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Post by mcannon on Sept 26, 2016 21:16:27 GMT
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Post by jamesdoig on Sept 26, 2016 22:35:07 GMT
That's bad news - he did an awful lot in the genre, one of those people who did pretty much everything.
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Post by dem bones on Sept 27, 2016 5:41:02 GMT
Crushing. As James says, Mr. Weinberg did - and was into - pretty much everything, not least the weird menace pulps, examples of which he revived under his own imprint, and the Seabury Quinn Jules de Grandin adventures, the pick of which he compiled into six volumes for Paperback Library. Enjoyed an occasional correspondence with Bob during the course of which he kindly allowed us to reproduce many of his original Creeps and Not At Night cover scans, and said some very charitable things about this forum's efforts in that direction which, from his then extant message board, seems typical of the man; he had words of encouragement for anyone who showed enthusiasm for any aspect of our many-tentacled genre. R.I.P. Bob, and a heartfelt Thank You for the education. |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Sept 27, 2016 13:05:13 GMT
That's very bad news about Robert Weinberg. I've got three of the useful anthologies that he was involved with producing: Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors (Bonanza, 1988), Rivals of Weird Tales: 30 Great Fantasy Horror Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (Bonanza, 1990) and Weird Vampire Tales: 30 Blood-Chilling Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (Gramercy, 1992). I've also got The Weird Vampire Tales Story (Wildside Press, 2008), his very good history of Weird Tales.
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Post by dem bones on Sept 27, 2016 18:41:45 GMT
That's very bad news about Robert Weinberg. I've got three of the useful anthologies that he was involved with producing: Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors (Bonanza, 1988), Rivals of Weird Tales: 30 Great Fantasy Horror Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (Bonanza, 1990) and Weird Vampire Tales: 30 Blood-Chilling Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (Gramercy, 1992). I've also got The Weird Vampire Tales Story (Wildside Press, 2008), his very good history of Weird Tales. Agree these are terrific books, Michael. I think between them, Rob Weinberg and Stefan R. Dziemainowicz brought out the best in Martin H. Greenberg, "America's answer to Peter Haining." His anthologies were consistently rewarding when they were on board. |
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Post by andydecker on Sept 27, 2016 21:33:17 GMT
A sad loss. I read most of his novels like The Armageddon Box or The Devil's Auction which are very well done american pulp horror. His introductions to the Quinn collections gave me a first taste of the broader picture of things like Weird Tales.
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Post by jamesdoig on Sept 28, 2016 2:59:18 GMT
Amongst other things I like his Horror of the Twentieth Century:  |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Sept 28, 2016 12:44:42 GMT
That's very bad news about Robert Weinberg. I've got three of the useful anthologies that he was involved with producing: Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors (Bonanza, 1988), Rivals of Weird Tales: 30 Great Fantasy Horror Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (Bonanza, 1990) and Weird Vampire Tales: 30 Blood-Chilling Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (Gramercy, 1992). I've also got The Weird Vampire Tales Story (Wildside Press, 2008), his very good history of Weird Tales. Agree these are terrific books, Michael. I think between them, Rob Weinberg and Stefan R. Dziemainowicz brought out the best in Martin H. Greenberg, "America's answer to Peter Haining." His anthologies were consistently rewarding when they were on board. As Martin Greenberg produced too many books he probably is America's answer to Peter Haining. I've only held on to two of Haining's: Vampires at Midnight (Warner Books, 1993) and M.R. James – Book of the Supernatural (Foulsham, 1979). As so much material about and related to MRJ has appeared since the last book, a new version would be very welcome. I could write it myself (but won't). |
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Post by cromagnonman on Sept 29, 2016 0:01:22 GMT
I was both shocked and saddened to learn this.
Even though I only ever had the briefest and most fleeting of contacts with him - when he graciously granted me permission to quote from his ANNOTATED GUIDE TO ROBERT E HOWARD'S SWORD & SORCERY for an article which Jim Van Hise published in one of his books years ago - he was, indisputably, a hugely important figure in post pulp salvaging operations. His WT50 and THE WEIRD TALES STORY are key volumes for anyone with an interest in that legendary periodical. And what sort of fan of fantastic literature hasn't? His anthologies too are staples of any serious collection of such. Weinberg exumed more treasures in his career than a battalion of Egyptian tomb robbers. A more than appropriate legacy - all things considered.
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Post by bobby on Sept 29, 2016 23:04:28 GMT
In his introduction to his anthology Far Below and Other Horrors, he said that the general consensus at the time (which he didn't agree with, thankfully) was that there were no more unreprinted stories from Weird Tales left that were worth reprinting. And that anthology was published in 1974!
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