tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post683929738016651991..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Ranch Romances, 2nd April Number, 1957James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-60005232745546761382011-10-03T20:25:42.793-05:002011-10-03T20:25:42.793-05:00I actually bought a copy of Ranch Romances new. T...I actually bought a copy of Ranch Romances new. The reason? It had a story by Murray Leinster. So there's another author to appear in both magazines.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-40442678917916067962011-10-01T21:16:38.421-05:002011-10-01T21:16:38.421-05:00I never bought a copy of Ranch Romances new on the...I never bought a copy of Ranch Romances new on the stands either as the Romance in the title was a thrill killer and I rarely read westerns in those days.<br /><br />However, my late sister did buy them quite often and I have a stack of them from the digest days.<br /><br />I did later acquire the September 24, 1954 issue which proudly announced that it was the third issue that September. It is listed as bi-weekly. The issue measures 9.25 inches by a hair under 7 inches with untrimmed edges.<br /><br />The reason I purchased this copy was because it has a novelette by Seven Anderton "Sandhill Manhunt." I am perhaps the only collector of Seven Anderton (and curse the fact that so many of his Bluebook stories appeared in issues headlined by Edgar Rice Burroughs).<br /><br />A bonus for this issue of Ranch Romances is that also has a story by Will Cook as its featured "novel" ("Fury at Painted Rock"). Cook is another favorite.Richard Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770090814220403413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-26384041562282734022011-10-01T10:34:20.946-05:002011-10-01T10:34:20.946-05:00I read several Huffaker novels many years ago, and...I read several Huffaker novels many years ago, and enjoyed every one. Always meant to read more of him. Near the end of its run, I subscribed to Ranch Romances. Still have those copies. At that point, it was a traditional Western magazine. In fact, I think they finally changed its name to Ranch Romances and Adventures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-10057630802550347892011-10-01T10:25:07.535-05:002011-10-01T10:25:07.535-05:00Marian O'Hearn (no relation--it was a pseudony...Marian O'Hearn (no relation--it was a pseudonym), who wrote for RANCH ROMANCES and many of the other western romance magazines, had a story published by John W. Campbell in ASTOUNDING STORIES/ANALOG's sister magazine UNKNOWN.Martin OHearnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756078371130519063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-40949299870087982222011-10-01T09:06:23.356-05:002011-10-01T09:06:23.356-05:00A discussion over at the Facebook Western Readers ...A discussion over at the Facebook Western Readers group has brought up the large number of women among the readers of today's westerns. RANCH ROMANCES, as you describe it, shows this was already the case during the years of the pulps--this one actually outlasting all the rest of them. That's some fan base. Thanks, James.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-90410753842219817382011-10-01T09:02:48.828-05:002011-10-01T09:02:48.828-05:00RANCH ROMANCES was just about the last of the pulp...RANCH ROMANCES was just about the last of the pulps, lasting until 1971. I never bought a copy either and when I started buying fiction magazines in the 1950's, they were all digest except for RANCH ROMANCES and SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY. <br /><br />It's funny you mentioning THE WAR WAGON. The Western Channel has been running it and I just watched it last night. I found it to be amusing and full of action plus I like gatling guns.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com