tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post407860149868597073..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Horror's Handclasp - Brant House (G.T. Fleming-Roberts)James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-43983931251628128972011-04-19T19:01:45.228-05:002011-04-19T19:01:45.228-05:00I think Operator 5 and the Phantom Detective are b...I think Operator 5 and the Phantom Detective are both more distinctive characters than SAX, who is always in disguise. The SAX stories usually seem to me to me to have more elements that we think of as horror, such as the disembodied hand with the touch of death coming up out of the ground in the graveyard in this one, although they always have rational explanations. That and the fast pace of the stories are what appeal of me about that series.<br /><br />I think the appeal of the pulps is a mixture of nostalgia and the fact that a lot of them were pretty well-written.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-27154853180790852762011-04-19T16:40:35.426-05:002011-04-19T16:40:35.426-05:00What makes for a good SA X story as opposed to an ...What makes for a good SA X story as opposed to an Operator 5 or Phantom Detective? I have copies of all of them but seem to lump them all together in the ole memory bin. The Spider and Shadow were distinctive.<br /><br />The old pulp stuff is wonderful. But is it wonderful because of nostalgia or because of the sheer outrageous power of the story/character?Robert E. Vardemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12357891534211623114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-55888581402216209412011-04-15T15:46:41.327-05:002011-04-15T15:46:41.327-05:00I'd love to see your take on Secret Agent X, J...I'd love to see your take on Secret Agent X, James. I bet you'd spin a good pulpy X story.<br /><br />BobbyBobbyNashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712529681065171907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-65665473032933091862011-04-15T15:45:30.901-05:002011-04-15T15:45:30.901-05:00X was fun to write. I wrote a 15,000 word story fo...X was fun to write. I wrote a 15,000 word story for Vol. 4 of Airship 27's Secret Agent X pulp series. I also wrote a short 8 page comic story for the upcoming All-Star Pulp Comics anthology. I also have an idea for a modern day X. I think this is one of those pulp characters that could be translated to modern day fairly easily.<br /><br />BobbyBobbyNashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712529681065171907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-72882960467163738092011-04-15T12:05:10.934-05:002011-04-15T12:05:10.934-05:00Rick,
"Horror's Handclasp" comes fai...Rick,<br />"Horror's Handclasp" comes fairly late in the series. It'll show up eventually in one of the Altus Press volumes.<br /><br />Bobby,<br />I've never written a Secret Agent X story, but I'd like to one of these days. I started a Phantom Detective yarn once but never got around to finishing it.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-90776554523070243632011-04-15T11:42:46.017-05:002011-04-15T11:42:46.017-05:00Secret Agent X is such a cool character, James. I ...Secret Agent X is such a cool character, James. I really enjoy the original pulp stories and I've also enjoyed the two stories I've written with the character (both should appear this year, one in prose, the second in comic book form).<br /><br />BobbyBobbyNashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712529681065171907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-15448320184888098592011-04-15T10:58:50.817-05:002011-04-15T10:58:50.817-05:00This doesn't appear in the Altus Press collect...This doesn't appear in the Altus Press collected Secret Agent X collections - so far - I have volumes 1-3 of those. Where does it come in the chronology?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-6042526095820362812011-04-15T08:00:29.781-05:002011-04-15T08:00:29.781-05:00This looks like a winner! I'll have to pick ...This looks like a winner! I'll have to pick a copy.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com