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Post by Craig Herbertson on May 16, 2012 5:55:37 GMT
Damn the Vault. I thought I'd read every possible Burroughs pastiche and loads of stuff by Carter and now suddenly for some inexplicable reason it seems I never read this. Why oh why....
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Post by dem bones on May 16, 2012 8:09:06 GMT
To the best of my limited abilities, the Peter Haining scorecard from 1965 to 1985.
In addition to the two-volume Weird Tales (Sphere, 1978), the following Peter Haining paperback anthologies carry stories which originally appeared in Weird Tales.
Summoned From The Tomb (Digit, 1966; one of ten, Robert Bloch's novella Hell On Earth from the March 1942 issue being the guilty party (It was dropped from the Souvenir hardcover edition of the same name).
Beyond The Curtain Of The Dark (Four Square, October, 1966: Nel, 1972: five of twenty-four)
Robert Bloch – Lizzie Borden Took An Axe Ray Bradbury – Fever Dream Frederic Brown – Come And Go Mad H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth - The Survivor Harold Lawlor – Mayaya’s Little Green Men Robert Bloch – Return To The Sabbath
Legends For The Dark (NEL, 1968: five of ten)
Robert Bloch – Floral Tribute August Derleth – Here, Daemos! Wesley Rosenquest – The Secret Of The Vault H. P. Lovecraft – Beyond The Wall Of Sleep Ray Bradbury – The Scythe
Dr Caligari's Black Book (NEL, 1969: three of ten)
Ray Bradbury – The Jar Manly Wade Wellman - The Theatre Upstairs Robert Bloch - The Sorceror’s Apprentice
The Witchcraft Reader ((Dobsons, 1969, Pan 1972: one of eight; Weird Tales[/ui] regulars Leiber, Bloch, Bradbury and Matheson all present, but only Theodore Sturgeon's One Foot And The Grave appeared in the magazine).
The Freak Show (Corgi, 1971: one of twenty)
Ray Bradbury – The Dwarf
The Satanists (Mayflower, 1971: two of ten)
H. P. Lovecraft – The Festival August Derleth – The Watcher From The Sky
The Wild Night Company: Irish Tales Of Terror (Sphere, 1971; one of twenty-two)
H. P. Lovecraft – The Moon-Bog
The Necromancers(Coronet, 1972: two of twenty-nine)
Robert Anthony – The Witch-Baiter August Derleth – Saunder’s Little Friend
The Nightmare Reader: Vol 2 (Pan 1973; one of twelve)
August Derleth - The Slayers and the Slain
The Hollywood Nightmare (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973: three of thirteen)
Henry Kuttner – The Shadow On The Screen Robert Bloch – Return To The Sabbath August Derleth – A Wig For Miss DeVore
The Ghouls: The Stories Behind The Classic Horror Films: Book 2 (Orbit, 1974: one of nine)
Robert Bloch – The Skull Of The Marquis De Sade
The Midnight People (Ensign, 1974, Everest 1975: two of seventeen)
August Derleth – Bat’s Belfry ‘Stephen Grendon’ (August Derleth) – The Drifting Snow
The Evil People (Everest 1975: three of thirteen)
August Derleth – Prince Borgia’s Mass Robert Bloch – Mother Of Serpents Arthur J. Burks – Cerimarie (first appeared in the December 1924 issue of Weird Tales under the title Voodoo as by ' Estil Critchie')
The Unspeakable People (Everest 1975: five of twenty)
H. P. Lovecraft – The Outsider C. M. Eddy – The Loved Dead Captain George Eliot – The Copper Bowl Robert Bloch – The Feast In The Abbey Henry Kuttner – The Graveyard Rats
Nightfrights (Peacock, 1975: two of eighteen)
Robert Bloch – Enoch Ray Bradbury – The Small Assassin
Christopher Lee's New Chamber Of Horrors: Book 1 (Mayflower, 1976: one of nine)
Robert Bloch – Return To The Sabbath
Christopher Lee's New Chamber Of Horrors: Book 2 (Mayflower, 1976: two of seven)
H. P. Lovecraft – The Thing On The Doorstep Ray Bradbury – The October Game
