N E W WICE VISILE THREE I T ’ HOT FANTASY - NEWS the science!lotion weekly newspaper 1 - ■*- —* II »■ n>Hwi nwpwn >■■■«»» VOLUME 4 NUMBER § FEBRWxRY 18, 1940 WOLE NUMBER 87 - - >- Vl, ■ , ■ »»»« |I<| ■■« WI ■ ■■;■ >1 >!■■>! If I. ■ ihiwii.k.i wtRi.imninmif HIIWUIIIIII NEW MARS BOOK JUST OUT*. WIGHT'S DISMISSAL ROUSES fWJCOPMOH’. 2x new Burrbughs novel-”Syn t h e t i c Tien Of Mars”-is now being made ready WEIRD TALES MAY BECOME HORROR MAC for publication. Vor Daj , a Mai'tlQa > ■ * '* 5 ’ r r r.> . • ***** J < •**- ‘ warrior, leaves the kingdom of Helium AUTHORS TO ORGANIZE BOYCOTT’. with John Carter, Warlord of Mars, to locate Ras Thavas. the Master R ExLERS CIRCULATE PETITIONS’’’. Midd Of Mars. John Carter disappears and there is a chance meeting with Latest reports from an irre­ a beautiful girl prisoner named Janai, proachable source indicate that ■ A new Tarzan game, named after Farnsworth Wright removal from the the great Burroughs character has just been produced by Parker Bros. out dismissal. He did not resign HOT OFF THE GRIDDLE by Lee'Stone. ' because of ill health. The reasons The last of Weinbaum’s novels for this action were twofold. The a 50,000 worder named "The ’ ..nay’ soon see print. It has present policy, and since it was Jekyl, Mr. Hyde theme.*** R d • only appearing bi-monthly, arrant ley has just sold AMAZING a ments were made to assign the-woa with a new time-travelling twist to Miss Dorothy Mcllwraith, editc that is sensational.*** Wellman(s of SHORT.STORIES. Mr. Delaney, t 4 next yarn in ASTOUNDING is titled publisher of WEIRD said that he ’’Lost. Rocket”. His working title on. felt the magazine was too ’’high­ this was ’’Spaoewreck” but in the in­ brow” and should be written down terim ASTOUNDING printed a story with to the level of the ’’ordinary read that title.*** MILTON Kalttsky has He said that WT ought to com sold another short to AMAZING. ♦’Ho­ directly with HORROR STORIES sier Higginbottom’s Hypnoray”.***Ed~ and ['ERROR STORIES ’’since we are mond Hamilton will reappeqr in FAN­ [eyed on the stands ne ar them TASTIC ADWI^RES with ’’Moonfire’’. whether we like it or not.” No ef- "Roar Of the Rocket” in the April THRILLING WONDER is Oscar Friend’s ‘/right concerning a change’ in pol seventh and longest stfyarn It did icy probably because it is well not cop the cover That’s news when known that ’IT’ s f ormer edi tor you consider his six previous stories spared nothing fcrhis efforts to all copped covers. keep.WEIRD TALES at a high liter- ODD ITEMS~by FN Reporters. J. Michael Rosehblocm Sis going known authors have stated they .. on trial soon in England for refusing would not submit stories unless to bear arms against Germany. Altho alibre was at willing to join the aimy for any o- t h e•heIm ther duties, the British Gov’t still sees fit to have a military trial, (ju,- Mel Schmidt, stfan, has been- ting,his removal, and requesting forcedtto drop out of school for the next semester due to ill health.(wss) a continuation of Mr. Wright’s pol Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster, cy of a high class literary magaz­ publisher and illustrator of the old ine. Mr. Wright has encouraged suclj.;, a fan mag from well known authors as Robert E. Ho ’’Science Fiction” ward, Seabury Quinn,Quinn C.L.Moore, Do way back when (1933) are featured a aid Wandrei 'creators of SUPERMAN, a stf cartoon A.W.Dorleth, l 'To dure in LOOK for Feb. 27th, (mr’i -----. —J—Tf-TT-T-T---------------------------------- ---- ‘ ----- - • . — . -ftTM r~. r -urir jtlj — —-T - r-- - • *. —■ Jto., .. • Two FANTASY NEWS FANTASY NEWS is published every FAN MAG REV I EV/ by Harry Warner, Jr. week by the" FANTASY NEWS PUBLISHING THE aLCHEMIST; Vol. 1, no.l. Excep­ COMP^JTY ct 31-51 41st Street, Long tionally good first issue. 24 hec- Island City, N.Y. tocd pp, fine mat’l. A dime from Editor; Will Sykora. 1258 Race St, Denver, Colorado. Associates; Jimmy Taurasi, Suii Mos- THE SATELLITE; Vol.3, no.3. 10 oct, Kowitz, Ivkirio Racic, Jr» pp, mimeod. Fine cover by Turner. Rates; .3 issues 109!, 9 issues 30$, M at’l by Smith, Medhurst, and Hop­ 30 issues $1.00, 52 issues (1 yr.)' kins.-A quarter will bring you any $1.50. (NO STAMPS PLEASE) number of isseus from 57, Beauclair Drive, Liverpool, 15. England. BOOST SCIENCE FICTION ULTRA; Vol.1, no.2. 14 sm. carbon copied pp, "The first Australian EDITORIaL by Will Sykora. fan magto have a 2nd issue." Efood Farnsworth Wright’s dismissal contents, nice format, a nickel, from the editorial staff of WEIRD. 274 Edgocliff Rd, Woollahra, Sydney,* TALES is arousing .public opinion N.S.W., Australia. all over the country. Authors are. FUTURIaN OBSERVER’-: Vo 1.1, ' no. 1. 