tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post6203404719950749618..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Zombies from the Pulps!: The Corpse Master - Seabury QuinnJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-60776943591732208672014-05-03T20:26:33.110-05:002014-05-03T20:26:33.110-05:00You're absolutely right about Captain Hastings...You're absolutely right about Captain Hastings, Denny. My memory has failed me yet again. But at least I got the character's last name right, which is pretty good for me these days!James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-28593975452513795182014-05-03T14:59:35.034-05:002014-05-03T14:59:35.034-05:00The Christie characer who played Watson to Poiret&...The Christie characer who played Watson to Poiret's Holmes was a Captain Hastings (not Doctor Hastings). He was never depicted as bright enough to have become a doctor (unless 1920s UK had diploma mills that sold you degrees if you responded to ads in matchbooks). Bad enough that the poor British army had to claim him. // Denny LienAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-40627389515316213712014-04-23T08:48:20.750-05:002014-04-23T08:48:20.750-05:00I agree that de Grandin is best in small doses, bu...I agree that de Grandin is best in small doses, but I can see how Seabury Quinn was as popular as Lovecraft, Howard, and Smith during his heyday. Supposedly, at times it was Quinn's fiction that kept circulation up enough to continue publication. Don't know if that's true or not. <br /><br />Battered Silicon Dispatch published all of the de Grandin stories in a 3 volume set about a decade ago, but they're pretty expensive. They've also collected most of Quinn's other fiction. And Black Dog books recently issued a collection of early stories by Quinn, many not supernatural. They were interesting, but I'm glad he changed to weird fiction.<br /><br />And James, all of Whitehead's supernatural fiction is available in ebook form fairly cheaply if you're interested: <br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Voodoo-Tales-Stories-Whitehead-Supernatural-ebook/dp/B009K1P2LW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398260484&sr=8-1&keywords=henry+s.+whiteheadAdventuresfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907562789681407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-76347988542012616792014-04-23T07:59:08.555-05:002014-04-23T07:59:08.555-05:00I've generally liked the Quinn stuff I've ...I've generally liked the Quinn stuff I've read but am not really what I'd consider a big fan of his work.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-15821307524521638872014-04-23T07:26:49.160-05:002014-04-23T07:26:49.160-05:00When I was a kid I devoured a paperback series of ...When I was a kid I devoured a paperback series of de Grandin stories. More recent revisits indicate very small doses are better.<br /><br />I laugh that after 90 plus enocunters with the superenatural, Trowbridge still scoffs EVERY STORY at a supernatural solution. Sleepynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-2469939242588038092014-04-23T07:13:19.813-05:002014-04-23T07:13:19.813-05:00Yeah, like a lot of series, it's certainly bes...Yeah, like a lot of series, it's certainly best to space out the de Grandin stories.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-2612348691854552082014-04-23T07:07:50.334-05:002014-04-23T07:07:50.334-05:00I've read many Jules de Grandin stories in my ...I've read many Jules de Grandin stories in my WEIRD TALES set but I have to be careful and not read too many in a row otherwise I become annoyed by de Grandin's mannerisms. I've read that he was Weird Tales most popular writer with the readers and I believe there were a total of over 90 in the magazine.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com