tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post6385453892131779543..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Ki-Gor, King of the Jungle - John Peter Drummond (John Murray Reynolds)James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-85759799118789526792011-02-04T19:38:51.478-06:002011-02-04T19:38:51.478-06:00The Ki-Gor series is wildly uneven but if you like...The Ki-Gor series is wildly uneven but if you like the early stuff, well, it just gets pulpier and pulpier as it goes. The best novels are deliriously over-the-top blizzards of purple prose and outrageous plot developments. Even some of the issues from the 1950's still pack the kind of lurid action you'd expect from a 1930's pulp.<br /><br />John HockingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-61513530647039246212011-02-04T15:57:31.465-06:002011-02-04T15:57:31.465-06:00Thankee, James.Thankee, James.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-34777999053072163032011-02-04T12:04:00.026-06:002011-02-04T12:04:00.026-06:00Though I've read most, but not all, of Burroug...Though I've read most, but not all, of Burroughs' Tarzan books, Ki-Gor is territory I've never entered, and I'm not sure I will. Jungle tales - Kipling excepted - have never interested me that much and the ERB was enough to suit me. Excellent review, however, and I suppose if one of these fell into my lap, and I'm not looking for that to happen, I might read it. Eventually. Maybe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-76243875440785857822011-02-04T09:31:14.901-06:002011-02-04T09:31:14.901-06:00And here's a listing of all the Ki-Gor reprint...And here's a listing of all the Ki-Gor reprints. I didn't realize there had been so many.<br /><br />http://members.cox.net/pulpreprintindex2/kigor.htmlJames Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-43598423352271859812011-02-04T09:27:21.256-06:002011-02-04T09:27:21.256-06:00I'm not sure anybody has determined who wrote ...I'm not sure anybody has determined who wrote which stories in the Ki-Gor series. My friend Morgan Holmes has done some research into that and I believe has a pretty good idea who wrote some of them, but I don't think a list of author attributions has ever been published. However, there's a good website at:<br /><br />http://petercurrane.wordpress.com/<br /><br />that lists all the stories and has cover images of the issues in which they appeared.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-55752986930415399492011-02-04T09:11:53.435-06:002011-02-04T09:11:53.435-06:00I have a hefty stack of these stories in Hanos rep...I have a hefty stack of these stories in Hanos reprints and a few more recent ones in <i>High Adventure</i>, but still haven't read that first story. Most of the later stories are what the pulp mags called "novels," so I'm guessing they're closer to 40,000 words. Quality varies, but some are very good. Have you seen a list of who wrote what?Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.com