I was trying to look up something, which led me here:
http://readitfree.org/PU/ARG_2.htm
which led me here:
http://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/
PDFs of hundreds of old "Argosy" and assorted SF pulps. Looks to be
all image scans, so no text search, but whadda ya want for nothing,
a rubber biscuit?
I was trying to look up something, which led me here:
http://readitfree.org/PU/ARG_2.htm
which led me here:
http://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/
PDFs of hundreds of old "Argosy" and assorted SF pulps. Looks to be
all image scans, so no text search, but whadda ya want for nothing,
a rubber biscuit?
I was trying to look up something, which led me here:
http://readitfree.org/PU/ARG_2.htm
which led me here:
http://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/
PDFs of hundreds of old "Argosy" and assorted SF pulps. Looks to be
all image scans, so no text search, but whadda ya want for nothing,
a rubber biscuit?
On Friday, May 5, 2023 at 12:22:55 AM UTC-4, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
I was trying to look up something, which led me here:
http://readitfree.org/PU/ARG_2.htm
which led me here:
http://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/
PDFs of hundreds of old "Argosy" and assorted SF pulps. Looks to be
all image scans, so no text search, but whadda ya want for nothing,
a rubber biscuit?
As I understand it you'll find stories by Rex Stout in there, fifteen
years before
Nero Wolfe. Apparently there are precursors to Nero and Archie in some
of the stories, which were mostly written to get money for a Broadway show >and a dinner.
Stout was quite popular, and was tied with ERB as Argosy's highest paid writer,
earning 2.5 cents per word. Gernsback started Amazing a few years later >paying a tenth of that and even in the late 1930s writers who sold to >Astounding,
and got Campbell's bonus for an exceptional story, got half that amount.
So if you ever are hand-waved back into the past, don't become an SF
writer (also as
per an earlier post, don't launch a career in chess). Stick to
mysteries (and bridge).
In article <260b1665-0499-499a...@googlegroups.com>,
William Hyde <wthyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Friday, May 5, 2023 at 12:22:55 AM UTC-4, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: >> I was trying to look up something, which led me here:
http://readitfree.org/PU/ARG_2.htm
which led me here:
http://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/
PDFs of hundreds of old "Argosy" and assorted SF pulps. Looks to be
all image scans, so no text search, but whadda ya want for nothing,
a rubber biscuit?
As I understand it you'll find stories by Rex Stout in there, fifteen >years before
Nero Wolfe. Apparently there are precursors to Nero and Archie in some
of the stories, which were mostly written to get money for a Broadway show >and a dinner.
Stout was quite popular, and was tied with ERB as Argosy's highest paid writer,
earning 2.5 cents per word. Gernsback started Amazing a few years later >paying a tenth of that and even in the late 1930s writers who sold to >Astounding,
and got Campbell's bonus for an exceptional story, got half that amount.
So if you ever are hand-waved back into the past, don't become an SF >writer (also asIt suddenly occurs to me that the occasional account by old time
per an earlier post, don't launch a career in chess). Stick to
mysteries (and bridge).
mystery writers lacks something I saw a lot over from old time
SF writers, accounts of their lawsuits to squeeze owed payment
out of people like Gernsbeck and Greenberg (not that one, the
other one). I wonder, were mystery editors just more diligent
about payment?
On Friday, May 5, 2023 at 3:53:34?PM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
In article <260b1665-0499-499a...@googlegroups.com>,
William Hyde <wthyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Friday, May 5, 2023 at 12:22:55?AM UTC-4, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: >> >> I was trying to look up something, which led me here:It suddenly occurs to me that the occasional account by old time
http://readitfree.org/PU/ARG_2.htm
which led me here:
http://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/
PDFs of hundreds of old "Argosy" and assorted SF pulps. Looks to be
all image scans, so no text search, but whadda ya want for nothing,
a rubber biscuit?
As I understand it you'll find stories by Rex Stout in there, fifteen
years before
Nero Wolfe. Apparently there are precursors to Nero and Archie in some
of the stories, which were mostly written to get money for a Broadway show >> >and a dinner.
Stout was quite popular, and was tied with ERB as Argosy's highest paid writer,
earning 2.5 cents per word. Gernsback started Amazing a few years later
paying a tenth of that and even in the late 1930s writers who sold to
Astounding,
and got Campbell's bonus for an exceptional story, got half that amount. >> >
So if you ever are hand-waved back into the past, don't become an SF
writer (also as
per an earlier post, don't launch a career in chess). Stick to
mysteries (and bridge).
mystery writers lacks something I saw a lot over from old time
SF writers, accounts of their lawsuits to squeeze owed payment
out of people like Gernsbeck and Greenberg (not that one, the
other one). I wonder, were mystery editors just more diligent
about payment?
Perhaps they were more aware of the possibility of murder.
On Fri, 5 May 2023 13:44:18 -0700 (PDT), William Hyde
<wthyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Friday, May 5, 2023 at 3:53:34?PM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
In article <260b1665-0499-499a...@googlegroups.com>,
William Hyde <wthyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Friday, May 5, 2023 at 12:22:55?AM UTC-4, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: >> >> I was trying to look up something, which led me here:It suddenly occurs to me that the occasional account by old time
http://readitfree.org/PU/ARG_2.htm
which led me here:
http://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/
PDFs of hundreds of old "Argosy" and assorted SF pulps. Looks to be
all image scans, so no text search, but whadda ya want for nothing,
a rubber biscuit?
As I understand it you'll find stories by Rex Stout in there, fifteen
years before
Nero Wolfe. Apparently there are precursors to Nero and Archie in some >> >of the stories, which were mostly written to get money for a Broadway show
and a dinner.
Stout was quite popular, and was tied with ERB as Argosy's highest paid writer,
earning 2.5 cents per word. Gernsback started Amazing a few years later >> >paying a tenth of that and even in the late 1930s writers who sold to
Astounding,
and got Campbell's bonus for an exceptional story, got half that amount. >> >
So if you ever are hand-waved back into the past, don't become an SF
writer (also as
per an earlier post, don't launch a career in chess). Stick to
mysteries (and bridge).
mystery writers lacks something I saw a lot over from old time
SF writers, accounts of their lawsuits to squeeze owed payment
out of people like Gernsbeck and Greenberg (not that one, the
other one). I wonder, were mystery editors just more diligent
about payment?
Perhaps they were more aware of the possibility of murder.Or simply better funded.
Which would explain why they could afford higher rates.
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