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Fantascience Digest, v. 2, issue 5, July-September, 1939

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FANTASCIENCE DIGEST                    Page 17

returns than the ads in AMAZING and FANTASTIC ADVENTURES. . . . Jerry Westerfield, who had held down the position of Assistant Editor of AMAZING, has left for greener pastures. The info is that it was a juicy advertisement proposition. David Vern (David V. Reed) is reported faring well in that position evacuated by Westerfield. . . The sequel to Nelson S. Bond's "Fugitives from Earth" has been turned down by Palmer. . . .Hammond, AMAZING's new artist, will be featured on a back cover soon. Hammond has had quite a bit of experience is illustrating fantasy magazines, having been WEIRD TALES chief artist several years ago. . Palmer returned from his two-week vacation looking like a human being. Reason: he had been married. Says Palmer: "Gosh, wow! Boyoboy! Mosta of the besta" Ray revealed that he got as far as the city limits of New York, and then decided to turn back. Now what is the New York gang going to do with all the rice they bought?

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FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES will soon publish "Darkness and Dawn", one of the best-liked fantasy stories of all time. And, what is more, it will be run along with one of the other great masterpieces, "The Blind Spot," by Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint. These two stories will follow the conclusion of "The Conquest of the Moon Pool". FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES is undoubtedly one of the most heartily-welcomed fantasy magazines ever to appear. May it last many  more issues.

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The February issue of WEIRD TALES will feature a remarkable cover by Hannes Bok showing a scene in Purgatory, the impossile domain ever to appear on a fantasy cover. This cover illustrates a story by a new author, Clyde Irvine, a young Scotchman, whose Scotch local color furnishes the background of the story. Seabury Quinn will appear in this issue with another of his very intriguing stories titled "The Golden Spider". And Malcolm Jameson, new to WEIRD TALES, but not to s-f, has an odd and curious story about the Flying Duothman -- a story in which time flows backward, like a motion picture run in reverse.

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Two novelettes will head the January issue of ASTOUNDING. They are; "Neutral Vessel", which concerns a good old space-war, written by Harl Vincent, and Lester del Rey's "The Smallest God", an unusual story. D. L. James has "Moon of Delirium", Robert A. Heinlein will appear again with "Requiem", and Sam Weston, a newcomer is scheduled with a short story titled "In the Days of the Cold". There will only be one science article, "Transmutation, 1939" b Jack Hatcher. Of course, E.E. Smith's epic "Gray Lensman" concludes with this issue. Charles Schneeman will do the cover.

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The featured novel of the January UNKNOWN will be "Soldiers of the Black Goat" my Marian O'Hearn which will be a biography of Hester, chief witch of old Salem. UNKNOWN will present its second serial in January, "On the Knees of the Gods", a three-parter by J. Allan Dunn, which deals with an American who finds himself in a land where the old Greek gods still ruled! A.E. van Vogt's novelette, "The Sea Thing" appears in this issue, as do "Swamp Train" by Harry Walton and "Doubled in Brass" by Lester del Rey. Will Ley, fantasy's best article-writer, will have an article called "It Happens Twice at Least" and Theodore Sturgeon has a poem, "Look About you".

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FANTASCIENCE DIGEST Page 17 returns than the ads in AMAZING and FANTASTIC ADVENTURES. . . . Jerry Westerfield, who had held down the position of Assistant Editor of AMAZING, has left for greener pastures. The info is that it was a juicy advertisement proposition. David Vern (David V. Reed) is reported faring well in that position evacuated by Westerfield. . . The sequel to Nelson S. Bond's "Fugitives from Earth" has been turned down by Palmer. . . .Hammond, AMAZING's new artist, will be featured on a back cover soon. Hammond has had quite a bit of experience is illustrating fantasy magazines, having been WEIRD TALES chief artist several years ago. . Palmer returned from his two-week vacation looking like a human being. Reason: he had been married. Says Palmer: "Gosh, wow! Boyoboy! Mosta of the besta" Ray revealed that he got as far as the city limits of New York, and then decided to turn back. Now what is the New York gang going to do with all the rice they bought? ******************************* FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES will soon publish "Darkness and Dawn", one of the best-liked fantasy stories of all time. And, what is more, it will be run along with one of the other great masterpieces, "The Blind Spot," by Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint. These two stories will follow the conclusion of "The Conquest of the Moon Pool". FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES is undoubtedly one of the most heartily-welcomed fantasy magazines ever to appear. May it last many more issues. ****************************** The February issue of WEIRD TALES will feature a remarkable cover by Hannes Bok showing a scene in Purgatory, the impossile domain ever to appear on a fantasy cover. This cover illustrates a story by a new author, Clyde Irvine, a young Scotchman, whose Scotch local color furnishes the background of the story. Seabury Quinn will appear in this issue with another of his very intriguing stories titled "The Golden Spider". And Malcolm Jameson, new to WEIRD TALES, but not to s-f, has an odd and curious story about the Flying Duothman -- a story in which time flows backward, like a motion picture run in reverse. ************************************* Two novelettes will head the January issue of ASTOUNDING. They are; "Neutral Vessel", which concerns a good old space-war, written by Harl Vincent, and Lester del Rey's "The Smallest God", an unusual story. D. L. James has "Moon of Delirium", Robert A. Heinlein will appear again with "Requiem", and Sam Weston, a newcomer is scheduled with a short story titled "In the Days of the Cold". There will only be one science article, "Transmutation, 1939" b Jack Hatcher. Of course, E.E. Smith's epic "Gray Lensman" concludes with this issue. Charles Schneeman will do the cover. **************************************** The featured novel of the January UNKNOWN will be "Soldiers of the Black Goat" my Marian O'Hearn which will be a biography of Hester, chief witch of old Salem. UNKNOWN will present its second serial in January, "On the Knees of the Gods", a three-parter by J. Allan Dunn, which deals with an American who finds himself in a land where the old Greek gods still ruled! A.E. van Vogt's novelette, "The Sea Thing" appears in this issue, as do "Swamp Train" by Harry Walton and "Doubled in Brass" by Lester del Rey. Will Ley, fantasy's best article-writer, will have an article called "It Happens Twice at Least" and Theodore Sturgeon has a poem, "Look About you".