Intrigued by David Vineyard’s review on Mysteryfile, I went ahead and read Sapper’s Jim Maitland, which collects stories that had previously appeared in Pearson’s, McClure’sand the Strand. It was considerably easier to find than the Adrian collection. Jim Maitland is a monocle wearing pukka sahib. Possessing private means, he chooses to roam the world in… Continue reading Book review: Jim Maitland by Sapper (H. C. McNeile)
Category: Pulp Magazines
Walker Martin: Collecting Adventure(s)
[I sent Walker a mail after the recent Heritage Auctions. For those who didn’t follow it, the first issue of the Shadow went for $156,000. From there the conversation went, as it usually does when we chat, to Adventure and what issues were the hardest to find when he was collecting. He sent me a… Continue reading Walker Martin: Collecting Adventure(s)
Frank A. Munsey – An annotated bibliography
Frank A. Munsey was a publisher to be reckoned with. The creator of the pulp all-fiction cheap magazine for the masses, he built his publishing business into a mighty conglomerate with businesses in groceries, real estate, banking and publishing. On his death, he left his fortune to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wanting to learn… Continue reading Frank A. Munsey – An annotated bibliography
Jaundiced eye by William Campbell Gault
I recently came across this article by pulpster William Campbell Gault, originally published in the Summer 1955 issue of the fanzine Grue. Fanzine scanned at the wonderful Fanac.org JAUNDICED EYEby Wm Gault There is a derogatory phrase used by critics in the more enlightened critical journals. The phrase is “pulp writing” and they use it… Continue reading Jaundiced eye by William Campbell Gault
Georges Surdez – Turnstile (from Everybody’s Magazine, March 1929)
It’s been a while since i posted some action/adventure fiction on this blog. This story originally appeared in the March 1929 issue of Everybody’smagazine. In the last couple of years it was published, Everybody’s became a pulp magazine. This was a bit surprising as the publishers, The Ridgway Company, already had one pulp magazine in… Continue reading Georges Surdez – Turnstile (from Everybody’s Magazine, March 1929)
Bibliography of the Thornley Colton stories
Continued from last week’s post on Clinton H. Stagg who the creator of the first blind detective, Thornley Colton.All eight Thornley Colton stories were published in People’s magazine, Street and Smith’s companion to The Popular Magazine , from February 1913 to October 1913. One story per issue except for August 1913. People’s is one of… Continue reading Bibliography of the Thornley Colton stories
Walker Martin: Collecting and Reading Black Mask
[In a recent mail thread with Walker Martin, I was joking about how his set of Black Mask would have kept him safe from the coronavirus, if only he hadn’t sold it. He could have read every issue while saying to his family – “See, a Mask a day keeps you safe.” Because he’s a nice guy,… Continue reading Walker Martin: Collecting and Reading Black Mask
REVIEW: Queen of the Pulps: The Reign of Daisy Bacon and Love Story Magazine
Among the pulp genres, the love pulps had the highest circulations and the least discussion. This has been true for a long time. The early pulp fanzines I’ve seen were from the 1930s, Fantasy Fan and Phantagraph among them, and they focused on science fiction/fantasy. Later pulp fanzines covered the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs,… Continue reading REVIEW: Queen of the Pulps: The Reign of Daisy Bacon and Love Story Magazine
Three interviews with pulpsters – Richard Matheson, Leigh Brackett and Curt Siodmak
Three interviews with pulpsters who would go on to write great movies. These interviews are taken from the University of California Press’ Back Stories series. Leigh Brackett: Journeyman Plumber Interview by Steve Swires She wrote that [The Big Sleep] like a man. She writes good. Howard Hawks, quoted in Hawks on Hawks Leigh Brackett… Continue reading Three interviews with pulpsters – Richard Matheson, Leigh Brackett and Curt Siodmak
Pulp Round-Up May 2020 (Coronavirus edition 1)
Here are a few things to keep your mind off the current circumstances for a while: Ohio man donates a collection of comics, paperbacks, pulps and magazines to University of South Carolina. They needed two 26 foot trucks to move it. https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2019/05/uofsc_receives_major_comic_book_collection.php Northern Illinois University to digitize ~4000 dime novels and story papers from Street… Continue reading Pulp Round-Up May 2020 (Coronavirus edition 1)