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The Horror on the Links: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume One (Volume 1) Hardcover – 4 April 2017

by Seabury Quinn (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars 283 ratings
Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.

Quinn’s short stories were featured in well more than half of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades.

Collected for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, edited by George Vanderburgh, presents all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.

The first volume, The Horror on the Links, includes all of the Jules de Grandin stories from “The Horror on the Links” (1925) to “The Chapel of Mystic Horror” (1928), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg.
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    The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin
  2. Print length
    512 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Night Shade Books
  5. Publication date
    4 April 2017
  6. Dimensions
    15.24 x 4.57 x 22.86 cm
  7. ISBN-10
    1597808938
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1597808934
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"Hercule Poirot meets Fox Mulder . . . gruesomely effective, and purists who object to detective stories with paranormal elements will find that the moment each story crosses the border to the supernatural raises genuine shivers."—Kirkus Reviews

“Connoisseurs of pulp adventure . . . will be delighted.”—Publishers Weekly

"A collection of wonderfully fun mashups. Seabury Quinn's stories are bloody and action-packed, with the sort of shameless, disreputable charm that characterizes the best of the pulps. Even if there's little that's truly original in his work, his clever assortment of monsters and occult menaces make for tremendously entertaining stories. His admirers have every reason to be thrilled with these comprehensive new collections, and the writer will find new fans among those who enjoy truly weird horror."—Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

"A fun, spooky trip back to the golden age of weird . . . De Grandin, 'his little blond mustache twitching like the whiskers of an excited cat,' is an exuberant, delightful creation."—Publishers Weekly

"Quite fun; [the stories] move quickly and offer up a tantalizing blend of mystery and the bizarre . . . [Quinn's] characterizations and pacing lead to stories that are quite satisfying."—Kirkus Reviews

“A true 'time lost literary treasure' brought back into print for the benefit of a new generation of appreciative readers, "The Dark Angel" is an extraordinarily entertaining read from cover to cover . . . unreservedly recommended for community library Science Fiction & Fantasy collections.”—Midwest Book Review

“Read this and you will get a blast of the past...It's nice to see the old stories gathered up and being shared again. Stories never die as long as there's still one storyteller left.”—Book Faerie

"Many of these stories have been unavailable for years. I applaud Night Shade Books for bringing these wonderful stories back into print. I can't wait for Volume Two! GRADE: A"—GeorgeKelley.org

About the Author

Seabury Quinn was a pulp magazine author, whose popular stories of the occult detective Jules de Grandin were published in Weird Tales between 1925 and 1951. Quinn penned ninety-two short stories and one full-length novel featuring “the occult Hercule Poirot,” which were enormously popular with readers. Quinn died in 1969.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Night Shade Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 4 April 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1597808938
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1597808934
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 953 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 4.57 x 22.86 cm
  • Book 1 of 5 ‏ : ‎ The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin
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    4.4 out of 5 stars 283 ratings

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  • Mr. Robert T. Badger
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 June 2020
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    I first discovered Seabury Quinn and Jules de Grandin in the pages of 'Magazine of Horror' in the 'seventies via a street newspaper seller in Wolverhampton who sold a few 'ballast' publications and other 'Weird Tales' reprint collections. I Purchased a couple of the reprint books by Popular Library from the now defunct 'Andromeda Bookshop' in Birmingham, but missed the rest. I almost leapt out my seat when I made a random search in Amazon and found these by Nightshade Books. The paper is not dissimilar to that of MoH and so gives that pulp magazine feel. The cover illos are excellent and the binding seems well done. The only thing missing is the illustrations that were in the magazine publications. The introduction suggests reading one story a week so that the impact of each story is maintained;,I don't think I'm that patient; it would take two years to complete reading the entire collection.
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  • Tom Owen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Weird Tales Seabury Quin's De Grandin Decetive
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2020
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    Great to have the Jules de Grandin stories from Weird Tales collection together in 5 volumes. A favourite character of mine from my early youth - only read a small number as they were difficult to obtain (usually available as single stories in various horror compilations). It's been a real treat revisiting stories I was already acquainted with with the added bonus of previously unread material. Cannot recommend highly enough for readers of macabre, weird fiction.
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  • paul watson
    5.0 out of 5 stars These are no great literature but they are well crafted entertaining stories with ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2017
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    The most prolific writer in the Weird Tales stable is being presented in a handsome 5 volume set collecting his complete Jules de Grandin output. These are no great literature but they are well crafted entertaining stories with their tongue set firmly in cheek. Considering the last complete series of these by the Battered Silicon Dispatch Box are permanently out of print I can't recommend this series too highly. As the fair haired French wonder would undoubtedly exclaim 'Nom de nom, Trowbridge, these are a bargain most rare!"
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  • B Georgiou
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2017
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    The Jules de Grandin stories have always been favourites of mine, and I am over the moon that I can collect them all. Looking forward to the next volume. Don't know, or care, why Quinn has picked up such a bad rep over the years. I read and enjoy Weird Tales authors Lovecraft and REH as well, and find Quinn a welcome addition to their ranks.
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  • Hughie Jones
    5.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read if you've never encountered Juled before
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2019
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    I've only read 2 or 3 stories up to now but they seem to be okay and I'll no doubt carry on with book one. waiting for book two to come up at a less ridiculous price.
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  • Maria, genuine critic
    3.0 out of 5 stars Will have to read again before I totally get it
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 April 2021
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    Confusing
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  • old man
    1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 June 2017
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    no!
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  • Mrs. J. L. Jensen
    1.0 out of 5 stars Horror on the Links Volume 1 of the semi-portable Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 May 2017
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    No it did not.

