Monday, February 26, 2018

Biblio-Curiosa and Currawong: A List of the Pulps

A couple of noteworthy publications from Australia:


Issue No. 7 of Chris Mikul's excellent Biblio-Curiosa is out with reviews and biographies of unusual books and authors.  The contents are as follows:

The Queue by Jonathon Barrow
Spawn: A Novel of Degeneration by Nat Ferber
The Weird Fiction of Violet Van der Elst
Tod Robbins Update
F.C. Meyer: Poet of the Antipodes
The Great Boo-Boo by Henry S. Wilcox
Der Orchideengarten

 Also out is John Loder's latest bibliography, this one a lavishly illustrated 52 page stapled chapbook of the Currawong pulps, one of the more desirable Australian pulp publishers of the 1940s and '50s:


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4 comments:

  1. Inspector LegrasseFebruary 26, 2018 at 8:30 PM

    Hi,

    Could you provide contact information to order these issues?

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  2. Sandy RobertsonFebruary 27, 2018 at 3:09 AM

    Chris is at cathob@zip.com.au and single issues are $9 USA by PayPal to that address.

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  3. Inspector LegrasseMarch 1, 2018 at 11:47 AM

    For those who want to order the John Loder bibliography of Currawong books, it is currently available at:

    http://www.citybasementbooks.com.au

    The print run is limited to 75 copies, however.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 8, 2019 at 5:12 AM

    Hi there,

    Just wondering if Chris has a new email address? I've attempted to contact with the above address but no luck I'm afraid.

    Many thanks and all best,

    M

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