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| 2007
Locus Awards Finalists Announced Voting in this year's Locus Poll and Survey has closed. Here are the finalists for Best Non-Fiction Book. Win Scott Eckert's MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE Mark Finn's BLOOD AND THUNDER, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD | |||||
| 2007
Windy City Pulp and Paper Con - May 4 thru 6, 2007! LATE BREAKING
NEWS! The
hotel has just informed us, on April 27, that we will have access to the dealer
room earlier on Friday, May 4, than we'd been told. The REVISED Dealer Room
hours for Friday are dealer set-up beginning at 1:00 p.m., with the room open
to the public from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sorry for the late notice, but
we were just told of this development. Guest of Honor, Ken Kelly, has had to cancel due to some health reasons. The new incarnation of The Spider Ring will
be available to fans for the FIRST TIME ANYWHERE at next weekend's
Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention in Chicago! Baen Books' new release THE SPIDER: ROBOT TITANS OF GOTHAM should be hitting bookstores at the end of May or beginning
of June. To promote this new volume, Baen and Argosy Communications
have revived the tradition of
The Spider Ring giveaway. Though they initially planned on targeting only the San Diego Comic-Con
in July, through the efforts
of Windy City's Mark Trost and Doug Ellis, Spider Ring designer Chris Kalb, and Argosy president
Joel Frieman, The Spider Ring will now make its public debut, fittingly,
at a Pulp-centric show!Baen and Argosy are eager to say "thank you" to the Pulp fans, who have kept The Spider alive all these years, and are excited to hit this boutique convention, as well as PulpCon, in advance of the splash they are hoping to make at the massive San Diego Comic-Con in late July. Baen will not have a booth at the show, so attendees are encouraged to keep their eyes peeled for the unique (and uniquely Pulpy) way in which The Spider Ring will be distributed. Thanks to Chris Kalb for the tip! During Saturday's auction, we will be auctioning 229 issues of Weird Tales from an estate.
Here's the list of the Munsey material
(and a few other unusual items) First listed below is the
non-Cornell Woolrich items, followed by the Woolrich material. Lot numbers don't
necessarily relate to the lot numbers they will have at the auction or the order
they will be auctioned in. which will be in this year's auction. 1. Signed checks for I Flew for Germany & I Flew for the USA; both from the pages of G-8 -- as a lot 2. Signed checks for Doc Turner Murder Bait & A Box Seat for Murder; two short stories from The Spider – as a lot 3. Adventure magazine subscription blank. 4. Phantom Detective club membership letter, membership card, Phantom Detective pin – as a lot 5. Black mask cover proofs. 4 1951 cover proofs sent to the office for final approval - as a lot 6. William J. Flynn letter about story rights. Lists his numerous accomplishments including Former Chief United States Secret Service, Director Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and more. Signed by Flynn. 7. Letter to James Napoli on Oriental Stories stationary. Letterhead from this magazine is extremely rare! 8. Contract from 1917 selling movie rights to Max Brand story to Metro pictures (later to become MGM). 9. Check for “History” by Asimov, from 1940 for $25. Signed by Asimov. 10. Check for poem from 1915 signed by John Kendrick Bangs, author of Houseboat on the Styx and other humor books. 11. Check for $125 in 1918 for George Brehm for cover painting for the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, “HRH the Rider.” 12. Check for $300 in 1923 for “Marty from Arizona” story published in Argosy in 1924, endorsed by Carroll John Daly. 13. Check for “The Corpse Hangs High” from Dime Detective 1939 for $600 to Carroll John Daly. 14. Check to C.W. Fairchild for $75 in 1915 for the cover painting for “Barney Custer of Beatrice” by Edgar Rice Burroughs 15. Check from 1917 for $50 for story “Convalescence” by Frederick Faust. 16. Check from 1925 for the story “Merciful Blunder” by William Hope Hodgson, for $50, payable to his sister, Bessie Hope Hodgson. 17. Check from 1939 for E. & E. Jacobson for $25 for revision of “The City Condemned to Hell” (Octopus novel) 18. Check from 1940 for the story, “Nova Midplane” by Cyril Kornbluth for $69. Kornbluth’s signature is rare. 19. Check for $125 to P.J. Monahan in 1916 for the cover painting for “Minos of Sardanes,” (lost race novel). 20. Check to Talbot Mundy from 1928 for $1600 for the novel, “Asoka’s Alibi.” Mundy’s signature on a check paying for one of his stories is rare since usually the checks were made payable to his agent. 21. Check from 1936 for $165 to Norvell Page for the story, “Soldier of Dishonor.” 22. Check from 1942 for $1,000 to “Matson & Dugan,” agents for Curt Siodmak, for the novel, “Donovan’s Brain,” sold to Black Mask magazine. 23. Check from 1935 for $65 to Howard Wandrei for the story “By Me.” Howard Wandrei’s signature is rare. SIGNED CORNELL WOOLRICH CHECKS: Note: Amounts are the amount the check is made out for; dates are dates the checks are dated. 1. Death RFD by Cornell Woolrich 6/3/43 $200.00 Dime Detective 2. By Gun by Cornell Woolrich 6/21/37 $65.00 Dime Detective 3. You Forgot the Hole by Cornell Woolrich 2/8/38 $94.00 Dime Detective 4. The Miller Mattle by Cornell Woolrich Dec. 23, 1938 $244.00 Dime Detective 5. The Hopeless Defense of Mrs. Dellford by Woolrich 9/1/42 $199.00 Dime Detective 6. The Body in Grant's Tomb by Woolrich 10/14/42 $238.00 Dime Detective 7. If the Shoe Fits by Woolrich 12/22/42 $210.00 Dime Detective 8. Murderess by Woolrich 2/17/43 $185.00 Dime Detective 9. Leg Men by Woolrich 5/4/43 $210.00 Dime Detective 10. Three Cigarettes in the Dark by Woolrich 2/14/35 $144.00 Dime Detective 11. The Body in the Bathtub by Woolrich 1/17/35 $124.00 Dime Detective 12. The Evil Eye by Woolrich 6/26/36 $154.00 Dime Detective 13. The Living Lie Down with the Dead by Woolrich 12/19/35 $150.00 Dime Detective 14. Dead on their Feet by Woolrich 7/5/35 $108.00 Dime Detective 15. The Case of the Killer Diller by Woolrich 1/13/39 $240.00 Dime Detective 16. If the Dead Could Talk by Woolrich 11/10/42 $105.00 Black Mask 17. He Looked like Murder by Woolrich 12/28/50 $83.00 Black Mask 18. The Case of the Orphaned Diamond by Woolrich 6/22/42 $200.00 Black Mask 19. (for two stories) Twice-Trod Path & The Man Who Married a Corpse 10/21/37 $880.00 Munsey 20. Death in the Yoshiwara 11/26/37 $210.00 Munsey 21. Endicott's Girl 12/9/37 $250.00 Munsey 22. Eye of Doom # 3 9/1/38 $265.00 Munsey 23. All at Once, No Alice 9/28/39 $300.00 Munsey 24. Cinderella and the Mob 2/15/40 $225.00 Munsey 25. Murder Always Gathers Momentum 5/24/40 $215.00 Munsey 26. Wardrobe Trunk 4/18/36 $195.00 Munsey 27. The Earring 1/23/41 $225.00 Munsey 28. Murder on St. Catherine Street -- this check is endorsed not only by Cornell Woolrich but by his mother, Claire H. Woolrich. 11/22/35 $120.00 Munsey GUEST OF HONOR: GARY GIANNI In keeping with our Conan theme, artist Gary Gianni will be our Guest of Honor this year. Gary Gianni has brought Conan and other Howard heros to life in the recent Wandering Star & Del Rey volumes. HOTEL: For our seventh show, we’ll be in the NW suburbs of Chicago. The Sheraton is 15-20 minutes NW of O’Hare Airport. Room rates are $97/night; parking is free. For those bringing families, the Sheraton’s indoor waterpark is opening this fall, and the Sheraton is also located two miles from Woodfield Mall, which is the Chicago area’s largest mall. The hotel is 1/2 mile from the Chicago Metra train line, which runs to downtown Chicago. The hotel is also located next to Arlington Park Racecourse, the premier horse racing venue in Illinois. The con coincides with opening weekend, and on the Saturday, in addition to the regular slate of races they’ll be simulcasting the Kentucky Derby. So if you still have any money left after buying stuff at the con, you can put a few dollars down on the Derby. The hotel has complimentary transportation to and from Woodfield Mall, the train station and the track. MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $15 for Sunday only. ART SHOW: We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original pulp and paperback art. For the third year in a row, the art show is sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine (www.illustrationmagazine. 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. We will also be showing episodes of the classic TV series, Thriller, based on stories that had originally appeared in WEIRD TALES. 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 (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 $70 (4 1/8'' x 6.75''), half page $40 (4 1/8'' x 3 3/8''), business card size $25 (3.25” x 2''). The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 1, 2007. 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. Visit the Windy City Pulp and Paper Con website for complete show information http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com/ |   | ||||
| Altus Press - SECRET AGENT
"X" is coming
in 2007! Altus Press plans to reprint Secret Agent X in its entirety! SECRET AGENT "X" VOLUME 1 is expected later this year. Volume 1 contains the first seven Secret Agent X stories: "The Torture Trust," "The Spectral Stranglers'" "The Death-Torch Terror," "The Ambassador of Doom," "City of Living Dead," "Hand of Horror," and " Octopus of Crime." This reprint series will feature remastered graphics and typography with new introductions by pulp historians! The Secret Agent "X" Companion by Tom Johnson and Will Murray - Now available! The classic investigation of SECRET AGENT "X," revised and updated by the original writers, Tom Johnson and Will Murray, including new chapters, images and information! It's the last word on this classic character! Secret Agent X—man of a thousand faces—a thousand disguises—a thousand surprises! Detective extraordinary! Master investigator! Pledged hunter of criminals! His past? A question mark wrapped in the black folds of Mystery. His present? A living threat to those who follow the crimson trails of crime. His future? A toss of Fate's dice on the gaming tables of Doom. The blackness of mystery cloaks his past and his coming. So also it cloaks his going. And wraithlike he disappears-leaving behind him one symbol and one only—X—the symbol of the Unknown. 151 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink, $14.95 Available at http://www.altuspress.com. |  | ||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc This not-to-be-missed
issue is coming in July! THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 9: "FORESHADOWING"-THE BATMAN
SPECIAL The "Knight
of Darkness" returns in two historic novels that gave birth to Batman. First, a powerful new underworld
kingpin crosses swords with The Shadow in "Lingo," one of Walter Gibson's all-time
masterpieces which inspired the 'Batarang.' In "Partners of Peril," by Theodore Tinsley, Lamont Cranston investigates chemical syndicate murders in the crime thriller that serves as the model for Batman's debut adventure in Detective Comics #27. This extra-long volume also reprints Theodore Tinsley's "The Grim Joker," a 1936 tale featuring a clown-faced crime boss called 'The Joker'! PLUS: Will Murray documents the "Shadowy" origins of The Batman, and Anthony Tollin chonicles how "Partners in Peril" was adapted as the first Batman story. Cover by George Rozen; illustrations by Tom Lovell. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 144 pages, 7x10. B&W...................................$12.95 These reprints can also be ordered directly from: Anthony Tollin (via check, money order, or Paypal). 1 book: $12.95 plus $3 (first class) or $2 (media mail) 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) first class postpaid Subscriptions are available for either THE SHADOW or DOC SAVAGE: Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (firstclass) or $66 (media mail). Anthony Tollin P.O. Box 761474 San Antonio, TX 78245-1474 sanctumotr@earthlink.net  |  THE SHADOW Volume 9 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Now available). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073910. | ||||
| CHEAP
THRILLS - Arriving in comic shops May 2nd! Hermes Press is proud to announce the release of Ron Goulart's classic history of the pulps: CHEAP THRILLS. This book is more than just a reprint of Goulart's ground-breaking 1972 history of the pulps though. Hermes Press' complete redesigned version of this classic contains mountains of material not used in the original Amazing! Thrilling! Astonishing tome about the great pulps and pulp writers. Extra: the new edition of CHEAP THRILLS presents many remembrances by pulp fiction greats never before seen and not included in the original version of the book. Hermes Press is pulling out all of the stops with CHEAP THRILLS. The book is being printed in an all color 12" square format filled with pulp cover art that inspired readers, artists, and everyone who ever read the pulps. Hardcover, 208 pages, $49.99 |  | ||||
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "The Golden Quest" from May 1, 1935. "A Dead Man Speaks" by Jonathan Blade is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 800 stories online! "Shotguns for Two" by Owen Atkinson from THE LONE EAGLE, September 1936 Two aviation lieutenants who go on special missions find that they have no choice but to fly an experimental airplane in order to accomplish their new mission. "Sue as in Suicide" by C. S. Montanye from THRILLING DETECTIVE, October 1949 A supposed suicide in a fancy hotel makes the house detective suspicious. | |||||
| FARMERPHILE:
The Magazine of Philip José Farmer - Now available! Issue No. 8 - April 2007 Farmerphile is a quarterly magazine completely dedicated to works by and about Philip José Farmer. It features the unpublished novel "Up from the Bottomless Pit," a suspense-thriller about the ultimate disaster in the oil industry, serialized over the first ten issues. These ten issues will also include other unpublished stories, speeches and letters by Farmer himself, as well as articles about the Grand Master and his work from his fans and peers. Farmerphile is fabulously illustrated by such talented artists as Jason Robert Bell, Charles Berlin, Keith Howell, Karl Kauffman, Chuck Loridans, and Shannon Robicheaux. The April 2007 Farmerphile features Philip José Farmer’s previously unpublished story, “A Spy in the U.S. of Gonococcia,” an outrageous satire of Cold War America, and the exciting continuation of Up from the Bottomless Pit. Also included in this issue: This year’s World Horror Convention Grand Master, Joe R. Lansdale, writes about his first encounter with PJF; Bette Farmer reminisces about the first, as well as the upcoming, stage production of her husband’s Hugo Award-winning “Riders of the Purple Wage,” while Danny Adams (co-author, The City Beyond Play) examines the novella’s Joycean elements; Win Scott Eckert (editor, Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer’s Wold Newton Universe) uncovers a “lost” Sexton Blake tale, “The Shades of Pemberley,” which seems to bear mysterious connections to the WNU; Dennis E. Power (webmaster, The Secret History of the Wold Newton Universe) looks at tantalizing threads running through Traitor to the Living, Image of the Beast, and the Riverworld series; and Michael Croteau (webmaster, The Official Philip José Farmer Home Page) discusses Greatheart Silver, PJF’s rollicking, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the great pulp heroes. Table of Contents: "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "Finnegan’s Wage, or, Portrait of the Farmer as a Joycean Fan" by Danny Adams "Phil & Bette Farmer, Jack London, a Wife and a Baby,a Clean Well Lighted Hotel Room" by Joe R. Lansdale "Creative Mythography" by Win Scott Eckert "A Spy in the U.S. of Gonococcia" by Philip José Farmer; illustrated by Charles Berlin "Images of the Soul" by Dennis E. Power "Bibliophile" by Michael Croteau "Up from the Bottomless Pit" (part 8) by Philip José Farmer; illustrated by Keith Howell Complete ordering information for Farmerphile may be found at: http://www.pjfarmer.com/farmerphile.htm |  Cover art by Keith Howell | ||||
