{"id":21075,"date":"2025-11-07T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=21075"},"modified":"2025-09-28T16:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T20:21:26","slug":"fanzine-focus-the-weird-tales-collector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2025\/11\/07\/fanzine-focus-the-weird-tales-collector\/","title":{"rendered":"Fanzine focus: ‘The Weird Tales Collector’"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently picked up a complete set of a sadly short-lived fanzine, Robert Weinberg<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s The Weird Tales Collector<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>This fanzine ran six issues from 1977 to 1980. All are 5.5- by 8.5-inches, 32 pages long, and saddle-stitched. The focus is on Weird Tales<\/em> and related pulps. I have no idea if any of the works here were reprinted elsewhere or what happened to the planned articles for the next issue, as they were planning to continue.<\/p>\n

From Nos. 1-5, we get an index of the contents of Weird Tales<\/em> from the beginning until 1974. In No. 6, they ran an index for Strange Stories<\/em>, with an author index as well. Now, these are not the reasons to get these issues, as we have the indexes at Galactic Central.<\/p>\n

What I found most interesting and enjoyable were the other articles and interviews in these issues. I found some great gems among them. I\u2019ll point out the ones I found most important.<\/p>\n

#1 (1977)<\/strong>: We get a trio of pieces on Edmond Hamilton<\/a><\/strong>, who had recently passed away. We get a memoir by E. Hoffmann Price<\/a><\/strong> and a piece from Robert Weinberg. There is also an index of Hamilton\u2019s works in Weird Tales<\/em>. We also get a short piece on author Everil Worrell<\/a><\/strong> by her daughter. Worrell wrote a little under 20 stories for Weird Tales<\/em>. S.T. Joshi<\/a><\/strong> has done a recent collection of her works as The Hollow Moon and Others<\/em> (2024), which I hope to review soon.<\/p>\n

#2 (1977)<\/strong>: We get another selection of articles, several of which were reprinted from the 1930s. Weinberg provides an article on WT<\/em> cover artist Margaret Brundage<\/a><\/strong>, based on meeting her. We get an article on Amelia Reynolds Long<\/a><\/strong>, based on some interviews with her, along with a bibliography of her works in WT<\/em> and other SF pulps. I\u2019m not aware of any current reprints of her works. We get a trio of reprints from the 1930s. One is a short piece on being an editor from Farnsworth Wright<\/a><\/strong>. Edmond Hamilton<\/a><\/strong> has a short piece on himself. And Ray Palmer<\/a><\/strong> writes about August Derleth<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>#3 (1978)<\/strong>: From U.K. researcher on SF, Mike Ashley<\/a><\/strong>, we get an article on the \u201cNot at Night\u201d U.K. book series, which reprinted stories from WT<\/em>. A former WT<\/em> author, Malcolm Ferguson<\/a><\/strong>, provides a fun little nonfiction piece. And Forrest J Ackerman<\/a><\/strong> provides a write-up of his visit with Margaret Brundage.<\/p>\n

#4 (1978)<\/strong>: Mike Ashley writes on U.K. author of weird fiction Harold S. W. Chibbett<\/a><\/strong>, who had recently passed away. He includes a bibliography of Chibbett\u2019s works. We get some reprints. One is a letter from the weird-fiction author Henry S. Whitehead<\/a><\/strong>, which appeared in Adventure<\/em> in the 1920s. The other collects notes from the column \u201cWeird Whispering\u201d that appeared in the classic fanzine The Fantasy Fan<\/em>.<\/p>\n

#5 (1979)<\/strong>: This time we get a long piece from Robert Sampson<\/a><\/strong> on Jules de Grandin<\/a><\/strong>, which would appear in his Yesterday\u2019s Faces<\/em> series of books. This is accompanied by some new artwork by Stephen E. Fabian<\/a><\/strong>. In the first of what was planned as a regular column by Robert A.W. Lowndes<\/a><\/strong>, it reprints readers\u2019 choices from \u201cThe Eyrie\u201d from WT<\/em>. The second one appeared in the next issue.<\/p>\n

#6 (1980)<\/strong>: We get an interview with Mary Elizabeth Counselman<\/a><\/strong>, along with a bibliography of her work in WT<\/em>. Both Armchair Fiction and Sarnath Press (S.T. Joshi) have done collections of her works. Another article is on E. Hoffmann Price\u2019s work in WT<\/em>. I remember seeing the small portraits of Jules de Grandin and his friend Dr. Trowbridge<\/strong> by Virgil Finlay<\/a><\/strong>, but I wasn\u2019t aware of their source. They were from WT<\/em>, and in a short article, we find out who they were based on.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in pulp weird fiction, this is one to look for, especially as I\u2019m not aware of these articles being available elsewhere. Too bad this didn\u2019t last longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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