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Post by dem bones on Feb 11, 2020 21:30:50 GMT
Clippings, reviews, Ads, etc.  Uncredited back cover photo: The Hollywood Nightmare (MacDonald, 1970)  London Mystery Selection #78, Sept. 1968  George Fraser, The Necromancers, Aberdeen Press & Journal, 27 Feb. 1971  Advertisment for The Satanists on back cover of Alan Hull Walton's The Open Grave (Neville Spearman, 1969) |
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Post by dem bones on Feb 12, 2020 7:23:11 GMT
Uncredited Photo, most likely taken by Peter Russell: The Evil People, The Midnight People (Leslie Frewin, 1968), The Unspeakable People, (Leslie Frewin, 1969)., Gahan Wilson, The Magic Valley Traveller, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Feb. 1975.  Darrell Schweitzer, Weird Tales, Aboriginal Science Fiction, March-April 1991.  Artwork uncredited, Great British Tales of Terror (Gollancz, 1972)  Anonymous, Zombie!, Robert M. Price [ed.], Shudder Stories #4, March 1986. |
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Post by helrunar on Feb 12, 2020 14:03:07 GMT
Thanks to these latest excavations, I have a new vista running through my mind: "Peter Haining, dreamboat." If he had been young and active in the early 21st century, perhaps his formidable energies would have gone into some form of so-called "reality TV" (it's ironic that "reality TV" seems more heavily scripted these days than the fictional series). He certainly was "telegenic."
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Post by andydecker on Feb 12, 2020 18:06:50 GMT
Indeed a charismatic guy. From here Haining's influence can't be estimated. We didn't had the culture of the short story or the anthology. I have to confess that I also never had much interest in stories in the past. I bought a few, but mostly just browsed them, read the odd story. I should have paid more attention.
I still find new short-stories sometimes hard to enjoy. I susbscribe to both Ellery Queen and Hitchcock's, and have a huge backlog of stories. Crime stories sure have a different beat, but I have found if they don't grab me on the first few pages I turn to the next one.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 12, 2020 20:15:45 GMT
 Peter Russell ( Legends For The Dark, Nel, 1968.   Gahan Wilson, Beyond The Curtain of the Dark, The Hollywood Nightmare, The Clans of Darkness and Gothic Tales of Terror, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1973.  Spider Robertson, The Ancient Mysteries Reader, Galaxy, Sept. 1976.  Spider Robertson, Weird tales, Galaxy, Sept. 1977. |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 12, 2020 20:33:22 GMT
Spider Robinson! Now that is somebody whose existence had completely slipped my mind. It turns out he is still alive, and only 71.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 13, 2020 13:51:21 GMT
 Tony Lee, The Unexplained (as by 'Ric Alexander'), Shivers #57 (Visual Imagination, Sept 1998) |
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Post by dem bones on Feb 14, 2020 6:44:28 GMT
Paperback Fanatic #6. Peter Haining tribute issue, Feb. 2008. Maurice Flanagan - Paperback Pulp & Comic Collector #7, 1992. Includes an original Haining essay , A Passion for Pulp Fiction. Bob Morrish, Peter Enfantino & John Scoleri [eds.] Scream Factory #15: werewolf special, Autumn 1994. Includes Mike Ashley's Shepherds Of Shadow, a lengthy article on Haining's anthologies. Advertisement for Tales of the Gothic Bluebooks (aka The Shilling Shockers, Udolpho, Winter 1995.  Keith A Walker, The Freak Show, Scream#4 1970.  Maureen Potter, The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One, Ghost story Society Newsletter#6, Oct. 1990.
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Post by cromagnonman on Feb 14, 2020 11:56:54 GMT
I bought a couple of Haining's own file copies of his books from Any Amount of Books back when they sold off his library after his death. The following was found tucked inside the title in question along with a couple of book club catalogues. Annotated on the reverse - presumably in Haining's own hand - The Times Feb 23 1984:  |
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Post by helrunar on Feb 14, 2020 15:52:26 GMT
"Faults notwithstanding, and they are glaring" is a marvelous phrase in the damnation with faint praise sub-genre, a very useful one in today's world of the gimcrack, meretricious cult of mediocrity even at massive cost (cf many of the "big box franchise" megabucks films populating our cinemas today).
Thanks, Kev!
Steve
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Post by dem bones on Feb 14, 2020 20:37:53 GMT
Thanks for the press cutting, Crom! I revisited (some of) Mysterious Railway Stories quite recently and agree with reviewer that Arnold Ridley & Ruth Alexander's The Ghost Train is a particular joy. Am getting a bit low on material by the looks of things, but here's some more. Photo: Mark Berry: Peter Haining: From Beyond the Grave, Paperback Fanatic #6, Feb. 2008. A Passion for Pulp, Paperback Pulp & Comic Collector #7, 1992.  Keith A Walker, The Wild Night Company, Scream #4, 1970. |
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Post by andydecker on Feb 15, 2020 17:57:14 GMT
Can't help thinking that the NEL sales force was right concerning Vargo Statten. Even in the 80s this kind of 50s SF had become very dated. The same could be said for the Hank Janson material.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 17, 2020 18:54:25 GMT
 Sapphire Aurora, Vampire, The Alternative: The Gothic Society Grimoire #9, April 1993. (Nosferatu 'zine)  Uncredited, Midnight Tales, The Velvet Vampyre #11, Autumn, 1990  David Cowperthwaite, The Best Supernatural Tales of Wilkie Collins, Ghost Story Society Newsletter #7, March, 1991 |
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Post by dem bones on Feb 19, 2020 8:50:28 GMT
L-R The Witchcraft papers, 1975 Nightcaps & Nightmares, 1983 Tune in for Fear, 1985 (Photo: John Mead)  Jean Upton, Great Irish Stories of the Supernatural, Ghost Story Society Newsletter #12, Feb., 1993 |
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Post by dem bones on Feb 20, 2020 8:19:32 GMT
Photo: Tales of Dungeons and Dragons, 1986. Dracula was an Irishman, Dublin Evening Herald, 14 July 1997  David Cowperthwaite, The Best supernatural Tales of John Buchan, Ghost Story society Newsletter #8, July 1991
 Chuck McNaughton, Eerie #43, Nov. 1972 |
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