2 threatening boycott and readers are legal■* j 1 .........’Bj' .size.. ..................................................... pp, mimeod.. • Aussie news; signing petitions addressed to no connection with-U.S. or British SHORT STORIES, INC. protesting Mr. of similar name. 5$, from 10a, Sttlly Wright’s removal. The article on St, Rundwisk, Sydney, Australia. Page One of this paper, gives the facts in the- case as brought out THE TIME STREaM by Sum Moskowtiz. by the latest developments. The cover for BLUE RIBBON’S In an effort to determine the SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY is all opinion of its readers, FANTaSY ready; a swell job by Jack Binder NEWS herby requests that each and showing the Earth being cut in two every one communicate immediately by a tremendous metal disk. Silber- with this -office stating whether kleit, owner of BR, states that the or not they would like to see quarterly will go to press as soon Farnsworth Wright at the helm of as a paper shipment arrives from WEIRD TALES and why. Europe. He seems to be waiting fOE that shipment before he pays his THE COMIC MGS by John Giunta. contest winners as well.*** Star­ Stfcartoon mags are still pou dust’s second issue will apnpear pouring out. WEIRD COMICS, EERIE March 1st. The cover picture is by COMICS COSMIC COMICS, ’v7HIRLV.II© Jack Binder, originally painted for COMICS SUPERWORLD COMICS, are a "Giants Of Anarchy" in WEIRD TALES few of the latest WEIRD COMICS is but never used. Jack Darrow now has the original.*** New stfan new; papers while SUPERWORLD COMICS is the long soon coming out are "Midwest Fan News awaited GERNSBaCK publication. WC Le Vombiteur revived by features "Thor,;<God of Thunder", c Lownd e s, nd Science Fiction Weekly ' other wfeird and stf comics, while by Joe Fortier who is dropping the ’Scientifan with an uncompleted 2nd vor. Mitey Powers Battles the Mar- issue, nil seem to have the motto "the only unbiased fan newspaper" Paul, while Charlie Hornig, under much to Tucker’s disgust who origin­ his pseudonymII of Derwin Lesser, ated the phrase.*** Decker, Ind. has writes the continu’ty for Buzz All­ a "Literature, Science end Hobbies en, the Invisible Avenger. Club" composed of stfans according Harry Franc is Campbell, who to Marvis Manning of that town,*** draws "Jon Linton" a scientist ad- ■Whatever became of English fan, venturer in AMAZING MYSTERY FUNNIES Gerald.Evans * , story accepted by and"John Lay Scientaotive" in SMixSH COMICS besides another in TWS over li yrs ago? They should"dis- KEEN DETECTIVE COMICS is also an cover" in the Amateur Authors section stf author writing under p enn ame at least.*** Ray King’s yarn in PLAN- las a title error H uiBm Wl — i.XWf til FANTASY NEWS ___________________ , _____ Page Three SEEING PALMER by W. Lawrence BLUE RIBBON NEV/S by Chas.D. Hornig. ” --J , Hamling. As told to Sam Moskowitz. David Verne, of AMAZING STO­ The Next issues of SCIENCE RIES, is his real name. It is not FICTION And FUTURE FICTION are par­ a penname. However, Dave has a ticularly notable because of an penname -- David V. Reed. Many of article on Technocracy by Westcoast you may recall his interesting stoj- fan, Russ J. Hodgkins, who will ap­ ry, "Where Is Roger Davis?” , which pear professionally for-the firfct captured a prize early last year time with "Continental Engineers", in AMAZING. Dave Verne now has and the inauguration of a new de­ charge of all mss. for AMAZING STO­ partment in FF called "Fan Mag Di­ RIES and FANTASTIC ADVENTURES.This gest", to contain gleanings and has relieved Ray Palmer of a lot excerpts from various fan mags. of work, and Dave is showing his The lineups of the mags appear merits by buying the best of sto­ below: ‘ ries available. Dave is a consci­ SCIENCE FICTION, May 1940: entious worker, and is very pati­ The Voice Commands-Dennis Clive, ent. He often allows visitors- a "Castaways In Space"-Amelia Reynolds three minute interview after tra­ Long; "Continental Engine er s’f-Russ velling far to see him, and he Hodgkins; "Mad Virus”-Paul Edmonds; counts to three before throwing "Doom From the Void”-John Coleridge; them out.........(I’ve never seen him "Price Of Escape"-Henry J. Kostkos.' smile..How about it Dave?) Here is the lineup for the FUTURE FICTION, June 1940; May AMAZING: ’’Liquid He 11"-Neil R* Jones; ’’Giants Out Of the Sun” by "City Under, the Sea"-Duane W. Rimel; Peter Horn,-is the cover story. "Prophecy Of Doom"-Ross Rocklynne; It is a 10,000 worder, illustrated "How To Write Science Fiction"(art­ by Julian Krupa. The cover scene icle )-Derwin Lesser; "Gravity Off’." is done by Hartman, -Leslie F.