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Fantascience Digest, v. 2, issue 1, Novermber-December 1938

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Page 28                           FANTASCIENCE DIGEST

on. Universal has speeded up production of their "Buck Rogers" serial; and "The Wizard of Oz" is being done, with W.C. Fields and Hugh Herbert being considered alternately for the title role.

   Basil Rathbone begins work as Sherlock Holmes in 20th Century's version of Doyle's  "Hound of Baskervilles" now that he has finished "The Son of Frankenstein" with Boris Karloff,who keeps coming at us. Surely the next Frankenstein picture will be "Frankenstein's Sister-in-Law," and then "Frankenstein's Third Cousin, Twice Removed"; finally, "The Frankenstein's Out West", inaugurating a brand new series of Universal Gems about the adventures of old Baron Frankenstein and and his family and their acquaintances, which will probably shove the Hardy family right off the map.

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   The Lovecraft memorial volume of selectedworks, "The Outsider", is now under consideration at Sorabner's . . . . H.P. Lovecraft wrote part of his own death notice in Weird Tales!  Actually, it was written by four different persons: Lovecraft, Farnsworth Wright, E. Hoffman Price, and the writer of this column. 

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   William B. Ziff, publisher of Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures, has a book on "The Rape of Palestine" selling in all the book markets. It deals with the Jewish problem in Europe.

   A letter on a similar subject (Hitler's treatment of the Jews in Germany) appeared in the Baltimore Sun of November 24th --- signed by Frederick Arnold Kummer. 

   And, speaking of letters and signatures, one of your columnist's prize items (though he couldn't tell you why) is a letter in the old Street & Smith Picture Play whose author gushes over the beauty and charm of Sari Maritza --- a letter signed "Forrest J Ackerman"!

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   Roy Temple House, translator of practically all of Weird Tales' foreign-born weird fiction, is a prof at the University of Oklahoma.

   Oliver E. Saari, author of several Astounding shorts, has joined a C.C.C. camp in Minnesota --- "apparently for no reason at all", according to one of his closest fantasy friends.

   C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner are discussing plans for collaboration on a new story.

   Robert Bloch comments: "War would kill the fantasy field deader than the well-known doornail --- because the hysteria of reality would obviate the need for synthetic escapist excitement. Outside of the "miracle" stories which are fabricated at such times, fantasy would be seized by rigor mortis."

   W.T.'s Frank Owen has a new book published: "A Husband for Kutani and other Tales Told in the Chinese Night." Very good.

   Clark Ashton Smith is back on his feet and is doing some new writing, mostly weird. An exhibit of Smith's carvings at the famous Gump's, in San Francisco, has resulted in several sales and much praise and interest. The exhibit, originally planned for two weeks, has become a permanent part of the stock at Gump's.

   It is apropos here to mention that three drawings executed by your columnist won first place in their respective groups during a recent Maryland art exhibit?

   Clifford Ball's "The Swine of Aeaea" appears soon in Weird Tales.

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Page 28 FANTASCIENCE DIGEST on. Universal has speeded up production of their "Buck Rogers" serial; and "The Wizard of Oz" is being done, with W.C. Fields and Hugh Herbert being considered alternately for the title role. Basil Rathbone begins work as Sherlock Holmes in 20th Century's version of Doyle's "Hound of Baskervilles" now that he has finished "The Son of Frankenstein" with Boris Karloff,who keeps coming at us. Surely the next Frankenstein picture will be "Frankenstein's Sister-in-Law," and then "Frankenstein's Third Cousin, Twice Removed"; finally, "The Frankenstein's Out West", inaugurating a brand new series of Universal Gems about the adventures of old Baron Frankenstein and and his family and their acquaintances, which will probably shove the Hardy family right off the map. -------------------------------------------------------- The Lovecraft memorial volume of selectedworks, "The Outsider", is now under consideration at Sorabner's . . . . H.P. Lovecraft wrote part of his own death notice in Weird Tales! Actually, it was written by four different persons: Lovecraft, Farnsworth Wright, E. Hoffman Price, and the writer of this column. -------------------------------------------------------- William B. Ziff, publisher of Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures, has a book on "The Rape of Palestine" selling in all the book markets. It deals with the Jewish problem in Europe. A letter on a similar subject (Hitler's treatment of the Jews in Germany) appeared in the Baltimore Sun of November 24th --- signed by Frederick Arnold Kummer. And, speaking of letters and signatures, one of your columnist's prize items (though he couldn't tell you why) is a letter in the old Street & Smith Picture Play whose author gushes over the beauty and charm of Sari Maritza --- a letter signed "Forrest J Ackerman"! -------------------------------------------------------- Roy Temple House, translator of practically all of Weird Tales' foreign-born weird fiction, is a prof at the University of Oklahoma. Oliver E. Saari, author of several Astounding shorts, has joined a C.C.C. camp in Minnesota --- "apparently for no reason at all", according to one of his closest fantasy friends. C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner are discussing plans for collaboration on a new story. Robert Bloch comments: "War would kill the fantasy field deader than the well-known doornail --- because the hysteria of reality would obviate the need for synthetic escapist excitement. Outside of the "miracle" stories which are fabricated at such times, fantasy would be seized by rigor mortis." W.T.'s Frank Owen has a new book published: "A Husband for Kutani and other Tales Told in the Chinese Night." Very good. Clark Ashton Smith is back on his feet and is doing some new writing, mostly weird. An exhibit of Smith's carvings at the famous Gump's, in San Francisco, has resulted in several sales and much praise and interest. The exhibit, originally planned for two weeks, has become a permanent part of the stock at Gump's. It is apropos here to mention that three drawings executed by your columnist won first place in their respective groups during a recent Maryland art exhibit? Clifford Ball's "The Swine of Aeaea" appears soon in Weird Tales.