Recent posts involving libraries and how people got started reading SF
got me thinking about my first experiences in finding books at the
library. I'm sure I encountered Asimov and Heinlein there fairly early
on, but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard
of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not
nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote
mostly short stories and novellas.
A series of short stories involving the space naval career of the
eponymous Bullard[1], from Lieutenant to Admiral, was collected in
"Bullard of the Space Patrol", edited by Andre Norton. The one that
stuck with me longest was "Bullard Reflects", in which Bullard and his
crew were captured by space pirates, turned loose weaponless in
spacesuits to be hunted down for sport. Bullard turns the tables on the
bad guys in a quite surprising and clever way.
Curious to see if I could find this book again, I googled Bullard and
Malcolm Jameson and found quite a few references online, in ISFDB,
Wikipedia and elsewhere.
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?448
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Jameson
Not only that, but the "Bullard of the Space Patrol" book is available
in hardcover online for prices up to $60 and even $100 dollars! Even
more surprising, a Kindle ebook version from Amazon at only $2.99!
(Guess which one I bought.) I am about to discover how well the stories
have held up in the 65 years since I first encountered them.
-Don-
In article <87msle9zvx.fsf@comcast.net.invalid>,
Don_from_AZ <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:
Recent posts involving libraries and how people got started reading SF
got me thinking about my first experiences in finding books at the
library. I'm sure I encountered Asimov and Heinlein there fairly early
on, but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard
of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not
nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote
mostly short stories and novellas.
A series of short stories involving the space naval career of the
eponymous Bullard[1], from Lieutenant to Admiral, was collected in
"Bullard of the Space Patrol", edited by Andre Norton. The one that
stuck with me longest was "Bullard Reflects", in which Bullard and his
crew were captured by space pirates, turned loose weaponless in
spacesuits to be hunted down for sport. Bullard turns the tables on the
bad guys in a quite surprising and clever way.
IIRC, one of the stories in that collection wasn't a Bullard story in
the original magazine publication. The main character's name was changed
for the collection.
Curious to see if I could find this book again, I googled Bullard and
Malcolm Jameson and found quite a few references online, in ISFDB,
Wikipedia and elsewhere.
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?448
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Jameson
Not only that, but the "Bullard of the Space Patrol" book is available
in hardcover online for prices up to $60 and even $100 dollars! Even
more surprising, a Kindle ebook version from Amazon at only $2.99!
(Guess which one I bought.) I am about to discover how well the stories
have held up in the 65 years since I first encountered them.
-Don-
If the e-book you bought was _Bullard: Tales of the Space Patrol_, it
has a short story and a short-short that didn't appear in the early
1950s hardcover. It also has an article on space warfare published in
1939 that, IMHO, holds up very well.
... but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard
of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not
nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote
mostly short stories and novellas.
In article <87msle9zvx.fsf@comcast.net.invalid>,
Don_from_AZ <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:
... but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard
of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not >>nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote >>mostly short stories and novellas.
I've read "Bullard Reflects" in another anthology. I've long
wanted to get a copy of the other Bullard stories, once I
found that there were more, but not at $100.
I'm definitely going to go get the ebook!
(Likewise, I'm not sure how well these hold up. Probably OK, since
I don't demand that Golden Age authors write 2020s stories with
2020s sensibilities back in the 30s and 40s.)
Recent posts involving libraries and how people got started reading SF
got me thinking about my first experiences in finding books at the
library. I'm sure I encountered Asimov and Heinlein there fairly early
on, but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard
of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not
nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote
mostly short stories and novellas.
On 8/14/2024 11:24 PM, Don_from_AZ wrote:
Recent posts involving libraries and how people got started reading SF
got me thinking about my first experiences in finding books at the
library. I'm sure I encountered Asimov and Heinlein there fairly early
on, but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard
of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not
nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote
mostly short stories and novellas.
I remember reading this when from the library, so many years ago. This
talk about it reminds me that there was another novel/collection of
stories out at about the same time, that was similar - the
(mis)adventures of a young Space officer. Anyone recall this other set
of stories? I remember there was one story where the young officer
subdued a gang of space pirates by dosing them with oxytocin, which made
them too friendly to continue with taking the ship.
In article <v9mipv$1a8tp$2@dont-email.me>,
Mike Van Pelt <usenet@mikevanpelt.com> wrote:
In article <87msle9zvx.fsf@comcast.net.invalid>,
Don_from_AZ <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:
... but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard >>>of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not >>>nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote >>>mostly short stories and novellas.