| GIANT-SIZED
RED SONJA #1 - Arriving
in comic shops May 2nd! by Various Featuring an all-new story by Red Sonja writer Michael Avon Oeming and art by Ron (Supergirl) Adrian Giant-Size Red Sonja #1 also contains a selection of classic, never-before-reprinted material - all re-mastered and re-colored - and Chaykin story presented in color for the very first time anywhere! Included are: "Episode" (by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, from Conan Saga #49-re-mastered by Jose Villarrubia); see Frank Thorne and Wendy (Elfquest) Pini perform "The Wizard & Red Sonja Show" in this photo feature from Kull and the Barabarians #2 - re-mastered and presented in color for the very first time, complete with the original text and photos; and "Red Sonja, She Devil With a Sword" by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin - re-mastered and in color for the very first time! 48 pages, Full Color, $4.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment |  | ||||
| Girasol
Collectables - PULP DOUBLES #3 is now available! Girasol is pleased to introduce their new series of Spider reprints. The 'Pulp Doubles' line features 2 action-packed Spider stories per issue. These 7" x 10" trade paperbacks have re-set text, but feature the original illustrations from the pulps. Unlike the Pulp Replica line, these are NOT facsimile editions, nor do they include the backup stories or the original ads. But for those of you who want action the way only the Spider can provide it, these are for you! This new product line is IN ADDITION to our Pulp Replicas... the Replicas will continue exactly as before. PULP DOUBLES #3: "Slaves of the Crime Master" (Aril 1935) & "The Spider and the Fire God" (August 1939) The third issue in our new trade paperback style pulp reprint series. 128 pages with 2 action-packed Spider stories. Reset text, but includes the original illustrations. #2 - Spider #14 & #64: "Death's Crimson Juggernaut" (Nov. 1934) & "Claws of the Golden Dragon" (Jan. 1939) The second issue in our new trade paperback style pulp reprint series. 128 pages with 2 action-packed Spider stories. Reset text, but includes the original illustrations. #1 - Spider #11 & #49: "Prince of the Red Looters" (Aug. 1934) & "The City That Dared Not Eat" (Oct. 1937) The Spider battles a daring gentleman killer who has dubbed himself 'The Fly' in issue #11, August 1934. So confident is The Fly of his ability, that he dares challenge the Spider himself to a duel... to the death! In issue #49, October 1937, Richard Wentworth matches wits against a master criminal who is impersonating the Spider and turning the city against their champion. By seizing control of the very food supply through mass poisonings and murder, this criminal fiend plans to loot all of New York! The price per issue is $14.95 + $2.05 s&h for a total of $17 per issue (within North America). All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables 3501 Glen Erin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 Visit the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ PULP DOUBLES #4 will be released in July and #5 in October. |  
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| Haffner Press - IN MEMORY OF WONDER'S CHILD: JACK WILLIAMSON IN MEMORY OF WONDER'S
CHILD: JACK WILLIAMSON will make its debut at the
2007 Jack Williamson Lectureship on Friday, April 27, 2007. IN MEMORY OF WONDER'S CHILD is a 112-page chapbook that honors the career of Grand Master Jack Williamson with memorial appreciations from friends, family and some of the most prominent members of the science fiction field. Also included are Williamson's 1939 pulp story "Nonstop to Mars," his last work published in his lifetime: "The Mists of Time" from 2006, a facsimile reproduction of his 1928 editorial "Scientifiction--Searchlight of Science," and pages from his 1950s newspaper comic strip, Beyond Mars. All proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Jack and Blanche Williamson Scholarship Fund. CONTRIBUTORS
Ordering information: IN MEMORY OF WONDER'S CHILD: JACK WILLIAMSON Edited by Stephen Haffner 112-page 4.25" x 5.5" trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-893887-26-8 500-copy trade edition: $15.00 (U.S.) For a limited time we are offering free shipping via Media Mail. We can accept checks and money orders made payable and sent to: HAFFNER PRESS 5005 Crooks Road Suite 35 Royal Oak, Michigan 48073-1239 We are able to take credit card orders via Paypal. The remit-to e-mail is info@haffnerpress.com Please contact Haffner Press anytime if you have any questions or need additional information. |  | ||||
| Lester Dent There is a 2 minute "documentary" about Lester Dent and the Pulp Museum on YouTube. Type in "lester dent" in the search, and you'll be able to see the excellent clip by Matt Hiebert. | |||||
| MEXICAN
PULP ART - Arriving
in comic shops May 2nd! introduction by Maria Cristina Tavera The lurid cover art of Mexican pulp novels are a pop culture revelation. Never before seen in an English - or even Spanish - language collection are the often surreal and psychedelic images of extraterrestrials, robots, dinosaurs, dastardly killers, Zorro, Santo, and many other icons from stories involving suspense, mystery, romance, and the supernatural. Collected by Minneapolis' Bobbette Axelrod (owner of the Sister Fun toy shop) and Baltimore's Ted Frankel (proprietor of the American Visionary Art Museum's store, Sideshow), Mexican Pulp Art presents the most striking examples of this sensational art form of the 1960s and 1970s. Researcher Maria Cristina Tavera's introduction tells us about the original publishing companies, artists, and comic story lines of Micro Legends, Micro Suspense, Micro Mystery, and The Unexpected. Softcover, 5x8, 140 pages, Full Color, SRP: $16.95 Feral House |  | ||||
| Moonstone
Books: THE PHANTOM #16 - Arriving
in comic shops May 2nd! by Bullock, Szilagyi, Blevins, & Austin "Forgotten": What happens when a young woman decides to give back to the people's of Africa who have given her family a fortune beyond imagining? Her drive to do what's right propels her head first into an invisible war with the lives of the Africa's children hanging in the balance. Will she be able to find the Phantom in time? Or will her good intentions bring disastrous results? 32 pages, Full Color,$3.50 Moonstone Books |  | ||||
| The Pulp Rack -
New additions! This week's posting to The Pulp Rack: "Tug Norton, Detective: A Series from Detective Fiction Weekly" is another essay by Monte Herridge about a series character from that well-known magazine. Tug Norton is a private detective and creation of prolific author Edward Parrish Ware (1884-1967?). These stories are told first hand by Tug Norton: ". . . case of record in the archives of the Kaw Valley Detective Bureau, of which I, Tug Norton, am founder, owner and chief operative, . . ." ("The Queen's Patteran") Norton notes that when business is dull, he entertains and instructs himself by studying his casebook ("The Devil Winks"). This is how some of the Norton stories begin, with him reliving the case he has looked up in his casebook. Although I've posted this essay in the Adventure section, it could easily fit into the Western section, as Tug is a former cowboy, and many of his tales occur in what was the "contemporary West" as pictured in the pulps of the day. The article also includes a list of story titles in the series and the issue date in which they appeared. You'll find it all here: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/04/tug_norton_dete.html Don't miss Monte's previous DFW essay for The Pulp Rack, about series character "Hugo Oakes, Lawyer-Detective" -- a precursor of sorts to Perry Mason, and created by J. Lane Linklater. You can find it elsewhere on The Pulp Rack by visiting this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2006/07/hugo_oakes_lawy.html One of the few (sadly so) DFW authors in print these days is Erle Stanley Gardner. Hard Case Crime, the paperback imprint of Leisure Books with the wonderful retro-taste in crime fiction, has one of Gardner's Cool and Lam series novels available at Amazon: TOP OF THE HEAP. Drop a few coins in The Pulp Rack's pocket to help support our work here by purchasing this novel through this link: http://www.amazon.com/Top-Heap-Hard-Case-Crime/dp/0843953527/ref=pd_bbs_2/pulprack-20 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/ | |||||
| PulpvillePress - Now available! FANTASTIC ADVENTURE STORIES #1 The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting science fiction and fantasy pulp stories. This first issue contains a short novel, 3 novelettes, and 1 short story; includes the Amazing Stories magazine version of THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT by Edgar Rice Burroughs; The Shadow author, Walter Gibson, with THE DAY NEW YORK ENDED; sci-fi author, Edmond Hamilton and LOST TREASURE OF MARS; fantasy writer, Charles F. Myers, with I'LL DREAM OF YOU; and sci-fi author, R. R. Botham with THE LAST WAR. Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. |  | ||||
| PulpvillePress
- Coming soon! PRIVATE DETECTIVE STORIES #1 - Available in May! The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting detective stories of the past. Each issue will feature at least one Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, story as written by Robert Leslie Bellem. MURDER BY PROXY, Robert Leslie Bellem THE CLUE OF THE HUNTED VAMPIRE, Vance Miller JEWELS OF MURDER, Tom Jennings WIRE TRAP, Ellery Watson Calder MARIJUANA VICE TRAP, L. S. Worth TRAIL OF CORPSES, Alvin Yudkoff DRUNK, DISORDERLY, AND DEAD, Robert Leslie Bellem FATE PLAYS POSTMAN, Ray Cummings A STRAW FOR THE THIRSTY, Robert A. Garron Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. TALES FROM THE PULPS #2 - Available in May 2007 PE-RA, DAUGHTER OF THE SUN, Ralph Milne Farley SCARLET ACE, Theodore A. Tinsley MAGIC BATHING SUITS, Murray Leinster DEAD MIKE, Robert Leslie Bellem TENDERFOOT, E. Hoffman Price OMELETTES AND SYMPATHY FOR ALL, Earl Derr Biggers THE NUDIST GYM DEATH RIDDLE, Jack Gray Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. JUNGLE STORIES #2 - Available in June 2007 BLOOD OF THE BEAST, Theodore Roscoe KI-GOR -- AND THE STOLEN EMPIRE, John Peter Drummond WHEN THE LION FED (part 2 of Tarzan the Untamed), Edgar Rice Burroughs JONGOR OF LOST LAND, Robert Moore Williams Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. |    | ||||
| Space
and Time Magazine Long time fan favorite Space and Time Magazine has a new website and a new Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Hildy Silverman. S&T Founder, Gordon Linzner has retired from magazine publishing to focus on writing and Space and Time Books. http://spaceandtimemagazine.com/body_index.html | |||||
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| 2007 SF Hall of Fame The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington have announced that Ed Emswhiller will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in a ceremony to be held June 16, 2007. Gene Wolfe, Gene Roddenberry, and Ridley Scott are also being inducted into the Hall of Fame. The Locus Awards will also be presented at the ceremony. Don't miss Nonstop Press' new book on Ed Emswhiller, INFINITY X TWO, The Art & Life of Ed & Carol Emshwiller. Up for a Locus Award for Best Non-Fiction Title of 2006 are: Win Scott Eckert's MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE Scott Connor's THE FREEDOM OF FANTASTIC THINGS Mark Finn's BLOOD AND THUNDER, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD |  |
| Adventure House - Coming in May! HIGH ADVENTURE #94 - "Captain Future's Challenge" Striking terror on four worlds, a mysterious raider throttles interplanetary commerce—and earth summons Curtis Newton, the Wizard of Science, and his trio of Futuremen to combat this sinister menace. Retail: $7.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops. HIGH ADVENTURE #94 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073905. | 
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| Adventure House - Coming in July! HIGH ADVENTURE #95 - Captain Zero in "The Golden Murder Syndicate." One by one the Eight Frightened Bachelors met violent deaths, meted out by a merciless ring of midnight murderers . . . that could be challenged only by the fabulous Captain Zero, whose strange, eerie gift was at once a double-edged weapon of deliverance—and of destruction! Retail: $7.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. HIGH ADVENTURE #95 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073906. |  |
| Adventure House - Coming in July! G-8 and His Battle Aces #25 - "Claws of the Sky Monster" - Originally published - October 1935 "To the driver of the Geier who kills G-8, I will personally give one hundred thousand marks." Deep in Germany Herr Doktor Krueger made this offer . . . And now G-8 was taking off into war skies. He hadn't yet seen the giant geiers—didn't know that he was soon to pit his wings against the most horrible menace that ever patroled scarlet cloud lanes. Retail: $9.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #25 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073904. | 
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| Adventure House - Pulp facsimile
reprints coming to comic shops! PHANTOM DETECTIVE - September 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 PHANTOM DETECTIVE September 1935 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073904. SECRET AGENT X - June 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SECRET AGENT X June 1935 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073904. These titles may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops. | |
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc
Coming to comic shops in July! The second volume of Nostalgia Ventures' acclaimed /Doc Savage/ reprint series is reissued with James Bama's classic "Resurrection Day" cover painting. If you've only seen Bama's painting on the severely-cropped 1969 Bantam paperback, you've missed a lot of its exquisite detailing. This instant collector's item showcases two action-packed pulp thrillers by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. In "Resurrection Day" (first published in 1936), the Man of Bronze perfects a method for resurrecting the dead, but only a single person from all of human history can be revived. Whom will Doc choose? In "Repel (1937), a strange new element is expelled in a South Pacific volcanic eruption, but falls into the hands of Cadwiller Olden, Doc Savage's most formidable foe. The trade paperback also includes a foreword by Peter David, the original pulp covers by Robert Harris, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and a historical article by Will Murray who collaborated posthumously with Lester Dent on seven new Doc Savage novels published by Bantam. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10. B&W...................................$12.95 DOC SAVAGE Volume 2 James Bama Variant is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073909. |  |
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in July! THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 9: "FORESHADOWING"-THE BATMAN
SPECIAL
The "Knight of Darkness" returns in two historic novels that gave birth to Batman.
