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Post by Craig Herbertson on Sept 25, 2009 7:55:03 GMT
Our favourite pirate on the Asquith there.
The Tower:
'Towering Inferno'. the big controversy at the time was that there were two books written separately but simultaneously and discretely by two different authors and both were used to make the film. The prize of absolutely no money but 'feeling good all day as master of trivia' goes to the vault member who names the other book
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Post by jamesdoig on Sept 25, 2009 12:14:07 GMT
The Jove edition is missing Howard's "Pigeons From Hell," though it's listed on the copyright page.
Nice cover! "The Tower" is a classic from The Third Ghost Book - worth the price of admission alone.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Sept 25, 2009 13:11:15 GMT
Our favourite pirate on the Asquith there. The Tower: 'Towering Inferno'. the big controversy at the time was that there were two books written separately but simultaneously and discretely by two different authors and both were used to make the film. The prize of absolutely no money but 'feeling good all day as master of trivia' goes to the vault member who names the other book Was it The Glass Inferno, Craig? I've read one of 'em but can't remember anything about it. The fillum was good fun though. All of the 70s disaster movies were really. Big budget mayhem and stars from throughout the history of cinema being wiped out. Full marks to Richard Chamberlain for trying to hi-jack the safety chair (the bastid!) - almost as good as Sir Christopher Lee in Airport '77 informing everyone he's a trained scuba diver, minutes before drowning. |
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Post by Johnlprobert on Sept 25, 2009 13:24:11 GMT
I'm pretty sure it was The Glass Inferno. And it is a great film. The drama over who was going to get top billing (Newman or McQueen) is a great story in itself.
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Post by dem on Sept 25, 2009 13:38:38 GMT
Richard Martin Stern's The Tower appeared first, i think, in 1973 and Thomas N. Scortia & Frank M. Robinson's The Glass Inferno showed up the following year. There don't appear to have been any law suits and both are credited with inspiring the movie. If anyone has both they might like to compare them! Thanks for the info on the Jove Weird Tales, James. Must be a slim book! |
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Post by fullbreakfast on Sept 25, 2009 14:23:44 GMT
Latest:
Claude Seignolle, The Accursed. 1971 Tandem reprint.
Vernon Lee, Ravenna and her Ghosts. A 1962 Corgi with ace cover art by Fritz Wegner.
The Vernon Lee set me back £4.20. But the Seignolle was only 50p, so it evens out.
I'll try and bung threads up on these when I've read 'em.
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Post by vaughan on Sept 25, 2009 16:08:56 GMT
The one on the left is the one I have - and since the back cover blurb mentions a bomb as the cause of the fire, I think we can assume the whole electrical thing was in the other novel, or was an invention of the screenwriter.
Terrific cover - no?
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Post by vaughan on Sept 27, 2009 1:24:29 GMT
Slim pickings today.
Recently I picked up Dennis Wheatley Select and introduces Quiver of Horror (mentioned in an earlier post). It states there is a companion volume, but since only one was on the shelf.................
But today, strangely, I came across it: Dennis Wheatley Selects and Introduces Shafts of Fear. I guess someone had bought them, and read them. It took them a week to read the second book. ;D
I got a couple Dean Koontz: Night Chills and Demon Seed.
Both are "early" Koontz, and Demon Seed is a fun movie....so why not?
Finally I got Peter Benchley's The Beast. Looks like a Jaws riff but with a giant Squid. Great cover too.
I also bought a giant hardback. I thought it was "Great Ghost Stories of the World?". It's stacked with shorts, organized by country and has things in it from all the way back to 400 AD!
However, when I got home my wife asked: "Why did you buy "Great Short Stories of the World? That's not usually your thing."
I looked at it and.... she's right. It's just that the cover has the name of some horror writers (Poe etc.) on it. I had invented the "Ghost" bit in my mind somehow. I can't explain it. I was gutted.
But I thought some of you might get a laugh at my stupidity. ;D
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Sept 27, 2009 19:50:24 GMT
Andrew Laurance - The Hiss, 20p at bootsale. Unfortunately nothing else worth having, even the bootsales seem devoid of pulp these days  . |
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Oct 7, 2009 13:14:36 GMT
Different bootsale on sunday & it yielded some better results:
50p each -
Herbert Kastle - The Gang
Robert Holdstock - Necromancer
Peter Tremayne - Nicor
10p -
Thomas Tryon - The Other.
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Post by allthingshorror on Oct 11, 2009 20:05:14 GMT
ZARDOZ finds:
Eat Them Alive - Pierce Nace (NEL 1977)
The Vampire - Ornella Volta (Tandem 1970)
The Trouble Trip - W H Canaway (Panther 1976)
When London Walked in Terror - Tom A. Cullen (Avon 1968)
Frights 1 - ed by Kirby McCauley (Sphere 1979)
Kingdom of the Spiders - Bernard J Hurwood (Mayflower 1978)
The Warriors - Sol Yurick (Panther 1967)
Jizzle - John Wyndham (Four Square 1962)
Ghosts - ed by Elliot O' Donnell (Consul 1961)
Fever Dream - Ray Bradbury and Robert Bloch (Sphere 1970)
Vampires, Werewolves and Ghouls - ed by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
Atoms and Evil - Robert Bloch (Gold Medal 1962)
Atoms and Evil - Robert Bloch (Corgi 1972)
Horror 7 - Robert Bloch (Belmont 1963)
Chamber of Horrors - Robert Bloch (Corgi 1977)
Cry Horror! - H P Lovecraft (Avon, undated late 40's?)
Night's Yawning Peal - ed. August Derleth (Consul 1952)
Suspense Stories - ed. Alfred Hitchcock (Dell 1945)
One Step Beyond - ed. Lenore Bredson (Digit 1960)
The Clock Strikes 12 - ed. H R Wakefield (Ballantine 1961)
Zacherley's Vulture Stew - Zacherley (Ballantine 1960)
The Survivor and Others - Lovecraft and Derleth (Ballantine 1957)
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Post by mattofthespurs on Oct 12, 2009 8:09:43 GMT
"Ghosts" Chosen by Alan C Jenkins (Blackie 1971 h/b) "Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories" ed Robert Phillips (Robinson 1992 oversized p/b) "Tales From The Unknown" Kurt Singer (WH Allen 1970 h/b) "The Unearthly" ed Kurt Singer (Belmont US p/b 1965) "Real Ghosts Restless Spirits and Haunted Minds" Brad Steiger (Tandem 1968 p/b). Plus I picked up the Ian Rankin 'Contanstine' graphic novel "Dark Entries".  |
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Post by bushwick on Oct 12, 2009 13:27:09 GMT
An exciting haul for me the other day courtesy of my man on Leeds Market:
Montana Melodrama - GG Gilman (Edge 40, NEL edition) - Nice condition, first edition, 60p
and two horrible, wrong plantation slavery shockers from the 30p bargain bin:
Rampage - Robert Tralins (the follow-up to 'Black Stud') (NEL)
and
Rogue Black - Raymond Giles (Grafton)
Both have very tasteful covers which I shall scan when I have time...
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Post by lobolover on Oct 12, 2009 17:14:49 GMT
@ allthingshorror : I am curious, how much did you pay for "The Survivor and Others " ?
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Post by allthingshorror on Oct 12, 2009 17:32:10 GMT
The scribblings in my little black book say that I paid £2 for it.
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