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2009 WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER CONVENTION (#9) MAY 1 (Friday) through MAY 3 (Sunday), 2009 Frank Hamilton Estate
Auction We've picked up the material we'll be
offering at the Frank Hamilton estate auction on the first night (May 1) of this
year's Windy City Pulp
and Paper Convention (May 1-3, 2009). We're still going through the boxes,
but there's some tremendous stuff, including:
The direct link to the auction material is: http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com/estate_auction.htm
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| Age of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: "Aces in Dutch" by Robert J. Hogan from the October 1931 AIR TRAILS featuring Smoke Wade. This is the third and last Smoke Wade story that appeared in Street and Smith’s “Air Trails”. Smoke Wade was a rough and tumble Arizona cowpoke, who left the range and became the skipper of the American 66th Pursuit Squadron in WWI France. Flying a Pinto colored Spad he called Jake, after his favorite Pinto ranch horse, Smoke always wore a six-shooter strapped to his leg and made frequent use of it during his aerial battles. He would often get in trouble with his superiors because of his penchant for placing bets on just about anything that seemed like a long-shot. But Smoke would most always win these bets, and everyone from generals to mechanics would be left owing him money. | |||||||
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Airship
27/Cornerstone Books Publications - Now available! Click on any of the covers for full details
including links to order from Lulu.com!
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now shipping to retailers and subscribers! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 25: "The Red Skull" & "The Awful Egg" The greatest superhero of the pulp era returns in two power-packed
novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." In "The Red Skull," Doc Savage
follows a murderous gangster to Arizona where a subterranean secret that could
transform the world lies in wait. Then, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Men
journey to the South Dakota Badlands in search of a fugitive murderer, where they
discover the prehistoric terror of "The Awful Egg." This deluxe pulp reprint features
the original color covers by Walter Baumhofer (scanned from the original painting)
and Emery Clarke plus all the classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban. Historical
commentary is provided by Will Murray, author of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum
Books) 978-0-9822033-2-3 0-9822033-2-2 Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now shipping to retailers and subscribers! THE SHADOW Volume
26: "Vengeance is Mine!" & "Battle of Greed" "Who
knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The Master of Darkness
deals out retribution and redemption in two classic pulp thrillers by Walter B.
Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." In "Vengeance is Mine!", The Shadow hunts a
terrorist whose murderous bombing rampage extends to the Cobalt Club itself. Then,
in "Battle of Greed," The Shadow offers second chances to a trio of broken souls
in the most unusual Shadow novel of all time. BONUS: The Shadow teams with Chick
Carter, Boy Detective, in a rare crossover from the Golden Age of Radio. This
instant collector's item showcases the original color covers by George Rozen and
Graves Gladney, the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier,
and historical commentary by Will Murray, Anthony Tollin and John Nanovic.
(Sanctum Books) 978-0-9822033-1-6 0-9822033-1-4Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||
| The Book Cave
- New podcasts now available online! Episode 11: Van Reid On The Moosepath League - New! Episode 10: Chris Marshall on the Collected Comics Library Episode 9: Wild Cards, Dealing With Aces And Jokers Episode 8: Captain Action From the Past to the Present Episode 7: Archie Comics Shadow Episode 6: Secret Agent and Prisoner TV Series Episode 5: Comics and Conventions With Craig Klotz Episode 4: Sun Koh, Germany's Doc Savage Episode 3: Tom Roberts and Movie Reviews Episode 2: Back to the Golden Age Episode 1: Conversation With DarkMark Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||
| Darkside
Press: THE FEASTER FROM AFAR - Now available! THE FEASTER FROM AFAR by Joseph Payne Brennan Joseph Payne Brennan was the last of the great WEIRD TALES authors as well as an accomplished poet, editor, and publisher. When WEIRD TALES folded just as Brennan was coming into his own as a master of the supernatural tale, Brennan’s main market for his fiction disappeared. Throughout the next few years Brennan launched a one-man crusade to keep the WEIRD TALES tradition alive in the pages of his small-press magazine Macabre. Published infrequently and run on a shoestring budget, Macabre still did a fine job of carrying the flag for stories of the weird and uncanny. This is the first of four volumes that will collect all of his supernatural and macabre fiction in a matching set. $45 (limited hardbound edition) |  | ||||||
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| ERBville
Press ERBville Press is offering a special 15% discount off of the regular prices on the Edgar Rice Burroughs Matched Set Paperback Collection if you order directly from Createspace. Click here for details. Now Available! BEWARE! THE SCIENTIST'S REVOLT by Edgar Rice Burroughs Mackie Donovan fights for his life in Beware!, a royal intrigue mystery. Then he fights for his life in The Scientist's Revolt in an amazing tower of scientific mystery where killers vanish into thin air. Trade Paperback, 5x8, 192 pages, $9.95 | |||||||
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "Death About Town" from July 15, 1942. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "A Devil's Highball" by G. Fleming-Roberts from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, July, 1933 Eavesdropping doesn't pay, especially when you're dealing with arsenic! "Errant Flight" by F. E. Rechnitzer from SKY FIGHTERS, July, 1935 Washed up, the instructors said he was, because Garner couldn't land a Spad - and then Fate gave him something worth while to play with. "Murder-Now Playing" by Robert Turner from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, January, 1941 When his girl was yanked away from the footlights and into a death-house frame, Police Detective Pete Putnam wrote a last act script - with a killer in the feature role. | |||||||
| FLASH
GORDON #4 - Arriving in comic shops
March 4th! by Brendan Deneen & Paul Green As Flash, Prince Thun, and the mysterious Arborian ranger Eldun storm the floating prison city of the Hawk Men to rescue Dr. Zarkov, Prince Barin attempts to defend the ice-bound land of Frigia against an unending horde of the Emperor's troops. Meanwhile, Dale and Ming continue to grow dangerously close! This item ships with 2 covers in 50/50 ratio - "Ming & Dale" and "Barin & Ice Dragon." 36 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | |||||||
| Moonstone Books:
KOLCHAK TALES ANNUAL #1 - Arriving in comic shops
March 4th! by Dawidziak, Gentile, Nieves, Ulanski & Various It's a very special event, and a story Kolchak fans have dreamed of for decades - Kolchak vs. Barnabas Collins! Carl Kolchak meets Dark Shadows' Barnabas Collins in a tale that could only be called "An Interview with the Vampire!" Why has this famous vampire sent for a reporter well-known for slaying vampires? Then, writers Gentile and Ulanski co-write together a new full-length story! In "One Foot in the Grave," Kolchak and Vincenzo are on a road trip through the Nevada desert, and find a graveyard of human bones. But what menace is looking to add them to it? These two terrifying Night Stalker tales are so monumental, it takes a 64-page special to contain them! 64 pages, $6.50 Moonstone Books | |||||||
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| Paizo
Publishing: Northwest of Earth: The Complete
Northwest Smith by C.L. Moore, with an introduction by C.J. Cherryh The
Science Fiction Book Club is publishing an exclusive hardcover
edition! From the crumbling temples of forgotten gods on Venus to the seedy pleasure halls of old Mars, Northwest Smith blazes a trail through the underbelly of the solar system in 13 action-packed stories you won’t soon forget. Among the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic smuggler Northwest Smith still resonate strongly 75 years after their first publication. A staple of Weird Tales in its Golden Age, C.L. Moore’s stories appeared alongside work by H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith, forming the backbone of the “unique magazine’s” approach to science fiction and planetary adventure. For the first time ever, all of Northwest Smith’s adventures have been collected in a single volume, including “Quest of the Starstone,” which pairs Smith with Moore’s other famous creation, the fierce swordswoman Jirel of Joiry!
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Jose Farmer R.I.P. Philip Jose Farmer, one of the most celebrated science fiction, fantasy and short story writers of the 1960s and '70s, died Wednesday. He was 91. Farmer died "peacefully" in his sleep, according to a message posted on his official Web site. CNN news New York Times
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| Adventure House - Coming in May! HIGH ADVENTURE #106 featuring Captain Satan! "A Ghost Rides the Dawn" by William O'Sullivan 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. Adventure House HIGH ADVENTURE #106 is NOT solicited in the March PREVIEWS. |  | ||||
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| Age
of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: "Wager Flight" by Robert J. Hogan from the August 1931 AIR TRAILS featuring Smoke Wade. In the August 1931 issue of Street and Smith’s “Air Trails”, Robert J. Hogan introduced us to a rough and tumble Arizona cowpoke named Smoke Wade, who left the range and became the skipper of the American 66th Pursuit Squadron in WWI France. Flying a Pinto colored Spad he called Jake, after his favorite Pinto ranch horse, Smoke always wore a six-shooter strapped to his leg and made frequent use of it during his aerial battles. He would often get in trouble with his superiors because of his penchant for placing bets on just about anything that seemed like a long-shot. But Smoke would most always win these bets, and everyone from generals to mechanics would be left owing him money. | |||||
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in May! THE AVENGER Volume 2: "The Sky Walker" & "The Devil's
Horns" The Pulp Era's strangest superhero
returns in two more epic adventures of Justice, Inc. by Paul Ernst writing as
"Kenneth Robeson." First, Chicago skyscrapers collapse after "The Sky Walker"
is seen striding above the skyline, sparking fears of an alien invasion in the
pulp epic that was later adapted to comics by Jack Kirby. Then, "The Devil's Horns,"
a cryptic message traced in a dying man's own blood provides the clue that helps
The Avenger clean up a corrupt city. This instant collector's item showcases H.
W. Scott's classic color pulp covers in the same format as Sanctum's popular Doc
Savage reprints, along with all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban.
