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Uncategorized March 29, 2019

Science Fiction Adventures March 1953

Science Fiction Adventures Vol. 1 No. 3 March 1953
Philip St. John: Editorial on Treasure Hunt
Erik van Lhin “Police Your Planet” art by Paul Orban
Algis Budrys “Recessional” art by Alex Ebel
Roger Dee “Earthman’s Choice” art by Bryan
Lester del Rey’s The Dissecting Table (book reviews)
Chad Oliver “Judgment Day” art by Milton Berwin
Raymond Z. Gallun “Ten to the Stars” art by Ed Emshwiller
The Chart Room (letters)

Editor: Philip St. John (Lester del Rey)
Assoc. Editor: E.K. Harrison, John Vincent
Art Director: Milton Berwin
Cover: Ed Emshwiller
160 pages, 35¢

Read Vince Nowell, Sr.’s article “When Things Go Wrong—The Lester del Rey/John Raymond Fiasco” in The Digest Enthusiast book seven.

Vault March 26, 2019

Alfred Hitchcock Aug. 1960

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Vol. 5 No. 8 Aug. 1960
Alfred Hitchcock: Dear Readers
Contents
William Link and Richard Levinson “Who is Jessica?”
Hal Ellson “Dying a Thousand Deaths”
Donald Martin “Haul of Fame”
Bryce Walton “Suit of Armor: Size 36”
Richard Hardwick “Gone as By Magic”
H.A. DeRosso “I Hated the Hired Man”
Fletcher Flora “No Death, No Inheritance”
Duane Decker “Weighty Problem”
Forrest Bice “Even the Wicked Die”
Robert Edmond Alter “Schedule for an Assassination”
Earl Fultz “Of Snow and Death”
James Holding “Go to Sleep, Darling”
Ed Lacy “Crime Doesn’t Pay—Enough”
Donald Honig “The Mysterious Murders”

Publisher: Richard E. Decker
Editorial Director: William Manners
Managing Editor: G.F. Foster
Associate Editors: Pat Hitchcock, Lisa Belknap
Art Director: Meinrad Mayer
Illustrator: Barbara Remington
128 pages, 35¢

Vault March 23, 2019

Open Land Renegades

Excerpt from Steve Carper’s series “One-and-Dones” that appears in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7–9:

“In 1948 Vital Publications put out four Nick Carter novels as Vital Books, the link being that Vital Publications also issued Tom J. Hopkins’ Open Land Renegades as a Western Thriller digest, which has the telltale “An Atlas Western” all over the rear cover.”

Interviews March 22, 2019

Hardboiled, Noir and Gold Medals

Rick Ollerman’s Hardboiled, Noir and Gold Medals collects many of his essays from the collected works of paperback original authors, published by Stark House Press. Below is an excerpt from his interview in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7 in which he describes his approach to research for his essays:

“Whenever I write an essay, I always want to find something new to say about either that writer or their work, maybe both.

“It’s not always easy to know what that something new is going to be before I start researching and taking notes for the essay. In fact, it’s usually not. Sometimes I have an idea what it could be, and sometimes it even works out, but often not. Very often in the case of some of the paperback original guys, no one seems to have written down much about them, and reading is my primary form of research.”

Rick Ollerman is a writer and editor of Down & Out: The Magazine.

Reviews March 20, 2019

Barb Goffman’s Crazy Cat Lady

Excerpt from the review of Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 1 from The Digest Enthusiast No. 7:

Barb Goffman leans cozy until the bitter end in the “Crazy Cat Lady.” A horror novelist shares a first-person account of her downward spiral as her torture-porn tomes repel her friends and fuel her own paranoia. Goffman’s “A Year Without Santa Claus?” (AHMM Jan/Feb 2015) won the Agatha Award for best short story in 2015.

