tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post8883814544503597738..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: The Edge of Running Water by William Sloane (1939)Will Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-25725514208509615782021-05-12T18:54:17.482-07:002021-05-12T18:54:17.482-07:00I found it on Amazon. Com.I found it on Amazon. Com.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13717206872694164654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-27968155515561250732011-11-21T18:18:23.232-08:002011-11-21T18:18:23.232-08:00Just found this in my local used paperback shop fo...Just found this in my local used paperback shop for a buck-fifty. Gonna read the hell out of it soon!Alejandro Omidsalarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15539800558494273368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-55028588279564166102011-08-24T18:44:09.213-07:002011-08-24T18:44:09.213-07:00Great Book & one of my favorite covers ever-Un...Great Book & one of my favorite covers ever-Unkkindertraumahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176839856388835793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-3964760478334627362011-08-18T20:49:05.004-07:002011-08-18T20:49:05.004-07:00YEAH! These covers 'are' cheesy! They'...YEAH! These covers 'are' cheesy! They're great! The Edge Of The Water book just looks plain weird. Is the book good? I might check look for it on Amazon (guessing it's out of print because it's old).xoxoalshia delores moyezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235483632054556382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-48159611599225630652011-08-18T16:25:55.654-07:002011-08-18T16:25:55.654-07:00OK, sorry for the double-post and poss. tangent..b...OK, sorry for the double-post and poss. tangent..but these Bama-Savage Fantasy covers are rather fun. I'll shut the door quietly now.<br />http://www.miscmayhemprods.com/doc/jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665425660787776473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-20389637338960012011-08-18T16:20:42.995-07:002011-08-18T16:20:42.995-07:00I kind of dig this UK Panther cover. Not as much a...I kind of dig this UK Panther cover. Not as much as the Bantam but cool, nonetheless.<br /><br />http://www.trashfiction.co.uk/sloan_water_cover.htmljeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665425660787776473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-88548570600251861862011-08-17T17:10:34.689-07:002011-08-17T17:10:34.689-07:00nice to see Sloane getting a little love--amazing ...nice to see Sloane getting a little love--amazing cover, too! I had an old hardbk library copy, nothing on the cover but dustKeithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564555114422051880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-58564605255027001562011-08-17T10:11:15.281-07:002011-08-17T10:11:15.281-07:00I've got this book (in hardback, so I don'...I've got this book (in hardback, so I don't have the cool cover) but haven't read it yet. Read _To Walk The Night_ and liked that one a good bit, though. Now that I see the paperback cover I'm even more amped about reading it. :)Zwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364540771153476179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-36203949497329166382011-08-17T07:38:28.104-07:002011-08-17T07:38:28.104-07:00Loved Bama's Doc Savage covers; they drew me t...Loved Bama's Doc Savage covers; they drew me to the books in my teens.<br /><br />Sloan was from Maine, apparently, or at least lived here. I've been turned on to him by a bookseller well-versed in horror, and look forward to reading both books. I've managed to scrounge up copies, one from Bantam circa early 60s, one circa early 80s.<br /><br />Jeff PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-12473566977347395552011-08-16T16:37:31.876-07:002011-08-16T16:37:31.876-07:00Here's a nice little review of Bama:
http://t...Here's a nice little review of Bama:<br /><br />http://thethunderchild.com/Reviews/Books/NonFiction/Art/BamaReview.html<br /><br />I didn't know he'd done the Aurora monster model boxes! Says he did "hundreds" of paperback covers for Bantam...Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-72869402489320251762011-08-16T14:10:29.334-07:002011-08-16T14:10:29.334-07:00Luis :
It had occurred to me too that it might be...Luis :<br /><br />It had occurred to me too that it might be Bama -- he did tons of work for Bantam in that period, of course, across all genres. As you noted, that muted monochromatic color scheme is very much the kind of thing he often used in his work. Plus, the lighting, that subtle soft-edged shadowing technique --- hhmmmmm....<br /><br />Anyone know if there's a Bama checklist availableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-22991466089209472302011-08-16T11:30:50.339-07:002011-08-16T11:30:50.339-07:00Fantastic cover for The Edge of Running Water and ...Fantastic cover for The Edge of Running Water and such a suggestive title as well. I'm tempted to say that it's by Jeff Jones but I doubt it. The color palette is also suggestive of James Bama but again, I'm not quite sure.<br />Thanks for the article link, I had never heard of William Sloane but I'll keep a lookout if any of his two books should cross my path.Luishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07631388281199815121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-88344033960301491082011-08-16T08:48:56.752-07:002011-08-16T08:48:56.752-07:00Love that Bantam cover -- " super-creepy"...Love that Bantam cover -- " super-creepy" indeed. Wish I knew who painted it.<br /><br />"Edge" was filmed as " The Devil Commands", one of Karloff's string of " Mad Doctor" movies for Columbia (the best of that lot, by several miles).<br /><br />Harlan Ellison once wrote about the novel (can't remember where, unfortunately) -- he'd loved the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-31966048888845207762011-08-15T20:29:08.336-07:002011-08-15T20:29:08.336-07:00Ballantine/Del Rey reprinted both of these - with ...Ballantine/Del Rey reprinted both of these - with much more sedate covers - back in the late '70s, early '80s. They still show up occasionally.Wallace Strobyhttp://www.wallacestroby.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-59189107968344486272011-08-15T19:33:34.835-07:002011-08-15T19:33:34.835-07:00I will have to check this out. Not sure how or whe...I will have to check this out. Not sure how or when.Mac Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025256806783821913noreply@blogger.com