    These are not the original stories, and contain the same spelling/typographical errors as did the original 3 volume set which was published by George Vanderbugh.

    Also arrived with damaged/ Creased Cover.

    When will somebody reprint the original series?

    Chris Worthington.
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  • k84
    5.0 out of 5 stars 読みやすい
    Reviewed in Japan on 24 June 2017
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    日本語で「グランダンの怪奇事件簿」を読んで以来、せっかく英語が読めるのだから、原作が読みたいと思ってきた。しかし、1970年代に出版されたペーパーバックを買ってみたら、マスマーケットの質の悪いので、いつバラバラになるかわからない。愛蔵版っぽいハードカバーを買ったら、どえらく高い上に、二段組みになっていて（新聞記事みたい）読みにくい。重たくて、持てないし、字も小さすぎて読みにくい。

    やっとKindle版が出たので、今度こそと思って買ってみた。普通の字の組み方で、読みやすかった。話の内容としては、オカルト界のエルキュール・ポワロと言われる、ジュール・ド・グランダン医師（フランス語を交えてしゃべるところと、お洒落にうるさいところが確かにポワロっぽい）が、アメリカのトローブリッジ医師（主にホーム・ドクター）の家に間借りして、トローブリッジ医師の患者などから持ち込まれる、オカルト話を解決していくシリーズである。敵は由緒正しい吸血鬼などのヨーロッパ妖怪から、現代的な実験動物までいて、ド・グランダンの方も結構派手に、近代科学を使って戦うので、そこも見所。

    最初のところに、なぜ今まで再発見といって大人気にならなかったのかが不思議という序文が着いているが、多分、長いこと売れすぎて、わかりやすすぎて、カルトでマニアックなファンがつかなくて、「どうしても自分が評価しないと、誰もわかってくれない！」という情熱的な復権活動をする人がいなかったのではないかと。だって、どう読んでも、わかりやすく面白いから。あと、わかりやすいものって、評論家の評価はきっと低いですよね。持ち上げたって、自分の目の付け所が評価されるわけじゃないから。
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  • Raven
    5.0 out of 5 stars At last promise of the entire Jules de Grandin!
    Reviewed in the United States on 17 September 2017
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    Doctor of the occult, the bizarre, and the outré…

    This beautiful book contains 22 stories of Dr. Jules de Grandin, published in Weird Tales Magazine from 1925-1928. It is volume one in a series that promises to reprint all of the tales Seabury Quinn wrote featuring the little blonde Frenchman with his vast knowledge and experience with the unknown.

    Jules de Grandin resides for the most part with his friend and biographer Dr. Samuel Trowbridge in Harrisonville, New Jersey. Dr. Trowbridge and Grandin travel widely, and some of their adventures occur in other countries.

    Across these 22 stories our heroic duo battles demons, ghosts, vampires, and such creatures. There is almost always a lovely woman who is in danger of losing both body and soul.

