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Science Fiction Collector, v. 4, issue 4, whole no. 22, September 1938

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in fiction, but do not object to it if it is [[underline]]essential[[end underline]] to the plot - and when written by a master craftsman. Used by any one else makes the story cheap; and, the story, after all, is the main thing.

In buying some of the latest AMAZINGS, several things were brought to my attemtion while looking through them. Morris J. Steele is a phoney. He is really R. A. Palmer. Fuqua[?] seems to me to be well on the way to fame as an illustrator, as does Kurpa. They are two real finds. I see that Benson Herbert went to college at Newcastle on Tyne. Well, well... 'tis a small world, after all. I remember as a kid I was taken to Newcastle many times. Wonder if he is familiar with Sunderland, Hartlepoole, and other cities of that section.

Well, there is something to the old saying that good things do not come singly. For on the same day appeared the ARGOSY with the first part of the reprint of "Ship of Ishtar" and the new STARTLING STORIES with "The Black Flame." Merritt's story is one of the greatest fantastic stories ever written, and certainly deserves reprinting. For years we have been howling for a reprint of this and several other great stories, and it suddenly appeared on the scene so quietly that we hardly were aware of it. As for "The Black Flame" -- well, I read that till the wee hours, and it is everything that was said about it, even after you can allow for advertising ballyhoo; for once the ballyhoo was entirely right, too. It's great -- don't miss it!

I notices Binder's new story, "Master of Telepathy," based on Professor Rhine's book. When I called to see him early this year, he was making the finishing touches on it. Binder has in the past written some great stuff. "Dawn to Dusk" is a masterpiece of science fiction, and some of his other stuff is equally good.

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Page Sixteen -- S - F Collector --- in fiction, but do not object to it if it is [[underline]]essential[[end underline]] to the plot - and when written by a master craftsman. Used by any one else makes the story cheap; and, the story, after all, is the main thing. In buying some of the latest AMAZINGS, several things were brought to my attemtion while looking through them. Morris J. Steele is a phoney. He is really R. A. Palmer. Fuqua[?] seems to me to be well on the way to fame as an illustrator, as does Kurpa. They are two real finds. I see that Benson Herbert went to college at Newcastle on Tyne. Well, well... 'tis a small world, after all. I remember as a kid I was taken to Newcastle many times. Wonder if he is familiar with Sunderland, Hartlepoole, and other cities of that section. Well, there is something to the old saying that good things do not come singly. For on the same day appeared the ARGOSY with the first part of the reprint of "Ship of Ishtar" and the new STARTLING STORIES with "The Black Flame." Merritt's story is one of the greatest fantastic stories ever written, and certainly deserves reprinting. For years we have been howling for a reprint of this and several other great stories, and it suddenly appeared on the scene so quietly that we hardly were aware of it. As for "The Black Flame" -- well, I read that till the wee hours, and it is everything that was said about it, even after you can allow for advertising ballyhoo; for once the ballyhoo was entirely right, too. It's great -- don't miss it! I notices Binder's new story, "Master of Telepathy," based on Professor Rhine's book. When I called to see him early this year, he was making the finishing touches on it. Binder has in the past written some great stuff. "Dawn to Dusk" is a masterpiece of science fiction, and some of his other stuff is equally good.