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Post by gigasahab on Oct 20, 2007 22:25:41 GMT
I saw some discussion about Brother Blood over on your old forum. I'll go out on a limb and say that I'm certain that it doesn't exist.
How it became a "phantom" title in the first place, I don't know.
Don Glut wrote a book called Brother Blood for German publication around about the same time but he told me years ago (& this is all entirely from memory) that there were never any plans for publication in English. Glut's book was some sort of Blacula riff, as I recall.
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Post by dem bones on Oct 21, 2007 8:26:03 GMT
I saw some discussion about Brother Blood over on your old forum. I'll go out on a limb and say that I'm certain that it doesn't exist. I'm inclined to believe you're right. It's listed in Martin V. Riccardo's Vampires Unearthed: The Complete Multimedia Vampire & Dracula Bibliography (Garland, 1983) as 'New York, Belmont Books, 1970' and it could be that successive bibliophiles have copied their info from him?
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Post by killercrab on Apr 1, 2010 19:08:35 GMT
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Post by dem bones on Apr 1, 2010 21:51:36 GMT
A bit of a long shot, i guess, but there's always been something of a question mark surrounding a Peter Saxon novel, Brother Blood, which may or may not exist. It's often been listed in vampire bibliographies possibly the first being Martin V. Riccardo's Vampires Unearthed where he gives the publisher as Belmont, 1970. What i'm wondering is, did Riccardo get it mixed up with Saxon's Vampire's Moon (Belmont, March 1970) or is it possible that he just messed up the author and it was Don Glut's name that should have been alongside the entry? The only stumbling block is that according to Glut himself, ( Classic Horror Films Forum) this is the first English language edition of his Brother Blood. anyway, you can't really argue with "the baddest black vampire book ever! Classic blaxploitation horror with more bite than BLACULA! ... Something evil stalks 1969’s Sunset Strip and only three people know how to stop this bloodsucking horror before he unleashes a vampire army on the unsuspecting swingers and ignites a vampire bloodbath!", and, as sev mentions here, Pulp 2.0 Press are reissuing all of his New Adventures Of Frankenstein.
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 2, 2010 8:21:32 GMT
Others will know better than me, but there's a good entry on Peter Saxon by David Mathew in the St James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers - he doesn't list Brother Blood in the bibliography, but he says some good thing's about Vampire's Moon that makes we want to read it, eg "Vampire's moon is a Peter saxon contribution to Gothic fiction...an homage to the 18th century cloying atmospheres of Ann Radcliffe and Matthew Gregory Lewis."
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Post by andydecker on Apr 2, 2010 13:29:26 GMT
Pulp 2.0 Press are reissuing all of his New Adventures Of Frankenstein. You know, not to want sounding negative, but I believe that when I hold the books in my hands. I found the remark intriguing that Brother Blood has only been published in Germany, like the later Frankensteins. I never saw this, but I will dig into some bibliographys.
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Post by dem bones on Apr 2, 2010 19:48:10 GMT
oh, be as negative as you like, Andy. This is Vault. It's what we do. James, i'm sure you'd enjoy Vampire's Moon: have you read Satan's Seed or the film crew in peril classic The Torturer? I can't think of a 'Peter Saxon' supernatural effort i didn't like; the mood is far more solemn than Don Glut's but in their own way they're just as much fun. Vampire's Moon even gets a bit horrible.
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Post by jamesdoig on Apr 2, 2010 21:20:42 GMT
Haven't read those, but will look them up - I think the only 2 I've read are Dark Ways to Death , which is in Dennis Wheatley's Library of the Occult, and The Disoriented Man, which became the classic Scream and Scream Again.
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Post by killercrab on Apr 2, 2010 22:33:20 GMT
I need to read SAXON next after I finish Campbell's HUNGRY MOON. Must rummage and see whats buried in the piles.
ade
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Post by severance on Apr 3, 2010 13:15:43 GMT
have you read Satan's Seed...I can't think of a 'Peter Saxon' supernatural effort i didn't like... Sorry Dem, but Satan's Seed isn't a Peter Saxon - I guess you're thinking of Satan's Child though. Seeing as it's almost 4 years since our 'glut of Glut' in which four members read, and commented on, four of Glut's Frankenstein novels at the same time - anyone up for a similar go at Saxon. KC and Dem have both recently mentioned a desire to read a Saxon, and I've got The Haunting of Alan Mais up next on my reading list... Anyone?