First, a powerful new underworld kingpin crosses swords with The Shadow in "Lingo,"
one of Walter Gibson's all-time masterpieces which inspired the 'Batarang.' In
"Partners of Peril," by Theodore Tinsley, Lamont Cranston investigates chemical
syndicate murders in the crime thriller that serves as the model for Batman's
debut adventure in Detective Comics #27. This extra-long volume also reprints
Tinsley's "The Grim Joker," a 1936 tale featuring a clown-faced crime boss called
'The Joker'! PLUS: Will Murray documents the "Shadowy" origins of The Batman,
and Anthony Tollin chonicles how "Partners in Peril" was adapted as the first
Batman story. Cover by George Rozen; illustrations by Tom Lovell. (Sanctum
Productions) Softcover, 144 pages, 7x10. B&W...................................$12.95 THE SHADOW Volume 9 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073910. | |
| ATHENA VOLTAIRE: THE LEGEND OF MU-KING
#3 - Coming in July! by Paul Daly & Steve Bryant The jungles of Asia hold peril for globetrotting aviatrix Athena Voltaire! Can she stop the plans of a mad Japanese warlord? 32 pages, $3.50 THE LEGEND OF MU-KING #3 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073184. | |
| Audiobooks - Coming in July/August! THE DARK WORLDS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT VOLUME 7 AUDIO CD EDITION Howard Phillips Lovecraft has been hailed by literary critics as the inventor of modern horror, and a cultivating force behind such modern writers as Robert Bloch, Wes Craven and Stephen King, just to name a few. His fame rests largely on his Cthulhu Mythos stories, referring to a "race who, in practicing black magic, lost their foothold and were expelled, yet live on outside ever ready to take possession of this earth again." DVD, B&W SRP: $25.95 THE DARK WORLDS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT VOLUME 7 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073966. THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT AUDIO CD EDITION Starting out as a harrowing wartime sea adventure, The Land That Time Forgot ultimately develops into a lost world story reminiScent of such novels as Doyle's The Lost World and Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island. Bowen Tyler is an American captured at sea by a German U-boat and then finally stranded on an island called Caprona that is a veritable lost world filled with dinosaurs and danger. DVD, B&W SRP: $25.95 THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073967. ROBERT E. HOWARD'S HOUR OF THE DRAGON AUDIO CD EDITION "The Hour of the Dragon" is the only novel by Robert E. Howard featuring his greatest creation, Conan the Barbarian. This is a powerful novel of violent adventure, swords and sorcery with Conan at the pinnacle of his career as the King of Aquilonia, disposed of his throne by evil sorcery and fighting for his life and people. DVD, B&W SRP: $37.95 ROBERT E. HOWARD'S HOUR OF THE DRAGON is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073968. | |
| Black Coast Press: REH: TWO GUN RACONTEUR
#11 - Coming in June! Issue No. 11 will make its debut at the 2007 Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas (June 8 - 9). Contents Include: "A Touch of Color" by Robert E. Howard "Reflections on Hyborian Africa" by Charles R. Saunders, with additional articles by Morgan Holmes, Leon Nielson, Rob Roehm and Others. Artwork includes "Beyond the Black River: A Conan Portfolio" by Michael L. Peters, and other artwork by Bill Cavalier, Stephen Fabian, Bo Hampton and Richard Pace. Plate One of the "Black River" folio is posted at the group's homepage. More details coming soon. http://www.rehtwogunraconteur.com | |
| BLACK GATE #10 - Now available! BLACK GATE returns with a bang - and an extra 16 pages - with a jam-packed issue filled with the very best in adventure fantasy. Martha Wells graces our pages for the first time with a chilling tale of pursuit into a deadly wood in "Reflections," the first in a series of new Giliead and Ilias stories. Morlock the Maker returns to investigate a deadly tome in a new adventure from fan favorite James Enge, and Iain Rowan's Dao Shi the exorcist continues his escape from the forces of empire in "Welcome to the Underworld." Judith Berman brings us a mini-epic of dark necromancy, haunted ruins, centuries-spanning intrigue, and unquiet dead in "Awakening," the sequel to "The Poison Well" (BG7), and Mark Sumner kicks off a new series of chilling monster tales with "The Naturalist: Going to Applewash." All this plus Harry James Connolly, a Dabir & Asim story from Howard Andrew Jones, a lengthy feature on 70s SF from Rich Horton, and much more. For a complete contents listing and a look at the interior art, visit the BLACK GATE website. Howard Andrew Jones has recently assumed the reins as managing editor of BLACK GATE which will only make an already great magazine even better! Edited by John O'Neill with cover art by Denis Rodier 224 pages, $9.95 BLACK GATE is available in better bookstores or by subscription. Subscribe now to make sure you don't miss out! |  |
| CONAN #42 - Coming in July! Timothy Truman (W), Cary Nord (A), and Richard Isanove (C) Red House, Red Priest: The second part of Timothy Truman and Cary Nord’s adaptation of the Robert E. Howard classic “Rogues in the House”! A favorite of fans and critics alike, the seminal Conan story “Rogues in the House” first appeared in Weird Tales. Now, writer Timothy Truman and artist Cary Nord bring you the tale of the Red Priest, as you’ve never seen it before. Free once again, Conan heads out to settle his debts, with the nobleman who engineered his escape and the wench who arranged for his capture! Full of fearsome foes, political double crosses, and horror in the best tradition of Robert E. Howard, “Rogues in the House” is sure to delight seasoned Conan fans and newcomers alike. Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99, On sale July 18 Dark Horse Comics CONAN #42 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY070014. |  |
| Conan Action Figure - Coming in July! Marvel Toys new line of Legendary Comic Book Heroes Series 1 action figures will feature a twin pack with Conan and Wraarl, the Devourer of Souls, from SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN. The action figures should be available in July 2007. |  |
| CONAN THE PHENOMENON - Coming in September! Paul Sammon (W) and Frank Frazetta (Cover); Foreword by Michael Moorcock This in-depth tour through the history of fantasy’s greatest hero covers everything from the earliest prose, to Frazetta’s explosive artwork, through the Schwarzenegger film, and into the recent rebirth of the character as a leading comic-book hero. Since his first appearance in a 1932 pulp magazine, Conan the Barbarian has enjoyed every success available to a fictional character. Robert E. Howard created the genre of sword and sorcery with his original stories; Frank Frazetta’s definitive Conan book covers set the standard for dynamic fantasy artwork; Roy Thomas, with Barry Smith and later John Buscema, used the character to push the boundaries of comic-book adventure; and Arnold Schwarzenegger launched his amazing film career. Now, with the character’s popularity renewed thanks to the award-winning comics series, all of these eras of Conan are examined under one cover in this lavishly illustrated book. Conan historian Paul Sammon looks at all the stages of the character’s development, with commentary and archival material from the most integral players in that history. The definitive guide to everything Conan! Hardcover, 9x12, Full Color, 200 pages, $29.95, On sale Sept. 26 Dark Horse Books CONAN THE PHENOMENON is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY070015. |  |
| CTHULHU TALES: TAINTED - Coming in July! by Various A follow-up to the hit Cthulhu Tales and Cthulhu Tales: The Rising Lovecraft anthologies! A new volume featuring all-new stories from the best that horror comics offers! Spotlighting Brendan Haye, writer on The Daily Show! Includes six all-new, all-original tales of weird darkness and the macabre from the only comic book company you can trust to deliver a quality horror anthology! Boom Studios 48 pages, Full Color SRP: $4.99 CTHULHU TALES: TAINTED is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073287. | |
| The Dark Man Volume 3, No. 2, 2007
- At the printers! The Dark Man Volume 3, No. 2 is at the printers and should be shipping by Apr. 25th. Visit The Dark man website at http://www.beyond49.ca/TDM/index.html Table of Contents Editorial Comments by Charles Gramlich The Influence of Joseph A. Altsheler's Young Trailers Series on Howard's Pictish Wilderness Fiction by Robert M. McIlvaine Review of The Black Stranger and Other American Tales by Ian Nichols Mind-forg'd Manacles? Back to School with Robert E. Howard by Steve Tompkins Conan the Shakespearean/Hamlet the Barbarian by Jeffrey Kahan News: Contributions by Paul Herman and S. T. Joshi Letters to the Editor The cover design is an amalgamation of mostly French NeO paperback covers, designed by Scotty Henderson. The intent was to illustrate covers with most of the major well-known Howard characters, with their creator, and his ghost. Visit The Dark Man website to see the wraparound cover for this issue. | |
| Del Rey - THE BEST
OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1 This collection features Robert E. Howard's most essential tales, set within various genres - all restored to the earliest, most definitive versions available today. Click here for a list of the contents. This trade paperback is fully illustrated by Jim and Ruth Keegan. It will be available in book stores July 31st. Softcover, 6x9, 528 pages, $15.95. THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 1 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073991. THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1: CRIMSON SHADOWS will be arriving in bookstores on July 31st! This is the first of two volumes that will be appearing this year. Volume 2: GRIM LANDS will be arriving in November. |  |
| Del Rey - THE BEST
OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 2 Amazon.com and Random House have posted a cover image for THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 2. Rusty Burke, the books editor, has advised that the cover is a "mock-up" using a color-pencil rough and is NOT the final cover painting! |  |
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Next weeks review is "The Golden Quest" from May 1, 1935. "Electric Death" by Charles W. Johnson II is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 800 stories online! "Murder Breeds Murder" by Carl G. Hodges from THRILLING DETECTIVE, April 1947 Dwight Berke, newspaper sports editor, discovers murder at the Hazelcrest Stables. He finds that one crime leads to another as the killer tries to cover up his guilt. "Rodeo Fool" by John R. Phillips from FIGHTING WESTERN, February 1947 They thought Big Jim Farnol been selling out at the rodeos. Somebody was playing him for a fool, but he had to be sure before he played his hand. | |
| ECOF 2007 - Friday, May 25
through Sunday, May 27 in Bingham, New York! Annual gathering of the Burroughs Bibliophiles
to celebrate the life and works of the Master of Fantasy Adventure: Edgar Rice Burroughs Visit the ECOF website for complete
details. | |
| THE FALL OF CTHULHU VOLUME 1: THE
FUGUE TP - Coming in July! Collecting the opening arc of the smash-hit new series that is taking fandom by storm! Cy is an ordinary guy, engaged to a beautiful fiancee, when his uncle's suicide changes his life forever. Consumed with discovering the motive behind his relative's sudden and painful death, he finds notes and scribblings about a nonsense word he doesn't recognize... Cthulhu? Obsessed, he will find answers to questions he should have never asked. A horrifying glimpse into a modern day Lovecraftian world filled with nightmares - and excursions into Lovecraft's Dreamlands! Softcover, 6x9, 128 pages, Full Color SRP: $14.99 Boom Studios THE FALL OF CTHULHU VOLUME 1 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073283. | |
| THE FALL OF CTHULHU #6 - Coming in July! by Michael Alan Nelson & Jean-Jacques Diazlowski Beginning a new arc! Connor travels to the edge of the world to retrieve a lost artifact for... Mister Arkham? What darkness does it hold? Secrets are revealed as the next chapter in the war of Lovecraftian gods continues! 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Boom Studios THE FALL OF CTHULHU #6 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073284 (Cover A). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073285 (Cover B). | |
| Frank Dirscherl's THE WRAITH #1 - Now available! The Wraith, Dread Avenger of the Underworld®, is dead... long live The Wraith?! In this fantastic oversized one-shot, we are re-introduced to the characters brought to life in The Wraith #0. Learn the fates of Paul Sanderson (aka The Wraith), Michael Reeve, Leena Patterson and others, and embark with them on their new journey into adventure, love, heinous evil and tragedy. Witness the beginning of a whole new era for The Wraith. Writer: Frank Dirscherl. Pencillers: Jim Taylor, Jeff Welborn, John Jett, Phillip Greene, Rick Welch, Vanderwolff (with Jason Bostick). Inkers: Loren Ross, Marco Traditi, Rick Welch (with John Jett). Letterer: Joel Danford. Cover: Jeff Welborn, Jeff Austin, Splash! Visit The Wraith website at http://www.the-wraith.com/ 44 pages, B&W. SRP $4.25USD/$5.50AUD |  |
| FRANK FRAZETTA'S DEATH DEALER #4
(of 6) - Coming in
July! Story - Joshua Ortega; Art - Nat Jones & Jay Fotos; Covers - Frank Frazetta, Nat Jones & Jay Fotos Adelia Atar and Lambeau catch up with the Death Dealer at Cascada Pass, and learn the shocking secret of his origin! The mysterious stranger finally steps out of the shadows, but what are his ties to the Death Dealer...and does he fight on the side of the King of Oro or the evil forces of Mirahan? Join critically-acclaimed novelist and comics writer Joshua Ortega and the cult-favorite art team of Nat Jones and Jay Fotos for all of the pulse-pounding answers! Image Comics 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99, On sale July 11th! DEATH DEALER #4 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY071870. |  |
| GREEN HORNET & KATO STATUE
- Coming in
