tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post2871049224390620426..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Lost in the Rentharpian Hills: Spanning the Decades With Carl Jacobi - R. Dixon SmithJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-85487203391387163972021-05-12T17:53:30.042-05:002021-05-12T17:53:30.042-05:00As Jerry House indicates, Jacobi's tales are s...As Jerry House indicates, Jacobi's tales are somewhat hit-and-miss -- and progressively the latter as the years wore on -- but to my mind he still remains one of the more entertaining and time-tested pulpsters...their friendship aside, that he's often mentioned in the same breath as Cave is no accident. I have the LOST IN THE... volume along with six collections of his stories, including the massive MASTERS OF THE WEIRD TALE volume from Centipede Press, and have enjoyed them all. Great to see his name/work remembered here, James.Ron Clintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433028755791230589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-7172028301851077092021-05-07T19:25:21.649-05:002021-05-07T19:25:21.649-05:00Thanks for this. I loved his Weird Tales and have ...Thanks for this. I loved his Weird Tales and have quite a few but had no idea he wrote into the 1980's. It seems that "life happened" to him as it does to most people and gives pause to consider the energy and determination that extremely successful writers must possess to keep it going to make a living, nonetheless an empire as some have done.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696663923851058493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-13947269156570803192021-05-07T08:22:21.637-05:002021-05-07T08:22:21.637-05:00I have found his writings to be a mixed bag, but h...I have found his writings to be a mixed bag, but he certainly deserves both rediscovering and reprinting -- especially some of his pulp adventure stories.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.com