Feb 03
Click for larger imageMrs Brown’s Boy Comments: “I’ll be back after you’re dead to investigate this murder.”
Published 1951
(Average: 5.17 out of 10)
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Mrs Brown’s Boy Comments: “I’ll be back after you’re dead to investigate this murder.”
Published 1951
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February 3rd, 2020 at 9:51 am
Monty Don isn’t messing about anymore: take a gun to those weeds!
February 3rd, 2020 at 10:51 am
“That’s what we like: good, wholesome, modestly dressed heroes, and damsels-in-distress. Even our tentacle monsters have the decency to keep their suckers to themselves.” – the publisher, probably
February 3rd, 2020 at 11:15 am
Inside dust jacket for the hard cover edition. Edward Doty sounds like a perfect Dr Who companion.
https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/John-Carstairs-Space-Detective-Frank-Belknap/22530946812/bd#&gid=1&pid=3
February 3rd, 2020 at 11:30 am
Captain Zep was where Space Detectives really came into their own, of course.
February 3rd, 2020 at 12:36 pm
“Feed Me Seymour!”
February 3rd, 2020 at 3:37 pm
“John! Stop! He’s my hairdresser!”
February 3rd, 2020 at 5:05 pm
JOHN CARSTAIRS, SPACE WEED CONTROL
February 3rd, 2020 at 5:16 pm
JOHN CARSTAIRS AND THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
I’ve run into Long by way of Lovecraft, but I’ve never heard of this series(?)
@Mrs. Brown’s Boy: it does really look as if he’s saying “wait a minute, Ma’m, but there’s an even worse monster attack going on behind you!”
February 3rd, 2020 at 5:20 pm
Just another day at Monsanto’s R and D labs.
Monsanto….”We put the Evil in Evolution!”
February 3rd, 2020 at 5:57 pm
I can’t decide whether the cover illustrates “Plants Must Slay”, “Plants Must Grow” or “Snapdragon”
Contents:
Plants Must Slay (1942) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
The Hollow World (1945) • novella by Frank Belknap Long
Wobblies in the Moon (1943) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
Satellite of Peril (1942) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
Snapdragon (1941) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
Plants Must Grow (1941) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
February 3rd, 2020 at 9:34 pm
Man: “I didn’t expect this when I decided to lead a horticulture class.”
Woman: “Neither did I. And don’t call me a whore.”
February 4th, 2020 at 12:37 am
It;s the future – he’s got a maroon velour leisure suit. It can’t be any earlier than 1983.
Which means her hair isn’t being blown by the wind, it’s sprayed to look like that all the time.
February 4th, 2020 at 7:21 am
@Bibliomancer – fooled you! It’s “Wobblies in the Moon.” They’re Green Reds.
February 4th, 2020 at 8:36 am
@Francis: Although she’s wearing a sleeveless dress, the hussy. Probably attracted the monster. It’s even the same color as the critter. Maybe it thought she was one of them. John must be overheated in his clothes.
February 4th, 2020 at 12:30 pm
Thank goodness for that tentacle. It hides her – gasp – elbow!
February 4th, 2020 at 3:15 pm
@Bruce – A case can also be made that this is a “Satellite of Peril”. Even the houseplants are out to get you.
February 5th, 2020 at 7:59 am
I know early SF was formulaic to a degree that even today’s doesn’t match, so hang on a second — could the cover illustrate ALL of the stories? They all feature John dealing with overgrown menacing foliage?
@fred: Doty might be too unrealistic for a sci-fi show. Although (checking Wiki) by the time he had the 9 children and endless court cases against the in-laws, running away with a madwoman in a blue box to fight against evil houseplants would probably sound good. They did a swell job with King James VI/I so I’d like to see it.
February 5th, 2020 at 11:59 pm
@GSS ex-noob: well, he _is_ a botanist. Maybe, like Ace Ventura, he specializes.
February 6th, 2020 at 11:22 pm
@Bruce: fair point. Lucky for him he lives in a universe full of evil plants, and vice versa.