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Fantasy Magazine, v. 4, issue 4, whole no. 28, February-March 1935
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boils. When he reviewed Well's "Shape of Things to Come" he was strongly tempted to call it "The Smell of Stinks to Come." Believes "The Blind Spot" was one of the best stories ever written, but can't say as much for the sequel. Some time ago Brandt had repeatedly turned down the work of a writer living in Newark. In fact, he wrote the aspiring author telling him to lay off science fiction as he didn't know anything about it couldn't write and acceptable story. Nevertheless, the author sent in still another yarn and appended a note to it saying that if Brandt didn't accept it he'd "come down and knock his block off." Brandt rejected the story, but fortunately the author failed to carry out his threat. On another occasion Brandt received a visitor in his editorial office. Quite an old man, he was apparently down an out. He had brought along a tin box which he explained he found in an old trunk belonging to his father. Inside the box was a handwritten manuscript about 50 years old. "it was the craziest thing I ever read, " Brandt declared, "written in a queer, involved style, and telling of flying machines wrecked at the North Pole when they ran against a wall of petrified air." When the man came back a few days later and learned that the story had been rejected he broke down and wept. he was penniless and had hoped the sale of the story might tide him over for a few days. Brandt gave the old man ten dollars. He reveals that the prize winning story in Amazing's 1926 cover contest, "The Retreat to Mars," was submitted in handwritten form. Brandt introduced the first calculating machines in America. He likes to encourage authors and often goes out of his way to point out their weaknesses and faults. Is a firm believer in the maxim,
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boils. When he reviewed Well's "Shape of Things to Come" he was strongly tempted to call it "The Smell of Stinks to Come." Believes "The Blind Spot" was one of the best stories ever written, but can't say as much for the sequel. Some time ago Brandt had repeatedly turned down the work of a writer living in Newark. In fact, he wrote the aspiring author telling him to lay off science fiction as he didn't know anything about it couldn't write and acceptable story. Nevertheless, the author sent in still another yarn and appended a note to it saying that if Brandt didn't accept it he'd "come down and knock his block off." Brandt rejected the story, but fortunately the author failed to carry out his threat. On another occasion Brandt received a visitor in his editorial office. Quite an old man, he was apparently down an out. He had brought along a tin box which he explained he found in an old trunk belonging to his father. Inside the box was a handwritten manuscript about 50 years old. "it was the craziest thing I ever read, " Brandt declared, "written in a queer, involved style, and telling of flying machines wrecked at the North Pole when they ran against a wall of petrified air." When the man came back a few days later and learned that the story had been rejected he broke down and wept. he was penniless and had hoped the sale of the story might tide him over for a few days. Brandt gave the old man ten dollars. He reveals that the prize winning story in Amazing's 1926 cover contest, "The Retreat to Mars," was submitted in handwritten form. Brandt introduced the first calculating machines in America. He likes to encourage authors and often goes out of his way to point out their weaknesses and faults. Is a firm believer in the maxim,
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