That cover is incredible. Wow. WAAAAAY cooler than I expected when I saw it was a Lulu link.
I have the original DAW Imaro books, but they're buried pretty deep in the work bookcase, next to stuff like RAUM and ORON. Howard Jones from Black Gate has been prodding me to contact Saunders and pick up the Imaro flag, but I confess I have not yet read the books. They sound great and they're inching their way to the top of the pile, but they're not quite at the top.
I'm very excited because I'm about to hit four plane trips in seven days. I tend to read Planet Stories type fiction on planes more than anywhere else, and I've got quite a lineup ready to go.
Phil Farmer's Hadon of Ancient Opar is at the top of the list, but I've also got Sos the Rope by Piers Anthony, Across the Zodiac by Percy Greg, Warrior of Llarn by Gardner F. Fox, and Who Fears the Devil? by Many Wade Wellman.
On second thought, Imaro is not so deeply buried after all.
I'd like to give another holler for Charles Saunders. I picked up the two Imaro volumes that Nightshade republished, and I've really enjoyed the first one. This is an author who has been way unappreciated for his talent, by my lights. I've also read three of the early Dossuye stories (in anthologies), which seem to only be available now through the Lulu link above. They really deserve a publisher. I also hope that the people working on the upcoming Mwangi material expose themselves to Saunders.
Now,I know that no one cares what anyone else thinks,and everyone has a totally different view of what is 'good',it's all about taste and all that,but really,'Maza of The Moon'?...Even keeping in mind that 95% of this old stuff was written for teenage boys in the 1930's etc,I'm sorry guys but I think this is just total juvenile rubbish!! (NO OFFENCE intended to anyone above!! Life would be horribly boring if we all liked the same things) In fact for me,'Maza' is competing very strongly with 'Aerita of The Light Country' for the lamest interplanetary romance that I ever struggled to finish. Well,at least I managed to finish it I suppose,unlike some other books over the years...'Jandar of Callisto' comes to mind...hmm,what else was I not able to finish?...some $#*+ that I can't even remember by Karl Edward Wagner,Hugh Cook,Piers Anthony etc ;) Yes,I think 'Crewell Lye' was probably the worst book I ever tried to read...no,actually,'Barefoot in the Head' by Aldiss,definitely the worst...the list goes on...:(
Judgement on Janus by Andre Norton was pretty tough to finish - the story was so random I wondered at times how it *could* even finish.
I'd like to vote *against* that one for Planet Stories :)
Oh,it's supposed to be Requests here...well,I'll just make my usual boring request for Wallace West. Has anyone read 'The Lords of Atlantis'? You can't get this guy's stuff anywhere...not even as ebooks (there's one short story on Gutenberg) However,most of the things that you guys have published are available as free legal ebooks...hello? Do you take this into account when you decide what to publish? And then,on top of that,you also have to compete with the whole 'illegal' Torrent/Rapidshare etc ebook world...times are changing...C'est la vie...
However,most of the things that you guys have published are available as free legal ebooks...hello?
As far as free legal ebooks in the United States, this statement is not accurate, and remember we are a U.S.-based publisher. Titles by Anthony, Brackett, Cook, Gygax, Hughes, Lansdale, and Moorcock, and the anthologies by Lowder and Sutter, make up the the bulk of the thirty books we have under our belt or have announced as of this post, all of which are quite clearly not in the public domain. Please take a look at our library again.
To my knowledge, there are only five books in our collection of thirty that can be found online, and at least two of those have estates that should be paid and aren't by the pirate editions. We believe authors should be paid for their work, and even with the really old works we make every effort to find their estates.
Besides, our books are pretty. :-)
However,most of the things that you guys have published are available as free legal ebooks...hello?As far as free legal ebooks in the United States, this statement is not accurate, and remember we are a U.S.-based publisher. Titles by Anthony, Brackett, Cook, Gygax, Hughes, Lansdale, and Moorcock, and the anthologies by Lowder and Sutter, make up the the bulk of the thirty books we have under our belt or have announced as of this post, all of which are quite clearly not in the public domain. Please take a look at our library again.
To my knowledge, there are only five books in our collection of thirty that can be found online, and at least two of those have estates that should be paid and aren't by the pirate editions. We believe authors should be paid for their work, and even with the really old works we make every effort to find their estates.
