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Fantasite, v. 2, issue 3, whole no. 9, August-September 1942
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THE FANTASITE.................................................11 Eventually Phenkaton finds out about the affair and, during a huge banquet in celebration of his coming heir, poisons Lykos as he stands before Queen Tharnis and Princess Ni. Lykos, dying on the floor of the banquet hall, shrieks out his secret and tells Tharmis he will come again. Almost instantly he chooses the body of Phenkaton and enters it, but his attempts to convince Tharmis of this change are fruitless, for the Goddess Ate has him tied securely. Meanwhile, Tharmis learns that Phenkaton was responsible for the death of Lykos, so she, in turn, poisons Phenkaton just before the baby is born. As Phenkaton is dying, he reveals himself as Lykos; and to say that Tharmis is somewhat taken aback is an understatement. Before he dies, he tells her of his power and of the chain that prevents him from revealing himself while alive, and she promises to watch for him. This time Lykos does not take another body immediately but wanders in spirit form, watching over Tharmis. The baby is born, and the priesthood sends up four great tawny cats as a gift. Tharmis, ever on the alert for Lykos in another form, notices that both the baby and the great cats are always watching something dancing in the air, invisible to her, and she knows the spirit of Lykos is there. Comes the revolution. A cousin, aided by the priesthood, overthrows the royal house by convincing the people that Tharmis poisoned Phenkaton because he discovered that the Greek, Lykos, was the real father of the baby. Rather than submit and become the concubines of the cousin, Tharmis and Princess Ni fight back. The head priest (the brains behind the revolution) seizes the babt and kills it. Tharmis then attempts to kill the priest, but Lykos, instantly assuming the body of a Greek guardsman, does the delectable job for her. As the enemy storm the doors, she takes a lethal powder, as does Princess Ni, and the Greek throws himself upon his sword. Tharmis, however, had recognized him before he did this. Thus ends the dynasty of the house of Ni. Lykos again wanders the town in spirit form, assuming the body of an Ethiopian for a few minutes in order to kill a minor priest who was making sport of his love for Tharmis. The Ethiopian is killed almost immediately. Looking about for a place where he may rest awhile and forget his misfortunes, Lykos selects a grain of wheat, knowing that when he enters it he will remain until the threshing season, some time away. Fate tricks him, for the wheat grain he chooses is carefully taken up and carried to the tomb of Phenkaton, and there it is sealed away with the mummy. Lykos lies there for nearly five thousand years, the meanwhile hearing wars rage over his head, knowing of the life of the son he left in Crete, and following in a vague way the history of the land around the tomb. Finally, in 1903, the tom is opened and the wheat discovered. It is immediately planted and in due season ripens. The archaeologist plucks a few grains to carry home with him to America for transplanting. As he breaks off the stalk in which Lykos is imprisoned, the faun leaps free and enters the body of the archaeologist. And that wasin 1903. -------------------MISCARRIAGE OF THE MONTH-- Offhand we can think of few things more jolly, or stupid, than a scientist who writes a novel for the purpose of unloading his experimental findings upon a suffering public. Dr. E.F. Northrup has been experimenting with electrical guns and has, during his life and career, accumulated a natural amount of wisdom and philosophy. He gives us both barrels in: Zero to Eighty, "Being My Life Soings, Reflections, and Inventions, also My Journey Around the Moon" by Akkad Pseudoman. (Scientific Publishing Company, Princeton, New Jersey, 1937, $3.00). This is a beautiful (but horrible) example of what happens when a scientist
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THE FANTASITE.................................................11 Eventually Phenkaton finds out about the affair and, during a huge banquet in celebration of his coming heir, poisons Lykos as he stands before Queen Tharnis and Princess Ni. Lykos, dying on the floor of the banquet hall, shrieks out his secret and tells Tharmis he will come again. Almost instantly he chooses the body of Phenkaton and enters it, but his attempts to convince Tharmis of this change are fruitless, for the Goddess Ate has him tied securely. Meanwhile, Tharmis learns that Phenkaton was responsible for the death of Lykos, so she, in turn, poisons Phenkaton just before the baby is born. As Phenkaton is dying, he reveals himself as Lykos; and to say that Tharmis is somewhat taken aback is an understatement. Before he dies, he tells her of his power and of the chain that prevents him from revealing himself while alive, and she promises to watch for him. This time Lykos does not take another body immediately but wanders in spirit form, watching over Tharmis. The baby is born, and the priesthood sends up four great tawny cats as a gift. Tharmis, ever on the alert for Lykos in another form, notices that both the baby and the great cats are always watching something dancing in the air, invisible to her, and she knows the spirit of Lykos is there. Comes the revolution. A cousin, aided by the priesthood, overthrows the royal house by convincing the people that Tharmis poisoned Phenkaton because he discovered that the Greek, Lykos, was the real father of the baby. Rather than submit and become the concubines of the cousin, Tharmis and Princess Ni fight back. The head priest (the brains behind the revolution) seizes the babt and kills it. Tharmis then attempts to kill the priest, but Lykos, instantly assuming the body of a Greek guardsman, does the delectable job for her. As the enemy storm the doors, she takes a lethal powder, as does Princess Ni, and the Greek throws himself upon his sword. Tharmis, however, had recognized him before he did this. Thus ends the dynasty of the house of Ni. Lykos again wanders the town in spirit form, assuming the body of an Ethiopian for a few minutes in order to kill a minor priest who was making sport of his love for Tharmis. The Ethiopian is killed almost immediately. Looking about for a place where he may rest awhile and forget his misfortunes, Lykos selects a grain of wheat, knowing that when he enters it he will remain until the threshing season, some time away. Fate tricks him, for the wheat grain he chooses is carefully taken up and carried to the tomb of Phenkaton, and there it is sealed away with the mummy. Lykos lies there for nearly five thousand years, the meanwhile hearing wars rage over his head, knowing of the life of the son he left in Crete, and following in a vague way the history of the land around the tomb. Finally, in 1903, the tom is opened and the wheat discovered. It is immediately planted and in due season ripens. The archaeologist plucks a few grains to carry home with him to America for transplanting. As he breaks off the stalk in which Lykos is imprisoned, the faun leaps free and enters the body of the archaeologist. And that wasin 1903. -------------------MISCARRIAGE OF THE MONTH-- Offhand we can think of few things more jolly, or stupid, than a scientist who writes a novel for the purpose of unloading his experimental findings upon a suffering public. Dr. E.F. Northrup has been experimenting with electrical guns and has, during his life and career, accumulated a natural amount of wisdom and philosophy. He gives us both barrels in: Zero to Eighty, "Being My Life Soings, Reflections, and Inventions, also My Journey Around the Moon" by Akkad Pseudoman. (Scientific Publishing Company, Princeton, New Jersey, 1937, $3.00). This is a beautiful (but horrible) example of what happens when a scientist
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