tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post7406163473829607261..comments2024-03-28T12:10:31.018-04:00Comments on Wormwoodiana: Another Peter Haining FraudDouglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-18801783304698020522019-08-16T17:07:13.657-04:002019-08-16T17:07:13.657-04:00The only reason I found out is because I was on IS...The only reason I found out is because I was on ISFDB today, saw it was the anniversary of Bela's death saw 'The Bat' cited and wanted to celebrate the fact by talking about the story behind the story.<br /><br />Bloody rabbit holes...<br /><br />Johnny Mainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933591886343862442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-44790454944856818382019-08-16T16:52:43.863-04:002019-08-16T16:52:43.863-04:00I saw that at the Vault. Haining did what he did,...I saw that at the Vault. Haining did what he did, and didn't seem to care about any consequences. In the pre-internet days, if someone caught him on one fraud, it didn't get publicized. So the extent of what he got away with is only beginning to be understood. Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-52031018355685966842019-08-16T16:44:42.001-04:002019-08-16T16:44:42.001-04:00Another -
Peter Haining's 1995 anthology THE...Another - <br /><br />Peter Haining's 1995 anthology THE VAMPIRE OMNIBUS has a story called 'The Bat' by Bela Lugosi, seemingly transcribed from a 1955 NBC transmission - recorded in the same year as a three month stint in a sanatorium for drug abuse and a year before his death.<br />I searched through numerous archives, NBC archives, radio listings etc all to no avail.<br />I postedJohnny Mainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933591886343862442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-13913343090996265272018-09-24T14:02:47.443-04:002018-09-24T14:02:47.443-04:00There are way too many instances of Haining's ...There are way too many instances of Haining's fraudulent citations for them to be mere sloppiness! Thanks for adding another one!Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-77479466834452569412018-09-24T10:38:24.517-04:002018-09-24T10:38:24.517-04:00Found something similar. Peter cites "Loup Ga...Found something similar. Peter cites "Loup Garou" aka "the Eyes of Sebatien" by Alan Sullivan as being in The Windsor Mag July 1905 in Terror! A history of Horror Illustration (https://archive.org/stream/Terror_A_History_Of_Horror_Illustrations_From_The_Pulp_Magazines_Peter_Haining_1/Terror_A_History_Of_Horror_Illustrations_From_The_Pulp_Magazines_Peter_Haining_1978_Sphere#Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03587968113313989778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-45839291155179880492015-08-12T06:19:07.624-04:002015-08-12T06:19:07.624-04:00This is all very depressing - since Haining was th...This is all very depressing - since Haining was the person asked by Souvenir Press(with whom he had a close association) to read my first manuscript ('Ghost Train') which he subsequently recommended for publication. Stephen Lawshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918109179864292994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-86743121885933858682012-10-13T00:29:25.046-04:002012-10-13T00:29:25.046-04:00Using a library catalog description of the content...Using a library catalog description of the contents of _Gaston Leroux's Bedside Companion_ it seems that Haining expanded it in 1994 by adding the short novel (86 pp.) _The Haunted Chair_ which he claims is the text from its serialization in Weird Tales in December 1931-February 1932. At a glance this appears to be the case, but as the text was also published in hardcover by Dutton in 1931, Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-15777025680937461432012-10-12T15:55:13.294-04:002012-10-12T15:55:13.294-04:00Well, if, as appears to be the case, PH mis-attrib...Well, if, as appears to be the case, PH mis-attributed an Andre de Lorde story to the better-known Gaston Leroux, while giving credit for someone else's translation to one of his own pseudonyms, that does seem inexcusable. This revelation made me wonder about the authenticity of another of the stories in Haining's Leroux collection: 'The Woman in the Velvet Collar.' What roused myMichel Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-32612037858047160002012-10-11T15:11:57.202-04:002012-10-11T15:11:57.202-04:00A little further digging shows that the "Alex...A little further digging shows that the "Alexander Peters" translation is lifted word-for-word from the appearance under the title "Waxworks" in the 1933 Creeps volume, _Terrors_, where it is correctly attributed to Andre de Lorde. Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-78991126117248356352012-10-11T14:38:22.989-04:002012-10-11T14:38:22.989-04:00> It is entirely possible that Haining may have...> It is entirely possible that Haining may have been convinced by the agency that he was buying bona-fide translations of Leroux stories.<br /><br />As you say, it is _possible_ but owing to the frequency of this kind of fraud in Haining's oeuvre, I'd suspect him first. I don't have the _Gaston Leroux Bedside Companion_ (1980), but I do have the Haining-edited _The Real Opera Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-17712192026778557322012-10-11T09:07:38.934-04:002012-10-11T09:07:38.934-04:00I know only too well how easy it is to make mistak...I know only too well how easy it is to make mistakes when putting together anthologies of older stories. In my book 'The Supernatural Solution', I carelessly mis-titled the Manly Wade Wellman contribution by relying on my fallible memory instead of double-checking my sources! As for Peter Haining, I think he sometimes may have been misled by 'over-zealous' literary agents keen to Michel Parrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-74040826676307961822012-09-06T09:35:42.086-04:002012-09-06T09:35:42.086-04:00Maddening. I wish there were a master list somewh...Maddening. I wish there were a master list somewhere for keeping track of Haining's nonsense. Such a shame. FYI Michael Dirda reviewed a new edition of THE WEREWOLF OF PARIS in the Washington Post recently, probably accessible on-line.Todd Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922864106374973761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-35146891008632182422012-09-02T14:04:49.847-04:002012-09-02T14:04:49.847-04:00In my experience most anthologists are fair and ho...In my experience most anthologists are fair and honest, and some are exemplary (e.g., Mike Ashley and Richard Dalby). Haining is the odd one out, in many ways. Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-2254452695643972712012-09-01T23:43:38.691-04:002012-09-01T23:43:38.691-04:00It all makes you wonder how much of this has been ...It all makes you wonder how much of this has been going on for years. How many frauds and sloppy research have been published in other anthologies?Timothy Mayerhttp://www.z7hq.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-69838173685829181052012-08-30T20:36:52.879-04:002012-08-30T20:36:52.879-04:00Good investigating. Haining is waning in my estima...Good investigating. Haining is waning in my estimation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com