    Jules de Grandin, much like Sherlock Holmes has supreme faith in his own abilities and knowledge. He comes across as pompous and self-promoting. He has little use for those who cannot see what he sees. He is often short with Dr. Trowbridge to the point of insult, as Holmes was with Dr. Watson. In the end, he will always return to his friendship with Trowbridge and give an explanation of his thought process and how he succeeded in saving the day.

    In these first 22 stories, I give Best in Book to “The Gods of East and West.” The story I liked the least was “The Dead Hand.”

    Fans of Holmes, Carnacki the Ghost Finder, John the Balladeer, John Thunstone, etc should be able to enjoy these tales with much delight! I give the volume five stars plus!

    Quoth the Raven…
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  • Perceptive Reader
    3.0 out of 5 stars Campy Ride
    Reviewed in India on 14 October 2018
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    My-my! These must have been the wet dreams of pulp lovers. You have a parody of a Frenchman, as sought after by the ignoramus, to make the tales more exotic. You have a Dr. Watson working as the faithful narrator for a hero who is a combination of all penny dreadful and subsequent detectives (including those dealing with paranormal). And you have stories. By God! What stories. This volume contains twenty three stories, and they cover the whole gamut of pulp villains. Vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters of other varieties, giant snakes, reincarnation, curses imported from Asia and Africa, half-breed people, Germans, sadists, cultists, Egyptian man and goddesses...!
    In short, if you can take yourself to the level of America between the two wars, and appreciate what the great unwashed used to consume as entertainment, then you are in for a tremendous ride.
    I am, however, already afraid of the other volumes that I have purchased, and which I have to read because they had cost me too much.
    Your call.
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  • Anthony Ragan
    4.0 out of 5 stars Typical pulp fiction of the era, but well-done
    Reviewed in the United States on 15 August 2023
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    (This review is of the audiobook version, performed by Paul Woodson)

    Giving us an occult twist on Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Seabury Quinn presents Dr. Jules De Grandin and Dr. Trowbridge, the former a doctor, but also a trained investigator with the French Surete, the latter a New Jersey M.D. Like Doyle's famous duo, De Grandin and Trowbridge investigate crimes and ill-happenings, but these often have an occult explanation, rather than something mundane. Vampires, sorcerers, cannibals, ghosts... while they may challenge the little Frenchman, none are a match for him.

    The stories mostly take place in New Jersey, which apparently is a center of occult weirdness in America. (But we all knew that, right?) They're very formulaic, meant originally for Pulp magazines to be read on a lazy weekend afternoon. Still, though following a formula, the stories are enjoyable, and the character of De Grandin -vain, brilliant, gallant, and prickly- is fun.

    Can't say the same for his "vieil ami," Dr. Trowbridge. While apparently a fine general practitioner, when it comes to the occult, which practically jumps out in front of him waving a neon sign in every story, Dr. Trowbridge is as dense as a block of cheese. At least Watson would eventually learn to trust Holmes's reasoning, even if he couldn't follow it at first. This is beyond Trowbridge. One wonders why De Grandin keeps hanging around such a clod: perhaps it's all the free food, liquor, and cigars Trowbridge lets him help himself to. The stories lose a half-star for this cardboard character.

    The performance itself is very good: Woodson keeps the voices distinct and maintains the pace. Trigger warning: if you're the kind of reader who clutches their pearls and heads for the fainting couch when encountering stereotypes from 100 years ago, these stories aren't for you. (But then, none of the fiction of that period would be) If you can look past that, however, and if you enjoy old-fashioned Pulp fiction, I do recommend these tales, especially in audiobook format. 4.5 stars.
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  • Abbey London
    5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for the spiritually mature - read between the lines, events narrated in most of the stories still happen today!
    Reviewed in the United States on 1 December 2017
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    Seabury Quinn is a class act, not the best writer, but a very good writer all the same. All his books should be re-published for our current generation of readers to rediscover him. Story about Jules De Grandin's and Dr. Stowbridge's adventures are all fictional, but Dr. Quinn had excellent and truthful incite and research into the things of the occult, some events he narrated still happen in our present day in one form or the other, which are never reported or read of in public media due to their unbelievable and supernatural nature.

    All the story in this Volume will leave you with a deep reflection of the potency in the power of Jesus Christ and Christianity, no wonder some occult critics never liked Dr. Quinn, he exposed a lot esoterics in his books camouflaging them as fiction.

    Will also recommend read read Volume 1 on the series - The Horror on the Links.
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