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Publication: The Thrill Book, September 15, 1919

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  • Publication: The Thrill Book, September 15, 1919Publication Record # 292139 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Ronald Oliphant
  • Date: 1919-09-15
  • Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
  • Price:
    $0.15?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 164
  • Format:
    pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Cover: The Thrill Book, September 15, 1919 by Charles Durant
  • Notes: Vol. II No. 6. Cover illustrates "The Gift Wife" by Rupert Hughes. Speculative fiction content only. Data from the Bleilers' "Science-Fiction: The Early Years" and Richard Bleiler's "The Annotated Index to The Thrill Book". "The Red Lure" by Frank L. Packard is a marginal genre story with minor lost race elements. Nongenre fiction titles include: "The Temple" by Alphonse de la Ferte is a vignette who believes she is praying in a temple but is actually in a House of Love. "The Gift Wife" (Part 1 of 4) by Rupert Hughes is Middle Eastern adventure story. "The Case of the Man Blind" by T. E. Transeau is a crime story. "Filbert's Grand Final" by is the story of an obsessive baseball fan. Nongenre poems include: "The Temple" by Alphonse de la Ferte (possibly a pseudonym of Harold Hersey or Ronald Oliphant). "To Spend with Ease" by Charles Kiproy (possibly a pseudonym of Harold Hersey).
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Editor Title: The Thrill Book - 1919 • [The Thrill Book] • (1919) • edited by Ronald Oliphant

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Primary Verifications

Verifier Date Type Last User Activity Date
Swfritter 2022-04-28 20:47:15 Permanent 2022-09-03

Secondary Verifications

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Bleiler Early Years Verified Rtrace 2018-04-23 21:31:24
Bleiler Supernatural Verified Rtrace 2018-12-05 17:00:22
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Clute/Grant Verified Bluesman 2017-05-11 13:12:51
Clute/Nicholls Verified Bluesman 2017-05-11 13:12:51
Contento1 (anth/coll) Not Verified    
Currey Not Verified    
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Miller/Contento Verified Rtrace 2011-11-18 07:39:37
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Tuck Verified Bluesman 2017-05-11 13:12:51
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