tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post1863179233897609529..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Starhaven - Ivar Jorgenson (Robert Silverberg)James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-78608293264746406892011-09-15T10:18:01.738-05:002011-09-15T10:18:01.738-05:00I, too, am a big fan of STARHAVEN, and have read i...I, too, am a big fan of STARHAVEN, and have read it several times since it first came out. I have it in the original 1957 magazine version, got it from my school friend, Bob Ade, who had first removed the cover because he was afraid his mother would disapprove of the exotic bare-breasted girl depicted! I have sold SF myself, and art to Galaxy, If, Mirage Press and Arkham House.Joe Wehrle, Jr.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-21648901650441123242010-06-11T19:33:14.907-05:002010-06-11T19:33:14.907-05:00I read THE RUNAWAY ROBOT with my son late last yea...I read THE RUNAWAY ROBOT with my son late last year, and it is indeed slow and predictable. The other SBS LDR title I have is TUNNEL THROUGH TIME but haven't read it.Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-42726534449484114302010-06-11T16:08:55.356-05:002010-06-11T16:08:55.356-05:00Well, at least four juveniles, and rather bad ones...Well, at least four juveniles, and rather bad ones (to judge by the one I had, THE RUNAWAY ROBOT) were outlined by a blocked (iirc) del Rey and actually written by Fairman. I'm not sure he had any other fiction ghosted.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-28957254505677603502010-06-11T15:41:44.293-05:002010-06-11T15:41:44.293-05:00So Lester Del Rey was not really Lester Del Rey? W...So Lester Del Rey was not really Lester Del Rey? Were there others published under that name?Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-5373397013848758222010-06-11T15:32:36.891-05:002010-06-11T15:32:36.891-05:00Silverberg went on to write so many important and ...Silverberg went on to write so many important and classic novels...but like you I still enjoy his pulp stories. I hope somebody keeps bringing out his pulp stuff in various volumes. Starhaven is a good one, a cut above most action sf. Yes he wrote ten thousand words a day but a lot of those words ere damned good.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-77073062924016943882010-06-11T08:05:29.661-05:002010-06-11T08:05:29.661-05:00Love the cover! And THE SUN SMASHERS is pretty go...Love the cover! And THE SUN SMASHERS is pretty good, too. You're right, James, this is one of the better ACE DOUBLES.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-32753717429741733512010-06-11T07:27:30.672-05:002010-06-11T07:27:30.672-05:00Starhaven began life as "Thunder Over Starhav...Starhaven began life as "Thunder Over Starhaven" in the October, 1957 issue of Science Fiction Adventures. (The same magazine published the Silverberg stories that would become Lest We Forget Thee, Earth, The Planet Killers, and Stepsons of Terra.)<br /><br />As with many of the Ace titles, Starhaven was first published in hardcover by Avalon.<br /><br />I believe Fairman, like his colleague and fellow Amazing/Fantastic editor Howard Browne, much preferred the mystery field to science fiction, and his work shows it. Nonetheless, one SF book by Fairman I have been looking for is The Golden Ape, written with Milton Lesser/Stephen Marlowe under the joint pseudonym "Adam Chase".Jerry Housenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-12793675986119027552010-06-11T06:37:06.842-05:002010-06-11T06:37:06.842-05:00That is such a strange notion, taking the place of...That is such a strange notion, taking the place of a writer who you admired. (or writers).pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-56172971229642146842010-06-11T01:18:17.327-05:002010-06-11T01:18:17.327-05:00I'm with you on silverberg. I like his early ...I'm with you on silverberg. I like his early stuff the best. More adventure focused. I love these old kinds of covers too. Maybe because as a kid that's how they always said rockets were going to look.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-68624291129916313522010-06-11T01:17:32.544-05:002010-06-11T01:17:32.544-05:00I have signed one bit of published prose "Ale...I have signed one bit of published prose "Alexander Blade," just for the hell of it.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-62166122218182859922010-06-11T01:16:53.515-05:002010-06-11T01:16:53.515-05:00And there were spelling variations on Ivar Jorgens...And there were spelling variations on Ivar Jorgenson...Ivor and Jorgensen, as I recall...and I think you're correct that Paul Fairman was the original IJ, but boy did pseuds get swapped around at Ziff-Davis and then spill out into the rest of publishing (particularly when Ray Palmer or Fairman were in an editorial position...in the 1950s, Fairman was founding editor of IF (which started as a clone of the ZD magazines), went back to ZD to take over AMAZING and FANTASTIC from Howard Browne, and to found shortlived FANTASTIC spinoff DREAM WORLD, and went from their to Managing Editor of EQMM...don't know if he edited again after that, though he was certainly ghosting Lester Del Rey's juveniles in the early '60s from LDR's outlines.<br /><br />Amd, James, never be afraid to ask Bob on FM.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com