Whooooo-wee! Now that's what I'm talking about! The anthologies by Alden H. Norton have gorgeous covers... I've long cherished the "Masters of Horror" scan and I have the "Horror Times Ten" image posted on the MAD HOUSE blog. The utter blatantness of "Things with Claws" and "Ghosts, Castles, and Victims" is a scream. No debate on what you're getting there!
The Norton stuff is great. And damn, Tim B, that's like a few blocks from where I live! It really does have the coolest cover art - nothing says horror like sickly putrescent grey-green. Just bought a Hitchcock collection, haven't read it yet, but it's got some Richard Stark in there I'm excited about...
These look great. I wish anthologies like these were still coming out in the numbers that they used too. I will have to pick up a few of these if I can find them.
I've been collecting these since the days of my youth when they were firt released! Love em. I have all those here except for Tales of Love and Death-which I haven't even seen before! Strange Beasts and Unnatural Monsters was the one that kicked it all off for me . Still love that title!
God, I love books like this. After Borders, Barnes & Noble and Amazon all but killed the joy of book browsing the only way I can fully rekindle that joy is by hitting the used book store stacks and finding a vintage paperback horror anthology from the sixties with glorious, crazy cover art. I was only a tyke during the early sixties horror boom but it maintains an irresistable hold on me to this day. It doesn't hurt that so many of the stories are great either.
Such horrific delight. You don't get covers like these anymore. Enjoy.
Whooooo-wee! Now that's what I'm talking about! The anthologies by Alden H. Norton have gorgeous covers... I've long cherished the "Masters of Horror" scan and I have the "Horror Times Ten" image posted on the MAD HOUSE blog. The utter blatantness of "Things with Claws" and "Ghosts, Castles, and Victims" is a scream. No debate on what you're getting there!
ReplyDeleteI found Horror Times Ten the other day at the Junior League Bargain Box at Cameron Village for a quarter.
ReplyDeleteBoy do those covers take me back. Almost as much as the "Alfred Hitchcock" collections do.
ReplyDeleteThe Norton stuff is great. And damn, Tim B, that's like a few blocks from where I live! It really does have the coolest cover art - nothing says horror like sickly putrescent grey-green. Just bought a Hitchcock collection, haven't read it yet, but it's got some Richard Stark in there I'm excited about...
ReplyDeleteThat "Masters of Horror" cover is great - looks a lot like the Euro "Zombie Flesh Eaters" poster.
ReplyDeleteGreat post Will, they really don't do covers like that anymore.
- Aaron
THINGS WITH CLAWS is one of the greatest horror titles ever.
ReplyDeleteThese look great. I wish anthologies like these were still coming out in the numbers that they used too. I will have to pick up a few of these if I can find them.
ReplyDeleteI've been collecting these since the days of my youth when they were firt released! Love em. I have all those here except for Tales of Love and Death-which I haven't even seen before! Strange Beasts and Unnatural Monsters was the one that kicked it all off for me . Still love that title!
ReplyDeleteGod, I love books like this. After Borders, Barnes & Noble and Amazon all but killed the joy of book browsing the only way I can fully rekindle that joy is by hitting the used book store stacks and finding a vintage paperback horror anthology from the sixties with glorious, crazy cover art. I was only a tyke during the early sixties horror boom but it maintains an irresistable hold on me to this day. It doesn't hurt that so many of the stories are great either.
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