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Southern Star, v. 1, issue 3, August 1941
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FROM the STARPORT --by... FRED W. FISCHER Just recently I was thinking about how so many stories are camouflaged under the loose cloak of fantasy, and I came to the conclusion that there are four major headings under which could be incorporated all of the various "different plots. There is some overlapping because certain stories can be classified as coming under more than one of the headings, but in the main it is probably that all fantasies are predominantly of: 1. This world 2. Other worlds 3. Other dimensions 4. The weird In order to identify plots to my own satisfaction, I had to further sub-divide the general, and then it was but a step further to select certain tales which I considered to be typical of each breakdown. It may interest you to glance over my outline, as well as to discover whether or not we are in agreement over any of the stories I've picked to exemplify it. I've given my favorite story as well as a second and third choice in every group, and I'd really be interested in knowing what YOUR selections might be. Also, there are bound to be further categories I've overlooked, but the following outline is of infinite flexibility and if you think a heading or a subheading needs adding, why help yourself. 1. THIS WORLD. Tales of: Unknown Lands SHE - H. Rider Haggard THE FACE IN THE ABYSS - A. Merritt THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT - Edgar Rice Burroughs The Destruction of Civilization WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE - Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer DARKNESS AND DAWN - George Allan England THE SECOND DELUGE - Garrett P. Serviss Prehistory or the Past LEST DARKNESS FALL - by L Sprague
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FROM the STARPORT --by... FRED W. FISCHER Just recently I was thinking about how so many stories are camouflaged under the loose cloak of fantasy, and I came to the conclusion that there are four major headings under which could be incorporated all of the various "different plots. There is some overlapping because certain stories can be classified as coming under more than one of the headings, but in the main it is probably that all fantasies are predominantly of: 1. This world 2. Other worlds 3. Other dimensions 4. The weird In order to identify plots to my own satisfaction, I had to further sub-divide the general, and then it was but a step further to select certain tales which I considered to be typical of each breakdown. It may interest you to glance over my outline, as well as to discover whether or not we are in agreement over any of the stories I've picked to exemplify it. I've given my favorite story as well as a second and third choice in every group, and I'd really be interested in knowing what YOUR selections might be. Also, there are bound to be further categories I've overlooked, but the following outline is of infinite flexibility and if you think a heading or a subheading needs adding, why help yourself. 1. THIS WORLD. Tales of: Unknown Lands SHE - H. Rider Haggard THE FACE IN THE ABYSS - A. Merritt THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT - Edgar Rice Burroughs The Destruction of Civilization WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE - Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer DARKNESS AND DAWN - George Allan England THE SECOND DELUGE - Garrett P. Serviss Prehistory or the Past LEST DARKNESS FALL - by L Sprague
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