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Post by andydecker on Feb 27, 2008 21:36:40 GMT
Received it today.
Great, great work.
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Post by pulphack on Feb 29, 2008 10:43:17 GMT
i'd love to comment on this, but the bastard postmnan hasn't delivered even a pizza leaflet for the last three days. either there's a strike or he keeps forgetting the code for the block's entrance. i'm very jealous of those who have already seen it, as i saw the Peter Haining pulpmania piece on pdf, and can't wait to see it with Mike Ashley's bibliography (which surely must run to almost an issue in itself!).
if it doesn't arrive by tomorrow, i'm up the sorting office with a sawn-off...
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Post by carolinec on Feb 29, 2008 10:59:40 GMT
I've got the same problem, Pulphack - mine hasn't arrived either. I suspect it's our local postal service to blame as they regularly lose things, or sometimes they turn up a week or so later. If Justin's reading this, no worries at the moment - I know you've got more important things to think about right now (like a stag night, wedding and honeymoon, I guess?). I'm sure it'll turn up eventually, and if it hasn't done by the time you get back from honeymoon, we can sort it out then. In the meantime, all the best to Justin and the soon-to-be Mrs Fanatic. 'Tis a wonderful thing to be young and in love! (mind you, it's not too bad being old and in love neither! )
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Post by Calenture on Mar 7, 2008 11:42:26 GMT
Hope the Post Office has got around to delivering those late copies of Paperback Fanatic by now. Not sure if Mr and Mrs Fanatic are on honeymoon at the moment. Anyway, something I know Justin would like feedback on is whether he can get away with changing the PF format - he did mention this a while back when he saw the Stephen Jones' A5 chapbook H P Lovecraft in Britain.
Personally, I think a thickish A5 book might be useful, but I can't help wondering if the change of format might cause it to get lost on shop shelves just as it's getting interest.
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Post by carolinec on Mar 7, 2008 12:18:23 GMT
Yes, mine just arrived today (Justin emailed me and sent out another copy to replace the one lost in the post - I was surprised to get an email from him given his current circumstances, but apparently the honeymoon is happening later! ). I haven't had time to look at it much yet, but the Peter Haining interview/articles look really interesting. I don't think I'd become a regular subscriber as, the "pulpy" things that a lot of you guys seem to like aren't really my thing at all - it's just the horror shorts for me - but this Peter Haining tribute was a must-have for me.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 7, 2008 12:42:33 GMT
I'm glad you got yours, caz and hope the rest filter through soon. We try to preview forthcoming issues on here and Justin's set up a Paperback Fanatic site that's well worth a visit, so you'll always have a good idea of what's going to be in there and can select those that most interest you accordingly. I'm sure you'll enjoy the Haining content! Rog, as to the format, my preference is for A4, but as long as Justin can keep it going in any format he so desires, then i'm happy. If you recall the A5 issue that went out as Paperback Dungeon, i felt the cover scans didn't work as they might, but i gather that wouldn't be a problem with his current printers.
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Post by pulphack on Mar 7, 2008 14:04:14 GMT
mine's still missing, but i did get an email from justin, so i might get him to send a replacement. in the last week i've lost this, classic rock, and the orientear that i know i have been sent out. i have a postal magazine thief!
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Post by justin on Mar 7, 2008 20:22:24 GMT
Hello all! You don't think the paperback fanatic would let a trifling matter such as a wedding stop him from spreading the word did you!?
Thanks for the best wishes for the big day (didn't know whether to be deeply touched or deeply disturbed by the Pan wedding tribute!?) which went swimmingly.
If there is anyone who hasn't received their copy of The Fanatic, please let me know and I'll arrange a replacement.
I have been hell-bent on making issue 7 an A5 version, but some of your comments are making me think again! Originally the idea was to have it perfect bound, but the current print-run makes this a non-starter due to cost. I agree that A5 could get lost on shop shelves, but to be honest, the shops that do stock me are typically independant and their customers will search that much harder. Also, more and more of my orders are coming from the US (about 50% at the mo') and the air-mail is a killer!
I'm confident that by going to A5 I'll better control the economics but also give the mag more of its own graphic identity and have a bit more fun with the layouts.
Either way, I think I'm due a few more sleepless nights... and not due to the normal post-wedding reasons!
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Post by dem bones on Mar 8, 2008 11:12:40 GMT
Hi Justin. I've been careful to emphasise that A4 is just my personal preference, nothing more than that, and the only thing you should be troubling yourself with just now - apart from Mrs. Fanatic! - is to do what the economics of the thing dictate. The format really isn't any big deal: I'm just glad there's a Paperback Fanatic around for us to enthuse over (see also Filthy Creations and The Black Books of Horror), and on a shamefully mercenary note, you can't help but notice how each new issue has given this board a much-needed shot in the arm. In recent weeks, the Hell Of Mirrors thread, with us attempting to anticipate the content of Mike Ashley's Haining biblio, remains a demonik favourite and the all-but dormant Peter Saxon sexion has shown encouraging signs of returning life in the wake of pulphack's Press Editorial piece in #6. Really pleased to hear that the big day went well! Actually, i was kind of concerned that the pan wedding tribute might be deemed in poor taste (admittedly, not something i tend to pay much attention to usually). All i can say is it was done with a good heart.
