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Post by valancourt on Nov 18, 2012 17:25:42 GMT
PS: Mr Campbell -- it looks like presses out there are doing a good job at keeping your older works in print, but are there any they've missed? Being a huge fan of old horror films, I'll confess to being intrigued by what I've read about your early Universal monster novelizations!
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 18, 2012 19:26:45 GMT
Thanks, that's several votes for R.R. Ryan now. I'm trying to figure out who controls his literary estate and have emailed the organizer of the RR Ryan website to find out if he or she knows anything. I have not read his stuff, but the summaries sound too good to be true. Are there one or two you'd recommend newcomers to his fiction to begin with? I'd suggest The Subjugated Beast, Freak Museum and Devil's Shelter. Paul Caton, R.R. Ryan's grandson owns the website - he'll probably put you on to David Medhurst, another grandson who is interested in doing something with the novels. I think he was in touch with Ramsey fairly recently. The copyright situation may be a bit hazy as the rights may be controlled by Random House - Evelyn Bradley seems to have sold the rights to his novels in 1939 to Herbert Jenkins - Jenkins became Barrie & Jenkins, which was bought out by Random House.
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Post by valancourt on Nov 18, 2012 21:42:50 GMT
Thanks, these sound totally wonderful. It looks like it's going to take some work to track down a copy, though, unless anyone has one scanned. Only about 3 or 4 libraries in the US have them, and none circulate, and I didn't see any copies for sale.
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 18, 2012 22:37:55 GMT
Thanks, these sound totally wonderful. It looks like it's going to take some work to track down a copy, though, unless anyone has one scanned. Only about 3 or 4 libraries in the US have them, and none circulate, and I didn't see any copies for sale. I've got pdfs of The Subjugated Beast and Freak Museum - I'll try sending them to you.
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Post by valancourt on Nov 19, 2012 0:36:14 GMT
What about Basil Copper's stuff, which I haven't read, but sounds good? His first collection from 1967 sounds great.
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Post by noose on Nov 19, 2012 8:47:34 GMT
Basil: there was a two volume edition of all of his short stories publushed in 2010.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 19, 2012 18:58:29 GMT
.... and they very recently revived his great "lost" Gothic novel, The Curse Of The Fleers. If only they'd branch into paperbacks ...
Some suggestions
UK 'Peter Saxon' in his many guises makes for an attractive alternative to Wheatley, and you don't have to suffer page upon page of party political broadcasts. Would also like to see Occultists turned black magic thriller authors Gerald Suster, Jack Shackleford and Eric Erickson back in print. Other UK authors to consider:
Archie Roy - Devil In The Darkness, Sable Night, All Evil Shed Away, etc.
Petrina Crawford - Seeds Of Evil (possibly not British at all, but included here because some of us suspect that Petrina may have been Wilfred McNeilly). Originally marketed as a Gothic Romance, but really isn't.
Collections: John Keir Cross - The Other Passenger A Frederick Cowles Omnibus (I know Ash Tree got to him ages ago ....)
USA Mary-Rose Hayes - The Neighbours J. U. Nicholson - Fingers Of Fear David Ely - Seconds Brian McNaughton - Satan's Mistress , Satan's Lovechild, and the rest.
Australia Russell Braddon - The Inseparables Joan Lindsay - Picnic At Hanging Rock
James, can you give us an idea of the typical Valancourt print run?
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Nov 19, 2012 19:33:18 GMT
Joan Lindsay - Picnic At Hanging Rock This one seems to me already to be widely available in a variety of editions.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 19, 2012 20:27:53 GMT
Joan Lindsay - Picnic At Hanging Rock This one seems to me already to be widely available in a variety of editions. ... In that case, will bring another American off the subs bench. Can't vouch for this one as i've never read it but always wanted to: Tod Browning's The Unholy Three.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Nov 19, 2012 23:57:56 GMT
.... and they very recently revived his great "lost" Gothic novel, The Curse Of The Fleers. If only they'd branch into paperbacks ... What about Copper's other novels? Coincidentally, I'm going to start reading his The Great White Space this evening.
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Post by doomovertheworld on Nov 20, 2012 6:21:13 GMT
This one seems to me already to be widely available in a variety of editions. ... In that case, will bring another American off the subs bench. Can't vouch for this one as i've never read it but always wanted to: Tod Browning's The Unholy Three. isn't this one by Tod Robbins not Tod Browning?
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Post by andydecker on Nov 20, 2012 8:54:07 GMT
UK'Peter Saxon' in his many guises makes for an attractive alternative to Wheatley, and you don't have to suffer page upon page of party political broadcasts. Would also like to see Occultists turned black magic thriller authors Gerald Suster, Jack Shackleford and Eric Erickson back in print. Other UK authors to consider: Archie Roy - Devil In The Darkness, Sable Night, All Evil Shed Away, etc. Petrina Crawford - Seeds Of Evil (possibly not British at all, but included here because some of us suspect that Petrina may have been Wilfred McNeilly). Originally marketed as a Gothic Romance, but really isn't. Collections: John Keir Cross - The Other Passenger A Frederick Cowles Omnibus (I know Ash Tree got to him ages ago ....) USAMary-Rose Hayes - The Neighbours J. U. Nicholson - Fingers Of Fear David Ely - Seconds Brian McNaughton - Satan's Mistress , Satan's Lovechild, and the rest. AustraliaRussell Braddon - The Inseparables Joan Lindsay - Picnic At Hanging Rock James, can you give us an idea of the typical Valancourt print run? Very good suggestions. Especially the UK-writers - aside from Birkin - deserve a new and commented edition. Suster, Shackleford and Erickson have done great work. McNaughton is also a very good recommendation, but he is still avaibale from Wildside Press. One of those re-titled books.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 20, 2012 8:55:04 GMT
It is. I'm so on form as usual.
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Post by valancourt on Nov 20, 2012 11:23:56 GMT
Someone suggested the American writer T.E.D. Klein. He sounds great, but does anybody know how to contact him?
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Post by ramseycampbell on Nov 20, 2012 14:46:00 GMT
Someone suggested the American writer T.E.D. Klein. He sounds great, but does anybody know how to contact him? Sorry I've been silent here! Good list you have, Valancourt! I'm sure Kay McCauley can put you in touch with Ted. Ah, those Dreadstone books of mine! Alas, publishers have tried to sort out the copyright with Universal but to no avail.
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