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Sun Spots, v. 4, issue 4, whole no. 16, March 1941
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March, 1941. SUN SPOTS Page 6. THE TRASH BASKET By N.E. Body, Jr. FLASH: WEIRD TALES TO PUBLISH NEW LOVECRAFT NOVEL! ! Scheduled for the May issue of WEIRD TALES -- out March 1st -- is a NEW, never before published novel by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Too long to run complete in one issue, the book will appear in two installments of twenty thousand words apiece.... the first in the May and the second in the July number. Titled "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", this grand story is a scoop exclusive to the pages of WEIRD TALES! The manuscript was discovered by August W. Derleth and Donald Wandrei; they say that as far as they know this is the "very last of Lovecrafts." Longtime readers who have enjoyed, since the founding of the magazine, the writings of this supreme master of the weird tale --- will find in this one plenty to remind them of the old day;s the Necronomicon of the Mad Alhazred, for example, together with the Cthulu tribe, are back again in full force. While old and new fans alike will find a perfect wealth of new thrills in this full--blooded horror drama, created by an author who remains as undisputed lord of the fantasy field. Principal characters in the story -- a story beyond hell -- are Joseph Curwen and his desendant Charles Ward. The first is an unimaginably evil old gentleman, who goes on living and living till his neighbors begin to whisper that he will never die. And they are not far wrong! In the vast grim catacombs that lie deep beneath his lonely house on the moors outside quaint 18th century providence --- Joseph Curwen conducts nameless rites and ghastly, incredible experiments. Poring over the Necronomicon and othet tombs of ancient magic he rasies the dead through the "essential Saltes" of their dust. And he raises worse than the dead -- the vampires of Space. -- No one knows how old he is, but when he must be well over a hundred, Curwen, marries an eighteen-year-old girl, and it is from this blasphemous alliance that Charles Ward decends. The young man inherits a legacy of unspeakable fear and dread-- a destiny beside which death is no worse than a wet week-end. Here is a chance for all you fantasy lovers. Don't miss it. For "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" is the last -- and probably the best -- of all Lovecrafts Superb tales. As well as Lovecraft, there's a witchcraft novelette by Seabury Quinn called "There Are Such Things." Frank Owen has written a weird tale of the Orient --- "By What Mystic Mooring." And there are a half dozen other knockout yarns, all by authors whose names guarantee the absolute maximum of reading pleasure. The cover is designed by Hannes Bok. Gerry de la Ree hereby announces that he is no longer a member of the Solaroid Club, of Westwood, N.J. He resigned his post as secretary in favor of Charles Beling, at the last meeting of the Club. All other things remain the same. He is still a co-editor of SUN SPOTS. ...FLASH. de la Ree and Gaetz plan to go to the Boskone, the open meeting of the Stranger Club to be held on the 16th of Feb. Any fan is invited to attend. Harold Mutch, Jr, may accompany the afore mentioned two. Well, so long for now... NEB...
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March, 1941. SUN SPOTS Page 6. THE TRASH BASKET By N.E. Body, Jr. FLASH: WEIRD TALES TO PUBLISH NEW LOVECRAFT NOVEL! ! Scheduled for the May issue of WEIRD TALES -- out March 1st -- is a NEW, never before published novel by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Too long to run complete in one issue, the book will appear in two installments of twenty thousand words apiece.... the first in the May and the second in the July number. Titled "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", this grand story is a scoop exclusive to the pages of WEIRD TALES! The manuscript was discovered by August W. Derleth and Donald Wandrei; they say that as far as they know this is the "very last of Lovecrafts." Longtime readers who have enjoyed, since the founding of the magazine, the writings of this supreme master of the weird tale --- will find in this one plenty to remind them of the old day;s the Necronomicon of the Mad Alhazred, for example, together with the Cthulu tribe, are back again in full force. While old and new fans alike will find a perfect wealth of new thrills in this full--blooded horror drama, created by an author who remains as undisputed lord of the fantasy field. Principal characters in the story -- a story beyond hell -- are Joseph Curwen and his desendant Charles Ward. The first is an unimaginably evil old gentleman, who goes on living and living till his neighbors begin to whisper that he will never die. And they are not far wrong! In the vast grim catacombs that lie deep beneath his lonely house on the moors outside quaint 18th century providence --- Joseph Curwen conducts nameless rites and ghastly, incredible experiments. Poring over the Necronomicon and othet tombs of ancient magic he rasies the dead through the "essential Saltes" of their dust. And he raises worse than the dead -- the vampires of Space. -- No one knows how old he is, but when he must be well over a hundred, Curwen, marries an eighteen-year-old girl, and it is from this blasphemous alliance that Charles Ward decends. The young man inherits a legacy of unspeakable fear and dread-- a destiny beside which death is no worse than a wet week-end. Here is a chance for all you fantasy lovers. Don't miss it. For "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" is the last -- and probably the best -- of all Lovecrafts Superb tales. As well as Lovecraft, there's a witchcraft novelette by Seabury Quinn called "There Are Such Things." Frank Owen has written a weird tale of the Orient --- "By What Mystic Mooring." And there are a half dozen other knockout yarns, all by authors whose names guarantee the absolute maximum of reading pleasure. The cover is designed by Hannes Bok. Gerry de la Ree hereby announces that he is no longer a member of the Solaroid Club, of Westwood, N.J. He resigned his post as secretary in favor of Charles Beling, at the last meeting of the Club. All other things remain the same. He is still a co-editor of SUN SPOTS. ...FLASH. de la Ree and Gaetz plan to go to the Boskone, the open meeting of the Stranger Club to be held on the 16th of Feb. Any fan is invited to attend. Harold Mutch, Jr, may accompany the afore mentioned two. Well, so long for now... NEB...
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