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Spaceways, v. 3, issue 6, whole no. 22, August 1941

S P A C E W A Y S        7

A COLLECTOR SPEAKS

formation on a postal dated October 16, 1939 (this must have been the very day following the whirl of activity that was the first issue of Golden Atom):

"Dear Larry B:
"Here's the best new I've yet had to offer you.... Today, I received word from CASmith telling me of his primordial Lovecraftian entities etc. etc. etc. ... BUT, AND DON'T IGNORE THIS: I quote Smith: ..... Tell Farsaci that the RECLUSE was a one-shot annual, pub'd in 1927 by W. Paul Cook at Athol, Mass. It contained Lovecrafts Supernatural Horror in Literature, together with contributions by DWandrei, HWarnerMunn, FBLong, Jr., Samuel Loveman, WalterJCoates, ArthurGoodenough, & myself (meaning Smith). If Farsaci is collecting such items, I would consider a bid for my somewhat battered copy.
"(Thats all, Larry....Fran)"

That was certainly the best possible news I could receive! I recall now, also, that it had been myself who had suggested to Fran that he write to Smith regarding his weird carvings, and had not forgotten to ask him to inquire about The Recluse while he was at it! You may be sure that was enough for me! I was in high spirits as I had never been before. It seemed now that all my worries regarding the mystery of The Recluse were at an end. But I was wrong. The very day after, when I was to have written Smith, I learned by accident that a rival collector of the time had somehow gotten wind of the true state of affairs, and had already dispatched to Smith a special-delivery airmail letter with an offer!
(To be continued in the next issue of Spaceways)

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WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT [handwritten 6]
by
J. MICHAEL ROSENBLUM

Blind Mouths, by Thomas F. Tweed, p. Arthur Barker, 1934. 8/6. We have a Balkan state composed of what were Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Roumania and Yugo-Slavia--formed during the industrial depression and now ruled by a fascist government. Into this comes a "healer", a simple country boy trained to be a doctor, who feels a call during a future war in which he serves: to throw up normal life and start a wandering mission of preaching and healing. Disciples gather, the state feels itself threatened, a farcical trial is held and the central figure is martyred according to plan. Does it read familiar? Just the tale of a man mentally and morally above his fellows. 

A. D. 2000, or Woman's Destiny, by Sir Julius Vogel, p. Hutchinson & Co. 1890. A jump ahead to a better age. Apparently the Utopia of a better-class Victorian Imperialist. The British Empire is a closely knit federation, whose Emporer resides part of the year in different capital cities. Woman is now the dominant partner, but not overwhelmingly so. The book deals mainly with parliamentary intrigues and the cares of state for our heroine, at first a comparatively humble politician, comes into money ni a big way, saves her country and marries the King. Nothing really worthy of mention--same old politics, same old financial system, a couple of daring new inventions mentioned but only just. 

Komyetz, by Martin Hassingtree, p. Hodder & Stoughton, 1924. 7/6. When I say that this is a "warning" book about the coming Red terror and that Martin Hussingtree is none other than Oliver Baldwin, son of Lord Baldwin, our ex-premier, then you know practically everything about this horrible work. A grand hotch-potch of wicked Bolsheviks, wicked Germans, and wicked other people, it finishes on a glorious note of total pessimism with Europe overrun by Russo-German Bolsheviks, the British Empire smashed, an Islamic holy war against the "Christian" countries (Britain and France), a plague in England, world draught, and earthquakes, and Britain invaded and being wiped out. Not very cheerful as you might gather. And there is just enough mysticism and religious revivalism to make the wretched thing even worse. A book to be avoided by all who pretend intelligence. 
(More reviews next issue)

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S P A C E W A Y S 7 A COLLECTOR SPEAKS formation on a postal dated October 16, 1939 (this must have been the very day following the whirl of activity that was the first issue of Golden Atom): "Dear Larry B: "Here's the best new I've yet had to offer you.... Today, I received word from CASmith telling me of his primordial Lovecraftian entities etc. etc. etc. ... BUT, AND DON'T IGNORE THIS: I quote Smith: ..... Tell Farsaci that the RECLUSE was a one-shot annual, pub'd in 1927 by W. Paul Cook at Athol, Mass. It contained Lovecrafts Supernatural Horror in Literature, together with contributions by DWandrei, HWarnerMunn, FBLong, Jr., Samuel Loveman, WalterJCoates, ArthurGoodenough, & myself (meaning Smith). If Farsaci is collecting such items, I would consider a bid for my somewhat battered copy. "(Thats all, Larry....Fran)" That was certainly the best possible news I could receive! I recall now, also, that it had been myself who had suggested to Fran that he write to Smith regarding his weird carvings, and had not forgotten to ask him to inquire about The Recluse while he was at it! You may be sure that was enough for me! I was in high spirits as I had never been before. It seemed now that all my worries regarding the mystery of The Recluse were at an end. But I was wrong. The very day after, when I was to have written Smith, I learned by accident that a rival collector of the time had somehow gotten wind of the true state of affairs, and had already dispatched to Smith a special-delivery airmail letter with an offer! (To be continued in the next issue of Spaceways) [dotted line] WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT [handwritten 6] by J. MICHAEL ROSENBLUM Blind Mouths, by Thomas F. Tweed, p. Arthur Barker, 1934. 8/6. We have a Balkan state composed of what were Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Roumania and Yugo-Slavia--formed during the industrial depression and now ruled by a fascist government. Into this comes a "healer", a simple country boy trained to be a doctor, who feels a call during a future war in which he serves: to throw up normal life and start a wandering mission of preaching and healing. Disciples gather, the state feels itself threatened, a farcical trial is held and the central figure is martyred according to plan. Does it read familiar? Just the tale of a man mentally and morally above his fellows. A. D. 2000, or Woman's Destiny, by Sir Julius Vogel, p. Hutchinson & Co. 1890. A jump ahead to a better age. Apparently the Utopia of a better-class Victorian Imperialist. The British Empire is a closely knit federation, whose Emporer resides part of the year in different capital cities. Woman is now the dominant partner, but not overwhelmingly so. The book deals mainly with parliamentary intrigues and the cares of state for our heroine, at first a comparatively humble politician, comes into money ni a big way, saves her country and marries the King. Nothing really worthy of mention--same old politics, same old financial system, a couple of daring new inventions mentioned but only just. Komyetz, by Martin Hassingtree, p. Hodder & Stoughton, 1924. 7/6. When I say that this is a "warning" book about the coming Red terror and that Martin Hussingtree is none other than Oliver Baldwin, son of Lord Baldwin, our ex-premier, then you know practically everything about this horrible work. A grand hotch-potch of wicked Bolsheviks, wicked Germans, and wicked other people, it finishes on a glorious note of total pessimism with Europe overrun by Russo-German Bolsheviks, the British Empire smashed, an Islamic holy war against the "Christian" countries (Britain and France), a plague in England, world draught, and earthquakes, and Britain invaded and being wiped out. Not very cheerful as you might gather. And there is just enough mysticism and religious revivalism to make the wretched thing even worse. A book to be avoided by all who pretend intelligence. (More reviews next issue)