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Welcome to Coming Attractions
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Age
of Adventure - Now available!
Don't miss these recently released
titles from Age of Adventure!
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Lulu.com!
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Altus
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Don't miss these recently released
titles from Altus Press!
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
The pulp era's legendary superman returns in two super-powered
pulp novels by "Kenneth Robeson" that inspired classic supervillains from
the Marvel Age of Comics. First, the Man of Bronze battles "The Metal Master,"
a criminal genius with the power to manipulate the molecular structure of
metals. Then, Doc Savage is sent to prison when he's framed by the murderous
teleporter called "The Vanisher." BONUS: Dave Cockrum's 1979 artwork from
his proposed Doc Savage newspaper strip. This groundbreaking pulp reprint
features the original color covers by Robert G. Harris and Walter Baumhofer
plus all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban, with historical
commentary by Paty Cockrum and Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-003-8
Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 Coming later this month! DOC SAVAGE Volume 28: "The Metal Master" & The Vanisher" 
1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First
Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage
and packaging
2 books: $25.90
(cover price)
First Class postpaid
Check, Money Order,
or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month! THE SHADOW Volume 29:
"The Shadow's Rival" & "The Devil Master" ("Batman Foreshadowed!")
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow
knows! The Knight of Darkness battles supercrime in two more pulp thrillers
by Walter Gibson that foreshadowed classic Batman stories. First, the Dark
Avenger finally meets his equal when "The Shadow's Rival" wages a more successful
war against the underworld. Then, The Shadow and Margo Lane find themselves
shrunk in a giant world when they confront "The Devil Master." BONUS: Police
Commissioner James Gordon, aka The Whisperer, battles The Black Beetle!
This instant collector's item showcases the original color pulp covers by
Graves Gladney and George Rozen, the classic interior illustrations by Tom
Lovell and Paul Orban, and commentary by pulp historians Will Murray and
Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-002-1 Softcover,
7x10. B&W, $12.95
1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First
Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage
and packaging
2 books: $25.90
(cover price)
First Class postpaid
Check, Money Order,
or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
http://www.shadowsanctum.com |
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| The Book Cave - New podcasts now available
online! Episode 29: Kelly Ishikawa Comic Book Artist in Training - New! Kelly Ishikawa, comic book artist in training joins Ric in a lively conversation about his art, comics and every thing in between. Episode 28: Archie Marries Veronica Episode 27: Ric Rambles On Episode 26: Episode 26: The PSP and You Episode 25: Episode 25: Wold Newton Episode 24: Episode 24: Iain Banks Episode 23: Star Trek The New Movie Episode 22: Tom Roberts of Black Dog Books Episode 21: Free Comic Book Day Episode 20: The Terror Of Fu Manchu Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ |
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Book Palace Books/Wandering Star: Conan
of Cimmeria Volume 3 - Coming in December!
Book
Palace Books and Wandering Star announce the publication of
ROBERT E. HOWARD'S COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA Volume 3! Wandering Star and Book Palace Books have joined forces to publish the long-awaited third and final volume of the limited edition Complete Conan series. PRE-ORDER now! We are taking advance orders for this book which is due for release in December 2009. Reserve your copy now at the price shown or even lower if the price is reduced before publication! As usual, no payment is made until your book is sent. ROBERT E. HOWARD'S COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA Volume 3 (1935) Illustrated by Gregory Manchess featuring 13 colour paintings and 52 tonal paintings, this superb slipcased hardcover is in a signed and numbered edition of 1000 copies and contains the following stories: "The Servants of Bit-Yakin," "Beyond the Black River," "The Black Stranger," "The Man-Eaters of Zamboula," and "Red Nails." 416 pages (209 pages of stories with over 200 pages of notes and miscellanea). Limited clothbound edition of 1000 - £130 / $195 Limited leatherbound edition of 1000 - £360 / $500 Publication: December 2009 Book Palace Book Robert E. Howard Catalog Book Palace Books |
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| BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY:
THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER DAILIES VOLUME 2 - Now available!
