Part 2

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....

EARTHLING SPURNS MARTIAN!

Inhabitant of Neighboring Planet

Doubts Visitor's Origin

(Special rocket dispatch to Martian News)

by Allen Glasser, Terrestrial Correspondent

SANFRAN-SISKO, Earth, Aug. 10: [delayed by meteors]--An amusing incident occurred here today when Sahr Kastik, Martian explorer who is touring the planets by astral projection, materialized suddenly before one of the city's inhabitants, a young Earthling named Efjay Akkamin.

The latter did not seem greatly surprised. "Where did you come from?" he asked calmly.

"From the world you call Mars," replied Sahr, using telepathy, of course.

"Hooey," retorted Akkamin. "Martians are all twelve feet tall, with big chests and at least four arms, and you look just like anybody else here."

"But I always assume the appearance of the natives whose planets I visit," Sahr explained. "So you see----"

"Nertz," interrupted Akkamin. "I have read too much science fiction to be fooled by a phony Martian. So scram."

And there was nothing for Sahr to do but "scram," which is a quaint Earth term for making one's departure hurriedly.

SEQUELS--BY POPULAR DEMAND

by Walt Z. Russjuchi

Sequels to stories are few and far between, and the reasons for writing sequels are still fewer. Briefly there are two. The first, because it is a time-saving device. An author wishes to write a story, and it is simpler for him to continue the adventures of a character he has already created and who is familiar to the magazine world than to create a plot with a new locale and new characterizations. The second, because the readers demand a sequel. Perhaps they have liked a character in a story and would like to read more about him. Perhaps the story ends unsatisfactorily or even disastrously, whereupon the reader wants a sequel with the hero coming out on top and the ending to be all for the best. In this article we are concerned with the latter reason. Should we consider the stories that had sequels because of popular demand we will have a list of some of the best stories that have been written (in the fantastic field).

The first noteworthy fantasyarn to have a sequel was George Allan England's famous "Darkness and Dawn," which appeared in the 1912 Cavalier. For more than a year after the publication of this serial the editor was constantly deluged with requests for a sequel. Finally, in 1913, it appeared, "Beyond the Great Oblivion," and then again because of further petitions for another sequel Mr. England penned "The After Glow," the last of the trilogy, which are so popular even to this day.

In 1918 A. Merritt wrote a novelette for All-Story that was destined to make science fiction history. It was the famous "The Moon Pool." Those who read the story created a great demand for further adventures in the strange domain of the "moon pool." Thus in 1919 Mr. Merritt obliged with "The Conquest of the Moon Pool."

In the same magazine appeared an occult interplanetary serial by J. U. Giesy, "Palos of the Dog-Star Pack." Readers acclaimed it one of the best of the interplanetary stories, and two sequels, "The Mouthpiece of Zitu" and "Jason Son of Jason" appeared to satisfy the public's thirsting for more adventures on the Dog-Star.

(Do not miss part two of this series, which will appear next month.)

PRINTS HIS "YARNS"

Westfield Man Writes Novelette of Scientific Type

(Special to the Journal)

WESTFIELD, July 11--In order to prove to his wife that the amount of time he spent in his laboratory was not entirely wasted and was, among other things, of considerable value in entertaining and instructing his three children, Henry J. Kostkos, of 253 Scotch Plains Avenue, formed the habit of telling them stories of future science based upon his experiments. One of these yarns, a novelette entitled "The Meteor-Men of Plaa," appears as the feature story in the current issue of Amazing Stories magazine.

Mr. Kostkos' stories rival the scientific prophecies of Jules Verne, Conan-Doyle, and H. G. Wells. When told to his daughters, their eyes opened wide with interest as he related how inhabitants of the Earth would some day travel in huge space ships to distant planets and there encounter strange creatures who used wonder devices beyond the range of imagination.

