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Fandango, v. 2, issue 3, whole no. 7, Winter 1944
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BEYOND. The superbly reproduced cover still looks lithographed....To the man who scoffs at science-fiction, I personally would make no reply, unless I felt that the fellow had sufficient mentality to be worth replying to. If I were going to attempt a bit of proselyting, I'd attempt to pick something that would fit fairly well into his accustomed reading. For the general reader, such things as Lest Darkness Fall, The Mislaid Charm, and Thorne Smith would be good starters. A hoodunnit fan might be led astray with Seven Footprints To Satan, or better yet, The Burning Court. Conan, some of the better OAKline novels, and similar things might appeal to the adventure lover. The poet would get a shot of Klarkash 'Ton. Sea story lovers would undoubtedly eat up such things as The Devil of the Western Sea. And so on. In no case would I attempt to start anyone out with the most highly advanced fantasy or stf, but would consider it better to lead them into it gradually. Nor would I make a great issue of it; frankly, it is a matter of little moment to me whether anyone else reads the stuff or not. I do feel that many who at present never heard of the stuff would go hog wild if properly exposed--witness my lapse which commenced at the age of 27--but I have neither time nor inclination to go crusading. ----oo0oo---- NOVA. After taking your quiz, I see that I am a "victim of modern education". 68! However, there is one question that I think you are all wet on. "10. Fantasy stories are always submitted to the editor in manuscript form." You say this is true. Well, strictly speaking (as you well know) a manuscript is handwritten. Most stories are submitted in typescript form. So there! Al, are you perchance one of the deluded victims of Wm. Randolph Hearst? You certainly write like one. I'd be interested in seeing a list of your non-stf periodical reading; what newspaper (and by whom published), what magazines, etc. ----oo0oo---- BROWSING. 7&8. ,As a rule, it is difficult to comment on your reviews, since they leave little to be objected to, and it is rather silly just to echo your remarks. In #8, however, you gladden my heart with your references to Robin Hood, a warm friend of mine since my eighth or ninth year. I still have my rather tattered Pyle's Robin Hood, and reread it every so often--the last time being in March 1944. Full title: THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF Robin Hood, OF GREAT RENOWN, IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle. 4to, publisher's Morocco, Scribner's, NY, 1883. This is wonderful escape literature; though I'm not entirely ready to call it fantasy, I daresay it is the best of the Robin Hood stories. It is not a juvenile, but rather one of those things that appeals to young and old alike. I also possess a duodecimo volume neatly bound in half green calf entitled: Robin Hood: A COLLECTION OF ALL THE ANCIENT SONGS, POEMS, AND BALLADS, NOW EXTANT, RELATIVE TO THAT CELEBRATED ENGLISH OUTLAW: TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED HISTORICAL ANECDOTES OF HIS LIFE. London, Longman, 1820. It contains a wealth of fascinating browsing, ranging from archaic ballads written in such early English that they sound almost like a foreign language to reviews of ancient mummeries and pantomines on the subject. ----oo0oo---- HORIZONS. I shall now proceed to further muddle my fourth dimensional book arrangements. My shelves range from 12" ones along the floor to 9" ones at the top of the cases. If I have both large and small books by the same author, the large ones are obviously in a hggh shelf (or rather a tall shelf), so I try to put the shorter ones in a shorter shelf, which is immediately above the higher shelf which is lower than the lower shelf which is actually higher than the higher shelf which is beneath the lower shelf which...n'gah, awk, ghee....quick, Harry, a sedative! Paul Freehafer told me once that Dinessen's -- 8 --
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BEYOND. The superbly reproduced cover still looks lithographed....To the man who scoffs at science-fiction, I personally would make no reply, unless I felt that the fellow had sufficient mentality to be worth replying to. If I were going to attempt a bit of proselyting, I'd attempt to pick something that would fit fairly well into his accustomed reading. For the general reader, such things as Lest Darkness Fall, The Mislaid Charm, and Thorne Smith would be good starters. A hoodunnit fan might be led astray with Seven Footprints To Satan, or better yet, The Burning Court. Conan, some of the better OAKline novels, and similar things might appeal to the adventure lover. The poet would get a shot of Klarkash 'Ton. Sea story lovers would undoubtedly eat up such things as The Devil of the Western Sea. And so on. In no case would I attempt to start anyone out with the most highly advanced fantasy or stf, but would consider it better to lead them into it gradually. Nor would I make a great issue of it; frankly, it is a matter of little moment to me whether anyone else reads the stuff or not. I do feel that many who at present never heard of the stuff would go hog wild if properly exposed--witness my lapse which commenced at the age of 27--but I have neither time nor inclination to go crusading. ----oo0oo---- NOVA. After taking your quiz, I see that I am a "victim of modern education". 68! However, there is one question that I think you are all wet on. "10. Fantasy stories are always submitted to the editor in manuscript form." You say this is true. Well, strictly speaking (as you well know) a manuscript is handwritten. Most stories are submitted in typescript form. So there! Al, are you perchance one of the deluded victims of Wm. Randolph Hearst? You certainly write like one. I'd be interested in seeing a list of your non-stf periodical reading; what newspaper (and by whom published), what magazines, etc. ----oo0oo---- BROWSING. 7&8. ,As a rule, it is difficult to comment on your reviews, since they leave little to be objected to, and it is rather silly just to echo your remarks. In #8, however, you gladden my heart with your references to Robin Hood, a warm friend of mine since my eighth or ninth year. I still have my rather tattered Pyle's Robin Hood, and reread it every so often--the last time being in March 1944. Full title: THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF Robin Hood, OF GREAT RENOWN, IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle. 4to, publisher's Morocco, Scribner's, NY, 1883. This is wonderful escape literature; though I'm not entirely ready to call it fantasy, I daresay it is the best of the Robin Hood stories. It is not a juvenile, but rather one of those things that appeals to young and old alike. I also possess a duodecimo volume neatly bound in half green calf entitled: Robin Hood: A COLLECTION OF ALL THE ANCIENT SONGS, POEMS, AND BALLADS, NOW EXTANT, RELATIVE TO THAT CELEBRATED ENGLISH OUTLAW: TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED HISTORICAL ANECDOTES OF HIS LIFE. London, Longman, 1820. It contains a wealth of fascinating browsing, ranging from archaic ballads written in such early English that they sound almost like a foreign language to reviews of ancient mummeries and pantomines on the subject. ----oo0oo---- HORIZONS. I shall now proceed to further muddle my fourth dimensional book arrangements. My shelves range from 12" ones along the floor to 9" ones at the top of the cases. If I have both large and small books by the same author, the large ones are obviously in a hggh shelf (or rather a tall shelf), so I try to put the shorter ones in a shorter shelf, which is immediately above the higher shelf which is lower than the lower shelf which is actually higher than the higher shelf which is beneath the lower shelf which...n'gah, awk, ghee....quick, Harry, a sedative! Paul Freehafer told me once that Dinessen's -- 8 --
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