by Ron Goulart, Philip Nowlan & Dick Calkins The saga of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the world's most famous science-fiction newspaper strip, continues with the second volume Hermes Press' complete reprinting of this ground-breaking title! See more exciting adventures of Buck Rogers and Wilma Deering in six complete self-contained stories published originally between 1930 and 1932. This volume also includes a special 16 page introductory essay by noted science-fiction writer and pop culture historian Ron Goulart and an afterword detailing interesting little-known aspects surrounding the strip. (C: 0-1-2) HARD COVER, 9x12, 320pgs, PC SRP: $39.00 HERMES PRESS |
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| BUCK ROGERS IN 25TH CENTURY: THE NEWSPAPER
SUNDAYS VOLUME 1 (1930-1935) - Coming in
October! Russell Keaton, Rick Yager Hermes Press' reprints of the original sci-fi newspaper strip, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, continues with this first volume of reprints of the full-color Sunday tabloid strips. This volume collects the first five years in all their glorious color in their original vertical format. The Sunday strips presented entirely different stories than the daily strip. These strips have it all: space ships, anti-gravity belts, damsels in distress, nefarious villains, and true heroes. Hardcover, 11x14, 256 pages, Full Color, $60.00 HERMES PRESS BUCK ROGERS NEWSPAPER SUNDAYS Volume 1 is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (Now Available). The Diamond Item Code is JUL090883. |
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| CONAN
THE BARBARIAN: BELIT STATUE - Now available!
Hard Hero presents the all new Conan the Barbarian statue Series! Belit, Queen of the Black Coast is second in the mini-series based upon the comic cover, Marvel Comics' Conan the Barbarian #88 vol 1. This classic cover was illustrated by John Buscema and Ernie Chan and was part of a long-running series by these two amazing artists. Sculpted by Seth Vandable. Belit will be followed by Zula. All three statues are designed with matching bases for a really cool display. Belit stands 13.5" tall and features this beautiful, but deadly female, gripping both sword and dagger! Painted and ready to display, this Belit statue will be limited to a 500 edition run. Scheduled to ship in April 2009. Statue SRP: $239.00 Hard Hero |
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| THE
DARK MAN Volume 4 Number 2 - Now available!
The contents include: Editorials "Elements of Sadomasochism in the Fiction and Poetry of Robert E. Howard" by Charles Hoffman "Giant Intelligent Crabs, Oh My! Haggard and Howard" by Robert McIlvaine "Sumathi Ramaswamy, The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories" Review by David R. Werner (University of La Verne) "Ken, Asamatsu, editor. Night Voices, Night Journey Lairs of the Hidden Gods Volume 1" Review by Charles Gramlich "Opinion: An Honorable Retreat: Robert E. Howard as Escapist Writer" by Brian Murphy (Independent Scholar) This issue will run about 80 pages. The Dark Man |
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| E-texts
on the net
this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "The Hooded Circle" from January 15, 1940. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "The D. A. Dies" by John L. Benton from POPULAR DETECTIVE, August, 1945 The Killer Had a Slick Murder Scheme - but He Missed a Bet When He Failed to Take a Girl's Keen Eyesight into Account! "Without the Blue" by Johnston McCulley from ARGOSY, February 9, 1918 It's WWI and someone is blowing up troop trains but how are they finding out the train schedule? A whole Secret Service is mulling this problem when a clue literally falls out of the sky! But what does the Red and White club mean, and why "without the blue?" |
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| Solomon
Kane, El Borak, Bran Mak Morn, Kull the Barbarian King, Conan the
Cimmerian and many other characters, all unforgettable creations that
sprang from the fertile mind of Robert Ervin Howard. A pioneer
of heroic fantasy, the Texan writer has excelled in many genres: tales
of adventure, fantasy and horror, sports and western stories, poetry.
