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Fantasy Magazine, v. 4, issue 4, whole no. 28, February-March 1935
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FANTASY 89 AN INTERVIEW WITH C. A. BRANDT It is not generally known, but C. A. Brandt is regarded as "unofficial" associate editor of Amazing Stories. Dr. Sloane turns over all submitted manuscripts to Brandt for first reading in order to get his estimate of the stories, which Sloane values highly. The older readers will recollect that Brandt has been connected with the editorial staff of both Amazing and Wonder Stories. Born in 1879, in Germany, Brandt received an education at Heidelburg University where he majored in chemistry. He served as an apprentice in a pharmacy and later traveled to South America collecting orchids and butterflies for a commercial house. Soon after he came to the United States and has lived here ever since. He didn't take up arms during the World War because he preferred not to fight the battles of the industrialists and capitalists. In need of relaxation, he collected science-fiction : books, Argosy classics, original editions containing Wells' science fiction and other rarities. His love for science fiction had its origin in Germany where as a mere youth he had spent his spare cash for a set of Jules Vern's works. At present he has one of the largest science fiction collections, both English and foreign. In his search for science fiction he frequented one store in particular. In 1926, when Hugo Gernsback was in need of some one who was an authority on science fiction to help him edit his new magazine, Amazing Stories, he chanced to hear of this avid collector, Brandt, from this book store dealer. Gernsback got in touch with him and put him on Amazing's editorial staff. It was Brandt who selected the reprints that appeared in the first issues of this magazine. Kurt Siodmak's "Eggs from Lake Tanganyika," which appeared in the July, 1926 issue, was translated from the German by Brandt. Gernsback also entrusted him with rhe task of selecting the best of the original stories that were soon coming in. However, Brandt was perplexed to discover that he couldn't find any really good manuscripts, and wondered if it were because the stories wee in typewritten form, rather than in the usual printed magazine. He disproved this supposition by typing some choice stories from his own collection, and rereading them in typewritten form. When he saw that they were still good, he realized that he was correct in believing the submitted manuscripts were poor. The first story he accepted for Amazing was A. H. Verrill's "Beyond the Pole." His favorite science fiction authors are Keller, Starzl, Manning, Dominik, Hamilton, and Balmer & Wylie. For writers of pure fantasy he prefers A. Merritt, Lovecraft, C. A. Smith, and Rousseau. Altho he lists Edmond Hamilton as one of his favorites he scowls each time he uses flat disks as flying apparatus in his stories, and upon coming across Hamilton's expression "Thundering Suns!" he simply
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FANTASY 89 AN INTERVIEW WITH C. A. BRANDT It is not generally known, but C. A. Brandt is regarded as "unofficial" associate editor of Amazing Stories. Dr. Sloane turns over all submitted manuscripts to Brandt for first reading in order to get his estimate of the stories, which Sloane values highly. The older readers will recollect that Brandt has been connected with the editorial staff of both Amazing and Wonder Stories. Born in 1879, in Germany, Brandt received an education at Heidelburg University where he majored in chemistry. He served as an apprentice in a pharmacy and later traveled to South America collecting orchids and butterflies for a commercial house. Soon after he came to the United States and has lived here ever since. He didn't take up arms during the World War because he preferred not to fight the battles of the industrialists and capitalists. In need of relaxation, he collected science-fiction : books, Argosy classics, original editions containing Wells' science fiction and other rarities. His love for science fiction had its origin in Germany where as a mere youth he had spent his spare cash for a set of Jules Vern's works. At present he has one of the largest science fiction collections, both English and foreign. In his search for science fiction he frequented one store in particular. In 1926, when Hugo Gernsback was in need of some one who was an authority on science fiction to help him edit his new magazine, Amazing Stories, he chanced to hear of this avid collector, Brandt, from this book store dealer. Gernsback got in touch with him and put him on Amazing's editorial staff. It was Brandt who selected the reprints that appeared in the first issues of this magazine. Kurt Siodmak's "Eggs from Lake Tanganyika," which appeared in the July, 1926 issue, was translated from the German by Brandt. Gernsback also entrusted him with rhe task of selecting the best of the original stories that were soon coming in. However, Brandt was perplexed to discover that he couldn't find any really good manuscripts, and wondered if it were because the stories wee in typewritten form, rather than in the usual printed magazine. He disproved this supposition by typing some choice stories from his own collection, and rereading them in typewritten form. When he saw that they were still good, he realized that he was correct in believing the submitted manuscripts were poor. The first story he accepted for Amazing was A. H. Verrill's "Beyond the Pole." His favorite science fiction authors are Keller, Starzl, Manning, Dominik, Hamilton, and Balmer & Wylie. For writers of pure fantasy he prefers A. Merritt, Lovecraft, C. A. Smith, and Rousseau. Altho he lists Edmond Hamilton as one of his favorites he scowls each time he uses flat disks as flying apparatus in his stories, and upon coming across Hamilton's expression "Thundering Suns!" he simply
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