First Book Of Unknown Tales Of Horror (Mews, 1976; one of twelve)
Manly Wade Wellman – The Horror Undying
The Black Magic Omnibus: Volume 1 (Futura, 1977: four of fifteen)
August Derleth – Lesandro’s Familiar Manly Wade Wellman – The Liers In Wait Seabury Quinn – Is The Devil A Gentleman? Eric Frank Russell – The Rythm Of The Rats
The Black Magic Omnibus: Volume 2 (Futura, 1977: one of fourteen)
Gaston Leroux – In Letters Of Fire
The Ancient Mysteries Reader Vol. 1 (Sphere, 1978: one of eight)
H.P. Lovecraft - The Call Of Cthulhu
The Ghost’s Companion (Puffin, 1978: one of fifteen)
Ray Bradbury – Fever Dream
Tales Of Unknown Horror (Nel, 1978; one of thirteen)
Gaston Le Roux – The Woman With The Velvet Collar
More Tales Of Unknown Horror (Nel, 1979; one of thirteen)
E. Everett Evans & Ray Bradbury – The Undead Die
Vampire: Chilling Tales Of The Undead (Target, 1985: three of fifteen)
John Flanders (Jean Ray) – The Graveyard Duchess (The Guardian Of The Cemetery) Frank Owen – The Tinkle Of The Camel’s Bell Robert E. Howard – The Horror From The Mound
Zombie (Target, 1985: two of twelve)
Henry S. Whitehead – Jumbee Thorpe McClusky – While Zombies Walked
It would be more if we were to include hard-covers, but this looks to be it for the paperbacks. Peter wasn't quite as much of a Weird Tales-obsessive as we thought, eh?
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Post by noose on May 16, 2012 9:07:12 GMT
There's a book called PULPS edited by Tonny Goodstone and published by Chelsea House and published in paperback in 1970 that has a couple of Weird Tales stories in it.
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Post by justin on May 16, 2012 9:21:49 GMT
I am sat here like a pig in mud! Where were you guys when I was failing my Economics module? This is brilliant- thanks very much.
I can't imagine there are any other UK paperbacks which have any representation from WT that isn't covered by Dem's list!
I think Doug calls out some new (to me) US collections. A couple others I've sniffed out- Beware the Beasts Beware More Beasts Feast of Fear All at Manor Books from Elwood and Ghidalia.
I'm sure that plenty of sword and sorcery compilations were WT heavy. The Barbarian Swordsman by Sean Richards (Haining) contains Howard and Kuttner stories, and I'm sure that genre is a rich vein to mine.
In terms of "forgotten" WT writers I sampled the original Dr Satan by Paul Ernst yesterday courtesy of RAWL's Startling Mystery Stories. from what I can gather, Dr S was Weird Tales only response to the shudder pulps which were out-selling them at that time. Very dated indeed, and compared to something like REH's The Black Hound of Vengeance lacking in any power or impact. The Passing of a God by Henry S Whitehead .
Very much looking forward to sampling Kuttner's The Graveyard Rats which is reputedly a classic as well as the ghost-written by Lovecraft The Loved Dead.
Haining had a nearly complete collection of WT which I got to see during a visit back in the day. But total NEL-head as I was at the time, I took little notice of his generous offer to allow me access whenever required for research and instead bemoaned his lack of file copies of Skinhead.
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Post by andydecker on May 16, 2012 11:11:24 GMT
damn the Vault. I thought I'd read every possible Burroughs pastiche and loads of stuff by Carter and now suddenly for some inexplicable reason it seems I never read this. Why oh why.... To whett your appetite ;D The DAWs are a nice edition. 170 pages, very fine print, interior illustrations by Krenkel and Kaluta. I know this has gotten tired, but they really don´t make ´em like that any more.
