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MFS Bulletin, v. 3, issue 7, whole no. 19, February 15, 1943
MFS Bulletin, Vol. 3, Number 7 Page 2
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print a whole gob of Lovecraftiana: two poems, and five or six articles. These all appeared in little-known NAPA magazines, and were not seen by the general fan public. I've also unearthed, and am trying to get permission to use, an article by HPL entitled "Some Notes on Interplanetary Fiction". This is a dandy, tho certain to stir up a big argument from certain quarters. --Francis Laney CANADIAN NEWS STUFFS: Altogether there have been five different fantasy and stf publications since the ban of American mags early in '41. The first of these was Uncanny Tales, which started as a 15[[cent symbol]] digest-size booklet featuring Thomas P Kelly and reprinting his stories that had already appeared in the US Weird Tales. in May '41 it graduated to a larger size: 10 1/2 X 7 inches, and contained 96 pages. It appeared regularly thereafter as a monthly, using Kelly extensively. Then the mag discovered the Futurians or vice versa, for stories from Cosmic Science-fiction and Stirring were featured and used each month; also many American mag illustrations were used. And then they sometimes presented stories that were identical with some printed in the US except the author had changed the name of the characters and slightly varied some sequences therein. But no one seemed to mind too much, or if they did grouch, their letters were never published in the readers' page. Anyhow, Uncanny Tales continued to arrive each month and getting better with each issue. A fine Canadian fan letter department was successfully introduced, and developed into the only Canadian fan department. With the May '42 issue UT went bi-monthly. The July and September copies came, the November ish was skipped -- but an issue labeled December appeared containing 128 pages, and was called a quarterly. That issue, out last November was the last as none other has appeared up to now. Then a Canadian issue of the US Science-fiction came out at 25[[cent symbol]] per copy. it contained the same stories as the US edition, but it never had a letter department, and oddly enough, no advertisements. I believe it only appeared 4 times, then quit. The 3rd mag was called eerie Tales. it featured Kelly, but also had stories by other Canadian authors. It was wholly illustrated by Canadian artists. The American Astonishing was published here for 3 issues, and then turned to SuperScience Stories. It used the same US stories, but I believe Canadian illustrations - which were pretty good. It's a bi-monthly and the last one I have is for February, out this month (January). A bi-monthly Canadian Weird Tales is also sold here. Its first issue appeared for May '42 and has seen six issues to date. The covers and interior artwork is, i believe, done by Canadian artists for the US authors' stories. Besides the verse and WT club, the mag has a readers' page, but only contains letters from American fans. So much for the prozines; you now have the lowdown on all of them. Out of the five there have been, i believe that Super Science and Weird will continue to appear. Just now, Uncanny is doubtful; however, I'll let you know when another issue appears on the stands. --Albert A Betts 18 Wascana ave Toronto, Ontario Canada SPARKS of HELL FIRE by John Reitrof Just a few sparks; not even a good sized flame... To answer the minority. About all one might expect to be listed under "Fan Scratchings" is childish back-wash - and that's as
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print a whole gob of Lovecraftiana: two poems, and five or six articles. These all appeared in little-known NAPA magazines, and were not seen by the general fan public. I've also unearthed, and am trying to get permission to use, an article by HPL entitled "Some Notes on Interplanetary Fiction". This is a dandy, tho certain to stir up a big argument from certain quarters. --Francis Laney CANADIAN NEWS STUFFS: Altogether there have been five different fantasy and stf publications since the ban of American mags early in '41. The first of these was Uncanny Tales, which started as a 15[[cent symbol]] digest-size booklet featuring Thomas P Kelly and reprinting his stories that had already appeared in the US Weird Tales. in May '41 it graduated to a larger size: 10 1/2 X 7 inches, and contained 96 pages. It appeared regularly thereafter as a monthly, using Kelly extensively. Then the mag discovered the Futurians or vice versa, for stories from Cosmic Science-fiction and Stirring were featured and used each month; also many American mag illustrations were used. And then they sometimes presented stories that were identical with some printed in the US except the author had changed the name of the characters and slightly varied some sequences therein. But no one seemed to mind too much, or if they did grouch, their letters were never published in the readers' page. Anyhow, Uncanny Tales continued to arrive each month and getting better with each issue. A fine Canadian fan letter department was successfully introduced, and developed into the only Canadian fan department. With the May '42 issue UT went bi-monthly. The July and September copies came, the November ish was skipped -- but an issue labeled December appeared containing 128 pages, and was called a quarterly. That issue, out last November was the last as none other has appeared up to now. Then a Canadian issue of the US Science-fiction came out at 25[[cent symbol]] per copy. it contained the same stories as the US edition, but it never had a letter department, and oddly enough, no advertisements. I believe it only appeared 4 times, then quit. The 3rd mag was called eerie Tales. it featured Kelly, but also had stories by other Canadian authors. It was wholly illustrated by Canadian artists. The American Astonishing was published here for 3 issues, and then turned to SuperScience Stories. It used the same US stories, but I believe Canadian illustrations - which were pretty good. It's a bi-monthly and the last one I have is for February, out this month (January). A bi-monthly Canadian Weird Tales is also sold here. Its first issue appeared for May '42 and has seen six issues to date. The covers and interior artwork is, i believe, done by Canadian artists for the US authors' stories. Besides the verse and WT club, the mag has a readers' page, but only contains letters from American fans. So much for the prozines; you now have the lowdown on all of them. Out of the five there have been, i believe that Super Science and Weird will continue to appear. Just now, Uncanny is doubtful; however, I'll let you know when another issue appears on the stands. --Albert A Betts 18 Wascana ave Toronto, Ontario Canada SPARKS of HELL FIRE by John Reitrof Just a few sparks; not even a good sized flame... To answer the minority. About all one might expect to be listed under "Fan Scratchings" is childish back-wash - and that's as
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