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Post by justin on Nov 5, 2011 8:05:28 GMT
Neuro virus has arrived at Fanatic HQ. One wife and daughter down so far! Could be a victim or nurse tomorrow, so I don't think I'll be there. Sorry to anyone I owe a pint to I.e. Sec, dem, bugg, Michelle and more!
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Post by sara on Nov 5, 2011 10:48:59 GMT
Well, I’m hoping to make it!
Though I don’t usually have much luck with these things – last bookfair I went to, I spotted a nice looking book (nothing special mind) with the number 20 written in pencil on the inside cover. Seems a bargain I thought. The hush that fell on the table and look of horror on the stallholder’s face when I handed over my 20p was matched only by my own when he politely told me it was in fact worth £20.
£20! ho hum, you can take the girl out the charity shop....
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Post by dem bones on Nov 5, 2011 13:42:06 GMT
Neuro virus has arrived at Fanatic HQ. One wife and daughter down so far! Could be a victim or nurse tomorrow, so I don't think I'll be there. oh crap! sorry to hear that mr. fanatic. milan's confirmed (he's gonna have a stall), and barring any last minute disasters, will be hauling my rotten carcass along around elevenish. Saucy & Sara, am very glad you can make it. it's usually easy enough to make out the vault people by the astoundingly rubbish paperbacks we've just bought, but rat-tailed tall thing in black leather jacket, Miss Selfridge black trousers and DM's is especially worth avoiding. as for the rest of 'em, they're lovely, and you will be made very welcome.
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Post by mattofthespurs on Nov 5, 2011 18:37:24 GMT
Well, I’m hoping to make it! Though I don’t usually have much luck with these things – last bookfair I went to, I spotted a nice looking book (nothing special mind) with the number 20 written in pencil on the inside cover. Seems a bargain I thought. The hush that fell on the table and look of horror on the stallholder’s face when I handed over my 20p was matched only by my own when he politely told me it was in fact worth £20. £20! ho hum, you can take the girl out the charity shop.... That made me laugh and cringe in equal quantities. I think (I know I have) all been there at one time or another. I used to attend these type of events on a regular basis when they were held at a venue near Russell Square. Living in North London it was an easy and enjoyable way to while away a Sunday lunchtime. Now I live in Cambridgshire and unfortunately the train ticket down is probably more than I would spend at the fair.
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Nov 8, 2011 12:54:48 GMT
I had a great time on Sunday. Good to finally meet Dem & Pulphack, also Sara & her other half (apologies for not addressing him by name, I'm sure he must have told me, but I don't think I heard properly). & Thanks to Dem for introducing me to Michel Parry.
I thought everything would be priced way out of my range & was really just going to have a look and meet vault members. I was pleasantly surprised, especially with what I managed to pick up on the £1 stalls. If there is one next year, I'll certainly go.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 8, 2011 18:14:04 GMT
glad you enjoyed it, dave! S. R. Boldero many thanks to dave, pulphack, milan, michel, sara, her equally charming partner (forgive me, we were having a good old natter but i am HOPELESS with names unless they are drummed into me ten times over!) and the two Martins, Heaphy and Jones, for the pleasure of their company at the paperback fair. In keeping with tradition, the post-fair wind-down, begun in the PUB, lasted a little longer than anticipated in this case so apologies in advance if this is all very incoherent. As with last year, a healthy attendance, particularly early on, and a pleasant, stress-free atmosphere. Those present are all of them vintage paperback dependants of one stripe or another, so it's virtually impossible not to make a few new acquaintances as well as catching up with old friends. Things got off to a hopeful start when i bumped into a smiley face before i'd even made it as far as the hotel, Michel Parry, off to grab a coffee before his signing session (Michel, you'll be delighted to learn, has ..... plans: he also has a super-slimline three story collection available, but we'll come to that presently.) Two things you can rely on. Firstly, you'll return home skint, secondly everyone you meet will feel the need to explain "I'm cutting down this year!" and ten minutes later you'll see them staggering for the exit, hauling several bags stuffed with trash that proved infuriatingly irresistible (and there were more £1 stalls this year than i can remember). After initial heads down no nonsense rummage on Bob & Marion's multiple stalls, a game of spot the Vault member with Milan eventually landed us our Hamlyn main man, Mr. H. P. Saucecraft! We three were soon joined by friend Pulphack, so a good time to invade the Bedabbled! table, finally nab a hard copy of issue 2 and get into a confab with Martin Jones and Michel. In the meantime, Milan had positively identified the delightful Sara of the super My Love Haunted Heart blog. Also present and correct, the ever dapper Martin 'Rumble' Heaphy, a third generation ted, who inadvertently improved on the board's name tenfold with "you're Vault of ... something?" Another abiding memory. As the genial Dave (Mr. Saucecraft) and self were leaving for the pub, there was a young Asian guy sat in the reading area, engrossed in an issue of Paperback Fanatic #15, his considered verdict: "yes, this is very interesting!" Hope everyone had as good a time as i did and got home safely. Sev, sorry if we missed you but we hung on until 3.30 when the stallholders were packing up!
