tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856124774587570334.post5246234454222934135..comments2024-02-18T03:51:09.477-08:00Comments on TRUE PULP FICTION: THE PULP CALENDAR: May 23Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856124774587570334.post-65561485119664369272016-05-23T20:58:01.020-07:002016-05-23T20:58:01.020-07:00If I had to pick the funniest and craziest series ...If I had to pick the funniest and craziest series I've ever read, the Glencannon stories by Guy Gilpatric would be in the running. There were just over a hundred short stories written in THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, 1930-1950 and I've read them all. Most were reprinted in 3 omnibus collections many years ago. As funny as Gilpatric could be, his personal life was a tragedy. His wife received a cancer prognosis and they decided to commit suicide. Later there were rumors about the prognosis being a mistake. If so, it was a big medical mistake which ruined two lives and prevented us from being able to read many more insane adventures of Glencannon. Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856124774587570334.post-14454820308112453832016-05-23T17:59:44.179-07:002016-05-23T17:59:44.179-07:00After reading Walker's comment about William P...After reading Walker's comment about William P. Barron, I went back and read his first story in Adventure, <em>A Wife in Every Port</em>, in the Jan 20, 1923 issue which was what I happened to have nearest me.<br /><br />It's a well-written humorous story of the sea that reminded me of the Glencannon stories of Guy Gilpatric. And i'll be keeping an eye open for more stories by him. He wrote only 7 stories for Adventure, sadly.Sai Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480681895921130917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856124774587570334.post-78887411312840487392016-05-23T05:15:21.314-07:002016-05-23T05:15:21.314-07:00I've read several stories in this issue. "...I've read several stories in this issue. "The Pearls of La Paz" is part of the series about the crew of the Maggie May and I've found the stories to be some of the best sea fiction in ADVENTURE. Charles Victor Fischer wrote over 20 stories about navy life for the magazine and unfortunately had his writing career cut short after being hit by a car. Another excellent writer that wrote mainly for ADVENTURE. I see my note on Royce Brier says his story was great and that he won a Pulitzer in 1934 for reporting.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com