BONUS: A Whisperer novelette from the back pages of The Shadow Magazine, plus
original commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books)
THE
AVENGER Volume 2 is
solicited in the March
PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR094529. 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in April! THE
WHISPERER Volume 1: "The Dead Who Talked" & "The Red Hatchets" "He knows no law but Justice!" The Gray Wraith deals out bloody vengeance
in two hardboiled pulp thrillers by Laurence Donovan writing as "Clifford Goodrich,"
in the most violent series ever published by Street & Smith. In "The Dead
Who Talked," Police Commissioner James "Wildcat" Gordon is ordered to bring to
justice the sinister super-villain known only as The Whisperer. Then, the Long
Arm of the Law becomes ensnared in the crossfire of a bloody tong war between
the Underworld and "The Red Hatchets." BONUS: From the
pages of Crime Busters, the first Norgil the Magician story by The
Shadow's Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." This instant collector's
item showcases the original color covers by legendary illustrator Tom Lovell and
Spider cover artist John Newton Howitt, classic interior illustrations by Paul
Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum
Books) 978-0-9822033-5-4 0-9822033-5-7 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 THE
WHISPERER Volume 1 is
solicited in the March
PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR094530. 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||
| The Book
Cave - New podcasts now available online! Episode 10: Chris Marshall on the Collected Comics Library - New! Episode 9: Wild Cards, Dealing With Aces And Jokers Episode 8: Captain Action From the Past to the Present Episode 7: Archie Comics Shadow Episode 6: Secret Agent and Prisoner TV Series Episode 5: Comics and Conventions With Craig Klotz Episode 4: Sun Koh, Germany's Doc Savage Episode 3: Tom Roberts and Movie Reviews Episode 2: Back to the Golden Age Episode 1: Conversation With DarkMark Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||
| BUCK
ROGERS #0 - Coming in May! Writer: Scott Beatty; Penciller/Inker: Carlos Rafael; Covers: John Cassaday, Alex Ross Join us as we present comicdom's first hero - Buck Rogers... the first man out of time... the first man to be taken out of his present environment and put into the future! The launch of Buck Rogers is in the tradition of Dynamite's best-selling books at introductory pricing to allow readers and retailers to confidently order and check out our new series! Under a John Cassaday cover (Cassaday serves as series cover artist), writer Scott (Batman) Beatty and artist Carlos Rafael present an original 12 page comic book adventure - "The Death of Buck Rogers"! This is where it all begins and Dynamite's plans for Buck Rogers follow the model they've followed over the years beginning with Red Sonja, embracing the history of such classic characters, but giving them a modern edge for today's audiences! All this, and for a quarter to introduce you to the new canon of Buck Rogers! Full Color, 16 pages, $0.25 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment BUCK ROGERS #0 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR094162. | |||||
| CONAN
THE CIMMERIAN #8 - Arriving in comic shops February 25th! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. A new story arc! Conan leaves his trials and regrets behind in Cimmeria and heads into the next phase of his adventurous life -- his mercenary career. Timothy Truman adapts Robert E. Howard's powerful "Black Colossus" short story and sets Conan off on what will be his bloodiest battle yet, when the mercenaries of Amalric clash with the demonic hordes of Natohk! Conan, once a wandering thief, tries his luck as a professional soldier, joining Amalric's forces and facing condescending jabs from the noblemen in his company, who mistakenly think that the Cimmerian is an unskilled simpleton. Tomás Giorello takes on full penciling duties once again, and Joseph Michael Linsner returns as cover artist for this exciting arc! 40 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||
| CONAN THE
CIMMERIAN #11 - Coming in May! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. Not content to sit back and wait for Natohk to arrive to destroy the city of Khoraja, Conan leads his men to meet the Stygian wizard in open combat. As Amalric's mercenaries and the remaining soldiers of Khoraja march impressively out of the city, Natohk's horrifying army -- backed by dark magic and otherworldly beasts‹acquires yet another powerful weapon. What chance do mortal men have? Conan must deal with dissension and class conflict in his own ranks and the strange visions and revelations of Princess Yasmela before he can hope to defeat Natohk's hordes. Even though his men trust and respect him, the aristocrats resent his presence and are waiting for him to stumble so that they can fulfill their own selfish ambitions! And what news does a Zamorian thief bring out of the desert? Continuing the adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Black Colossus." 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 20. Dark Horse Comics CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #11 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR090055. |  | ||||
| CTHULHU
TALES #12 - Arriving in comic shops February 25th! by William Messner-Loebs, Jeff Lester, Jeremy Rock & Chee Jeff Lester pens "Reunion Tour," what is probably our favorite Cthulhu Tale to date, a story melding rock and roll, age-old partnerships, unnamable beasts from the dimensions beyond space and time, and flight attendants! Also, William Messner-Loebs returns to Cthulhu Tales with a short story of chilling horror! BOOM! STUDIOS 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | |||||
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| E-texts on the
net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Wildcat Reward" by Henry Herbert Knibbs from SHORT STORIES, July 10, 1928 Featuring: Tonto Kid & Slim Akers All they wanted to do was head to the Argentine...with a side trip to old man Farley's bank. "State Penmanship" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, January, 1949 Featuring: Willie Klump When Willie Klump meets up with a team of check forgers he has to do some fast thinking - or bounce into trouble! "A Mind for Killing" by Lon Williams from WESTERN ACTION, January, 1957 Featuring: Judge Steele One-Half Tompkins sure looked and acted loco, and French Demeree contended that a crazy man is not legally responsible if he kills someone. But Judge Steele figured that "crazy" could sometimes mean "crazy like a fox". | |||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU: NEMESIS #2 (of 4) - Coming in May! Writer Michael Alan Nelson; Artist: Mateus Santolouco Fall Of Cthulhu returns with Nemesis, an epic origin story revealing the secret history behind Nyarlathotep's favorite companion. The fight for Atlantis continues as a weary king exposes sycophants who pray to the Old Ones. Their dissent and aggression is mounting. The Crawling Chaos must be stopped. Be prepared for the shock of your life as BOOM!'s bestselling horror title continues! Covers by Jeffery Spokes and Chuck BB. 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 BOOM! STUDIOS FALL OF CTHULHU: NEMESIS #2 (of 4) is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR094128. | |||||
| FEMME NOIR VOLUME
1: THE DARK CITY DIARIES - Coming in May! Writer: Christopher Mills; Artist: Joe Staton On the mean streets of Port Nocturne, justice is blonde! This volume collects all 4 issues of the critically acclaimed crime fiction mini-series about a mysterious, gun-toting dame fighting for justice in a dark city drowning in violence and corruption. This volume also includes 2 complete bonus stories, conceptual artwork by Eisner Award-winning artist Joe Staton, and an introduction by the Shamus Award-winning author of Road To Perdition, Max Allan Collins. 148 pages, Full Color, $19.95 APE ENTERTAINMENT THE DARK CITY DIARIES is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR094063. | |||||
| Doc Savage and
Shadow films Producer Michael Uslan was video taped talking about the upcoming feature films The Shadow and Doc Savage at the New York Comic Con. http://www.newsarama.com/common/media/video/player.php?aid=26076 | |||||
| Moonstone
Books - Coming in May! THE PHANTOM: GHOST WHO WALKS #3 Written by Mike Bullock and David Michelinie, art by Silvestre Szilagyi, covers by Herb Trimpe/Terry Austin and Mick Collins. "End War III." Ripped from today¹s headlines, the End War comes to a violent climax right here. Kazi's found a way to kill The Man Who Cannot Die and with The Phantom out of commission, who will put an end to The Cleansing? Bonus: The serialized Phantom prose back-ups continue this issue. 32 pages, $3.99. Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM: GHOST WHO WALKS #3 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR094373 (Trimpe/Austin). The Diamond Item Code is MAR094374 (Collins). |  | ||||
| Moonstone
Books - Coming in May! THE PHANTOM: GENERATIONS #3 Writer: Mel Odom; Artist: Michael Stibling A new maxi-series of one-shot comic novellas, with each issue (by a different creative team) telling a tale of one of the 21 Phantoms! Novelist Mel Odom takes the third Phantom to the Caves of the Naga. The Phantom, along with the Bandar warriors, execute a stealthy "search, destroy, and rescue" mission right smack dab in the middle of a desperate sin city. Once you're in, there is only one way out! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM: GENERATIONS #3 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR094372. | |||||
| Paizo Publishing
- Coming in May! The Ship of Ishtar by A. Merritt, with an introduction by Tim Powers Explorer John Kenton returns from a lifetime of wanderings and the wreckage of World War I to discover a mysterious block of Babylonian basalt containing a crystal model of an ancient ship—the Ship of Ishtar! The sultry magic of the fabled ship draws Kenton into its dreamworld, where a strange crew plucked from the ages sails in a lushly imagined mystical seascape. At the fore of the ship is Sharane, beautiful, proud, luxurious priestess instilled with the power of Ishtar, goddess of Love, Wrath, and Vengeance. On the prow broods inhuman Klaneth, infused with the essence of Negal, god of the Underworld. Kenton finds himself in a cosmic struggle of wills between them sixty centuries in the making! Will he claim Sharane and take command the Ship of Ishtar, or will its mysterious power take command of him? Science fiction legend Abraham Merrit was a giant of the early 20th century, inspiring the lush language and mystical subjects of authors like H.P. Lovecraft, C.L. Moore, Clark Ashton Smith, and others. In his day he was among the most famous authors in America, with his books selling millions of copies, but today he is mostly forgotten. Planet Stories presents the triumphant return of a true master of fantasy, A. Merritt! Introduction by Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates, The Stress of Her Regard). 336-page softcover trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-177-0 $14.99 Paizo Publications - Planet Stories THE SHIP OF ISHTAR is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR095052. |  | ||||
