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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 30, 2018 22:13:59 GMT
2 bucks from the junk shop:
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Post by dem bones on Jan 6, 2019 14:00:27 GMT
Friend Richard's Sclater Street stall came over all Paperback Fanatic tribute this morning .... Simon Clark - Night Of The Triffids (NEL, 2001) Blurb: The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham’s extraordinary bestseller, is one man’s description of doomsday: almost the entire population has become blind, and the world has a new master – the monstrous triffid plant. The novel ends with its narrator, Bill Masen, leaving the British mainland with his wife and four-year-old son to join a new colony on the Isle of Wight.
Simon Clark takes up the story twenty-five years later.
In the 29th year since the fall of the old world, David Masen, the now grown-up son of Bill, wakes one morning to discover that the world has been mysteriously plunged into darkness. The few sighted people have their artificial lights, but once more the triffid has the advantage…
Setting off to seek the cause of the darkness, David finds himself stranded. Eventually rescued and taken to New York, he discovers a very different sort of colony: prosperous and technologically advanced. But all is not as it seems. This sophisticated society hides an evil secret – and David is about to come face to face with an old enemy from his father’s past. Rosie Dixon - Confessions Of A Lady Courier (Futura, 1975) Blurb Travel Broadens The Mind Poor Rosie! Working for Climax Tours seemed such a good idea. Jeremy Ralelson-Bigg was so suave and charming — though it was strange the way he kept changing offices and names. Almost as strange as the depraved — though not deprived — coach driver, Jaroslov Hammerchick, who had flown for the Polish Air Force at the age of thirteen. No wonder simple, unaffected Rosie found herself getting out of her depth - all those unspeakable men suggesting indescribable things to her in unmentionable places. It‘s not very nice is it? Why do people take such liberties when they go away on holiday?Evelyn Bond - House Of Long Shadows (Lancer, 1965) Blurb Laura Foster loved Felix Page deeply and devotedly...but she had also had a glimpse of the raging demon that brooded beneath the outward mien of the usually gently-mannered young architect.
And the untameable rage that sometimes possessed him was not the only barrier to their happy marriage. There was also Felix's mother, who made no secret of her hatred for Laura. And there were many other enemies, both seen and invisible...
And in that weathered old Florida house, all of the forces of evil gathered silently and with evil whispers prepared for the final attack ...while Laura faced the darkness with fear — but determination!William Johnston- Missed It By That Much (Get Smart #5) (Tempo, April 1967) Blurb: SMART READERS LOVE THE GET SMART BOOKS! Four hilarious, wildly funny books about Maxwell Smart. Control's intrepid super-spy and his cortege of kooky cronies, have been tickling the funny-bones of readers 9 to 90. Now, Max is back. In MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH!, Max and 99 face stampeding elephants, quicksand, a cannibal tribe, steamy jungles, and worst of all the wily Whitestone, a magician-illusionist turned KAOS agent. Agent 86 must find Dr. Livingstrom, who is somewhere in darkest Africa, before KAOS steals his secret formula, Brassica Oleracia—212°, to use against the Free World. Can Max get to Dr. Livingstrom before the Forces of Evil? Can he capture his formidable foe, Whitestone? Or does he MISS HIM BY THAT MUCH?A. E. Van Vogt - Monsters (Corgi, 1970: originally Paperback Library, 1965). Forrest J. Ackerman - Introduction: The Monster Man, Sire of Slan
Not Only Dead Men Final Command War of Nerves Enchanted Village Concealment The Sea Thing Resurrection (aka The Monster) Vault of the Beast Blurb: From the deeps of the sea . . . From the secret places of the universe
A HOST OF HIDEOUS THINGS —writhing . .. crawling. ..some scaled, some slimy, some finned .. . fashioned from the darkest places of man‘s imagination . . . shaped grotesquely in nightmare forms . . . and some so horrifying they have no shape at all...
