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Post by dem bones on Jul 11, 2018 17:15:27 GMT
People (such as myself) who enjoy novels from the period of the 1930s-70s featuring occult themes would enjoy Stewart Farrar's fiction, I think. I know I have done. I've read two or three of the books, all published during the mid to late 1970s. Like the novels of Margery Lawrence in this genre, the books include short sections where experts provide occult teaching to the protagonists. If you can tolerate this (or simply skip over these passages), Farrar does display a good sense of action and reasonably deft ability with characterization. If I recall correctly, at least two of the books I read were intended to be the start of a series with something of an occult detective/psychic investigator angle. They featured members of what in the older fiction would have been called a "White Magic circle." Because of the period, this was now characterized as a Wiccan coven. Thanks for the Stewart Farrer info, Steve. Pulp Horror #5 is a particularly excellent issue, I thought, not least for the Farrer feature though it's the David A. Sutton/ Shadow Publication that steals it. Have fallen behind on recent House of Fanatic publications but will try bring these threads up to date over next couple of weeks.
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Post by helrunar on Jul 11, 2018 17:20:34 GMT
That's cool, Kev. I have no idea if the Pulp Horror books more or less go out of print immediately--seems to be the case with most pubs of this sort.
The shipping costs from the UK over here are usually prohibitive, so I am doubtful of trying to get hold of one of these in any event. But it's good to know that work of this kind still has a space to be shared with those in the inner circle.
cheers, Steve
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Post by andydecker on Jul 11, 2018 18:08:58 GMT
That's cool, Kev. I have no idea if the Pulp Horror books more or less go out of print immediately--seems to be the case with most pubs of this sort. The shipping costs from the UK over here are usually prohibitive, so I am doubtful of trying to get hold of one of these in any event. But it's good to know that work of this kind still has a space to be shared with those in the inner circle. cheers, Steve They are avaiable from Amazon now, as a Createspace print on demand.
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Post by helrunar on Jul 11, 2018 18:49:34 GMT
Wow, Andreas, thanks! I ordered it! Shipping was six bucks--presumably that includes some kind of "overhead" fee. Higher than usual but not extortionate.
You are a gem!
cheers, Steve
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Post by helrunar on Jul 18, 2018 12:37:17 GMT
Andreas, thanks again for this tip. The magazine arrived yesterday and I have been looking through it. Your article on the German editions of the Don Glut Frankenstein series was great! The covers are certainly eye-catching. It rather boggles what's left of my mind to think that they were publishing a new novel for the series every week. That schedule seems as if it must have been hard to maintain. There's a notice at the start of the mag that specifies that it was a reprint through Am*z*n and that this issue is "abridged." Of course, I have no idea what was left out, but your own article seems to break off somewhat abruptly. Hope it was simply a case that you had said all that needed to be said and that was it. The article about Leslie Whitten is interesting. I had never heard of Whitten, though I've seen the film version of Moon of the Wolf (which was filmed for a US television "movie of the week" series in the early 70s), a couple of times. I am not surprised that Whitten tried to sue the producers (or the network) over The Night Stalker, which does sound a lot like Whitten's 1965 novel Progeny of the Adder: toomuchhorrorfiction.blogspot.com/2010/07/progeny-of-adder-by-leslie-whitten-1965.htmlcheers, Steve
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Post by helrunar on Jul 18, 2018 14:47:04 GMT
A further comment that I checked the contents list for the issue as posted at the top of this thread, and several of the articles are missing from the "abridged" reprint being sold on US Am*z*n. The thirty five page Frankenstein survey is the biggest item missing--I will have to check the contents when I'm home and can look at the issue again.
Also will have to check the listing on the Am*z*n site to see if a contents list is provided for what they're selling.
You'd be quite disappointed, and justifiably angry, if you paid for an issue that was missing one of the features you were looking forward to enjoying in the publication.
Further clarification to come,
H.
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Post by dem bones on Jul 22, 2018 6:20:17 GMT
A further comment that I checked the contents list for the issue as posted at the top of this thread, and several of the articles are missing from the "abridged" reprint being sold on US Am*z*n. The thirty five page Frankenstein survey is the biggest item missing--I will have to check the contents when I'm home and can look at the issue again. Also will have to check the listing on the Am*z*n site to see if a contents list is provided for what they're selling. You'd be quite disappointed, and justifiably angry, if you paid for an issue that was missing one of the features you were looking forward to enjoying in the publication. Further clarification to come, H. Sorry to hear this, Steve. When it comes to the older Fanatic publications, I can only provide details of those issues received, all of them pre-Am*z*n. At time of writing, all future issues of PF, MOV, Pulp Horror, Hot Lead & Sleazy will only be available in the Am*z*n/Create Space format, so that will rid us of any such discrepancies.
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