulhu, is the Ithaqua, also from the mind of HP Lovecraft. Ithaqua is a human-eating giant with a heart of ice, who lives in the Far North. This 12" long, limited edition is designed by Ron Spencer. Scheduled to ship in December 2005. SRP: $29.95 This plush can be ordered from Entertainment Earth. |  | ||
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Next week you can read the review for "Loot of Death" from February 1, 1937. "Getting the Business" by David Toy is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week. Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 650 stories online! Bucking Fate by Gordon Young from ROMANCE, December 1919 Suspended Animation by Lon Williams from REAL WESTERN STORIES, October 1956 Featuring: Lee Winters | |||
| Girasol Collectables -
THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD! The Greatest REH Collection Ever Assembled! Two massive hardcover facsimile volumes totaling more than 1200 pages with ALL of Robert E. Howard’s writings from the original run of WEIRD TALES Magazine! ALL the stories & illustrations. All the verse. Plus letters to the editor. Scanned right from the original pulp pages! No editing! No reset text!
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| Girasol Collectables - February 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. The SPIDER/OPERATOR #5 rotation will continue in 2006 with eight new issues of THE SPIDER and four new issues of OPERATOR #5. Monthly Special: All three for $75 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is "The Pain Emperor" featuring The Spider from February 1935. $35 Our second Replica this month is ORIENTAL STORIES #5 (Summer 1931) featuring stories by Otis Adelbert Kline, E. Hoffmann Price, Paul Ernst, and more. $25. Our third Replica is SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES for June 1936, the twenty-first issue of this magazine. This issue features stories by Robert E. Howard (as Sam Walser) and Hugh B. Cave (as Justin Case). $25. We
have also recently begun accepting Paypal as an alternate method of payment. Other
than Replicas or the upcoming REH book, 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. Any of you with the old girasol@interlog.com address please note
the new address for Paypal payments. 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. Here
is a complete listing of the Pulp Replicas currently available for $25, $35, or
$50 each postpaid within North America. Overseas will be a few dollars more. BLACK
MASK MAGAZINE ($35 each postpaid within North America) CIVIL WAR STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America) DAN TURNER ($25 each postpaid within North America) DOCTOR DEATH ($25 each postpaid within
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EERIE TALES
($20 each postpaid within
North America) #1 July 1941 GOLDEN FLEECE ($25 each postpaid within North America) #1 (October 1938) HORROR STORIES ($35 each postpaid within North America) November 1936 with a rare Domino Lady cover appearance THE OCTOPUS ($35 each postpaid within North America) OPERATOR 5 ($35 each postpaid within North America) #1 (Oct./Nov. 1930) featuring the Robert E. Howard story, TheVoice of El-Lil. #2 (Dec. 1930/Jan. 1931) #3 (February/March 1931) featuring the Robert E. Howard story, Red Blades of Black Cathay. #4 (Spring 1931) featuring stories by Otis Adelbert Kline and Robert E. Howard (Hawks of Outremer). #5 (Summer 1931) featuring stories by Otis Adelbert Kline, E. Hoffmann Price, Paul Ernst, and more. PIRATE STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America) #1 (November 1934) SAUCY MOVIE TALES ($25 each postpaid within North America) #3 December 1935 (#1 after a title change) - Terrific Saunders cover, spicier than the Spicy's! #4 January 1936 (#2 after a title change) with a great Saunders 'Shark' cover! #11 September 1936 THE SCORPION ($35 each postpaid within North America) SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES ($25 each postpaid within
North America) SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES ($25 each postpaid within
North America) SPICY MYSTERY STORIES ($25 each postpaid within
North America) SPICY WESTERN STORIES ($25 each postpaid within
North America) THE SPIDER ($35 each postpaid within North America) #1 (February 1939) STRANGE TALES ($25 each postpaid within North America) TERROR TALES ($35 each postpaid within North America) WEIRD TALES ($35 each postpaid within North America) Email
Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com. All
payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: | Last Months Replicas   | ||
| Gotham
Pulp Collectors Club - Next meeting February 11th! Gotham Pulp Collectors Club meeting will be February 11, 2006. Place: Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street, Manhattan (West Village) The time, as per usual, is from 1 to 4 PM. This meeting will be themed on SF. We'll talk about so called good girl art and the different SF pulps published. In April, for the Shadows 75th anniversary, we'll have a Shadow theme. | |||
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Haffner Press -