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Nov 8, 2011 19:03:13 GMT
Wheatley's UNCHARTED SEAS is, I believe, the literary source for the strangest of all Hammer films, THE LOST CONTINENT.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 8, 2011 19:36:19 GMT
yep, that's the one JoJo. can't remember much about the film except Dana Gillespie was in it. Doesn't she get attacked by man-eating seaweed or something?
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Nov 8, 2011 20:33:58 GMT
yep, that's the one JoJo. can't remember much about the film except Dana Gillespie was in it. Doesn't she get attacked by man-eating seaweed or something? It is possible; I do not remember much, either. It (eventually) takes place in the Sargasso Sea, however, and there are conquistadors in it. It seemed to me like an attempt to squeeze every idea William Hope Hodgson ever had into a single narrative, with some extra craziness thrown in on top. The cast, with such highlights as Hildegard Knef, Eric Porter, and the aforementioned Gillespie is also a deliciously eclectic selection. Not quite Marlene Dietrich and David Bowie in a film by David Hemmings (can you name it?), but imagined along similar lines.
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Post by sara on Nov 10, 2011 0:08:15 GMT
We had a great time too - what a fantastic selection of books and it was lovely to meet everyone. Mr Zardoz is a sweetheart - interestingly, he told us there was no point in them organising more than one fair a year, as there isn’t much demand for more than that, which surprised me. Dave / Saucecraft – do I remember right that you were on the lookout for Raymond Giles’ Night of the Vampire? (things got a bit fuzzy after the second glass of wine...) I’ve got a copy malingering about that you’re welcome to, so just drop me a line if you’re interested. And his name is Danny!
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Nov 10, 2011 16:52:51 GMT
Sara, you've remembered correctly. Thank you very much - I've sent you pm
Dem's saved me the embarrassment of being the only one to forget names. So, my apologies to Danny - I seem to have the same trouble as Dem, I do get it eventually. Interesting to hear from Danny, that the members of Bauhaus now hate each other & were getting into fights on the reunion tour (would have made for a lively show, if they carried it on onstage ;D).
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Post by pulphack on Nov 11, 2011 7:40:58 GMT
bit late on getting on to this, but have to say it was a very nice day again, despite a touch of the domestics meaning that i had to dash off and forego the pub.
always nice to see dem and milan, and very good to meet the legendary mr Saucecraft. apologies to sara and danny t it was hello and goodbye.
dave - i wonderif a lot of people have the notion you did that because it was a specific fare it would tend to the pricey? i think this would have been true when i first went, but i think that the fact that the internet is where most of hese guys sell now means that they know they have to price fairly to sell on the day? i know milan was considering a cut price sale at the end to shift some stock so he didn't have to fight for a trolley to get it into the lift!
amongst the other dealers, i did note that bob and marion had some serious competition in the cheapo stakes - i picked up mie avallones man from uncle title and peter leslie's 'radioactive camel' entryfor 50p each off mr Rumble! ridiculous.
jamie - the guy who does the crime paperbacks stall - also had a lot of bargain stuff. some of his old collins crime club p/b's were not cheap, but were fairly priced for hard to find p/b's by authors now forgotten who probably didn't get a republication along the line. but he also had loads and loads of stuff at the £2 mark, all in really good nick (and i've never seen a man with as many john creasey titles lined up in boxes! - i really must sort out my wants list and send it to him).
i picked up 13 books at an average of 2.50 each, and considering i paid a third of my total cost on two titles alone, that shows how cheap things were, i guess.
dem will cry as there was no horror once again, but three 60's Pan humour collections and nine crime novels (a hard to find Francis Durbridge being one of the dearer items) as well as Benny Green's only novel, trumpeted by Panther as being a savage and bawdy showbiz expose. er, no... but it is a lovely evocation of post-war london and the jazz game, with a nice metaphor involving a reticent jewish jazz pianist and his record collection. oi vey - you'd have to read it. i was very happy to get a copy of this again after more than a decade, thanks to milan.
highlight wasn't even getting michel to sign his collection - no, it was hearing dave and dem discuss the relative merits of goth whilst dragging in the gone-but-not-forgotten Turkey Bones And The Wild Dogs.
you don't get that every day...
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Nov 15, 2011 20:04:50 GMT
Night of the Vampire arrived today!;D Thank you Sara.
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Post by sara on Nov 15, 2011 21:25:33 GMT
I only posted it yesterday so that was quick, even for a vampire! Hope you enjoy it!
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Post by franklinmarsh on Nov 18, 2011 13:03:10 GMT
[ Not quite Marlene Dietrich and David Bowie in a film by David Hemmings (can you name it?), but imagined along similar lines. Just A Gigolo - later immortalised in song by David Lee Roth. I've rather lost touch but glad youm lot still go. I'll get there one year.
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