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Post by ramseycampbell on Oct 10, 2012 9:20:48 GMT
Avon edition of Cry Horror for $3, to upgrade a tatty copy:  The book that changed my life! (But it was the British edition, otherwise identical.) |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Oct 10, 2012 11:00:45 GMT
'Cry Horror': Certainly a sight to hearten the blackened soul. I just found the Hope Hodgson Nightland edition a few back on the thread, languishing amongst a bunch of dull mainstream stuff in a German bookshop.
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Post by David A. Riley on Oct 10, 2012 12:24:39 GMT
Avon edition of Cry Horror for $3, to upgrade a tatty copy: The book that changed my life! (But it was the British edition, otherwise identical.) Me too. I remember finding it on a second hand bookstall on Accrington market while I was still at school. It was the most battered, worn out book you could find, with sellotape down its spine. And I was completely blown away by it. I've never enjoyed Lovecraft's stories as much in my life. |
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Post by dem on Oct 10, 2012 12:54:46 GMT
The Wheatley cover was also used for the Wordsworth edition. According to Bob Rothwell, who resurrected it for the Wordsworth edition, The Devil Rides Out cover was painted by Frank C. Papé, who also provided glorious artwork for the Hutchinson Strange Conflict, The Haunting Of Toby Jugg and To The Devil–A Daughter first editions. The book that changed my life! (But it was the British edition, otherwise identical.) Me too. I remember finding it on a second hand bookstall on Accrington market while I was still at school. It was the most battered, worn out book you could find, with sellotape down its spine. And I was completely blown away by it. I've never enjoyed Lovecraft's stories as much in my life. Michel Parry is a big fan, too: Cry Horror! |
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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 27, 2012 1:43:50 GMT
A few from the last couple of weeks. These two were $4 each, published by Hinkler books in Victoria, but originally published in the UK.   This was $3 from the YMCA shop.  This was $4 from St Vinnies, a cancelled library book, published by Severn House in the UK.  $5 from the Salvos.  |
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Oct 27, 2012 12:01:02 GMT
This was $3 from the YMCA shop. This is from a great series of instant remainder books that the bookstore chain Barnes & Noble published a few years back. The series played a key role in sparking my interest in pulp horror. Another volume in the series includes 100 short-short stories from Weird Tales. |
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Oct 27, 2012 16:48:39 GMT
Recent buys:
Oxfam:
Stephen King - Cujo (50p)
Scott Sigler - Infected (50p)
Community Bookshop (3 for £2):
Robert C. Wilson - The Crooked Tree
Ramsey Campbell - To Wake The Dead (Fontana)
Shaun Hutson - Last Rites
Today:
Helen Rolenson Shop:
David Stuart Davies (Ed.) - Crime Scenes (Wordsworth Tales Of Mystery & The Supernatural) (50p)
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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 27, 2012 22:44:01 GMT
[/url] in the series includes 100 short-short stories from Weird Tales.[/quote] Yes, it's a great series - easy to find and cheap as chips. I've picked up all of them from charity shops and markets for a few dollars, except Weird Tales, which I'm still looking out for. On another topic, the Australian production of Fergus Hume's Mystery of a Hansom Cab airs tonight on the ABC - much looking forward to it. |
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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 28, 2012 22:33:04 GMT
Couldn't resist picking up this yesterday at Impact Comics in Canberra. Pre-code horror comics reprinted in luscious colour, long may it continue!  |
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Nov 2, 2012 13:16:29 GMT
I can't remember the author, but Avatar (nothing to do with the film, it's a Leisure book from 98) - RSPCA Shop 50p Oxfam, all 50p each: Gary Gottesfeld - The Violet Closet (Futura) Barry Unsworth - Stone Virgin Malter Dean Myers - Shooter Richard Laymon - The Midnight Tour (a spare, if anyone needs it) I also found a welcome sight in Oxfam, The Rats filed under classic literature (not sure if that's the staff doing it, a fellow pulp fan or none of the above)  |
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 28, 2012 10:11:03 GMT
Recent Vaultish purchases: $5 at the remainder shop:  $3 at the Salvos:  $1 each at the junk shop:    Finally picked up this for a buck - a comic that scared the crap out of me as a kid. Weird to see those images again years later:  |
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Post by David A. Riley on Nov 28, 2012 10:16:17 GMT
That looks like a great haul, especially Black Easter. It's quite a few years since I read that novel but I remember being very impressed with it when I did.
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 28, 2012 10:30:05 GMT
That looks like a great haul, especially Black Easter. It's quite a few years since I read that novel but I remember being very impressed with it when I did. I'd never heard of it, but must give it a go. |
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Nov 28, 2012 12:37:07 GMT
That looks like a great haul, especially Black Easter. It's quite a few years since I read that novel but I remember being very impressed with it when I did. I'd never heard of it, but must give it a go. You should--it's an intriguing, if somewhat static and talky, novel. And if you've never heard of it, then I recommend that you avoid reading anything about it before you begin. I'd be curious to hear what you think. It's included in both Cawthorn and Moorcock's Fantasy: The 100 Best Books and Pringle's Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels. The Bloch collection focuses on his wacky, Thorne Smith-style work. No need to hurry to read that one. |
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Post by dem on Nov 28, 2012 20:04:55 GMT
The Bloch collection focuses on his wacky, Thorne Smith-style work. No need to hurry to read that one. Amen to that! Read Black Easter way back, in fact, in the same Dell edition, but found it a slog and remember it only for one very famous line. Isn't it part of a loose trilogy built around the career of John Dee, or have I got that hopelessly wrong as per? |
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