tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post8586119009154296470..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Forgotten Books: FIND MY KILLER -- Manly Wade Wellmanmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-56677905537067314132010-05-21T12:15:40.624-05:002010-05-21T12:15:40.624-05:00Great stuff, Jerry. Thanks.Great stuff, Jerry. Thanks.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-26870519007612041932010-05-21T12:02:31.403-05:002010-05-21T12:02:31.403-05:00Art, I greatly enjoyed The Last Mammoth, as well t...Art, I greatly enjoyed The Last Mammoth, as well the rest of his young adult books. (I've read them all except for The River Pirates.) Of these, the very best are those dealing with the Civil War and those dealing with the mountain people her was so fond of.<br />You should easily be able to get a copy of Last Mammoth (and most of his other books) from interlibrary loan.<br /><br />Wellman had said often that he was a Southerner by choice. Rebel Yell is one of the most moving non-fiction accounts of the Civil Waer I have ever read. His fantasies have a stong sense of time and place with his beloved South.<br /><br />When the EQMM judges were voted on the best story in 1946, each judge voted for a different story and none evidently wished to change their vote. It happened, however, that every judge agreed that Wellman's "Star for a Warrior" was their second choice -- which is how Wellman won that contest.<br /><br />From all accounts, Wellman was a true gentleman (though flawed -- he believed the Ku Klux Klan was originally a noble organization that was later twisted into a pernacious mockery). Those who knew him loved him.<br /><br />Night Shade Books has done a great fob releasing some of his work. Also, Wellman's Hok stories and his West Point, 3000 A.D. are now available as print on demand. Most of his other work has been sadly neglected.Jerry Housenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-33701293404856240922010-05-21T11:58:08.149-05:002010-05-21T11:58:08.149-05:00I don't remember ever having seen it. Definit...I don't remember ever having seen it. Definitely a nice collectible.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-61653295018137244732010-05-21T11:03:57.571-05:002010-05-21T11:03:57.571-05:00I retain fixed memories of being greatly entertain...I retain fixed memories of being greatly entertained and impressed by a Wellman juvenile, The Last Mammoth, read by me eons ago when I was likewise a juvenile (pubbed 1953). I looked for a copy online recently and it seems to be quite scarce (there's a recent book with the same title that's all over). Ever come across it, Bill, George?<br />Art ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-52733921196336633942010-05-21T10:09:44.938-05:002010-05-21T10:09:44.938-05:00I was lucky enough to meet him at a World Fantasy ...I was lucky enough to meet him at a World Fantasy Con long ago. He was already in bad health but a gracious guy.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-82090301086911846242010-05-21T09:56:50.180-05:002010-05-21T09:56:50.180-05:00That award ceremony, where Wellman beat the cast o...That award ceremony, where Wellman beat the cast of luminaries, is also the setting for Faulkner's drunken tantrum at losing, and Wellman being compelled to remonstrate with him.<br /><br />As David Drake's memoirs of his later life suggest, and the testimony of everyone from Frederik Pohl to KarL Eward Wagner second, a gentleman as well as a brilliant writer.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-44344676927370735752010-05-21T08:34:02.329-05:002010-05-21T08:34:02.329-05:00Jerry, thanks for that reminder. It's a good ...Jerry, thanks for that reminder. It's a good day for me and George to be posting reviews of Wellman's books.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1441952413507072692010-05-21T08:14:49.119-05:002010-05-21T08:14:49.119-05:00I think I have a copy of FIND MY KILLER down in th...I think I have a copy of FIND MY KILLER down in the Bat Cave. I'll have to find it and read it after this review!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-7787042560288514562010-05-21T07:33:03.613-05:002010-05-21T07:33:03.613-05:00I see on ISFDB that today is Wellman's birthda...I see on ISFDB that today is Wellman's birthday. He would have been 107.Jerry Housenoreply@blogger.com