Rocket Summer 2024: "Shambleau" - The Weird Tale of the debut of C. L. Moore
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Discussion of the background, story and art of C. L. Moore's first professionally published story, "Shambleau"
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AUTHORS MENTIONED
• C. L. Moore
• Ray Bradbury
• Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Robert E. Howard
• H. P. Lovecraft
ARTISTS DISCUSSED
• Jayem Wilcox
• Richard Powers
• Chet Jezierski
• Jim Burns
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Another entertaining video. Thanks for posting!
That's always great to hear. Thank you! And thanks for co-hosting!
Very good review. C.L. Moore was a wonder, that's for sure. Besides being a SF writer, she also wrote scripts for many TV shows in the Sixties. As a young fan who was reading many of her magazine stories, I'd be blown away when I saw her name listed as a screenwriter at the end of shows like Maverick. I would have pegged that illustrator for the Galaxy reprint as Wally Wood; the man's pose and the spaceship as Fifties hood ornament are pretty characteristic of Wood. On that book from the Seventies, the outfit Northwest is wearing is not only reminiscent of Flash Gordan, it is exactly the same as that worn by the hero in the movie FLESH GORDAN. Indeed do something on Richard Powers. His illustrations always distilled that Sense of Wonder science fiction always represented for me.
Hmmm... You may be swaying me towards Wally Wood. The style of the planets and especially those cratered rock forms (or tree stumps?) push me directly to Powers. When I think of Wally Wood, I think more of line-art illustrations. BUT, he did do painted covers as well, he and Powers both created very similar human postures... but the clincher could be that, in reviewing the credited artists of Galaxy SF Novels from 1957 - 1958, Wally Wood did the cover for every single one of them. The only one NOT credited is "Shambleau", right in the middle of Wally's run. All the credited Richard Powers Galaxy book covers were from 1952 - 1953, years earlier. So... you could be right!
I'm also a big Maverick fan, and yeah, C. L. Moore wrote a Roger Moore episode, "Family Pride." Funny episode!
And yes! I had to investigate that Flesh Gordon reference. Not only is the costume the same, but so is the face! Mr. Jezierski was cutting a few corners, it would seem.
Thank you so much for the comment! Lots of great insights.
An excellent review Scott. I definitely have to go back and re-read some of the Northwest Smith stories. Moore also wrote some stories of a female character whom I'm blocking on her name that I'd be willing to re-read.
I'm particularly partial to one of the covers that you didn't include. Ric Binkley did the cover art for the Gnome Press edition of Shambleau and Others which is how I first read the story. That cover doesn't reflect the story, but I do appreciate the pulpy artwork.
You're talking about Jirel of Joiry! And yes, that Binkley cover is a great vintage cover. Other than the title, it didn't feature Shambleau so I didn't include it. Thanks, Steven!
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I love that you went to Shambeau! One of the classics!
What wonderful in-depth coverage.
Somehow, I couldn't resist!
Surprised you didn't feature the Kelly Freas art from the 1980 Caedmon record of Moore reading Shambleau.
Oh! You are RIGHT! That was a fantastic interpretation of Shambleau, and a complete oversight on my part. Kelly Freas was one of my earliest favorite science fiction illustrators. I may have to make an addendum video to cover that one. Thanks for the comment!
Hi! I'm so happy to have found your channel through Rocket Summer! I'm one of the co-hosts, but a true novice in the genre. I'm so glad that you are featuring C.L. Moore here, and I really appreciate this deep dive as you go back to her earliest published writing in the school literary magazine. Although I focused on all male writers this week, the 1950's, I, too, was trying to feature some early female writers of SF in some of my videos for this event. Thanks for this video. Really thoughtful and comprehensive.
Hi, Pat! Wow, new to science fiction! You definitely have treats in store! Yes, vintage science fiction authors were vastly male. But you mention the 1950s ... we had Leigh Blackett, a standout. In the '60s, a real gender-bending stand-out was James Tiptree Jr.! Thanks for watching, and enjoy the rest of your Rocket Summer!
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