 Edgar Award-winning writer, editor, and publisher Otto Penzler has been chosen to be the Guest of Honor at this year’s PulpFest, a convention for collectors and devotees of vintage pulp fiction, which will be held July 31 through August 2 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. PulpFest not only attracts book dealers and collectors from all across the country but also hosts seminars on various aspects of pulp history and stages auctions of rare and desirable material including vintage hardcovers, paperbacks, and dime novels in addition to the fabled woodpulp magazines from which the convention takes its name. Penzler, whose recent anthology The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps has done more to renew interest in Golden Age pulp fiction than any mainstream publication in recent history, is a perfect Guest of Honor in that he is also a world-class collector of crime fiction, many of whose most notable authors—including Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, and John D. MacDonald—toiled in the pulp vineyards before achieving mainstream success with major publishers. Penzler will regale PulpFest attendees with stories of his adventures in the publishing business and as a lifelong collector. He is expected to give attendees a preview of his much anticipated Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories, an upcoming anthology collecting rare yarns from the prestigious pulp magazine that was home to Hammett, Chandler, and other giants of hard-boiled detective fiction. Still the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop, a New York City landmark that celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, Otto Penzler published The Armchair Detective, an Edgar-winning quarterly journal devoted to the study of mystery and suspense fiction, for seventeen years. He was the founder of The Mysterious Press, now an imprint at Grand Central Publishing, and also launched the publishing firms of Otto Penzler Books and The Armchair Detective Library. He currently has imprints at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the United States and Quercus in the U.K. In 1977, he won an Edgar Award for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection. The Mystery Writers of America gave him the prestigious Ellery Queen Award in 1994 for his exceptional contributions to the publishing field. He was also honored with MWA’s highest non-writing award, the Raven, in 2003. Penzler first endeared himself to pulp-fiction fans in the late 1970s by publishing a two-volume collection of short stories featuring Norgil, a magician-detective created by Walter B. Gibson, who also wrote more than 280 novel-length adventures of pulpdom’s legendary crime fighter, The Shadow. In 1984, Penzler reprinted two of that character’s best-remembered adventures in The Shadow and the Golden Master. Subsequently his Mysterious Press issued trade-paperback anthologies of classic pulp detective stories by Carroll John Daly, Erle Stanley Gardner, Frederick Nebel, and Norbert Davis. First You Dream, Then You Die, a deluxe hardcover biography of veteran pulp scribe Cornell Woolrich published by The Mysterious Press in 1988, earned an Edgar for author Francis M. Nevins and became a standard reference work. In addition to having access to interviews and seminars featuring Penzler and other guests, PulpFest attendees can shop for vintage paper collectibles in the convention’s spacious Dealers’ Room, in which dozens of merchants will exhibit their wares. Tens of thousands of pulps will be available for purchase, along with various books and magazines of related interest. Publishers of facsimile pulp reprints will also be on hand to supply fans with inexpensive but high-quality alternatives to the original rough-paper periodicals. For additional information and downloadable registration forms, interested parties are encouraged to visit the convention’s web site, www.pulpfest.com, which will be updated regularly in the weeks and months to come. Want to help advertise Pulpfest 2009? Visit
the Pulpfest Promotions
Page where you can download flyers to help promote the show! Supporting memberships for those who cannot attend PulpFest 2009 are available for $20. All members (including supporting members) will receive a complementary copy of Tony Davis’ The Pulpster. | |||||
| RED SONJA #46 - Coming in May! Writer: Brian Reed; Penciller/Inker: Walter Geovani Covers: Mel Rubi, Adriano Batista, Fabiano Neves As Sonja and Osin continue to explore and quest for the Blood Dynasty, events are in motion that set the stage for the next phase of the She-Devil's life as Dynamite promises BIG things on the march to issue #50! Featuring another amazing trio of covers by Mel Rubi, Adriano Batista and Fabiano Neves! Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment RED SONJA #46 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR094175. | |||||
| THE SAVAGE SWORD
OF CONAN VOLUME 5 - Arriving in comic
shops February 25th! Written by Roy Thomas, art by various. This volume contains some of the most ambitious adaptations of Conan material to date, reprinting the epic battle that leads to Conan becoming the king of Aquilonia in "Conan the Liberator," the sword-and-sorcery classic "Sword of Skelos," and the exhilarating "Conan and the Sorcerer." Collecting selections from The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian issues 49 through 60, this volume also includes the frontispieces and pinups from each issue, drawn by such amazing talent as Ernie Chan, Carl Potts, and Neal Adams! As a special bonus, you'll find a companion piece to Savage Sword Volume 1's "A Witch Shall Be Born" story -- that hasn't seen print since its original publication in 1980! For the first time ever, these classic, uncensored tales are being collected in a series of omnibus-style books, with over 500 pages of sword-and-sorcery adventure in each volume -- for the complete Conan collector! 544 pages, black and white, $17.95, in stores on February 18. Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||
| SHERLOCK HOLMES
#1 - Coming in May! Writer: Leah Moore, John Reppion; Penciller/Inker: Aaron Campbell; Cover: John Cassaday Continuing their new exploration of literary icons, Dynamite Entertainment presents the ultimate mystery as they unveil Sherlock Holmes! Written by Leah Moore and John Reppion with reverence and a modern edge, artist Aaron Campbell completes the Victorian mood under the striking and iconic John Cassaday covers. Issue #1 begins the "Trial of Sherlock Holmes" which presents the great detective with an all-too personal quandary and explores the nature of the man and his world with a mix of refined ambiance, carefully crafted mystery and chilling suspense! Full Color, 22 pages, $3.50 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment SHERLOCK HOLMES #1 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR094176. | |||||
| SOLOMON KANE VOLUME
1: THE CASTLE OF THE DEVIL - Coming in July! Written by Scott Allie, penciled by Mario Guevara, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by Mike Mignola. Robert E. Howard's vengeance-obsessed puritan begins his supernatural adventures in the haunted Black Forest of Germany in this adaptation of Howard's "The Castle of the Devil." When Solomon Kane stumbles upon the body of a boy hanged from a rickety gallows, he goes after the man responsible‹a baron feared by the peasants from miles around. Something far worse than the devilish baron or the terrible, intelligent wolf that prowls the woods lies hidden in the ruined monastery beneath the baron's castle, where a devil-worshiping priest died in chains centuries ago. Collects the Solomon Kane five-issue mini-series. 128 pages, $15.95, in stores on July 15. Dark Horse Comics THE CASTLE OF THE DEVIL is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR090056. |  | ||||
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OF H.P. LOVECRAFT #2 (OF 4) -
Coming in May! Story: Mac Carter; Art: Tony Salmons; Cover Adam Byrne Something sinister has been unleashed into the life of young pulp writer H.P. Lovecraft. His wretched dream of monsters and murder has come true! It can't be coincidence... It can't be merely that he's begun a fast descent into madness... Two men are dead! Can Lovecraft stop the deadly beasts that seem to slip from his subconscious into the real world before the police discover that the trail of blood leads directly to his doorstep.... 36 pages, Full Color, $4.99 Image Comics THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF H.P. LOVECRAFT #2 is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 25th). The Diamond Item Code is MAR092462. | |||||
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2009 WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER CONVENTION (#9) MAY 1 (Friday) through MAY 3 (Sunday), 2009 The first pulp convention of the year, the Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention, is now only 3 months away! To be held on May 1 - May 3, 2009, we're returning to last year's hotel, the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center (in the suburbs of Chicago). Windy City has been the largest pulp convention in the country the past few years, with over 125 dealer tables and over 400 attendees last year. To date we've sold around 100 tables, and if our pattern of the last few years holds, we anticipate selling out of tables in late February. As always, you can check the con's website, www.windycitypulpandpaper.com, for updates and registration information and forms. We hope to see you in Chicago in May at pulp fandom's largest party! Doug Ellis & John Gunnison www.windycitypulpandpaper.com Being Held At: THE WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER 70 Yorktown Center Lombard, IL 60148 Hotel Phone # (888) 627-9031 www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/index.html Please mention the con when booking rooms! For our ninth show, we’re returning to last year’s hotel, the Westin Lombard, in the West suburbs of Chicago. The Westin is a new hotel, located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $104/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. on April 9, 2009!). Parking is free. The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent (within walking distance) to Yorktown Mall and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center. For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos. Movie theaters are also a short walk away. And if you like to gamble, the Aurora River Boat is about 10 miles away. If you are flying in and not renting a car, please check the website for details on various cab companies and shuttle services that offer fixed price transportation to and from the hotel. Please mention the con when booking rooms. For info on the con, please contact: Doug Ellis 13 Spring Lane Barrington Hills, IL 60010 847-217-4241 info@windycitypulpandpaper.com www.windycitypulpandpaper.com SPECIAL
EVENTS!! CELEBRATING
THE ART OF HUBERT ROGERS! For this
year's con, we're pleased to announce that the family of pulp artist Hubert Rogers
will be attending, bringing an incredible amount of art for display in our art
show. Between works that his family is bringing and other pieces from private
collections, we should have around 2 dozen paintings by Rogers and several dozen
black and white interiors on display, in what promises to be an amazing art room!
Rogers was a top pulp artist for decades, and while most may remember him for
his covers for Astounding, he was prolific in many pulp genres. We'll be scheduling
some talks about the artist, and tours of the art, with his family.CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE SPICY PULPS! In celebration
of the 75th anniversary of the spicy pulps, we will also have several spicy pulp
paintings -- including some by H.J. Ward -- on display, and we plan a number of
other special exhibits around the spicies.FRANK
HAMILTON ESTATE FRIDAY NIGHT AUCTION! In
addition to our regular Saturday night auction (at which we anticipate the return
of more rare materials from the Munsey pulparchives), we will also be holding
a special estate auction on Friday night, with loads of material from the estate
of Frank Hamilton. Frank was one of the giants in the pulp fan community, winning
one of the first Lamont awards for the terrific art he regularly contributed to
pulp fandom, and a longtime collector, especially of hero and Burroughs pulps.