At the time when Two-Gun Bob finds a second life in France, the
Éditions de l'Œil du Sphinx are pleased to pay homage to Robert
E. Howard and display his many facets as the man, the boxer, the storyteller,
the poet. Renowned specialists and dedicated fans of Howard have all gathered to explore the epic universe of the Cross Plains Bard. This opus, under the direction of Fabrice Tortey, opens on an overview of Robert E. Howard’s life, completed by more specific biographical studies by acknowledged experts such as Rusty Burke with La dernière lettre / The Note, Glenn Lord with Herbert Klatt: le quatrième mousquetaire / Herbert Klatt: the Fourth Musketeer and The Junto, or Chris Gruber who shares with us his passion both for boxing and the creator of Steve Costigan in Howard et la fabrique de glace / Howard at the Ice House. Two prose fragments and two poems by Robert E. Howard are published here for the first time in France: Le Tueur / The Slayer Sous l‘éclat impitoyable du soleil… / Beneath the Glare… Les Cellules du Colisée / The Cells of the Coliseum Comme un bruit sourd à ma porte / A Dull Sound as of Knocking The contents include: Introduction. Biographie: - Robert E. Howard: de l'ombre vers le jour. Par Fabrice Tortey. - The Junto. Par Glenn Lord. Traduction de Jacky Ferjault. - Herbert C. Klatt: le quatrième mousquetaire. Par Glenn Lord. Traduction de Jacky Ferjault. - Howard et la fabrique de glace. Par Christopher Gruber. Traduction de Patrick Dusoulier. - La dernière lettre. Par Rusty Burke. Traduction de Patrick Dusoulier. Fragments et poèmes - Sous l'éclat impitoyable du soleil. / Beneath the glare... (fragment). Par Robert E. Howard. Traduction de Patrick Dusoulier. - Le Tueur / The Slayer (fragment, suite avortée de "La Hyène"). Par Robert E. Howard. Traduction de Patrick Dusoulier. - Comme un bruit sourd à ma porte / A dull sound as of knocking (poème) Par Robert E. Howard. Traduction de Patrick Dusoulier. - Les Cellules du Colisée / The Cells of the Coliseum (poème). Par Robert E. Howard. Traduction de Patrick Dusoulier. Études - La Fête est finie. Par Don Herron. Traduction de Patrick Dusoulier. - Le Sens du récit chez Robert E. Howard. Par Simon Sanahujas. - Bob Howard et le pouvoir du regard intérieur. Par Argentium Thri'ile. - Robert E. Howard: pionnier des lettres. Par Donald Sidney Fryer. - Conan, Kull et Bran Mak Morn: les rois de la nuit. Par Patrice Louinet. - Kings of the Night: Une allégorie shakespearienne? Par Pierre Favier. - Le Phénix sur l'épée et autres fulgurances. Une lecture spirituelle du cycle hyborien de Robert E. Howard. Par Rodolphe Massé. - Solomon Kane. Par Patrice Allart. - Solomon Kane et le racisme: une étude en noir et blanc. Par Olivier Legrand. - Des rites impies de sadisme et de sang. Le réveil de l'archaïque chez Howard, Lovecraft et Vere Shortt. Par Michel Meurger. - - Face à Cthulhu: le club des aventuriers de Robert E. Howard. Par Patrice Allart. - Jacques Bergier, ou l'homme qui découvrit aussi Robert E. Howard. Par Joseph Altairac. Entretien: - Entretien avec François Truchaud. Par Quélou Parente et Fabrice Tortey. Bibliographie et annexes _ Bibliographie des oeuvres de Robert E. Howard traduites et publiées en France. Par Simon Sanahujas. - Présentation des auteurs. Par Fabrice Tortey - Pour aller plus loin. Par Fabrice Tortey |
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Edmond Hamilton Day - July
18, 2009!