Besides, our books are pretty. :-)
Yes,fair enough,you are totally correct,I should not have said 'most'(I've actually 'put my foot in it' here because I must have got them all in a big torrent...all the Kline,Kuttner,Brackett,Howard,Merritt,everything...not the Gygax,Lansdale etc)...All these more recent authors you mention are all available illegally too though of course. Just like the music 'industry',it's basically come down to the buyer having to make a moral decision each time he/she wants a new book...Do I get it for free,in 10 seconds,with the click of a button on one website,or do I give someone some money for it on another website and then wait for 10 days for it to (hopefully) come in the mail from some country? Don't worry,as a musician trying to sell little underground albums that nobody ever heard of and stuff I know all about this issue!! To be honest,I've actually given up and joined the 'free music and free everything else for everybody' camp now. And I actually prefer Ebooks I'm afraid!! The artwork is always there on your Paizo product page if anyone wants to look at it ;) Don't hate me,I'm just giving you a hard time because I've got nothing better to do.
On the other hand...if you published,say,an anthology of Wallace West...I would be the first person to buy a copy of the real book!(and probably the only one too I suppose)Has anyone read anything by Nictzin Dyalhis (his real name apparently)...this guy was really good,he only published 8 stories and they would make a beautiful addition to your series in a nice big anthology!!
What about Lloyd Arthur Eshbach? There's not much of his stuff around either...what I've read was actually pretty good.
I'd like to give another holler for Charles Saunders. I picked up the two Imaro volumes that Nightshade republished, and I've really enjoyed the first one. This is an author who has been way unappreciated for his talent, by my lights. I've also read three of the early Dossuye stories (in anthologies), which seem to only be available now through the Lulu link above. They really deserve a publisher. I also hope that the people working on the upcoming Mwangi material expose themselves to Saunders.
Attempt to fool Mona.
'along came this promotional video for a space cult called UNARIUS.
A heavily made-up old woman explained the secret history of the universe, and much to my surprise, it mapped EXACTLY to the history of the solar system Kline invented in MAZA.
I wonder if someone involved in the cult read the Ace edition and incorporated it into their mythology.'
Yes,I'd forgotten about these weirdos,..but I suppose they are no weirder than any other religion or cult. I think someone should found a religion based on Clifford Simak's,'Ring Around The Sun'...
Yes,fair enough,you are totally correct,I should not have said 'most'
No worries, just wanted to set the record straight for anyone who might be wandering by the boards.
On the other hand...if you published,say,an anthology of Wallace West...I would be the first person to buy a copy of the real book!(and probably the only one too I suppose)
I've paged through Lords of Atlantis in second-hand store, but I haven't read his work. Next time I go to that bookstore I'll see if they still have a copy. What appeals to you in his work?
On the other hand...if you published,say,an anthology of Wallace West...I would be the first person to buy a copy of the real book!(and probably the only one too I suppose)
Has anyone read anything by Nictzin Dyalhis (his real name apparently)...this guy was really good,he only published 8 stories and they would make a beautiful addition to your series in a nice big anthology!!
What about Lloyd Arthur Eshbach? There's not much of his stuff around either...what I've read was actually pretty good.
I will agree with you about Nictzin Dyalhis, an excellent author. In fact, The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box is putting out The Supernatural Tales of Nictzin Dyalhis. It should be good but expensive. As for Eshbach, I have Tyrant of Time, an OK collection. I would like to read some more of him. West, on the other hand, I think the only time you will see him back in print is when you start your own publishing company.
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I brought three issues of Wolheim's old Avon Fantasy Reader on my current vacation. One of the cover stories was Nictzin Dyalhis's The Sapphire Siren. I was VERY excited to read this novella, since it's a very early S&S story. Unfortunately, it wasn't really all that good. Nowhere near as strong as Howard, Smith, or Moore in terms of facility with the English language. It was ok. Sort of like low-grade Henry Kuttner. Indeed, given the subject matter, the author's fake-sounding name, and the use of the word "avid", I half-seriously wonder if Dyhalis is yet another Kuttner pseudonym.
Except Kuttner would have written a better story.
At least one frequent poster will be pleased to learn that the very same issue contains a rare story by Wallace West..
Yes,fair enough,you are totally correct,I should not have said 'most'No worries, just wanted to set the record straight for anyone who might be wandering by the boards.
On the other hand...if you published,say,an anthology of Wallace West...I would be the first person to buy a copy of the real book!(and probably the only one too I suppose)I've paged through Lords of Atlantis in second-hand store, but I haven't read his work. Next time I go to that bookstore I'll see if they still have a copy. What appeals to you in his work?
