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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 19, 2021 7:09:01 GMT
Here are those first two novels included in Stardust from 1961, cover-art by Johnny Bruck who did the next 1797 issues. That's impressive. I like his style. I wonder if the original art survives? About six months ago I got a call from a guy named Michael Shirley, who used to run Magman International, the publishing house that published Phantom Books and various other Australian pulp imprints in the 50s and 60s - I'd interviewed him for an article on the Phantom series for Paperback Fanatic years ago. He wanted to donate a pile of original pulp cover art to a suitable institution, so I put him onto the State Library of NSW. That sort of thing often gets tossed out or sold - if it ends up at a place that'll preserve, look after it, and make it accessible to the public, than that's a good thing.
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Post by andydecker on Nov 19, 2021 9:43:39 GMT
That's impressive. I like his style. I wonder if the original art survives? About six months ago I got a call from a guy named Michael Shirley, who used to run Magman International, the publishing house that published Phantom Books and various other Australian pulp imprints in the 50s and 60s - I'd interviewed him for an article on the Phantom series for Paperback Fanatic years ago. He wanted to donate a pile of original pulp cover art to a suitable institution, so I put him onto the State Library of NSW. That sort of thing often gets tossed out or sold - if it ends up at a place that'll preserve, look after it, and make it accessible to the public, than that's a good thing. I really don't know how many of of his paintings the publisher still has. The weekly Rhodan covers are just the tip of the iceberg. Bruck (1921-1995) already was an established artist when the series started who had done hundreds of covers for the long-running anthology series his publisher did at the end of the 50s. Also he contributed to the monthly paperback-imprint of Rhodan - self-contained novels jumping around in the growing time-frame of the fictional universe, written mostly by the series writers - and a weekly spin-off series. During the 70s and 80s he created around 120 covers a year More often than not the covers illustrate a scene of the content, Bruck was especially good in giving the countless aliens, the space-ships and the major characters of the story a face. Here is a link for his bibliography, scrolling down there is a list of foreign editions where his work was sometimes used. From Galaxy to Tales of Voodoo. www.perrypedia.de/wiki/Johnny_bruckA few covers from 1965 to 1974, thanks to the original scanners:
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Nov 19, 2021 20:17:26 GMT
Another copy of this: This is the edition I own. I've never read another novel that combined such vision with such awfulness. I could barely get through it, yet I think about it often.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Nov 19, 2021 20:22:34 GMT
Another copy of this: This is the edition I own. I've never read another novel that combined such vision with such awfulness. I could barely get through it, yet I think about it often. There was some project to translate it into English, but I forget the details. It may have been discussed here on Vault.
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 21, 2021 6:49:55 GMT
A few covers from 1965 to 1974, thanks to the original scanners: Nice! I like the rat in the space suit - surely the inspiration for that thing in Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 21, 2021 7:14:05 GMT
There was some project to translate it into English, but I forget the details. It may have been discussed here on Vault. Yes, this one: '...carefully rewritten, revised and reorganised...'
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 21, 2021 7:15:56 GMT
A buck from the junk shop - don't think I've heard of it before:
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Nov 21, 2021 11:56:25 GMT
There was some project to translate it into English, but I forget the details. It may have been discussed here on Vault. Yes, this one: '...carefully rewritten, revised and reorganised...' No, that is not what I was thinking of.
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Post by andydecker on Nov 21, 2021 13:23:34 GMT
A few covers from 1965 to 1974, thanks to the original scanners: Nice! I like the rat in the space suit - surely the inspiration for that thing in Guardians of the Galaxy. It is called a "mousebeaver", a character called "Gucky", loved or loathed - and I mean loathed - by generations of readers. The last of his kind, created in no. 18 in 1962, he is a supermutant. A born telepath, telekinet and teleporter. Back then a strange mixture of - truly childish and excruiciating - comic relief and being the most humane character in the cast, nowadays he is one of the few surviving core-charaters of the saga, made immortal through alien technology. Three years ago or so the current head-writers thought it a good idea to - seemlingly - kill him off. They didn't like the vehement negative reaction.
These covers are from 1972 to 2013.
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Post by helrunar on Nov 21, 2021 13:38:28 GMT
Interesting, James. From an online encyclopaedia:
Hodgson's novel The Night Land was published in England in 1912. At that time, copyright in the United States could not be obtained until the book was printed within the US. Hodgson was unable to find an American publisher for his 200,000-word novel. In order to ensure the copyright, he revised and abridged the novel, condensing it to 20,000 words. He then financed the printing himself through publisher R. Harold Paget, securing the US copyright.
Had never heard of this.
H.
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Post by helrunar on Nov 21, 2021 14:12:39 GMT
Groovy, campy 1967 film of some Perry Rhodan escapade. Seems to be from a drive-in print of the era--includes concession commercials during an "intermission" break: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4h8iErXeRgFull disclosure--I've only watched a few scenes of this, but it's cute and fun. H.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Nov 21, 2021 15:44:34 GMT
No, that is not what I was thinking of. Is this it (from the thread on unreadable books)? As to the comments about translating The Night Land into English, well, there is such a beast: James Stoddard rewrote The Night Land in modern prose. It came out as an ebook in 2010, titled The Night Land: A Story Retold, and a trade paperback followed in 2011. I've never read Stoddard's "translation" myself.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Nov 21, 2021 15:47:59 GMT
No, that is not what I was thinking of. Is this it (from the thread on unreadable books)? As to the comments about translating The Night Land into English, well, there is such a beast: James Stoddard rewrote The Night Land in modern prose. It came out as an ebook in 2010, titled The Night Land: A Story Retold, and a trade paperback followed in 2011. I've never read Stoddard's "translation" myself. Yup, that is it. Thanks!
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Nov 21, 2021 15:49:15 GMT
I like the rat in the space suit - surely the inspiration for that thing in Guardians of the Galaxy. At the risk of being a stereotypical comic book geek, Rocket's not a rat--he's a raccoon (aka a "trash panda") who first appeared in the pages of The Incredible Hulk.
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Post by andydecker on Nov 21, 2021 15:50:55 GMT
Groovy, campy 1967 film of some Perry Rhodan escapade. Seems to be from a drive-in print of the era--includes concession commercials during an "intermission" break: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4h8iErXeRgFull disclosure--I've only watched a few scenes of this, but it's cute and fun. H. I wouldn't describe it with these words :-)
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