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Post by dem bones on Jul 28, 2023 8:07:28 GMT
Out now — Justin Marriott [ed.] - Paperback Fanatic 47 (Paperback Fanatic, 24 July 2023) Cover art, David Meltzer, for Cliiford D, Simak, City (1973. Includes: COLUMNS
Paperback News - News of media related to vintage paperbacks.
Paperback Views - We have letters!
Artists Assemble - Tom Tesarek on comic book artists that also worked on paperbacks.
The Auctioneer - Jules Burt takes in recent prices realised at eBay.
Scoundrels and Buccaneers - Justin Marriott on The Crusades' in paperback.
The Sleazy Reader - Justin Marriott looks at sleaze paperbacks of all stripes and sizes.
Haunted Love - Justin Marriott on gothic romance paperbacks.
Downsizing - James Doig continues to jettison his paperback collection.
Robot Roy Speaks - Roy Nugen on an obscure occult detective series. Two of 'em!
Book of the Movie - John Peel on The Naked City tie-ins.
Hortwitz Paperbacks - Jeff Popple's column on the cult Australian publisher.
The Vault of Pulp Horror - Tom Tesarek tackles an issue of Mystery Tales.
It Really Does Take a Thief - David The Preacher Wilson on the Nolan series.
The Horror! the Horror! - Steve Carroll on folk horror.
Worth Reading - Nigel Bate tackles more Conan pastiches.
Hot Lead - Steve Myall on the Longarm character in paperbacks.
The Manly Man's Book Cave - Steve Carroll's second parter on the kung-fu paperback phenomenon.
ARTICLES
The Hippest Guy in the Room - Tom Tesarek on Terry Southern, co-author of Candy.
Carousel of Crap - Justin Marriott on Carousel Books. Spoiler alert!
Paperback to the Future - Shaun Osborne on SF and Fantasy titles from 1980.
Troubled Kids - Jim O'Brien on The Troubles in Young Adult paperbacks.
Stoned Again - Justin Marriott leaves no stone unturned in this look at horror fiction.
Josephine Tey Queen of Crime - Shaun Osborne on enter-tey-ning author.
One World is Enough - Justin Marriott on the pastoral SF of Clifford Simak.
Spillane to the Membrane - Justin Marriott takes in Mickey Spillane for the first time and shares his thoughts.
Cover design: Bill Cunningham
Proofreading: Tom Tesarek
Blurb: Issue 47 includes opinion columns on all aspects of paperbacks, such as prices on eBay, selling your own collection, the Crusades in paperback, sleazy rip-offs of Candy, The Naked City tie-ins, kung fu paperbacks, Conan pastiches, folk horror and weird menace pulps.
Plus articles on SF author Clifford Simak, counter-culture icon Terry Southern, a guide to Carousel books, standing stones in paperbacks, queen of crime Josephine Tey and much more...Out now - order via Am*z*n ukAm*z*n "Look inside" sample includes interviews with Bill Cunningham live from the LA Book Fair, Michael Stradford on Steve Holland: The World's Greatest Illustration Art Model, and Ian Taylor on the BHF Book of Horror Stories. |
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Post by humgoo on Jul 28, 2023 10:26:20 GMT
Downsizing - James Doig continues to jettison his paperback collection. This a fact? Mid-year Lifeline bookfair rolled around again. Fairly underwhelming, which is probably good thing - here's a few things of Vaultish interest, mainly $2 each: From the junk shop for $2, evidently belonged to the Australian Institute of Transpersonal Psychology: ...... ad infinitum |
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Post by jamesdoig on Jul 28, 2023 22:31:18 GMT
Well, yes, point well made. Still, I've managed to clear out the garage and we're off to Poland in a couple of weeks.
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Post by helrunar on Jul 28, 2023 23:29:41 GMT
Have a great trip, James!
I recently re-read nearly all of Josephine Tey's novels. (Alas, she wrote only a few.) She's very entertaining indeed, but rather more cerebral and offbeat than the epithet "queen of crime" would suggest.
Hel.
