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Pulpmeister · 08-14-2020, 11:51 PM

Some authors who died in 1950:

Olaf Stapledon
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Rafael Sabatini
Erle Cox
Guy Kilpatric
Edna St Vincent Millay
Heinrich Mann
Irving Bachellor
Ernest Haycox
Arthur Stringer
Lord Berners
George A Birmingham
Warwick Deeping
Harold Laski
George Bernard Shaw
George Orwell

and doubtless more not so well known

Uncle Robin · 08-15-2020, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Pulpmeister

Some authors who died in 1950:

George Bernard Shaw
George Orwell

So if one lives in a Life +50 country, these 2 are already PD?

pdurrant · 08-15-2020, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

So if one lives in a Life +50 country, these 2 are already PD?

Yes. And everyone else on that list.

Uncle Robin · 08-15-2020, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Yes. And everyone else on that list.

Yep, I simply selected the only two that interested me - high school friends who were ERB fiends would be mortified!

JSWolf · 08-15-2020, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pulpmeister

Some authors who died in 1950:

Olaf Stapledon
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Rafael Sabatini
Erle Cox
Guy Kilpatric
Edna St Vincent Millay
Heinrich Mann
Irving Bachellor
Ernest Haycox
Arthur Stringer
Lord Berners
George A Birmingham
Warwick Deeping
Harold Laski
George Bernard Shaw
George Orwell

and doubtless more not so well known

Most of those names are not well known. Do you have the list of the others?

pdurrant · 08-15-2020, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

Yep, I simply selected the only two that interested me - high school friends who were ERB fiends would be mortified!

Why? Soon they will be able to give electronic copies for free to their friends and try to spread their fandom without the expense of royalties.

hobnail · 08-15-2020, 03:29 PM

Google didn't find anything on Guy Kilpatric, likewise nothing on Internet Archive. Even with a k at the end (check spelling?).

hobnail · 08-15-2020, 03:34 PM

How many people from the Los Angeles area knew that Tarzana was named that because it's where Burroughs' home was; named after his Tarzan character. I'm forever somewhat bemused at the seemingly obvious things that I never figured out on my own.

Uncle Robin · 08-15-2020, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Why? Soon they will be able to give electronic copies for free to their friends and try to spread their fandom without the expense of royalties.

I meant that they would be mortified at my lack of interest in his PD status. They bridled whenever I mentioned Tarzan in their presence, for them he was an SF writer. So naturally, being a HS kid, I mentioned Tarzan A LOT.

Pulpmeister · 08-15-2020, 08:48 PM

Often the above authors are out of print and not well known. The trick is to find them and get them back into print, well, e-ink anyway.

John Guy Gilpatric 1896-1950 was an American pilot, flight instructor, journalist, short-story writer and novelist, best known for his Mr. Glencannon stories. (Wikipedia)

Edna St Vincent Millay, poet

Erle Cox, Australian author, early sf (Out of the Silence). I wrote an article about hm in this forum.

Heinrich Mann, German author. We have German language contributors here, so I expect him to start appearing next year.

Harold Laski, economist. Ernest Haycox, westerns... two Georges at the end of the list are very well known.

Googling out of print authors I always append "author" after their name in the search. Specially with "ordinary" names. I google my own name and I find half a dozen other people, if I add the title of a book I wrote I come to the top.

08-14-2020, 11:51 PM	#1
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,895 Karma: 29145056 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	Coming on 1 January 2021 Some authors who died in 1950: Olaf Stapledon Edgar Rice Burroughs Rafael Sabatini Erle Cox Guy Kilpatric Edna St Vincent Millay Heinrich Mann Irving Bachellor Ernest Haycox Arthur Stringer Lord Berners George A Birmingham Warwick Deeping Harold Laski George Bernard Shaw George Orwell and doubtless more not so well known Last edited by Pulpmeister; 08-14-2020 at 11:55 PM.

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hobnail Running with scissors Posts: 1,592 Karma: 14328510 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: none	Google didn't find anything on Guy Kilpatric, likewise nothing on Internet Archive. Even with a k at the end (check spelling?).

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hobnail Running with scissors Posts: 1,592 Karma: 14328510 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: none	How many people from the Los Angeles area knew that Tarzana was named that because it's where Burroughs' home was; named after his Tarzan character. I'm forever somewhat bemused at the seemingly obvious things that I never figured out on my own.

08-15-2020, 08:48 PM	#10
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,895 Karma: 29145056 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	Often the above authors are out of print and not well known. The trick is to find them and get them back into print, well, e-ink anyway. John Guy Gilpatric 1896-1950 was an American pilot, flight instructor, journalist, short-story writer and novelist, best known for his Mr. Glencannon stories. (Wikipedia) Edna St Vincent Millay, poet Erle Cox, Australian author, early sf (Out of the Silence). I wrote an article about hm in this forum. Heinrich Mann, German author. We have German language contributors here, so I expect him to start appearing next year. Harold Laski, economist. Ernest Haycox, westerns... two Georges at the end of the list are very well known. Googling out of print authors I always append "author" after their name in the search. Specially with "ordinary" names. I google my own name and I find half a dozen other people, if I add the title of a book I wrote I come to the top.

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