DIY History | Transcribe | Hevelin Fanzines | Fantasy Fiction Field, v. 2, issue 17, whole no. 40, Denvention Issue

Transcribe
Translate

Fantasy Fiction Field, v. 2, issue 17, whole no. 40, Denvention Issue

Page 2

Fantasy Fiction Field Illustrated News Weekly (Denvention Issue) Page 2
HERE'S Mary Gnaedinger Greetings from Famous Fantastic Mysteries to the Denvention boys and girls! I have been asked by my old friend, Julie Unger, to reveal the future of our section of the Fantasy Parade. It is going to be glamorous - - peopled with gorgeous Finlay characters, and fantastic marvels from the pen of Frank R. Paul and brought into life and motion by the amazing genius of Merritt, England, Hall, Homer Eon Flint, Giesy, and a dozen other great writers, past and present. At the present reporting, plans for extra issues of the classics are only about half formed, but it seems more than likely that monthly output, or a "quarterly" auxiliary issue, will be a necessity. The next story to hit the stands after Merritt's "Metal Monster" will be "Palos of the Dog Star Pack" by J. U. Giesy. And with it, we joyfully announce, will be that great weird classic, "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft. On sale August 13. The latter masterpiece was secured for FFM by special arrangement, in response to repeated requests from our readers. The two stories "Palos" and "The Colour", make a sure-fire hit issue. Both are too famous to need blurbs or pushing, except perhaps for the benefit of people who are just becoming acquainted with the fantasy field, or converts-to-be. Frank R. Paul (continued page 3)
[photo] [piece of tape]
NOT UNKNOWN is John W. Campbell, Jr. Science fiction and its readers got to know him first through a brilliant Amazing Stories cover by Wesso, and a story by the name of "When the Atoms Failed (That was the January, 1930, issue.) Later in the same year, the first of the famous Wade-Arcot-Morey series -- the stories which were to rival E. E. Smith's "Skylark" yarns, began to appear in the same magazine -- "Piracy Preferred" and "Solarite" were the first two - both published in 1930. The third, in which the cosmic sweep really began, was "The Black Star Passes" which copped the cover of Amazing Quarterly for 1930 - - yes, that was a big year. Since that time, Mr Campbell has written a great many stories, nearly all of which have met with high acclaim, and many of which have been remembered and continue to be remembered. Late in 1937, Mr Campbell became editor of Street & Smith's Astounding Stories, which promptly became Astounding Science Fiction. Little more need be said except to mention that in the current pro-mag poll, this title leads by a margin of over 100 votes -- this poll, it might be added, represents the opinions of the nation's experts on the subject of science and fantasy fiction. (We might add that Unknown Fantasy Fiction, of which Campbell is likewise editor, is in second place in aforementioned poll. Again nuff sed.) A bit of news on Astounding and Unknown: The new EESmith novel, tentative title of which is "Kinnison Coordinated" is now in editorial preparation, and will probably start in the November issue. It will be illustrated by Rogers and will run either (continued page 9 )

Saving...

Fantasy Fiction Field Illustrated News Weekly (Denvention Issue) Page 2 HERE'S Mary Gnaedinger Greetings from Famous Fantastic Mysteries to the Denvention boys and girls! I have been asked by my old friend, Julie Unger, to reveal the future of our section of the Fantasy Parade. It is going to be glamorous - - peopled with gorgeous Finlay characters, and fantastic marvels from the pen of Frank R. Paul and brought into life and motion by the amazing genius of Merritt, England, Hall, Homer Eon Flint, Giesy, and a dozen other great writers, past and present. At the present reporting, plans for extra issues of the classics are only about half formed, but it seems more than likely that monthly output, or a "quarterly" auxiliary issue, will be a necessity. The next story to hit the stands after Merritt's "Metal Monster" will be "Palos of the Dog Star Pack" by J. U. Giesy. And with it, we joyfully announce, will be that great weird classic, "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft. On sale August 13. The latter masterpiece was secured for FFM by special arrangement, in response to repeated requests from our readers. The two stories "Palos" and "The Colour", make a sure-fire hit issue. Both are too famous to need blurbs or pushing, except perhaps for the benefit of people who are just becoming acquainted with the fantasy field, or converts-to-be. Frank R. Paul (continued page 3) [photo] [piece of tape] NOT UNKNOWN is John W. Campbell, Jr. Science fiction and its readers got to know him first through a brilliant Amazing Stories cover by Wesso, and a story by the name of "When the Atoms Failed (That was the January, 1930, issue.) Later in the same year, the first of the famous Wade-Arcot-Morey series -- the stories which were to rival E. E. Smith's "Skylark" yarns, began to appear in the same magazine -- "Piracy Preferred" and "Solarite" were the first two - both published in 1930. The third, in which the cosmic sweep really began, was "The Black Star Passes" which copped the cover of Amazing Quarterly for 1930 - - yes, that was a big year. Since that time, Mr Campbell has written a great many stories, nearly all of which have met with high acclaim, and many of which have been remembered and continue to be remembered. Late in 1937, Mr Campbell became editor of Street & Smith's Astounding Stories, which promptly became Astounding Science Fiction. Little more need be said except to mention that in the current pro-mag poll, this title leads by a margin of over 100 votes -- this poll, it might be added, represents the opinions of the nation's experts on the subject of science and fantasy fiction. (We might add that Unknown Fantasy Fiction, of which Campbell is likewise editor, is in second place in aforementioned poll. Again nuff sed.) A bit of news on Astounding and Unknown: The new EESmith novel, tentative title of which is "Kinnison Coordinated" is now in editorial preparation, and will probably start in the November issue. It will be illustrated by Rogers and will run either (continued page 9 )