tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post6866286388658163638..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Novellas: Queen of the Martian Catacombs - Leigh BrackettJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-61607676233836776292015-12-16T17:31:44.907-06:002015-12-16T17:31:44.907-06:00Great post, Jim! Very cool to see you honoring th...Great post, Jim! Very cool to see you honoring the Brackett centennial year.<br /><br />I read that same Ace double back in 1985. I'd already devoured the Skaith books. What a thrill. I think your EJS/El Borak analogy has some merit. Hadn't thought of (nor heard of) that angle. Seems obvious now. There's a bit of the "Half-breed Injun Renegade" (as seen in ERB's "Apache" novels as well.<br /><br />Over the years, I've read various hints/accounts that Leigh and Ed sometimes worked on each other's stories.Deucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240457596421236288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-87533267459914782102015-12-14T00:44:38.771-06:002015-12-14T00:44:38.771-06:00i'm intrigued and this issue planet stories is...<br />i'm intrigued and this issue planet stories is available in good shape for little cash, so i'll explore this.<br /><br />speculative pulp related, i just finished up two issue of weird tales---what an inconsistent magazine that is. <br /><br />may 1932 was very good, actually the single most consistent issue i've read, with fun tales by hugh b. cave and the robert e. howard and some gorgeous ca smith prose, and a real conceptual stunner by david h. keller called 'the last magician'. but then the march 1934 issue was mostly mediocre and poor--the two longest stories were both tedious duds--the dyahlis cover story and the awful william hope allegory, virus of hell. the robert e howard, ca smith and anthony m rud tales help the issue--especially the reh valley of the worm---but these account for only about 25% of the pages in a not good issue. <br />i've found it's always an expensive crapshoot with this mag, even with the lovecraft, ca smith, re howard, wandrei, jacobi, hugh b cave tales that should make it more of a 'sure thing.' <br /><br />so now i've moved to something more consistent...adventure, the jan 3 1920 issue recommended by mr. walker martin...<br />S. Craig Zahlerhttp://scraigzahler.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-80390124363035448162015-12-12T18:01:15.454-06:002015-12-12T18:01:15.454-06:00Morgan,
Thanks for the info about Carr's book....Morgan,<br />Thanks for the info about Carr's book. I may look for a copy of it.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-18764564856817804072015-12-11T23:04:16.897-06:002015-12-11T23:04:16.897-06:00I've enjoyed this discussion about Leigh Brack...I've enjoyed this discussion about Leigh Brackett and PLANET STORIES. I too met Brackett at an early Pulpcon and got a chance to talk to her about her pulp detective fiction. She was amused to find a fan who did not ask her about her SF.<br /><br />Concerning PLANET STORIES, it's been a long time favorite of mine and I'll have to read my copy of the Summer 1949 issue.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-71125350729388123312015-12-11T19:49:23.493-06:002015-12-11T19:49:23.493-06:00John L. Carr's LEIGH BRACKETT: AMERICAN WRITER...John L. Carr's LEIGH BRACKETT: AMERICAN WRITER was the source that Edmond Hamilton expanded the two Stark on Mars adventures. The Secret of Sinharat was not expanded very much from the original PLANET STORIES version. People of the Talisman was expanded about 40 or 50% by my guess. I read the two Planet Stories versions and compared them to the Ace Double.Morgannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-8632118139572146362015-12-11T19:36:09.952-06:002015-12-11T19:36:09.952-06:00Gollancz Masterworks & Stephen Jones editing?!...Gollancz Masterworks & Stephen Jones editing?! <br /><br />SOLD! <br /><br />I will hunt down a copy.<br /><br />Thanks!Paul R. McNameehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498380385001618758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-18550280503022983842015-12-11T18:06:35.259-06:002015-12-11T18:06:35.259-06:00Paul,
