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The Science Fiction Fan, v. 4, issue 9, whole no. 45, April 1940
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14 FAN The Fan Fanatic RANDOM Notes Three rousing cheers for dear old Frank Munsey Company. It is, of course, no news to our multitude of readers that "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" has for months been giving the fans a sumptuous banquet. The Chinese like to bury eggs for years and later dig them up and eat them. (They really are delicious as I know from having eaten them many times while living in China). Similarly science fiction and fantasy fans like to "bury" some of their favorite stories and dig them up years later for rereading. Unless a science fiction or fantasy devotee is a riproaring fan who collects and hoards every item in the field (a predilection that takes time, space and money), he will miss or overlook many choice tidbits. Also many of us do not feel like saving every magazine ever published merely to have on hand for later rereading a few prize stories. That is just where "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" step in. From the files of innumerable magazines, and to a large extent at the request of readers, the editor selects outstanding science fiction and fantasy yarns for republication. Many of these
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14 FAN The Fan Fanatic RANDOM Notes Three rousing cheers for dear old Frank Munsey Company. It is, of course, no news to our multitude of readers that "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" has for months been giving the fans a sumptuous banquet. The Chinese like to bury eggs for years and later dig them up and eat them. (They really are delicious as I know from having eaten them many times while living in China). Similarly science fiction and fantasy fans like to "bury" some of their favorite stories and dig them up years later for rereading. Unless a science fiction or fantasy devotee is a riproaring fan who collects and hoards every item in the field (a predilection that takes time, space and money), he will miss or overlook many choice tidbits. Also many of us do not feel like saving every magazine ever published merely to have on hand for later rereading a few prize stories. That is just where "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" step in. From the files of innumerable magazines, and to a large extent at the request of readers, the editor selects outstanding science fiction and fantasy yarns for republication. Many of these
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