Science Fantasy Correspondent
An Anthology of Variations on a Theme
Arlington, Virginia: Carrollton Clark, 1975. cover art by Edward Samuels. First. Softcover wraps, illustrated, glued binding, 64 pp.
Willis Conover was a noted Lovecraft correspondent who in 1936 started his own fanzine. In 1975 he published one last issue of Science-Fantasy Correspondent, featuring letters from Lovecraft and Kenneth Sterling's memoir, Caverns Measureless to Man and with facsimile reprint pages of the original Science-Fantasy. The cover is Illustrated with a modified version of H.P. Lovecraft’s personal bookplate picturing HPL's doorway at 66 College Street. This is the only issue.
Contents
Introduction (Science-Fantasy Correspondent One) • essay by Willis Conover
The Perpetual Honeymoon • (1936) • short story by David H. Keller, M.D.
Psychology and Characterization • (1936) • essay by Jack Williamson
Fantasy Film Bits • (1936) • essay by Henry Kuttner
Odds and Ends (Science-Fantasy Correspondent) • (1936) • essay by uncredited
Letter (Science-Fantasy Correspondent) • (1936) • essay by David H. Keller, M.D.
Letter (Science-Fantasy Correspondent) • (1936) • essay by Edward E. Smith
Hit and Run: News of the Fantasy World's Latest Doings • essay by Joseph Allan Ryan
New Settings: Villiers de L'Isle-Adam • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
The Duke of Portland • short fiction by Villers de L'Isle-Adam
First Patrol • short story by Joseph Bryan, III
First Patrol • interior artwork by Edward Samuels
To the House Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
To the House Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications • interior artwork by Robert McCall [as by Robert T. McCall]
The Emperor's Suit • essay by Empiricus
Last Autumn, Last Winter • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
Last Autumn, Last Winter • interior artwork by Ron Miller
The Guise of Youth • poem by Robert E. Howard
In Search of Lovecraft • essay by I. Kenneth Sterling
In Search of Lovecraft • interior artwork by Edward Samuels
Caverns Measureless to Man • essay by Kenneth Sterling
The Wine-Dark Sea • (1966) • novelette by Robert Aickman
The Wine-Dark Sea • interior artwork by Edward Samuels
Other Pleasures • essay by Empiricus
very good, light shelf wear. Item #58Price: $25.00