Leigh Brackett (ology)

About the work of science fiction and crime writer Leigh Brackett.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

They mocked her "science fantasy" Then she wrote Empire Strikes Back - Charlie Jane Anders

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"Also, in her introduction to The Best of Planet Stories #1 in 1976, Brackett describes "space opera" as "a pejorative t...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

Leigh Brackett's Planetary Romances - Andrew Liptak

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"Brackett was born on December 7th, 1915 in Los Angeles, California to a family of declining fortune. Her early life was met with hards...
Saturday, March 9, 2013

Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett Kinsman Ohio 1976 - John Booth

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4.5 out of 5
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Friday, March 8, 2013

Kinsman Ohio Historical Marker - John Booth

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4 out of 5
Saturday, July 21, 2012

Library of America: On the Long Tomorrow - Nicola Griffith

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"The opening of The Long Tomorrow reads like a King James Bible for the American myth: sure, rhythmic, and implacable. Brackett sets up...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

Leigh Brackett: American Writer - Howard Andrew Jones

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"This 4th of July I thought I’d take a look at one of my very favorite writers, the late, great Leigh Brackett, queen of planetary adve...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

On Rio Bravo - Angie Dickinson

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"CM: Why does Rio Bravo hold up so well these many years later?: AD: Number One, John Wayne. It’s one of the roles where he is so diff...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Library Of America: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s

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"American Science Fiction Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s (two volumes) Gary K. Wolfe, editor Volume 1: 1953–1956 * Frederick Pohl...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Women In Science Fiction and Fantasy - Robin Anne Reid

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Brackett, Leigh (1915-1978) Leigh Brackett was a popular presence in mid-twentieth-century American science fiction. She is best known for h...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

A Memory of Murder - Ray Bradbury

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"This is a collection of Bradbury's very early crime stories, some of his first fiction sales. It comes complete with a short but r...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Demon Princes - Jack Vance

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Stumbled across this - the same cover is used for The Halfing and Other Stories as this German edition of the Demon Princes. 4.5 out of 5
Friday, October 14, 2011

The Big Jump - Leigh Brackett

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Phoenix Pick have done an edition :- 3.5 out of 5 http://www.phoenixpick.com/catalogue/PPickings.htm
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

A Working Script from Rio Bravo - Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman

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An acution for :- "A Working Script from "Rio Bravo." Warner Bros., 1959. Yellow covers, screen play by Jules Furthman and Le...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The Sword of Rhiannon Ace Doubles Instructions - Leigh Brackett

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via Marooned - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books On Mars 3.5 out of 5 http://sffbooksonmars.blogspot.com/2011/09/read-first-few-pages-of-lei...

The Sword of Rhiannon: Cast of Characters - Leigh Brackett

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Excerpt from reproduction via Marooned - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books On Mars of the Ace Double version :- 3.5 out of 5 http://sffbooks...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Rio Bravo - Leigh Brackett

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Cover of Spanish edition. 3.5 out of 5

Rio Bravo - Leigh Brackett

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Author: Leigh Brackett; Mieczysław Dutkiewicz Publisher: Szczecin : Wydawnictwo "Przygoda", 1990. Series: '">Westerny ...

Skytelystne cowboys - Leigh Brackett

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Author: Leigh Brackett Publisher: Oslo : Fredhøis Forlag, 1961. Series: En norsk pocket bok Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : Norwegian http...

Rio Bravo Western-Roman - Leigh Brackett

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Author: Leigh Brackett Publisher: München Heyne 1985 Series: Heyne-Bücher / 5 / Heyne-Western, 5, Heyne-Western, Nr. 2725 Edition/Format: ...

Rio Bravo - Leigh Brackett

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Spanish edition "Leigh Brackett; F Sesén Publisher: Barcelona Toray 1961. Series: Best Sellers del Oeste, vol. 13 Edition/Format: Boo...

Rio Bravo - Leigh Brackett

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I discovered the Corgi edition by winning an auction on ebay for a minimum bid - big surprise for it to show up as a UK book :- "London...

