As for books themselves, I am not so interested in them, but do have "The Day of the Brown Horde", "Moon Terror", "Ralph 124C 41+", "Ship of Ishtar", "Purple Sapphire", "Conquest of Space" autographed, "Planet of Peril" and works of Burroughs, Rockwood, etc.
(Next month Mr. Ackerman continues and tells about the more singular sections of his collections—don't miss it.)
MY FAVORITE FANTASY STORY
by Allen Glasser
The first worthwhile work of scientific fantasy which I read was H. G. Wells' "Time Machine." I encountered it a good many years ago, and I have since read countless other scientales; but my affection and esteem for "The Time Machine" has not wavered, nor do I believe I will ever have occasion to revise my opinion of it as the finest piece of science fiction ever written.
"The Time Machine" is outstanding as the most original of all time-travelling stories, and also as a fictional forerunner of Einstein's concept of the fourth dimension. But even were it not famous on these two accounts, it would live because of its tense drama, its superb imagination.
ABOUT AUTHORS
The two authors with the most stories to their credit are Dr. David H. Keller and Clark Ashton Smith, with Edmond Hamilton and Seabury Quinn about tie for third place…. "An Adventure on Eros" in the September, 1931 Wonder Stories by J. Harvey Haggard was the shortest story ever to cop a cover, and C. Siodmak's "Eggs From Lake Tanganyika" in the July, 1926 Amazing was the next shortest…. Out of about thirty stories written by Robert E. Howard, two have appeared in Strange Tales and the rest in Weird…. Five fantasy authors are Nard, Neil R., Ralph T., T. R., and W. Knapp Jones. Keller has collaborated on only one story; "The Time Projector" with David Lasser in Wonder…. Raymond Knight, 'Ambrose J. Weims' of the KUKU radio program wrote the only play Amazing ever published: "Just Around the Corner" in the July, 1928 issue…. After having several stories published, W. K. Mashburn, Jr., changed his name to Kirk Mashburn…. Philip Francis Nowlan's yarns in Amazing: "Armageddon, 2419, A.D." (August, 1928) and "Airlords of Han" (March, 1929) were the forerunners of the Buck Rogers comic strip and the radio program…. Fletcher Pratt's stories, except for "The War of the Giants," "The Mad Destroyer," and "The Onslaught From Rigel," are all collaborations…. Seabury Quinn has the honor of having the longest series of stories to his credit. Jules de Grandin, the little French detective has been a favorite of fantasy readers for more than eight years, and has appeared in more than forty stories…. Victor Rousseau was the only author to have more than one story in Miracle, Science and Fantasy Stories…. "The Moon Doom" in Wonder was written by four authors, and was surpassed by the Science Fiction Digest's super-serial composed by seventeen authors…. More next month….
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