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[nathan]

Does anyone know what's up with this market?

I recently read an entry describing it's long and illustirious pulp history (Robert E Howard, Dashille Hammit, Edgar Rice Burroughs) and the fact that it was a action/adventure orientated magazine.

Some how it just slid under my radar all this time for reason I don't understand...anyway...

does anyone know much about its current incarnation? At Ralan's they're saying it could be a dead market. Was it still a 'two-fisted' story vehicle in its last incarnation or had the format thrust changed?

Thanks wise ones.

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[Bill Ward]

I never read it, but it seemed to have had a format change more in line with 80% of contemporary sf/fantasy short fiction markets, ie. spec-lit and slipstream concept stuff. No idea if it was good or not (the art is certainly beautiful, and the idea of publishing double issues, one the short fiction and non-ficiton, the other a novella was good), but it pubbed vandermeer, emshwiller, ford, and doctorow so I'd say it definitely wasn't aiming for a pulp revival.

And it definitely appears defunct unfortunately.

[nathan]

Too bad.

Thanks for the head's up W.

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[erazmus]

They gave nice rejections, and they are dead in the water. Officially last I heard they were 'reorganizing' which I take to be short hand for finished. It was brought back as a kind of literary magazine, like we don't have enough of those.
Now if someone would revive _Planet Stories_, that'd be something!
Mike

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[MichaelEhart]

I have a Planet Stories cover on my website--- I would love to see a revival of that pulpiest of pulp sci-fi mags!




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[bdurham]

The Howard stuff it published were primarily westerns. Argosy published 9 stories in all, with at least one being a reprint.

I just wish Weird Tales would return to its roots...

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[nathan]

I heard that.


I had a subscription but it never delivered what I'd hoped it would. Same with Amazing Stories, it was like they were right on the threshold of stuff I wanted to read but never quite delivered.


I did discover Thomas Ligotti (sp?) there though and he his a great, twisted writer.


I have a collection of REH's old westerns (not all of them). I don't think he liked them as much as he ever did the Kull, Solomon Kane, and Conan stuff. The same with Ironman a collection of his boxing stories. Many of the elements were there but it just didn't click (for the most part) like his S&S.


IMO, anyway.


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[erazmus]

The Last two issues of Weird Tales were a lot closer to the original magazine than any I've seen in a decade. Fantasy stories! Horror and twisted mystery! The works. I hope its a sustainable thing for them.
A Planet Stories revival seems unlikely, however. Too bad, that magazine always exemplified the difference between todays offerings and yesterdays-- today no one has any fun! Not just Planet but most of the old pulps were up beat about their readers and their product, Planet fairly gushed! Today most magazines seem, to me anyway, to mope. Or at best repose in quiet dignity. Maybe its just me.
Mike

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