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Fantasy Commentator, v. 1, issue 6, Spring 1945
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118 FANTASY COMMENTATOR course utterly inapplicable. Worse, there is a confusion here between amplitude and velocity, terms which, needless to remark, are scarcely synonymous. The mass of the sun shifts the emitted light toward the red, but has no effect on its velocity, although its electromagnetic and gravitational fields may bend the light. The concept of light starting out with a higher velocity and slowing down to c by constant friction is more amusing than anything else! 45-2-B: Of course it is possible to locate the sites of the lost cities Mr. Shaver claims to have discovered. If found as stated, then every reputable scientist in the world will revise and re-write history in the light of the new findings. But do not be surprised if the usual fictional earthquake, landslide or tidal wave has destroyed the entrance---with, in my opinion, the fictional civilization that was supposedly beyond it... Editor Palmer could have been more clever in his footnotes and made fewer scientific errors---but of course, as the new reader-group that was to be attracted abhors science, this was unnecessary. I predict that this new policy will be an outstanding success, and that the Lemurian hoax will go on for years, possibly becoming a permanent esoteric feature of Amazing Stories. Frankly, I admire Editor Palmer---up until now, no one in his position has been willing to contact the crack-pots. It shows his wisdom in knowing just what to feed readers: exactly what they want, no matter what it is. Congratulations! and I hope similar analyses of future stories in this series will prove as interesting as I have tried to make this one. (Editor's note: This manuscript reached me January 2, 1945. I mention this because, in the interim between the date of compilation and that of publication, a number of Mr. Gardner's predictions have already been fulfilled. In Fanews #104, January 27, 1945, Editor Palmer has stated that letters then pouring in were indeed confirming the "truth" of "I Remember Lemuria." Mr. Palmer claims also to be in possession (due to readers' help) of "the compilation of the Lemurian language" and that readers' research assures him that "a sensational discovery" has been made. On the basis of this, support from the active veteran fans has been requested in order to help "push this new type of fiction to the top." After seeing the beautiful accuracy with which Gardner has called his shots, I doubt very much if a single important fan will lift a finger in this respect.) ---oOo--- The Dark Cavalier by Margaret Widdimer I am the Dark Cavalier; I am the Last Lover: / My arms shall welcome you when other arms are tired; / I stand to wait for you, patient in the darkness, / Offering forgetfulness of all that you desired. I ask no merriment, no pretense of gladness. / I can love heavy lides and lips without their rose, / Though you are sorrowful you will not weary me; / I will not go from you when all the tired world goes. I am the Dark Cavalier; I am the Last Lover; / I promise faithfulness no other lips may keep; / Safe in my bridal place, comforted by darkness, / You shall lie happily, smiling in your sleep.
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118 FANTASY COMMENTATOR course utterly inapplicable. Worse, there is a confusion here between amplitude and velocity, terms which, needless to remark, are scarcely synonymous. The mass of the sun shifts the emitted light toward the red, but has no effect on its velocity, although its electromagnetic and gravitational fields may bend the light. The concept of light starting out with a higher velocity and slowing down to c by constant friction is more amusing than anything else! 45-2-B: Of course it is possible to locate the sites of the lost cities Mr. Shaver claims to have discovered. If found as stated, then every reputable scientist in the world will revise and re-write history in the light of the new findings. But do not be surprised if the usual fictional earthquake, landslide or tidal wave has destroyed the entrance---with, in my opinion, the fictional civilization that was supposedly beyond it... Editor Palmer could have been more clever in his footnotes and made fewer scientific errors---but of course, as the new reader-group that was to be attracted abhors science, this was unnecessary. I predict that this new policy will be an outstanding success, and that the Lemurian hoax will go on for years, possibly becoming a permanent esoteric feature of Amazing Stories. Frankly, I admire Editor Palmer---up until now, no one in his position has been willing to contact the crack-pots. It shows his wisdom in knowing just what to feed readers: exactly what they want, no matter what it is. Congratulations! and I hope similar analyses of future stories in this series will prove as interesting as I have tried to make this one. (Editor's note: This manuscript reached me January 2, 1945. I mention this because, in the interim between the date of compilation and that of publication, a number of Mr. Gardner's predictions have already been fulfilled. In Fanews #104, January 27, 1945, Editor Palmer has stated that letters then pouring in were indeed confirming the "truth" of "I Remember Lemuria." Mr. Palmer claims also to be in possession (due to readers' help) of "the compilation of the Lemurian language" and that readers' research assures him that "a sensational discovery" has been made. On the basis of this, support from the active veteran fans has been requested in order to help "push this new type of fiction to the top." After seeing the beautiful accuracy with which Gardner has called his shots, I doubt very much if a single important fan will lift a finger in this respect.) ---oOo--- The Dark Cavalier by Margaret Widdimer I am the Dark Cavalier; I am the Last Lover: / My arms shall welcome you when other arms are tired; / I stand to wait for you, patient in the darkness, / Offering forgetfulness of all that you desired. I ask no merriment, no pretense of gladness. / I can love heavy lides and lips without their rose, / Though you are sorrowful you will not weary me; / I will not go from you when all the tired world goes. I am the Dark Cavalier; I am the Last Lover; / I promise faithfulness no other lips may keep; / Safe in my bridal place, comforted by darkness, / You shall lie happily, smiling in your sleep.
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