Coming soon! THE CRUCIBLE OF POWER: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON VOLUME FIVE Foreword by Frank M. Robinson 544 pages, $40.00 Contents:
Visit the Haffner Press website to order earlier books in the Collected Jack Willaimson series or quality hardcover anthologies featuring vintage works by Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett. |  | ||
| Hard
Case Crime - Coming in February and beyond! February 2006 A TOUCH OF DEATH by Charles Williams; Cover art by Chuck Pyle When Lee Scarborough came upon the brunette sunbathing topless in her back yard, getting involved in a heist was the last thing on his mind. But somehow that’s where he found himself—sneaking through a stranger’s house, on the hunt for $120,000 in embezzled bank funds. It looked like an easy score. But one thing stood between him and the money: the beautiful and deadly Madelon Butler. March 2006 SAY IT WITH BULLETS by Richard Powell; Cover art by Michael Koelsch Bill Wayne told his beautiful tour guide that he took the bus trip through the West to relax. But who can relax with dead bodies turning up at every stop? From Cheyenne to Salt Lake City, from Reno to Yosemite, Bill’s secretly on a mission to discover which of his former army buddies shot him and left him for dead four years earlier. But with all the lead that’s flying around, Bill will be lucky to make it to the end of the tour in one piece... April 2006 WITNESS TO MYSELF Seymour Shubin, Cover art by Larry Schwinger A NEW NOIR MASTERPIECE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE CLASSIC 1953 BESTSELLER ANYONE’S MY NAME Fifteen years ago, teenager Alan Benning jogged off a beach—and into a nightmare. Because what awaited him in the Cape Cod woods was an unspeakable temptation, a moment of panic, and a brutal memory that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Now a successful lawyer, Alan finds himself drawn back to the scene of the crime, desperate to learn the truth about what happened on that long-ago summer day. But even as he grapples with his own dark secrets, he finds himself hounded by a shadowy adversary—and by the forces of justice, drawing their net around him tighter by the day... |   | ||
| Moonstone Books - Moonstone nabs The SPIDER! Last week, Joe Gentile, publisher of Moonstone Books, announced that Moonstone Books has acquired the rights to create comics and other works featuring The Spider. Current plans are to produce an illustrated prose anthology similar to Moonstone’s Stoker nominated “Kolchak Chronicles.” This week Moonstone announced an updated list of writers and a few artists signed to the project. Writers currently on board: John Jakes, Mort Castle, Bill Crider, Chuck Dixon, Steve Englehart, Ron Fortier, John Helfers, CJ Henderson, Howard Hopkins, James Anthony Kuhoric, Ron Marz, Elizabeth Massie, Christopher Mills, Will Murray, Rafael Nieves, Ann Nocenti, Martin Powell, Richard Valley, and Robert Weinberg! Artists currently on board: Clint Henry, Doug Klauba, Graham Nolan, and Bruce Timm. | |||
| ThePulp.Net - 10th anniversary online! ThePulp.Net is celebrating its 10th anniversary online this year. To celebrate, they have posted several nifty gifts for you. They've created a Pulp.Stuff section where you can download pulp desktop images and icons, as well as order limited-edition t-shirts, bumper stickers and other swag if you wish. So surf on over to http://thepulp.net and check out the celebration. They will be updating the Pulp.Stuff throughout the year. | |||
| 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. 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 set up 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/ CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/ 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/ Edgar Rice Burroughs Group: This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the great masters 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/ Pulp Swap Group: Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/ | |||
| Pulprack
- New addition! This time around, we add an article about David Thompson's Wilderness series to our previous article, "The Wilderness Series Launch" -- which is at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2005/03/the_wilderness.html -- by looking at "Edgar Rice Burroughs' Influence on the Wilderness Series." You'll find the new article at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2006/01/edgar_rice_burr_1.html This entry is an essay on Frederick Faust's use of landscape in a short story, "The One-Way Trail," originally published in the February 4, 1922 issue of Street & Smith's WESTERN STORY MAGAZINE. In many cases, Faust (a.k.a. Max Brand) uses landscape as a character -- it provides an obstacle for a protagonist to overcome, much as a dragon or a chapel perilous might serve as a test for a hero on a quest. In other cases, the landscape serves an expressionistic role that highlights or reveals something about a character's qualities or psychological makeup, much in the way the expressionistic film directors of the 1920s, `30s and `40s used scenery and sets to create an atmosphere of menace and visually portray a character's psychological state. To read the essay, visit this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2006/02/frederick_faust_3.html Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | |||
