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Acolyte, v. 4, issue 1, whole no. 13, Winter 1946

BANQUETS FOR BOOKWORMS (oont. from page 21)

William Sykora's $100.00 quotation on The Outsider is discussed elsewhere in this issue, but on the same printed card he offers the in print Marginalia at $5.00 ($3.00 over its published price), and frosting the cake with the following: "Deluge - S. Fowler Wright,   1st Ed. 1928 $4.50".   That is really something.   Deluge, though a terrific story,
is probably the commonest of all stf books.   At least 35 copies of this same edition could be picked up in Los Angeles and Hollywood book
shops at prices ranging from 35¢ to 75¢ each.   Hobbyist or racketeer?

Will, that's two of them. Keep on sending evidence, and we'll
take great pleasure in exposing other crooks and grafters.

OUTSTANDING PUBLICATIONS OF THE PAST SIX MONTHS.      The necessity of crowding out this department last issue causes us to condense the dope on recent publications.   Outstanding bargain is the Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #34, A. Merritt's The Ship of Ishtar, which may be had for 35¢ from your news stand or from Avon Book Co., 119 West 57th, NYC 19. According to the cover advertisement in this pocket book, the following Merritt Avons are now out of print: Seven Footprints, Creep Shadow, and Moon Pool. The first named, however,  is still available in the smaller Avon pocketbook, and the others are not difficult to find in second hand magazine stores at 10¢ a copy. Arkham House has given us four titles, listed here in order of merit: Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories, LeFanu ($3); The Opener of the Way, Bloch ($3); Witch House, Walton ($3.50); and Lurker at the Threshold, Lovecraft and Derleth ($2.50).
The first-named Is must-buy stuff, and all are competent. There have been a number of others, including the Avon Story Teller containing A. Merritt's "The Drone", but this covers the high spots.

FRANK READE. Sandos gives us a tip on a very interesting facsimile reprint of some early stf. "Noname, pseud. Lu Senarens). Frank Reade and His Steam Man of the Plains, 24p, front, 4to. First of the Frank Reade invention stories, originally published in 1893." A facsimile reprint of this almost non-existent dime novel may be had for $1.00 from Dime Novel Club (Charles Bragin), 1525 West 13th Street, Brooklyn 4, New York.

DUANE RIMEL. While it is not per se of fantastic interest, Acolyte readers will be interested to learn that contributing editor Duane W  Rimel, who has had a number of stories and poems in these pages, and whose early collaboration made this magazine possible, has sold a murder mystery to David McKay of Philadelphia. Titled
The Curse of Cain, this novel will shortly appear in McKay's whodunit series, Armchair Mysteries. Congratulations!

RANDOM HOUSE STF ANTHOLOGY. This omnibus of the best pulp stf is at last on its way. Co-editor J. Francis
McComas gives us the following information: "It will be published in February, 1946.   First printing, 15,000 copies.   Actual title is still undecided.   Price, probably $3.95. Plenty of advertising, around $5000 to start." We have had the pleasure of reading the introduction which strikes us as being one of the best essays on scientifiction we have yet encountered. And, to give you folks something to lick your chops over, here is the table of contents:   Requiem, Robert Heinlein;
Forgetfulness, Don A. Stuart; Nerves, Lester Del Rey; The Sands of

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BANQUETS FOR BOOKWORMS (oont. from page 21) William Sykora's $100.00 quotation on The Outsider is discussed elsewhere in this issue, but on the same printed card he offers the in print Marginalia at $5.00 ($3.00 over its published price), and frosting the cake with the following: "Deluge - S. Fowler Wright, 1st Ed. 1928 $4.50". That is really something. Deluge, though a terrific story, is probably the commonest of all stf books. At least 35 copies of this same edition could be picked up in Los Angeles and Hollywood book shops at prices ranging from 35¢ to 75¢ each. Hobbyist or racketeer? Will, that's two of them. Keep on sending evidence, and we'll take great pleasure in exposing other crooks and grafters. OUTSTANDING PUBLICATIONS OF THE PAST SIX MONTHS. The necessity of crowding out this department last issue causes us to condense the dope on recent publications. Outstanding bargain is the Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #34, A. Merritt's The Ship of Ishtar, which may be had for 35¢ from your news stand or from Avon Book Co., 119 West 57th, NYC 19. According to the cover advertisement in this pocket book, the following Merritt Avons are now out of print: Seven Footprints, Creep Shadow, and Moon Pool. The first named, however, is still available in the smaller Avon pocketbook, and the others are not difficult to find in second hand magazine stores at 10¢ a copy. Arkham House has given us four titles, listed here in order of merit: Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories, LeFanu ($3); The Opener of the Way, Bloch ($3); Witch House, Walton ($3.50); and Lurker at the Threshold, Lovecraft and Derleth ($2.50). The first-named Is must-buy stuff, and all are competent. There have been a number of others, including the Avon Story Teller containing A. Merritt's "The Drone", but this covers the high spots. FRANK READE. Sandos gives us a tip on a very interesting facsimile reprint of some early stf. "Noname, pseud. Lu Senarens). Frank Reade and His Steam Man of the Plains, 24p, front, 4to. First of the Frank Reade invention stories, originally published in 1893." A facsimile reprint of this almost non-existent dime novel may be had for $1.00 from Dime Novel Club (Charles Bragin), 1525 West 13th Street, Brooklyn 4, New York. DUANE RIMEL. While it is not per se of fantastic interest, Acolyte readers will be interested to learn that contributing editor Duane W Rimel, who has had a number of stories and poems in these pages, and whose early collaboration made this magazine possible, has sold a murder mystery to David McKay of Philadelphia. Titled The Curse of Cain, this novel will shortly appear in McKay's whodunit series, Armchair Mysteries. Congratulations! RANDOM HOUSE STF ANTHOLOGY. This omnibus of the best pulp stf is at last on its way. Co-editor J. Francis McComas gives us the following information: "It will be published in February, 1946. First printing, 15,000 copies. Actual title is still undecided. Price, probably $3.95. Plenty of advertising, around $5000 to start." We have had the pleasure of reading the introduction which strikes us as being one of the best essays on scientifiction we have yet encountered. And, to give you folks something to lick your chops over, here is the table of contents: Requiem, Robert Heinlein; Forgetfulness, Don A. Stuart; Nerves, Lester Del Rey; The Sands of 30