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Post by dem bones on Jan 22, 2022 10:10:26 GMT
It says so under my name. Not for much longer On the contrary. The group names are staying - must have been mad to even consider changing them. The trappings serve a valuable purpose; the strap-line, the lurid group names, the imagery, the quote from Christine Campbell Thomson, etc, inform the casual browser that, above all else, Vault celebrates PULP HORROR FICTION, the bulk of it very lowbrow - it was our purpose for starting the bloody forum in the first place. If people see that stuff, and still decide to register, that's their lookout.
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Post by Swampirella on Jan 22, 2022 13:25:51 GMT
On the contrary. The group names are staying - must have been mad to even consider changing them. The trappings serve a valuable purpose; the strap-line, the lurid group names, the imagery, the quote from Christine Campbell Thomson, etc, inform the casual browser that, above all else, Vault celebrates PULP HORROR FICTION, the bulk of it very lowbrow - it was our purpose for starting the bloody forum in the first place. If people see that stuff, and still decide to register, that's their lookout. Well said!
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Post by ripper on Feb 21, 2022 11:19:12 GMT
I read The Slime Beast for the first time in a couple of decades last night. After such a long time it was almost like reading it for the first time. I'm sure Guy had a smile on his face as he was writing this. It's such a fun read. Very spare and basic, but so enjoyable, with those stock characters, some gore, sexy interludes between Gavin and Liz, and a memorable monster. It also has some glorious dialogue between Liz and Gavin as they get it on. I believe Guy was still working in a bank when writing these early novels, and I couldn't help wondering what the higher-ups thought about their employee writing this kind of pulpy horror. Fortunately for us, Guy had enough success to enable him to write full-time and good on him, I say. One thing I have noticed with Guy's books is that after reading one I always feel the need to read another. Shame that so many of the ebooks that used to be on Am*z*n seem to have been taken down.
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Post by andydecker on Feb 21, 2022 13:21:29 GMT
I read The Slime Beast for the first time in a couple of decades last night. After such a long time it was almost like reading it for the first time. I'm sure Guy had a smile on his face as he was writing this. It's such a fun read. Very spare and basic, but so enjoyable, with those stock characters, some gore, sexy interludes between Gavin and Liz, and a memorable monster. It also has some glorious dialogue between Liz and Gavin as they get it on. I believe Guy was still working in a bank when writing these early novels, and I couldn't help wondering what the higher-ups thought about their employee writing this kind of pulpy horror. Fortunately for us, Guy had enough success to enable him to write full-time and good on him, I say. One thing I have noticed with Guy's books is that after reading one I always feel the need to read another. Shame that so many of the ebooks that used to be on Am*z*n seem to have been taken down. As far as I see it, all the Black Hills Books Kindle versions of the novels before 2010 or so have been taken down. Even his autobiography Pipe Dreams from 2013. A pity.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 21, 2022 13:42:16 GMT
I read The Slime Beast for the first time in a couple of decades last night. After such a long time it was almost like reading it for the first time. I'm sure Guy had a smile on his face as he was writing this. It's such a fun read. Very spare and basic, but so enjoyable, with those stock characters, some gore, sexy interludes between Gavin and Liz, and a memorable monster. It also has some glorious dialogue between Liz and Gavin as they get it on. I believe Guy was still working in a bank when writing these early novels, and I couldn't help wondering what the higher-ups thought about their employee writing this kind of pulpy horror. Fortunately for us, Guy had enough success to enable him to write full-time and good on him, I say. One thing I have noticed with Guy's books is that after reading one I always feel the need to read another. Shame that so many of the ebooks that used to be on Am*z*n seem to have been taken down. As far as I see it, all the Black Hills Books Kindle versions of the novels before 2010 or so have been taken down. Even his autobiography Pipe Dreams from 2013. A pity. He was selling them himself and, well, he died. Perhaps this is only temporary as the estate sorts things out.
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Post by ripper on Feb 21, 2022 14:25:00 GMT
As far as I see it, all the Black Hills Books Kindle versions of the novels before 2010 or so have been taken down. Even his autobiography Pipe Dreams from 2013. A pity. He was selling them himself and, well, he died. Perhaps this is only temporary as the estate sorts things out. Hope so. Guy's print books are increasing in price in online bookshops, so if all you were interested in was reading the story and not have a print copy, those ebooks did the job.