We'll be cataloging the material from his estate in advance of the convention,
and posting lists and photos on the website as they're prepared, so keep checking
back. MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $15 for Sunday only. We are also offering 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). Ages 13 & under are free. 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 - 5 p.m. Friday (10 a.m. to 5 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 have around 120 tables. Each dealer and dealer’s helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35). 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 15, 2009. Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@comcast.net for ad and other program book matters (other than payment). ART SHOW: We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original pulp and paperback art, highlighted by our display of Hubert Rogers art, as well as spicy pulp art. For the fifth year in a row, the art show is sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine (www.illustration-magazine.com). If you have any art you’d like to make available for display in the art show, please contact us. The art show hours will be posted to the website when they are set. AUCTIONS: This year, we will be hosting TWO auctions. Our Friday night auction will consist of material from the estate of Lamont award winner Frank Hamilton. Saturday night’s auction will contain material from many sources. If you have material you’d like to submit, please contact us. WEBSITE: www.windycitypulpandpaper.com is the con’s website. We’ll be posting updates to it periodically up until the time of the con, so please check it for the most recent information. CON SUITE: Our con suite will operate from Thursday night (come pick up your badges) until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby! FILM PROGRAMMING: Our film programming, which showcases films based on pulp stories, has been tentatively set. Once again, thanks go to Ed Hulse for organizing an amazing program. Any updates will be posted to the website. Incidentally, Ed is now known as the busiest man in the pulp convention business, as he's also on the committee of Pulpfest, to be held this summer -- check out www.pulpfest.com for details. The tentative film schedule -- with Ed's commentary -- is: ******************************Friday****************************** 12:00 pm — The Mark of Zorro (1920). The first
Zorro film is also the most faithful adaptation of Johnston McCulley’s “The
Curse of Capistrano,” serialized in All-Story Weekly during August and September
of 1919. Dashing Douglas Fairbanks was already a popular leading man when he essayed
the role of Don Diego Vega, but Mark of Zorro’s surprise success turned
him into one of the cinema’s first true superstars. Although this film has
always been available in one form or another, we’re showing the most recently
restored version, which was mastered from archival film elements deriving from
the original negative and boasts a newly recorded orchestral score. If you think
of silent films as hopelessly creaky, sit in on Mark of Zorro. You just might
be surprised. 02:00 pm — Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (aka The Raven Red Kiss-Off, 1990). This year our convention celebrates the Diamond Anniversary of the Spicy pulp line, and this made-for-TV movie was the second of only two films we’ve identified as having been adapted from Spicy yarns. Based on a Robert Leslie Bellem story and scripted by regular Windy City attendee John Wooley, this fast-paced mystery is a bit too campy but great fun for pulp fans nonetheless. Note: We’re showing the seldom-seen Fries Entertainment home-video cut, which contains a few shots of partial nudity that weren’t in the original broadcast version. 04:00 pm — The Return of Wild Bill (1940). This above-average “B” Western, directed by cult favorite Joseph H. Lewis, was adapted from Walt Coburn’s “The Block K Rides Tonight,” which appeared in the July 1939 issue of Star Western. Popular cowboy star Gordon “Wild Bill” Elliott plays the two-fisted lawman who avenges the murder of his father. Lovely Iris Meredith, who played Nita Van Sloan in the Spider serial we showed last year, assumes leading-lady chores. We ran an old 16mm print of Return of Wild Bill at our 2003 convention, but this DVD has been specially mastered for us from a 35mm archival print. Following Friday Night Auction — Bombay Mail (1934). An extremely rare film, never made available on home video or to cable movie channels, this nifty programmer combines high adventure and murder mystery. It was adapted from a Lawrence G. Blochman novel of the same name, which originally appeared in the August 15, 1933 issue of Complete Stories. The first of several Blochman yarns featuring Detective Inspector Leonidas Prike (renamed Dyke for this movie), Bombay Mail revolves around the murder of a British official aboard a Calcutta-Bombay train. The suspects include a Maharajah, a Russian opera singer, several Americans, and anti-British rebels. Edmund Lowe plays Dyke; the supporting cast includes Shirley Grey, Ralph Forbes, Onslow Stevens, and Hedda Hopper. Pieces from the evocative musical score by Heinz Roemheld were reused in part many times in subsequent years, most notably in the Flash Gordon serials. ******************************Saturday****************************** 09:00 am — Blackmail (1947). This fast-paced, action-packed
Republic Pictures whodunit was the first Dan Turner film and, therefore, the first
adapted from a Spicy pulp story. William Marshall, a blond “himbo”
who Republic desperately tried to make a star, plays the hard-boiled private eye,
called to investigate the blackmailing of a famous movie director (former matinee
idol Ricardo Cortez). Luscious blonde Adele Mara and haughty brunette Stephanie
Bachelor are the femmes fatale, and Grant Withers appears as Dan’s foil,
Police Inspector Donaldson. Fans of Robert Leslie Bellem’s yarns will get
a kick out of hearing the author’s wacky dialogue spouted by these colorful
characters, their verbal exchanges alternating with fistfights and car chases
galore.10:15 am — Blue, White and Perfect (1942). An entry in 20th Century-Fox’s Michael Shayne series, this polished whodunit was actually adapted from a Borden Chase novel featuring “Smooth Kyle.” Chase’s yarn, bearing the same title, was serialized in Argosy during September and October of 1937. Fox’s screenwriter Samuel G. Engel simply appropriated the pulpster’s plot and substituted Shayne for Kyle. One of the suspects is played by TV’s future Superman, George Reeves. Fast-moving and fun, Blue, White and Perfect is among the two or three best entries in the entire Michael Shayne series. 12:00 pm — Saturday Matinee: The Ivory-Handled Gun (1935) plus selected short subjects. We’re replicating a complete program that any American kid might have seen at his neighborhood theater on a Saturday afternoon in the mid ‘30s: coming-attractions trailer, cartoon, newsreel, serial episode (Chapter Two of Gordon of Ghost City, a 1933 chapter play loosely adapted from a Peter B. Kyne story), and feature film. The main attraction is The Ivory-Handled Gun, a Buck Jones Western adapted from the Charles E. Barnes novel of the same title published in the Second October 1930 issue of Ace-High. It’s one of Buck’s best starring vehicles of this period. 02:00 pm — I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948). No Windy City film program would be complete without a movie taken from one of Cornell Woolrich’s pulp yarns, and this year we’ve dug up one of the scarcest. Based on the novelette of the same title published in the March 12, 1938 issue of Detective Fiction Weekly, this Monogram “B” stars Don Castle, Elyse Knox, and Regis Toomey in an adaptation scripted by former pulp writer Steve Fisher. It’s an exercise in low-budget film noir revolving around the familiar Woolrich situation of an ordinary guy framed for a murder he didn’t commit. Afraid that Woolrich’s ambiguous denouement wouldn’t make a satisfactory ending for the movie version, Fisher actually called his fellow pulpster for advice. Woolrich suggested that Fisher graft onto Shoes the ending from one of his famous stories—but you’ll have to see the film here to find out which Fisher tale was thus cannibalized. 03:30 pm — Private Detective (1938). Perky Jane Wyman stars in this minor but zippy little “B” from Warner Brothers, based on Kay Krause’s “Invitation to Murder,” published in the May 1937 issue of Pocket Detective. A seemingly routine child-custody hearing leads to murder, and female detective Myrna “Jinx” Winslow cracks the case with timely assistance from police lieutenant Jim Rickey (Dick Foran). Clearly fashioned after Warner’s popular Torchy Blane series (adapted from Frederick Nebel’s MacBride-Kennedy stories in Black Mask), Private Detective sports a supporting cast that’s practically a Who’s Who of popular ‘30s character actors. Following Saturday Night Auction — The Law of the Forty-Fives (1935). An obscure little Poverty Row horse opera forgotten by all but the most rabid Western-movie fans, this is the first screen adaptation of a “Three Mesquiteers” novel by prolific pulpster William Colt MacDonald. The movie only features two of the three heroes, however; in his novel of the same title (serialized in Quick-Trigger Western from December 1929 to April 1930 and published in hard covers in 1933), MacDonald focused on his already-established twin protagonists, Tucson Smith and Stony Brooke. A deputy sheriff, Lullaby Joslin, joins them at story’s end and becomes the third Mesquiteer. This movie, which stars Guinn “Big Boy” Williams as Tucson and silent-screen comedian Al St. John as Stony, doesn’t give a name to the deputy character (played by Curley Baldwin). But let’s not quibble. The film is great cornball fun, with the numerous shortcomings—most owing to a minuscule budget and truncated shooting schedule—adding to its charm. And you won’t see it anywhere but here. | |||||||||||
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of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: "Today We Die" by Frederick C. Painton from the February 1935 Sky Birds featuring "The Squadron of the Dead". The names of the men in that strange, ill-assorted squadron were listed only in the most secret annals of Allied Intelligence. To everyone else they were known merely as the Squadron of the Dead. Americans, British, Russians—even Germans—made up their ranks, and only one bond held them together. They had all been condemned to die! An unusual story of an unusual squadron. | |||||||||||
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books DOC SAVAGE Volume 24: "The Black, Black Witch,"
"Hell Below" & "The Shape or Terror" Now shipping to subscribers and retailers! The Man of Bronze wages war against the Axis in three pulse-pounding pulp thrillers by Lester Dent (writing as "Kenneth Robeson"). First, a desperate plea from occupied France lures Doc Savage into a Nazi trap as he attempts to discover the 400-year-old secret of "The Black, Black Witch." Then, in "Hell Below," the Man of Bronze and his beautiful cousin Pat Savage journey to Mexico to prevent high-ranking fugitives from the Third Reich from creating a New World Order. Finally, Doc Savage must die to prevent the Nazis from obtaining a super weapon that could change the outcome of the war. This World War II collector's edition showcases the classic color pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Modest Stein, and also features all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of seven Doc Savage novels. Sanctum Books 978-0-9822033-4-7 0-9822033-4-9 Softcover, 7x10. 144 pages, B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||||||
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books Now shipping to subscribers and retailers! THE SHADOW Volume 25: "The
Gray Ghost" & "The White Skulls" Foreword by Everett Raymond Kinstler "The
weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow Knows!" The Knight
of Darkness continues his war on crime in two more pulp thrillers by Walter B.
Gibson (writing as "Maxwell Grant"). First, not even The Shadow's bullets can
stop his most formidable foe, "The Gray Ghost," a seemingly supernatural adversary.