Yes,sorry about that! Hmmm,I can't remember what actually appealed to me about The Lords of Atlantis,it just didn't make me cringe all the way through it like a lot of this stuff does. Also it has one of the coolest covers that you will ever see! I've only read one other story by this guy,'The End of Time' (Gutenberg) it was a pretty cool little story too.
I brought three issues of Wolheim's old Avon Fantasy Reader on my current vacation. One of the cover stories was Nictzin Dyalhis's The Sapphire Siren. I was VERY excited to read this novella, since it's a very early S&S story. Unfortunately, it wasn't really all that good. Nowhere near as strong as Howard, Smith, or Moore in terms of facility with the English language. It was ok. Sort of like low-grade Henry Kuttner. Indeed, given the subject matter, the author's fake-sounding name, and the use of the word "avid", I half-seriously wonder if Dyhalis is yet another Kuttner pseudonym.
Except Kuttner would have written a better story.
At least one frequent poster will be pleased to learn that the very same issue contains a rare story by Wallace West..
Ahhh,interesting...I thought 'The Sapphire Siren' was great! I think a lot of this depends on the mood we are in when we read these things. Also,if people have been telling you how totally fantastically awesome something is,you tend to be a bit sceptical or something and it seems to lessen the enjoyment you get out of the whole thing. This is what happened to me with Maza of The Moon. Hey,you may be right about it being Henry,but according to Wikipedia and other things I've read in introductions to anthologies and things like that,it actually was his real name...if so...what were his parents thinking?!?!
I absolutely GUARANTEE 100% that you will not forget 'The Purple Cloud' by M.P.Shiel if you ever get around to reading that little gem...this is NOT corny,it is totally,fantastically brilliant!!!
Check out what people said about this book:
H G Wells: 'Colossal...brilliant novel'
Arthur Machen: 'He tells of a wilder wonderland than Poe ever dreamed of'
Hugh Walpole: 'He is not to be touched,because there is no one else like him'
New York Post: 'A GENIUS DRUNK WITH THE HOTTEST JUICES OF OUR LANGUAGE'
The Irish Statesman: 'The greatest writer of sensational fiction of his time'
Jules Claretie: 'This masterpiece should live as long as the Odyssey'
And it's all true!!! Seriously,it's classic.
I will agree with you about Nictzin Dyalhis, an excellent author. In fact, The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box is putting out The Supernatural Tales of Nictzin Dyalhis. It should be good but expensive. As for Eshbach, I have Tyrant of Time, an OK collection. I would like to read some more of him. West, on the other hand, I think the only time you will see him back in print is when you start your own publishing company.On the other hand...if you published,say,an anthology of Wallace West...I would be the first person to buy a copy of the real book!(and probably the only one too I suppose)
Has anyone read anything by Nictzin Dyalhis (his real name apparently)...this guy was really good,he only published 8 stories and they would make a beautiful addition to your series in a nice big anthology!!
What about Lloyd Arthur Eshbach? There's not much of his stuff around either...what I've read was actually pretty good.
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I actually read a little Eshbach story last night,'Sister Abigail's Collection'...it was pretty cool.
For what it's worth, I totally agree with you about Aerita of the Light Country, unfortunately. The first two are like The Gods of Mars compared to that one.
Yes,a classic case of hackmanship there!
I would like to take this opportunity to conduct my periodic reiteration of the fact that no-one has reprinted the complete Hounds of Tindalos since Jove's very poor-quality Arkham reprint back in 1978...
I'll back that up 100%!
I just re-read "The Early Long" and "The Horror from the Hills" and a lot of what FBL wrote is still great reading fun even today.If you can get your hands on the story "The Man with a Thousand Legs"
consider yourself blessed. It's so bonkers and over the top that it'll be hard to forget! LOL
I would like to take this opportunity to conduct my periodic reiteration of the fact that no-one has reprinted the complete Hounds of Tindalos since Jove's very poor-quality Arkham reprint back in 1978...
I'll be excited about Hounds of Tindalos if you'll be excited about Charles R. Saunders.
As an aside, a Frank Belknap Long novel called It Was the Day of the Robot was the worst book I read in 2009, if not the whole decade...
