tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post8383838168447053193..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: Richard Matheson - The Original Stories: The Science Fiction Digests Part 2John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-74269446561343750912010-11-12T10:04:32.056-08:002010-11-12T10:04:32.056-08:00Given the love for Matheson and co, I figure you m...Given the love for Matheson and co, I figure you might be interested in Jeff Segal's take, today, on Charles Beaumont's THE FIEND IN YOU, the original source of two Matheson stories, among other items of interest:<br /><br />http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/guest-ffb-jeff-segal-on-fiend-in-you.html or hit the link on my name...Todd Masonhttp://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2010/11/guest-ffb-jeff-segal-on-fiend-in-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-46024146129665884382010-11-07T18:34:11.263-08:002010-11-07T18:34:11.263-08:00Sorry to admit that the Poitier film (obviously ne...Sorry to admit that the Poitier film (obviously never made) is as much news to me as it was to you. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure what those other two works-in-progress were supposed to be, either, although the pilot may have been among the Green Hand projects that didn't pan out, and the novel may have been the long-gestating HELL HOUSE. I do know that Richard's son and namesake, Richard Christian (R.C.) Matheson, wrote an adaptation of "Mad House" (one of his Fort College stories) for a never-to-be third season of MASTERS OF HORROR.Matthew Bradleyhttp://bradleyonfilm.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-8726159177462572442010-11-07T16:03:58.523-08:002010-11-07T16:03:58.523-08:00Thanks for all the fascinating behind the scenes d...Thanks for all the fascinating behind the scenes details, Todd!John Scolerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-30948941574725562162010-11-07T15:47:12.967-08:002010-11-07T15:47:12.967-08:00GAMMA's editor, Charles Fritch, was also very ...GAMMA's editor, Charles Fritch, was also very much of that Cali group of writers, hence the prevalence of "little Bradburys" in the contents of the magazine (along with some surprises, such as Patricia Highsmith's deservedly ubiquitous "The Snail Watcher"...how the hell did PLAYBOY or EQMM let that get away?). GAMMA was full of expectations that didn't pan out...you'll see house ads for a companion cf magazine called CHASE, that actually was published by the less-well but more-reliably funded Health Knowledge as GAMMA was folding, with Robert Lowndes as editor rather than Fritch (who bought most of the inventory, dunno). Fritch would later be the final editor of MIKE SHAYNE MYSTERY MAGAZINE, in its Cali years after Leo Margulies's widow Cylvia Kleinman sold the magazine (Sam Merwin had been editing for the Margulies Renown Pulications)...Fritch liked the gorilla disrobing a woman cover so much (or at least found it so handy) that he used it again on MSMM.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com