August! Electric Tiki is proud to present the 12" Scale Green Hornet & Kato 2-pack, the latest characters in the Electric Tiki Classic Heroes Collection. Britt Reid, descendent of the great The Lone Ranger, is a newspaper publisher by day, crime-fighter at night. His trusty sidekick Kato, is always by his side. This 2-pack features cleverly designed statues that look fantastic displayed side-by-side or back-to-back, thanks to the ingenious bases that incorporate the classic hornet logo and the duos' classic ride. Green Hornet and Kato were designed and Sculpted by Ruben Procopio. Each statue is hand-cast in high quality, heavy-weight polystone, then hand-finished and hand-painted to exacting standards. Each statue set includes two interchangable weapons for Kato (Hornet dart and throwing star), plus an interchangable set of hands for the Hornet that hold his classic Stinger rifle weapon. Don't miss your chance to add these Classic Heroes to your collection! Limited to 500 sets. Scheduled to ship in August 2007. Statue SRP: $299.99 GREEN HORNET & KATO STATUE is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY074423. |  |
| JUNGLE GIRL #0 by Doug Murray & Frank Cho, & Adriano Batista A Previews Exclusive! In the introductory priced #0 issue, Dynamite introduces readers to an original 8-page story, overseen by co-writer and artist Frank (Mighty Avengers, Liberty Meadows) Cho, and infuses the issue with everything Cho fans want to see - beautiful women, thrilling adventures, and, of course, dinosaurs! Co-writer Doug Murray is along for the ride, as is series artist Adriano (Red Sonja) Batista as they bring the Jungle Girl to life! Featuring a cover by Cho, this #0 issue is a must-have, and available for just 25 cents! Issue #0 leads directly into the first Dynamite Jungle Girl mini-series - and look for the ongoing Jungle Girl adventures in 2008! SRP: $0.25 JUNGLE GIRL #0 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073327. |  |
| THE LONE RANGER #8 - Coming in
July! by Brett Matthews, Sergio Cariello The cast expands as the Lone Ranger and Tonto find themselves in-between frontier justice and a condemned man... all while the duo continues to make things difficult for Cavendish - who's becoming more unhinged by the actions of this "lone" Ranger! The most talked-about title of 2006 AND 2007 continues to generate buzz! Find out what the buzz is all about in the 8th issue shipping in July, courtesy of the all-star creative team of writer Brett Matthews, artist (pencils, inks) Sergio Cariello, and art director/cover artist John Cassaday! Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $2.99 THE LONE RANGER #8 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073338. | |
| LORI LOVECRAFT VOLUME 2: MY BLACK
PAGES TP - Coming in
July! by Mike Vosburg & Peter Ventrella The Elder Gods have sent their demonic emmissaries to Hollywood to retrieve a book of mystic spells called the Necronomicon. Lori Lovecraft, B-movie actress and the book's current owner, must learn to wield its magic before she is destroyed by these legions of the netherworld as well as a group of inscrutable Hollywood power brokers called the Cabal. Softcover, 7x10, 160 pages, B&W SRP: $14.95 AV Publications LORI LOVECRAFT VOLUME 2 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073219. | |
| MARBLEHEAD: A Novel of H.P. Lovecraft by
Richard A. Lupoff - Now available! Ramble House is proud to present a new major novel by well-known editor and SF/mystery writer, Richard A. Lupoff. He wrote it in 1976 in the style of such historical novelists as John Dos Passos, James T. Farrell and Theodore Dreiser and it concerns the actions of horror novelist Howard P. Lovecraft and his literary friends in the momentous year 1927. Lupoff's 1980 novel, LOVECRAFT'S BOOK, covers the same topic but very little of the 1976 manuscript -- lost until a few years ago -- is contained in the 1980 novel. Read the story of the two publications in the introduction. MARBLEHEAD is a huge novel, 478 pages, and both the trade paperback and hardcover editions have a cover and mapback by Ramble House's Gavin L. O'Keefe. $25 in trade paperback $38 in hardback | |
| Moonstone Books - Coming in
July! THE PHANTOM #18 by Bullock, Szilagyi, Pedroza, Banks, Austin & Corroney "Invisible Children" Part 2: Torn from today's headlines, The Phantom continues his one-man war against the evil warlord known only as HIM. But, what terrible secret is the warlord hiding and what will he do to The Phantom when he discovers it? Moonstone Books teams with YOU to make a difference in this tragic, continuing real world atrocity. In order to do this, Moonstone has enlisted legendary artists to create limited edition B covers for each issue of this story arc. For each limited edition issue of Phantoms #17-19, Moonstone Books will make a contribution to in order to create safe havens with food, healthcare, and education for the children affected by this war. COVER A: REGULAR-32 pages, $3.50 COVER B: LIMITED CHARITY-32 pages, $4.50 Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM #18 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073626 (Regular cover). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073627 (Limited charity cover). |  |
| ThePulp.Net After several months of work, the new improved Pulp.Net is now online! Besides upgrading the underlying framework of coding that the site is built on, we've updated, corrected and added to many of its regular departments. Changes include:
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| PulpvillePress - Now available! THE ADVENTURES OF TOFFEE #3 by Charles F. Myers featuring the complete novel The Shades of Toffee. Dust Jacketed Hardcover $24.95 Trade Paperback $14.95 | |
| PulpvillePress - Coming soon! FANTASTIC ADVENTURE STORIES #1 - Available at the end of April! The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting science fiction and fantasy pulp stories. This first issue contains a short novel, 3 novelettes, and 1 short story; includes the Amazing Stories magazine version of THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT by Edgar Rice Burroughs; The Shadow author, Walter Gibson, with THE DAY NEW YORK ENDED; sci-fi author, Edmond Hamilton and LOST TREASURE OF MARS; fantasy writer, Charles F. Myers, with I'LL DREAM OF YOU; and sci-fi author, R. R. Botham with THE LAST WAR. Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. PRIVATE DETECTIVE STORIES #1 - Available at the end of May! The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting detective stories of the past. Each issue will feature at least one Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, story as written by Robert Leslie Bellem. Published by Pulp Tales Press. Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. TALES FROM THE PULPS #2 - Available in May 2007 PE-RA, DAUGHTER OF THE SUN, Ralph Milne Farley SCARLET ACE, Theodore A. Tinsley MAGIC BATHING SUITS, Murray Leinster DEAD MIKE, Robert Leslie Bellem TENDERFOOT, E. Hoffman Price OMELETTES AND SYMPATHY FOR ALL, Earl Derr Biggers THE NUDIST GYM DEATH RIDDLE, Jack Gray Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. | |
| Pulpsciencefiction.com Doug Parker has written a pulp novel in the genre of the movies, books and magazines from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s - what we remember as the "Golden Age of Science Fiction," and has created a website that both announces the publication as well as offering the visitor several other items of interest, including the opportunity to have his or her pulp short story published on the website. The book, Pulp Science Fiction, was written to be fun and engaging, and hopefully the new website mirrors that philosophy. Pulp Science Fiction: Book One: Timed Out is available on Amazon.com The new website can be found at http://pulpsciencefiction.com/ | |
| RED SONJA #25 - Coming in
July! by Michael Avon Oeming & Brian Reed, & Homs This is it - the 25th issue of Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword, featuring the debut of co-writer Brian (Avengers: Illuminati) Reed along with Michael Avon Oeming! Defying all expectations, Red Sonja is a huge hit! Each and every month, readers are captivated with the adventures of the beautiful Red Sonja and her cast of allies and villains! Now, writer Michael Avon Oeming sets the stage for the next year's worth of events as Sonja brings the battle back to Hyboria to face the growing power of Kulan Gath! New allies are revealed, old allies lost, and villains abound as Sonja battles her way back to face a "World on Fire"! Oeming is joined again by Homs (while artist Mel Rubi works on the Spider-Man/Red Sonja cross-over) and cover artist Art Adams w/Laura Martin, Mel Rubi, Ariel Olivetti and Paul Renaud! A great jumping-on point for new readers! 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 RED SONJA #25 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073330. |  |
| SAVAGE PLANET: SECRETS OF THE EMPIRE
- Coming in
July! by Dan Parsons Lone Astronaut Capt. Hawkins and his beautiful native companion fight for survival in the mysterious lost regions of Terra One! This brand-new special SAVAGE PLANET one-shot also features artwork from the 2004 Edgar Rice Burroughs Exhibition (ECOF). Numerous Tarzan, John Carter: Warlord of Mars, Carson of Venus, and other artwork is presented. 32 pages, B&W SRP: $3.50 Basement Comics / Amryl Entertainment SAVAGE PLANET: SECRETS OF THE EMPIRE is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073266. | |
| SAVAGE TALES #3 - Coming in
July! by Various Dynamite continues its all-new anthology series featuring the most savage stories that comic creators have ever told! Issue #3 features the debut of a special Red Sonja short story from Chris (World War Hulk: X-Men, Law and Order: SVU) Gage and artist Joyce Chin! Savage Tales #3 also features: The conclusion of Battle for Atlantis from writers Leah Moore and John Reppion with artists Pablo Marcos and Stjepan Sejic: The world around the Atlanteans is changing and growing ever more savage and brutal, can the majestic state find its way in this harsh new world? The Hunter Conclusion - from the pages of Red Sonja - from writers Luke Lieberman and Michael Avon Oeming with artist Kevin Sharpe: The Hunter finds a new ally in his quest to avenge the death of his master - the Borat Na-Fori - and seeks the ultimate revenge on Kulan Gath! The Elder Things Conclusion by Mike Raict and artist Pere Perez: Continuing the tale of the stranded Cthulhu as a desperate band of islanders attempts to stave off his ever-growing madness! This issue is available with two variant covers by Stjepan Sejic and Richard Isanove, shipped in an equal ratio. SRP: $4.99 SAVAGE TALES #3 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073343. |  |
| SHEENA #2 (OF 5) - Coming in
July! Author: Robert Rodi; Artist: Matt Merhoff ; Cover Artists: Mike Huddleston, Fiona Staples, and Tim Seeley Based on a concept by Stephen E. De Souza The steamy jungle adventure continues! What is it about the snarling, ferocious, wild girl that's being held captive in Val Verde's hospital that attracts the attention of a huge corporation like Cardwell Industries? Why is Cardwell's CEO so threatened by this girl? Why is she so blessedly sexy? All this plus Sheena vs... a doorknob?! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Devil's Due Publishing SHEENA #2 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY073382. |  |
| Well Told Tales Every Monday, the Well Told Tales podcast brings you an original short story -- either sci-fi, horror or hardboiled. Think of them as audiobooks, only shorter -- 15 to 35 minutes, the perfect length for your commute, workout, whatever. Best of all, they're FREE? Visit the Well Told Tales website at http://welltoldtales.com/ Thanks to R Krauss for the tip! | |
| Wildside Press - Coming to comic
shops and beyond in July/August! ROBERT E. HOWARD'S A THUNDER OF TRUMPETS HC Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard Scholar Paul Herman, this is the final volume in a ten-book definitive chronological collection of Robert E. Howard's stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered WEIRD TALES. Hardcover, 240 pages, B&W SRP: $35.00 A THUNDER OF TRUMPETS is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAY074001. | |
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| Adventure House - Now available! G-8 and His Battle Aces #24: "Staffel of Beasts" "I'm going blind . . . I can't see!" From all along the Yank front those reports came in—pitiful reports from troops sent up to stage a victory drive—troops that now fought on—grimly, hopelessly. And G-8, watching from the air, vowed grimly to avenge their slaughter, to track this horror scourge to its source and bust it wide open with crimson lead! Originally published September 1935. 110 pages 7 x 10, $9.95 (U.S.) plus Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. G-8 and His Battle Aces #24 arrives in comic shops April 18th! |  | ||||||
| Adventure House - The April pulp
facsimile reprints are now available! SECRET AGENT "X" - November 1934, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 GANGLAND DETECTIVE STORIES - September 1940, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES - August 1939, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
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| Adventure House - More pulp facsimile
reprints are announced! Coming in July 2007! Joining the previously announced DETECTIVE DRAGNET - January 1932, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 will be: PHANTOM DETECTIVE - December 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 MYSTERY NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES - September 1939, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
PLANET STORIES - Winter 1939, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SECRET AGENT X - February 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES - March 1940, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
PHANTOM DETECTIVE - December 1933, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES - August 1939, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 Coming in October 2007! SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES - December 1940, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Coming in November 2007! SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES - November 1940, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 |     | ||||||
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions
and Nostalgia Ventures Inc THE SHADOW Volume 6: "The Shadow's Justice" & "The Broken
