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Pluto, v. 1, issue 4, September 1940

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     LOW PRICE REPRINTS 
    Compiled By J. Michael Rosenblum

   Many Americans already know about the various series of cheap reprints issued in Great Britian--These Books are unabridged, and are printed on fairly thin paper, with stiff paper backs and are priced at 6 pence, which is about 12 cents. Some series are devoted to one particular type of yarn--western, detective, romance etc; but there are several general series, amongst which quite a few are fantasy works. Here are most of them, together with a brief review, so that you can see what they are about.....
   "Erewhon by Samuel Butler--Discovery of an "Upisde-down" land, and, poking fun at the author's conception of Victorian England. 
   "Hampdenshire Wonder"--by  J.D. Beresford--Story of the brief life of a wonder child, a prodigy thousands of years ahead of his time.
   "Cambeowell Miracle" by J.D. Beresford---a quiet unassuming London doctor suddenly gains the power of "faith healing" and works miraculous cures; and his trials amongst the unbeleiving world.
   "Power" by . Fowler Wright---by means of devasting Britian with a new weapon, the hero becomes a sort of Democratic Dictator for a year, and introduces a series of social reforms.
   "Deluge" by S. Fowler Wright--most of Britian sinks in the sea, leaving a few survivors struggling to bring order out of chaos. 
   "Vanishing Professor" by Fred MacIssac-----story of an invisibility machine, and a general mix-up.
   "Last And First Men" by W. Olaf Stapledon--the book no fan should be without. A history of mankind for the next 2000 years--an original entrancing, and thought provoking prophecy; one of the finest of the Fantasy Books ever produced.
   "Armored Doves" by Bernard Newman---a league of Scientists to prevent war, succeed in enforcing their ideas on the world of a few decades hence.
   "Back To Methuselah" by C.B. Shaw--the complete play, & 'nuff said 
   "The Cenatur" by Algernon Blackwood---a quiet and exquisite little Fantasy. 
   Jurgen" by James Branch Cable--not so quiet, not so exquisite; in fact distinctly questionable; but still a Fantasy.
   "Black August" by Dennis Wheatley---a tale of a communist rising in Britian, and its eventual overthrow. 
   "The Lost City" by Major Charles Gilson---a rather juvenile lost civilization, in the Sahara.
   "The Kingdom That Was" by John Lambourne---an intriguing Prehistoric Fantasy. 
   There are many others, too, but the point of this article, comes here; namely that the British Public buys & (presumably) reads these books by the million. Our STF magazines may be few and far between, but who can say that the G.B.P. (Great British Public) is not becoming use to Fantasy, and moreover to some of the best Fantasy ever produced; by means of cheap editions, working down to complete books at less than the price you pay for a magazine.
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14 LOW PRICE REPRINTS Compiled By J. Michael Rosenblum Many Americans already know about the various series of cheap reprints issued in Great Britian--These Books are unabridged, and are printed on fairly thin paper, with stiff paper backs and are priced at 6 pence, which is about 12 cents. Some series are devoted to one particular type of yarn--western, detective, romance etc; but there are several general series, amongst which quite a few are fantasy works. Here are most of them, together with a brief review, so that you can see what they are about..... "Erewhon by Samuel Butler--Discovery of an "Upisde-down" land, and, poking fun at the author's conception of Victorian England. "Hampdenshire Wonder"--by J.D. Beresford--Story of the brief life of a wonder child, a prodigy thousands of years ahead of his time. "Cambeowell Miracle" by J.D. Beresford---a quiet unassuming London doctor suddenly gains the power of "faith healing" and works miraculous cures; and his trials amongst the unbeleiving world. "Power" by . Fowler Wright---by means of devasting Britian with a new weapon, the hero becomes a sort of Democratic Dictator for a year, and introduces a series of social reforms. "Deluge" by S. Fowler Wright--most of Britian sinks in the sea, leaving a few survivors struggling to bring order out of chaos. "Vanishing Professor" by Fred MacIssac-----story of an invisibility machine, and a general mix-up. "Last And First Men" by W. Olaf Stapledon--the book no fan should be without. A history of mankind for the next 2000 years--an original entrancing, and thought provoking prophecy; one of the finest of the Fantasy Books ever produced. "Armored Doves" by Bernard Newman---a league of Scientists to prevent war, succeed in enforcing their ideas on the world of a few decades hence. "Back To Methuselah" by C.B. Shaw--the complete play, & 'nuff said "The Cenatur" by Algernon Blackwood---a quiet and exquisite little Fantasy. Jurgen" by James Branch Cable--not so quiet, not so exquisite; in fact distinctly questionable; but still a Fantasy. "Black August" by Dennis Wheatley---a tale of a communist rising in Britian, and its eventual overthrow. "The Lost City" by Major Charles Gilson---a rather juvenile lost civilization, in the Sahara. "The Kingdom That Was" by John Lambourne---an intriguing Prehistoric Fantasy. There are many others, too, but the point of this article, comes here; namely that the British Public buys & (presumably) reads these books by the million. Our STF magazines may be few and far between, but who can say that the G.B.P. (Great British Public) is not becoming use to Fantasy, and moreover to some of the best Fantasy ever produced; by means of cheap editions, working down to complete books at less than the price you pay for a magazine. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -