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Acolyte, v. 1, issue 4, Summer 1943
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Rabelais, was profoundly metaphorical. His "occultism" is simply Celto-Catholic mysticism. For his opinion of occultism in the abstract you have only to read the riotous burlesque of Kabbalism in [[underline]]Things Far And Near[[end underline]]. Whether he actually "believed" in witches and demons I don't know, but if he did he was agin 'em! His heart was with the ancient saints of Wales who saw Pan and conquered him. REV. ERNEST MASON -oOo- The sheer volume of Lovecraft's writings makes Derleth's omnibuses, fine though they are, utterly inadequate. For instance, Barlow estimated that all of the poetry by itself would fill a book the size of the first Arkham House volume, while Lovecraft during his lifetime wrote the utterly incredible total of about 100,000 letters---and you know how long his letters were! Barlow says that during most of his life Lovecraft averaged about eight letters a day, some running to 60 pages in length! PAUL FREEHAFER -oOo- An interesting side-light to the statement in the editorial to the effect that stories have to be slanted to suit a veritable host of iron-clad rules is the fact that A. E. van Vogt, one of Campbell's best and biggest producers at the present time, says that he [[underline]]does not[[end underline]] slant his stories! i don't know whether the remark in the editorial was meant to include Campbell's magazines or not, but it seemed to me at the time that it was.......I would like a further elucidation of what Harry Warner calls "plotless" stories. I wasn't aware such things existed. No matter how poor the construction, material or treatment of a story it still has a "plot" if however loosely coherent. Now what about it, Harry? JOHN HOLLIS MASON -oOo- Talk about your great philosophers, his letters would indicate that Lovecraft could be ranked with James, Spencer, Russell, or Dewey. I have never seen such an earnest outlay of pure thought as was exhibited in that letter of his you printed. His thoughts were so ranked and marshalled before he ever set pen to paper that they were all put down clearly and logically. His language was so clear, and yet so exquisite in structure, that it leaves no doubt in one's mind as to what he was trying to say. Truly a thought-provoking piece of writing. DAVID MILLER (advertisement) [[underline]]BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP[[end underline]], the second omnibus volume of H. P. Lovecraft's collected writings, will be published about September 10. This volume will contain the previously unpublished novel THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH; all remaining Lovecraft stories omitted from THE OUTSIDER, AND OTHERS (including THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD); an appreciation of Lovecraft written by his life-long friend, W. Paul Cook; THE CTHULHU MYTHOS: A GLOSSARY, compiled by Francis T. Laney, and selected essays and verses by Lovecraft (including the complete FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH). This will be a large volume similar in size and format to THE OUTSIDER AND OTHERS, and after publication will sell for $5.00. Advance orders [[underline]]with payment[[end underline]], if reaching Arkham House [[underline]]before[[end underline]] September 10, 1943, will be filled for only $4.00. Still available are limited quantities of previous Arkham House books, as follows: THE OUTSIDER AND OTHERS, by H. P. Lovecraft...$5.00 SOMEONE IN THE DARK, by August Derleth...2.00 OUT OF SPACE AND TIME, by Clark Ashton Smith...3.00 All prices listed include postage. ---ooooo--- ARKHAM HOUSE *** *** *** *** *** *** *** SAUK CITY, WISCONSIN -- 31 --
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Rabelais, was profoundly metaphorical. His "occultism" is simply Celto-Catholic mysticism. For his opinion of occultism in the abstract you have only to read the riotous burlesque of Kabbalism in [[underline]]Things Far And Near[[end underline]]. Whether he actually "believed" in witches and demons I don't know, but if he did he was agin 'em! His heart was with the ancient saints of Wales who saw Pan and conquered him. REV. ERNEST MASON -oOo- The sheer volume of Lovecraft's writings makes Derleth's omnibuses, fine though they are, utterly inadequate. For instance, Barlow estimated that all of the poetry by itself would fill a book the size of the first Arkham House volume, while Lovecraft during his lifetime wrote the utterly incredible total of about 100,000 letters---and you know how long his letters were! Barlow says that during most of his life Lovecraft averaged about eight letters a day, some running to 60 pages in length! PAUL FREEHAFER -oOo- An interesting side-light to the statement in the editorial to the effect that stories have to be slanted to suit a veritable host of iron-clad rules is the fact that A. E. van Vogt, one of Campbell's best and biggest producers at the present time, says that he [[underline]]does not[[end underline]] slant his stories! i don't know whether the remark in the editorial was meant to include Campbell's magazines or not, but it seemed to me at the time that it was.......I would like a further elucidation of what Harry Warner calls "plotless" stories. I wasn't aware such things existed. No matter how poor the construction, material or treatment of a story it still has a "plot" if however loosely coherent. Now what about it, Harry? JOHN HOLLIS MASON -oOo- Talk about your great philosophers, his letters would indicate that Lovecraft could be ranked with James, Spencer, Russell, or Dewey. I have never seen such an earnest outlay of pure thought as was exhibited in that letter of his you printed. His thoughts were so ranked and marshalled before he ever set pen to paper that they were all put down clearly and logically. His language was so clear, and yet so exquisite in structure, that it leaves no doubt in one's mind as to what he was trying to say. Truly a thought-provoking piece of writing. DAVID MILLER (advertisement) [[underline]]BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP[[end underline]], the second omnibus volume of H. P. Lovecraft's collected writings, will be published about September 10. This volume will contain the previously unpublished novel THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH; all remaining Lovecraft stories omitted from THE OUTSIDER, AND OTHERS (including THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD); an appreciation of Lovecraft written by his life-long friend, W. Paul Cook; THE CTHULHU MYTHOS: A GLOSSARY, compiled by Francis T. Laney, and selected essays and verses by Lovecraft (including the complete FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH). This will be a large volume similar in size and format to THE OUTSIDER AND OTHERS, and after publication will sell for $5.00. Advance orders [[underline]]with payment[[end underline]], if reaching Arkham House [[underline]]before[[end underline]] September 10, 1943, will be filled for only $4.00. Still available are limited quantities of previous Arkham House books, as follows: THE OUTSIDER AND OTHERS, by H. P. Lovecraft...$5.00 SOMEONE IN THE DARK, by August Derleth...2.00 OUT OF SPACE AND TIME, by Clark Ashton Smith...3.00 All prices listed include postage. ---ooooo--- ARKHAM HOUSE *** *** *** *** *** *** *** SAUK CITY, WISCONSIN -- 31 --
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