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Fantasy Fan, v. 1, issue 7, March 1934
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112 THE FANTASY FAN March, 1934 Supernatural Horror in Literature (continued from page 105) whose literary posterity is destined to become so numerous, and in many cases so resplendent in artistic merit. It is, when one reflects upon it, genuinely remarkable that weird narration as a fixed and academically recognized literary form should have been so late of final birth. The impulse and atmosphere are as old as man, but the typical weird tale of standard literature is a child of the eighteenth century. (Next month we will give you a much longer instalment of this article, in which Mr. Lovecraft takes up the third section, "The Early Gothic Novel.") ADVERTISEMENTS ----------------------------- Rates: one cent per word ----------------------------- CLARK ASHTON SMITH presents THE DOUBLE SHADOW AND OTHER FANTASIES -- a booklet containing a half-dozen imaginative and atmospheric tales -- stories of exotic beauty, glamor, terror, strangeness, irony and satire. Price: 25 cents each (coin or stamps). Also a small remainder of EBONY AND CRYSTAL -- a book of prose poems published at $2.00, reduced to $1.00 per copy. Everything sent postpaid. Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn, California. ----------------------------- Back Numbers of The Fantasy Fan: September, 20 cents (only a few left); October, November, December, January, February, 10 cents each. ----------------------------- WEIRD TALES, dated 1923, 1924, 1925, and some later issues are wanted. If you have any old numbers that you are willing to part with, please communicate with the Editor. Our Readers Say (continued from page 98) and Horror.' Another worth-while group of stories has been collected and edited by Montague Summers under the title, 'The Supernatural Omnibus.' This volume has a splendid introduction by the Rev. Summers and contains, among other stories, 'The Upper Berth' by Crawford, and 'The Damned Thing' by Bierce. Another well-rounded collecton was gotten together by Colin de la Mare under the title, 'They Walk Again.' This book contaics 'The Voice of the Night' by Hodgson and 'The Beckoning Fair One' bo Oliver Onions. "Perhaps at times I have been somewhat harsh in my criticisms, but I am glad that you have taken them in the right spirit." We know that you will be pleased to note that we are lengthening the installments of Lovecraft's article hereafter. ----------------------------- A Sad Story of the Future (continued from page 109) Just then the televisor flashed on. I was an upstairs neighbor. "My son's all dirty and greasy," he bellowed, "and it's your fault!" "Our fault? How so?" they asked. He gave a serial number. "That's your robot, isn't it? Well, he went out into the park and called a lot of kids around him; told them he wasn't feeling well; gave them screw-drivers and asked to find out what was the matter with him. In a few minutes he was scattered all over six blocks." Julius, the mechanical man, had taken the only method an automaton knew of committing suicide--------
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112 THE FANTASY FAN March, 1934 Supernatural Horror in Literature (continued from page 105) whose literary posterity is destined to become so numerous, and in many cases so resplendent in artistic merit. It is, when one reflects upon it, genuinely remarkable that weird narration as a fixed and academically recognized literary form should have been so late of final birth. The impulse and atmosphere are as old as man, but the typical weird tale of standard literature is a child of the eighteenth century. (Next month we will give you a much longer instalment of this article, in which Mr. Lovecraft takes up the third section, "The Early Gothic Novel.") ADVERTISEMENTS ----------------------------- Rates: one cent per word ----------------------------- CLARK ASHTON SMITH presents THE DOUBLE SHADOW AND OTHER FANTASIES -- a booklet containing a half-dozen imaginative and atmospheric tales -- stories of exotic beauty, glamor, terror, strangeness, irony and satire. Price: 25 cents each (coin or stamps). Also a small remainder of EBONY AND CRYSTAL -- a book of prose poems published at $2.00, reduced to $1.00 per copy. Everything sent postpaid. Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn, California. ----------------------------- Back Numbers of The Fantasy Fan: September, 20 cents (only a few left); October, November, December, January, February, 10 cents each. ----------------------------- WEIRD TALES, dated 1923, 1924, 1925, and some later issues are wanted. If you have any old numbers that you are willing to part with, please communicate with the Editor. Our Readers Say (continued from page 98) and Horror.' Another worth-while group of stories has been collected and edited by Montague Summers under the title, 'The Supernatural Omnibus.' This volume has a splendid introduction by the Rev. Summers and contains, among other stories, 'The Upper Berth' by Crawford, and 'The Damned Thing' by Bierce. Another well-rounded collecton was gotten together by Colin de la Mare under the title, 'They Walk Again.' This book contaics 'The Voice of the Night' by Hodgson and 'The Beckoning Fair One' bo Oliver Onions. "Perhaps at times I have been somewhat harsh in my criticisms, but I am glad that you have taken them in the right spirit." We know that you will be pleased to note that we are lengthening the installments of Lovecraft's article hereafter. ----------------------------- A Sad Story of the Future (continued from page 109) Just then the televisor flashed on. I was an upstairs neighbor. "My son's all dirty and greasy," he bellowed, "and it's your fault!" "Our fault? How so?" they asked. He gave a serial number. "That's your robot, isn't it? Well, he went out into the park and called a lot of kids around him; told them he wasn't feeling well; gave them screw-drivers and asked to find out what was the matter with him. In a few minutes he was scattered all over six blocks." Julius, the mechanical man, had taken the only method an automaton knew of committing suicide--------
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