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Acolyte, v. 3, issue 4, whole no. 12, Fall 1945
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shall inform you. In the meantime, we are quite willing to publish articles based on Mr Perdue's cards. If anyone wishes to attempt such a series, he is urged to write to Elmer Perdue, 2020 South 8th Ave., Los Angeles, and see if he can make arrangements for a collaboration. MONTAGUE AND SAMUEL. It took these two doughty characters over a year to turn out the essay which comprised nearly all of this issue of The Acolyte, but I believe it was well worth the wait. My editorial instincts, such as they are, screamed loudly for a serialization, which author Russell objected to vehemently. It is perhaps regrettable that so much other material had to be held over, and it is certain that this issue is very poorly balanced. Nevertheless, now it is all on the stencil, I'm feeling glad to publish it in one chunk. If any article or study coming nearer to deserving the appellation "definitive" has yet appeared in the fan press, I have not seen it. ---ftl. -o0o- MATERIAL ON HAND. An enumeration of our backlog at the moment would be far too long for available space. Certain to appear in the next issue is a long article on the late Stanley Weinbaum and his writings together with a detailed bibliography by Sam Moskowitz. We have sufficient concrete evidence on shylock fantasy dealers to drag at least two names through the mill. We can hardly wait. We almost ran "Banquets for Bookworms" this time, since we not only had these exposes but reviews of several important new books, but finally decided that Tucker's article would be of more immediate use to collectors. We have two outstanding stories by simon-pure amateurs : Burton Crane and Charless Burbee. Tom Cockroft, the New Zealand fan whom we expect to see develope into a major contributor, has an article on Lovecraft which astoundingly enough developes several entirely new slants. We have a series contemplated by Boland that promises to develope into our most interesting feature. But why go on? Enough material is on hand at the moment to make about An issue and a half. If you want to see this material, we suggest you examine the space to teh right of this sentence. If a rubber-stamped "OCT 15" appears there in, it means that your subscription has something in common with the Great Carrier Pigeon. -o0o- MATERIAL WANTED. The preceding paragraph is not to be interpreted as we don't need and want more material. We don't want to have to start reprinting stuff from former issues! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE ACOLYTE? This seems as good a place as any for me to say that I'm completely dissatisfied with The Acolyte as it now stands, and really need your help in diagnosing it. At the end of three years of publication, this magazine should be getting in the groove. I'm inclined to feel that it's just in a rut. The magazine, it seems to me, is treating of a most fascinating subject--fantasy--in a most unfascinating manner. We have had some extremely fine contributions, but they seem to me lost in a morass of stuffiness. Most adult fantasy fans are extremely interested, interesting people whose interests are by no means confined to fantasy. The Acolyte has fallen far short of what a fantasy magazine should be to interest these people, and I frankly am at a loss to put my finger on the trouble. Is it the format-less format? The lack of humor? The preoccupation with "literary criticism"? The next few issues are going to be experimental. You might as well be prepared for it, because we are going to try all sorts of innovations, many of which are certain to be duds. But if you have any suggestions, please make them. This magazine is either going to get out of the rut, or it is going to stop. FTL -- 2 --
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shall inform you. In the meantime, we are quite willing to publish articles based on Mr Perdue's cards. If anyone wishes to attempt such a series, he is urged to write to Elmer Perdue, 2020 South 8th Ave., Los Angeles, and see if he can make arrangements for a collaboration. MONTAGUE AND SAMUEL. It took these two doughty characters over a year to turn out the essay which comprised nearly all of this issue of The Acolyte, but I believe it was well worth the wait. My editorial instincts, such as they are, screamed loudly for a serialization, which author Russell objected to vehemently. It is perhaps regrettable that so much other material had to be held over, and it is certain that this issue is very poorly balanced. Nevertheless, now it is all on the stencil, I'm feeling glad to publish it in one chunk. If any article or study coming nearer to deserving the appellation "definitive" has yet appeared in the fan press, I have not seen it. ---ftl. -o0o- MATERIAL ON HAND. An enumeration of our backlog at the moment would be far too long for available space. Certain to appear in the next issue is a long article on the late Stanley Weinbaum and his writings together with a detailed bibliography by Sam Moskowitz. We have sufficient concrete evidence on shylock fantasy dealers to drag at least two names through the mill. We can hardly wait. We almost ran "Banquets for Bookworms" this time, since we not only had these exposes but reviews of several important new books, but finally decided that Tucker's article would be of more immediate use to collectors. We have two outstanding stories by simon-pure amateurs : Burton Crane and Charless Burbee. Tom Cockroft, the New Zealand fan whom we expect to see develope into a major contributor, has an article on Lovecraft which astoundingly enough developes several entirely new slants. We have a series contemplated by Boland that promises to develope into our most interesting feature. But why go on? Enough material is on hand at the moment to make about An issue and a half. If you want to see this material, we suggest you examine the space to teh right of this sentence. If a rubber-stamped "OCT 15" appears there in, it means that your subscription has something in common with the Great Carrier Pigeon. -o0o- MATERIAL WANTED. The preceding paragraph is not to be interpreted as we don't need and want more material. We don't want to have to start reprinting stuff from former issues! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE ACOLYTE? This seems as good a place as any for me to say that I'm completely dissatisfied with The Acolyte as it now stands, and really need your help in diagnosing it. At the end of three years of publication, this magazine should be getting in the groove. I'm inclined to feel that it's just in a rut. The magazine, it seems to me, is treating of a most fascinating subject--fantasy--in a most unfascinating manner. We have had some extremely fine contributions, but they seem to me lost in a morass of stuffiness. Most adult fantasy fans are extremely interested, interesting people whose interests are by no means confined to fantasy. The Acolyte has fallen far short of what a fantasy magazine should be to interest these people, and I frankly am at a loss to put my finger on the trouble. Is it the format-less format? The lack of humor? The preoccupation with "literary criticism"? The next few issues are going to be experimental. You might as well be prepared for it, because we are going to try all sorts of innovations, many of which are certain to be duds. But if you have any suggestions, please make them. This magazine is either going to get out of the rut, or it is going to stop. FTL -- 2 --
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