Yes,that was on a par with 'Aerita' and 'Awlo of Ulm' and a few other things I can think of...good cover though
I brought three issues of Wolheim's old Avon Fantasy Reader on my current vacation. One of the cover stories was Nictzin Dyalhis's The Sapphire Siren. I was VERY excited to read this novella, since it's a very early S&S story. Unfortunately, it wasn't really all that good. Nowhere near as strong as Howard, Smith, or Moore in terms of facility with the English language. It was ok. Sort of like low-grade Henry Kuttner. Indeed, given the subject matter, the author's fake-sounding name, and the use of the word "avid", I half-seriously wonder if Dyhalis is yet another Kuttner pseudonym.
Except Kuttner would have written a better story.
At least one frequent poster will be pleased to learn that the very same issue contains a rare story by Wallace West..
That one I didn't like much, I agree.
However, as far as Dyalhis goes I really did like 'The Sea Witch'
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I read that Wallace West story on the plane home from my DC vacation last night. It was called "The Phantom Dictator," and it was about a cartoon character called Willie Pan that hypnotizes America into a world war. Only one doctor and a rival cartoonist have escaped the influence, and they hatch a plot to re-hypnotize (or is that de-hypnotize) America with a counterfeit Willie Pan film.
It was pretty dumb, I'm afraid. About the only thing the story had going for it was a downer ending. Light stuff.
I read that Wallace West story on the plane home from my DC vacation last night. It was called "The Phantom Dictator," and it was about a cartoon character called Willie Pan that hypnotizes America into a world war. Only one doctor and a rival cartoonist have escaped the influence, and they hatch a plot to re-hypnotize (or is that de-hypnotize) America with a counterfeit Willie Pan film.
It was pretty dumb, I'm afraid. About the only thing the story had going for it was a downer ending. Light stuff.
Hmm,yes it sounds like 'Pretty dumb' is not a strong enough expression for this one...more like 'tragically lame' or 'hopelessly cheesy' or something like that. Oh well,'Lords of Atlantis' was a beauty though! Of course I read that about 20 years ago and I haven't re-read it...things change. I've re-read lots of these old things in recent years,and hardly ANY of them are even half as 'good' as I thought when I was young...:(
However, as far as Dyalhis goes I really did like 'The Sea Witch'
Yeah,that's cool! Hadn't read that before.
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I brought three issues of Wolheim's old Avon Fantasy Reader on my current vacation. One of the cover stories was Nictzin Dyalhis's The Sapphire Siren. I was VERY excited to read this novella, since it's a very early S&S story. Unfortunately, it wasn't really all that good. Nowhere near as strong as Howard, Smith, or Moore in terms of facility with the English language. It was ok. Sort of like low-grade Henry Kuttner. Indeed, given the subject matter, the author's fake-sounding name, and the use of the word "avid", I half-seriously wonder if Dyhalis is yet another Kuttner pseudonym.
Except Kuttner would have written a better story.
At least one frequent poster will be pleased to learn that the very same issue contains a rare story by Wallace West..
I read The Sapphire Siren (as The Sapphire Goddess, IIRC) in a Weird Tales anthology when I was eleven or twelve, and it was much better that way. Dyalhis' style hasn't held up well. His The Heart of Atlantan, which I read in an old Lin Carter anthology is similarly florid, although in both cases the worldbuilding isn't all that bad.
I would like to take this opportunity to conduct my periodic reiteration of the fact that no-one has reprinted the complete Hounds of Tindalos since Jove's very poor-quality Arkham reprint back in 1978...
You may find this of interest:
You may find this of interest:
http://www.hippocampuspress.com/mythos-and-other-authors/fiction/the-tindal os-cycle-edited-by-robert-m.-price
While this does look like a kick-ass collection (which I will be getting) most of the stories are of a more modern writing.
Erik, have you given any thought to Jack Williamson? His 'Golden Blood' and 'The Reign of Wizardry' are very good and would be perfect for Planet Stories. It looks like Haffner Press is only going to do Jack's shorter works and ignore the longer ones.
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I grow tired of competing with Haffner, and since he's trying to republish everything by Williamson I'm content to let him do it. I am not particularly well-versed in the author, and it seems like his fans are getting better service now than at just about any time in recent memory.
I wasn't aware that Haffner had no plans to publish his longer works, but I think I'd still rather focus on other stuff for the time being.
The hubby would dearly like to see some FM Busby.
...Animal-people usually turn me off immediately...
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Hey! I just wanted to draw attention to an author that virtually nobody has heard of: Doris Piserchia.
Wow! That is a name from the deep archives of memory. Now that you mention it, I remember being quite fond of The Dimensioneers as a teenager.