Napoleons" Now available and shipping to subscribers and retailers! "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The legendary supersleuth returns in two of Walter Gibson's most intriguing mystery thrillers. The Dark Avenger journeys to Havana to tip the scales of justice in the law's favor in "The Shadow's Justice" (1933). This classic tale of intrigue, lost treasure and murder showcases The Shadow's brand of deadly justice! Then, the Master of Darkness confronts the mysterious master criminal called Levantour ("the Vulture) who leaves a Napoleonic coin at the scene of his crimes. Who will have the last laugh? This instant collector's item leads off with one of George Rozen's most iconic pulp covers, and also includes all the original interior art by acclaimed illustrator Tom Lovell plus new historical commentary by popular culture historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 DOC SAVAGE Volume 5: "The Spook Legion" and "The Submarine Mystery" The pulps' legendary superman battles evil in two exciting adventures by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. In "The Spook Legion" (1935), the Man of Bronze and his aide Monk Mayfair battle invisible supercrooks led by a criminal mastermind whose scientific brilliance may surpass Doc's own. Then, in 1938's "The Submarine Mystery," Doc Savage investigates modern-day piracy when a Navy sub is destroyed off of Boston Harbor, and it's only survivor is found to be speaking an obscure 16th-century dialect. These classic pulp thrillers are reproduced with the original color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical articles by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 Available from: Adventure House, Bud Plant, Mike Chomko, Girasol Collectables, Nostalgia Ventures, Shocklines,
and Vintage Library.These reprints can also be ordered directly from: Anthony Tollin (via check, money order, or Paypal). 1 book: $12.95 plus $3 (first class) or $2 (media mail) 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) first class postpaid Subscriptions are also available for either THE SHADOW or DOC SAVAGE: Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (firstclass) or $66 (media mail). Anthony Tollin P.O. Box 761474 San Antonio, TX 78245-1474 sanctumotr@earthlink.net |   | ||||||
| AudioRealms - Now available! Shadow Kingdoms, a collection of stories by Robert E. Howard is now shipping. It is a 5 CD set that includes King Kull and Solomon Kane stories. The cover features Ken Kelley artwork. The Dark Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft Volume 5 is also shipping. It is a 3 CD set featuring "The Thing on the Doorstep," "Haunter of the Dark" and "The Lurking Fear." Check them out at http://www.audiorealms.com/ |  | ||||||
| Bison Books - Coming in June! Back to the Stone Age by Edgar Rice Burroughs Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs Introduction to the Bison Books edition by Gary Dunham The fifth installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Pellucidar series, Back to the Stone Age recounts the strange adventures of Lieutenant von Horst, a member of the original crew that sailed to Pellucidar with Jason Gridley and Tarzan who is left behind in the inner world. Horst wanders friendless and alone from one danger to the next among the Stone Age peoples, mighty reptiles, and huge animals that have been extinct on the outer crust for thousands of years. But woven among the tales of savage cave men in the country of the Basti, the hideous Gorbuses in the caverns beneath the Forest of Death, and the terrible Gaz is the story of the love this cultured hero feels for a barbarian slave girl who has spurned and discouraged him, working instead toward her own mysterious goal. 336 pages, $19.95 Land of Terror by Edgar Rice Burroughs Introduction to the Bison Books edition by Anne Harris If you have ever wondered what a civilized man of the twentieth century would do if catapulted into an Old Stone Age where huge cave bears, saber-toothed tigers, monstrous carnivorous dinosaurs, mammoths, and mastodons roamed the savage terrain, you need look no further than Land of Terror, the sixth installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Pellucidar series. Years ago David Innes and Abner Perry bored straight down through five hundred miles of the Earth's crust and landed in Pellucidar, the savage, primeval world that lies at the center of the Earth. This is the story of their continuing adventures in the timeless land of perpetual noon and their encounters with the hideous creatures and savage men who pursue them. Although they encounter enemies at every turn, David and Abner find a few loyal friends as they embark on exhilarating adventures. 352 pages, $19.95 Savage Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs Illustrated by J. Allen St. John Introduction by Harry Turtledove When David Innes and Abner Perry set out to search for mineral deposits in Perry's newly invented Mechanical Prospectro, they never dreamed of discovering the beautiful, terrifying world of Pellucidar five hundred miles beneath their feet. Cast into a country of fierce fighting men, beautiful women, and vicious beasts, David and Abner take sharply diverging paths. David and his mate, Dian the Beautiful, set out to teach Pellucidar the ways of civilization and succeed in gathering a number of primitive kingdoms into the Empire of Pellucidar. Meanwhile, Abner turns his inventive genius to the science of aeronautics, with dire results for both David and Dian. The seventh and final book in Edgar Rice Burroughs's Pellucidar series, Savage Pellucidar continues the epic story with a masterful blend of action, humor, and suspense. 304 pages, $19.95 Riders of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume Three by Harold Lamb Edited by Howard Andrew Jones Introduction by E. E. Knight A 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, Khlit the Cossack, the “wolf of the steppes.” Journey 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, skill, and a little luck. This four-volume set collects for the first time the complete Cossack stories of Harold Lamb: every adventure of Khlit the Cossack and those of his friends, allies, and fellow Cossacks, many of which have never appeared between book covers. Compiled and edited by the Harold Lamb scholar Howard Andrew Jones, each volume features essays Lamb wrote about his stories, informative introductions by popular authors, and a wealth of rare, exciting, swashbuckling fiction. In this third volume, the wily old Cossack Khlit may have aged but he's lost none of his guile. He shepherds his dashing grandson Kirdy into one adventure after another, finally uniting with his allies Ayub and Demid in the climactic story White Falcon—out of print since the 1920s. Here too are the exploits of Ayub and Demid, risking all to safeguard the perilous Russian border from marauding Turks, Tatars, and even bloodthirsty Russian nobles. 544 pages, $21.95 Swords of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume Four by Harold Lamb Edited by Howard Andrew Jones Introduction by Barrie Tait Collins A 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, Khlit the Cossack, the “wolf of the steppes.” Journey 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, skill, and a little luck. This four-volume set collects for the first time the complete Cossack stories of Harold Lamb: every adventure of Khlit the Cossack and those of his friends, allies, and fellow Cossacks, many of which have never appeared between book covers. Compiled and edited by the Harold Lamb scholar Howard Andrew Jones, each volume features essays Lamb wrote about his stories, informative introductions by popular authors, and a wealth of rare, exciting swashbuckling fiction. In the concluding volume, gallop into adventure with Khlit and Kirdy for their final challenge in The Wolf Master, out of print since 1933. Then, delve into a treasure trove of stories gleaned from rare magazines: an account of a desperate mission for Khlit’s old friend Ayub; three tales of the valorous Koum and the champion swordsman Gurka; two daring ventures by Stenka Razin, the Robin Hood of the steppes; five short stories of Uncle Yarak, a Cossack fighting in World War II; and more than a half dozen other swashbuckling tales from the steppes. 640 pages, $21.95 |     | ||||||
| Black Dog Books - Now at the
printers and available in a few short weeks! Copies will also be available at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Con - May 4 thru 6, 2007! New in the Black Dog Books Signature Series MARCHING SANDS by Harold Lamb A Lost City in the Gobi Desert and the Religious Conspiracy to Keep it Lost! Gray was silent while the scientist placed his finger on a wall map of Asia. He drew his finger inland from the coast of China, past the rivers and cities, past the northern border of Tibet to a blank space under the mountains of Turkestan where there was no writing. "This is the blind spot of Asia," Balch said. "It has grown smaller, as Europeans journeyed through its borders. Tibet we know. The interior of China we know, except for this blind spot. It is" "In the Desert of Gobi." "The one place explorers have been prevented from visiting. And it is here we have heard the Wusun are." "We want you to start right off. We know that our dearest foes, the BritishAsiatic Society, have wind of the Wusun. They are fitting out an expedition. It will have the edge on yours because theirs will start from India, which is nearer the Gobi." "Then it¹s to be a race?" Gray asked. "A race it is," nodded Balch. Robert Gray, ex-Army officer turned soldier of fortune, is hired by the American Exploration Society to find the Wusun, a fabled lost race. In a race against time, taking the path traveled by Marco Polo centuries before Gray uncovers a religious plot to keep the Wusun hidden a plot which if revealed would rewrite the course of Eastern religious history forever! Trade paperback / 176 pages / $19.95 US ZENITH RAND, PLANET VIGILANTE by Richard Tooker Previously uncollected come these tales of laser beams and lust ripped from the pages of MYSTERY ADVENTURE MAGAZINE! With the Universe as his battlefield, Zenith Rand pilots the Venus-77 on an endless vigil through the reaches of outer space. Aided by the voluptuous spacewoman Sandra Yates, queen of the Valkyr, the pair wage a never-ending battle against the encroaching hoards of deepest space. Front and back cover art by Norman Saunders Trade paperback / 94 pages / $12.95 US THE SILVER MENACE and A THOUSAND DEGREES BELOW ZERO by Murray Leinster Two early, never-reprinted tales by an all-time Master of Science Fiction! A Thousand Degrees Below Zero - A mad genius threatens to freeze earth's waterways unless he is acclaimed emperor of the planet. Only a clever young scientist, Teddy Gerrod, and a brash aviator, Lt. Richard Davis, dare to defy his deadly "cold bombs" in a brave battle to preserve the world's freedom. The Silver Menace - An ecological disaster turns the oceans into masses of muck and unleashes a creeping doom on all mankind. Once again the team of Gerrod and Davis becomes the world's last hope as these heroes strive desperately to defeat the Silver Menace. Cover art by Tom Roberts Trade paperback / 120 pages / $14.95 US Please include $3.50 for shipping and handling for one title or $4.50 for two. Check or money order may be sent to: Black Dog Books 1115 Pine Meadows Ct. Normal, IL 61761 tom.roberts2@insightbb.com www.blackdogbooks.net (under construction) Credit cards accepted through Paypal. Send payment to tom.roberts2@insightbb.com Black Dog Books titles are also available through Amazon, Adventure House, Vintage New Media and Mike Chomko. | 
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| Bob Weinberg - THE SCIENCE OF STEPHEN KING! THE SCIENCE OF STEPHEN KING by Bob Weinberg and Lois Gresh is coming in August 2007! THE SCIENCE OF STEPHEN KING appeals to both the scientist and the long-time reader of Stephen King in me. Weinberg and Gresh use concepts from King's fiction as launching pads for in-depth explorations of concepts as diverse as ESP, pyrokinesis, time travel, artificial intelligence, quantum chemistry, alternate realities, string theory, and the possibility that we'll be visited by aliens or that we'll face a global pandemic. In a style reminiscent of science populists like Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov, they present challenging concepts in clear, easy-to-grasp language. If you've ever read Stephen King's works and asked yourself what's real and what could be real, you might be surprised by the answers Weinberg and Gresh provide. As they so cleverly explain, much of what Stephen King writes about in his novels is closer to reality than you might think."--Bev Vincent, Ph.D., author of The Road to the Dark Tower A superb overview of King's use of scientific concepts in his stories. And considering all the scary talk lately about pandemic flu, their chapter on The Stand is timely as hell. --Stephen Spignesi, author of The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia, The Lost Work of Stephen King and The Essential Stephen King. Just as Sagan and Asimov popularized science to the masses by making it entertaining and informative, so too do Weinberg and Gresh in this book as they boldly go to explore every nook and cranny in the Stephen King universe. Compulsively readable and thought-provoking. --George Beahm, author of The Stephen King Companion, Stephen King: America s Best-Loved Boogeyman, and Stephen King from A to Z. Trade paperback, 288 pages, Wiley | |||||||
| Clive Cussler: THE NAVIGATOR - Coming in June! By Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos Years ago, an ancient Phoenician statue known as the Navigator was stolen from the Baghdad Museum, and there are men who would do anything to get their hands on it. Their first victim is a crooked antiquities dealer, murdered in cold blood. Their second very nearly is a UN investigator who, were it not for the timely assistance of Austin and Zavala, would now be at the bottom of a watery grave. What's so special about this statue? Austin wonders. The search for answers will take the NUMA team on an astonishing odyssey through time and space, one that encompasses no less than the lost treasures of King Solomon, a mysterious packet of documents personally encoded by Thomas Jefferson, and a top secret scientific project that could change the world forever. And that's before the surprises really begin . . . Putnam, 448 pages, $26.95, On sale June 5, 2007 |  | ||||||
| The Collected Letters of Robert E.
Howard - Volume 1 is expected to ship in late May! The REH Foundation is proud to present "The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard". This three-volume, limited-edition series collects all the known letters written by REH. The collection will include dozens of previously unpublished letters and hundreds of poems not found in any other collection. 1st Edition, REH Foundation Press, Hardcover, Cover by Jim & Ruth Keegan; Limited to 300 copies Edited by Rob Roehm; introduction and annotations by Rusty Burke Volume 1 contains all 99 letters known to have been written from 1923 through 1929 plus all of the prose and verse contained in those letters. See the list of prose and verse below. First of a three volume set attempting to publish all of REH's letters For more details, click here or visit the Robert E. Howard Foundation website. Volume 1, covering the years 1923-1929, is now available for pre-ordering. This volume is expected to start shipping by late May 2007.
