THE FANTASY FAN: THE FAN'S OWN MAGAZINE

by THE FANTASY FAN: THE FAN'S OWN MAGAZINE. September 1933 - February 1935 (volume 1, number 1 - volume 2, number 6 [whole numbers 1-18]). Edited by Charles D. Hornig

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Elizabeth, New Jersey: Charles D. Hornig, 1933-1935. Darkening to cheap paper but pages quite supple, the full set is attractively bound a full leather binding with front and spine stamped in gold. Complete sets are rare. (31883). Octavo, 18 issues, printed or self wrappers. The first important weird fiction fanzine, and one of the most desirable of the fanzines of the thirties. For two years it published news and fiction related to the genre. Stories first published in THE FANTASY FAN include H. P. Lovecraft's "The Other Gods" and "From Beyond," Clark Ashton Smith's "The Epiphany of Death," "The Ghoul," "The Kingdom of the Worm," and "The Primal City," as well as tales by Robert Bloch, August Derleth, Robert E. Howard, David H. Keller and others. THE FANTASY FAN was "an interesting mix of news, articles, stories, poems, and miscellany. Hornig however, made an error in initiating a column of controversy entitled 'The Boiling Point,' which quickly led to acrimonious letter exchanges between Lovecraft, Forrest J. Ackerman, Clark Ashton Smith, and numerous others; the column was terminated with the February 1934 issue. Perhaps Hornig's greatest accomplishment was the serialization of the revised version of Lovecraft's 'Supernatural Horror in Literature' (October 1933-February 1935). However, the serialization proceeded at such a slow pace that it had reached only the middle of Chapter VIII before the magazine folded. THE FANTASY FAN also saw the first publication of Lovecraft's

• Publisher: Charles D. Hornig
• Year: 1933
• Binding: unknown

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