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Post by andydecker on Aug 12, 2017 12:32:30 GMT
The upcoming article in the new Pulp Horror about Peter Saxon made me wonder about the guys writing these novels.
McNeilly had his own series outside Bakers circle, but what did Thomas, Dolphin, Frances and Richards do? They all were writing for Sexton Blake (except Richards), but these were just a few books. And Richards is only credited with this lone Guardian. Or Dolphin with his two contributions, which one of was the truly memorable "Vampires of Finistere".
Did they all stopped writing at the begining of the 70s, or did they have huge careers in mainstream or westerns? Cookbooks? Or is this the case of a guy just writing one novel in his life and moving on? |
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Post by dem bones on Aug 12, 2017 13:10:36 GMT
Pulphack and Sev are your men! Rex Dolphin had a story, Off The Map, published in the original Weird Tales (July 1954), and very tidy it is too, so I'm guessing he had a career in the pulps, if not always under his own name? Robert Weinberg & Co exhumed it for 100 Wild Little Weird Tales. Am working on an *ahem* appraisal of Pulp Horror #6. There's one item you can safely skip but the rest is terrific. Jim O'Brien's contribution re the great Europhobic rabies panic of 1977 is my overall favourite, but #6 truly is a storming issue. |
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Post by dem bones on Sept 6, 2017 19:37:40 GMT
Peter Saxon - The Unfeeling Sky (Corgi, 1968) Blurb: The thrill-packed story of two rival aces - Lieutenant Frank Thompson of the RFC and Max Nebel, the brilliant German flier whose aim was to win the coveted Blue Max.
Nebel had killed Frank's best friend, and whenever they met above the battle-scarred soil of France - frank in his Sopworth Pup, Nebel in his swastika-decorated Albatros - hatred and death were flying there with them.
Which was followed shortly by The Enemy Sky and The Warring Sky. Can anyone identify which version of Peter Saxon was responsible for the trilogy?
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Post by andydecker on Sept 7, 2017 17:28:19 GMT
Now that is an interesting question.
Three short novels, in a genre which never was very popular. I mean the WWI setting. 1967/68 must have been a busy year for Baker &Co. |
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