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Acolyte, v. 3, issue 1, whole no. 9, Winter 1945
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joys by the hum-drum ties of his everyday existence. Lovecraft, in his "Supernatural Horror in Literature", praised "The Story of a Panic", but compared the remainder of Forster's fantasies to those of J. M. Barrie, which seems hardly just. Many lovers of the less gruesome type of weird tale would undoubtedly enjoy the scholarly and pleasing restraint which characterises these little stories. Forster is the master of a sly, tongue-in-cheek manner of telling a story. A particularly enjoyable characteristic of his work is the way in which he so often tells the story through a pompous, self-satisfied, worldly-wise character who is totally incapable of comprehending the remarkable significance of the events he is relating. This reviewer recommends Forster's work highly. EDITORIALLY SPEAKING. (Cont. from page 19) Stanton A. Coblentz will occupy an important editorial post with Different, and that the magazine will carry one fantasy story per issue. It is highly probably that the off-trail aims of this publication will result in the production of artistic fantasy of permanent literary worth. We suggest that interested readers write to Different, Box 238, Dallas, Texas. ---oo0oo--- THE OLD SONG AND DANCE... As usual, we are scraping the bottoms of our files for serious, worthwhile essays. We have a plethora of usable fiction, and acceptable verse seems to come our way without our making any particular plea for it, but articles of any real worth are woefully hard to come by. Won't some of you more studious collectors take the time and trouble to write something for us? Don't feel that you need be a polished writer; we will be only too happy to smooth over any slight ineptnesses in rhetoric. The main thing we want is authentic information of either a biographical or bibliographical nature, or else thoughtful contributions to fantasy criticism...if the writing isn't quite up to snuff we'll see that it's fixed. Don't feel that the subject matter must be limited to H. P. Lovecraft or his friends--while HPL and the gang are of prime interest to us, we are highly anxious to publish definitive critical articles on such writers as H. Rider Haggard, S. Fowler Wright, W. Olaf Stapledon, and other authors of literature fantasy and scientifiction. ---oo0oo--- CHANGE OF PUBLICATION DATES. Due to a change in FAPA mailing schedule which necessitates considerable changes in our spare-time programs, the publication dates of The Acolyte will henceforth be the 15th of January, April, July, and October. We shall bend every effort to maintain this new schedule as well as we did the previous one. ---oo0oo--- VAN VOGT MOVES TO LOS ANGELES. The local fantasy circle has lately been augmented by the arrival of the Toronto writer, A. E. van Vogt and his personable wife, who arrived here in mid-November. van Vogt, author of some 700,000 words of published scientifiction and fantasy and known to all readers of Astounding and Unknown for such opuses as Slan, The Witch, Black Destroyer, and scores of others, plans to make his permanent home in or near Los Angeles. The van Vogts made a terrific hit with the local fans, and we are certainly glad to have them with us. ---oo0oo--- MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR. ---ftl/sdr. -- 24 --
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joys by the hum-drum ties of his everyday existence. Lovecraft, in his "Supernatural Horror in Literature", praised "The Story of a Panic", but compared the remainder of Forster's fantasies to those of J. M. Barrie, which seems hardly just. Many lovers of the less gruesome type of weird tale would undoubtedly enjoy the scholarly and pleasing restraint which characterises these little stories. Forster is the master of a sly, tongue-in-cheek manner of telling a story. A particularly enjoyable characteristic of his work is the way in which he so often tells the story through a pompous, self-satisfied, worldly-wise character who is totally incapable of comprehending the remarkable significance of the events he is relating. This reviewer recommends Forster's work highly. EDITORIALLY SPEAKING. (Cont. from page 19) Stanton A. Coblentz will occupy an important editorial post with Different, and that the magazine will carry one fantasy story per issue. It is highly probably that the off-trail aims of this publication will result in the production of artistic fantasy of permanent literary worth. We suggest that interested readers write to Different, Box 238, Dallas, Texas. ---oo0oo--- THE OLD SONG AND DANCE... As usual, we are scraping the bottoms of our files for serious, worthwhile essays. We have a plethora of usable fiction, and acceptable verse seems to come our way without our making any particular plea for it, but articles of any real worth are woefully hard to come by. Won't some of you more studious collectors take the time and trouble to write something for us? Don't feel that you need be a polished writer; we will be only too happy to smooth over any slight ineptnesses in rhetoric. The main thing we want is authentic information of either a biographical or bibliographical nature, or else thoughtful contributions to fantasy criticism...if the writing isn't quite up to snuff we'll see that it's fixed. Don't feel that the subject matter must be limited to H. P. Lovecraft or his friends--while HPL and the gang are of prime interest to us, we are highly anxious to publish definitive critical articles on such writers as H. Rider Haggard, S. Fowler Wright, W. Olaf Stapledon, and other authors of literature fantasy and scientifiction. ---oo0oo--- CHANGE OF PUBLICATION DATES. Due to a change in FAPA mailing schedule which necessitates considerable changes in our spare-time programs, the publication dates of The Acolyte will henceforth be the 15th of January, April, July, and October. We shall bend every effort to maintain this new schedule as well as we did the previous one. ---oo0oo--- VAN VOGT MOVES TO LOS ANGELES. The local fantasy circle has lately been augmented by the arrival of the Toronto writer, A. E. van Vogt and his personable wife, who arrived here in mid-November. van Vogt, author of some 700,000 words of published scientifiction and fantasy and known to all readers of Astounding and Unknown for such opuses as Slan, The Witch, Black Destroyer, and scores of others, plans to make his permanent home in or near Los Angeles. The van Vogts made a terrific hit with the local fans, and we are certainly glad to have them with us. ---oo0oo--- MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR. ---ftl/sdr. -- 24 --
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