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Fantasy Fan, v. 2, issue 3, whole no. 15, November 1934
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November, 1934, THE FANTASY FAN 39 ied is likely to exert considerrble influence on weird fiction. The best examples of its literary use so far are the tale of "The Golem" by Gustav Meyrink, and the drama "The Dybbuk" by the Jewish writer using the pseudonym "Ansky". The former, widely popularised through the cinema a few years ago, treats of a legendary artificial giant made and animated by a medieval rabbin of Prague according to a cryptic formula. The latter, translated and produced in American in 1925 describes with singular power the possession of a living body by the evil soul of a dead man. Both golems and dybbuks are fixed types, and serve as frequent ingredients of later Jewish tradition. (The next issue of THE FANTASY FAN will be dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe, in which will be published an instalment of Mr. Lovecraft's article about four times as long as this one, all dealing with this father of the fantastic. Don't miss part fifteen.) Subscribe to THE FANTASY FAN only a dollar a year Insure yourself of your copy only a limited number printed and the supply does not last long "Our Readers Say" is open to all -- use it Your suggestions, criticisms, and opinions are always welcome The Best Authors of Weird Fiction contribute regularly to THE FANTASY FAN Tell your fantasy friends about it THE DEMONIAN FACE by Clark Ashton Smith About 1918 I was in ill health, and during a short visit to San Francisco, was sitting one day int he Bohemian Club, to which I had been given a guest's card of admission. Happening to look up, I saw a frightful demonian face with twisted rootlike eyebrows and oblique fiery-slitted eyes, which seemed to emerge momentarily from air about nine feet above me and lean toward my seat. The thing disapeared as it approached me, but left an ineffaceable impression of malignity, horror, and loathsomeness. If an hallucination, it was certainly seen amid appropriate surroundings; if an actual entity, it was no doubt the kind that would be likely to haunt a club in one of our modern Gomorrahs. Back Numbers Of THE FANTASY FAN are still available See the ad in the rear of the magazine for issues available and prices WEIRD TALES is the only magazine on the market today presenting really literary weird fiction masterpieces of the macabre and unearthly Boost it and helps its circulation by securing new readers Tell Your Friends about TFF
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November, 1934, THE FANTASY FAN 39 ied is likely to exert considerrble influence on weird fiction. The best examples of its literary use so far are the tale of "The Golem" by Gustav Meyrink, and the drama "The Dybbuk" by the Jewish writer using the pseudonym "Ansky". The former, widely popularised through the cinema a few years ago, treats of a legendary artificial giant made and animated by a medieval rabbin of Prague according to a cryptic formula. The latter, translated and produced in American in 1925 describes with singular power the possession of a living body by the evil soul of a dead man. Both golems and dybbuks are fixed types, and serve as frequent ingredients of later Jewish tradition. (The next issue of THE FANTASY FAN will be dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe, in which will be published an instalment of Mr. Lovecraft's article about four times as long as this one, all dealing with this father of the fantastic. Don't miss part fifteen.) Subscribe to THE FANTASY FAN only a dollar a year Insure yourself of your copy only a limited number printed and the supply does not last long "Our Readers Say" is open to all -- use it Your suggestions, criticisms, and opinions are always welcome The Best Authors of Weird Fiction contribute regularly to THE FANTASY FAN Tell your fantasy friends about it THE DEMONIAN FACE by Clark Ashton Smith About 1918 I was in ill health, and during a short visit to San Francisco, was sitting one day int he Bohemian Club, to which I had been given a guest's card of admission. Happening to look up, I saw a frightful demonian face with twisted rootlike eyebrows and oblique fiery-slitted eyes, which seemed to emerge momentarily from air about nine feet above me and lean toward my seat. The thing disapeared as it approached me, but left an ineffaceable impression of malignity, horror, and loathsomeness. If an hallucination, it was certainly seen amid appropriate surroundings; if an actual entity, it was no doubt the kind that would be likely to haunt a club in one of our modern Gomorrahs. Back Numbers Of THE FANTASY FAN are still available See the ad in the rear of the magazine for issues available and prices WEIRD TALES is the only magazine on the market today presenting really literary weird fiction masterpieces of the macabre and unearthly Boost it and helps its circulation by securing new readers Tell Your Friends about TFF
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