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44     FANTASY FAN     November, 1933

MY SCIENCE FICTION
COLLECTION

by Forrest J. Ackerman

(Part 3)

Reposing in a futuristic box are ninety six autographs. Cummings, Flagg, Olsen, Repp, the three Smiths, Taine, Keller, Breuer, Hamilton, Merritt, Coblentz, Burks, Williamson, Farley, Meek, Paul, Morey, Wesso, Verrill, Lienster -- and a half a hundred more. Also, there is a special collection of scientifilm actors' autographs. These are more difficult to obtain, and some necessitate writing abroad, but to date I have "The Frankenstein Monster," the heroine of "Tarzan," J 21 and LN-18 of "Just Imagine," the director of "By Rocket to the Moon" and Metropolis," "Dracula," Roxor of "Chandu," and many others too numerous to mention. Tho not a part of the collection, it may prove interesting to readers that I have seen in person "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "Dracula," "Dr. Moreau," and "Chandu" (Frederic March, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton and Edmond Lowe).
I have autographed photographs from Leslie F. Stone, "Doc" Smith, Ed Earl Repp, Capt. S. P. Meek, Miles J. Breuer, Victor Rousseau, Sewell Peaslee, Charles Willard Diffin, Edmond Hamilton and others. Mr. Wright presented me with a personal sketch of his "Retired Commander Hanson."
I also have photos from the heroine of "High Treason," Frankenstein--the creator, the Fritz Lang, director of German scientifilms.
(Next month Mr. Ackerman tells of his collection of original manuscripts.)

CONGLAMITORIAL

Second in the series...And speaking of the April 1933 Amazing, "Martian and Troglodyte," by Neil R. Jones was printed on the cover, but the story did not appear in the issue. The printing of the editorial, which took two more pages than hitherto, and some of the Discussions were increased in size...The May 1933 Amazing was the first one of 86 not to contain part of serial. The August-September had none either.. Have you ever wondered what letter of the alphabet authors pick on most as the first one in the title of their stories (omitting articles 'a,' 'the,' and 'an,')? Of course you haven't. Well, I'll tell you, anyway. An average of one-tenth of all stories written begin with the letter "M," and another tenth with "S." That is their rating in a collection of over 2000 stories...So, Amazing is trying to get rid of the word "scientifiction" that Gernsback coined, eh?...By the looks of the contents page of the May 1933 Weird, you would think that every story was complete... The May, 1926 Amazing contains two stories by Jules Verne...And the March 1930 Science Wonder had two stories by Frank J. Brueckel...And you can find other similar cases, such as the Amazing Annual containing two stories by A. Merritt, and the June, 1930 Astounding with two of Diffin's yarns (one under the pseudonym of C. D. Willard).

If you have any original fan material on hand, we would be pleased to have you submit it for our serious consideration.

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44 FANTASY FAN November, 1933 MY SCIENCE FICTION COLLECTION by Forrest J. Ackerman (Part 3) Reposing in a futuristic box are ninety six autographs. Cummings, Flagg, Olsen, Repp, the three Smiths, Taine, Keller, Breuer, Hamilton, Merritt, Coblentz, Burks, Williamson, Farley, Meek, Paul, Morey, Wesso, Verrill, Lienster -- and a half a hundred more. Also, there is a special collection of scientifilm actors' autographs. These are more difficult to obtain, and some necessitate writing abroad, but to date I have "The Frankenstein Monster," the heroine of "Tarzan," J 21 and LN-18 of "Just Imagine," the director of "By Rocket to the Moon" and Metropolis," "Dracula," Roxor of "Chandu," and many others too numerous to mention. Tho not a part of the collection, it may prove interesting to readers that I have seen in person "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "Dracula," "Dr. Moreau," and "Chandu" (Frederic March, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton and Edmond Lowe). I have autographed photographs from Leslie F. Stone, "Doc" Smith, Ed Earl Repp, Capt. S. P. Meek, Miles J. Breuer, Victor Rousseau, Sewell Peaslee, Charles Willard Diffin, Edmond Hamilton and others. Mr. Wright presented me with a personal sketch of his "Retired Commander Hanson." I also have photos from the heroine of "High Treason," Frankenstein--the creator, the Fritz Lang, director of German scientifilms. (Next month Mr. Ackerman tells of his collection of original manuscripts.) CONGLAMITORIAL Second in the series...And speaking of the April 1933 Amazing, "Martian and Troglodyte," by Neil R. Jones was printed on the cover, but the story did not appear in the issue. The printing of the editorial, which took two more pages than hitherto, and some of the Discussions were increased in size...The May 1933 Amazing was the first one of 86 not to contain part of serial. The August-September had none either.. Have you ever wondered what letter of the alphabet authors pick on most as the first one in the title of their stories (omitting articles 'a,' 'the,' and 'an,')? Of course you haven't. Well, I'll tell you, anyway. An average of one-tenth of all stories written begin with the letter "M," and another tenth with "S." That is their rating in a collection of over 2000 stories...So, Amazing is trying to get rid of the word "scientifiction" that Gernsback coined, eh?...By the looks of the contents page of the May 1933 Weird, you would think that every story was complete... The May, 1926 Amazing contains two stories by Jules Verne...And the March 1930 Science Wonder had two stories by Frank J. Brueckel...And you can find other similar cases, such as the Amazing Annual containing two stories by A. Merritt, and the June, 1930 Astounding with two of Diffin's yarns (one under the pseudonym of C. D. Willard). If you have any original fan material on hand, we would be pleased to have you submit it for our serious consideration.