The Fantasy Fan, Volume 2, Number 5, January 1935: The Fan's Own Magazine — John Shaqi
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The Fantasy Fan, Volume 2, Number 5, January 1935: The Fan's Own Magazine
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Fan magazines; Fantasy fiction -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Fantasy fiction -- Periodicals
You will remember that in our editorial for the November, 1934, number,
we stated casually that the average intelligence of the general public
was that of a moron. We have received a post-card containing the
following from "One of the 'General Public'," post-marked Newark,
N. J.:
"In recently wasting time glancing through that collection of waste
paper which you honor with the title of a magazine, I noticed that you
consider the general public--of which I am proud to be a member--a
collection of moronic individuals, and the followers of your creed of
a "higher type of intellect." I just hate to disagree with you, but if
you investigate the reason for the small number of such creatures, you
would probably find out that most asylums censor their inmate's mail.
Unfortunately, lack of space and postal laws prohibit my expressing of
my true opinion of both the (?-!--) and its readers. I challenge you to
print this."
It is easy to see that the writer of this card is "one of the general
public." Here we find the customary challenge to print it and the lack
of signature, which must denote that the writer is either ashamed or
afraid to append his name. Concerning asylums, however, we hadn't even
thought of soliciting the inmates. That's not a bad idea. We'll have to
take that point up at the next Director's Meeting. Which one are you
in?
* * * * *
DREAM
by R. O. P.
Erubescent, the southern sky
With sunset pools of flaming foam
Like opened crucibles of Hell
Glows redly, as a burning Rome
Beneath its red malevolanace
Where swooning orbs recline
Are etched grotesque and curious trees
With shapes of strange outline.
* * * * *
WEIRD WHISPERINGS
by Julius Schwartz
Arthur B. Reeve, creator of the famous scientific-sleuth, Craig
Kennedy, makes his bow to _Weird Tales_ readers with a novelette in the
May issue!... Jack Binder, brother of the popular author Eando Binder,
will do most of the illustrating for _Weird_ commencing with the April
number.... C. L. Moore has pulled a "Clark Ashton Smith" and has drawn
the illustration for her forthcoming yarn in WT "Julhui".... There will
be no women on _Weird Tales'_ covers for two consecutive issues this
year, April and May!
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