tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post6377066029198371397..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Now Available: The Digest Enthusiast, Book FiveJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-66707005694250178292017-01-20T07:02:12.445-06:002017-01-20T07:02:12.445-06:00I bought MAGAZINE OF HORROR and Lowndes' other...I bought MAGAZINE OF HORROR and Lowndes' other digests off the newsstands in Trenton, NJ and read them mainly for Lowndes editorials and extensive story comments. Later, I also saw many issues remaindered in the area bargain basement bookstores. The distribution must have been terrible for so many issues to show up remaindered. They were selling for 25 cents many years later. I bought them for resale and sold them at Pulpcon for $5.00 each. Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-85234438000897426942017-01-20T01:02:30.998-06:002017-01-20T01:02:30.998-06:00Lowndes' Magazine of Horror and its companion ...Lowndes' <i>Magazine of Horror</i> and its companion digest titles published by Health Knowledge Inc. suffered from patchy distribution and production difficulties that forced delays in their scheduled appearances. So maybe it's not surprising they've eluded your hands in Texas, James.<br /><br />What is surprising is that in the early '70s remainders reached New Zealand and the bargain basement of an Auckland City department store, now long vanished from the site and occupied by an upmarket hotel. I snapped up a good quantity and sharpened my taste for <i>Weird Tales</i> fare. I'd been introduced to Lovecraft, Howard, Smith, Leiber, and other <i>WT</i> authors by the Margulies/Moskowitz Pyramid paperbacks, which I'd bought in England in the '60s from a Woolworth's store, also as remainders. I'm not a magazine collector in Walker's league but I still have all these traveled publications in boxes that vie successfully for precious space in a retirement villa.Chap O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13408711495694216427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-89733564649337238372017-01-19T09:53:53.243-06:002017-01-19T09:53:53.243-06:00Many thanks for the review, James. Peter’s article...Many thanks for the review, James. Peter’s article about Robert A.W. Lowndes impressed me too. RAWL certainly did a lot with a little. The low-budget covers and production values of Magazine of Horror don’t do its contents justice. Since he leaned heavily on Weird Tales and Strange Tales (among others) for stories, MOH is a great way to read a lot of those stories at less than Weird Tales prices.<br /><br />The other thing that struck me was RAWL’s passion for the material. His enthusiasm and genuine desire to connect with readers pours out of his editorials.<br /><br />Thanks for your support, Walker. Wonderful to hear you’re enjoying the series!Richard Krausshttp://www.larquepress.com/digests.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-52579015987596968052017-01-19T07:17:03.775-06:002017-01-19T07:17:03.775-06:00This is an excellent magazine and I have all 5 iss...This is an excellent magazine and I have all 5 issues. Highly recommended.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com