What's not to like about a girl riding a sentient lion between dimensions, fighting evil crocodile riders? I ask you! With a Kelly Freas cover, no less.
THANK YOU ABRAM!
I read this book back in the 1970s. I think it was a Bantam edition and couldn't ever remeber the title even though I've never forgotten the story!
Million thanks!
Doug
Hey! I just wanted to draw attention to an author that virtually nobody has heard of: Doris Piserchia.
Though she has authored many strange, wonderful and now out-of-print novels, folks who mine for the best of forgotten things agree that A BILLION DAYS OF EARTH is one of her greatest. Let me give you a little run-down of it:
In the far distant future, human beings have evolved into aloof, indolent creatures with incredible psychokinetic powers, and are called "gods" by those who have taken man's place in creating culture and running civilization. These new men are very close in appearance to homo sapiens, but there are some notable differences -- they have evolved from rats and dogs, after all. Chief among these is their lack of developed hands; to get over this handicap, most of them wear ingenious mechanical hands over their paws. It's all business as usual -- cults, college, corrupt politicians, pointless raids on sentient cat-bees -- until Sheen, an ego-devouring entity of silvery liquid, flows up from the bowels of the earth to take what's his. Has the apocalypse arrived? What role will Rik the rat-man play in determining the fate of the world?
This novel is full of action, emotion and so much vivid weirdness that you can barely get through a page without exclaiming "Zounds! How cool and creepy is that?" You also get a liberal dose of Piserchia's dry, dark humor (which is right up my alley).
Piserchia has also authored a number of other notable works, including MISTER JUSTICE, a fantastic tale of a masked, time-traveling vigilante, the government agents who want to take him down, and the superhuman criminal syndicate he wants to smash. Though most people who read the book agree that it's terrific (Clute and Nicholls even gave it an unqualified thumbs-up in their ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION), what's in print is only HALF OF THE STORY! Ace didn't want it all because it would make the ACE DOUBLE they aimed to compile too fat on one side. Just sayin' . . . it sure would be cool to...
L. Sprague de Camp would make a fine addition to Planet Stories. Either his Pusadian stories (fantasy) or his Viagens Interplanetarias stories (planetary romance.) All of them are from the late 1940s and 1950s, De Camps golden years.
Any chance of publishing all six of the Clifford Ball stories?
I just finished reading "The Goddess Awakes" in Realms of Wizardry and it was quite enjoyable. It seemed a bit of stopgap between Howard and Lieber (but not quite up to par with either, but good enough).
Per Wikipedia, it appears he only published the following:
"Duar the Accursed" (May 1937; reprinted in New Worlds for Old, edited by Lin Carter (1971)
"The Thief of Forthe" (July 1937; reprinted in Savage Heroes, edited by Eric Pendragon (1977) and The Barbarian Swordsmen, edited by Sean Richards (1981)
"The Goddess Awakes" (February 1938; reprinted in Realms of Wizardry, edited by Lin Carter (1976)
"The Swine of Ææa" (March 1939)
"The Little Man" (August 1939)
"The Werewolf Howls" (November 1941; reprinted in 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg (1994)
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L. Sprague de Camp would make a fine addition to Planet Stories. Either his Pusadian stories (fantasy) or his Viagens Interplanetarias stories (planetary romance.) All of them are from the late 1940s and 1950s, De Camps golden years.
I have all of this stuff in my "to read" pile. The Pusadian stories are somewhat nearer the bottom because my understanding is that they are "jokey" fantasy, and that's simply not my bag.
I'd like to read the Viagens stuff, but I'm afraid a recent read of "The Carnelian Cube" moved De Camp a bit lower on the priority list, as I didn't enjoy it very much.
I have all of the Viagens books, and will read them later this year.
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Any chance of publishing all six of the Clifford Ball stories?
I just finished reading "The Goddess Awakes" in Realms of Wizardry and it was quite enjoyable. It seemed a bit of stopgap between Howard and Lieber (but not quite up to par with either, but good enough).
Per Wikipedia, it appears he only published the following:
"Duar the Accursed" (May 1937; reprinted in New Worlds for Old, edited by Lin Carter (1971)
"The Thief of Forthe" (July 1937; reprinted in Savage Heroes, edited by Eric Pendragon (1977) and The Barbarian Swordsmen, edited by Sean Richards (1981)
"The Goddess Awakes" (February 1938; reprinted in Realms of Wizardry, edited by Lin Carter (1976)
"The Swine of Ææa" (March 1939)
"The Little Man" (August 1939)
"The Werewolf Howls" (November 1941; reprinted in 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg (1994)
I have all but one of these stories, and plan to get to them later this year.
