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The Science Fiction Fan, v. 4, issue 9, whole no. 45, April 1940

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stories have never before been seen by most of us and come as a most delectable surprise. Others were perhaps read years ago and then lost and consequently appeal to us today just as would a renewal of a valued friendship.

The editor has done a surprisingly good job in avoiding hackneyed stories that have been reprinted almost ad infinitum and which can be found in any library, and has concentrated on lesser known, perhaps obscure tales that pleased the fans a decade or generation past. The venture is exceedingly welcome, and I, for one, wish it all success. One fan recently wrote me that he considered "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" the finest magazine of its kind. I do not entirely agree, because I feel that while resurrecting the past is of importance and interest (that's why archeologists exist), we must also go forward with new writers, new kinds of stories, new flights of science and imagination in our attempt (meager and feeble though it may be) to insure a better world. At the same time I give full praise and thanks to those who have produced "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" and thus given us a treat that we otherwise would never have enjoyed.

Not satisfied with publishing "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" the Munsey Company goes on to prove to the fans that they are offering not a [Barmacide?] feast but rather a real banquet by bringing out "Fantastic Novels". The two magazines are supplementary. The former will hereafter be devoted to short stories and will, so we are assured contain no serials. The short stories will consist almost entirely of long wanted reprints. Long stories or complete novels which normally would appear as serials will now be published complete in a single issue of the latter magazine. The first novel to appear was "The Blind Spot" a classic comparable to "The [Moon?] Pool". Next issue will bring England's "Darkness and Dawn" and a little

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stories have never before been seen by most of us and come as a most delectable surprise. Others were perhaps read years ago and then lost and consequently appeal to us today just as would a renewal of a valued friendship. The editor has done a surprisingly good job in avoiding hackneyed stories that have been reprinted almost ad infinitum and which can be found in any library, and has concentrated on lesser known, perhaps obscure tales that pleased the fans a decade or generation past. The venture is exceedingly welcome, and I, for one, wish it all success. One fan recently wrote me that he considered "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" the finest magazine of its kind. I do not entirely agree, because I feel that while resurrecting the past is of importance and interest (that's why archeologists exist), we must also go forward with new writers, new kinds of stories, new flights of science and imagination in our attempt (meager and feeble though it may be) to insure a better world. At the same time I give full praise and thanks to those who have produced "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" and thus given us a treat that we otherwise would never have enjoyed. Not satisfied with publishing "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" the Munsey Company goes on to prove to the fans that they are offering not a [Barmacide?] feast but rather a real banquet by bringing out "Fantastic Novels". The two magazines are supplementary. The former will hereafter be devoted to short stories and will, so we are assured contain no serials. The short stories will consist almost entirely of long wanted reprints. Long stories or complete novels which normally would appear as serials will now be published complete in a single issue of the latter magazine. The first novel to appear was "The Blind Spot" a classic comparable to "The [Moon?] Pool". Next issue will bring England's "Darkness and Dawn" and a little