tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post2159233277033311491..comments2024-03-28T09:41:39.187-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Transit to ScorpioJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55903348628981955932011-06-13T20:19:03.049-04:002011-06-13T20:19:03.049-04:00These seem to be available in omnibus form on kind...These seem to be available in omnibus form on kindle and individual titles. The problem is that they have a much inflated idea of their value as an e-book. These are bargain basement novels, definitely Burroughs derivative, at least the first half-dozen or so that I read seemed to be and I never went further with the series. Much more fun and cheaper are the Spider Master of Men e-books on kindle, at least IMO.Jason Zavodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109502376214104276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-47007791722918728362011-06-13T19:55:21.889-04:002011-06-13T19:55:21.889-04:00I held back from commenting during the Gor discuss...I held back from commenting during the Gor discussion, but I'm glad to see the Dray Prescott books come back up. Great literature? No. But you're quite right about their contributions to the development of the sub-genre in my estimation, and I continue to have a special soft spot for them. I recommend the Kregen books as much better entertainment than the Gor books.<br /><br />I have yet to pick up Kline's Mars books, but with the Planet Stories reprints of them in unmutilated form, I definitely will get around to them.Theodric the Obscurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201793290118146978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-47645436540273776272011-06-13T16:21:40.890-04:002011-06-13T16:21:40.890-04:00This looks interesting enough that I'm trying ...This looks interesting enough that I'm trying out the first omnibus on Kindle. Thanks!Joshua Macyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838733328132877699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5274215788664410402011-06-13T15:10:47.503-04:002011-06-13T15:10:47.503-04:00Andy is correct: Alan Burt Akers is indeed a psudo...Andy is correct: Alan Burt Akers is indeed a psudonym of Kenneth Bulmer.John Harper Brinegarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17592827787099084705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-63013981045264601522011-06-13T14:18:33.044-04:002011-06-13T14:18:33.044-04:00I could be mistaken, but I believe Akers is a pseu...I could be mistaken, but I believe Akers is a pseudonym for Kenneth Bulmer, who wrote a lot of sci-fi/fantasy besides the Dray Prescott books.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624614486574035692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75993785952292798672011-06-13T13:09:31.469-04:002011-06-13T13:09:31.469-04:00I have to take issue with your reference to OAK...<i>I have to take issue with your reference to OAK's (Otis Adelbert Kline) work as being derivative.</i><br /><br>I am quite willing to concede the point. I know little of Kline beyond having read his stories and the fact that he was REH's agent, so I don't deny that I may well have done the man a disservice.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20830461745044115382011-06-13T12:43:29.147-04:002011-06-13T12:43:29.147-04:00I have to take issue with your reference to OAK...I have to take issue with your reference to OAK's (Otis Adelbert Kline) work as being derivative.<br /><br />ERB and OAK were rivals, feeding off of each other (intentionally, some have argued, others say not):<br /><br />ERB Barsoom stories 1912-1940<br />OAK Venus stories 1929 - 1932<br />OAK Mar stories - 1933<br />ERB Venus stories 1934-1970<br /><br />OAK's work was just as good as ERB (the 'other' ERB) and some have suggested that the Burrough's estate has been active in trying to overshadow OAK. In point of fact I believe it was just a case of one author have better agents than the other.<br /><br />In a parallel universe, OAK is the name invoked, with ERB his lesser-known rival.Crotchety Old Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092745636011711266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15197507165147412702011-06-13T11:53:22.129-04:002011-06-13T11:53:22.129-04:00Seems I can't get enough of planetary romances...Seems I can't get enough of planetary romances, yet I've never encountered this series. Thanks for turning me on to something 'new' (to me, at least). At NTRPGCon a few weekends ago, I reconnected with Lin Carter's Thongor series. Now I need to add these to the heap.<br /><br />SteveStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11677895164302972957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10484433075775644722011-06-13T11:19:57.851-04:002011-06-13T11:19:57.851-04:00A lot of these have made it to Kindle, including b...A lot of these have made it to Kindle, including bundle offers on the first few story cycles (trilogies or otherwise)<br /><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3uouadg" rel="nofollow">Delian Cycle</a>Paul R. McNameehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498380385001618758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27979161764368256152011-06-13T10:34:16.952-04:002011-06-13T10:34:16.952-04:00I read one when I was younger and enjoyed it as I ...I read one when I was younger and enjoyed it as I recall and was aware there were a few more but I had no idea there were over 50 Dray Prescot novels. I might have to give them a peek, thanks for bringing this to my attention.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38698319858445076312011-06-13T10:30:26.493-04:002011-06-13T10:30:26.493-04:00Huh. I'm surprised I never heard of this serie...Huh. I'm surprised I never heard of this series. I was reading a lot of science fiction in the 70s and early 80s (that section in Tower Books was practically my second home), and I should think I would have run across this.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.com