I've read "Bullard Reflects" in another anthology. I've long
wanted to get a copy of the other Bullard stories, once I
found that there were more, but not at $100.
I'm definitely going to go get the ebook!
(Likewise, I'm not sure how well these hold up. Probably OK, since
I don't demand that Golden Age authors write 2020s stories with
2020s sensibilities back in the 30s and 40s.)
How annoying. There does not seem to be a Kobo edition.
On 8/14/2024 11:24 PM, Don_from_AZ wrote:
Recent posts involving libraries and how people got started reading SF
got me thinking about my first experiences in finding books at the
library. I'm sure I encountered Asimov and Heinlein there fairly early
on, but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard
of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not
nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote
mostly short stories and novellas.
I remember reading this when from the library, so many years
ago. This talk about it reminds me that there was another
novel/collection of stories out at about the same time, that was
similar - the (mis)adventures of a young Space officer. Anyone recall
this other set of stories? I remember there was one story where the
young officer subdued a gang of space pirates by dosing them with
oxytocin, which made them too friendly to continue with taking the
ship.
--
Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants
lee.gleason@comcast.net
In article <v9mipv$1a8tp$2@dont-email.me>,
Mike Van Pelt <usenet@mikevanpelt.com> wrote:
In article <87msle9zvx.fsf@comcast.net.invalid>,
Don_from_AZ <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:
... but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard >>of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not >>nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote >>mostly short stories and novellas.
I've read "Bullard Reflects" in another anthology. I've long
wanted to get a copy of the other Bullard stories, once I
found that there were more, but not at $100.
I'm definitely going to go get the ebook!
(Likewise, I'm not sure how well these hold up. Probably OK, since
I don't demand that Golden Age authors write 2020s stories with
2020s sensibilities back in the 30s and 40s.)
How annoying. There does not seem to be a Kobo edition.
In article <v9nl73$skn$1@reader1.panix.com>,
jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
In article <v9mipv$1a8tp$2@dont-email.me>,
Mike Van Pelt <usenet@mikevanpelt.com> wrote:
In article <87msle9zvx.fsf@comcast.net.invalid>,
Don_from_AZ <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:
... but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard
of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not
nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote
mostly short stories and novellas.
I've read "Bullard Reflects" in another anthology. I've long
wanted to get a copy of the other Bullard stories, once I
found that there were more, but not at $100.
I'm definitely going to go get the ebook!
(Likewise, I'm not sure how well these hold up. Probably OK, since
I don't demand that Golden Age authors write 2020s stories with
2020s sensibilities back in the 30s and 40s.)
How annoying. There does not seem to be a Kobo edition.
Does Kobo have a Malcolm Jameson MEGAPACK for sale? It has most of the >stories (but not the Space War articles) that are in _Bullard: Tales of
the Space Patrol_. I will note that the Bullard stories are very much a >reflection of the pre-WWII US Navy for better or worse.
In article <XeJvO.486231$MC82.108243@fx17.iad>,
Lee Gleason <lee.gleason@comcast.net> wrote:
On 8/14/2024 11:24 PM, Don_from_AZ wrote:
Recent posts involving libraries and how people got started reading SF
got me thinking about my first experiences in finding books at the
library. I'm sure I encountered Asimov and Heinlein there fairly early
on, but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard
of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not
nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote
mostly short stories and novellas.
I remember reading this when from the library, so many years ago. This
talk about it reminds me that there was another novel/collection of
stories out at about the same time, that was similar - the
(mis)adventures of a young Space officer. Anyone recall this other set
of stories? I remember there was one story where the young officer
subdued a gang of space pirates by dosing them with oxytocin, which made
them too friendly to continue with taking the ship.
Lancelot Biggs.
I've read "Bullard Reflects" in another anthology. I've long
wanted to get a copy of the other Bullard stories, once I
found that there were more, but not at $100.
I'm definitely going to go get the ebook!
I'm definitely going to go get the ebook!
So, got the ebook, and after the first story...
Yeah, lots of fun. The technology is (to quote Montgomery
Scott) quaint, but that's to be expected with stories of
this vintage that try to be really nuts and bolts.
| Sysop: | Keyop |
|---|---|
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Users: | 546 |
| Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
| Uptime: | 08:14:14 |
| Calls: | 10,388 |
| Calls today: | 3 |
| Files: | 14,061 |
| Messages: | 6,416,830 |
| Posted today: | 1 |