To illustrate his yarns he built models of rocket ships and miniature sets showing grotesque monsters, and performed electrical experiments in his laboratory that often startled his children into credulity.

Engineering, science and writing are not new to Mr. Kostkos, who is a professional engineer. He has heretofore specialized in technical articles and papers. He is employed at Western Electric Company, Kearny Works, where he is in charge of special reports and publications in the equipment engineering department.

[The above article was printed in the Elizabeth Daily Journal last month.]

THE SCIENCE FICTION ALPHABET

by Allen Glasser

A's for Amazing, the first of its kind; It keeps going strong while the rest drop behind.

B is for Burroughs, the great Edgar Rice; No mag gets his yarns if they don't meet his price.

C is for Cummings, whose stuff is okay, Though some of his plots have grown rather gray.

D's for Dimension--the Fourth one we mean; It's mighty well known, though it's never been seen.

E is for Earthmen who wander through space, Calmly subduing each troublesome race.

F is for Forrest, most famous of fans; The letters he's written would fill sev'ral vans.

G is for Gilmore; the first name is Tony. His writing's okay, but that moniker's phony.

H is for Hamilton, who has written a lot; He sure makes good use of his favorite plot.

I's for Invaders who seek Earth to hold, Until they are slain by our hero so bold.

J is for Jupiter and each Jovian moon; To fantasy writers they sure are a boon.

K is for Keller, who lives in Penn State; He can't get a cover though his stories are great.

L is for Luna, our own satellite; It's appeared in more yarns than I'm able to cite.

M is for Mars, way up in the sky, Without it, we fear, science fiction would die.

(concluded next month)

FORECASTS

In our October number we will continue our Club News; Schwartz's 'How to Collect Fantasy Fiction;' The Boiling Point; Forrest Ackerman's description of his collection; our 'About Authors' and 'Conglamitorial'. Also, we will introduce that Chinescientifictionut, Hoy Ping Pong with his satires; a new column by Allen Glasser 'In the Field of Fantasy;' 'Howls from the Ether' by the Spacehound; 'A Sad Story of the Future' by Ackerman; other articles; a new cash contest.

But--now comes the important announcement! We will print a brand new tale by Clark Ashton Smith in our November issue! Mr. Smith declares that "The Kingdom of the Worm" is one of his weirdest and most original stories. No one will want to miss this! And, to cap the climax, his graveyard horror tale "The Ghoul" will appear in December.

TO STF COLLECTORS:

I am disposing of my entire scientifiction library, containing complete sets of every scientifiction magazine, 1924 to 1933, and a number of scientifiction books. In addition to Amazing Stories, Science and Air Wonder Stories, Astounding Stories, Wonder Stories, Amazing Quarterly, Science Wonder and Wonder Stories Quarterly, Weird Tales, Strange Tales, the Argosy stf, The Time Traveller, Science Fiction, and Science Fiction Digest, I offer such rarities as the Amazing Stories Annual, the Weird Tales Anniversary Number, the two issues of Miracle Science & Fantasy Stories, and the first print of 'The Face in the Abyss.' These magazines and books are in perfect condition. They go to the highest bids; otherwise at original price. Write for a complete list.

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COSMOS

The stupendous interplanetary serial which is written by Seventeen Masters of Science Fiction runs exclusively in the SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST

Other features in the September SFD

"The Girl from Venus" a short story by Rae Winters.

Biographies of L. A. Eshbach & P. Wylie

"Black Lem Gulliver" by P. S. Miller

"Alicia in Blunderland" by Nihil

"Fantasy Foolery" by Charles D. Hornig

Gossip columns end other articles.

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SELLING OUT rare science fiction collection at bargain prices. Write for list.

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SCIENTIFIC and weird fiction (books and magazines) bought, sold, exchanged. Send want list and stamp for prices. "The Metal Giants," by Edmond Hamilton, 10 cents postpaid.

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End of Project Gutenberg's The Fantasy Fan September 1933, by Various