{"id":457,"date":"2008-04-08T22:55:59","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T05:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpBlogs\/YellowedPerils_test\/?p=457"},"modified":"2011-07-29T23:50:43","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T06:50:43","slug":"continuing-on-our-pulp-to-film-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2008\/04\/08\/continuing-on-our-pulp-to-film-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing on our pulp-to-film theme&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walt Disney Studios announced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/entertainmentNews\/idUSN0841069120080408?pageNumber=1&amp;virtualBrandChannel=0&amp;sp=true\" target=\"_blank\">plans for its next 10 animated films<\/a> on Tuesday, April 8. There was no mention of the <a href=\"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2008\/03\/17\/a-step-closer-to-mars\/\">John Carter series<\/a>. But buried way down was reference to a Christmas 2012 feature: <em>King of the Elves<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-461\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-461\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2010\/08\/beyondsciencefiction5309.jpg?resize=150%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Beyond Fantasy Fiction, September 1953\" width=\"150\" height=\"206\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beyond Fantasy Fiction, September 1953<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s based on an early <a href=\"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpWiki\/wikka.php?wakka=DickPhilipK\">Philip K. Dick<\/a> story of the same name that appeared in the September 1953 number of <a href=\"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpWiki\/wikka.php?wakka=BeyondFantasyFiction\"><em>Beyond Fantasy Fiction<\/em><\/a>, a short-lived (10 issues) <a href=\"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpWiki\/wikka.php?wakka=PulpMagazines\">pulp digest<\/a> published by <a href=\"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpWiki\/wikka.php?wakka=GalaxyPublishing\">Galaxy Publishing Corp.<\/a> as a companion to its more popular <a href=\"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpWiki\/wikka.php?wakka=GalaxyScienceFiction\"><em>Galaxy Science Fiction<\/em><\/a> digest.<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t say I\u2019ve read the story, but <strong>Lawrence Sutin<\/strong> in his book <em>Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick<\/em> calls it \u201cPhil\u2019s best fantasy story.\u201d He provides this brief summary: \u201cShadrach Jones, an old man in a desolate small town, offers shelter from the rain to a tattered troup of Elves, whose ailing King dies in Shadrach\u2019s bed. The Elves are battered from their fierce war with the Trolls; they badly need a new King and convince Shadrach to lead them. His neighbor, Phineas Judd, tries to persuade Shadrach that he is losing his mind \u2013 but&#8230;\u201d Well, I won\u2019t spoil the ending for you.<\/p>\n<p>The film will be computer generated and, as seven of the other movies on Disney\u2019s slate, will be released in 3-D.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 William<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walt Disney Studios announced plans for its next 10 animated films on Tuesday, April 8. There was no mention of the John Carter series. 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