I just picked up Jack Vance's Dragon Masters - I keep reading how his stories are the inspiration for D&D's magic system.
I enjoy his style It kind of reminded me of Gene Wolfe (I checked this out and Wolfe looks to have been inspired by Vance so I wasn't far off the mark).
So far I am guessing that this book is more Scfi than fantasy (I am only 30 or so pages in).
Some of the guys I RP with hate the "Vancian" System with a passion so I was looking for context for my pro Vancian argument.
I am guessing that the Dragon Masters are an inspiration for Numeria (sp) Are you allowed to pick up the creatures from Vance's novel for Numeria or are you restricted by copyright?
Are you able to obtain more Vance for PS and can anyone recommend the book that best illustrates magic in the "D&D" sense?
I have not read all 600 of the previous posts, but one of my old favorites was Eric Frank Russell, stories like The Space Willies and The Wasp. I have copies I found that are sort of beat up from a used bookstore, but they seem to be out of print now.This is a nice collection of his best stories.
Entities
5 novels including 'The Wasp,' and 'Next of Kin' (The much-longer version of The Space Willies)
They are around $30 each, but they are really beautiful books.
All the Rosny I've read is excellent,'The Quest of The Dawn Man' was a great Stone Age one. There was a cool paperback collection edited by Damon Knight,'13 French Science Fiction Stories'(a Galaxy of Gallic Fantasy),Bantam 1965. N.C.(Charles and Nathalie)Henneberg,Henry Damonti,Gerard Klein,Pierre Mille etc....all really good. Henneberg,'the A.Merritt of France', wrote a total classic called 'The Green Gods'(English translation published by Daw in 1980)....Kenneth Bulmer...:(....
Hi there!
I am mostly a lurker here but I have written some sources in a previous message about french authors. I think this thread is may be a better place... =)
Just in case you didn't read my previous message, what about those books?
Anyone here red them?Perhaps some interesting novels in Europe? I am going to check and post here later.
I just picked up the new Brian Stableford translation of Rosny's Ironcastle published by Black Coat Press in the omnibus The Mysterious Force. It's a great read, and pretty fascinating to compare and contrast with Farmer's translation and retelling put out by DAW in the 1970s. The first chapter of Farmer's version is, as I already knew from looking at a French language edition, completely Farmer's addition. Stableford says the extraterrestrial components of the book are Farmer's, although I can certainly see some heavy inferring by Rosny that points in an ET direction. Hareton Ironcastle and his daughter are also quite religiously devout in the pure Rosny text, an aspect cut out of the Farmer version. Farmer also smoothed over the text in places, adding sentences here and there, so that while his version is not a purist translation of Rosny's words, I don't see them as a detraction. From what I've read so far, I do think Stableford's translation is quite good, and I think readers looking to study Rosny in an English language edition should first seek out the new BCP edition.
Interestingly, and impressively, BCP are putting out 7 volumes of Rosny's work. I also just read "The Xipehuz" (in The Navigators of Space), which was wild and bizarre story about very *alien* aliens who confront primitive Europeans. I'm really glad someone is finally bringing out Rosny in English.
I recently picked up an Ace anthology called Swordsmen in the Sky edited by a pre-DAW Donald A Wollheim. This got me thinking about these older anthologies. Have you guys thought about doing one of these with old, lesser known pulp S&S and S&P authors? That might be a great idea for authors like Clifford Ball and others.
'I'm really glad someone is finally bringing out Rosny in English'.
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Me too! About time!
I recently picked up an Ace anthology called Swordsmen in the Sky edited by a pre-DAW Donald A Wollheim. This got me thinking about these older anthologies. Have you guys thought about doing one of these with old, lesser known pulp S&S and S&P authors? That might be a great idea for authors like Clifford Ball and others.
Excellent idea...but if you do something like this you should only include stories that are not available free as ebooks! Wallace West springs to mind!...put one of his in there...and I promise I will buy the book if it has the first 'Golden Amazon' story in it ;)
(It may be the last real book I ever buy)ps. If you haven't seen this,you need to check it out!!
www.archive.org/search.php?...creator%3A%22Leigh%20Brackett%22
(type Leigh Brackett in search query)
Most of the previously unavailable Brackett stories are there.