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Southern Star, v. 1, issue 3, August 1941
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The Munsey Panorama SOUTHERN STAR Page 30 ferent in the line of fantasy, and it may be that you'll be disappointed. In the old days there were numerous readers who didn't think Edgar Franklin was funny. I always enjoyed him, and objected only to one or two small stylistic weaknesses. He was a plotmaster of the Wodehouse calibar, and he believed in plenty of action; yet for the reason that his output was tremendous, many of his stories were of the same mold. Also, like Mark Twain, he was handicapped by the conventions of his day. In this tale he is strictly Edgar Franklin, using the basic idea mainly to involve Haskins in the common varieties of trouble, and failing almost entirely to take advantage of the boundless possibilities of the theme. However, I think The Person would be an excellent dessert after finishing up, say, one of the Smith juggernauts. Some night, when World-Savers, Fish-People, and Planet-Swatters begin to pall, try this. JIM WILSON'S HOODOO, by Edwin E. Ludlow. 9pp, December, 1911. After Jim Wilson threw away his luck-piece, misfortune overtook him every thirty days, usually around the fifteenth of the month; but when the charm was returned to him, everything, natcherly, was all right. Ha-ha! No good. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Correction for preceding article: the poem Invisible was in the issue dated October, 1909 -- not 1908, as stenciled by J. G., the danged pirate! 'S'all for this time. Thanks, folkses, and so long! [Signed Panurge] ***:***:***:***:***:***:***: THE FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY 280 Broadway New York July 14, 1941 Mr. Joseph Gilbert The Southern Star 1100 Bryan St. Columbia, S. C. Dear Mr. Gilbert: I have been intending to write and say how interesting Vol. 1, No. 2 of the Southern Star was to me. Excellent and original in every way as it was, "Panurge's" article interested me specially, of course. "An Unnatural Feud" by Norman Douglas, can go in a very near future issue of F. F. M. The Munsey Panorama Department is a good idea for tipping off fandom on which are good items from a true fan's viewpoint. "Panurge" has of course, very good judgment. Sincerely yours, [Signed Mary Gnaedinger] EDITOR, Famous Fantastic Mysteries
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The Munsey Panorama SOUTHERN STAR Page 30 ferent in the line of fantasy, and it may be that you'll be disappointed. In the old days there were numerous readers who didn't think Edgar Franklin was funny. I always enjoyed him, and objected only to one or two small stylistic weaknesses. He was a plotmaster of the Wodehouse calibar, and he believed in plenty of action; yet for the reason that his output was tremendous, many of his stories were of the same mold. Also, like Mark Twain, he was handicapped by the conventions of his day. In this tale he is strictly Edgar Franklin, using the basic idea mainly to involve Haskins in the common varieties of trouble, and failing almost entirely to take advantage of the boundless possibilities of the theme. However, I think The Person would be an excellent dessert after finishing up, say, one of the Smith juggernauts. Some night, when World-Savers, Fish-People, and Planet-Swatters begin to pall, try this. JIM WILSON'S HOODOO, by Edwin E. Ludlow. 9pp, December, 1911. After Jim Wilson threw away his luck-piece, misfortune overtook him every thirty days, usually around the fifteenth of the month; but when the charm was returned to him, everything, natcherly, was all right. Ha-ha! No good. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Correction for preceding article: the poem Invisible was in the issue dated October, 1909 -- not 1908, as stenciled by J. G., the danged pirate! 'S'all for this time. Thanks, folkses, and so long! [Signed Panurge] ***:***:***:***:***:***:***: THE FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY 280 Broadway New York July 14, 1941 Mr. Joseph Gilbert The Southern Star 1100 Bryan St. Columbia, S. C. Dear Mr. Gilbert: I have been intending to write and say how interesting Vol. 1, No. 2 of the Southern Star was to me. Excellent and original in every way as it was, "Panurge's" article interested me specially, of course. "An Unnatural Feud" by Norman Douglas, can go in a very near future issue of F. F. M. The Munsey Panorama Department is a good idea for tipping off fandom on which are good items from a true fan's viewpoint. "Panurge" has of course, very good judgment. Sincerely yours, [Signed Mary Gnaedinger] EDITOR, Famous Fantastic Mysteries
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