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| CONAN #39
- Arriving in comic shops April 18th! Written by Kurt Busiek, art by Rafael Kayanan, cover by Cary Nord. The return of Janissa the Widowmaker! Far from civilized shores, at the edge of a deep jungle, the Tower of Tara-Teth is impassible by even the most skilled swordsmen and thieves. Now, Conan must defeat its devious magic to claim the treasure that it hides. But as Conan fights his way through the tower's guardians, the deadliest swordswoman of the Hyborian Age also seeks the Tower's prize... 32 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||
| Del Rey: THE BEST OF ROBERT
E. HOWARD Volume 1 - Contents announced! THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1: CRIMSON SHADOWS will be arriving in bookstores on July 31st! This is the first of two volumes that will be appearing this year. Volume 2: GRIM LANDS will be arriving in November. Volume 1 is a 400 page trade paperback that is fully illustrated by Jim and Ruth Keegan. The retail price is $15.95. Rusty Burke has posted the contents for Volume 1 on the REHupa Blog website. The contents are as follows:
Visit the the REHupa Blog website for a look at the artwork by Jim and Ruth Keegan. | | ||||||
| Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child:
THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS - Coming in August! Pendergast has taken Constance on a whirlwind Grand Tour, hoping to give her closure and a sense of the world that she's missed. They head to Tibet, where Pendergast intensively trained in martial arts and spiritual studies. At a remote monastery, they learn that a rare and dangerous artifact the monks have been guarding for generations has been mysteriously stolen. Pendergast agrees to take up the search. The trail leads him and Constance to the maiden voyage of the Queen Victoria, the world's largest and most luxurious passenger liner--and to an Atlantic crossing fraught with terror. Warner Books, 464 pages, $25.99, On sale August 28, 2007 | 
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "The Condor" from June 15, 1935. "Treasure Runes" by John Olsen is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 800 stories online! "The Tigress Terrible" by S. Ten Eyck Bourke from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, June 26, 1915 Mme. Erica and her husband were animal trainers of tigers in show business. However, Mme. Erica was used to getting her way, which did not always work out where wild animals were concerned. "Our Host - the Ghost" by Norman A. Daniels from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, September 1943 Detective Bill Duffy took that suspect to the murdered man's house for identification. Duffy knew the strange legends that haunted the eerie place. But the detective never expected that the third degree would be given by the victim's ghost. | |||||||
| F. Paul Wilson: BLOODLINE - Coming in May! F. Paul Wilson's 11th Repairman Jack novel, Bloodline starts off simply (as it always does)... Jack has been on hiatus since the events in Harbingers. With Gia’s encouragement he dips his toe back into the fix-it pool. Christy Pickering’s 18-year-old daughter is dating Jerry Bethlehem, a man twice her age. Christy sensed something shady and sinister about him, so she hired a private investigator to look into his past. But the P-I isn’t returning her calls. Will Jack find out why? Jack learns there’s a very good reason for the unreturned calls: The P-I is dead, a victim of a bizarre water-torture murder. As Jack delves into Jerry Bethlehem’s past he learns that the man is not who he says he is. Who—and what—he is will have a devastating effect on Jack’s life and future, adding another piece to the puzzle of who Jack really is and why he’s been drafted into this cosmic shadow war. The Numbered edition of Bloodline will have a cover price of $66 (Gauntlet Press customers pay $60), and $20 for the slipcase. The 26-copy Lettered edition will be priced at $200. For those ordering only through Gauntlet you will receive the chapbook, Bloodline: An Outline. It's the outline F. Paul Wilson wrote for Bloodline, providing a unique opportunity to see what the author was planning for the book. Visit the Gauntlet website to order. Don't delay, this edition is close to being sold out. |  | ||||||
| Flash Gordon - New Sci-Fi Channel series! Eric Johnson (Whitney) has snagged the much-coveted role in the Sci-Fi Channel's new series "Flash Gordon". According to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, the 22-hour series, a contemporary take on the popular comic strip franchise, is slated for an August premiere. It will feature Johnson as space traveler Flash Gordon embarking on all-new adventures. Peter Hume penned the first two episodes, which will be directed by Rick Rosenthal ("Smallville"). Production is to begin May 1 in Vancouver. Casting is under way for the other roles, including Flash Gordon's fellow space travelers Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov. | |||||||
| The Great Pulp Heroes by Don Hutchison
- Available
April 17th! The new, revised and expanded edition has been printed and will be in bookstores April 17. It should be available throughout the U. S. and Canada as well as the U. K. Here is an affectionate lookback at the outsized heroes who once occupied the imagination of millions of loyal readers-The Shadow, Tarzan, Doc Savage, Captain Future, The Spider, Zorro. They were the original super guys, godfathers and inspiration to the likes of Superman, Batman and James Bond. Fascinating and informative, THE GREAT PULP HEROES is a lively and entertaining history of those fabulous characters, of the gaudy, glorious magazines that spawned them, and of the amazing wordsmiths who churned out their monthly adventures Don Hutchison has been a Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Guild Award finalist, has been nominated three times for the World Fantasy Award, and is twice winner of Canada's Aurora Award. In 1990 he received The Lamont Award "for outstanding effort in keeping alive the memory and spirit of the pulp magazine era." Don is one of the Guests of Honour at World Horror Convention 2007 in Toronto, Canada March 29-April 1. Publisher: Book Republic Press, 288 pages, ISBN: 1580421849, $12.95 THE GREAT PULP HEROES is available from Simon & Schuster. It will also be available from Girasol Collectables in a few weeks. Note: This is a revised version of the book with some information on characters not included in previous editions. It also features a chapter on the Western hero pulps that was omitted from the first edition.  | |||||||
| James Rollins: THE JUDAS STRAIN - Coming in July! From the depths of the Indian Ocean, a horrific plague has arisen to devastate humankind--a disease that's unknown, unstoppable...and deadly. But it is merely a harbinger of the doom that is to follow. Aboard a cruise liner transformed into a makeshift hospital, Dr. Lisa Cummings and Monk Kokkalis--operatives of the shadowy covert organization SIGMA Force--search for answers to the bizarre affliction that has inexplicably washed ashore. But there are others with far less altruistic intentions. In a savage and sudden coup, terrorists hijack the vessel, turning a mercy ship into a floating bio-weapons lab. At a Fourth of July celebration a world away, SIGMA's Commander Gray Pierce thwarts the murderous schemes of a beautiful assassin--a would-be killer who holds the first clue to the discovery of a possible cure. With the fate of every man, woman, and child on Earth hanging in the balance, Pierce joins forces with the woman who wanted him dead, and together they embark upon an astonishing quest--one that winds through Venetian tombs, Byzantine cathedrals, and jungle-encrusted ruins, following the trail of the most fabled explorer in history: Marco Polo. But time is an enemy as a worldwide pandemic grows rapidly out of control. And as a relentless madman dogs their every step, Gray and his unlikely ally are being pulled into an astonishing mystery buried deep in antiquity and in humanity's genetic code. And as the seconds tick closer to doomsday, Gray Pierce will realize he can truly trust no one--not the bewitching enigma who runs at his side or even those who are closest to him--for any one of them could be...a Judas. William Morrow, 448 pages, $26.95, On sale July 3, 2007 Visit James Rollins website at http://www.jamesrollins.com |  | ||||||
| The Pulp Rack Today's posting to The Pulp Rack features some discussion on two Lewis. B. Patten westerns, "The Cheyenne Pool" and "The Youngerman Guns," by The Woodstove Whittlers and Wrangling Association. What is this Association, you ask? It is the reading group of the Spur & Lock Mercantile and Sundries Emporium. The reading group was the idea of Adolphus Husky -- he wanted an excuse to tell his wife whenever she claimed he was being lazy sitting around the woodstove at the Mercantile all winter; by participating in the rigorous and vigorous debates on literature, Adolphus could say he was expanding his mind. When he played this tactic one day at the dinner table, his wife, Renee, then asked if his mind would need a longer belt by the middle of February, just like his britches do each year. Oh well. You can find this report from the Association by visiting this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/04/the_cheyenne_po.html Meanwhile, please feel free to drop a few pennies in the Mercantile's (and The Pulp Rack's) till by purchasing a copy of A Century of Great Western Stories by John Jakes at Amazon by following this link: http://www.amazon.com/Century-Great-Western-Stories/dp/0312869851/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/pulprack-20 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/ | |||||||
| Red Shadows - New audio presentations! Librivox hosts audiobooks people make of works that are in the public domain, and some one has made a very well done audiobook of REH's "Red Shadows." You can get it here: http://librivox.org/red-shadows-by-robert-e-howard/ Thanks to Terry Allen and the REH Comics Newsgroup for the tip! | |||||||
| RED SONJA #21 - Arriving
in comic shops April 18th! by Michael Avon Oeming & Homs The ultimate tale of the "She-Devil with a Sword" begins a new storyline as we kick off the start of the 35th Anniversary celebration! ?Animals? continues here! Featuring regular Sonja writer Michael Avon Oeming and new story by Savage Red Sonja artist Homs! ?Animals? concludes here as Sonja and her comrades make a fateful decision concerning not only their fates, but the fates of the very world! Will Sonja and crew pick up the battle once again and head back to face the growing armies of Kulan Gath? Or will they remain amongst the strange and powerful creatures on the other side of the know world? Joining our creative team this month, we have covers by Mel Rubi, Homs, Joe Prado, and Adriano Batista, all shipping in an equal ratio! 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment |  | ||||||
| Wildside Press: ALIAS "THE NIGHT WIND" - Now available! "ALIAS THE NIGHT WIND" by Varick Vanardy Written by the “father of [serial detective] Nick Carter,” Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey, and published by the man who introduced the “pulp” magazine to the world, Frank A. Munsey, the Night Wind was a super-endowed character whose fictional life-span ran from 1913 to the early 1920s. Bingham Harvard, alias the Night Wind, used his prodigious strength (roughly 5 times that of the average man) to rescue himself, friends and family from various plots of “frame-ups,” extortion and outright physical violence. His exploits were serialized in Munsey’s THE CAVALIER and ALL-STORY WEEKLY just a few months after the appearance of Tarzan in October 1912 and wrapping up just before the first appearance of Zorro on August 1919 by the same publisher. Upon the close of a pulp magazine serial, the installments were bound and reissued in hardcover format. There were a total of four hardcover novels starring the Night Wind: ALIAS "THE NIGHT WIND", THE RETURN OF THE NIGHT WIND, THE NIGHT WIND'S PROMISE, and LADY OF THE NIGHT WIND. In 1923 the first novel was adapted for the silent screen and released with much popular appeal as ALIAS "THE NIGHT WIND." After almost 100 years out of print, ALIAS "THE NIGHT WIND" is available again. Re-typeset - but not revised or abridged in any way, this edition comes with an informative introduction by Christopher R. Yates putting the author and character in historical context. In addition, the hardbound and paperback formats of this book sport the color cover from the original, first appearance of the Night Wind in THE CAVALIER magazine from May 10, 1913. Available now from Barnes & Noble.com, Amazon.com and Diesel eBooks in hardcover, paperback and ebook formats. Stay tuned for the pending release of the next three Night Wind titles from the original series and a new, exciting fifth installment... Hardcover, 256 pages, $29.95 Trade paperback, 252 pages, $14.95 |  | ||||||
| Wildside Press: STRANGE TALES John Betancourt has announced that STRANGE TALES #10 is almost ready to go to the printer. (If not this week, then next week.) #11 will be an anthology. Subscribers will get the books instead of the magazine (but the same number of issues/volumes). | |||||||
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| 11th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale -
May 12, 2007 The 11th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale will be held Saturday, May 12, 2007 from 10am to 5pm. Thelocation 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:
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| 2007 Windy City Pulp and Paper
Con - May 4 thru 6, 2007! GUESTS OF HONOR: KEN KELLY & GARY GIANNI In keeping with our Conan theme, artists Ken Kelly and Gary Gianni will be our Guests of Honor this year. Among the many paperback and magazine covers Ken Kelly has painted are numerous portrayals of Conan, beginning with the Berkley paperbacks of the 1970's, while Gary Gianni has brought Conan to life in the recent Wandering Star volumes. Both have depicted numerous other REH heroes as well. ART SHOW: We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original pulp and paperback art. For the third year in a row, the art show is sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine (www.illustrationmagazine. 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. We will also be showing episodes of the classic TV series, Thriller, based on stories that had originally appeared in WEIRD TALES. 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 (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 $70 (4 1/8'' x 6.75''), half page $40 (4 1/8'' x 3 3/8''), business card size $25 (3.25” x 2''). The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 1, 2007. 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. HOTEL: For our seventh show, we’ll be in the NW suburbs of Chicago. The Sheraton is 15-20 minutes NW of O’Hare Airport. Room rates are $97/night; parking is free. For those bringing families, the Sheraton’s indoor waterpark is opening this fall, and the Sheraton is also located two miles from Woodfield Mall, which is the Chicago area’s largest mall. The hotel is 1/2 mile from the Chicago Metra train line, which runs to downtown Chicago. The hotel is also located next to Arlington Park Racecourse, the premier horse racing venue in Illinois. The con coincides with opening weekend, and on the Saturday, in addition to the regular slate of races they’ll be simulcasting the Kentucky Derby. So if you still have any money left after buying stuff at the con, you can put a few dollars down on the Derby. The hotel has complimentary transportation to and from Woodfield Mall, the train station and the track. MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $15 for Sunday only. At the request of several attendees at past cons, we are, for the first time, experimenting with and offering the option of buying an Early Bird Admission for non-dealers for $60, which is a three day membership which allows entry to the dealer room on Friday at 10 a.m. (which is one hour after dealer setup begins and two hours before the con generally opens to the public). Please note that we can now accept payments online through Paypal (account pulpvault@msn.com). DEALER INFO: Dealer setup begins Friday at 9 a.m. – the dealer room is open to the public from noon - 6 p.m. Friday (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday. For dealers, tables are 6’ long. Each table includes: 1 tablecloth and 2 chairs. Wall tables are $90 and island tables are $80. The dealer room will helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35). 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. The registration form is now posted on the website with complete details. http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com/ The bulletin board section of the website is also active, so members can join and post things of general interest regarding the convention, including sharing rides, rooms, etc. IMPORTANT SCHEDULING CHANGE! FRIDAY NIGHT PULP PARTY! Despite having booked our hotel dates and times nearly a year in advance, we've just been informed by the hotel that they've double-booked the dealer room for Friday, May 4, and we will not have access to this room until Friday evening. But would something like this deter Conan the Cimmerian? No, by Crom! And it won't deter us either! Accordingly, our Friday schedule has changed for the dealer room. We will now begin dealer set-up as soon as we can on Friday, which we currently anticipate will be between 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. It's possible that dealer set-up may be able to begin a little earlier than that; as the situation becomes clearer, we will post updates to the website. The dealer room will open to the public at 7:00 p.m. and will remain open until midnight for our Friday Night Pulp Party. We will begin our Pulp Filmfest on Friday afternoon for those arriving prior to the opening of the dealer room, and will no longer be selling Early Bird Admissions. The flier is still accurate for Saturday's and Sunday's schedules. We apologize for the late change but hope you'll still join us for a fun Friday night filled with buying and selling pulps (and telling tall tales of the ones that got away)! | |||
| Age of Aces Books - New pulp reprint
publisher! The mission of Age of Aces Books is to gather
together in single volumes many of the great series of aviation heroes that
ran in DARE-DEVIL ACES in the 30's and 40's. The first release (available now on Amazon.com) is CAPTAIN BABYFACE: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES by acclaimed hard-boiled writer Steve Fisher.
