1. Waaay back in the late '70's, early '80's, in high school, I worked for WaldenBooks. This was when we had those Godawful paper inventory sheets.
I handled the SF section, and I kept telling the purchasing folks, yep, we still had five copies each of those Gor books. They just weren't sellin'! Eventually I had none, and they fell off the inventory sheet. My blow for non-ickiness, as far as I was concerned. (Not exactly hot sellers in West Texas, truth be told.)
2. I met the man at WorldCon, of all places, many years later. Little, skinny, balding guy. No creep vibes off of him at all. (But you should have seen folks see his badge, do a double-take, and *back away* like he was contagious.)
3. Was at a used book sale and came across a bunch of first editions for 0.50 each; sold them on eBay. Oddly enough, the "Donated by the Girl Scouts of Central Texas" stickers inside the front covers did not detract from their value...
That being said, they are badly written crappy porn, and I can't see why Dark Horse is reprinting them except for the weird cult factor. (Or that "Oooh, we're printing naughty books!" chuckle that guys who run comic book companies always seem to get.)
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1. Waaay back in the late '70's, early '80's, in high school, I worked for WaldenBooks. This was when we had those Godawful paper inventory sheets.
I handled the SF section, and I kept telling the purchasing folks, yep, we still had five copies each of those Gor books. They just weren't sellin'! Eventually I had none, and they fell off the inventory sheet. My blow for non-ickiness, as far as I was concerned. (Not exactly hot sellers in West Texas, truth be told.)
2. I met the man at WorldCon, of all places, many years later. Little, skinny, balding guy. No creep vibes off of him at all. (But you should have seen folks see his badge, do a double-take, and *back away* like he was contagious.)
3. Was at a used book sale and came across a bunch of first editions for 0.50 each; sold them on eBay. Oddly enough, the "Donated by the Girl Scouts of Central Texas" stickers inside the front covers did not detract from their value...
That being said, they are badly written crappy porn, and I can't see why Dark Horse is reprinting them except for the weird cult factor. (Or that "Oooh, we're printing naughty books!" chuckle that guys who run comic book companies always seem to get.)