The Weird Adventures of the Blond Adder
by Lester Dent
introduction by Will Murray
It's 1933 and pulp writer Lester Dent has created a new hero who used gadgets to solve mysteries and fight crime. No, it's not Doc Savage, but Lee Nace, the Blond Adder! This volume collects for the first time all five Lee Nace adventures from the pages of Ten Detective Aces. The majority of these have not seen the light of day since their original publication nearly 80 years ago! We've gone back to the original manuscripts to restore deleted passages and also included Lester Dent's original character Bible for the Blond Adder series. Rounded out by an all-new introduction by pulp historian Will Murray, it's the must-own pulp publication of the year.
290 pages, approx. 6"x9"
6 Comments
MBrown
June 24, 2010Got my copy. Will have to read and put up a review on Amazon.
Don
July 8, 2010I thought there were eight Nace stories.
Jeff Deischer
July 13, 2010What a knockout!
These stories are a roughhewn lot. That’s not a bad thing. What they lack in polish of Dent’s later work (as in, say, Honey in His Mouth), they more than make up for in slambang nonstop action.
It’s also interesting to see Dent exercising a different style than his work in Doc Savage — which he was writing concurrently!
This is a homerun!
MB
September 5, 2010see my review on Amazon.
Chris Yates
January 1, 2011I’m anxiously awaiting my hardcover edition from Lulu.com! This title struck me as unique among Altus Press collections for the fact that so much of Mr. Dent’s original drafts were referenced and incorporated.
As always, you’ve rescued some artwork from obscurity and made it look fantastic for a cover. George Rozen no less!!
Was this a previousely published cover illustration? I can’t seem to find it’s original magazine source from Galactic Central’s massive collection.
Could you share with me the title and publication date of the fiction magazine wherein this piece first appeared?
Matt
January 1, 2011Chris- thanks for the kind words. That Rozen cover’s taken from the December 1934 issue of All Detective Magazine. Dent frequently appeared in AD, and the cover illo fit the material well.
Here’s a link to it: http://www.philsp.com/data/images/a/all_detective_193412.jpg