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Post by doug on May 16, 2012 11:22:55 GMT
I am sat here like a pig in mud! Where were you guys when I was failing my Economics module? This is brilliant- thanks very much. I can't imagine there are any other UK paperbacks which have any representation from WT that isn't covered by Dem's list! I think Doug calls out some new (to me) US collections. A couple others I've sniffed out- Beware the Beasts Beware More Beasts Feast of Fear All at Manor Books from Elwood and Ghidalia. I'm sure that plenty of sword and sorcery compilations were WT heavy. The Barbarian Swordsman by Sean Richards (Haining) contains Howard and Kuttner stories, and I'm sure that genre is a rich vein to mine. In terms of "forgotten" WT writers I sampled the original Dr Satan by Paul Ernst yesterday courtesy of RAWL's Startling Mystery Stories. from what I can gather, Dr S was Weird Tales only response to the shudder pulps which were out-selling them at that time. Very dated indeed, and compared to something like REH's The Black Hound of Vengeance lacking in any power or impact. The Passing of a God by Henry S Whitehead . Very much looking forward to sampling Kuttner's The Graveyard Rats which is reputedly a classic as well as the ghost-written by Lovecraft The Loved Dead. Haining had a nearly complete collection of WT which I got to see during a visit back in the day. But total NEL-head as I was at the time, I took little notice of his generous offer to allow me access whenever required for research and instead bemoaned his lack of file copies of Skinhead. Beware More Beasts ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood (Manor Books 12276, 1975, $1.25, 192pp, pb) 7 · Wolves of Darkness · Jack Williamson · na Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror Jan ’32 97 · Laura · Saki · ss Beasts and Super-Beasts, John Lane, 1914 104 · Beyond the Threshold · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales Sep ’41 140 · The Crew of the Lancing · William Hope Hodgson · ss Over the Edge, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1964 152 · In the Straw · Edward D. Hoch · ss * 162 · A Summary of Events Leading Up to Bedlam · Barry N. Malzberg · ss * 172 · The Worm · Thomas N. Scortia · nv * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beware the Beasts ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood (MacFadden-Bartell 343, 1970, 75¢, 160pp, pb) 11 · In the Avu Observatory · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget Aug 9, 1894 20 · The Cats of Ulthar · H. P. Lovecraft · vi The Tryout Nov ’20; Weird Tales Feb ’26 24 · Here, Daemos! · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales Mar ’42 33 · The Hound · Fritz Leiber · ss Weird Tales Nov ’42 49 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine Sep ’06 59 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer Jul 12&14, 1890 73 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 2, 1893 86 · Metzengerstein · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia Saturday Courier Jan 14, 1832 96 · The Tortoise-Shell Cat · Greye La Spina · ss Weird Tales Nov ’24 111 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories, London: Nash, 1910 Wizards and Warlocks ed. Vic Ghidalia (Manor 192, 1972, 95¢, 224pp, pb) 9 · The Secret of Sebek [Sebek (unnamed narrator)] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Nov ’37 29 · In the Left Wing · Mark Schorer & August Derleth · ss Weird Tales Jun ’32 47 · The Necromantic Tale · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales Jan ’31 61 · Battle of Wizards · L. Ron Hubbard · ss Fantasy Book #5 ’49 75 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss New England Magazine Apr, 1835 91 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold, 1911 115 · The Disappearance of Mrs. Macrecham · Richard Marsh · nv The Harmsworth Magazine Feb ’01 143 · So Sweet as Magic... · Bruce Elliott · nv Fantasy Fiction Aug ’53 207 · Apprentice Magician · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Weird Tales Aug ’39 Nightmare Garden ed. Vic Ghidalia (Manor 12411, 1976, $1.25, 192pp, pb) 5 · Come Into My Cellar · Ray Bradbury · ss Galaxy Oct ’62 23 · The Fangs of the Trees · Robert Silverberg · nv F&SF Oct ’68 48 · Seed Stock · Frank Herbert · ss Analog Apr ’70 62 · The Vine · Kit Reed · ss F&SF Nov ’67 73 · The Blood-Flower [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales Mar ’27 100 · Strange Harvest · Donald Wandrei · nv Weird Tales May ’53 125 · Step Into My Garden · Frank Belknap Long · ss Unknown Aug ’42 145 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget Aug 2, 1894 154 · The Plant-Thing · R. G. Macready · ss Weird Tales Jul ’25 161 · Rappaccini’s Daughter · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review Dec, 1844 Take care. Doug
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Post by dem bones on May 16, 2012 11:26:38 GMT