Honoring "The Dean of Science Fiction" Sponsored by Kinsman Historical Society, Preserving 200 years of Kinsman, Ohio area's heritage Haffner Press will be selling First-Day-of-Issue copies of Collected Edmond Hamilton Volumes One & Two and Collected Captain Future, Volume One on this day only at all functions. SCHEDULE 2:00-4:00PM - Market Square Book Den Launch of Haffner Press' Collected Edmond Hamilton series Display of rare Hamilton books and pulps 7:00PM - Kinsman Presbyterian Church Edmond Hamilton - A Portrayal by Don Sutton; friend, fan, neighbor, and official biographer Presentation by Stephen Haffner of Haffner Press World premiere showing of slide collection of Ed and his wife, Leigh Brackett Memorial toast at dusk at Hamilton gravesite Contact Don Sutton at 330-876-8962 / 330-876-3178 suttondonald@embarqmail.com |
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| From
the Pen of Paul:The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul Pre-orders begin shipping July 13th! The first and only book on the life and art of the Grandfather of science-fiction illustration. The book is edited with an Introduction by Stephen D. Korshak, a Preface by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, a Foreword by Jerry Weist and Roger Hill, and essays by Gerry de la Ree, Sam Moskowitz, Forrest J Ackerman, and a Paul Bibliography by Frank Wu. The Hardcover Trade Edition is 128 pages of text, color and black and white illustrations. The Deluxe and Ultra Deluxe Editions will have an Illustrated Index of all of Paul’s full-color science-fiction magazine covers and 20 pages of additional art. Both will be 160 pages. Trim size is 9" x 12". The book, although not a series, is a resurrection by the legendary publisher Erle Melvin Korshak of the original Shasta line of science-fiction books of the 1940’s and 1950’s. Publication date is Spring, 2009. Hardcover Trade Edition - $39.95 Boards with a full cloth binding, dust jacket, and illustrated full-color endpapers. (128 pages) (1,000 copies). Deluxe Edition - $59.95 Includes everything in Hardcover Edition, plus a definitive 12-page Illustrated Index of all Paul’s full-color science-fiction magazine covers and an additional 20 pages of art. The book has a slipcase and deluxe cloth binding. (160 pages) (874 copies). Ultra Deluxe Edition - $395.00 Includes everything in Deluxe Edition, plus the book comes in a slipcase and is bound in premium leather over 3 mm foam padding and 2 mm board. The Ultra Deluxe Editions will have an Illustrated Index of all of Paul’s full-color science-fiction magazine covers and 20 pages of additional art. There will be only 126 signed and numbered copies signed by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen D. Korshak, Jerry Weist and Roger Hill of which there will be 100 Numbered 1-100 and 26 Alphabetized A-Z. Of the 26 Alphabetized copies, 15 will be available at no additional cost to the first 15 orders received for this Ultra Deluxe Edition. (160 pages) (126 copies). Shasta-Phoenix |
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| GIRASOL
PULP DOUBLES: THE SPIDER VOLUME 12 - Coming mid-July! This trade paperback reprints two action-packed adventures of the pulp-era hero The Spider! The stories are complete, including the original black-and-white illustrations. The volume contains "Satan's Death Blast" (June 1934) and "Murder's Legionnaires" (February 1942). Softcover, 128 pages, B&W SRP: $14.95 Girasol Collectables Inc. |
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| Girasol
Collectables
- July Pulp Replicas! Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas. Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images. Monthly Special: All three for $85 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is Operator #5 (#19) in "Attack of the Blizzard Men" from October 1935. $35 Our second Replica this month is TERROR TALES #21 from May 1936. $35 Our third Replica is SPICY-DETECTIVE STORIES #11 from March 1935. $25 Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate method of payment. Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books. Payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address. As always, these reprints are exact copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound and finished off with a high quality reproduction of the original cover. The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint. Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com. A complete listing, along with other items such as books, fanzines and of course pulps, can be found on the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables 3501 GlenErin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 Here is a complete listing of the Pulp Replicas currently available for $25, $35, or $50 each postpaid within North America. Overseas will be a few dollars more. |
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| Green Hornet - Coming in
July! VCI Entertainment has announced the release of two long-anticipated serials: The Green Hornet (1940) and The Green Hornet Strikes Again (1941). The 2-disc sets are due out on July 28th and feature liner notes, radio shows and a photo gallery. Retail for each is $29.99 The Green Hornet (1940) The Green Hornet (also referred to as simply Green Hornet) is a masked fictional crime fighter. Originally created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker for an American radio program in the 1930s, the character has appeared in two Universal serials. In the 13 episode serial, the city is faced with rising crime and increased racketeering activity, intrepid newspaper editor Britt Reid (Gordon Jones) becomes the crime fighter the Green Hornet. As far as the police are concerned, the Hornet is himself a criminal; this misunderstanding enables Reid to operate "outside the law" to battle criminals and racketeers. Working along side the Hornet is the brilliant inventor/sidekick Kato (Keye Luke), the only living person who knows the true identity of the Hornet. Our heroes fight an infamous racket's that's menacing their city. Bonus Features: Episode Selection, Liner Notes by author Martin Grams Jr., Two Radio Episodes of THE GREEN HORNET, Photo Gallery, Trailers. Product Specs: 2-DVD9s; Dolby Digital 2.0; 258 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1940; SRP - $29.99. The Green Hornet Strikes Again! A Universal movie serial based on the The Green Hornet radio series by George W. Trendle. The sequel to the 1940 serial The Green Hornet. A thousand ALL-NEW thrills! In this 15 episode serial, Britt Reid (Warren Hull) is enjoying a vacation in Hawaii. While he is away, he learns that a crime organization has extended its activities into virtually every industry in the city. Disguised as the Green Hornet, Britt makes forays against the underworld establishment. Each attack brings him closer to the identity of the syndicate mastermind, an arch crook named Grogan. Bonus Features: Episode Selection, Liner Notes by Martin Grams Jr., Two Radio Episodes of THE GREEN HORNET, Photo Gallery, Trailers. Product Specs: 2-DVD9s; Dolby Digital 2.0; 293 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1941; SRP - $29.99. VCI Entertainment |
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Haffner
Press
In production and coming in July! HAFFNER PRESS IS PROUD
TO ANNOUNCE . . .