These ten tales tell the story of Captain Jed Garrett, of the US Special Agent
Corps, and his struggle to defeat the evil German genius, Mr.Death. Garrett, known
as Captain Babyface because of his youthful appearance, is assisted by his dog,
Click the hellhound. Together, they try to foil Mr. Death's bloodthirsty schemes,
which threaten defeat for the Allies in WWI. Age of Aces Books now has a website online at http://ageofaces.home.att.net/index.htm For Jed Garrett, his orders are simple: Kill Mr. Death! But who is Mr. Death? One of Germany's brightest chemists and inventors, he had grown weary of life and entered a monastery near Alsace-Lorraine. But war came and the monastery was bombed. Severely injured, German surgeons patched him back together, though he was left horribly disfigured. And now, sworn to vengeance against the Americans, he uses his evil genius for Germany in the “War to End All War.” Author Steve Fisher is best known for his hardboiled work in BLACK MASK MAGAZINE and in novels like “I Wake Up Screaming”. In Popular Publications long-running aviation pulp DARE-DEVIL ACES, he created the ten titanic tales of Captain Babyface. For the first time, they are presented together in one volume. This is the first in a series from Age of Aces Books that will feature some of the greatest aviation pulp heroes of the 1930's. CAPTAIN BABYFACE: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES was designed by the great Chris Kalb and features Frederick Blakeslee's original illustrations. It is 230 pages and is now available on Amazon.com for $16.99. |  | ||
| Airship 27 Productions - Coming soon! Airship 27 Productions is now in the process of putting together a space opera hero book called Mars McCoy - Space Patrol. Nine writers pooled their amazing imagination to put together Mars' world, alien races, etc. etc. Chilean artist, Gonzalo Martinez will be providing the black and white interior illustrations and Mark Maddox will do covers. So if you've even hungered for more sci-fi adventures in the vein of Captain Future, Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers, stick around. Mars McCoy is on the way! Visit The Pulp Factory for a sneak peek! | |||
| ASTOUNDING HERO TALES - Now available! Edited by James Lowder The neo-pulp anthology ASTOUNDING HERO TALES is now available. All the stories are original to the anthology, including the Cave and Dent tales. The contents include:
320 page trade paperback; $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-58366-060-7 ASTOUNDING HERO TALES can be pre-ordered at Amazon.com. |  Click on the image above for a larger
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| Bob Weinberg - Upcoming appearances! Bob and Lois Conquer the Universe – Part 1 Lois will be appearing on the syndicated radio show, Science Fantastic, for forty minutes on April 14. The show is hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku, international best-selling science author and one of the leading experts on superstring theory in the world. Lois and Dr. Kaku will be discussing the Science of James Bond. This is the first of two interviews scheduled for Lois, who will be speaking at a future date on the Science of Superheroes. Bob will be speaking at three suburban Chicago libraries during National Library Week, April 16 – 20, on the Science of James Bond. Bob will be showing his short film, “It’s science, Mr. Bond,” during his three presentations. Lois will be one of the lead speakers at the Special Libraries Association Conference being held in Denver, Colorado, on June 5-7. She will be discussing the science of superheroes and supervillains and how to use pop culture to teach science in schools. On June 12, Lois will be the after dinner speaker at the Rochester International Optics Conference, with Nobel Prize winners and other optics professors/researchers attending from all over the world. She will be speaking on Superheroes and Supervillains. Author signings/sales will be included. November 6-9 -- Hofstra University (Long Island, NY) will be holding a special James Bond symposium with Lois as the guest speaker, again discussing the Science of James Bond. | |||
| Captain Spectre and the Lightning Legion -
Chapter 3 is now complete
online! Captain Spectre Chapters 1 through 3 are now posted online for your reading pleasure. Chapter 4 will be starting as soon Tom Floyd gets caught up with other work! This is a great time to read Chapters 1 through 3 and prepare for the start of the next exciting chapter. Join the Lightning Legion and get in on the adventures. It's Free!! http://www.captainspectre.com You can preview Tom Floyd's Spider illustrations for Moonstone Book's THE SPIDER CHRONICLES on the Captain Spectre website! THE SPIDER CHRONICLES is available from Moonstone Books and your local comic shop. |  
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| The Collected Letters of Robert
E. Howard - Volume 1 is expected to ship in late May! The REH Foundation is proud to present "The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard". This three-volume, limited-edition series collects all the known letters written by REH. The collection will include dozens of previously unpublished letters and hundreds of poems not found in any other collection. "The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard" reveal a side of Howard’s personality that readers of his fiction might not suspect existed. Full of humor, philosophical musings, travelogue, historical sketches, and opinions on contemporary politics and events — local, national, and international — Howard’s letters provide important insight into the life and times of one of the most influential pulp-era writers of the twentieth century. This three-volume set collects more than 330 letters, from the early ones to his Texas friends, most notably Tevis Clyde Smith, and continuing through correspondence with fellow writers Clark Ashton Smith, E. Hoffmann Price, and others. Also included are Howard’s letters to H. P. Lovecraft, which constitute one of the most intriguing correspondence cycles in the history of Fantasy fiction. Each volume will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity of 300 copies, each individually numbered. Cover design and artwork is by Jim & Ruth Keegan. Volume 1, covering the years 1923-1929, is now available for pre-ordering. This volume is expected to start shipping by late May 2007. Those wishing to pre-order the complete set of three together may also order at this time. The price for Volume 1 is $44 for REHF Members, $49 for non-members (all prices in US dollars) plus shipping. (How to become a member? See here.) Note that Volume 2 (1930-1933) and Volume 3 (1934-1936) will be somewhat larger, and cost $53 apiece for REHF member, $59 apiece for non-members. These two later volumes are expected to ship in June and August, respectively. All three volumes may be ordered together for $143 for REHF members, $159 for non-members. Further, if you order all three at once, you will be guaranteed to receive the same number of each volume. Texas residents must add 8.25% to the total for sales tax. If you’d like confirmation on the final total of your order, please contact us at info@rehfoundation.org. How to order: For this volume, shipping options in the US are via USPS Priority, for $8, or USPS Book Rate, for $3. Shipping to Canada will be $13 for Global Priority. Shipping to Europe (UK, France, Germany, etc.) and Australia is $20 for Global Priority. Insurance to anywhere is $2 extra. All books will be securely packed. Payment is accepted by personal check, cashiers check or preferably PayPal. REHFP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS BY THE POST OFFICE, PURCHASE INSURANCE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THE RISK. Those wishing to ship via some other carrier (UPS, FedEx, etc.) will need to contact us at info@rehfoundation.org to make arrangements and determine costs, which will certainly be higher. To order, pay directly via PayPal to paypal@rehfoundation.org, or via check or money order sent to: The REH Foundation Press, PO Box 251242, Plano, TX, 75025. ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE IN US DOLLARS. Be sure that ALL the necessary shipping information is included and accurate. If you desire a specific number, please notify us as soon as possible at info@rehfoundation.org, and we will do our best to accommodate your preference. Those not requesting specific numbers will receive lowest numbers available. Books will be shipped after payment has cleared. Any questions or comments, contact us at info@rehfoundation.org. Note that after the first printing is sold out, sales will shift to print-on-demand, possibly in both paperback and hardback, likely at a lower price. So this book will hopefully be staying in print for a while. Full details are available on the Robert E. Howard Foundation website. | 
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| CONAN #42 - Coming in July! Timothy Truman (W), Cary Nord (A), and Richard Isanove (C) Red House, Red Priest: The second part of Timothy Truman and Cary Nord’s adaptation of the Robert E. Howard classic “Rogues in the House”! A favorite of fans and critics alike, the seminal Conan story “Rogues in the House” first appeared in Weird Tales. Now, writer Timothy Truman and artist Cary Nord bring you the tale of the Red Priest, as you’ve never seen it before. Free once again, Conan heads out to settle his debts, with the nobleman who engineered his escape and the wench who arranged for his capture! Full of fearsome foes, political double crosses, and horror in the best tradition of Robert E. Howard, “Rogues in the House” is sure to delight seasoned Conan fans and newcomers alike. Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99, On sale July 18 Dark Horse Comics | | ||
| CONAN AND THE MIDNIGHT GOD #3 (of
5) - Arriving in comic shops April 11th! Joshua Dysart (W), Will Conrad (P), Juan Ferreyra (C), and Jason Alexander (Cover) The echoes of Ra-Sidh's sorcery take on a grotesque new form as Conan and his men ride deeper into Stygia. Conan and the Midnight God continues an exciting new chapter in the adventures of the barbarian king. Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics | 
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| CONAN THE PHENOMENON - Coming in September! Paul Sammon (W) and Frank Frazetta (Cover); Foreword by Michael Moorcock This in-depth tour through the history of fantasy’s greatest hero covers everything from the earliest prose, to Frazetta’s explosive artwork, through the Schwarzenegger film, and into the recent rebirth of the character as a leading comic-book hero. Since his first appearance in a 1932 pulp magazine, Conan the Barbarian has enjoyed every success available to a fictional character. Robert E. Howard created the genre of sword and sorcery with his original stories; Frank Frazetta’s definitive Conan book covers set the standard for dynamic fantasy artwork; Roy Thomas, with Barry Smith and later John Buscema, used the character to push the boundaries of comic-book adventure; and Arnold Schwarzenegger launched his amazing film career. Now, with the character’s popularity renewed thanks to the award-winning comics series, all of these eras of Conan are examined under one cover in this lavishly illustrated book. Conan historian Paul Sammon looks at all the stages of the character’s development, with commentary and archival material from the most integral players in that history. The definitive guide to everything Conan! Hardcover, 9x12, Full Color, 200 pages, $29.95, On sale Sept. 26 Dark Horse Comics | | ||
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new review this week. Next weeks review is "The Condor" from June 15, 1935. "The White Spots" by Jonathan Blade is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 800 stories online! "No Place Likes Homicide" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, April 1940 The question of who knocked off the bank messenger and stole the 60 grand proves a $64 puzzler to detective Willie Klump! "Day's Work" by Roger Dee from POPULAR DETECTIVE, March 1949 For Walt Penner, bucking a badger game is all in the day's work. | |||
| FRANK FRAZETTA'S DEATH DEALER #1
- Arriving
in comic shops April 11th! Story - Joshua Ortega; Art - Nat Jones & Jay Fotos; Covers - Frank Frazetta, Nat Jones & Jay Fotos SHADOWS OF MIRAHAN - Part One FRANK FRAZETTA's legendary creation is brought to life in this epic, ages-spanning tale of dark fantasy, magic and horror. Critically acclaimed novelist and comics writer Joshua Ortega teams up with cult-favorite artists Nat Jones and Jay Fotos to bring you the first DEATH DEALER tale worthy of FRAZETTA's blessing! This one's been approved every step of the way by the Master himself! A new era for the DEATH DEALER begins here. Don't miss out on the definitive story of FRAZETTA's most famous creation! Image Comics 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99 |  | ||
| Girasol Collectables - April 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 continues in 2007 with eight new issues of SPIDER and four new issues of OPERATOR #5. Also coming in 2007 are the 5 issues of MAGIC CARPET! Monthly Special: All three for $85 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is "The Red Invader" featuring OPERATOR #5 (#10) from January 1935. $35 Our second Replica this month is TERROR TALES #12 from August 1935. $35 Our third Replica is SPICY MYSTERY STORIES #14 from June 1936. $25 Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate
method of payment. Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before
ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books. Payments can be made to
our regularinfo@girasolcollectables.com email
address. Any of you with the oldgirasol@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. Email
Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com. All
payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: Here is a complete listing of the Pulp Replicas currently $available for 25, $35, or $50 each postpaid withinNorth America. Overseas will be a few dollars more. |    | ||
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| Gotham Pulp Collectors Club -
Next meeting is April 14, 2007! Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area. It meets the 2nd Saturday of every month.
