tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post5278385048626918991..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Weird Tales, July 1940James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-43129558025944385132017-01-08T19:40:41.425-06:002017-01-08T19:40:41.425-06:00Only McIlwrith's second issue, so probably lar...Only McIlwrith's second issue, so probably largely Wright selections:<br />2 • Weird Tales (masthead) • [Weird Tales Decorations] • (1940) • interior artwork by Dwight Boyce (variant of Weird Tales, June 1936 1936)<br />4 • The Artificial Honeymoon • [An Adventure of a Professional Corpse • 1] • shortstory by H. Bedford-Jones<br />5 • The Artificial Honeymoon • interior artwork by Henry del Campo<br />15 • Golden Chalice • shortstory by Frank Gruber<br />15 • Golden Chalice • interior artwork by Henry del Campo<br />23 • The Fiddler's Fee • shortstory by Robert Bloch<br />23 • The Fiddler's Fee • interior artwork by Henry del Campo<br />36 • The Dreadful Rabbits • [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] • shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman [as by Gans T. Field ]<br />36 • The Dreadful Rabbits • interior artwork by Hannes Bok<br />44 • A Million Years in the Future (Part 4 of 4) • serial by Thomas P. Kelley<br />44 • A Million Years in the Future (Part 4 of 4) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok<br />70 • On Pell Street • shortstory by Frank Owen<br />70 • On Pell Street • interior artwork by Hannes Bok<br />75 • Ears of the Dead • poem by James Arthur<br />76 • The Gentle Werewolf • novelette by Seabury Quinn<br />76 • The Gentle Werewolf • interior artwork by Henry del Campo<br />96 • The Crystal Horde • novelette by Harry Walton<br />96 • The Crystal Horde • interior artwork by Harry Ferman<br />111 • Inheritance • poem by Sudie Stuart Hager<br />112 • Beyond the Frame • shortstory by Maria Moravsky<br />112 • Beyond the Frame • interior artwork by Hannes Bok<br />119 • Weird Tales, July 1940 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by uncredited<br />120 • Three Flowers • [It Happened to Me] • essay by F. T. Compton<br />121 • The Cast-away Slave • [It Happened to Me] • essay by Thomas Trafton<br />122 • Rabbit's Intuition • [It Happened to Me] • essay by Jim Price<br />123 • The Eyrie (Weird Tales, July 1940) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor<br />123 • The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch<br />126 • Weird Tales Club (Weird Tales, July 1940) • essay by uncredited<br />128 • Looking at the Next Issue of Weird Tales • essay by uncredited<br />Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-533807614457203732017-01-08T10:44:31.037-06:002017-01-08T10:44:31.037-06:00I've never been afraid to suggest the McIlwrai...I've never been afraid to suggest the McIlwraith WEIRD TALES is better than the Wright WT. Not least because the writers tended to be better, or to have found their own voices (Bloch, most obviously). Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-641605918262262382017-01-08T08:27:02.163-06:002017-01-08T08:27:02.163-06:00I like the '40s issues, too. A different cast ...I like the '40s issues, too. A different cast of writers from the '30's, some really good. Howard and Lovecraft gave way to Wellman, Bradbury and Leiber.Lohr McKinstryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445988155428774450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-73211384676562703642017-01-08T07:51:24.361-06:002017-01-08T07:51:24.361-06:00As far as actual issues of WEIRD TALES go, I'v...As far as actual issues of WEIRD TALES go, I've owned and read more of them from the Forties than any other decade, because they were more affordable. I always enjoyed them, too.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-89125255166076447742017-01-08T06:49:27.913-06:002017-01-08T06:49:27.913-06:00For many years the WEIRD TALES in the forties had ...For many years the WEIRD TALES in the forties had the reputation as being inferior, etc. But I've found the issues to be of great interest and the artwork to be of high quality. I like the forties and if you collect WEIRD TALES then you have to collect them also. Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com