I read the story in the big collection SEA-K...Paul,<br />I read the story in the big collection SEA-KINGS OF MARS, which has all the Eric John Stark stories as well as a bunch of Brackett's other early stuff, and a few later stories. It's part of the Fantasy Masterworks series published by Gollancz and is a very nice edition. I found it as a remainder at Half Price Books a couple of years ago. In the afterword by editor Stephen Jones, he also mentions the theory that Hamilton expanded the novellas for the Ace Double novels but doesn't cite any source. I noticed that when I was looking through it again this afternoon.<br /><br />Once I've read all three novellas, I plan to find the three Stark novels, which I used to own in the original Ballantine editions but never got around to reading.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-73160160973967413682015-12-11T17:22:05.093-06:002015-12-11T17:22:05.093-06:00Paul, the entire issue of PLANET STORIES with this...Paul, the entire issue of PLANET STORIES with this story is available online at Internet Archive.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-77935891347724795632015-12-11T16:32:28.720-06:002015-12-11T16:32:28.720-06:00It might be available in one of the Baen collectio...It might be available in one of the Baen collections.Adventuresfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907562789681407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-38055552295579286762015-12-11T13:43:19.218-06:002015-12-11T13:43:19.218-06:00I have The Secret of Sinharat but I don't know...I have <i>The Secret of Sinharat</i> but I don't know if I have the original "Queen of the Martian Catacombs."<br /><br />What book did you read it from? (Thanks)<br /><br />(I think my comic shop might have the reproduction of the PLANET STORIES issue, I should get that.)Paul R. McNameehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498380385001618758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-45506517076862976592015-12-11T12:09:20.909-06:002015-12-11T12:09:20.909-06:00Except for the Ginger Star trilogy, which I liked ...Except for the Ginger Star trilogy, which I liked a lot, I'm woefully under-read on Brackett. I have a couple of things here, but need to get to them.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-5689087266931936712015-12-11T10:52:01.009-06:002015-12-11T10:52:01.009-06:00Great piece. I've been wanting to dive in on t...Great piece. I've been wanting to dive in on the Stark stories. Now I know where to start. There's also this new book: http://www.haffnerpress.com/book/stark/Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-31816736032525272572015-12-11T10:23:36.334-06:002015-12-11T10:23:36.334-06:00I've been reading the ACE collection of hers c...I've been reading the ACE collection of hers called The Coming of the Terrans. Love it!<br />Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890931403701897892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-88605899349140355802015-12-11T09:32:43.468-06:002015-12-11T09:32:43.468-06:00I read all of Leigh Brackett's work that ACE B...I read all of Leigh Brackett's work that ACE Books published back in the Sixties. Loved her work. And, I read all of Edmond Hamilton's ACE books, too. Terrific stuff!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-25832296228612938622015-12-11T09:29:06.774-06:002015-12-11T09:29:06.774-06:00I'm a big fan of her work and have been for mo...I'm a big fan of her work and have been for more years that I want to think about. Personally I don't think she was capable of writing a bad story. I was very fortunate to meet her back at the 1970's when she showed up at Pulpcon. Was a nice lady she was.Barry Traylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134880916215990198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-65256618253115731372015-12-11T08:23:46.766-06:002015-12-11T08:23:46.766-06:00Morgan makes the comment about Hamilton's role...Morgan makes the comment about Hamilton's role in the paperback version in this blog post:<br /><br />http://www.castaliahouse.com/the-pulp-swordsmen-eric-john-stark/#more-33157<br /><br />but I don't know where he got the information. Certainly seems feasible, though.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-61183335554175368642015-12-11T08:12:09.076-06:002015-12-11T08:12:09.076-06:00Thanks for the post, James. I've not read the...Thanks for the post, James. I've not read the original version, but I did read the expanded version when I was in high school. I'd never heard that bit about Hamilton expanding the story. Did Morgan say where he got the piece of information?<br /><br />I'm trying to read a lot of Brackett this month. I may have to add this one to the list.Adventuresfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907562789681407416noreply@blogger.com