Rio Bravo - Leigh Brackett

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It seems there is a Polish edition of this book. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4616705117&searchurl=kn%3...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

Sense of Wonder - Leigh Brackett

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"Leigh Brackett – Born on December 7th, 1915 in Los Angeles, California, her birth name was Leigh Douglass Brackett and she was the dau...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Leigh Brackett: Heroic Fantasy at its Best - John M. Whalen

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"Whenever there are discussions of heroic fantasy fiction, the usual names are trotted out: Howard, Leiber, Carter, Moorcock. But there...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

Leigh Brackett and Howard Hawks at work on Rio Bravo

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""Tuning in to the same channel": Leigh Brackett and director Howard Hawks at work on Rio Bravo(Photo: Museum of Modern Art) ...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Leigh Brackett's Mars Maps - Leigh Brackett

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From the Best of Leigh Brackett. 5 out of 5
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Overlooked Movie: Crime Doctor’s Manhunt - Randy Johnson

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A blog post about this work :- "An ex-soldier comes to Dr. Ordway for help, telling of experiencing temporary loss of memory, only to c...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Big Jump - Virgil Finlay

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4 out of 5
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

N'chaka and Gerd - Virginie Seminaatore

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3 out of 5
Friday, March 18, 2011

The First Star Wars - Boris Vallejo and Others

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The First Star Wars - Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton

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Presumably The Secret of Sinharat and would be much rougher guesses at the Hamilton. http://fantlab.ru/edition24131 Russian to English trans...

Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett Grave Marker

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4 out of 5

Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett Day

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5 out of 5
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Monday, February 21, 2011

The Truants - Leigh Brackett

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Illustrations from the story :- 2.5 out of 5
Sunday, February 13, 2011

Rann Starke and Beudag: Lorelei of the Red Mist - Kelly Freas

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4 out of 5

Beudag At Bay: Lorelei of the Red Mist - Kelly Freas

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4 out of 5

Beudag In Chains: Lorelei of the Red Mist - Kelly Freas

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4 out of 5

TOPS In Science Fiction Lorelei of the Red Mist

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4.5 out of 5
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Earth's Renaissance - Leigh Brackett

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"Earth's Renaissance" an essay by Leigh Brackett (Stfette, #2, July '41) Unseen.

For Leigh Brackett - Ray Bradbury

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"For Leigh Brackett" a poem by Ray Bradbury in an even more limited edition of Haffner's Lorelei of the Red Mist. Unseen.

Shadows in the Woods - Leigh Brackett

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"Shadows in the Woods" by Leigh Brackett (Venus, Volume One, Number 1, Jun '44) Unseen and length unknown.

Brackett Tales - Leigh Brackett

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Unfortunately only available as part of a 100 book extremely limited and extremely edition Table of Contents - BRACKETT TALES "Lorelei ...

The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett

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From publisher Phoenix Pick :- The Long Tomorrow (available 2/10/2010) ISBN 978-1-61242-013-4, 202 Pages, Trade Paperback 6”x9” One of the o...

The Best of Edmond Hamilton - Leigh Brackett

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Phoenix Pick has a new edition, both paper and ebook :- "The Best of Edmond Hamilton (Edited by Leigh Brackett) ISBN 978-1-60450-489-7,...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

On Robert E. Howard - Leigh Brackett

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"Howard had a great love for all that was lost and strange and faraway. One thinks of him sitting at his typewriter in Cross Plains, Te...

The Mark of Zorro

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A favorite film of Brackett's when younger. 4 out of 5

Douglas Fairbanks Sr

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A favourite actor of Brackett's in her youth. 4 out of 5

The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling

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A particular book that influenced Brackett in her youth. 4 out of 5 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/236

P. C. Wren

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A writer of influence Brackett read in her youth. 4 out of 5

Jack London

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A writer of influence Brackett read in her youth. 4 out of 5
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