| I'm sure that a lot of young people today
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| | unlike the major publishers who obtained
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| are beginning to discover written science
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| | jacket art and design from the same
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| fiction, as opposed to movie and TV SF,
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| | agencies that provided it for the other
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| much as I did when I was a teenager.
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| | fiction in their line, the specialty
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| They may not be aware of an interesting
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| | publishers built their list of artists
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| and endearing phenomenon people my age
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| | for their illustrated books from names
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| experienced in the 1950s and '60s, that
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| | the fans were used to seeing in the pulp
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| of the specialty press publisher of
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| | magazines and amateur journals.Hannes Bok
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| science fiction.I started buying
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| | provided excellent painted covers for
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| Astounding SF in 1957, and before long I
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| | Skull Face And Others and the House on
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| was seeing ads for books from Gnome
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| | the Borderland, both issued by Arkham
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| Press, Shasta Publishers, Fantasy Press,
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| | House, The Titan from Fantasy Press, and
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| etc. I think the names themselves clued
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| | for John Campbell's Who Goes There? from
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| me in to the fact that they were uniquely
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| | Shasta.Edd Cartier had the covers for I,
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| oriented to the SF field, but I had no
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| | Robot, Foundation and Empire and Cosmic
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| idea that most of them were one or
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| | Engineers from Gnome Press, and a
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| two-man operations.No idea, that is,
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| | sinister Dr. Lell with an hourglass for
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| until I ordered something that was out of
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| | Masters of Time from Fantasy Press.Ric
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| print, and got a postcard about it,
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| | Binkley, not the biggest fan favorite,
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| hastily typed and signed by Martin M.
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| | nevertheless turned in a very
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| Greenberg, publisher of Gnome Press!
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| | satisfactory series of covers and chapter
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| Imagine ordering something from Doubleday
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| | headings for the Doc Smith books about
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| and Co. and the chairman of the board
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| | Kimball Kinnison and for others such as
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| drops you a line, "Gee, Billy, I don't
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| | John Campbell's The Black Star Passes.And
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| think we have any more of those, we'll
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| | every Avalon book I've ever seen has a
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| have to give your four dollars back.
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| | cover by Ed Emshwiller.Fiction wasn't the
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| How's your folks?"It seems certain that
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| | only thing produced by the specialty
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| the first and longest lasting of these
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| | publishers. Advent, for example, was
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| publishers was Arkham House, founded as a
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| | primarily known for its books about
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| venue to present the work of H. P.
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| | science fiction: critiques, memoirs,
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| Lovecraft in a more permanent form than
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| | concordances, SF history, etc. This has
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| the pulp magazines in which he first
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| | served a valuable function in helping
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| appeared. Arkham went on to publish
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| | fans, old and new, to keep in touch with
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| other Weird Tales authors like August
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| | the field and to appreciate its
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| Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E.
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| | history.The era of the science fiction
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| Howard, Robert Block, Greye La Spina,
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| | specialty publisher has pretty much
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| etc., but they also made infrequent
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| | passed. Fantasy Press, Shasta
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| forays into the world of science fiction
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| | Publishers, Gnome Press, FPCI, Prime
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| with outstanding books like A. E. van
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| | Press, these are all gone. But limited
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| Vogt's Slan.Fantasy Press did as much for
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| | editions are still being produced, and
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| Edward E. Smith Ph.D. as Arkham did for
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| | will continue to be issued by enthusiasts
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| Lovecraft, and Smith was still alive to
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| | who decry the fact that wonderful pieces
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| appreciate quality hardcover publication.
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| | of imaginative fiction and art are lying
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| They issued books from his classic
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| | ignored by businesses whose prime
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| Skylark and Lensman series, and
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| | motivation must always be determined by
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| Spacehounds of IPC, in very interesting
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| | the bottom line.It's a matter of personal
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| and attractive volumes with a small
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| | pride that I was fortunate enough to be
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| illustration embellishing the initial
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| | asked to design a couple of dust jackets
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| letter in each chapter. Even when the
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| | for Arkham House in the 1970s. I wound
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| major publishers began science fiction
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| | up investing far more time in the
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| programs, they weren't doing anything
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| | planning and execution of these than the
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| like this.Probably most of the major
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| | money involved might justify. But I
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| serials from Astounding during John W.
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| | think sometimes the nature of the work is
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| Campbell's tenure as editor achieved
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| | its own justification.Joe Wehrle, Jr. is
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| hardcover publication. In addition, many
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| | a writer, illustrator and science fiction
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| of the better serials and short stories
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| | fan. His first professional work was for
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| from other publications were collected,
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| | Galaxy and IF magazines. He attended the
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| as well as a number or originals which
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| | now legendary first Clarion Science
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| had never seen print in the magazines.And
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| | Fiction/Fantasy Workshop in 1968.
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