Edmond Moore
Hamilton (1904-1977)
was one of the early
pioneers of American science
fiction. For fifty years his
stories established and popularized many
of the tropes in modern science
fiction. Later this year, Haffner
Press will launch
the first salvo in a program authorized
by the Estate of Edmond Hamilton
to collect all the prose work of this neglected
master. All of his science
fiction, all the fantasy, all the
mysteries--all the stories and novels
(including the entire run of the "Captain
Future" adventures) will be assembled
in this multi-volume set.THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON - AUTHORIZED EDITION • The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected
Edmond Hamilton,
Volume One
• The Star Stealers: The Complete Tales of the Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two • The Collected Captain Future, Volume One: Captain Future and the Space Emperor As with all Haffner Press titles, quality is of prime importance. Each volume of THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON will be printed on acid-free archival-quality paper with smythe-sewn hardcover bindings using full-cloth covered boards. Full-color dust jackets will reproduce digitally restored covers from the original pulp magazines. We are currently lining up a stellar group of writers, editors, historians, and friends of Hamilton to provide insightful introductions for each volume. Keep Watching the Skies and check the Haffner Press website frequently for updates on this project. We have a lot of neat tie-ins to this particular program, and you won't want to miss at thing. Click on the cover image
for a complete contents listing on the Haffner Press website!
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| Hard
Case Crime
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in July and beyond! July 2009 PASSPORT TO PERIL by Robert B. Parker, Cover art by Gregory Manchess Decades before Robert Brown Parker began writing his books about Spenser, a man named Robert Bogardus Parker (1905-1955) penned this extraordinary novel of post-war intrigue. From the corridors and compartments of the Orient Express to the shadowy, ruined streets of Budapest—which he saw firsthand as a foreign correspondent during World War II—Parker takes you on a nightmare tour of a land where life is cheap, old hatreds run strong, and a couple of Americans can find themselves in more danger than they ever imagined. With all the immediacy of the wartime dispatches Parker filed from Turkey, Danzig, Warsaw, and Bucharest and all the authority of a man who himself spent three years crossing borders without a passport and narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo, PASSPORT TO PERIL paints a heart-stopping picture of desperate men in a desperate time. September 2009 LOSERS LIVE LONGER by Russell Atwood, Cover art by Robert McGinnis The death of legendary private eye George Rowell looked like an accident—but searching for the truth behind it will put down-and-out East Village detective Payton Sherwood on the corpse-littered trail of a runaway investment scam artist, a drug-addicted reality TV star—and the bewitching beauty whose appearance set it all in motion... 