Then, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane hunt Nazi treasure and a blond temptress
as they attempt to unmask "The White Skulls," skeletal-garbed terrorists who leave
behind a deadly wake of destruction. BONUS: The Shadow battles killer ants in
"The Red Room," a terrifying script from the Golden Age of Radio. This classic
reprint also features both color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein,
classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Everett Raymond Kinstler (who
also provides a foreword recalling his early days as a comic book artist and pulp
illustrator) and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum
Books) 978-0-9822033-3-0 0-9822033-3-0 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||||||
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Book Cave - New podcasts now available online! Episode 9: Wild Cards, Dealing With Aces And Jokers - New! Episode 8: Captain Action From the Past to the Present Episode 7: Archie Comics Shadow Episode 6: Secret Agent and Prisoner TV Series Episode 5: Comics and Conventions With Craig Klotz Episode 4: Sun Koh, Germany's Doc Savage Episode 3: Tom Roberts and Movie Reviews Episode 2: Back to the Golden Age Episode 1: Conversation With DarkMark Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||||||
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on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "Guardian of Death" from January 1945. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "What's a Hundred Dollars?" by Robert Wallace from POPULAR DETECTIVE, January, 1937 What's a hundred dollars? Everything! "What's in a Name?" by Junius B. Smith from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, March 15, 1919 Eider Down Ellis has a problem coping with his name. "Shakedown Sham" by Robert Leslie Bellem from DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, May, 1943 Featuring: Dan Turner "I think my wife is being blackmailed," the guy opened up. And Dan agreed to protect the dame while she kept her secret tryst. It wasn't until after she'd kept her clandestine appointment that he had a real idea of how big a job he'd taken upon himself. | |||||||||||
| Haffner Press - Update on Collected Edmond Hamilton! Here's the latest on upcoming projects at Haffner Press: 1) The launch of THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON and THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE is getting moved to May 1st, ideally in time for the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention. We finally have the last of the ephemera needed to complete the first three volumes and they will be heading to the printer by the end of February. Thanks for bearing with us while we work to make these titles really amazing. 2) We are still offering a facsimile of Hamilton's first "book" (a 40-page pamphlet reprinting "The Metal Giants") for paid orders in advance of publication of the first three volumes in THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON. We truly appreciate those of you taking advantage of this promo. It's these advance orders that really make it possible for these books to exist. 3) Once the Hamilton volumes have gone to the printer, we will be our on-line serialization of the 1950 version Hamilton's "The Hidden World." 4) Later this month, we will be taking orders for the $150 signed/slipcased edition of THE WORLDS OF JACK WILLIAMSON. We have some really nice material accompanying this edition, and at 75-copies, you won't want to miss out. 5) We will be at the 2009 Williamson Lectureship in New Mexico on April 10th (be there if you can -- Nalo Hopkinson is the GOH, and it's always a good time), but work on the Hamilton titles has forced us to push the 7th volume of the Collected Stories of Jack Williamson to later in the year. Keep Watching the Skies! Stephen Haffner Big Poobah HAFFNER PRESS | |||||||||||
| Moonstone Books: DOC SAVAGE: THE
LOST RADIO SCRIPTS OF LESTER DENT Now available in comic shops! by Lester Dent, with Art by Tom RobertsTo the world at large, Doc Savage is a strange, mysterious figure of glistening bronze skin and exotic, gold-flecked eyes. To his unique band of associates — Renny, Monk, Ham, Long Tom, Johnny, and occasionally, his cousin Pat — he is a man of superhuman strength and protean genius, whose life is dedicated to the destruction of evil-doers. Written in the late 1940’s by Doc Savage’s creator, Lester Dent, many of these radio scripts have never been seen before. These astonishing radio scripts are available to his legions of fans across the globe! Assembled together in this single, amazing volume, they are a rare treat for Doc Savage fans everywhere! Available in softcover or in a signed and numbered hardcover edition limited to 300 copies. Moonstone Books LIMITED S&N HARDCOVER, 6x9, 352 pages, B&W SRP: $54.99 SOFTCOVER, 6x9, 352 pages, B&W SRP: $21.95 |  | ||||||||||
| NYCC 2009:
Pulp Panel Airship 27 Productions Ron Fortier announced that Airship 27 has new Captain Hazard, Secret Agent X, Dan Fowler, and Jim Anthony stories coming soon. Watch the YouTube video featuring Ron Fortier. Hard Case Crime Charles Ardai spoke about how Hard Case Crime is going to expand its scope, from just pulp crime to include pulp adventure as well. He has a series planned around a character - Gabriel Hunt - and that the first book is written and the second book is being written. Moonstone Books Joe Gentile announced that Moonstone will be publishing new Green Hornet material later this year and that it will be pure pulp crime fiction. Sanctum Books Anthony Tollin announced that, along with two partners, he unearthed 14 lost SHADOW broadcasts (11 from the 1938 Goodrich summer season starring Orson Welles and Margot Stevenson, and 3 more from the 1939 summer season starring Bill Johnstone) and that Mark Tepper's Radio Spirits had acquired the recordings and was releasing them (beginning with the 10-CD SHADOW collection released last October). He also stated that he will be publishing new Avenger, The Whisperer and Captain Fury stories. The upcoming Shadow feature film F.G. DeSanto spoke about the current Shadow feature he has in development with Michael Uslan and Sam Raimi, and that they're currently working on the second draft. It will be a period piece, and they're aiming to maintain a tonal consistency with the original material - it will not be an origin story and it will stay away from the previous movie. Also, it was mentioned that the Shadow may not be Lamont Cranston. Will Murray Will Murray announced that he is currently writing a new Doc Savage story based on old Lester Dent notes (due to be released either next year or the year after). Source: Pulp 2.0 | |||||||||||
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| Paizo Publishing -
Now available! The Outlaws of Mars by Otis Adelbert Kline, with an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale Otis Adelbert Kline’s final triumphant sword-and-planet epic roars back into print for the first time in almost 50 years! Jerry Morgan accepts his scientist uncle’s offer to transport him to Mars for a series of thrilling adventures and exploits featuring terrible monsters, fantastic societies, and gorgeous princesses in the Edgar Rice Burroughs tradition. At last presented in the original, unabridged format last seen in 1934’s Argosy Weekly, the new Planet Stories edition of this science fiction classic restores Kline to his place of honor in the sword and planet field. A charming introduction by Joe R. Lansdale (“Bubba Hotep,” The Bottoms) puts the novel into a modern context for readers unfamiliar with Kline’s legacy. 304-page softcover trade paperback, $12.99 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-151-0 Explore fantastic worlds of high adventure with a Planet Stories subscription that delivers the excitement of classic fantasy and science fiction right to your mailbox! Best of all, you'll receive your monthly Planet Stories volumes at a substantial 20% discount off the cover price, and you can choose the shipping method that works best for you (including bundling the books with your other Paizo subscriptions)! | 
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| Pulp Fiction Expo - February 19, 2009! For those pulp enthusiasts who live near the Trenton, NJ area, there will be a Pulp Fiction Expo held at the Ewing Library on February 19, 2009, starting at 2:00 PM. There will be an exhibit of pulps plus a screening of the film, CITY STREETS(1931), based on a story by Dashiell Hammett and starring Gary Cooper in an early role. C.J. Henderson will be there also. Check out the website at www.pulpfictionexpo.com Thanks to Walker Martin for the tip! | |||||||||||
| RED SONJA ANNUAL #2 - Arriving in comic
shops February 18th! Writer: Christos Gage; Penciller/Inker: Pablo Marcos Covers: Pablo Marcos, Joe Prado The second Red Sonja Annual is here! Presented by writer Christos Gage and veteran artist Pablo Marcos, Dynamite unveils “Here there be Dragons!” RED SONJA is recruited by the wizard VERDIUS to act as his bodyguard on a quest to find the last nesting place of the dragons. These magnificent creatures were once plentiful, but have been hunted to near-extinction, with the massive Great Dragons lost forever, and the smaller ones nearly gone as well. Verdius wants to save those few that remain, and has just discovered where they gather to mate… as they travel, a rival wizard is battled and the fate of the magnificent beasts rests in Sonja’s hands! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment |  | ||||||||||
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| SOLOMON KANE #5 - Arriving in comic shops February 18th! Written by Scott Allie, penciled by Mario Guevara, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by John Cassaday. The Castle of the Devil hides several secrets -- the most horrible of which may still be locked at the base of the castle in the ruins of an ancient abbey. Solomon Kane gets closer to unveiling the truth behind the crazed monks who used to live there, as he deals with the castle's current batch of strange inhabitants. Escaping with John Silent, his wounded companion, is out of the question, because Kane also seeks justice for the souls of innocent children who were killed on the gallows that litter this evil, tainted region of Germany's Black Forest. 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on January 18. Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||||||
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Subterranean Press: THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE By Philip
Jose Farmer and Win Scott Eckert Coming
in September and now available for pre-order! For
over thirty years, readers have marveled at Philip José Farmer’s
inventive integration of popular fiction and literature’s most beloved characters,
in a mythical web known as the Wold Newton Family. First described in the fictional
biographies Tarzan Alive: The Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke and Doc Savage:
His Apocalyptic Life, Farmer expanded his Wold Newton mythos in novels such as
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, The Adventure of the Peerless Peer, Time’s
Last Gift, Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, The Dark Heart of Time: A Tarzan
Novel, and Escape from Loki: Doc Savage’s First Adventure.The Evil in Pemberley House, an addition to the Wold Newton cycle, plays with the Gothic horror tradition. Patricia Wildman, the daughter of the world-renowned adventurer and crimefighter of the 1930s and ’40s, Dr. James Clarke “Doc” Wildman, is all alone in the world when she inherits the family estate in Derbyshire, England—old, dark, and supposedly haunted. But Farmer, characteristically, turns convention on its ear. Is the ghost real, or a clever sham? In Patricia Wildman, Farmer creates an introspective character who struggles to reconcile the supernatural with her rational scientific upbringing, while also attempting to work through unresolved feelings about her late parents. He sets the action at Pemberley from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and ingrains the various mysteries in the Canon of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Evil in Pemberley House is a darkly erotic novel with broad appeal to readers of pulp and popular literature, particularly followers of Doc Savage, Sherlockians, and fans of Farmer’s own celebrated Wold Newton Family. The Limited Edition of The Evil in Pemberley House will come with an exclusive chapbook of bonus materials that includes Philip Jose Farmer’s original outline for the novel, as well as an extensive family tree for the Wold Newton Universe. Limited: 200 numbered copies, signed by Win Scott Eckert, with bonus chapbook - $60 Trade: Fully cloth bound hardcover edition - $40 Subterranean Press | |||||||||||
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Wild Cat
Books - Now available! Don't miss these recently released titles
from Wild Cat Books! Click
on any of the covers for full details to order from Lulu.com and Amazon.com! Visit the Wild Cat Books website at http://www.wildcatbooks.net/
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| 13th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show &
Sale - Saturday, May 9, 2009, 10am to 5pm! Canada's premier pulp event! The show is a small but pulp specific event, with lots of great stuff for the collector and the curious alike. From 10am to 5pm, located at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more information, contact us at: info@girasolcollectables.com Girasol Collectables Inc. 3501 Glen Erin Drive, Suite 1409 Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 905.820.7572 There are numerous hotels in the Toronto downtown, in various price ranges, and if you are an autoclub member, pick up one of their tourbooks for Toronto, Ontario, and you will find many additional options and attractions. We look forward to seeing you there! | |||||||||||||
30th Annual Paperback Books Show and Sale
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| 34th Annual Friends of Old-Time Radio
Convention - October
22-25, 2009! Holiday Inn-North, Newark, NJ (1-973-589-1000) Visit the Friends of Old-Time Radio at http://www.fotr.net | |||||||||||||
| 48th Michigan Antiquarian Book &
Paper Show - March 29, 2009! The Midwest's largest book show will feature about 90 dealers from around the country offering over a million old, rare, and collectible book & paper items for sale! 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM Admission $4.50; free for children 13 and under Lansing Center: 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI http://www.curiousbooks.com/show/abf.html | |||||||||||||
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| Age
of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: "Graveyard of Glory" by Arch Whitehouse from the May 1934 SKY BIRDS featuring "The Iron Ace". Captain Hugh McQuillen had been transferred. The fighting Yank who had carved his career at the Front out of iron and steel had been sent to an obscure, battered outfit in Flanders. A squadron of hopeless men, rotten ships, where the bony clutch of death reached out for every man who flew—and seldom missed. But the cards had been stacked against the Iron Ace many times before—and he had always won the game. | |||||||||||||
| Altus
Press - Now available! Don't miss these recently released titles
from Altus Press! Click on any of the covers for full details
including links to order from Lulu.com and Amazon.com!