In terms of "forgotten" WT writers I sampled the original Dr Satan by Paul Ernst yesterday courtesy of RAWL's Startling Mystery Stories. from what I can gather, Dr S was Weird Tales only response to the shudder pulps which were out-selling them at that time. Very dated indeed, and compared to something like REH's The Black Hound of Vengeance lacking in any power or impact. Good old Dr Satan. we've a thread for him here. Some more Ghidalea/ Elwoods you might wanna look at. I can't imagine there are any other UK paperbacks which have any representation from WT that isn't covered by Dem's list! i reckon there's still plenty to come. Here's a Michel Parry listing Beware of the Cat (Arrow, 1974: two of fourteen) Theodore Sturgeon - Fluffy H. P. Lovecraft - The Cats Of Ulthar The Devil's Children: Tales of Demons & Exorcists (Orbit, 1974: four of twelve ) Robert Bloch - Enoch H. P. Lovecraft - The Thing on the Doorstep August Derleth - Saunder’s Little Friend Henry S. Whitehead - The Lips The 1st Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories (1974: one of fourteen) Seabury Quinn - The Hand Of Glory The 2nd Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories (1974: two of thirteen) Seabury Quinn - The Children of Ubasti Robert E Howard - Dig Me No Grave The Hounds Of Hell (Arrow, 1975: three of sixteen) H. P. Lovecraft - The Hound Manly Wade Wellman - Dead Dog Robert Bloch - The Hound Of Pedro Jack The Knife (Mayflower, 1975: one of ten) Robert Bloch - Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper The 3rd Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories (1975: three of twelve) Robert Bloch – The Black Kiss H. P. Lovecraft – Dreams In The Witch-House Seabury Quinn – The Incense Of Abomination Christopher Lee’s ‘X’ Certificate (Star, 1975)[/i] (Mayflower, 1975: three of ten) Henry Kuttner – I, The Vampire Clark Ashton Smith – The Gorgon Robert E. Howard – The Black Stone Roots Of Evil (Corgi, 1976: two of twelve) Clark Ashton Smith - The Seed From The Sepulchre Mary Elizabeth Counselman - The Tree's Wife The Supernatural Solution (Panther, 1976: two of nine) Seabury Quinn - The Jest Of Warburg Tantavul Manly Wade Wellman - The Two Graves Of Lill Warren The Devil's Kisses (Corgi, 1976: two of eleven) Mindret Lord - Naked Lady C. L. Moore - Shambleau More Devil's Kisses (Corgi, 1977: one of thirteen) Mary E. Counselman - Something Old The 6th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories (1977: three of ten) Robert Bloch – The Mannikin Henry Kuttner – The Salem Horror Robert E. Howard – The Thing On The Roof From The Archives Of Evil #2 (Warner, Oct. 1976: two of twelve) H. P. Lovecraft - The Lurking Fear Ray Bradbury - Skeleton The Rivals of Dracula: A Century of Vampire fiction (Corgi, 1977: four of twelve) Jean Ray - The Guardian Of The Cemetery E. Everett Evans - The Undead Die Manly Wade Wellman - The Horror Undying Robert Bloch - The Bat Is My Brother The Rivals of Frankenstein: A Gallery of Monsters (Corgi, 1977: three of eleven) Clark Ashton Smith - The Colossus Of Ylourgne H. P. Lovecraft - Herbert West: Reanimator Fritz Leiber - The Dead Man The Rivals of King Kong: A Rampage Of Beasts (Corgi, 1977: two of eleven) Hugh B. Cave - The Cult Of The White Ape P. Schulyer-Miller - Spawn Christopher Lee's Omnibus Of Evil (Mayflower, 1978: one of eleven) Robert Bloch - The Skull Of the Marquis de Sade --- Will maybe give his SF & fantasy paperbacks a look over later. Going out now. Argos. About a clothes-rack. It's a long story.
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Post by dem bones on May 16, 2012 20:10:57 GMT
Either i'm not looking in the right places or we're faced with these uncomfortable truths: (A) Much of the best Weird Tales action is resurrected in hard-cover, small press booklets, e-books and print-on-demand editions, and (B), crushingly for we Haining fans, Kurt Singer, far from being some mere also ran, is actually king of the Weird Tales revivalists! Having said that, we've not looked at Marty Greenberg's prodigious output yet. Three more, great reads all, but same old story: their not top heavy with Weird Tales material. Joseph Payne Brennan - Nine Horrors And A Dream (Ballantine, 1958: Four of ten) Slime The Calamander Chest, On The Elevator The Green Parrot Sam Moskowitz & Alden H. Norton - Horrors In Hiding (Berkley Medallion, Feb. 1973: Three of nine.) Seabury Quinn - Two Shall Be Born Robert Bloch - Tell Your Fortune August Derleth - Alannah Brian J. Frost - Book Of The Werewolf (Sphere, 1973: three of thirteen) H. Warner Munn - The Werewolf of Ponkert Seabury Quinn - The Wolf of St. Bonnot Manly Bannister - Eena
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Post by jamesdoig on May 16, 2012 21:47:14 GMT
That sounds very interesting. Was KEW down on the paperback format or the whole idea of reviving the magazine? In view of what was to come, i reckon Carter made a respectable fist of it. Here's some snippage from his review of the Carter edited Weird Tales, hopefully readable:
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Post by dem bones on May 22, 2012 7:24:13 GMT
Thanks James (and CB). KEW's introductions to YBH were always something to look forward (personal favourite: What's In A Name? in Vol XV), but this is so .... withering. BTW, has anybody seen any issues of Weird Tales in its current manifestation? I've not read a single kind word about it.
