The Thrill Book, September 15, 1919

Overview:

  • Title: The Thrill Book, September 15, 1919
  • Author: Ronald Oliphant
  • Year: 1919
  • Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
  • Price: $0.15
  • Pages: 164
  • Binding: pulp
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: Dissonance
  • 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).