Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic # 25

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic # 25, March 2013

Cover: Les Edwards

Regular departments:

Fanatical thoughts:
Fanatical mails: Chris Mikul, Charles C. Allbrittan III, David Hyman, Michel Parry, Johnny Mains, Graham Andrews, Scott Carlson, Andy Boot, Nigel Taylor, Andy Brennert, Paul Williams, Graeme Flanagan, David Southall, Jim Walker.
Top Tens: Scott Carson, Nigel Taylor & Jim Walker choose theirs.

‘Weird Tales special.

Ramsey Campbell – Weird Tales Revisited
Justin Marriott – Sirens, Temptresses & Godesses. Avon Fantasy Reader.
Justin Marriott – A Macabre Reader. The Fanatic’s DIY ‘Weird Tales’ anthology.
Justin Marriott – Weird Britain: ‘Weird Tales’: the UK editions.
Jim Walker – The Pulp Fanatic: personal reminiscences on ‘Weird Tales’
Justin Marriott – The Book Of Brundage: Interview with Alistair Durie
Justin Marriott – Shadow over Belknap. The fantastic FBL
‘Weird Tales’ in ’60’s & ’70’s paperbacks. Checklist
Graham Andrews – Leo Margulies, anthologist extraordinaire.
Justin Marriott – No Boundaries: Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore
‘Weird Tales’ in Panther paperback. Checklist
Robert Weinberg – A few words on the Seabury Quinn/ ‘Jules de Grandin’ Paperback Library series.
Kev Demant – Gruesome Cargoes: The Arrow ‘Not At Night’ reprints.

Paperback Fanatic # 13

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic #13 (Feb. 2010)

includes;

Fanatical Thoughts – includes important news on the future of PF

Fanatical Mail – lots of it: includes Sennett Sez, two pages of additions and corrections to the Panther bibliography.

Wolf Kruger Speaks! – John Mains’ exclusive interview with Shaun Hutson about his pseudonyms.

The Last Temptation of Roger Elwood. A look back at the controversial Sf editor – concentrating on the short-lived Laser books’ output.

Early Pinnacles. The first hundred.

Confessions of an Advertising Executive – The story behind the saucy Confessions novels

New format, 48 pages A5 inc 8 pages of colour

order from Paperback Fanatic

see also Paperback Fanatic 13 thread on Vault forum

Paperback Fanatic 5

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic 5 (December, 2007)

Adrian Salmon

Fanatical Thoughts: News, updates, letters, gossip.

Big Bob Tralins Bites Back: An exclusive interview with the legendary US sleaze author who lets rip on his own experiences in the pulp industry.

Bugged! The Invasion Of The Paperback Nasties: A huge overview of the ‘nasty’ phenomenon of the 1970s, covering books such as Eat Them Alive, Squelch, Maggots, Killer Flies, Slugs, Fangs and many, many more! Pierce Nace, Donald F. Glut, Edward Jervis, Richard Lewis, Michael R. Linaker, John Halkin, Guy N. Smith, James ‘Worms’ Montague, Peter Tremayne and a cast of thousands.

The Rivals of Conan: The ultimate guide to 1970s sword and sorcery. Starring Thongor, Brak, Kane, Kyrik, Kothar, Blade, Raven, and a whole horde of rampaging Conan cash-ins. John Jakes, Lin Carter, Gardner T. Fox, Mike Sirota, Richard Kirk, Karl E. Wagner, Manning Norvill, Chris Carlsen ….

The Damned March On: Nazi War Pulps from Wolf Kruger, Will Berthold, Gunther Lutz, Jasper Smith …

Back cover poster: cover art for Bob Tralins’ Ghoul Lover (Popular Library, 1972)

Graced with a gorgeous Ade Salmon cover, the mighty When Animal’s Attack issue looks as well as reads the part. Welcome debut of Fanatical Thoughts added a club feel to the magazine.

Paperback Fanatic 3

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic #3 (August, 2007)

 

Finally settled on a name and format, ‘the British magazine for collectors of pulp fiction’ was off and running with an issue entirely written and produced by the editor.

The Paperback Fanatic Guide To Kung-Fu in Pulp Fiction by a variety of often pseudonymous authors. Bruce Lee cash-ins, King Kung Fu, Mace, Jason Striker, Sloane, TV & Movie tie-in’s, Mondo, the Black Samurai, Six Gun, Samurai, Kung-Fu Master ….

The Many Faces Of Dr. Tabori. Paul Tabori, the veteran genre and publisher hopping purveyor of everything from serious sex studies (if NEL were involved, they packaged them as smut regardless), Crime & The Occult, a biography of Harry ‘Borley Rectory’ Price and a personal memoir of WW2  to fictional ghost stories, thrillers and Sci-Fi novels.

Sphere Horror: A Scrapbook Of The Seventies. This article and checklist provided the basis for Vault’s Sordid Spheres blog/ mini-site/ call it what you will, which continues the story through the following decade. With Justin’s encouragement, i might add.

The Devil And All His Works. Companion piece to the above, a brief look at the Dennis Wheatley Library Of The Occult and indebted to Stan Nicholl’s article What Ever Happened To Dennis Wheatley (Million magazine, Jan. 1991) as acknowledged in the text.

The Special Squad. ‘Donald Franklin’s short-lived series for NEL pit C.I.D.’s Barney Garrett and Jack Marsh versus the worst the steamy crime underworld can offer.

Back cover gallery. Six of Richard Clifton-Day’s seven cover illustrations for ‘Klaus Netzen’ (Laurence James)’s Killers series for Mayflower.

Pulpmania – Paperback Fanatic 1

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Pulpmania [Paperback Fanatic #1] (Hot Cherry, 2006)

Marcus Jones

Contents:

CRAB ATTACK!
Legendary horror author Guy N Smith discusses his pulp nasties which changed the face of seventies horror with such grisly and influential titles as Night of the Crabs and The Sucking Pit.

SWORDS, SORCERY AND SEX!
A long overdue look at the controversy surrounding John Norman’s bondage-obsessed Gor books, a series that has left feminists and respected peers foaming at the mouth since the conception of these bizarre science-fiction sword and sandal epics.

KING OF THE ANGELS!
Pulpmania tracks down Peter Cave, the author of the Chopper, the ultimate cult paperback for a fascinating interview about his highs and lows in the pulp fiction industry.

DON’T LEAVE THIS ON AUNT EDNA’S CHAIR!
Trash or ground-breaking classics? A fresh look at the Brit-goremeister James Herbert and his early groundbreaking The Rats and The Fog, books that left terrified schoolchildren choking on their jam sandwiches.

DREAM TRIPS AND STRANGE ECSTACIES!
Eclectic anthologist Michel Parry discusses his fascinating career including his banned books Devil’s Kisses and Agro.

SLEAZY RIDERS!
An exhaustive look at Hell’s Angels pulp fiction, including many previously unheard anecdotes and information about authors like Mick Norman and books such as Angels From Hell and Speed Freaks.

Two early namechanges have led to some confusion, but Pulpmania is now officially touted by editor Justin Marriott  as Paperback Fanatic #1, and what a truly stunning debut! The magazine prides itself on covering all manner of cult paperbacks but there’s a strong bias toward  ‘seventies pulp horror, sci-fi, fantasy, exploitation,  sleaze, etc., so no surprise you get a massive dose of   New English Library content along the way. I’ve never felt much at ease trying to ‘review’ the thing as really, how am i going to improve on a contents list that speaks so eloquently for itself?

I’ll be working the rest of the issues into this blog-site-hopeless mess as we go along because if you like Haining-era NEL, you’re sure to appreciate PF.