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Phantagraph, v. 8, issue 3, whole 32, August 1940
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The Phantagraph, Aug '40, Page 15 PHANTAGRAPHY by DONALD A. WOLLHEIM As copies of this issue will be sold at the Chicago Science Fiction Convention, to many people who are not familiar with this strange little magazine, a few words. "The Phantagraph" claims to be the oldest fan magazine in existence, having first appeared in May 1934 and having appeared more or less regularly (with the exception of the past two years) since then. At one time a crusading science-fiction magazine; at another the sole weird fiction fan magazine, at another period, just an amateur press item of the FAPA, UAPA, and AAPA, it is , in its present form, somewhat amorphous. That is to say: it will publish practically anything that takes the fancy of its editors. The present issue tends to be occupied chiefly with the offusions of Futurinns: this is unplanned; it just happened that way. We like all manner of stuff, but, in particular, the wilder forms of "transition" writing take our fancy. But, anyway, here's "The Phantagraph" , still going after six years .... The recent deaths of Farnsworth Wright and T. O'Connor Solane remove a couple of fantasy's oldest landmarks (in a manner of speaking). We had the pleasure of having met Mr. Wright several times and regarded him highly. The Phantagraph had the honor of being one of the very few fan magazines to which Mr. Wright contributed, when, in the issue of December, 1936, he answered some of the criticisms levelled against Weird Tales by Fred Anger and others. Mr. Wright had his faults: his odd treatment of H.P. Lovecraft, for example. But he still put out one of the most fascinating periodicals we ever expect to see. T O'Connor Sloane was another gentleman for whom we had considerable respect, although disagreeing with most of his opinions. We recall vividly our first
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The Phantagraph, Aug '40, Page 15 PHANTAGRAPHY by DONALD A. WOLLHEIM As copies of this issue will be sold at the Chicago Science Fiction Convention, to many people who are not familiar with this strange little magazine, a few words. "The Phantagraph" claims to be the oldest fan magazine in existence, having first appeared in May 1934 and having appeared more or less regularly (with the exception of the past two years) since then. At one time a crusading science-fiction magazine; at another the sole weird fiction fan magazine, at another period, just an amateur press item of the FAPA, UAPA, and AAPA, it is , in its present form, somewhat amorphous. That is to say: it will publish practically anything that takes the fancy of its editors. The present issue tends to be occupied chiefly with the offusions of Futurinns: this is unplanned; it just happened that way. We like all manner of stuff, but, in particular, the wilder forms of "transition" writing take our fancy. But, anyway, here's "The Phantagraph" , still going after six years .... The recent deaths of Farnsworth Wright and T. O'Connor Solane remove a couple of fantasy's oldest landmarks (in a manner of speaking). We had the pleasure of having met Mr. Wright several times and regarded him highly. The Phantagraph had the honor of being one of the very few fan magazines to which Mr. Wright contributed, when, in the issue of December, 1936, he answered some of the criticisms levelled against Weird Tales by Fred Anger and others. Mr. Wright had his faults: his odd treatment of H.P. Lovecraft, for example. But he still put out one of the most fascinating periodicals we ever expect to see. T O'Connor Sloane was another gentleman for whom we had considerable respect, although disagreeing with most of his opinions. We recall vividly our first
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