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming late February/early March! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 25: "The Red Skull" & "The Awful Egg" The greatest superhero of the pulp era returns in two power-packed
novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." In "The Red Skull," Doc Savage
follows a murderous gangster to Arizona where a subterranean secret that could
transform the world lies in wait. Then, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Men
journey to the South Dakota Badlands in search of a fugitive murderer, where they
discover the prehistoric terror of "The Awful Egg." This deluxe pulp reprint features
the original color covers by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke and all the classic
interior illustrations by Paul Orban. Historical commentary is provided by Will
Murray, author of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-0-9822033-2-3
0-9822033-2-2Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming late February/early March! THE
SHADOW Volume 26: "Vengeance is Mine!" & "Battle of Greed" "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!"
The Master of Darkness deals out retribution and redemption in
two classic pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell
Grant." In "Vengeance is Mine!", The Shadow hunts a terrorist whose
murderous bombing rampage extends to the Cobalt Club itself. Then,
in "Battle of Greed," The Shadow offers second chances to a trio
of broken souls in the most unusual Shadow novel of all time. BONUS:
The Shadow teams with Chick Carter, Boy Detective, in a rare crossover
from the Golden Age of Radio. This instant collector's item showcases
the original color covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney, the classic
interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, and historical commentary
by Will Murray, Anthony Tollin and John Nanovic. (Sanctum Books)
978-0-9822033-1-6 0-9822033-1-4Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming late February/early March! THE
AVENGER Volume 1: "Justice, Inc." & "The Yellow Horde" The
Pulp Era's most intriguing superhero returns in his first two epic adventures
by Paul Ernst writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, a devastating personal tragedy
forges adventurer Richard Henry Benson into a "Man of Steel," leading him to assemble
the crime-fighting team called "Justice, Inc." Then, murder sets The Avenger on
the trail of "The Yellow Horde," the secret treasure of the Aztecs. This
instant collector's item showcases H. W. Scott's classic pulp covers, and reprints
all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban. Pulp historian Will Murray
provides commentary, revealing how The Shadow's Walter Gibson and Doc Savage's
Lester Dent helped develop The Avenger, a character who also appeared in Street
& Smith and DC comics. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover,
7x10, B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||||||||
| Black Dog
Books - Coming soon! CITY OF CORPSES: THE COLLECTED WEIRD MYSTERIES OF KEN CARTER Read the stories that led to Norvell Page receiving the commission to write The Spider. Included are: "Hell's Music," "City of Corpses," "Statues of Horror," "Gallows Ghost," "The Devil's Hoof," "The Sinister Embrace," and "Satan's Sideshow," reprinted from Ten Detective Aces Also included are Page 's nonfiction article, "How I Write," photos, a biography of the author, and an introduction by Robert Weinberg. Trade paperback, $19.95 DEMONS OF THE NIGHT and Other Early Tales of Suspense by Seabury Quinn Best known as a prolific contributor to WEIRD TALES, Seabury Quinn created an impressive body of literature prior to and parallel with his first sales to that magazine. DEMONS OF THE NIGHT spotlights those early works, including his first published article, his first fiction sale, and stories from his extremely rare "Washington Night's Entertainment" and "Problems of Professor Forrester" series. Three of the works in this volume were previously unknown, and five have never been reprinted in their entirety anywhere since the original magazine appearances, as long as nine decades ago. Cover art by Greg Hildebrandt Trade paperback, $16.95 OLD SAILS by Captain A. E. Dingle Eleven thrilling tales of adventures at sea written by a master mariner. Read: "The Light on Little Hope", "Piracy", "Recognition", "The Rusty Cutlass", "water", "The Burden Paternal", "Doc", "The Killer", "The Siren's swan Song", "Old Sails", and the pirate novella, "Three Palms Cay". Also included are a nonfiction article, and a bibliography of written works by Dingle. Trade paperback, 198 pages, $19.95 HELL'S HOOFPRINTS by Lester Dent For the first time, HELL'S HOOFPRINTS collects the complete works of Lester dent from WESTERN TRAILS, including his fiction, articles, vignettes and letters to readers - with a bonus story written for WESTERN TRAILS but never appearing there. Trade paperback, 230 pages, $22.95 THE TALBOT MUNDY LIBRARY, VOLUME ONE: A TRANSACTION IN DIAMONDS A collection of all of the stories and articles published by Mundy during 1911, his first year as a professional writer. Introduction by Brian Taves, author of Talbot Mundy-Philosopher of Adventure. Trade paperback, $19.95 THE TALBOT MUNDY LIBRARY, VOLUME TWO: THE SOUL OF A REGIMENT Contains the bulk of Mundy's sales during 1912 to ADVENTURE magazine, his primary outlet during this period. It will include a new introduction by prolific and popular writer S. M. Stirling. Trade paperback, $19.95 Shipping is $4.50 for the first title and $1 for each additional title. Orders of 4 or more titles can be sent USPS Flat Rate for $8.95, or Media Mail for approx. $5.00. Visit our new BLOG, Black Dog Books News From the Dog Pound, for news of upcoming titles and developments regarding projects from Black Dog Books, announcements, as well as occasional random thoughts and other information to share. Black Dog Books 1115 Pine Meadows Ct. Normal, Il 61761-5432 http://www.blackdogbooks.net/ info@blackdogbooks.net |   | ||||||||||||
| Bob
Larkin - Attending this year's New York
Comic Con, February 6–8! Painter Bob Larkin (cover artist for Doc Savage, Dazzler, the Hulk, and dozens of others) will be attending this year's New York Comic Con, February 6–8 at the Jacob K. Javits Center. You'll be able to find Bob at Table G-11 in Artists Alley, right next to Colleen Doran. Bob will be promoting his latest projects: THE SAVAGE ART OF BOB LARKIN, Vol. 1. Published by SQ Productions, it's a 64-page, full-color collection of some of Bob's most well-known (and, in some cases, little known) paintings from his 30-plus-year career. The book is scheduled to come out in February, but (as of today) the copies are still making their way to the States on (literally) a slow boat *from* China. A Doc Savage statue produced by Reel Art Studios, based on one of Bob's paintings. Reel Art plans to have the prototype on display at their booth. Full-color prints of a faux Doc Savage movie poster. What might a Doc movie poster look like today, if Hollywood asked Bob to provide the art? Here's your chance to find out!
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| The
Book Cave - New podcasts now available online! Episode 8: Captain Action From the Past to the Present - New! Ed Catto and Joe Ahearn of Captain Action Enterprises join Ric in a lively discussion about Moonstone Comics new series that has an old history. Both Ed and Joe will be at New York Comic Con this weekend, be sure and stop by their booth and say hello to them. http://www.captainactionnow.com/ Episode 7: Archie Comics Shadow - New! Bruce Rosenberger of KomicsKast http://komicskast.libsyn.com/ Wayne Skiver of Wildcat books http://www.wildcatbooks.net/ and Ric Croxton painfully swim through the Shadow from Archie Comics, the 8 issue series from 1963-64. Episode 6: Secret Agent and Prisoner TV Series Episode 5: Comics and Conventions With Craig Klotz Episode 4: Sun Koh, Germany's Doc Savage Episode 3: Tom Roberts and Movie Reviews Episode 2: Back to the Golden Age Episode 1: Conversation With DarkMark Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||||||||
| Burroughs Bulletin #77 - Now available!
