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Dream Quest, v. 1, issue 1, July 1947
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DREAM QUEST 46 would follow the type of THE WATCHER FROM THE SKY by August W. Derleth and lean away from minute and faithful descriptions of gruesome lepers. Amen and R. I. P. The other long novelette, which most mags would call a short, is "The Damp Man," latest contribution from the well-known Allison V. Harding. It is up to the usual Harding quality, but is not sensational. J. Sheridan le Fanu is resurrected for the first of the short stories, with "The Churchyard Yew," a tale of ghostly vengeance which, except for a slightly antiquated style, is no different from any of ten thousand hacked out by contemporary pros...August Derleth Grendon is represented by his latestale, Parrington's Pool. This thing reminded us somewhat of Lord Dunsapy. It is different, worthy of at least passing attention...The one-pager mentioned earlier is by Ray Bradbury and is called "Interim." Remember, back up in ASF, where we said that Sturgeon and Brad could do no wrong literally? Well, this little almost-story tends to back up that rash claim. The subject matter is unorthodox, to say very little. But Brad makes it sound convincing when anybody else would have flunked miserably...Roger S. Vreeland gives with THE ROBE OF FORGETFULNESS, which is primarily a mood if we aren't mistaken. It is neatly done...Stanton...Coblentz comes back with THE DOG THAT CAME BACK, and we were not thrilled by Coblentz's, or the dog's, return..."The Breeze and I," by Mary Elizabeth Counselman, is okay...Carl Jacobi does a filler, THE DIGGING AT PISTOL KEY. Altogether the fiction in Weird continues its old-established tradition of being steadily good but never sensational. Gone forever are the days, it seems, when WT printed masterpieces of fantasy... The artwork is crude symbolism as usual. We don't like it...Coye is on the cover, and does better there than on interiors. The cover is copped by a department rather than a story, an oddity in fantasy pro publishing to say the least. It illustrates WEIRDIS'S a new department, which replaces SUPERSTITIONS AND TABOOS. This new dept will tell about various legendary monsters and evil entities; #1 in the series is vampires. We eagerly await the Fan Critic; that ought to be a really horrible weirdism...the poem is RESURRECTION by Clark Ashton Smith, and is good as befits his poetry. Also of interest in this issue are the ads. Several of them announce books, dealers, and so on which may conceivably interest fen. All in all, this was one of the more interesting WTs. And so closes the review. ############## And that finishes the prozine reviews, which, praise Ghu, will NOT be so long the next issue. And that is a promise. If you had to do the dummies, you'd promise too. We want your comments about SWIMMING THROUGH THE SEWERS. And say more than just that it should be shortened. We know that without being told. What kind of review do you like? Swenson will write them the way you say. And do you think the title is appropriate? Leave us hear from youse, as JoKe says. And remember the Friscon. -- ed
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DREAM QUEST 46 would follow the type of THE WATCHER FROM THE SKY by August W. Derleth and lean away from minute and faithful descriptions of gruesome lepers. Amen and R. I. P. The other long novelette, which most mags would call a short, is "The Damp Man," latest contribution from the well-known Allison V. Harding. It is up to the usual Harding quality, but is not sensational. J. Sheridan le Fanu is resurrected for the first of the short stories, with "The Churchyard Yew," a tale of ghostly vengeance which, except for a slightly antiquated style, is no different from any of ten thousand hacked out by contemporary pros...August Derleth Grendon is represented by his latestale, Parrington's Pool. This thing reminded us somewhat of Lord Dunsapy. It is different, worthy of at least passing attention...The one-pager mentioned earlier is by Ray Bradbury and is called "Interim." Remember, back up in ASF, where we said that Sturgeon and Brad could do no wrong literally? Well, this little almost-story tends to back up that rash claim. The subject matter is unorthodox, to say very little. But Brad makes it sound convincing when anybody else would have flunked miserably...Roger S. Vreeland gives with THE ROBE OF FORGETFULNESS, which is primarily a mood if we aren't mistaken. It is neatly done...Stanton...Coblentz comes back with THE DOG THAT CAME BACK, and we were not thrilled by Coblentz's, or the dog's, return..."The Breeze and I," by Mary Elizabeth Counselman, is okay...Carl Jacobi does a filler, THE DIGGING AT PISTOL KEY. Altogether the fiction in Weird continues its old-established tradition of being steadily good but never sensational. Gone forever are the days, it seems, when WT printed masterpieces of fantasy... The artwork is crude symbolism as usual. We don't like it...Coye is on the cover, and does better there than on interiors. The cover is copped by a department rather than a story, an oddity in fantasy pro publishing to say the least. It illustrates WEIRDIS'S a new department, which replaces SUPERSTITIONS AND TABOOS. This new dept will tell about various legendary monsters and evil entities; #1 in the series is vampires. We eagerly await the Fan Critic; that ought to be a really horrible weirdism...the poem is RESURRECTION by Clark Ashton Smith, and is good as befits his poetry. Also of interest in this issue are the ads. Several of them announce books, dealers, and so on which may conceivably interest fen. All in all, this was one of the more interesting WTs. And so closes the review. ############## And that finishes the prozine reviews, which, praise Ghu, will NOT be so long the next issue. And that is a promise. If you had to do the dummies, you'd promise too. We want your comments about SWIMMING THROUGH THE SEWERS. And say more than just that it should be shortened. We know that without being told. What kind of review do you like? Swenson will write them the way you say. And do you think the title is appropriate? Leave us hear from youse, as JoKe says. And remember the Friscon. -- ed
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