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Post by pulphack on Sept 2, 2017 8:38:55 GMT
James, congratulations on your talk. And thanks for posting the photos. It's an excellent exhibition by the look of it, and a great testament to Mr Flanagan, as well. It's great to see popular culture being recogised as important these days - because it is, it's where urban legend and family myths and shared memories meet and also come from. Changing times may render some of it as odd or bizarre to modern eyes, but how will we understand ourselves if we don't understand where we come from?
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Post by helrunar on Sept 2, 2017 13:31:53 GMT
Those are wonderful photos, James! Congratulations on your talk.
Being able to see that range of publications is a very strong physical reminder of how fringe the horror/occult/sci-fi material was in the wider world of pulp and explo. It's amazing that he was able to collect some of the original art, as well.
I hope his collection can be properly maintained and preserved, whether in private or public hands, after the show ends.
Best wishes from the US,
Steve (Helrunar)
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Post by dem bones on Sept 3, 2017 12:20:31 GMT
Being able to see that range of publications is a very strong physical reminder of how fringe the horror/occult/sci-fi material was in the wider world of pulp and explo. It's amazing that he was able to collect some of the original art, as well. Steve (Helrunar) Maybe not so much Sci-fi, but would agree with you re Horror & Occult. Most recent Pulp & Paperback Fair was notable for the abundance of sleaze - extremely popular - and crime. There was still plenty of Sci-Fi, though not nearly as much as I remember from previous fairs, very little Horror or Gothic Romance. i seem to remember Sev did particularly well that day! James, an overview of the Kings Cross books is surely a Sleazy Reader article in waiting? Very pleased to see the Frank Bernier Horwitz Horrors given a shelf to themselves. They look absolutely gorgeous displayed alongside one another.
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 9, 2017 20:11:14 GMT
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 16, 2017 9:26:25 GMT
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Post by dem bones on Nov 16, 2017 11:01:28 GMT
Thanks so much for reposting these, James. Had never heard of Frank Bernier until you joined us, now he's among my top five all-time favourite cover artists. Pushed to pick his "best," I'd go for Horror Tales. There's just something about it makes me unusually happy. Rescanning these Horwitz covers in case they were lost in the great Ph*t*f**ket debacle: Incredibly, f**kyoubucket have since had the gall to run a customer satisfaction survey, one question being the obligatory would you recommend us to friends and family?
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Post by helrunar on Nov 17, 2017 4:19:35 GMT
These are all gorgeous. Thanks, James! I'd never have seen any of these without your kindness.
Inevitably, I wonder if the mention of Blood and Roses on the cover of Spine-tingling tales had anything to do with Vadim's 1960 film. I finally got hold of the US paperback tie-in a few years ago--perhaps the story in this was an excerpt?
cheers, H.
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Post by Swampirella on Nov 17, 2017 10:52:33 GMT
Stunning, thank you so much for posting!
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Post by andydecker on Nov 17, 2017 17:54:14 GMT
Again great stuff, James. It has become a lost art.
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 17, 2017 20:49:43 GMT
Inevitably, I wonder if the mention of Blood and Roses on the cover of Spine-tingling tales had anything to do with Vadim's 1960 film. It's Carmilla renamed as Blood and Roses to cash in on the film - a cunning plan. Sphere did a similar thing in The Best Horror Stories of le Fanu - on the contents page we have "Carmilla (Vampire Lovers)". They *hammer* home the point with a shot from the film on front and back.
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Post by andydecker on Nov 17, 2017 21:42:51 GMT
Inevitably, I wonder if the mention of Blood and Roses on the cover of Spine-tingling tales had anything to do with Vadim's 1960 film. I finally got hold of the US paperback tie-in a few years ago--perhaps the story in this was an excerpt? cheers, H. I saw the movie last year for the first time. It was an interesting version of the story. So different from the beloved Hammer movie.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 18, 2017 13:25:22 GMT
Inevitably, I wonder if the mention of Blood and Roses on the cover of Spine-tingling tales had anything to do with Vadim's 1960 film. It's Carmilla renamed as Blood and Roses to cash in on the film - a cunning plan. Sphere did a similar thing in The Best Horror Stories of le Fanu - on the contents page we have "Carmilla (Vampire Lovers)". They *hammer* home the point with a shot from the film on front and back. Fontana got in on the act with The Vampire Lovers.
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Post by helrunar on Nov 18, 2017 14:17:26 GMT
Thanks, James and others, for clarifying about the "Blood and Roses" re-titling of the original Le Fanu novella. How fascinating.
The tie-in paperback was published in New York by Hillman Books, a publisher with which I am otherwise unacquainted. It is dated 1960 and the reverse t. p. bears a copyright statement by Paramount Pictures, the distributor. The book bears the byline of Robin Carlisle, again, not an author I've ever heard of. The interesting thing about the book is that it seems to have been based on the original shooting script by Roger Vailland (supposedly co-written by Roger Vadim--I suspect Vadim simply told Vailland in conversation some of his ideas for the film). In the course of the shoot, considerable revisions occurred. The book includes a detailed description of a celebrated deleted sequence from the film involving the Elsa Martinelli character being preyed upon by a strange "phantasmagoria"--a film still does exist from this scene, so it was actually shot. It was part of the nightmare sequence towards the end of the movie.
I'm unable to provide illustrations due to what we'll simply call technical difficulties.
cheers, H.
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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 11, 2017 19:50:22 GMT
Looks like the launch of Andrew Nette's Girl Gangs, Biker Boys and Real Cool Cats went well: www.pulpcurry.com/ From the photo it looks like a nicely produced, large format glossy - looking forward to my copy.
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Post by jamesdoig on Feb 2, 2018 20:39:14 GMT
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