{"id":3126,"date":"2013-12-05T10:27:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T15:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/?p=3126"},"modified":"2014-11-12T13:07:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T18:07:01","slug":"3-pulp-questions-bill-thom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2013\/12\/05\/3-pulp-questions-bill-thom\/","title":{"rendered":"3 pulp questions: Bill Thom"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bill
Bill Thom<\/figcaption><\/figure>You are probably most familiar with Bill Thom<\/strong> through Pulp Coming Attractions<\/a>, where weekly he posts the latest news regarding pulp-related publications and websites. He’s the next pulp to answer “3 pulp questions<\/a>.”<\/p>\n
Coming Attractions began as a printed feature in the long-running pulp fanzine<\/a> Echoes<\/em><\/a>. After Echoes<\/em> ended, Bill moved Coming Attractions online in 2002. He posts his weekly updates on Friday evenings or Saturdays.<\/div>\n

Bill, who won the first Munsey Award<\/a> in 2009, also manages the Pulp Series Character Reprint Index<\/a>, which lists pulp characters and details about when and where their stories have been reprinted. He also runs Howard Works<\/a>, a site that provides a detailed listing of where Robert E. Howard<\/strong>‘s writings have appeared.<\/p>\n[box type=”shadow”]\n

3 Pulp Questions<\/strong><\/h4>\n

3 Pulp Questions<\/a><\/strong> is an opportunity for you to get to know fellow pulp collectors a bit better and, maybe, introduce you to pulps, authors, stories or characters that you haven’t explored.[\/box]\n

Let’s hear from Bill:<\/p>\n

1. How were you introduced to the pulps?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It began one Christmas when I was young and my grandparents presented me with a gift of two Tom Swift Jr.<\/strong> adventures, “Tom Swift And His Flying Lab” and “Tom Swift and His Giant Robot.” I devoured them both and began haunting the book section of department stores when my parents went shopping and dragged me along.<\/div>\n
It was on a trip to the local J.C. Penney store when I spotted my first Doc Savage<\/strong> paperbacks on the rack, “The Secret in the Sky” and “Mystery Under the Sea.” I was enamoured of the James Bama<\/strong> covers and successfully persuaded my parents to procure both titles for me. I do not recall which I read first, but I thoroughly enjoyed both books and sought out more Doc Savage.<\/div>\n
In time I discovered the Berkley reprints of G-8<\/strong> and The Spider<\/strong> as well as the Bantam reprints of The Shadow<\/strong>. Eventually, I spotted the Frazetta<\/strong> Conan<\/strong> covers which began my interest in weird and horror fiction. I was hooked.<\/div>\n

2. What is your most prized pulp possession?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That would have to be my collection of 80 or so The Shadow<\/em> pulps.<\/div>\n

3. What overlooked (pulp magazine, story, author, character, or series) would you recommend to pulp fans and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Joseph
Brennan<\/figcaption><\/figure>Weird Tales<\/em> author Joseph Payne Brennan<\/strong> whose work I first discovered in a reprint from John Pelan’s “Midnight House.” Brennan’s stories effectively develop suspense and draw the reader into the story.<\/div>\n
Brennan’s weird tales and his tales of occult detective Lucius Leffing<\/strong> need to be brought back into print in definitive editions for today’s readers.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/a>Photo of Bill Thom courtesy of PulpFest<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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