The Winter 2009 issue (#77) of the THE BURROUGHS BULLETIN is now available. This issue features articles on Burroughs’ 77th story, "Minidoka". It is profusely illustrated in black & white with full color front and back covers. Articles include: "After Word to an Historical Fairy Tale" by Robert R. Barrett "Illustrations of the Canaveral Press Editions" by Gary A. Buckingham "Ich Tarzan, Du Jane! Tarzan the Musical in Hamburg" by Bill Hillman Picture Gallery: Tarzan L'Intrepide Poster "Tarzan the Fearless: A Synopsis and Analysis" by Jerry L. Schneider Bibliographers Corner Letters to the Editor Subscriptions
are $35 for four quarterly issues and 12 monthly issues of THE GRIDLEY WAVE newsletter.
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| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #11 - Coming in May! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. Not content to sit back and wait for Natohk to arrive to destroy the city of Khoraja, Conan leads his men to meet the Stygian wizard in open combat. As Amalric's mercenaries and the remaining soldiers of Khoraja march impressively out of the city, Natohk's horrifying army -- backed by dark magic and otherworldly beasts‹acquires yet another powerful weapon. What chance do mortal men have? Conan must deal with dissension and class conflict in his own ranks and the strange visions and revelations of Princess Yasmela before he can hope to defeat Natohk's hordes. Even though his men trust and respect him, the aristocrats resent his presence and are waiting for him to stumble so that they can fulfill their own selfish ambitions! And what news does a Zamorian thief bring out of the desert? Continuing the adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Black Colossus." 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 20. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||||||||||
| Darkside Press: THE FEASTER FROM AFAR -
Now available! THE FEASTER FROM AFAR by Joseph Payne Brennan Joseph Payne Brennan was the last of the great WEIRD TALES authors as well as an accomplished poet, editor, and publisher. When WEIRD TALES folded just as Brennan was coming into his own as a master of the supernatural tale, Brennan’s main market for his fiction disappeared. Throughout the next few years Brennan launched a one-man crusade to keep the WEIRD TALES tradition alive in the pages of his small-press magazine Macabre. Published infrequently and run on a shoestring budget, Macabre still did a fine job of carrying the flag for stories of the weird and uncanny. This is the first of four volumes that will collect all of his supernatural and macabre fiction in a matching set. $45 (limited hardbound edition) The NEW Darkside Press/Midnight House website will soon be online at http://www.darkmidhouse.com In the meantime, for orders and queries, please call 505-227-1113. Coming soon: Volume Three of The Collected Clifford Simak from Darkside Press The Broken Fang: Stories of a Specialist in Spooks by Uel Key from Midnight House (great pulp-like material from the post WWI years). A three volume set of the best of John H. Knox from Dime Mystery, Horror Stories, Terror Tales, and Thrilling Mystery. | | ||||||||||||
| THE DARK MAN Volume 4 Number 1
- Now available! Table of Contents: Editorials Reviews: James Braddock: From Dockhand to Cinderella Man by Chris Gruber Howard's Eastern Adventures: A Review of The Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Stories of the Old Orient by Brian Taves Blood, Sweat, Tears-and Oil by Steve Tompkins From the Klondike to Cross Plains by Steve Trout Article: A Comparison of the Ideology of Robert E. Howard's Conan Tales and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings by Ian Nichols 78 pages. Cover price is $10 + $2.50 shipping and handling (media mail). Other forms of delivery are available, just let us know and we'll get a price for you. Send checks or moneyorders to: Mark Hall, 6826 Waldo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530 or paypal to mhall@berkeley.edu |  | ||||||||||||
| DOC
SAVAGE: THE LOST RADIO SCRIPTS OF LESTER DENT Signed edition available for immediate shipment! The BRONZE GAZETTE is proud to offer an exclusive 75th Anniversary limited edition of DOC SAVAGE: THE LOST RADIO SCRIPTS OF LESTER DENT, the fantastic new addition to the Doc Savage legacy. Each copy of our exclusive edition comes with a full color 5" x 7" bookplate featuring a specially commissioned painting by cover artist Bob Larkin featuring Doc and his beautiful cousin PAT SAVAGE. Each bookplate is signed by both BOB LARKIN and by Doc Savage author/historian WILL MURRAY. This edition is limited to only 100 copies. $35.00 per copy postpaid with insurance within the US. The BRONZE GAZETTE is also proud to offer a very special version of the limited edition hardcover of DOC SAVAGE: THE LOST RADIO SCRIPTS OF LESTER DENT. The hard cover print run is already a limited edition of only 300 copies. Our edition also comes with an exclusive bookplate signed by Doc Savage author Will Murray and features a preliminary design of the cover along with an original pencil head sketch of Doc by cover artist supreme DOUG KLAUBA! Limited to only 15 copies, each with a one-of-a-kind original head sketch! $110.00 per copy postpaid with insurance within the US. ONLY 2 LEFT! Foreign buyers please email for postage costs. Payment is accepted via Paypal to docsavagefan@yahoo.com or by mail. Please make checks or money orders payable to: Terry Allen 16921 Kara Ln Lake Oswego, OR 97035-4580 Please email to confirm availability of the hardcover or with any other questions.
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| E-texts on the net this
week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "The Green God" by William Call Spencer from ALL-STORY, October 28, 1916 They were following the last of the storm, climbing soggily the great rollers, nursing the boat carefully through the white-caps, making consistently for the island with the dead tree spire.... "Memphis Blues" by Frank Johnson from THRILLING DETECTIVE, September, 1944 A corpse, a hand grenade and a blood-stained rose! And some rare black pearls. "42 Keys to Murder" by Edward Churchill from POPULAR DETECTIVE, March, 1948 Newspaper correspondent Nick Burney and his wife Sue become a pair of high-powered sleuths when they take the trail after the killing of Homer Hansel, the snooping society editor. | |||||||||||||
| Electric
Tiki - Doc Savage & The Shadow statue design concepts are now
online! Electric Tiki has posted preliminary design sketches on their website for their upcoming statues of Doc Savage and The Shadow. | |||||||||||||
| FARMERPHILE: The Magazine of Philip José
Farmer - Now available! Issue No. 15 - January 2009 Farmerphile is a quarterly magazine completely dedicated to works by and about Philip José Farmer. Farmerphile is fabulously illustrated by such talented artists as Jason Robert Bell, Charles Berlin, Keith Howell, Karl Kauffman, Chuck Loridans, and Shannon Robicheaux. Table of contents: "Excerpt from Cougar by the Tail" by Philip José Farmer & Tracy Knight Farmerphile Interviews Tracy Knight "The Time Distorter" by Paul Spiteri, illustrated by Charles Berlin "Buddha Contemplates His Novel" by Philip José Farmer "Creative Mythography" by Win Scott Eckert "Bibliophile" by Paul Spiteri "On the River with Philip José Farmer" by Robert Weinberg "My Time on the River" by Ed Gorman "Writing “Graceland” by Allen Steele "The River Not Taken" by Dennis E. Power "The Resurrection of Tom Mix" by Danny Adams Unpolished Pearls from the Magic Filing Cabinet Riverworld Dawn by Philip José Farmer Myadzian Journal by Philip José Farmer Cover art by Keith Howell 60 pages (5.5 x 8.5 inches) $11 (includes shipping in the US and Canada) Complete ordering information for Farmerphile may be found at: http://www.pjfarmer.com/farmerphile.htm |  | ||||||||||||
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| Girasol Collectables
- February Pulp Replicas! Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas. Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images. Monthly Special: All three for $85 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is The Spider (#41) in "The Mill-Town Massacres" from February 1937. $35 Our second Replica this month is DR. YEN SIN #1 from May/June 1936. $35 We'll be doing all 3 issues of Dr. Yen Sin over the coming months. Our third Replica is SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES #13 from October 1935. $25 Girasol Collectables is also now offering Pulp Replica subscriptions for certain 2009 Replica lines: The Spider: 8 issues for $250 (Save $30) Operator #5: 4 issues for $125 (Save $15) Both Spider and OP5 for $360 (Save $60) 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 regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address. 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. The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint. Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com. A complete listing, along with other items such as books, fanzines and of course pulps, can be found on the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables 3501 GlenErin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 Here is a complete listing of the Pulp Replicas currently available for $25, $35, or $50 each postpaid within North America. Overseas will be a few dollars more. |    | ||||||||||||
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| Gotham Pulp Collectors Club -
Next meeting is February 14, 2009! 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. This is the 75th anniversary of the hero pulps with The Phantom, Doc Savage, Nick Carter (in the pulp), Lone Eagle, Spider, G-8, and Moon Man making their debuts. It's also the 85th anniversary for Weird Tales debut. All are invited to attend, so, if you have an interest in pulp magazines, please come and share tales of your interest in and collections with other pulp collectors. Some of us will bring representative issues of Doc Savage and Weird Tales to show from our collections and tall tales of how we got these books. All meetings are free and open to the public.
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Haffner
Press Coming in February! HAFFNER PRESS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE . .
. Edmond Moore Hamilton (1904-1977)
was one of the early pioneers of American science fiction. For fifty years his
stories established and popularized many of the tropes in modern science fiction.
Later this year, Haffner Press will launch the first salvo in a program authorized
by the Estate of Edmond Hamilton to collect all the prose work of this neglected
master. All of his science fiction, all the fantasy, all the mysteries--all the
stories and novels (including the entire run of the "Captain Future" adventures)
will be assembled in this multi-volume set.THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON - AUTHORIZED EDITION • The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected Edmond
Hamilton, Volume One • The Star Stealers: The Complete Tales of the Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two • The Collected Captain Future, Volume One: Captain Future and the Space Emperor As with all Haffner Press titles, quality is of prime importance. Each volume of THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON will be printed on acid-free archival-quality paper with smythe-sewn hardcover bindings using full-cloth covered boards. Full-color dust jackets will reproduce digitally restored covers from the original pulp magazines. We are currently lining up a stellar group of writers, editors, historians, and friends of Hamilton to provide insightful introductions for each volume. Keep Watching the Skies and check the Haffner Press website frequently for updates on this project. We have a lot of neat tie-ins to this particular program, and you won't want to miss at thing. Click on the cover image for a complete
contents listing on the Haffner Press website!