October 2009 HONEY IN HIS MOUTH by Lester Dent, Cover art by Ron Lesser - First publication ever! If you were small-time grifter Walter Harsh, recovering in a hospital with a broken arm, you’d listen to a proposition that could net you a cool $50,000 for impersonating the South American strongman you resemble. You’d pay attention when the dictator’s sultry mistress started putting the moves on you. And in the dead of night, when no one was watching, you might just hatch a plot to get it all for yourself: the money, the girl, and the stash of stolen loot she’s conspiring to spirit out of the country... Visit the Hard Case Crime website at http://www.hardcasecrime.com/ |
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| James Rollins: The Doomsday Key - Now available! At Princeton University, a famed geneticist dies inside a biohazard lab. In Rome, a Vatican archaeologist is found dead in St. Peter's Basilica. In Africa, a U.S. senator's son is slain outside a Red Cross camp. The three murders on three continents bear a horrifying connection: all the victims are marked by a Druidic pagan cross burned into their flesh. The bizarre murders thrust Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force into a race against time to solve a riddle going back centuries, to a ghastly crime against humanity hidden within a cryptic medieval codex. The first clue is discovered inside a mummified corpse buried in an English peat bog—a gruesome secret that threatens America and the world. Aided by two women from his past—one his exlover, the other his new partner—Gray must piece together the horrifying truth. But the revelations come at a high cost, and to save the future, Gray will have to sacrifice one of the women at his side. That alone might not be enough, as the true path to salvation is revealed in a dark prophecy of doom. Sigma Force confronts humankind's greatest threat in an adventure that races from the Roman Coliseum to the icy peaks of Norway, from the ruins of medieval abbeys to the lost tombs of Celtic kings. The ultimate nightmare is locked within a talisman buried by a dead saint—an ancient artifact known as the Doomsday Key. Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: William Morrow Language: English ISBN-10: 0061231401 ISBN-13: 978-0061231407 $27.00 |
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| Planetary Stories #15 and Pulp Spirit
#6 - Now available! Space opera! Fantasy! Pulp action! Great writers and great artists! And it's FREE! www.planetarystories.com/PS15.htm for the current ish, or you can go to www.planetarystories.com for the general index. Write us at www.planetarystories@gmail.com |
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A PulpFest Programming Update Continuing the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the "Hero Pulp Explosion," Don Hutchison, author of THE GREAT PULP HEROES, and panelists Dr. Garyn G. Roberts, Rick Davis, Karen Cunningham and Wooda "Nick" Carr discuss the adventures of Jimmy Christopher, "America’s Secret Service Ace" who was best known as Operator #5, and the series’ original author, Frederick C. Davis. "I Spy - Fred Davis and OPERATOR #5" will take place at 8 PM on Friday, July 31. For more information on Davis and Operator #5, please visit www.pulpfest.com. See you in a month... Pulpfest 2009,
a new and improved version of the venerable convention catering to
fans and collectors of vintage popular fiction, will be held from
Friday, July 31st, through Sunday, August 2nd, at the Ramada Plaza
Hotel and Convention Center
in Columbus, Ohio.
Sellers of pulp magazines, all-fiction digests, dime novels, and other collectible books and periodicals are already lining up for exhibit space, and the convention will be advertised and promoted extensively to capture the attention of new hobbyists as well as veteran attendees. Preliminary flyers carrying basic information are being distributed at various collectibles shows this fall, beginning with Bouchercon, the annual gathering for collectors of mystery fiction. The Pulpfest 2009 committee has already contacted several publications to inquire about advertising the convention, and additional flyers will be designed and distributed throughout the year. Additionally, the Pulpfest 2009 website is now operational and can be found at www.pulpfest.com. In the weeks and months to come, it will be updated regularly to provide new information on guests and programming as soon as it becomes available. Dealers interested in helping promote Pulpfest 2009 can download and print out either of two flyers already available on the website in PDF form. These can be distributed at collectibles shows and sent with mail-order shipments. Following an extensive search for the best available venue, the Pulpfest 2009 committee chose the Ramada Plaza for its spacious accommodations, numerous amenities, ease of access, and competitive pricing. The committee has negotiated a guest-room rate of $84 plus tax per night, significantly less than that offered by other pulp conventions. The Convention Center’s main room boasts more than 10,000 square feet of space and will accommodate up to 80 eight-foot tables. A separate room on the same floor will be set up theater-style for our evening programming. A con suite will be open for after-hours conversation and conviviality. Located just off Exit 116 of Interstate 71, the Ramada Plaza is just 20 minutes from Columbus International Airport and 10 minutes from downtown Columbus, making our convention site easily accessible to attendees whether they’re driving or flying. The Ramada offers complementary transportation via shuttle to and from the airport, downtown Columbus, and various other locations (including restaurants) within a five-mile radius of the hotel. The newly renovated hotel additionally offers all the usual amenities. High-speed wireless Internet access is now available in the main lobby, convention center, and guest rooms. Guests can avail themselves of a whirlpool, an exercise room, and both indoor and outdoor pools, as well as a full-service business center. Parking is free for hotel guests and single-day convention attendees. The Ramada’s spacious restaurant, Justin’s Place, serves traditional American cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week. The hotel’s cozy lounge, Bowties, is open until two a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. The Ramada Plaza is an extremely popular venue for conventions of our type and size. For 15 years now it has hosted Cinevent, an annual confab of vintage-film fans and collectors of movie memorabilia. Hotel management is both committed to and experienced in providing the courteous, comprehensive service that produces satisfied conventioneers. Pricing schedules for dealer tables and registrations will be forthcoming shortly. Information on guests and programming will be posted here and on the Pulpfest 2009 website as soon as it is confirmed. Visit the Pulpfest 2009
website at http://www.pulpfest.com/
Want to help advertise
Pulpfest 2009?
