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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 2, 2019 20:42:51 GMT
Just been in Perth, Western Australia, for a couple of weeks and picked up a few Vaultish things while there: 1957 Dell anthology: Hodgson collection: Great McGinnis cover: A few Library of the Occult:
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Post by andydecker on Oct 3, 2019 17:06:07 GMT
Nice finds again. Especially the Wheatley's.
Collins is fun if you like historical novels about killers. In my younger days I thought his Quarry series not very good. But when he re-started it at Hard Case I gave it another try and enjoyed every novel a lot, even re-read a few. They are nice and short, a good alternative to the bloated and bland thrillers of today.
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Post by kooshmeister on Oct 7, 2019 21:00:15 GMT
Nabbed a copy of this, the recently unearthed original version of what eventually became Who Goes There?, which is 45 pages longer than the final published version of the story. I actually kinda prefer it to what Campbell went with. I think the huge as-you-know style info dump at the beginning with McReady telling how they found the spaceship and "Thing" as one long monologue is clunky, and prefer Frozen Hell's version which actually begins with McReady's team making the discovery, dispensing with the info dump back at Big Magnet later. This way, it's more a slow (freezing?) burn to the horror as they actually dig the frozen alien out, and I particularly liked Barclay's reaction to it. Connant getting a first name (Jerry) was also a plus. Maybe I'm alone in this, though. It's also got kickass cover art by Bob Eggleton, as you can see.
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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 11, 2019 20:40:46 GMT
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 1, 2019 20:27:44 GMT
Picked these up from the junk shop for $3 each. Has anyone read them? They were first published by Tartarus and look promising.
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Post by johnnymains on Nov 1, 2019 21:47:56 GMT
The Loney is quite special - not read his others though
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Post by Dr Strange on Nov 4, 2019 11:06:10 GMT
The Loney is quite special - not read his others though The Loney didn't really do it for me - it definitely had potential, and was genuinely creepy in places, but it was all a bit too dragged out for me. I also remember being very annoyed by the ending.
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 4, 2019 19:39:32 GMT
The Loney is quite special - not read his others though The Loney didn't really do it for me - it definitely had potential, and was genuinely creepy in places, but it was all a bit too dragged out for me. I also remember being very annoyed by the ending. Finished it yesterday and liked it a lot - he's certainly a gifted writer. I can see what you mean by dragged out, but the writing carried it through.
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Post by cromagnonman on Nov 7, 2019 21:01:30 GMT
There's a large stock of vintage SF and Fantasy paperbacks currently to be found in the Quinto basement in Charing Cross Road courtesy of this week's stock changeover. Some uncommon horror mixed in amongst it too. Was quite pleased to come away with these amongst other things: I used to have all the Steve Austin books and have long regretted parting with them.
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Post by helrunar on Nov 7, 2019 23:47:45 GMT
I'm curious about Nightmare Man and wonder if the TV adaptation was any good. Will have to look that one up.
cheers, Steve
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Post by helrunar on Nov 8, 2019 3:49:18 GMT
Here's the title tune. This series had four half-hour episodes and aired in 1981. A number of Doctor Who alumni were involved: script by Robert Holmes and direction by Douglas Camfield. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAxQE1PRxGIThe whole thing is out on DVD. cheers, Steve
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Post by cromagnonman on Nov 8, 2019 12:24:08 GMT
I'm curious about Nightmare Man and wonder if the TV adaptation was any good. Will have to look that one up. cheers, Steve Personally I don't remember it. But I have it on good authority that it isn't quite as good as maybe it ought to have been - considering the talent behind the camera and the cast of 70/80s stalwarts in front of it. But I've just ordered a copy so will let you know.
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Post by helrunar on Nov 8, 2019 12:40:15 GMT
Only four half hour episodes... I doubt it's very substantial. The novel originally had a different (and quite odd) title and is probably superior to TV. No surprise there.
cheers, Steve
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 8, 2019 20:15:09 GMT
$3 from the junk shop (they've changed their pricing from $2 a book to $3 a book or 10 for $20). William Le Queux's classic of investigative journalism (this one published in 1918 by Melbourne publisher Melville & Mullen):
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 24, 2019 19:33:27 GMT
Had to go to Sydney on Friday and picked up this from Berkelouws in Paddington: And this for $4 from the Jamieson markets on Sunday:
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