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FANTASY-NEWS
the science fiction weekly newspaper.

NEWS WHILE IT'S HOT

PRICE: THREE ISSUES TEN CENTS

Volume 5, Number 15

Sunday, October   , 1940

Whole Number 120

TALBOT MUNDY, FAMOUS AUTHOR, DIES!

     Talbot Mundy, well-known adventure writer and, on occasions, pseudo-science author, has passed on. Mundy had reached a position of great prominence before his demise, and was recognized as one of America's finest narrators of romantic adventure.

TAINE'S "GREEN FIRE" PRODUCED!

     John Taine's great novel of the near destruction of the Earth by atomic disintregration has been adapted and produced as a play. Leo Margulies, Negus of STANDARD'S group of mags, recently picked up a copy of the play in (of all places) a second hand book shop. The play has been produced several times in the better amateur theatrical circles, usually by college groups. It was produced by a school in Pasadena, California.

ODD ITEMS by FN Reporters.

     Fanfare, published by Art Widner and the members of the Cambridge, Mass. Stranger Club, will be out next Sunday, Oct 13. (aw)
     Thos. S. Gardiner, popular fan and author, has had a research article published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society in collaboration with M.L. Wolfrom as part of his work in the Chemistry Lab at Ohio State University. (wss)
     John J. Ricci of Brooklyn, N.Y. is starting the Brooklyn Science Fiction League. He has five members, one of whom is a reporter for the New York Heral Tribune. (ao)
     Models of prehistoric monsters were on sale at the Alchemist Corner of the Pastorama exhibit at the N.Y. World's Fair. (ao)
     A five minute total eclipse of the sun took place on Oct. 1, visible in Southern Hemisphere. (ao)

H.L. GOLD & OSCAR J. FRIEND ARE OFFICE EMPLOYEES OF STANDARD PUBS.

     H.L. Gold and Oscar J. Friend who have been doing so many cover yarns for THRILLING WONDER STORIES lately are now revealed to be regular staff employees of STANDARD Publications. A cover, ordered at the last minute, will come in and no story on file will fit it. Either Friend or Gold are then quickly drafted to create a yarn about the cover in double-quick time. The results have been truly remarkable.
     Leo Margulies, STANDARD!S genial chief, also revealed that Mort Weisinger does not do the lion's share of the work on the various mags. He claims that about ten fellows in the office share the labor and that the result is what we view in the fantasy books published by STANDARD. Stories must be O.K'd. by at least three readers before acceptance, and none of the novels are accepted without the author first submitting and having     accepted an outline by Margulies himself.
     TWS will shortly pursue an entirely new policy. The lead novel will be put up in front of the book in standard ten point type instead of the usual eight. The length will be increased from 20,000 to 30,000 words. Novelets will no longer be accepted, and after those on hand are used up, only the long novel and several shorts will see print.

WATER PIRATE MYSTERY SOLVED!

     Graph Waldeyer, well known stfan, has received a check for his yarn "Beings Like These", which will appear in the Jan SUPERSCIENCE under the pseudonym of E.A. Grosser.

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FANTASY-NEWS the science fiction weekly newspaper. NEWS WHILE IT'S HOT PRICE: THREE ISSUES TEN CENTS Volume 5, Number 15 Sunday, October , 1940 Whole Number 120 TALBOT MUNDY, FAMOUS AUTHOR, DIES! Talbot Mundy, well-known adventure writer and, on occasions, pseudo-science author, has passed on. Mundy had reached a position of great prominence before his demise, and was recognized as one of America's finest narrators of romantic adventure. TAINE'S "GREEN FIRE" PRODUCED! John Taine's great novel of the near destruction of the Earth by atomic disintregration has been adapted and produced as a play. Leo Margulies, Negus of STANDARD'S group of mags, recently picked up a copy of the play in (of all places) a second hand book shop. The play has been produced several times in the better amateur theatrical circles, usually by college groups. It was produced by a school in Pasadena, California. ODD ITEMS by FN Reporters. Fanfare, published by Art Widner and the members of the Cambridge, Mass. Stranger Club, will be out next Sunday, Oct 13. (aw) Thos. S. Gardiner, popular fan and author, has had a research article published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society in collaboration with M.L. Wolfrom as part of his work in the Chemistry Lab at Ohio State University. (wss) John J. Ricci of Brooklyn, N.Y. is starting the Brooklyn Science Fiction League. He has five members, one of whom is a reporter for the New York Heral Tribune. (ao) Models of prehistoric monsters were on sale at the Alchemist Corner of the Pastorama exhibit at the N.Y. World's Fair. (ao) A five minute total eclipse of the sun took place on Oct. 1, visible in Southern Hemisphere. (ao) H.L. GOLD & OSCAR J. FRIEND ARE OFFICE EMPLOYEES OF STANDARD PUBS. H.L. Gold and Oscar J. Friend who have been doing so many cover yarns for THRILLING WONDER STORIES lately are now revealed to be regular staff employees of STANDARD Publications. A cover, ordered at the last minute, will come in and no story on file will fit it. Either Friend or Gold are then quickly drafted to create a yarn about the cover in double-quick time. The results have been truly remarkable. Leo Margulies, STANDARD!S genial chief, also revealed that Mort Weisinger does not do the lion's share of the work on the various mags. He claims that about ten fellows in the office share the labor and that the result is what we view in the fantasy books published by STANDARD. Stories must be O.K'd. by at least three readers before acceptance, and none of the novels are accepted without the author first submitting and having accepted an outline by Margulies himself. TWS will shortly pursue an entirely new policy. The lead novel will be put up in front of the book in standard ten point type instead of the usual eight. The length will be increased from 20,000 to 30,000 words. Novelets will no longer be accepted, and after those on hand are used up, only the long novel and several shorts will see print. WATER PIRATE MYSTERY SOLVED! Graph Waldeyer, well known stfan, has received a check for his yarn "Beings Like These", which will appear in the Jan SUPERSCIENCE under the pseudonym of E.A. Grosser.