{"id":18024,"date":"2024-04-08T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=18024"},"modified":"2024-04-07T12:50:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T16:50:05","slug":"blood-n-thunder-2024-special-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2024\/04\/08\/blood-n-thunder-2024-special-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Blood ‘n’ Thunder 2024 Special Edition’"},"content":{"rendered":"

We now have the annual issue of Blood ‘n’ Thunder<\/a><\/em>, the Blood ‘n’ Thunder 2024 Special Edition<\/em>, from Murania Press<\/a>, again a little before Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Blood<\/a>This one clocks in at 276 pages, a little shorter than last year’s, with 16 articles on pulp, vintage movies, and old-time radio. We get several top contributors this time, along with some first-timers.<\/p>\n

First up, we get an article by pulp researcher Will Murray<\/a><\/strong> that first appeared in a blog. This looks at a \u201clost\u201d detective story supposedly written by Maltese Falcon<\/em> creator Dashiell Hammett<\/a><\/strong>. This is another example of the difficulty at times to identify works of obscure authors as possible pseudonymous works by well-known authors.<\/p>\n

Canadian pulp researcher and filmmaker Don Hutchison<\/a><\/strong> has two articles this time. One looks at the “northwestern” stories that starred Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the other is a re-evaluation of the classic poverty row film White Zombie<\/em> (1932) that starred Bela Lugosi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I remember watching the movie reviews by critics Gene Siskel<\/strong> and Roger Ebert<\/strong>. But it’s only been in recent years that I’ve learned about Ebert’s involvement in sf fandom and writing for fanzines. Gilbert Colon<\/a><\/strong> takes a look into this period of his life.<\/p>\n

Editor-publisher Ed Hulse<\/a><\/strong> gives us an expanded revisit to the occult world of Chandu the Magician<\/strong>, a character with a long career in radio adventures, movies, and serials during the 1930s. Some of these featured Bela Lugosi, first as the main villain in one film to being Chandu in a subsequent serial. Now that is unusual.<\/p>\n

Paperback authority Gary Lovisi<\/a><\/strong> covers a mid-1920s series of proto paperbacks from Garden City Publications that reprinted mainly from the pulps using covers from Short Stories<\/a><\/em>. This was possible because they were owned by Doubleday who also owned the pulp. I have been aware of them for several years, but this is the first time I’ve seen an article on them.<\/p>\n

Also included is a revised and expanded version of my article on obscure pulpster Lemuel de Bra<\/a><\/strong> that first appeared in my print fanzine From the Desk of a Pulp Super-Fan<\/em> that is included with the PEAPS<\/a><\/em> mailing. This includes details on his book reprinting several of his “oriental intrigue” stories, The Ways They Are Wary<\/em>. It would be nice if someone reprinted this with the artwork from the dust jacket. I hope this will not be my last contribution to BnT<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For the past several volumes, OTR expert Karl Schadow<\/a><\/strong> has been looking at various radio series that were tied to pulp magazines, often obscure ones. This time he looks at one from 1931 that was connected to Adventure<\/a><\/em> magazine, called Moments of Adventure<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Black Cat<\/em>, a late 19th-century magazine that lasted until 1923, has often been cited as the precursor to Weird Tales<\/em> because it sometimes contained “off trail” stories similar such that H.P. Lovecraft<\/a><\/strong> started to pick it up and even Clark Ashton Smith<\/a><\/strong> contributed to it. Thus historian Will Oliver<\/a><\/strong> looking into it to see if this claim holds up.<\/p>\n

Author Richard Matheson<\/a><\/strong> is probably best known for his works that became the movies, I Am Legend<\/em> and The Shrinking Man<\/em>. Here Matthew Bradley<\/a><\/strong> takes a close and comprehensive look at his early pulp fantasy and science-fictional stories.<\/p>\n

We get several articles from the Writer’s Digest<\/em> by several prominent pulp-fiction writers and editors. These are always great as they give a “behind the door” look into writing for the pulps and what the editors wanted. From Leo Margulies<\/a><\/strong>, the long-time chief editor of the Thrilling line, we get a peek inside the first that was then publishing 25 monthly pulps with a combined circulation of two-million copies, as well as writing for the pulp westerns. From editor\/publisher Hugo Gernsback<\/a><\/strong>, who started the first sf pulps, we learn about how to write science-fiction stories. From Erle Stanley Gardner<\/a><\/strong>, the creator of Perry Mason<\/strong> and who got his start at Black Mask<\/a><\/em>, we learn about how to incorporate local color. From sf author Henry Kuttner<\/a><\/strong> we learn how to sell fantasy stories. And from James H.S. Moynahan<\/a><\/strong>, who wrote for Black Mask<\/em>, we learn about writing detective stories.<\/p>\n

I always enjoy these volumes, and while I might not care for every article, there are always many I do enjoy. This goes on my shelf with my other pulp reference books. Also check out the new edition of the Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction<\/em> that just came out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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