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Post by Swampirella on Jul 28, 2023 23:44:20 GMT
Well, yes, point well made. Still, I've managed to clear out the garage and we're off to Poland in a couple of weeks. Yes, have a great, safe trip! I've just been looking into visiting Poland next spring or fall. |
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Post by dem bones on Jul 29, 2023 15:52:04 GMT
Downsizing - James Doig continues to jettison his paperback collection. This a fact? Mid-year Lifeline bookfair rolled around again. Fairly underwhelming, which is probably good thing - here's a few things of Vaultish interest, mainly $2 each: From the junk shop for $2, evidently belonged to the Australian Institute of Transpersonal Psychology: ...... ad infinitum I think he means downsizing upward. Greatly enjoying your column, James, especially the 'Horror Lady' updates. Commentary on #47 to follow, as soon as capable .... |
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Post by Knygathin on Jul 29, 2023 23:43:19 GMT
I've managed to clear out the garage and we're off to Poland in a couple of weeks. Happy journey, and I look forward to hearing your impressions of Poland. Expect things to be pretty hectic and messy, with lots of refugees and police controls. But this may still be a good time and chance to visit Poland, in spite of the War across the border. Because things may, or likely will, get a lot worse in the near future. |
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Post by jamesdoig on Jul 31, 2023 7:20:15 GMT
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Post by Swampirella on Jul 31, 2023 10:52:11 GMT
Thanks everyone - much looking forward to the trip! Just got back today from a work trip to Perth, and picked up the following with downsizing money: The Muller first edition of this:  Early sixties nurse romance published by Calvert for a buck - that's a hairdo you can hang your hat on:  One of these I haven't got for a buck:  Marjorie Bowen for a buck:  And some nice Larry Kents for $5 each:      Great stuff, James! Especially the "pompadoured" nurse.... |
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Post by andydecker on Jul 31, 2023 18:32:49 GMT
Nice finds. The cover for that Crowley is great. It looks as if the goat is being carried by one of the monks and hasn't a clue what is going on.
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Post by dem bones on Aug 10, 2023 19:08:02 GMT
The second issue since Mr. Marriott recalled home satellite mags Men of Violence, Pulp Horror, The Sleazy Reader and Hot Lead under one title. Can't stress how much I love the new format. I just think A5 is perfect as it benefits the illustrations, and God knows, PF in its many guises has always been as much art mag as pulp lit celebration.
Anyway, I guess the place to start is with some personal picks. Pride of place to Jim O'Brien for his article on 'seventies and 'eighties children's and young adult novels set against a backdrop of "the Troubles" post-Bloody Sunday, with emphasis on Joan Lingard's 'Kevin and Sadie' series. If there were a 'Years Best' for pulp mag articles, Troubled Kids would be a shoo-in. Loveliest piece (honest) is Bill Cunningham on his experience selling PF titles at the March 2023 LA Paperback "One young lady picked up PULP HORROR and I reminded her the rest of the series was on Amazon. She was genuinely thankful I said that ... PF #46 sold out and rather quickly." Roy Nugan recalls two sleazy psychic detectives - identical in all but name - as let loose on an unappreciative world by George H. Smith; Jake Reynolds, a broad-banging, orgy-hopping bookseller — specialist subject: Black Magic — embroiled in diabolical combat with a Hollywood voodoo Love Cult and a deadly Love Goddess (both Pike, 1961, as by Jan Hudson); and Duffus January, "lecherous bookshop owner and part-time PI," star of sword & sorcery one-off, The Witch Queen of Lochlann (NAL, 1969). From Ron's teasing micro-synopses, the Reynolds adventures in particular may even be almost as fun to read as they are to read about.
Horror highlights include Tom Tesarek on the May 1939 issue of Mystery Tales even if he didn't much enjoy it (" ... the stories [also] lacked what makes other Weird Menace stories so entertaining — the bat-shit crazy plots"), Justin Marriott & Jim O'Brien again on Standing Stones in (mostly) fantasy & supernatural fiction, and Steve Carroll's compelling but, at two pages, too short, focus on North American folk horror novels. James Doig's continuing adventures in downsizing a collection the bookaholic way; Jeff Popple on Horwitz's Medical romances featuring some seriously distracting artwork (case in point, Theo Batten's cover painting for J. E. Macdonnell's The Doctor's Challenge, whose "... whole package is potentially offensive in today's world, but is a solid fiction read." Captain Oates of the issue is the editor for braving multiple Carousel paperbacks on our behalf — Mafia Rock and Roll, The Microwave Caper, Stop that Killer, The Topless Corpse, etc — only to confirm their output is "the very worst of any non-porn publisher." The news pages incorporate interviews with with Michael Stradford, author of Steve Holland: The World's Greatest Illustration Art Model, Ian Taylor, co-editor of The Ninth BHF Book of Horror Stories, a Bob Deis feature on his new compilation of Ron Lesser artwork, the self-explanatory Deadly Dames & Sexy Sirens, and, at long last, the return of Fanatical Mails!
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Post by andydecker on Aug 11, 2023 9:37:48 GMT
Roy Nugan recalls two sleazy psychic detectives - identical in all but name - as let loose on an unappreciative world by George H. Smith; Jake Reynolds, a broad-banging, orgy-hopping bookseller — specialist subject: Black Magic — embroiled in diabolical combat with a Hollywood voodoo Love Cult and a deadly Love Goddess (both Pike, 1961, as by Jan Hudson); and Duffus January, "lecherous bookshop owner and part-time PI," star of sword & sorcery one-off, The Witch Queen of Lochlann (NAL, 1969). From Ron's teasing micro-synopses, the Reynolds adventures in particular may even be almost as fun to read as they are to read about. Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in. |
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