East of Samarinda

East of Samarinda
Author Carl Jacobi
Cover artist Gregg Budgett and Gary Dumm
Country United States
Language English
Genre Adventure short stories
Publisher Bowling Green State University Popular Press
Publication date
 1989
Media type Print (Softback)
Pages 229 pp
ISBN 0-87972-441-2

East of Samarinda is a collection of stories by author Carl Jacobi. It was released in 1989 by Bowling Green State University Popular Press. Although Jacobi is known mostly for his horror and science fiction stories, this book collects adventure stories set in Borneo and the South Seas. The collection was edited by Carl Jacobi and R. Dixon Smith. Jacobi also provides a preface and Smith wrote the introduction ("Open Hell Without Quarter").

The stories 21 originally appeared in pulp magazines such as Thrilling Adventure and are reprinted in facsimile from the original pulps in which they appeared, including illustrations.

Setting

Fourteen of the short stories are set in Dutch East Borneo, two in British North Borneo, two in New Guinea, two in the South Seas (South China Sea, East China Sea and Southern Pacific Ocean) and one off the coast of the Unfederated Malay States.

Contents

East of Samarinda contains the following stories:

  1. "Crocodile"
    • Originally published in Complete Stories, 30 April 1934
  2. "Letter of Dismissal"
    • Originally published in Top-Notch, October 1934
  3. "Sumpitan"
    • Originally published in Top-Notch, October 1935
  4. "Death on Tin Can"
    • Originally published in The Skipper, December 1937
  5. "East of Samarinda"
    • Originally published in The Skipper, July 1937
  6. "The Jade Scarlotti"
  7. "Death's Outpost"
    • Originally published in Thrilling Mystery, May 1939
  8. "Leopard Tracks"
  9. "Deceit Post"
    • Originally published in Complete Stories, 18 February 1935
  10. "Jungle Wires"
    • Originally published in Complete Stories, 24 September 1934
  11. "Holt Sails the 'San Hing'"
  12. "Quarry"
    • Originally published in Dime Adventure Magazine, December 1935
  13. "Trial by Jungle"
  14. "Hamadryad Chair"
    • Originally published in 10 Story Mystery Magazine, February 1942
  15. "A Film in the Bush"
    • Originally published in Doc Savage, September 1937
  16. "Redemption Trail"
  17. "Black Passage"
  18. "Spider Wires"
  19. "Tiger Island"
  20. "Dead Man's River"
  21. "Submarine I-26"

See also

References

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