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Post by dem bones on Apr 3, 2010 13:28:23 GMT
Sorry Dem, but Satan's Seed isn't a Peter Saxon - I guess you're thinking of Satan's Child though. me and my infernal seed! Satan's CHILD! and i only read it toward the end of last year. that 'glut of Glut' thread is one of my happiest memories from Vault. if i remember, it was a dead rubber for ages and then it just erupted. i'd be up for a similar crack at Saxon, definitely. sev, if you find the time, fancy reposting your guide to the Saxon pseudonyms from the old place? got a feeling it will come in handy.
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Post by andydecker on Apr 3, 2010 14:13:35 GMT
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Post by Steve on Apr 3, 2010 14:24:00 GMT
Seeing as it's almost 4 years since our 'glut of Glut' in which four members read, and commented on, four of Glut's Frankenstein novels at the same time - anyone up for a similar go at Saxon. KC and Dem have both recently mentioned a desire to read a Saxon, and I've got The Haunting of Alan Mais up next on my reading list... Anyone? Put me down for either The Curse of Rathlaw or The Killing Bone - but please bear in mind that, on recent form, it could well take me another 4 years... that 'glut of Glut' thread is one of my happiest memories from Vault. Likewise, and our 'lorryload of Lory' effort was good fun too. Happy times. Thanks for the link to the Glut interview, Andy. I'm wondering what people make of this idea of putting out books with DVD-style 'bonus features'? "In the case of Pulp 2.0 Press, publisher Bill Cunningham is presenting them in some very creative formats. Bill is looking at these books as “productions” rather than “publications,” and as movie productions come out on DVD with all sorts of bonus features, so will these books."
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Post by killercrab on Apr 3, 2010 16:07:22 GMT
Put me down for either The Curse of Rathlaw or The Killing Bone - but please bear in mind that, on recent form, it could well take me another 4 years... >>
I know what you mean - HUNGRY MOON is turning into a read of WOOD like proportions. I knocked a few book piles over to find Saxon's THROUGH THE DARK CURTAIN with a shot of Stonehenge seen through an upraised dagger on the cover. Promising I'd say. It's a Guardians book - maybe I should read RATHLOW first - knocks more books over blindly...
ade
edit: Plus VAMPIRES OF FINISTERE ( sp?) is around this joint somewhere.
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Post by cinexploits on Apr 27, 2010 6:36:35 GMT
Hello everyone, I'm glad to see that Don has as many fans here as he does in the states. My name is Bill Cunningham and I'm the publisher of BROTHER BLOOD and the collector's editions of THE NEW ADV. OF FRANKENSTEIN. I wanted to touch base with all of you here and let you know of our special introductory offer that's available for a limited time only: BROTHER BLOOD is available as a PDF download for only 99 cents until midnight on May 1st. That's a 354 page novel for 99 cents. The link is here: pulp2ohpress.com/pulp/brother-blood/This digital edition is the same format as the print edition save for the fact the print editions have the extras / bonus features. Don has very kindly opened up his vault of goodies and allowed me to scan pictures and commission essays from him regarding each book. We have a plethora of material I am sifting through - not only for the Frankenstein books, but for a western and a serial I am also publishing. I hope you take the opportunity to visit the website and see what we are doing. In addition you can join our facebook page or twitter feed: www.facebook.com/pulp2ohpresswww.twitter.com/madpulpbastard I look forward to hearing from everyone. @demonik - you'll be able to see the first Frankenstein book cover on the website. We've had the art by Mark Maddox made into a poster, and it was a big hit at our recent book signing. Our bonus features section for each of our books is simply our way of rewarding those out there who are collecting our books in print. We want to make these a special experience for those who make the investment by buying the print editions. having written, produced and marketed movies for most of my career I translated what I've done producing DVD releases into what I am doing for books. In this way, I consider myself a book producer rather than a book publisher. With Pulp 2.0 the book is just the beginning. I'll check in to the thread here in the morning. best, Bill Mad Pulp Bastard since 1963
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