tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post6496223185703170330..comments2024-03-05T14:28:49.011-05:00Comments on Tolkien and Fantasy: Pre-1970 Paperbacks with Comparisons to TolkienDouglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-27379374815873766762011-09-25T18:48:39.297-04:002011-09-25T18:48:39.297-04:00You'll find a scan of the back cover of Lancer...You'll find a scan of the back cover of Lancer's "The Jewel in the Skull" at: <br /><br />http://www.multiverse.org/imagehive/d/80231-3/tjits-bcvr_lanc67.jpgProf. Faustaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13511289745213156924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-84481060617139898402011-09-06T16:52:49.742-04:002011-09-06T16:52:49.742-04:00I haven't been able to verify, but I think tha...I haven't been able to verify, but I think that Ace Books had an edition of John Myers Myers' Silverlock, circa 1965, with a Tolkien or LOTR reference on the back cover. The front cover:<br /><br />http://www.webstore.com/ACE-SINGLE-A8-John-Myers-Myers-SILVERLOCK,name,1673594,auction_id,auction_detailsWurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-44483659346055456292011-08-16T17:42:49.157-04:002011-08-16T17:42:49.157-04:00Just read this intersting post. What caught my eye...Just read this intersting post. What caught my eye immediately: this is the very copy of <i>Weirdstone</i> I have on my own bookshelves. <i>Gomrath</i> too. A nice coffee table book on Jack Gaughan's life and work was published not too long ago. I chatted with his wife (well, widow) about him a little when it came out. I asked about the originals for the Ace LotR covers, but she doesn't Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-90097816467832874782011-08-08T18:32:13.391-04:002011-08-08T18:32:13.391-04:00Thanks, Dale, I've updated the entry and added...Thanks, Dale, I've updated the entry and added an addenda with scans.Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-32005086266584967182011-08-06T19:47:04.622-04:002011-08-06T19:47:04.622-04:00We have another Tolkien reference on a Lancer pape...We have another Tolkien reference on a Lancer paperback. When Robert E. Howard's "Hour of the Dragon" novel was issued by Lancer as Conan the Conqueror, and as "Volume 3 of the complete Conan," the following blurb appeared on the front cover: "Howard's only book-length novel, worthy to stand beside such heroic fantasy as E. R. Eddison and J. R. R. Tolkien."Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-44277471587135448502011-08-01T18:14:45.073-04:002011-08-01T18:14:45.073-04:00"Garner claims that Tolkien's writings ha..."Garner claims that Tolkien's writings had no influence on him."<br /><br />That is a prime example of what Harold Bloom termed 'anxiety of influence'; although Garner's best book, The Owl Service, is not Tolkien-like: more akin to Charles Williams, if anything...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-12418903145010587682011-07-15T16:25:22.360-04:002011-07-15T16:25:22.360-04:00Sorry, my slip: the title of the Moorcock book is ...Sorry, my slip: the title of the Moorcock book is not The Secret of the Runestaff but The Jewel in the Skull. On the title page the book is subtitled "The History of the Runestaff: Volume One."<br /><br />DaleWurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-23665567321264996942011-07-15T16:19:24.160-04:002011-07-15T16:19:24.160-04:00Lancer struck again in 1967 with Moorcock's Th...Lancer struck again in 1967 with Moorcock's The Secret of the Runestaff. The back cover copy lists several characters who appear in the book, and concludes, "and many others, in a stirring new saga of swords and sorcery by a brilliant writer, the first of a series destined to rank with the Conan series and the Lord of the Rings trilogy" ("Conan" and "Lord of the Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-61377262704365256772011-07-13T18:51:19.841-04:002011-07-13T18:51:19.841-04:00Here's one more: the 1967 Lancer paperback of ...Here's one more: the 1967 Lancer paperback of L. Ron Hubbard's Slaves of Sleep. The back cover says: "SLAVES OF SLEEP is a magic carpet into adventure, romance, fantasy, and dazzling color. It rates a place on your shelves next to the works of Tolkien, Burroughs, and Robert E. Howard."Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-25059260811373563062011-07-12T13:14:49.318-04:002011-07-12T13:14:49.318-04:00A comment by Brian Henderson, forwarded to me, not...A comment by Brian Henderson, forwarded to me, notes that he has seen a copy of the 1966 Gollancz edition of Dune with a yellow wraparound band that re-uses the bulk of Arthur C. Clarke's blurb from the (late-1966) Ace paperback edition. He also notes that:<br /><br />"The inside front flap of the jacket itself (as opposed to the ephemerae band) also mentions, in the context of Dune Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.com