PulpFest began selling the Carl Joecks’ Collection at PulpFest 50, beginning with his pulps, digest magazines, men’s adventure magazines, true crime magazines, joke and gag books, and other material, including 50 lots of vintage paperbacks. Joecks stored most of his collection flat in a darkened room. On Saturday evening, August 5, PulpFest will be auctioning 75 lots of first-edition science fiction hardcovers and reference books, Armed Services Edition paperbacks, juvenile series books, convention program books, fanzines, and other material from the collection of Carl Joecks. He became enamored with science fiction, comic books, radio, and astronomy as a boy and began to collect the things that he loved. The late Carl Joecks was a television cameraman, electronic equipment repairman, and carpenter from Vermont. We’ll also be adding 75 more lots consigned to the convention by Scott and Linda Edwards of Dearly Departed Books, independent booksellers from Alliance, Ohio. This edition contains the true ending of the story, as Heinlein had intended it.At our 2023 PulpFest, our auction of the Joecks estate will continue with 75 additional lots. The original ending had been changed by the first publishers of this book. Heinlein at his best, with an exciting adventure story, colorful characters and exquisite aliens.
Can they warn the colony in time to save it from the administrator's nefarious plans?
Once enrolled at the school, Jim and Frank rescue Willis from the authoritarian headmaster who had confiscated the "pet", Willis, and discover the colonial administrator's plans for Mars, which threatens the very survival of the colony in its present form. The Martian, who is oddly protective of Willis, becomes a "water friend" to the young boys and exposes them to the true wonders of the planet. While on their way, along with Jim's volleyball-sized native pet, Willis the Bouncer, the boys wander into the 'forbidden' territory where they meet a native Martian, Gekko. Heinlein's iconic Red Planet tells the story of Jim Marlowe and Frank Sutton's journey to the Lowe Academy boarding school on Mars, and the discoveries they make there that impact the future of their entire colony. Marking the first appearance of the Martian elder race that plays such a prominent role in Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. The Martian setting is logically constructed and rich in convincing detail while] the characters are engaging and the action develops naturally." ─Jack Williamson "The most thrilling and tingling kind of science fiction story."─ Kirkus Reviews
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