#Argosy

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AW.660 Argosy from the RAF Transport Command flying out of Biggin Hill, England - Sep 1962

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5 Random Pulps

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"Never Fly With Elephants" Argosy, October 1961 Illustration by Mort Künstler

[weirdlookindog]

"Out of the planet dust springs a creature that only nightmares could imagine".

Argosy, 1938.

[claybefree]

So this is where I lived once upon a time and I wrote a little something about it.

[chernobog13]

The September 19, 1936 issue of Argosy, featuring the serialized story Tarzan and the Magic Men. Apparently, Lord Greystoke has dipped his head in some peroxide.

This story would later be combined with Tarzan and the Elephant Men, which was published the following year in the magazine Blue Book, into the book Tarzan the Magnificent.

[obsidian-sphere]

Argosy, April 23, 1938.

Cover by Rudolph Belarski

You use to be able just go to Evil Beach, now you have to pay twenty dollars to get in.

[mudwerks]

My 26 Hours in the Sea

Argosy: June 1954 - Illustration by H.R. Van Dongen

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Argosy / 16. April 1932 by Michael Studt Via Flickr: Argosy / Magazin-Reihe - Ray Cummings / The Insect Invasion (Part 1 of 5) - Edgar Rice Burroughs / Tarzan and the City of Gold (Part 6 of 6) Cover: Robert A. Graef Frank A. Munsey / USA 1932 Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010 ex libris MTP www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?349073 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argosy_(magazine)

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Argosy Magazine cover art from Rudolph Belarski, 1938 - 1939

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Paul Stahr (1883-1953) “The Pirate of Wall Street” Argosy cover (May 16, 1931)

Some things never change.

[bookmaven]

Foreign Legion cover stories by John D. Newsom

“The Gorilla of No. 4” by J.D. Newsom (Adventure, January 1927) Cover by Remington Schuyler.

“The Foreign Legion Way” by J.D. Newsom. (Frontier Story, June 1927) Cover by Ralph Keufer.

“King Makers of the Legion” by J.D. Newsom. (Short Stories, September 25, 1929). Cover by K. Dombrowski

“The Ghost in the Bastion” by J.D. Newsom (Adventure, July 1930). Cover by John Drew.

“Lion of Morocco” by J.D. Newsom. (Argosy, February 1934) Cover by Harry Hornhorst.

“Too Much Duty” by J.D. Newsom. (Argosy, September 1934) Cover by Paul Stahr.

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5 Random Pulps

[gameraboy2]

"The Blind Spot" Argosy All-Story Weekly, May 14, 1921 Cover by P. J. Monahan

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Argosy Mk I of Imperial Airways, three-engine biplane airliner designed by the Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft manufacturer

British vintage postcard

[wyrmfedgrave]

Pics: Just a small sampling of H. P. Lovecraft's influence on popular world culture...

1. There's stores now that only sell Lovecraftiana!! This is as amazing as the 1st stores that sold comics & related paraphernalia alone...

2. This would make for a great paper head on your personal website...

3 thru 5. Here we see the effects of more modern culture on Lovecraft's own ideas. An unholy melding of humor, madness & the commercial realms of the Peanuts, a now free Disney rat & (fittingly) sea monkeys!!

6. This 1 is a new ad - but, is it real?! Or, just another fever dream?!! I can't tell...

7. The long time coming - strange eons? - meld between the Great Old One & Victorian retro-stylings. Hoping for more to come...

Like say, an 'armed' (Heh) Cthulhu Pirate-King!!

Make it so...

8. Finally, the finality of the human race is on!

But, is it so?

Remember, everyone who can hear or even know about the Lovecraftian Truth of Reality... Goes Mad!!

So, I wouldn't be too quick to accept some mad dude's tale... There's no telling what's in his brain stem.

Remember, the original story was that we'd become 'like' the Great Old Ones! Free to know 'beyond' Good & Evil.

If that 'fate' has changed - then, any future possibility is possible...

1914: "End of the Jackson War."

Intro: When writing of HPL, writers use letters, essays & biographies about him. Even his stories can tell us much about his innermost being.

Taken together, this mass of info make Howard 1 of the most well documented fellows ever!

There seems to be few periods that we don't know something about Lovecraft's life.

Even during the "Lost Time" of HPL's retreat from society - as new info is always been discovered...

Researchers now know what books Lovecraft read, who he was with & what they spoke about.

They even know what flavor of ice cream Howard was eating & when!

A good example is how HPL never mentions James Dwyer's "City of the Unseen" published in the Argosy mag of December 1913.

It's not a good story, but, not only did Lovecraft read it, it's central image¹ reappeared in HPL's own later works.

We know Howard owned a copy of it, because this issue contains the 1st return volley in the weird Lovecraft/ Fred Jackson Letter War.

Which HPL had originally instigated in the earlier September 1913 issue of Argosy.

But, all things must pass...

In the end, Lovecraft wrote his War's epitaph. And he didn't use overlong or overblown language!

But, he did sneak in some martial terms...

Work: "Pray spare an inch or two², (to) print (these) critics's joint adieu."

"So long... since we began (this) fray, That readers swear we've (stolen) your Log³ away!"

"Forgive... sinners that presume. To fill with... verse⁴, such precious room."

"Inflamed by war & in... martial rage, We held awhile the center... stage."

"Til, blinded by... (such) furious fire, We battled on, forgetting to retire."

"But, (even) feuds draw... to their ends & foe(s) live to meet as friends:"

"So do we now... in lasting peace, Lay down our pens & slander(s) cease."

"What sound is this? ...A joyous yell, As we say farewell."

Notes:

1. Dwyer's "City of the Unseen" is a Lost Race story about an ancient city in the Arabian "Empty Quarter"!!

This sounds a lot like Howard's Irem! The City of Pillars that was swallowed by the sands of Araby!!

It was the lost city mentioned in the holy Koran... And, it might have been found - thru spy satellite footage!

2. This is about the measurement of column space given over to stories, pics & letters in newspapers, mags, etc...

In some cases, stories had to be cut in length, summarized or re-edited to fit the available space.

At the worst, the affected story would be 'saved' for later publication...

3. The "Log" was probably the name of the Argosy's letters page...

Some mags might also use a 2nd name like "Action Log", "Adventure Log" - even just "The Letters Log."

4. As mentioned in earlier posts, some letter writers used poetry to project their 'attacks' & to 'defend' each other.

And, Lovecraft was right in the middle of it all, slinging poetic barbs at Fred Jackson's writing skills...

It was this Letter War that brought HPL to the attention of the mighty UAPA.

More next time...