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Post by andydecker on Feb 21, 2022 20:52:23 GMT
He was selling them himself and, well, he died. Perhaps this is only temporary as the estate sorts things out. Hope so. Guy's print books are increasing in price in online bookshops, so if all you were interested in was reading the story and not have a print copy, those ebooks did the job. Yes. I had some of those versions on my list but never bought them. Somehow I took for granted that the estate would keep all novels avaiable. What I find a bit baffling is that some are still avaiable. This seems so arbitray a move. I missed just a few of Smith's novels when buying old copies. I don't have the list at hand, must be 5 books? But they seem to have vanished from the market.
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Post by ripper on Feb 22, 2022 14:45:24 GMT
Hope so. Guy's print books are increasing in price in online bookshops, so if all you were interested in was reading the story and not have a print copy, those ebooks did the job. Yes. I had some of those versions on my list but never bought them. Somehow I took for granted that the estate would keep all novels avaiable. What I find a bit baffling is that some are still avaiable. This seems so arbitray a move. I missed just a few of Smith's novels when buying old copies. I don't have the list at hand, must be 5 books? But they seem to have vanished from the market. Same here. Always meant to make purchases but never really got around to it. I have about 25 of Guy's novels, all horror, so am well short of a full set. Hopefully, the deleted ebooks will be available again. Just going back to The Slime Beast. I had a chuckle at the climax with Gavin and his flame gun. It brought back memories of the one my dad owned in the 70s and 80s. It was great fun using it on weeds, so much easier than digging them up or using weedkiller. I enjoyed using it so much that I would ask our neighbours if they wanted their weeds incinerating. Sadly, no slime beasts to try it on where we lived.
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Post by andydecker on Feb 22, 2022 15:45:46 GMT
There is never a slime beast there if you need one :-)
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Post by ripper on Feb 22, 2022 18:47:25 GMT
There is never a slime beast there if you need one :-) They have learned to keep away from hippies with flame guns and swooning girlfriends. Actually, the climax of the book was rather weak, I thought. Given the times the beast was blasted with various guns at point blank range, Gavin disposed of the monster rather easily. I thought Smith could have made things a bit more difficult for our hero.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 22, 2022 18:55:59 GMT
I had a chuckle at the climax with Gavin and his flame gun. It brought back memories of the one my dad owned in the 70s and 80s. It was great fun using it on weeds, so much easier than digging them up or using weedkiller. I enjoyed using it so much that I would ask our neighbours if they wanted their weeds incinerating. Sadly, no slime beasts to try it on where we lived. No Slime Beast, perhaps, but you do have a Bigfoot, which is more than many of us can claim. Bigfoot hunter claims giant footprint and claw marks are ‘proof’ beast is in UK woodland
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Post by Dr Strange on Feb 22, 2022 22:11:21 GMT
Bigfoot? Pah, enough of the Americanisms - that would be a woodwose. Woodwose illustration by Jonathan Burton for Fortean Times (FT318, Sept. 2014).Not sure what that is in his hand...
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Post by helrunar on Feb 22, 2022 22:23:57 GMT
That's a great woodwose drawing! That would traditionally be a club that he's holding but the artist made it look like a dildo for individuals with, shall we saw, rather extreme needs.
cheers, Hel
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Post by ripper on Feb 23, 2022 10:41:13 GMT
I had a chuckle at the climax with Gavin and his flame gun. It brought back memories of the one my dad owned in the 70s and 80s. It was great fun using it on weeds, so much easier than digging them up or using weedkiller. I enjoyed using it so much that I would ask our neighbours if they wanted their weeds incinerating. Sadly, no slime beasts to try it on where we lived. No Slime Beast, perhaps, but you do have a Bigfoot, which is more than many of us can claim. Bigfoot hunter claims giant footprint and claw marks are ‘proof’ beast is in UK woodlandHaven't seen any bigfoot over there...probably scared off by all those black-eyed children, werewolves, panthers and crocodiles, not to mention keeping their heads down to avoid crashing UFOs.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 23, 2022 18:28:01 GMT
Haven't seen any bigfoot over there...probably scared off by all those black-eyed children, werewolves, panthers and crocodiles, not to mention keeping their heads down to avoid crashing UFOs. That Lee Brickley fellow won't rest until he's seen Cannock Chase officially recognised as Britain's most cryptozoologically and paranormally blighted location. It's a crusade.
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