Tag Archives: A. Merritt

Rediscovered: 100 Years Ago

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Don

Noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook had to send in a note in re: Abe Merritt’s most famous work — if you care to join him in the festivities, pull your copies of the pulp out and have at … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Abe & Roy

Posted on July 2, 2022 by Don

Autograph Hound Saturday once more, and that notable maniacal Autograph Hound Brian Leno brings the John Hancock of the famous pulpster Abraham Merritt back to These Mean Streets. Plus the artist Roy Hunt also makes a return, after showing up … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: So Far, So Good

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Don

I told Brian Leno he could do a formal review for Mean Streets of John D. Haefele’s Lovecraft: The Great Tales whenever he finishes. But of course, no one will be sitting down and reading that monster of litcrit in … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Excerpts of Nostalgic Book Talk

Posted on January 16, 2021 by Don

Kicking the can around in email with noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook, we hit a thread of wishing we’d been alive back when, getting new stories by favorite writers hot off the press. It began as Kevin was … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: A. Merritt’s Ishtar

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Don

The fantasy writer A. Merritt was born on this date in 1884 and to commemorate the occasion Kevin Cook, noted book and pulp collector, decided to trot out yet another John Hancock from his trove of Merritt signatures. Kevin spills … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: A. Merritt

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Don

For Autograph Hound Super-Sunday (Revisited), Kevin Cook dips into his archival material to do a showcase on another of his favorite authors: Abraham Merritt.      If you recall, Kevin got interested in the concept and potential ramifications of the autograph weekends … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Munsey Trove

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Don

In his coverage of the most recent PulpFest for the Pulp Flakes blog, I noticed Walker Martin make this comment: “Now you might wonder what I bought and sold. As usual my best seller were the cancelled checks that Bob Weinberg … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Kevin Cook on Full Auto

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Don

And Kevin Cook — noted pulp and book collector — couldn’t resist sending in some remarks on the subject of autographs. I’m fairly sure Brian Leno has a bigger auto collection, but when it comes to pulp era signers, Kevin may … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Conjure Wife

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Don

On the Fritz Leiber Tour the other day I was asked if any movies have been made from his books. Sure. A few, at least — topped by no less than three versions of his excellent supernatural horror novel Conjure … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: First, You Crack Argosy

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Don

When the article “Conan the Argonaut” appeared in The Cimmerian in 2008, one of the inset quotes, selected to illustrate the mindset that essay argues against, came from Lin Carter in his 1973 book on fantasy literature, Imaginary Worlds, where he … Continue reading →

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