Vault March 19, 2019

Science Fiction Adventures Feb. 1953

Science Fiction Adventures Vol. 1 No. 2 Feb. 1953
Philip St. John: An Editorial on Foresight
A. Bertram Chandler “Farewell to the Lotos” art by Paul Orban
Coming Up
Alan E. Nourse “Peacemaker” art by Alex Ebel
George O. Smith “Spaceman’s Luck” art by Alex Ebel
L. Sprague de Camp “It Ool Depends”
William Morrison “Forgotten Danger” art by Kelly Freas
Charles E. Fritch “Come into My Parlor” art by Paul Orban
Damon Knight’s The Dissecting Table (book reviews)
George Whitley “Final Voyage” art by Alex Ebel
The Main Event in ’53

Publisher: R. Alvarez
Editor: Philip St. John (Lester del Rey)
Assoc. Editor: John Vincent
Art Director: Milton Berwin
Cover: Earle Bergey
160 pages, 35¢

Although the name [Erik] van Lhin (a Lester del Rey pseudonym) appears on the cover, no story appears inside the issue.

Read Vince Nowell, Sr.’s article “When Things Go Wrong—The Lester del Rey/John Raymond Fiasco” in The Digest Enthusiast book seven.

Reviews March 18, 2019

Resident Witch

Excerpt from Joe Wehrle, Jr.’s article on “The Telzey Amberdon Stories of James H. Schmitz” in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7:

Resident Witch (Analog May 1970). Telzey agrees to help Wellan Dasinger locate a man who has been abducted by his brother and hidden until he can be permanently disposed of; but the situation proves to be more complex than anticipated, and Telzey risks her life and safety in a temporary personality exchange in order to bring matters to conclusion. Reprinted in The Telzey Toy (DAW #82 1973).

Reviews March 17, 2019

J. Kingston Pierce’s Evidence

Excerpt from the review of Down & Out: The Magazine No. 1 in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7.

Book news and reviews are “Placed in Evidence” by J. Kingston Pierce. A good review tells you enough to judge your interest in a book without spoiling the read. A great review adds entertainment and context, along with clear, fluid writing. Pierce’s reviews deliver the goods in spades.

Vault March 6, 2019

Psychic Power

Excerpts from Tom Brinkmann’s article on The Occult Digest from The Digest Enthusiast book seven:

Psychic Power: Evolutionary Immortality started its publication with volume 2, number 1, dated February 1923 and was published monthly through volume 3, number 12, December 1924.

An ad for the magazine in its own pages read: “Psychic Power is the largest Magazine of its kind on this continent or elsewhere. Newsy, up-to-date, and with a well informed staff of writers at its disposal. 5,ooo Copies Every Month For Sale at Book Stores and News Stands.”

A regular contributor to TDE, Tom Brinkmann writes about unusual, off-the-beaten-path magazines, digests, and tabloids. His Bad Mags website was active from June 2004–July 2017. His books, Bad Mags Volume 1 (2008) and Volume 2 (2009) are available from secondary outlets, including amazon.com

Vault March 3, 2019

Science Fiction Adventures Nov. 1952

Science Fiction Adventures Vol. 1 No. 1 Nov. 1952
An Editorial Introduction
Chad Oliver “The Fires of Forever” art by H. R. Van Dongen
Coming Up
Ross Rocklynne “Interplanetary Tin Can” art by Raymond
Cyril Kornbluth “Make Mine Mars” art by Paul Orban
F.M. Turner: The Robots Are Coming
William H. Shiras “A Day’s Work” art by Gari
Lester Del Rey: How Phonetic Can You Get?
L. Sprague de Camp “The Ordeal of Professor Klein” art by Gari
Damon Knight’s The Dissecting Table (book reviews)
Thomas C. Pace “Recognition” art by Schecterson
Roger Dee “The Persuasive Man” art by Paul Orban
Irving B. Cox, Jr. The 21st Generation” art by Schecterson
Meet Thomas C. Pace (listed on contents page only)

Publisher: R. Alvarez
Editor: Philip St. John
Assoc. Editors: Michael Shaara, John Vincent
Art Director: Milton Berwin
Cover: H.R. Van Dongen
160 pages, 35¢

Read Vince Nowell, Sr.’s article “When Things Go Wrong—The Lester del Rey/John Raymond Fiasco” in The Digest Enthusiast book seven.