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The Digest Enthusiast
The Digest Enthusiast, Book 12
• Interviews with Tony Gleeson (Fantastic, Amazing Science Fiction, Mike Shayne, Personal Crimes) and John Shirley (Weirdbook, Fantastic, The Crow, Constantine, Wetbones). • Lester del Rey’s Five Ages of Science Fiction by Vince Nowell, Sr. • Born of Other Worlds, it’s Science Stories, a digest Ray Palmer “tossed in your lap with little or no ceremony.” • News and dozens of cover previews from around the world of digests, direct from the magazines’ editors, publishers, and writers. • Mike Chomko and William Lampkin untangle the fate of PulpFest 2020 and The Pulpster. • Richard Krauss exhumes the true crime Fotocrime. • Steve Carper rediscovers the remarkable Photoplay Editions. • Ward Smith spotlights Digest Science Fiction Novels. • New fiction by Michael Bracken, Rick Ollerman, and Joe Wehrle, Jr. with artwork by Rick McCollum, Marc Myers, and Michael Neno. • Reviews of Amazing Selects, bare•bones No. 1, EconoClash Review No. 5, Guns + Tacos Season One, Lake County Incidents, and Paperback Fanatic No. 43. • Plus over 100 digest magazine cover images, first issue factoids, cartoons by Bob Vojtko, and more. • Cover by Tony Gleeson, 160 pages, published in full color by Larque Press.
160 pages, Paperback
Published May 27, 2020
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August 10, 2020
The Digest Enthusiast #12
This Issue with Lots of color cover mages.
Interviews with:
022 - Tony Gleeson (Fantastic, Amazing Science Fiction, Mike Shayne, Personal Crimes).
090 - John Shirley (Weirdbook, Fantastic, The Crow, Constantine, Wetbones).
Articles:
052 = Lester del Rey’s Five Ages of Science Fiction by Vince Nowell, Sr.
• Born of Other Worlds, it’s Science Stories, a digest Ray Palmer “tossed in your lap with little or no ceremony.”
080 - 40 - Mike Chomko and William Lampkin untangle the fate of PulpFest 2020 and The Pulpster.
096 - Richard Krauss exhumes the true crime sensation: Fotocrime.
126 - Ward Smith spotlights Digest Science Fiction Novels.
132 - Steve Carper rediscovers the remarkable Photoplay Editions.
Reviews:
019 - Guns + Tacos Season One019 - Guns + Tacos Season One
046 - Lake County Incidents
058 - Amazing Selects
84 - bare•bones No. 1
114 - EconoClash Review No. 5
152 - Paperback Fanatic No. 43
Fiction
042 - El Despoblado by Michael Bracken
88 - Separation by Joe Wehrle, Jr. collage by Marc Myers
116 - Sock Monster by Rick Ollerman, and artwork by Michael Neno.
Departments:
004 - News Digest
017 - Acknowledgements
158 - Opening Lines
Another informative, fun, issue
This Issue with Lots of color cover mages.
Interviews with:
022 - Tony Gleeson (Fantastic, Amazing Science Fiction, Mike Shayne, Personal Crimes).
090 - John Shirley (Weirdbook, Fantastic, The Crow, Constantine, Wetbones).
Articles:
052 = Lester del Rey’s Five Ages of Science Fiction by Vince Nowell, Sr.
• Born of Other Worlds, it’s Science Stories, a digest Ray Palmer “tossed in your lap with little or no ceremony.”
080 - 40 - Mike Chomko and William Lampkin untangle the fate of PulpFest 2020 and The Pulpster.
096 - Richard Krauss exhumes the true crime sensation: Fotocrime.
126 - Ward Smith spotlights Digest Science Fiction Novels.
132 - Steve Carper rediscovers the remarkable Photoplay Editions.
Reviews:
019 - Guns + Tacos Season One019 - Guns + Tacos Season One
046 - Lake County Incidents
058 - Amazing Selects
84 - bare•bones No. 1
114 - EconoClash Review No. 5
152 - Paperback Fanatic No. 43
Fiction
042 - El Despoblado by Michael Bracken
88 - Separation by Joe Wehrle, Jr. collage by Marc Myers
116 - Sock Monster by Rick Ollerman, and artwork by Michael Neno.
Departments:
004 - News Digest
017 - Acknowledgements
158 - Opening Lines
Another informative, fun, issue
July 19, 2020
Out of the chaotic pandemic comes another gloriously full-color and information-packed volume of The Digest Enthusiast. This edition sports a beautifully painted cover by Tony Gleeson, originally intended in the '70s for Amazing Stories Magazine.
Among the other goodies you'll find in this packed issue: plentiful news on new digests and publications about digests, an interview with Tony Gleeson, an in-depth look at the '50s Fotocrime magazine, a history of PulpFest's annual publication, The Pulpster, an overview of the early 20th-century Photoplay series, short stories (disclaimer: I illustrated one), and much more. Even the ads are worth seeking out! This is essential reading for those interested in the history of digest and related genre magazines.
Among the other goodies you'll find in this packed issue: plentiful news on new digests and publications about digests, an interview with Tony Gleeson, an in-depth look at the '50s Fotocrime magazine, a history of PulpFest's annual publication, The Pulpster, an overview of the early 20th-century Photoplay series, short stories (disclaimer: I illustrated one), and much more. Even the ads are worth seeking out! This is essential reading for those interested in the history of digest and related genre magazines.
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