tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post8790449953836905171..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Planet Stories, January 1952James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-22497031173378792872015-07-03T21:50:57.629-05:002015-07-03T21:50:57.629-05:00Of course, PLANET STORIES was never quite as good ...Of course, PLANET STORIES was never quite as good once it went to digest size and had to change its name to ASTEROID STORIES.<br /><br />(That's a joke, son. . .)<br /><br />Denny LienAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-45962017099743942202015-06-30T12:04:05.558-05:002015-06-30T12:04:05.558-05:00And the issues that essentially were edited by Jer...And the issues that essentially were edited by Jerome Bixby, and those that followed, were as good as any other sf magazine of the time, pretty much. GALAXY might've averaged a bit better, and F&SF. Might. Brackets hitting on all cylinders, of course, and Anderson and Charles Harness and such folk as Margaret St. Clair as noted in this issue were doing consistently good to great work. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-4518335957457611322015-06-28T17:30:58.186-05:002015-06-28T17:30:58.186-05:00I love Planet Stories and the Poul Anderson in thi...I love Planet Stories and the Poul Anderson in this issue is quite good in my opinion.Barry Traylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134880916215990198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-87026802771440812102015-06-28T15:27:29.242-05:002015-06-28T15:27:29.242-05:00Amen, John. I'd love to see that.Amen, John. I'd love to see that.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-17798385556977701242015-06-28T13:05:51.542-05:002015-06-28T13:05:51.542-05:00PLANET STORIES needs to be mined for a chain of an...PLANET STORIES needs to be mined for a chain of anthologies. Leigh Brackett got the first volume of a proposed series of collections together, but no follow-up volumes appeared.<br /><br />Seems to me that two parallel lines of anthologies could come out of PLANET. One for the the more thoughtful, 'higher-end' stuff (Brackett, Bradbury) and one for the more outrageous swashbuckling action tales (Fox, Walton, Fennel, etc).<br /><br />If nothing else, someone should try to pull together a collection of the magazine's best Sword & Planet yarns. PLANET was one of the last places you could find earnest examples of that style, generally influenced by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Flash Gordon, but often with an attempt at a more serious, "adult" tone.<br />Modern readers need easier access to stories like Black Priestess of Varda, The Virgin of Valkarion, and Sword of the Seven Suns.<br /><br />John Hocking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-70166329495668783772015-06-28T12:44:35.224-05:002015-06-28T12:44:35.224-05:00I've read that Poul Anderson story, and liked ...I've read that Poul Anderson story, and liked it.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-45382811126651552232015-06-28T10:45:08.125-05:002015-06-28T10:45:08.125-05:00Planet stories, such a great title too. Had I been...Planet stories, such a great title too. Had I been living at that time I would have gotten every issue. Wish I could have written for them.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-57948588448403811612015-06-28T06:56:50.304-05:002015-06-28T06:56:50.304-05:00PLANET STORIES is a great magazine. In fact it'...PLANET STORIES is a great magazine. In fact it's so great that I have two sets of the 71 issues, 1939-1954. One set is from the Frank Robinson collection with white pages. So beautiful that I'm afraid to read the copies. And one set in good to VG that's ok for me to read. Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com