| Pulpville
Press - Coming soon! Coming the week of February 6, 2006: "Ghost Killers of Skull River" (a Range Riders western) by Gunnison Steele Coming the week of February 13, 2006: "Fifty Candles" a murder mystery by Earl Derr Biggers, creator of Charlie Chan Some of the items being worked on that will be appearing in the future include: "The Comical Cruises of Captain Cooky" by Ruth Plumly Thompson "The Golden City" by Ralph Milne Farley "The Prince of Peril" by Otis Adelbert Kline "Tarzan and the City of Gold" by Edgar Rice Burroughs "The Moon Maid" by Edgar Rice Burroughs "The Radio Planet" by Ralph Milne Farley "Armageddon - 2419 A.D." (Buck Rogers) by Philip Francis Nowlan "Sally the Sleuth Comics, the Later Years" - reprinting a selection of Sally the Sleuth comic stories from the pages of Private Detective and other pulp magazines "Gay Parisienne Stories" - a facsimile reprint of an issue of this early girlie pulp magazine "The Masked Rider" - from The Masked Rider magazine, a complete Masked Rider novel And more stories from Robert Leslie Bellem, including Dan Turner, more G-Men stories, sci-fi from Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures, more Edgar Rice Burroughs, Otis Adelbert Kline, Ralph Milne Farley, L. Frank Baum, Earl Derr Biggers, Arthur B. Reeve, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, and others in a variety of genres including sci-fi, jungle, and mystery. | | ||
| Robert E. Howard audio books
- Coming later this year! AudioRealms is excited to announce the production of REH work, including all of the Conan stories published in WEIRD TALES, to be published this year. We will be producing 4 volumes of Conan stories, and 10 volumes of “The Weird Works Of Robert E. Howard" in conjunction with Wildside Press. The first of these will be available the end of the first quarter of this year. Watch the AudioRealms website for updates. Now available are audio books featuring: Complete issues of WEIRD TALES from Wildside Press Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone Works by H. P. Lovecraft | |||
| Subterranean Press - The Best of Philip José Farmer! THE BEST OF PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER is scheduled to begin shipping this week! This is a mammoth short story collection celebrating the career of Philip José Farmer and won't be limited to his most famous creation, Riverworld. The Wold Newton Universe is also represented, as are the 'fictional author' stories for which he is justly famous. The trade edition is $38. Visit the Subterranean Press website to order. | |||
| Subterranean Press - Unpublished Doc Savage
screen treatment! Subterranean Press has announced that they bought a 15,000 word unpublished Doc Savage screen treatment by Philip José Farmer for issue five of SUBTERRANEAN MAGAZINE. The screen treatment will also be featured in PEARLS FROM PEORIA scheduled for this Summer. Issue #3 is at the printer now, so #5 should be out later this year. | |||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher R. Yates Wild Cards: Death Draws Five, John J. Miller, ibooks, $23.00, January 9 - Now Available! V for Vendetta (movie novelization), Steve Moore, Pocket Star, $6.99, January 31 - Now Available! Durham Red: Manticore Reborn, Peter J. Evans, Black Flame, $7.99, January 31 - Now Available! Judge Dredd: Psykogeddon, Dave Stone, Black Flame, $7.99, January 31 - Now Available! John Constantine, Hellblazer: Warlord, John Shirley, Pocket Star, $6.99, January 31 - Now Available! DC Universe #1: Last Sons, Alan Grant, Warner Books, $6.99, February 1 - Now Available! Fear the Darkness: Anderson PSI Division, Mitchell Scanlon, Black Flame, $7.99, February 28 Tomorrow Men (The Ultimates), Michael Jan Friedman, Pocket Star, $7.99, February 28 Crisis on Infinite Earths (softcover), Marv Wolfman, ibooks, $12.95, March 12 Nikolai Dante: Honour Be Damned!, David Bishop, Black Flame, $7.99, March 28 Batman: (untitled), Michael Reaves, Del Rey, $6.99, March 28 Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre, Rebecca Levene, Black Flame, $6.99, March 28 Unnatural Selection (Hellboy), Tim Lebbon, Pocket Star, $7.99, March 28 Astounding Hero-Tales, James Lowder, editor, Hero Games, $15.99, Spring 2006 Watchers on the Walls (X-Men), Christopher L. Bennett, Pocket Star, $7.99, April 25 Justice Society of America: Book 1, Geoff Johns & Paul Kupperberg, ibooks, $6.99, May 1 Watchers on the Walls (X-Men), Christopher L. Bennett, Pocket Star, $7.99, May 1 X-Men 3 (movie novelization), Chris Claremont, Del Rey, $6.99, May 16 City of Heroes: The Freedom Phalanx, Robin Laws, CDS Books, $6.99, May 30 Superman Returns (movie novelization), Marv Wolfman, Warner Books, June 1 DC Universe: Inheritance, Devin Grayson, Warner Books, $6.99, June 1 Anderson PSI Division: Red Shadows, Mitchell Scanlon, Black Flame, $7.99, June 6 The Darkest