tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post2567567185118087475..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Four from Planet 5 -- Murray Leinstermybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-58714774775815580092008-11-12T15:47:00.000-06:002008-11-12T15:47:00.000-06:00Great to hear that Jenkins is being remembered in ...Great to hear that Jenkins is being remembered in Virginia. And that the family is still living in the same place. That seems rare these days.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-77418175272269891462008-11-12T15:46:00.000-06:002008-11-12T15:46:00.000-06:00I'll have to revisit this novel, which I have in t...I'll have to revisit this novel, which I have in the Gold Medal edition but read first when it appeared in a 1959 issue of Amazing Stories. I did recently reread WAR WITH THE GIZMOS and it was very satisfying. Very suspenseful and some good Virginia backgrounds. What a pro!<BR/><BR/>A recent issue of Virginia Living magazine had a feature on Will Jenkins and I learned one of his daughters is now living in the colonial home on the York River in Gloucester County, Virginia where Jenkins lived most of his adult life. <BR/><BR/>Richard MooreRichard Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770090814220403413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-6788316294528669062008-11-09T13:17:00.000-06:002008-11-09T13:17:00.000-06:00Even if there's not a later Leinster, you should g...Even if there's not a later Leinster, you should go for some of the post-'65 stuff.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-55720573643522593352008-11-09T12:57:00.000-06:002008-11-09T12:57:00.000-06:00My records show three Gold Medals by Leinster: FOU...My records show three Gold Medals by Leinster: FOUR FROM PLANET FIVE (GM #937), THE MONSTER FROM EARTH'S END (GM #832), and THE WAR WITH THE GIZMOS (GM #751). Gold Medal published two Westerns by "Will F. Jenkins": DALLAS (GM #126), and SON OF THE FLYING Y (GM #161, reprinted as #346). There might be a later Leinster that's not in my records (I collect up to 1965).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-25473928004137356642008-11-09T12:18:00.000-06:002008-11-09T12:18:00.000-06:00I think there aref four of these Gold medal sf Lei...I think there aref four of these Gold medal sf Leinsters. I enjoyed them all. Sometimes it's just fun to watch an old pro work no matter what the genre.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-39803936912805018752008-11-09T10:22:00.000-06:002008-11-09T10:22:00.000-06:00I know I have a few Murray Leinster SF novels in m...I know I have a few Murray Leinster SF novels in my Gold Medal collections, but to be honest I never read one. Looks like I'll have to give them a shot. I did read a couple of his westerns under Will F.Jenkins, excellent novels.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reminder Mr. Bill.August Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.com