daniel1976
Crab On The Rampage
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Post by daniel1976 on May 17, 2015 9:23:48 GMT
hello all,
i've recently discovered the g-8 series, as well as the works of donald f. keyhoe ( weird ww1) and i have these questions for you:
1: are there any similar stories from the pulps?
2: in these specific groups, which stories feature vampires, giant bats or dinosaurs?
thanks,
daniel
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Post by dem bones on May 17, 2015 18:56:03 GMT
hello all, i've recently discovered the g-8 series, as well as the works of donald f. keyhoe ( weird ww1) and i have these questions for you: 1: are there any similar stories from the pulps? 2: in these specific groups, which stories feature vampires, giant bats or dinosaurs? thanks, daniel Can you be a little more specific? I've not read the g-8 series but gather these, and Keyhoe's stories, centre around aviation aces. So airmen versus vampires & Co, that type of thing? |
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daniel1976
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Post by daniel1976 on May 19, 2015 7:02:18 GMT
yes, exactly that. i wish there was a list of synopses for all those stories.
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Post by ripper on May 22, 2015 8:33:31 GMT
I remember years ago there was a website that reviewed many of the old pulp magazines such as Doc Savage, The Spider and even the Jules de Grandin stories. I've tried to locate it but it seems to have disappeared. It was by someone called Hermes if I remember correctly but I am not sure if G8 tales were covered. I can't remember reading any G8s, but wondered if they were 'weird menace' type adventures, where seemingly supernatural foes turn out to have more rational explanations a la Scooby-Do.
By the way, Keyhoe was quite prominent in early flying saucer writing, penning several popular books, one of which, 'Flying Saucers from Outer Space,' was the first UFO book I ever read. He was also a major in the US Navy aviation service during WW2.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on May 22, 2015 9:21:02 GMT
I do not know what happened to his old site, but Dr Hermes has a blog here. |
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Post by ripper on May 22, 2015 11:00:04 GMT
Dr. Hermes' old site was excellent. He went into great detail in his reviews of the stories. As well as the pulp heroes of the 30s and 40s, he also covered the Fu Manchu and Tarzan novels plus cliffhanger serials and old films among many other things. It's a shame such a great resource seems to have gone now.
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Post by jamesdoig on May 22, 2015 21:13:28 GMT
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Post by ripper on May 23, 2015 7:50:52 GMT
Thank you very much for those links, James. I am glad to see that Dr. Hermes' old site's contents can still be read. Also, it sounds as if G8's foes were, on occasion, more supernatural than those which some other pulp heroes battled.
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daniel1976
Crab On The Rampage
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Post by daniel1976 on May 23, 2015 9:51:31 GMT
i've known the dr. hermes site for years and even e-mailed him on occasion. i wish he'd go back to reviewing fiction. by the way, "the bloody red baron" by kim newman seems highly influenced by g-8.
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chuckg
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Post by chuckg on Jun 18, 2015 19:41:02 GMT
daniel1976,
Here are a couple of links for G-8 and his Battle Aces. I tracked down a couple of paperback reprints at a used bookstore, but so far haven't got around to reading them. They're buried on my bookshelves somewhere! I know I have 'Bombs of the Murder Wolves', but can't remember the other two titles. I would love for Altus Press to give G-8 the same treatment they have done for Secret Agent X and others.
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