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Post by Calenture on Mar 8, 2008 20:59:26 GMT
Really pleased to hear that the big day went well! Actually, i was kind of concerned that the pan wedding tribute might be deemed in poor taste (admittedly, not something i tend to pay much attention to usually). All I can say is it was done with a good heart. The day that Dem' of the Vault discusses matters of taste with Justin of Paperback Fanatic is one that arbiters of fashion and decency will note in their diaries and remember. Hell's bells, I'm not even sure if I sent congratulations! But I was the first to notice the event. Anyway, I was looking through my SF fanzines, wondering if they'd be amiss in Des's Small Press Ark, when I realized that I had one of Philip Harbottle's John Russell Fearn reprints. When there's so much going on over the years, especially years which were spent mostly in a medicated semi-stupor, sometimes things get missed... until now. Now let's hope Dem's gone to rest his arm. A man who hates SF and dinosaurs and has a terribly broken arm simply isn't up to coping with this. Survivor of Mars by John Russell Fearn was published and copyright (C) 1982, by Philip Harbottle. The novel is based on an original novel Red Heritage published in the January 1938 Astounding Stories. Under the title The Avenging Martian it was first published as a "Vargo Statten" paperback in 1951 by Scion Ltd and reprinted as Survivor of Mars in the Spring 1953 Two Complete Science-Adventure Books. Which reminds me I haven't posted those Vargo Statton mags that I bought off Terry Jeeves yet. Dem will love them! I also have 4 small press/indie comic books drawn by Ron Turner from stories by John Russell Fearn. Amazing what you find on the older bookshelves.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Mar 9, 2008 2:07:31 GMT
Isn't Fern Tubb?
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Post by justin on Mar 9, 2008 9:17:47 GMT
Fearn is most definitely not Tubb. I'm sure Rog will tell us more, providing Kev doesn't shut down the site for discussing SF! But Ted Tubb is still with us, when unfortunately Fearn isn't.
I do think you were being a bit harsh on Kev with your comments around fashion and taste. Obviously you couldn't be including me in that comment as a man who has a complete set of Gor books and lives his life by the strictest Gorean principles. You should have heard the wedding vows?!
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Mar 9, 2008 10:16:14 GMT
Ah, I must have been thinking of Tubb's pseudonym Gregory kern.
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Post by Calenture on Mar 9, 2008 19:30:42 GMT
Fearn is most definitely not Tubb. I'm sure Rog will tell us more, providing Kev doesn't shut down the site for discussing SF! But Ted Tubb is still with us, when unfortunately Fearn isn't. Ah, I must have been thinking of Tubb's pseudonym Gregory Kern. All these damn pseudonyms are doing my head in. Mind you, it doesn't take much. Gregory Kern? That's another one I never heard! I've been hunting for my three Vargo Statten magazines, but can't find them immediately. Damn. Dem' will be so disappointed! But at least I've got these Phil Harbottle/Ron Turner JRF Presents books. I have 4 of them. Later, I'll move this stuff to its own thread (if no-one tries to stop me. ) I'll let Phil Harbottle tell you about them himself: During the 'fifties, the British publishers Scion Ltd.issued nearly seventy paperback sf novels, under the bylines of 'VARGO STATTON’ and 'VOLSTED GRIDBAN'. Selling several millions of copies, they were reprinted throughout Europe; yet very few readers ever realised that the stories were virtually all written by one man - John Russell Fearn. JRF had been, for the past twenty years, a prolific contributor to the American magazines:but now his popularity was being recognised by British publishers, Feam had come home to roost! But if the stories were exciting the covers were equally so. Ron 'Roland’ Turner, an aspiring young artist of the time who had submitted sf strips to Scion's line of comics in the late 'forties, was subsequently commissioned to paint the covers for the sf series. This proved to be an extremely astute move: his unique and highly imaginative covers undoubtedly formed a large part of the books' runaway success, and, contrary to similar publications of the period, they complimented the story perfectly. When the paperback boom ended in the mid-'fifties. Turner continued to draw many marvellous sf strips for British conies such as his own SPACE ACE and even more popularly, RICK RANDOM - SPACE DETECTIVE. Today, over thirty years later, the original Scion paperbacks are avidly sought after, both for their stories and cover artwork. In the meantime, many of Fearn's earlier stories have been anthologised and the 'VARGO STATTEN' paperbacks are currently being produced in Italian translations. RETURN OF A LEGEND Feam died in I960, but happily, Ron Turner is still very much with us, and still drawing comics. It would seem appropriate, therefore, that this once-famous partnership should be revived, and this is our goal with 'JRF PRESENTS' – classic stories by Fearn, Interpreted by Turner in graphic form! 'MISSIOM TO VORGA' (a three-part story) is but the beginning of a new series of Feam-Turner collaborations which we believe will not only appeal to the seasoned Fearn-Tumer fan, but to all enthusiasts of sf adventure and modem comic art, and become as sought after as the original Scion publications. As a special bonus for collectors, we are also reprinting a vintage Turner SPACE ACE story and a number of other features are in preparation. In the second issue we intend to run a letters column so your views and comments are welcomed. In the meantime, let it be known – FEARN AND TURNER ARE BACK! JRF PRESENTS is published bi-monthly ^y John Lawrence and Philip Harbottle and is (C) 1985 by the publishers and Ron Turner. All rights reserved.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Mar 9, 2008 20:07:46 GMT
At great risk of offending the boss Tubb is my hero and Dumarest the science fiction contender for Conan. His last adventure here. Tubb has now retired, more's the pity
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