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Tellus, issue 2, November 1941
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TELLUS PAGE FOURTEEN From the tight little isle Walter Gillings announced his efforts in the fan publishing world. Do you remember "SCIENTIFICTION, the British Fantasy Review"? Gillings had this to say about it: "As a keen student of science fiction--which I believe you to be--you will naturally be interested in any attempt to popularise this fascinating literature still further in this country. Doubtless you will have noticed the recent incursion of the fantasy element into several fields; and it is evident that its development as a distinct branch of popular literature has already begun. "For nearly ten years now, British fantasy lovers have had to rely on magazines imported from America to supply their favorite form of reading matter. But I have good reason to suppose that, within a few months, a prominent London publishing house will be producing the first British scientifiction magazine. "This eagerly-awaited event will almost certainly be the forerunner of other interesting developments in this direction. You will, of course, want to hear of these developments, and receive advance information of the projected magazine, which I am in a position to obtain as soon as preparations are completed. "I therefore propose, in view of what is to come, to establish a medium whereby you may keep in touch with the growth of the science fiction movement in Great Britain, which is destined to make great strides in the future. This will take the form of a journal to be distributed to subscribers at regular intervals, and inform them of developments as they mature." "SCIENTIFICTION" was very neatly and professionally gotten up. It was printed on a good grade of paper, written for by all the leading British authors. One of the best fan magazines ever published; far ahead of anything produced today in point of quality, and the serious, mature attitude it adopted. And what about the FANTASY FAN? Ahhhh! There was a mag that was a mag....How Charley Hornig ever managed to financially keep going for such a long time is one of life's major mysteries. Hornig used to send around little leaflets about four inches square advertising "the fan's own magazine." Did Jim Blish ever get around to publishing CURIOUS STORIES? I recall receiving an ad for it, which said, "This magazine is really different." Hmmm.... Where are all the glamorous ads that fans used to send out? I kept a scrap-book of them in the old days. Now, I imagine no one has the time or the money,since the fan field has become so much larger. So . . . there it is. The second instalment of LIMBO. Utterly unpredictable and haphazard. We never know what it's going to be the next time. It's merely the rakings and gleanings of all the dope we have about the place pertaining to fantasy. And as we said in the last issue, just what would you like to see in this department?
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TELLUS PAGE FOURTEEN From the tight little isle Walter Gillings announced his efforts in the fan publishing world. Do you remember "SCIENTIFICTION, the British Fantasy Review"? Gillings had this to say about it: "As a keen student of science fiction--which I believe you to be--you will naturally be interested in any attempt to popularise this fascinating literature still further in this country. Doubtless you will have noticed the recent incursion of the fantasy element into several fields; and it is evident that its development as a distinct branch of popular literature has already begun. "For nearly ten years now, British fantasy lovers have had to rely on magazines imported from America to supply their favorite form of reading matter. But I have good reason to suppose that, within a few months, a prominent London publishing house will be producing the first British scientifiction magazine. "This eagerly-awaited event will almost certainly be the forerunner of other interesting developments in this direction. You will, of course, want to hear of these developments, and receive advance information of the projected magazine, which I am in a position to obtain as soon as preparations are completed. "I therefore propose, in view of what is to come, to establish a medium whereby you may keep in touch with the growth of the science fiction movement in Great Britain, which is destined to make great strides in the future. This will take the form of a journal to be distributed to subscribers at regular intervals, and inform them of developments as they mature." "SCIENTIFICTION" was very neatly and professionally gotten up. It was printed on a good grade of paper, written for by all the leading British authors. One of the best fan magazines ever published; far ahead of anything produced today in point of quality, and the serious, mature attitude it adopted. And what about the FANTASY FAN? Ahhhh! There was a mag that was a mag....How Charley Hornig ever managed to financially keep going for such a long time is one of life's major mysteries. Hornig used to send around little leaflets about four inches square advertising "the fan's own magazine." Did Jim Blish ever get around to publishing CURIOUS STORIES? I recall receiving an ad for it, which said, "This magazine is really different." Hmmm.... Where are all the glamorous ads that fans used to send out? I kept a scrap-book of them in the old days. Now, I imagine no one has the time or the money,since the fan field has become so much larger. So . . . there it is. The second instalment of LIMBO. Utterly unpredictable and haphazard. We never know what it's going to be the next time. It's merely the rakings and gleanings of all the dope we have about the place pertaining to fantasy. And as we said in the last issue, just what would you like to see in this department?
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