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| Editor | Charles D. Events in June Madaraka Day June 1 to commemorate when Kenya gained internal self-rule Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hornig |
| Categories | Fiction, Literature |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 60 |
| Publisher | Charles D. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter This is a list of magazines by overall circulation. A Magazine 's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on average for each issue Hornig |
| First issue | September 1933 |
| Final issue — Number |
February 1935 Vol 2 No 6 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
The Fantasy Fan was a monthly American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in September 1933, which was discontinued 18 issues later in February 1935. Events in September It is the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Overview February was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 in the Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines The year 1933 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1935 in literature involved some significant events and new books The magazine was edited by Charles D. Hornig.
Overview
The Fantasy Fan was considered one of the premier sources of weird and fantasy literature during its short duration, regardless of it being an amateur production. [1] While maintaining a small circulation, approximately sixty copies per issue, it represented a mixture of news, articles, stories, poems, and miscellany connected to weird fiction. [2][3] Included within The Fantasy Fan was a column entitled 'The Boiling Point' which devolved to acrimonious letter exchanges between several of the magazine's regular contributors, including H.P. Lovecraft, Forrest J. Ackerman and Clark Ashton Smith; though this column was terminated with the February 1934 issue. Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy Forrest J Ackerman (born November 24, 1916) is an American collector of Science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction Clark Ashton Smith ( January 13, 1893 - August 14, 1961) was a Poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy [3]
First publication of several works by noteworthy authors resided in The Fantasy Fan, included Lovecraft, Smith, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Robert Bloch. Robert Ervin Howard ( January 22 1906 &ndash June 11 1936) was an American pulp writer of Fantasy, August William Derleth ( February 24 1909 &ndash July 4 1971) was an American writer and anthologist Robert Albert Bloch (April 5 1917 Chicago – September 23 1994 Los Angeles) was a prolific American Writer, primarily of crime Perhaps one of the magazine's greatest achievements, though, was the serialization of the revised version of Lovecraft's "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (October 1933-February 1935); the serialization proceeded until it had reached the middle of Chapter VIII and the magazine folded. The Fantasy Fan also saw the first publication of Lovecraft's stories: "The Other Gods" (November 1933) and "From Beyond" (June 1934) as well as reprints (from amateur papers) of "Polaris" (February 1934) and "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" (October 1934); it also published the poems "The Book" (October 1934), "Pursuit" (October 1934), "The Key" (January 1935), and "Homecoming" (January 1935) from Fungi from Yuggoth cycle. The October 1934 issue was dedicated to Lovecraft. [3]
After the demise of The Fantasy Fan, numerous attempts were made to revive or succeed it, but no magazine truly filled its place as a news organ, a forum for the expression of fan's views, and a venue for work by distinguished writers in the field. [3]
Notes and references
- ^ Moskowitz, Sam (1954), Immortal Storm: A History of Science Fiction Fandom, Classics of Science Fiction, Westport, CT: Hyperion Press (published 1974), pp. Sam Moskowitz ( June 30, 1920 - April 15, 1997) was an early fan and organizer of interest in Science fiction and later a writer critic 18-20, ISBN 978-0883551318.
- ^ Pavlat, Bob & Evans, Bill, The Fanzine Index, New York: Pisor (published 1965), p. 37.
- ^ a b c d Joshi, S.T. & Schultz, David E. Sunand Tryambak Joshi (b 22 June 1958 in Pune, India) is an Indian American Literary Critic, and a leading , An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (published 2001), pp. 90-1, ISBN 978-0313315787.
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