{"id":5284,"date":"2016-07-20T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=5284"},"modified":"2021-01-17T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T20:13:16","slug":"windy-city-pulp-stories-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2016\/07\/20\/windy-city-pulp-stories-16\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Windy City Pulp Stories’ #16"},"content":{"rendered":"

\""Windy<\/a>Once again another Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention<\/a> has passed (2016), and we are blessed with a new edition of the Windy City Pulp Stories<\/em>, now up to #16.<\/p>\n

This year’s focus is on science fiction, as well as the 120th anniversary of Argosy<\/em>. We get a great selection of articles, both new and reprinted in these area.<\/p>\n

The largest set are focused on the celebration of science fiction. \u00a0And the “new” articles aren’t so new. \u00a0While they see print here for the first time, they were actually pulled together in 1979 by Robert Weinberg<\/strong> for a proposed tribute to Astounding<\/em> on its 50th Anniversary. \u00a0Which never saw print. \u00a0Here we get a tribute by Robert Weinberg on\u00a0Astounding<\/em>, as well as an interview with A.E. van Vogt<\/strong>. Will Murray<\/strong> provides a couple of short, but still interesting, articles. One is an “alternate history” of early SF mags. Basically a look at what might have been. His second is a list of oddities from Astounding<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Then we get \u201cReflections on Science Fiction,\u201d by Manly Wade Wellman<\/strong>, which tells of him getting into writing science fiction. \u201cAn Interview With Poul Anderson<\/strong>,\u201d by Dave Studzinski.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then we get into the reprinted stuff. \u00a0First we get a look at Amazing Stories<\/em>\u00a0(and Hugo Gernsbeck) by Everett F. Bleiler. \u00a0Then some articles from the 1930s on how to write. One is on \u201cWriting the Pseudo-Scientific Story,\u201d which I thought a strange term to use for science fiction. And the other is by Hugo Gernsback<\/strong> on what is expected from those wanting to submit to his magazines, Science Wonder Stories<\/em> and Air Wonder Stories<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Also included are \u201cThe Faces of Science Fiction,\u201d by Tom Roberts<\/strong>, which reprints many black and white artwork “head shots” of various SF authors. \u00a0And a couple of articles by Doug Ellis<\/strong>: \u201cThe Mort Weisinger<\/strong> Gala, June 5, 1937,\u201d and\u00a0\u201cScience Fiction Collector Rarities.”<\/p>\n

We get a short section focusing on art. First off is an article on Frank R. Paul<\/strong> that ran in Family Circle<\/em> magazine, which even got a new Paul cover (which is included). \u00a0Here, too, they kept using the term “pseudo-scientific” instead of “science fiction”. Then we get \u201cRoy G. Krenkel<\/strong>: A Brief Biography,\u201d by David Saunders<\/strong>, followed by a gallery of Krenkel’s SF artwork.<\/p>\n

In the celebration of The Argosy<\/em> and Frank A. Munsey<\/strong>, we get a couple of articles Munsey wrote. The first is his \u201cThe Story of The Argosy<\/em>,\u201d which is a sort of bio of him along with a history of the magazine up until 1907. Then we get a look at \u201cThe Making and Marketing of Munsey\u2019s Magazines\u201d from 1899.<\/p>\n

As always, a great conference book. I highly recommend it and the prior ones, most of which are kept in print by Black Dog Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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