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NUMBfiR 6 SUNDAY, JUNE 3,1345 WHOLE NUMBER 178 British Fans’ Letters Give ! ARKHAM house i Sets Postwar Pla^s War News of Anglo-Fandom I As this issue goes to press 20 ‘Nov 44 it’s our turn. an 18 page booklet comes to My dear Will, I Cheerio-and let me hear from ban! from ARKHAM Part of your information is I you. HOUSE. It lists all the books quite sound - but some is a bit Harold. alresdy published, and the out. You are quite right in think­ S/S H. Gottliffe, RAMC. ones to be published in 1945 ing that I was working in part­ and 1946. In addition, post­ nership with JMR before the 11 Dec 1944 war plans are described in war-from ’34 to ’39 to be e;act, Dear Will, detail. and that we partly ran the Owing to one of those vagar- Slated for definite public., LSFA and LSFL - and many ! ies of fate, your two letters da­ ation in 1945 are: other schemes. We also ran - on ted July 27 and October 21 “Something Near” b.z our own and from our own pock­ have only just reached me. The August Derleth, ‘ ‘The Open­ ets - the “Green Jester Press”, reason being that I left the cent­ er Of the Way” by Robert which published the ‘Futurian’. ral Mediterranean just one ye. r Bloch, “The Hound Of Tin. But there you start going ago - in fact, have been back dalos” by Frank Belknap wrong - I’ve no more idea of in this country most of this year. Long, “Green Tea and Oth­ fandom “over there” than you Can’t think where you dug up er Ghost Stories” by J. Sher­ have - if. by ‘ ‘over there” you ■ my old address, unless it was idan Le Fanu. These books mean Engand. published by Mike Rosenblum will sell for $3.00. I enlisted as a volunteer in at some time or other. Hence, Also “Witch House” by Sept 39, and I’ve been overseas your two letters have travelled Evangeline Wal ton,and“The for almost five years In that from place to place, following Lurker At the Threshold’’ time I’ve seen France, most of । in my footsteps through three by HP Lovecrft & A.Derleth the East and Africa; bat I’ve ' continents! To eventually reach will be sold for $2.50 a copy .seen very little of fandom. । me at HQ in Britain. The bobks being planned However, I hope to go back, Many thanks indeed for both for 1946 will include the fol­ to England soon, and to take your letters, and also for FN, lowing titles: up active work again. JMR aid which I was pleased to see back “The House On the Bor­ • myself rather split up in ’39 - he in circul tion again. The news derland and Other Novels” is a conscientious objector and Contained therein was very in­ by William Hope Hodgson; I’m not. But on S.F. we have teresting, because I see and hear “Skull Face and Others” by one thing in common - we both very little these days concerning Robert E. Howard, at $5.00 work for it as hard as we can American publications. Oh, a copy; “Mimsy Were the in normal times. ASTOUNDING arrives regu- Borogoves” by Henry Kutt- Whether I will be able to do 1 rly, and I haven’t missed an ner; ‘Shambleau and Others’ much work this side of Berlin is issue since the war began - since by Catherine L. Moore; and a quite different r roblem I feel he mag was born, come to that. “Night’s Black Agents” by that there are much more im- I n e ;n publication news and Fritz Leiber, Jr. portant things' to do until the f n news, in the main. The booklet also cautions win in the end. I think st of ■■ he fellow- readers to buy at once, be­ But that’s a personal view - countrymen of yours that have cause five Arkham House but then for me it’s a very per­ hit these shores have contacted j books are already out of sonal war. You see, I’ve spent Mike - you know we have all ; print. They are: “The Out­ three of the best years of my met Willmorth quite a number sider and Others” by H. P. life being thrown out of one of times, and he is practically Lovecraft, “Out Of Space c. u try after another - and now (Continued On Page 4) (Continued On Page 4) 2 ADVERTISEMENT SALE! BOOKS; MAZA OF THE MOON - O. A. Kline 1st ED. good cond. $3.00 GREEN MANSIONS = W. H. HUDSON expensive 1930 ED. jacket $3.00 THAIS - Anatole France finely ill. exp. copy $2,25 DELUGE - S. F. 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