Chums

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First I've read of CHUMS.
Thanks

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 6:03 AM, matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Another secondary literature question for your collective memory. Much has
> been written about the Chums of Chance but I don't remember if anyone has
> found a firm source for the name. Folks have compared the CoC to exemplars
> of the genre, that is true.
>
> Well, the other day while cooking I was listening to (and occasionally
> glancing at) a BBC documentary series called Empire, it was Episode 3
> "Playing the Game". In that episode it discusses British Empire and
> colonialism in India and elsewhere, and it mentions the literature of
> Empire (not Kipling and all that, but the popular press). At around 38
> minute mark it shows a fine assortment of examples one of which is held up
> and is called: "Chums". Good image at 38:39.
>
> Turns out their is a Wikipedia entry. (If this is old news, just consider
> me slow and not much of a learner). You might look at this collector's page
> also: http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/chums.html
> The serial stopped publishing in '41 when TP was just a kid. Perhaps there
> were some in the house growing up.
>
> In light of this it makes some reviews look pretty clueless. For example,
> when Salon's Laura Miller wrote, "The Chums of Chance (as if that name
> weren't bad enough)" I guess she thought it pretty clever. Doesn't seem
> clever.
>
> ciao
> mc
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