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| Hard Case Crime -
Coming in April and beyond! April 2007 THE VENGEFUL VIRGIN by Gil Brewer, Cover art by Gregory Manchess HER WEALTHY STEPFATHER WAS DYING—BUT NOT QUICKLY ENOUGH... What beautiful 18-year-old would want to spend her life taking care of an invalid? Not Shirley Angela. But that’s the life she was trapped in—until she met Jack. Now Shirley and Jack have a plan to put the old man out of his misery and walk away with a suitcase full of cash. But there’s nothing like money to come between lovers—money, and other women... May 2007 THE WOUNDED AND THE SLAIN by David Goodis, Cover art by Glen Orbik Their marriage on the rocks, James and Cora Bevan flew to Jamaica for a last chance at patching things up. But in the slums of Kingston James found himself fighting for his life—while Cora found her own path to destruction, in the arms of another man. June 2007 BLACKMAILER by George Axelrod, Cover art by Glen Orbik From the Academy Award-Nominated Screenwriter of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S and THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE Comes a Breathtaking Story of Murder and Mischief... IT’S THE STORY of a big-game hunter, fisherman, fighter, visitor to Cuba, drunk, and Nobel Prize-winning author, recently deceased of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, whose final unpublished manuscript could fetch a mint... IT’S THE STORY of a short, balding man with a high-pitched voice and a vicious wit, whose cocktail parties are the talk of the town, especially when a beautiful woman dies at one of them... IT’S THE STORY of Hollywood’s sexiest starlet, who manages to conceal things even when she’s wearing nothing but a towel... ...and it’s the story of Dick Sherman, intrepid New York publisher, on the trail of the literary find of the century—and the killer who will stop at nothing to keep it from being found. | 
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| Moonstone Books - New Zorro prose anthology on the way! Moonstone has reached an agreement with Zorro Productions to produce a FIRST EVER prose anthology of NEW stories of the man known as Zorro! Moonstone and Editor Richard Dean Starr (Hellboy, Kolchak) initially plans for a Xmas '07 release, and will have an exciting line up of writers and artists to announce soon! | |||
| Nonstop Press - EMSHWILLER INFINITY X TWO is now available! EMSHWILLER: INFINITY x TWO, The Art & Life of Ed & Carol Emshwiller is now available! In 2005 Carol Emshwiller won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, after more than fifty years of writing beautiful, jewel-like stories and witty novels. Previously, she had won Nebula, Philip K. Dick, Gallun, and Icon awards. In the words of Ursula K. Le Guin, "[Carol] Emshwiller's readers know her to be a major fabulist, a marvelous magical realist, one of the strongest, most complex, most consistently feminist voices in fiction." At the same time, her husband, Ed Emshwiller (known professionally as Emsh), was one of the premiere artists working in the science fiction field. He used his unique multi-faceted vision of the future to eventually become an award winning avant-garde filmmaker and computer animation pioneer. Together Ed and Carol formed a unique creative pair, influencing each other in big and small ways. EMSHWILLER: INFINITY X TWO is the first biography to tell their story. Luis Ortiz has done a remarkable, and authoritative, job on this full-length, heavily illustrated bio of Ed and Carol. It includes an introduction by her and a foreword by Alex Eisenstein. This is volume two of the Library of American Artists, from Nonstop Press in NYC. The book includes never-before-published art by Ed and Carol, who was an accomplished artist before she turned to writing. by Luis Ortiz with introductions by Carol Emshwiller and Alex Eisenstein Price: $39.95; 176 pages; Hardcover, Fully illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-933065-08-3 Visit the Nonstop Press website to order. | | ||
| Paizo Publishing - Planet Stories returns! Planet Stories™ presents classic fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels and short story collections to a generation of new readers and lifelong fans. Unforgettable tales from acknowledged masters like Michael Moorcock, Leigh Brackett, C.L. Moore, and Henry Kuttner stand side by side with lesser known but no less worthy yarns from tomorrow's superstars. Introductions from popular modern authors like Joe R. Lansdale, Ben Bova, and Michael Moorcock provide amusing and informative entry points to each book. With new releases every month, Planet Stories promises a master class in the genre aimed at building the greatest fantasy and science fiction library ever assembled. ALMURIC by Robert E. Howard (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected August 2007 The creator of Conan looks to the stars in one of fantasy’s most enduring science fantasy classics! ... Robert E. Howard’s Almuric is a savage planet of crumbling stone ruins and debased, near-human inhabitants. Into this world comes Esau Cairn, Earthman, swordsman, murderer. Only he can overthrow the terrible devils that enslave Almuric, but to do so he must first defeat the inner demons that forced him to abandon Earth. Filled with vile beasts and thrilling adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Almuric is one of Howard’s few novels, and an excellent yarn from one of America’s most distinct literary voices. CITY OF THE BEAST/WARRIOR OF MARS by Michael Moorcock (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected September 2007 Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion returns as Kane of Old Mars, a brilliant American physicist whose strange experiments in matter transmission catapult him across space and time to the Red Planet. ... Kane’s is a Mars of the distant past, a place of romantic civilizations, fabulous many-spired cities, and the gorgeous princess Shizala. To win her hand and bring peace to Mars, Kane must defeat the terrible Blue Giants of the Argzoon, whose ravaging hordes threaten the whole planet! Adventure in the Edgar Rice Burroughs tradition from the creator of Elric of Melniboné. BLACK GOD'S KISS by C. L. Moore (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected October 2007 First published in the pages of WEIRD TALES in 1934, C.L. Moore’s Jirel of Joiry is the first significant female sword-and-sorcery protagonist and one of the most exciting and evocative characters the genre has ever known. ... Published alongside seminal works by H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, the five classic fantasy tales included in this volume easily stand the test of time and often overshadow the storytelling power and emotional impact of stories by Moore’s more famous contemporaries. A seminal work from one of fantasy’s most important authors, Black God’s Kiss is an essential addition to any fantasy library. ELAK OF ATLANTIS by Henry Kuttner (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected November 2007 Explore the origins of Sword & Sorcery with Henry Kuttner’s Elak of Atlantis! ... Published in WEIRD TALES to satisfy fans of Conan the Barbarian in the wake of Robert E. Howard’s death, the four long stories depict a brutal world of flashing swords and primal magic, touched by a hint of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. Never collected in a mass market edition since their publication in the late 1930s, these exciting tales helped to establish a genre and are a critical part of any fantasy library. Included as a bonus are Kuttner’s two Prince Raynor stories from 1939’s STRANGE TALES. THE SECRET OF SINHARAT by Leigh Bracket (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected December 2007 Enter Eric John Stark, adventurer, rebel, wildman. Raised on the sun-soaked, savage world of Mercury, Stark lives among the people of the civilized solar system, but his veneer of calm masks a warrior’s spirit. In the murderous Martian Drylands the greatest criminals in the galaxy hatch a conspiracy of red revolution. Stark’s involvement leads to the forgotten ruins of the Martian Low Canals, an unlikely romance, and a secret so potent it could shake the Red Planet to its core. In a special bonus novel, "People of the Talisman," Stark ventures to the treacherous polar icecap of Mars to return a stolen talisman to an oppressed people. | 
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| PULPCON 36 - July 5-8, 2007
PULPCON 36 will be held July 5-8, 2006 at the Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio. PulpCon is pleased, and proud, to announce the Guests of Honor for PulpCon 36. Glenn Lord By way of celebrating the 100th anniversary of Robert E. Howard (2006) and the anniversary of the publication of the first Conan story in WEIRD TALES, Mr. Glenn Lord has accepted our invitation to attend PulpCon 36 as a Guest of Honor. Mr. Lord was instrumental in the revival of Conan and Howard's other characters. Following are just a few other facts gleaned from the internet and individuals concerning Glenn: "For nearly half a century he has been championing Howard and his work, from his landmark publication of the first REH poetry collection, ALWAYS COMES EVENING (Arkham House, 1959) and his legendary REH fanzine, THE HOWARD COLLECTOR (1960-1972), through over thirty years as the literary agent for the owners of Howard's works, to his current involvement in working with the editors of the Wandering Star/Del Rey and Wildside Press Howard books, and the forthcoming updating of his monumental bio-bibliography, THE LAST CELT (Donald M. Grant, 1976), Glenn has befriended, assisted, advised, and mentored two generations of REH fans, scholars, and editors. There is much more but I think you can see why we are honored to have him as a Guest of Honor. David Saunders In honor of celebrating the 100th birthday of noted pulp artist Norman Saunders, David Saunders has also accepted our invitation to be a Guest of Honor at PulpCon 36. David will present a slide show of almost all of Norman's original pulp work and give a brief description of his life and work. He will also talk about his "obsessive process of researching biographical information on pulp artists". I am sure most of you have read some of his work in ILLUSTRATION magazine and other periodicals.In his own words David describes his latest project: "I have just finished my latest biographical essay on the pulp artist ALLEN ANDERSON, who was actually the artist I knew best, since he was my father's lifelong best friend, so this latest essay has been a meaningful sentimental experience to let other people who enjoy his work know what a sweet person he was". (David would also like to speak with anyone who might own any of Anderson's original artwork. If you know of anyone contact me and I will forward the information to him). Previous works by David include biographical articles and checklists on artists such as Ernest Chiriacka, John W. Scott, Rafael DeSoto, and, of course, Norman Saunders. David has been a good friend of PulpCon's and we look forward to having him as a Guest of Honor. Visit the Pulpcon website for complete registration details and a tentative schedule of events. | |||
| 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 setup 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 ComicsGroup: This group is dedicated to the characters created byRobert 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/ Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/ Edgar RiceBurroughs Group: This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters 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/ Wild Cat Books: Here we share a mutual love of the great, thrilling literature from the early to late 20th Century, and focus on Discussion, Promotion, and any topic related to the "Bloody Pulps" and Classic Heroes such as TARZAN... JOHN CARTER OF MARS... SECRET AGENT X... KI-GOR... DOMINO LADY... THE MOON MAN... THE LENSMEN... and many more... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildcatbooks_pulps | |||
| Pulpville Press - Now available! JUNGLE STORIES #1 The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting jungle-related pulp stories of the past. This first issue contains a complete novel, 2 novelettes, and 2 short stories; includes the first installment of the original magazine version of TARZAN THE UNTAMED by Edgar Rice Burroughs; also includes the first Ki-Gor story, the first Sorak story, and a couple of short jungle stories. Published by Pulp Tales Press. Retail price $10.95 Web special $8.95 | 
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| Pulpville Press - Coming soon! FANTASTIC ADVENTURE STORIES #1 - Available at the end of April! The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting science fiction and fantasy pulp stories. This first issue contains a short novel, 3 novelettes, and 1 short story; includes the Amazing Stories magazine version of THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT by Edgar Rice Burroughs; The Shadow author, Walter Gibson, with THE DAY NEW YORK ENDED; sci-fi author, Edmond Hamilton and LOST TREASURE OF MARS; fantasy writer, Charles F. Myers, with I'LL DREAM OF YOU; and sci-fi author, R. R. Botham with THE LAST WAR. Published by Pulp Tales Press. Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. PRIVATE DETECTIVE STORIES #1 - Available at the end of May! The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting detective stories of the past. Each issue will feature at least one Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, story as written by Robert Leslie Bellem. Published by Pulp Tales Press. Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. | | ||
| The Pulp Rack Second in our series of cold-weather-themed reading, we look at Edgar Poe's only novel-length work, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym." An influence on the Jules Verne novel examined last week, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, and containing elements that later became cliches in pulp fiction, PYM is an interesting bit of American fiction. You'll find this entry at the following URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/03/edgar_allan_poe.html Sticking with a winter theme for posts seems to have worked out. Despite two weeks of unseasonable 80-degree weather here, with everything blooming and growing, today it's 30 degrees F and snowing. Today we wrap up our series of polar-themed reviews with "Charles Stilson's ERB knockoff: "Polaris of the Snows." Despite the Burroughs boom and the wide availability of Burroughs-inspired novels from Ace and other paperback publishers during the 1960s, I hadn't read this story until recently. Many thanks to Brian E. Brown for making an inexpensive reprint available, apparently the first complete-in-one publication edition of this novel, which first was published in ALL-STORY WEEKLY December 18, 1915 thru January 1, 1916. You'll find this entry at the following URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/04/charles_stilson.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/ | |||
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NOTE: The Robert E. Howard Foundation is completing its paperwork and governmental review process to receive its 501(c)(3) status, and this should be completed sometime in 2007, hopefully by summer. At the current time, we do NOT have this status, and so membership fees will NOT be tax-deductible donations if made prior to our achieving the 501(c)(3) status. The Robert E. Howard Foundation | |||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates From Russia with Lust: The Nikolai Dante Omnibus, David Bishop, BlackFlame, $11.99, March 27, 2007- Now Available! Spider-Man 3 (movie novelization), Peter David, Pocket Star,$7.99,March 27, 2007- Now Available! Hellboy: The Dragon Pool, Christopher Golden, PocketStar, $7.99, March 27,2007- Now Available! Caballistics, Inc.: Better the Devil, Mike Wild, Black Flame, $7.99, March 27, 2007- Now Available! X-Men: The Return, Chris Roberson, Pocket Star, $7.99, April 24, 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (movie novelization), Daniel Josephs, Pocket Star, $7.99, April 24, 2007 The City of the Living Dead (Scorpion #2), Warren Stockholm, Black Death Books,$9.99, June 2006 Fantastic Four: What Lies Between, Peter David, Pocket Star, $7.99, June 26, 2007 52 - The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $15.00, July 3, 2007 Baltimore: Or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden,Spectra, $25, Aug. 28, 2007 The Ultimates: Against All Enemies, Alex Irvine, Pocket Star, $7.99, August 28, 2007 The Last Days of Krypton, Kevin J. Anderson, Harper Entertainment, $24.95, October 15, 2007 Wolverine: Violent Tendencies, Marc Cerasini, Pocket Star, $7.99, October 30, 2007 Spider-Man: Drowned in Thunder, Christopher L. Bennett, Pocket Star, $7.99, December 26, 2007 WildCards XVIII: Inside Straight, George R.R. Martin, ed., Tor, $24.95, January 1 2008 |   | ||
| Wild Cat Books - Now available! LOST SANCTUM # 3 A special "DOUBLE-SIZED ISSUE" featuring HEROES & VILLAINS that you won't be able to put down! Writers include: Robert Wallace, Richard K. Lyon, Chris Carney, Sax Rohmer, P.J. Lozito, Wayne Skiver, Jim Gould, Ron Fortier and more. Features include: Tarzan, Doc Savage, Jonny Quest, The Phantom, The Green Ghost, The Scarlet Shroud, Doctor Satan, Ki-Gor and more. Artists include: Rob Davis, William Carney, J. Allen St. John, Ver Curtiss and more. More of everything you love about Action and Adventure, Films and Comics, Articles and Essays. More of the LOST SANCTUM than ever appeared before! 264 pages, 8.5" x 11", Trade Paperback, $20.00 Available at: http://www.lulu.com/wildcatbooks | 
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