Visit the Pulpfest Promotions
Page where you can download
flyers to help promote the show! Supporting memberships for those who cannot attend PulpFest 2009 are available for $20. All members (including supporting members) will receive a complementary copy of Tony Davis’ The Pulpster. |
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| The Pulp Rack - New
addition! New at The Pulp Rack: a look at Alexandre Dumas' influential and continually popular Three Musketeers. You can find it here: http://pulprack.com/arch/2009/07/a_foundation_fo.html As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ |
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| Pulpville Press - Now
available! BEWARE! THE SCIENTISTS REVOLT by Edgar Rice Burroughs Written under the pen-name of John Tyler McCulloch in 1922, "Beware!" was shopped around to see if a Burroughs' story would sell without his name attached to it. The story failed to sell. When Ray Palmer, editor of Amazing Stories, contacted Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. to see if they had any stories available for sale, "Beware!" was one of the stories sold to Palmer. With the permission of ERB Inc. and ERB, the story was rewritten by Palmer and was published in Fantastic Adventures pulp magazine. The original story was not published until 1974. Included in this First Edition book are both versions of the story. Full wraparound dust jacket, hardcover binding. Pulpville Press |
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online! There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans. Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below. Abraham Merritt: This group is dedicated to all of the fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short stories, paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and any movies based on these works can all be discussed here. Also, any artwork from any of the above pertaining to Merritt's writing can be discussed and displayed. If interested, questions and statements about other authors that copied or imitated Merritt's style can be posted. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/ to join! CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/ Doc Con: The annual Doc Savage Convention gathered together for the first time on October 24, 1998. The convention also known as Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con attracts residents from around the country, for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events as well as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along with the planning each year by participating in this group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/ Edgar Rice Burroughs Group: This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). Creator of numerous famous characters, such as Tarzan, Carson Napier, and John Carter of Mars, and exciting worlds, such as Venus, Barsoom, and Pellucidar, Burroughs is widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Pulp Era and modern heroic fiction. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/ FictionMags: The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss the history of fiction magazines, and to exchange information about magazines which have carried fiction, past or present. Particular emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick" magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and any other areas of magazine publishing which have been important for fiction. Discussion may cover aspects of the publishing history of the magazines concerned, their editors and editorial policies, the authors they published, and so on. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/ Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/ Otis Adelbert Kline: This group is devoted to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction, weird and historical fiction genre and his general biography can also be discussed here. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/ to join! Pulp Fiction Uncensored: is for all fans of Pulp Fiction! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/?yguid=321995096 PulpMags: If you're interested in the old pulp magazines, this forum is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps only! If you're looking for something dealing with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be bored here.This moderated list is setup along the lines of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, and all pulp fans across the world are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/ Pulp Swap Group: Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/ REH Comics Group: This group is dedicated to the characters created by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/ Vintage Paperbacks: A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected with the great world of vintage paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/ Western Pulps: This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/ Wild Cat Books: Here we share a mutual love of the great, thrilling literature from the early to late 20th Century, and focus on Discussion, Promotion, and any topic related to the "Bloody Pulps" and Classic Heroes such as TARZAN... JOHN CARTER OF MARS... SECRET AGENT X... KI-GOR... DOMINO LADY... THE MOON MAN... THE LENSMEN... and many more. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildcatbooks_pulps |