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Post by andydecker on May 22, 2012 8:01:54 GMT
BTW, has anybody seen any issues of Weird Tales in its current manifestation? I've not read a single kind word about it. I bought three issues for the Kindle, but basically just browsed. It is surely well meant. The covers were quite nice, more in the grotesque vein. A lot of columns and interviews, which were not bad if sometimes a bit obscure. I mean, I guess a lot of people know artists like Carrie Ann Baade, a painter, still. The stories though - I only read a few - seemed to be - mostly - very urban fantasy, at least in the one issue I read more then one - and came came across as utterly meh and/or pretentious. You know, stuff that couldn´t make it into The Magazine of SF&F. I never checked if there were newer issues, the latest I bought was 358 from 2011. If there is interest I will do a content thread of this issue. Edit: as I just discovered the magazine has changed publishers again and there may be a issue 359 published in March. So, new editor and new game.
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Post by doug on May 22, 2012 8:45:05 GMT
BTW, has anybody seen any issues of Weird Tales in its current manifestation? I've not read a single kind word about it. I bought three issues for the Kindle, but basically just browsed. It is surely well meant. The covers were quite nice, more in the grotesque vein. A lot of columns and interviews, which were not bad if sometimes a bit obscure. I mean, I guess a lot of people know artists like Carrie Ann Baade, a painter, still. The stories though - I only read a few - seemed to be - mostly - very urban fantasy, at least in the one issue I read more then one - and came came across as utterly meh and/or pretentious. You know, stuff that couldn´t make it into The Magazine of SF&F. I never checked if there were newer issues, the latest I bought was 358 from 2011. If there is interest I will do a content thread of this issue. Edit: as I just discovered the magazine has changed publishers again and there may be a issue 359 published in March. So, new editor and new game. Hey All, I read about 5 issues „(was getting it through the local comic shop) and truly despised it. I understand that taste plays a huge part in how I regarded the new incarnation, but please! An office being „haunted“ because the people stopped using the communal coffee machine! I’m an old guy, so please forgive me, but it came off to me as bad chick-lit. The only worthwhile story I can remember from 5 issues was the new „Elric“ novella from Moorcock. Marvin Kaye (the anthologist) has purchased the magazine and Ann Vandemeer isn’t editing any more. Her last issue is now on the stands(and it's the first from the new publisher). Mr. Kaye, supposedly, wants to take it back in a slightly more traditional direction. I hope it goes back to how it was in the late 80s and early 90s when Darrell Schweizer was one of the editiors. We’ll have to wait and see. and to repeat myself, just because I don't enjoy something doesn't necessarily make it poor quality. Take care. Doug
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Post by cauldronbrewer on May 22, 2012 19:40:57 GMT
KEW's introductions to YBH were always something to look forward (personal favourite: What's In A Name? in Vol XV) Vol XV is sitting on my shelf, as yet unread (so far I've made it through I-XIV). Now I'm intrigued.
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Post by Johnlprobert on May 22, 2012 20:43:29 GMT
KEW's introductions to YBH were always something to look forward (personal favourite: What's In A Name? in Vol XV) Vol XV is sitting on my shelf, as yet unread (so far I've made it through I-XIV). Now I'm intrigued. I've made it though I - XIII so you're one ahead of me!
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Post by cauldronbrewer on May 22, 2012 20:57:54 GMT
I've made it though I - XIII so you're one ahead of me! On closer inspection, we're actually tied! Both XIV and XV currently sit unread on my shelf.
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