A quick look at what’s coming in 1923 in terms of the public domain. Not a great year, but there are items that may interest. Some of the non-fiction could become the basis for graphic novels, and some of the fiction could be plot-lifted into new science-fiction etc.<\/p>\n
Published 1927 in the U.S.:<\/strong><\/p>\n William Delbert Gann, The Tunnel Thru the Air<\/em> (air war in the future, amazing inventions).<\/p>\n Presumably Weird Tales<\/em> for 1927, if it isn’t already.<\/p>\n Films of 1927:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog<\/em> (early Hitchcock).<\/p>\n The Unknown<\/em> (cult horror).<\/p>\n Various comedy shorts, and some say early Laurel & Hardy<\/em>.<\/p>\n Author who died in 1952:<\/strong><\/p>\n Arthur Leeds, Lovecraft’s friend and writer, with S.T. Joshi having “1952?”. Death date somewhat uncertain.<\/p>\n Eric Taylor, American crime writer for the 1930s pulps, later a screenwriter.<\/p>\n Fulton Oursler, popular British murder-mystery writer, father of writer Will Oursler.<\/p>\n John Morgan Walsh, prolific mystery novelist.<\/p>\n Bertram Atkey, British mystery-thrillers, recurring rascally gent character Smiler Bunn.<\/p>\n Laurence Dwight Smith, 1930s G-Men crime novels, also Cryptography: The Science Of Secret Writing<\/em>, and Counterfeiting: Crime Against The People<\/em>.<\/p>\n Jeffrey Farnol, prolific writer of mystery novels and more. The Loring Mystery<\/em> was filmed in 1964.<\/p>\n Marjorie Bowen, very prolific British historical-romantic novelist. Some supernatural ‘twilight tales’ among her vast output. Some royal histories, and a 1936 non-fiction book on William Hogarth and Hogarthian London. Edited two horror anthologies?<\/p>\n Major General John Hay Beith, leading Edwardian playwright as ‘Ian Hay’, later worked with Hitchcock on films. Some mystery novels, some farcical comedy. The Great Wall of India<\/em> is a travel book, across India in the late 1920s\/early 30s. Also The King’s Service: History Of The British Infantry Soldier<\/em>, and The British Infantryman: An Informal History<\/em>.<\/p>\n John Vinycomb, Fictitious And Symbolic Creatures In Art<\/em>.<\/p>\n Norman Douglas, Birds & Beasts Of The Greek Anthology<\/em>, The Norman Douglas Limerick Book<\/em>.<\/p>\n Jimmy Bancks, Australian cartoonist and nonsense poet.<\/p>\n Margaret Wise Brown, prolific writer of nursery books for young children. Mostly animal stories.<\/p>\n Charles Stuart Baybe, Exploring England: An Introduction To Nature-Craft<\/em>.<\/p>\n Sven Hedin, explorer and writer, Riddles Of The Gobi Desert<\/em>, The Silkroad<\/em>, and many others.<\/p>\n Arthur Shearly Cripps, various South African novels and stories. Possible ‘big country’ adventure novels.<\/p>\n Edwin L. Sabin, a historian of the American West, wrote short stories and novels for boys about the American West (e.g. With George Washington Into The Wilderness<\/em>). At least one story in Weird Tales<\/em>. 1902 book of stories about golf, including one fantasy of a “golf ball which reacts to the emotions of players”.<\/p>\n Alexander Hamilton Thompson, wrote a biography of Bede.<\/p>\n Samuel Ogden Andrew, trans. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight<\/em>, 1929.<\/p>\n Harold John Massingham, Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum: The Giants In England<\/em>.<\/p>\n Sir George MacMunn, Rudyard Kipling, Craftsman<\/em>.<\/p>\n Henry Winram Dickinson, many biographies of men of the early Industrial Revolution.<\/p>\n Major Desmond Chapman-Huston, Bavarian Fantasy: The Story Of Ludwig II<\/em> (mad king), among others.<\/p>\n George Parker Winship, Odd Lot Of New England Puritan Personalities<\/em>.<\/p>\n E.H.W. Meyerstein. British writer. Poetry, a book titled Wade’s Boat<\/em> (indicating an interest in ancient British tales), some short stories, a life of Chatterton (1930), and a queer London novel published after his death.<\/p>\n Joseph Francis Rinn, American magician most active in the early decades of the 20th century, author of Sixty Years of Psychical Research<\/em>. Met Lovecraft once.<\/p>\n Sam Henry, “Ulster folklorist and writer”.<\/p>\n Roger Vitrac, “French surrealist playwright and poet”.<\/p>\n Paul Eluard, French poet and author.<\/p>\n Santayana, the philosopher admired by Lovecraft.<\/p>\n Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize for Literature 1920.<\/p>\n Edward Conor Marshall O’Brien, Sea-Boats, Oars and Sails<\/em>. Still an “excellent book for the knowledgeable boater to better understand the world of design, building and boat operating”.<\/p>\n And finally, the Sherlock Holmes canon is said to be set to fall completely into the public domain as of January 2023. Apparently copyright claims had been holding up a few of the stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A quick look at what’s coming in 1923 in terms of the public domain. Not a great year, but there …<\/p>\n
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