Hours (Spiderman), Jim Butcher, Pocket Star, $7.99, June 27 Durham Red: Black Dawn, Peter J. Evans, Black Flame, $7.99, July 11 Batman: Dead White, John Shirley, Del Rey, $6.99, July 25 The God Machine (Hellboy), Thomas E. Sniegoski, Pocket Star, July 25 The Baxter Effect (Fantastic Four), Dave Stern, Pocket Star, $7.99, August 29 City of Heroes: The Rikti War, Shane Hensley, CDS Books, $6.99, August 6 Subterranean (Hellblazer series), John Shirley, Pocket Star, $7.99, November 28 Tomorrow Men (The Ultimates), Michael Jan Friedman, Pocket Star, $7.99, December 26 Delayed - No new publication date available. Wild Cards: Deuces Down (softcover), George R.R. Martin, ed., ibooks, $6.99 Wild Cards 4: Aces Abroad, George R.R. Martin editor, ibooks, $7.99 Rising Stars: Book 3; Change the World, Arthur Byron Cover, ibooks, $6.99 The Science of Superman, Mark Wolverton & Howard Zimmerman, ibooks, $7.99 Fathom: Book 2: Tides of Destiny, Kevin Andrew Murphy, ibooks, $6.99 |   | ||
| Wild Cat Books - Now
available! STRANGE ADVENTURES # 2 Presenting the second volume of Classic Pulp Fiction, an Anthology series containing Novels and Short Stories by acclaimed writers in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Mystery, and Horror. This issue includes: "Winds Of The World" by Talbot Mundy "Cave Of The Criss-Cross Knives" by C.C. Spruce "Out Of The Storm" by William Hope Hodgson "The Raid From Mars" by Miles J. Breuer "The Fox Woman" by A. Merritt "Saturn's Ringmaster" by Raymond Z. Gallun 6"x9" Trade paperback... 248 pages... $14.99 Available at: http://www.lulu.com/wildcatbooks |  | ||
| Wildside
Press - WEIRD TALES #338 is now available! Contents: "My Sister's House," by Parke Godwin "Kitty and the Moshpit of the Damned," by Carrie Vaughn "Seven Hours from Termini," by William Alexander "Family Business," by Maurice Broaddus "Ripper!" (conclusion), by William F. Nolan The Eyrie The Den, by Scott Connors The Classic Horrors: Down There, by Allen Koszowski Verse "Lost," by George Filip "Halloween Killer Sonnet," by M.V. Moorehead "If Life gives . . . ," by Nicholas Ozment "Illustrated Limerick," by George Barr Visit the Wildside Press website to order. |  | ||
| Wildside
Press - Now available! Pulp Classics: The Adventures of Mr. Clackworthy, by Christopher B. Booth (Hardcover) $35 Pulp Classics: The Adventures of Mr. Clackworthy, by Christopher B. Booth (Trade paperback) $15 Eight short stories featuring Amos Clackworthy and The Early Bird, two Chicago conmen, taken from the pages of the classic pulp fiction magazine, DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE. Introduction by Steve Lewis. Part of the Wildside Pulp Classics series. You should also checkout Steve Lewis's excellent website, MYSTERY*FILE ON-LINE. It features an article on the rare Chelsea House hardcover reprints of Mr. Clackworthy plus many other fine features regarding fictional detectives. |  | ||
| Wildside
Press - At the printer and available for pre-order! The following titles are now at the printer and should be available in about two (2) weeks. You can pre-order these titles on the Wildside Press website now. The House of Skulls and Other Tales from the Pulps, by H. Bedford-Jones 204 pages; hardcover: $39.95: trade paperback: $19.95 Links should be available soon to pre-order this book. This new collection from the pen of H. Bedford-Jones presents five of his most exciting works from the pulp magazines of the early 20th Century, four novelets and one short story. Included are "The House of Skulls," "Written in Red," "Yellow Intrigue," "Down the Coast of Barbary," and "Skulls." Sure to please not only afficianados of pulp fiction but readers looking for some of the best adventure writing around, The House of Skulls and Other Tales from the Pulps is the latest addition to the Wildside Pulp Classics line! Slave of Mystery and Other Tales of Suspense from the Pulps, by Johnston McCulley 216 pages; hardcover: $39.95; trade paperback: $19.95 This volume presents 5 novellas by Johnston McCulley, creator of Zorro. Originally published under the pseudonym "Harrington Strong" in DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, these mysteries showcase McCulley's lifelong devotion to the mystery field with meticulously plotted and brightly characterized stories that still hold the interest of modern readers. Presented here are "The Great Green Ring," "The Only Way," "Run to Ground, "The Obvious Clue," and "Slave of Mystery." The Spider: The Devil's Paymaster (Facsimile reprint of the May 1941 Issue.) 116 pages, trade paperback, $19.95 Another thrilling adventure of The Spider. "At the merest whim of Crime's new overlord, citizens writhed in baffling, agonized death! Wholesale murder threatened; officaldom threw up its hands in mystified failure! Could the Spider, himself grievously wounded and trapped, remove the scarlet stigma attached to America's proud symbol of Freedom -- the Statue of Liberty?" Also includes "The Man Who Dialed Death," by O.B. Myers and all the usual features. Story illustrations by John Fleming Gould. |    | ||
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