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| Hard
Case Crime - Coming in February and beyond! February 2009 THE
FIRST NEW ZELAZNY NOVEL IN 15 YEARS! THE DEAD MAN'S BROTHER by Roger Zelazny, Cover art by Chuck
Pyle Once an art smuggler, now a respectable art dealer, Ovid Wiley awoke to find his former partner stabbed to death on his gallery floor. That was strange enough—but when a CIA agent showed up to spring him from NYPD custody, things got a lot stranger. Now the CIA is offering to clear up the murder charge, but only in return for a favor: They want Ovid to fly to Vatican City and trace the trail of a renegade priest who has gone missing with millions in church funds. What’s the connection? The priest’s lover, a woman Ovid knew in his smuggling days... March 2009 THE CUTIE by Donald E. Westlake, Cover art by Ken Laager Mavis St. Paul had been a rich man’s mistress. Now she was a corpse. And every cop in New York City was hunting for the two-bit punk accused of putting a knife in her. But the punk was innocent. He’d been set up to take the fall by some cutie who was too clever by half. My job? Find that cutie—before the cutie found me. April 2009 HOUSE DICK by E. Howard Hunt, Cover art by Glen Orbik Before he became one of the most controversial figures in modern American history, before he went to prison for his involvement in the Watergate conspiracy, E. Howard Hunt was an award-winning novelist, recipient of a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship (beating out Truman Capote and Gore Vidal for the honor) and the author of numerous popular political thrillers and crime stories. Unpublished Lester Dent novel coming in 2009! Hard Case Crime announced that they recently learned of the existence of an unpublished novel by Lester Dent (creator of classic pulp hero Doc Savage). It's called HONEY IN HIS MOUTH, it's a crime novel Dent originally wrote with the publisher Gold Medal in mind and they will be publishing it in 2009. | 
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| Mike Chomko - February 2009 newsletter is now available! Mike's February 2009 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it. Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%. Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 Please note that Mike Chomko has a new E-mail address. It is listed in his catalog. | |||||||||||||
| Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM: GHOST WHO WALKS
#0 Arriving in comic shops February 11th! by Mike Bullock, Silvestre Szilagyi & Sergio Mulko It all starts here, the jump-start for the new series that debuts next month! From the Chronicles of the First Phantom comes a retelling of his origin as you've never seen before! This issue is the perfect primer for those new to The Phantom, and gives long-time readers something special as well. As an added bonus, the issue features several pages from the upcoming Phantom Handbook! Available with a regular cover by ZJ and with a "Dark Magenta" cover, limited to 200 copies! REGULAR COVER-16 pages, Full Color, $1.99 DARK MAGENTA COVER-16 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Moonstone Books |  | ||||||||||||
| Moonstone Books: DOC SAVAGE: THE
LOST RADIO SCRIPTS OF LESTER DENT - Now available! by Lester Dent, with Art by Tom Roberts To the world at large, Doc Savage is a strange, mysterious figure of glistening bronze skin and exotic, gold-flecked eyes. To his unique band of associates — Renny, Monk, Ham, Long Tom, Johnny, and occasionally, his cousin Pat — he is a man of superhuman strength and protean genius, whose life is dedicated to the destruction of evil-doers. Written in the late 1940’s by Doc Savage’s creator, Lester Dent, many of these radio scripts have never been seen before. These astonishing radio scripts are available to his legions of fans across the globe! Assembled together in this single, amazing volume, they are a rare treat for Doc Savage fans everywhere! Available in softcover or in a signed and numbered hardcover edition limited to 300 copies. Moonstone Books LIMITED S&N HARDCOVER, 6x9, 4482 pages, B&W SRP: $54.99 SOFTCOVER, 6x9, 448 pages, B&W SRP: $21.95 This title will probably arrive in comic shops February 18 or February 25. | | ||||||||||||
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David
Saunders, the son of the legendary pulp artist Norman Saunders, has created a
sensational, limited-edition print, one copy of which will be annually offered
as the Munsey Award at PulpFest, beginning in 2009. David's work is a refreshing
homage to classic pulp art that honors the entire pulp community and their common
love of the purple prose of the bloody pulps. We are sure that Norman Saunders
would be proud of his son's wonderful painting. Dan Zimmer of the Illustrated
Press has produced a deluxe, limited edition of thirty-six numbered and signed
prints. The PulpFest Committee is indebted to both David and Dan for their generous
support of our convention. A New York artist whose work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, The New Museum and at other museums and in public buildings throughout the United States and other countries, David Saunders has taught art at Yale, Oberlin and many other colleges worldwide, including schools in Paris, London and Tokyo. An expert on pulp art, he has been a guest speaker on the subject, including The Pulp Art Show held at the Brooklyn Museum in 2003, and has served as the guest of honor at various pulp conventions. David has written biographical articles on pulp artists J. W. Scott, Frederick Blakeslee, Rudolph Belarski, Rafael DeSoto, Ernest Chiriacka, Allen Anderson, and his father. He is also the author of Norman Saunders, a biography and appreciation of the great pulp artist that was released in January 2009 by the Illustrated Press. The Munsey Award is named after Frank A. Munsey, the man who published the first all-fiction pulp magazine. It will be presented annually to a deserving person who has given of himself or herself for the betterment of the pulp community, be it through disseminating knowledge about the pulps, publishing or through other efforts to preserve and to foster interest in the pulp magazines we all love and enjoy. If you have someone in mind that you feel worthy to receive the first Munsey Award, please let us know. Send the person's name and a brief paragraph describing why you feel that person should be honored to Mike Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 or to mike@pulpfest.com. PulpFest 2009 committee members are not eligible for this year's award. The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2009. The recipient of the Munsey Award will be selected by a panel of judges consisting of recognized experts in the field of pulp literature. The award will be presented on Sunday, August 2 at a special Award Breakfast at the Ramada Plaza in Columbus, Ohio. Tom Roberts, the 2008 winner of the Lamont Award, will be the presenter of the first Munsey Award. Want
to help advertise Pulpfest 2009? Visit
the Pulpfest Promotions
Page where you can download flyers to help promote the show! Supporting memberships for those who cannot attend PulpFest 2009 are available for $20. All members (including supporting members) will receive a complementary copy of Tony Davis’ The Pulpster. | |||||||||||||
| 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. Abraham Merritt: This group is dedicated to all of the fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short stories, paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and any movies based on these works can all be discussed here. Also, any artwork from any of the above pertaining to Merritt's writing can be discussed and displayed. If interested, questions and statements about other authors that copied or imitated Merritt's style can be posted. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/ to join! CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/ Doc Con: The annual Doc Savage Convention gathered together for the first time on October 24, 1998. The convention also known as Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con attracts residents from around the country, for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events as well as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along with the planning each year by participating in this group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/ Edgar Rice Burroughs 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/ FictionMags: The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss the history of fiction magazines, and to exchange information about magazines which have carried fiction, past or present. Particular emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick" magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and any other areas of magazine publishing which have been important for fiction. Discussion may cover aspects of the publishing history of the magazines concerned, their editors and editorial policies, the authors they published, and so on. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/ Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/ Otis Adelbert Kline: This group is devoted to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction, weird and historical fiction genre and his general biography can also be discussed here. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/ to join! Pulp Fiction Uncensored: is for all fans of Pulp Fiction! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/?yguid=321995096 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/ Pulp Swap Group: Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/ REH Comics Group: This group is dedicated to the characters created by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/ Vintage Paperbacks: A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected with the great world of vintage paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/ Western Pulps: This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/ 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 | |||||||||||||
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| SOLOMON KANE
VOLUME 1: THE CASTLE OF THE DEVIL - Coming in May! Written by Scott Allie, penciled by Mario Guevara, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by Mike Mignola. Robert E. Howard's vengeance-obsessed puritan begins his supernatural adventures in the haunted Black Forest of Germany in this adaptation of Howard's "The Castle of the Devil." When Solomon Kane stumbles upon the body of a boy hanged from a rickety gallows, he goes after the man responsible‹a baron feared by the peasants from miles around. Something far worse than the devilish baron or the terrible, intelligent wolf that prowls the woods lies hidden in the ruined monastery beneath the baron's castle, where a devil-worshiping priest died in chains centuries ago. Collects the Solomon Kane five-issue mini-series. 128 pages, $15.95, in stores on July 15. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||||||||||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates Captain Freedom, Gregory Xavier Robillard, Harper, $13.95, February 3, 2009 - Now available! The Darkness: Volume 2, Kerri Hawkins, Top Cow, $6.99, February 15, 2009 Ballistic Babes, John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem, DAW, $8.99, April 7, 2009 Hellboy: The Fire Wolves, Tim Lebbon, Dark Horse, $12.95, April 15, 2009 Enemies & Allies [Superman & Batman], Kevin J. Anderson, HarperCollins, $26.95, May 5, 2009 Hero, Perry Moore, Hyperion, $8.99, May 5, 2009 Spider-Man: Darkest Hours, Jim Butcher, Pocket, $15.00, June 02, 2009 Iron Man: Femmes Fatales, Robert Greenberger, Del Rey, $7.99, June 23, 2009 Countdown: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $15.00, July 7, 2009 The Calling, David Mack, Pocket, $15.00, July 21, 2009 The 4400: Welcome to Promise City, Greg Cox, Pocket Star, $7.99, July 28, 2009 Indiana Jones & the Army of the Dead, Steve Perry, Del Rey, $7.99, September 29, 2009 The 4400: Promises Broken, David Mack, Pocket Star, $7.99, October 2009 The Sapphire-Haired Siren, John Zakour, DAW, $7.99, December 9, 2009 Wild Cards XX: Suicide Kings, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $24.95, December 9, 2009 |  | ||||||||||||
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