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| The Robert E. Howard Foundation: Sentiment:
An Olio of Rarer Works - Next REH title! As announced at Howard Days this year, our next book is entitled Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer Works. This is a collection of Howard’s humor and contemporary fiction, some non-fiction pieces, and a few other items of miscellanea. The gem of the collection is “Wild Water” which, after a conversation with Foundation members, will also appear in a future Western volume (it’s a tough story to place). Many of the other pieces are short, unfinished, and/or unpolished. Because of this, we’ll be printing a small run and would like to know just how many customers are interested in the first printing so we’ll know about how many to produce. The price will probably be the same as our other large volumes ($53 for members and $59 for non-members). The book should go to the printer soon, with delivery sometime in August or September (our printer shuts down for two weeks in the summer). Please email your interest to info@rehfoundation.org. We are NOT accepting pre-orders at this time. The contents of Sentiment (which could still change a bit) are as follows:
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| THE
STRANGE ADVENTURES OF H.P. LOVECRAFT #3 (OF 4) Arriving in comic shops July 8th! Story: Mac Carter; Art: Tony Salmons; Cover Adam Byrne Innocents are dying gruesome deaths. The police are closing in fast. And H.P. Lovecraft has forever lost the faith of the woman he adores. Is all hope lost? That's how it looks to our poor, young writer who now believes his nightmares are coming true, springing from his head into the real world - with deadly results! Afraid he might be unleashing hell on earth, Lovecraft fights against sleep with all his might. But it's a battle he can't win. So he turns to the only person he believes he can trust. Is it a mistake? And will Lovecraft solve the mystery of his curse before his nightmares kill again? 40 pages, Full Color, $4.99 Image Comics |
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| ThrillerFest 09 - July 8-11, 2009! Registration Now Open! http://www.thrillerwriters.org/thrillerfest/index.html Save with Early Bird Rates Meet your favorite thriller authors including: David Morrell Sandra Brown Katherine Neville Robin Cook Brad Meltzer David Baldacci Steve Berry Lee Child James Rollins Steve Martini Michael Palmer R.L. Stine Douglas Preston M.J. Rose Carla Neggers and many more! |
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R. Yates Black and White, Jackie Kessler & Caitlin Kittredge, Bantam/Spectra, $15, June 2, 2009 - Now available! The Wolfman [mass market paper format], Nicholas Pekearo, Tor, $7.99, June 30, 2009 - Now available! Lobster Johnson: Satan Factory, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Dark Horse, $12,95, July 8, 2009 Countdown: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $15.00, July 7, 2009 The Calling, David Mack, Pocket, $15.00, July 21, 2009 The 4400: Welcome to Promise City, Greg Cox, Pocket Star, $7.99, July 28, 2009 The Darkness: Volume 2, Kerri Hawkins, Top Cow, $6.99, July 30, 2009 Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear, Charles Ardai, Leisure Books, $6.99, August 1, 2009 Indiana Jones & the Army of the Dead, Steve Perry, Del Rey, $7.99, September 29, 2009 Iron Man: Femmes Fatales, Robert Greenberger, Del Rey, $7.99, September 29, 2009 The Evil in Pemberley House, Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert, Subterranean Press, $40, Sept. 30, 2009 Hellboy: The Ice Wolves, Mark Chadbourn, Dark Horse, $12.95, October 15, 2009 The 4400: Promises Broken, David Mack, Pocket Star, $7.99, October 27, 2009 Hunt at World’s End, Nicholas Kaufmann, Leisure Books, $6.99, November 1, 2009 The Sapphire Sirens, John Zakour, DAW, $7.99, December 1, 2009 Wild Cards XX: Suicide Kings, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $25.99, December 22, 2009 Iron Man: Virus, Alexander Irvine, Del Rey, $7.99, January 26, 2010 Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire, Christa Faust, Leisure Books, $6.99, February 1, 2010 Hunt Among the Killers of Men, David J. Schow, Leisure Books, $6.99, May 2010 Shades of Gray, Jackie Kessler & Caitlin Kittredge, Bantam/Spectra, $15, July 1, 2010 Hunt Through Napoleon's Web, Raymond Benson, Leisure Books, $6.99, August 2010 |
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