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Post by jamesdoig on Jan 12, 2019 5:27:24 GMT
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Post by dem bones on Jan 12, 2019 10:48:57 GMT
What a spectacular haul! Am familiar with a few of these. Currently reading The Ultimate Frankenstein, far more entertaining than anticipated. The Transylvanian Library is a favourite - just wish there were more of annotated entries. Not quite so keen on Skal's V is for Vampire. There were a glut of these vampire "encyclopedia"s and what have you published from the late 'eighties through to the mid-nineties, not even sure I could tell them apart any more.
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Post by jamesdoig on Jan 12, 2019 21:18:58 GMT
What a spectacular haul! Am familiar with a few of these. Currently reading The Ultimate Frankenstein, far more entertaining than anticipated. The Transylvanian Library is a favourite - just wish there were more of annotated entries. Not quite so keen on Skal's V is for Vampire. There were a glut of these vampire "encyclopedia"s and what have you published from the late 'eighties through to the mid-nineties, not even sure I could tell them apart any more. It was not bad. Most of the books had Gaslight Books stickers so I suspect they picked them up when Gaslight pulled stumps a few years ago. A few I had, but couldn't resist them, eg Transylvanian Library and the Salmonson collection. Agreed about the Skal book - pretty standard stuff I'm afraid.
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Post by jamesdoig on Jan 25, 2019 20:50:34 GMT
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Post by helrunar on Jan 25, 2019 21:19:20 GMT
Curious whether J. Farjeon was the brother of Eleanor, whose books I enjoyed as a child.
That's great that you found the US edition of Clark Ashton Smith's Zothique, with that gorgeous George Barr cover.
cheers, Steve
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Post by jamesdoig on Jan 25, 2019 22:09:18 GMT
Curious whether J. Farjeon was the brother of Eleanor, whose books I enjoyed as a child. Yes, that's right - and they were the kids of B.L. Farjeon, who wrote popular crime novels and stories in the 19th c.
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Post by andydecker on Jan 26, 2019 14:26:26 GMT
I have one Solar Pons. Still haven't read it, though. Terribly fine print, which is becoming hard to read. I may not be Derleth's biggest fan, but his SP stories are mostly recommended as solid Holmes pastiches. Still, the name is so idiotic. Who would name his boy Solar?
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Jan 26, 2019 16:24:23 GMT
Who would name his boy Solar? It is possible he took the name himself. I recently read three or even four volumes of Derleth's Solar Pons stories. They are consistently very boring and nothing like Conan Doyle. You may well ask why I nevertheless persevered; I have no good answer.
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Post by Dr Strange on Jan 26, 2019 16:30:17 GMT
Who would name his boy Solar? Dunno, though I think I'd rather be called "Solar" than "Sherlock"...
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Post by andydecker on Jan 26, 2019 17:06:15 GMT
Who would name his boy Solar? Dunno, though I think I'd rather be called "Solar" than "Sherlock"... I am not very well versed in the details of Doyle and Holmes. But was Sherlock a normal name at the time of writing or did Doyle made it up?
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Post by Dr Strange on Jan 26, 2019 17:10:36 GMT
Dunno, though I think I'd rather be called "Solar" than "Sherlock"... I am not very well versed in the details of Doyle and Holmes. But was Sherlock a normal name at the time of writing or did Doyle made it up? I'm sure I read somewhere that "Sherlock" was a fairly common surname, but not a normal forename. "Solar Pons" would translate as something like "sun bridge" - though I'm sure Derleth just wanted something that vaguely sounded a bit like "Sherlock Holmes".
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Post by andydecker on Jan 26, 2019 18:33:38 GMT
I am not very well versed in the details of Doyle and Holmes. But was Sherlock a normal name at the time of writing or did Doyle made it up? I'm sure I read somewhere that "Sherlock" was a fairly common surname, but not a normal forename. "Solar Pons" would translate as something like "sun bridge" - though I'm sure Derleth just wanted something that vaguely sounded a bit like "Sherlock Holmes". That makes sense.
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Post by Dr Strange on Jan 26, 2019 18:36:42 GMT
And I've just learnt from Wikipedia that Solar Pons has a brother... called Bancroft.
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