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Fantasy Commentator, v. 1, issue 11, Summer 1946
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FANTASY COMMENTATOR 275 ian Overbeck Wells" in which all the great writers of the past assemble in a dream to help an unsuccessful author write a novel. Most of the other non-supernatural tales are rather meretricious---though they are not without a certain charm. There is one notable exception, however: "The Man from Archangel" is probably the finest story in the volume. Its violent portrayal of clashing wills and emotions, its beautiful descriptive passages and its fitting ending make one regretful that the widespread admiration for Sir Arthur's detective tales as so obscured his many other excellent works. ---Maynard Solomon ---o0o--- Spring-Heeled Jack by St. John Hamund I daren't go through the meadow, I daren't go out of sight, I know there's a man in a long black cloak Who waits for me tonight. His eyes are like balls of fire, His hands are like bars of lead, His face is bright with a still grey light, His lips are the lips of the Dead. Once in the hush of the churchyard, A day and a year ago, I met him there with my babe so fair--- He waits for me now, I know. He took my child from my bosom, He carries him with him now, He is gaunt and weird, with a tangled beard, And a mark is on his brow. His heels are light and shod with steel, His arms are thin and worn, He buttons his coat to the height of his throat, But the sleeves are short and torn. The sleeves are short and tattered and torn, His feet are swift and light, And there is the sheen of the moonlight green He waits for me tonight! ---o0o--- The Far Future of Science-Fiction---continued from page 273 mation of the Einstein and association theories as to place extra-solar worlds beyond the reach of any but Howard-Jordan sort of expeditions (cf. "Methuselah's Children" and "Universe"). 45. Space Travel: While interplanetary travel remains an unusual thing, fantasites of the future may enjoy stories of a still further future in which it has become common. After that---well, how many present-day science-fictionists avidly follow Smilin' Jack or Flyin' Jenny in their slightly super airplanes? 50. The Prehistoric Past: A good theory of the origin of the Earth, and further discoveries filling in the gaps of archeological knowledge should both limit and enrich this field of extrapolation. Realism of the sort that has (continued on page 285)
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FANTASY COMMENTATOR 275 ian Overbeck Wells" in which all the great writers of the past assemble in a dream to help an unsuccessful author write a novel. Most of the other non-supernatural tales are rather meretricious---though they are not without a certain charm. There is one notable exception, however: "The Man from Archangel" is probably the finest story in the volume. Its violent portrayal of clashing wills and emotions, its beautiful descriptive passages and its fitting ending make one regretful that the widespread admiration for Sir Arthur's detective tales as so obscured his many other excellent works. ---Maynard Solomon ---o0o--- Spring-Heeled Jack by St. John Hamund I daren't go through the meadow, I daren't go out of sight, I know there's a man in a long black cloak Who waits for me tonight. His eyes are like balls of fire, His hands are like bars of lead, His face is bright with a still grey light, His lips are the lips of the Dead. Once in the hush of the churchyard, A day and a year ago, I met him there with my babe so fair--- He waits for me now, I know. He took my child from my bosom, He carries him with him now, He is gaunt and weird, with a tangled beard, And a mark is on his brow. His heels are light and shod with steel, His arms are thin and worn, He buttons his coat to the height of his throat, But the sleeves are short and torn. The sleeves are short and tattered and torn, His feet are swift and light, And there is the sheen of the moonlight green He waits for me tonight! ---o0o--- The Far Future of Science-Fiction---continued from page 273 mation of the Einstein and association theories as to place extra-solar worlds beyond the reach of any but Howard-Jordan sort of expeditions (cf. "Methuselah's Children" and "Universe"). 45. Space Travel: While interplanetary travel remains an unusual thing, fantasites of the future may enjoy stories of a still further future in which it has become common. After that---well, how many present-day science-fictionists avidly follow Smilin' Jack or Flyin' Jenny in their slightly super airplanes? 50. The Prehistoric Past: A good theory of the origin of the Earth, and further discoveries filling in the gaps of archeological knowledge should both limit and enrich this field of extrapolation. Realism of the sort that has (continued on page 285)
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