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jjb1011jjb Oct 20, 2009, 12:25 PM

recently i celibrated my 24th birthday

as a gift i recieved a replica of weird tales Jul/Aug 1923 issue

the opening story a 2 part story called sunfire by Gertrude Barrows Bennett aka Francis Stevens shes a cited influence of both Lovecraft and Merritt

its a story of five explorers who come upon a uncharted island where things aurnt quite as they seem

its a great lost world story

Erik Mona (Publisher) Oct 20, 2009, 12:44 PM

Sounds very much like a Merritt set up!

I hope you enjoy THE SHIP OF ISHTAR. It's really wonderful.

Elflock Oct 20, 2009, 08:57 PM

jjb1011jjb wrote:

recently i celibrated my 24th birthday

as a gift i recieved a replica of weird tales Jul/Aug 1923 issue

the opening story a 2 part story called sunfire by Gertrude Barrows Bennett aka Francis Stevens shes a cited influence of both Lovecraft and Merritt

its a story of five explorers who come upon a uncharted island where things aurnt quite as they seem

its a great lost world story

Try to find,'The Citadel of Fear',by Francis Stevens. Seriously,this is a classic! Anyone who likes Merritt should get this (there was a Paperback Library edition from 1970). She also had one called 'Claimed' which was another classic and several others that I haven't been able to find. Her shorter fiction would make a good collection...hint,hint.

Erik Mona (Publisher) Oct 22, 2009, 02:13 PM

I have never even heard of her.

Blue Tyson (nullPlanet Stories Subscriber) Oct 22, 2009, 05:31 PM

You should have, if you have been researching early fantasy!

You can see Project Gutenberg Australia for some stuff.

Erik Mona (Publisher) Oct 22, 2009, 10:09 PM

::shrug::

I'm only human!

Aberzombie (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber) Oct 23, 2009, 03:02 AM

Runs in and throws a pie in Mona's face

For Soupy!!!!

Elflock Oct 23, 2009, 06:24 PM

Erik Mona wrote:

I have never even heard of her.

"Francis Stevens was the most gifted woman writer of science-fiction and science-fantasy between Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and C.L.Moore" (Sam Moscowitz)

It's true!

Erik Mona (Publisher) Oct 25, 2009, 03:49 PM

I will have to check her out.

jjb1011jjb Oct 25, 2009, 09:24 PM

this story Sunfire got me psyched to read the ship of ishtar so i just ordered the ship of ishtar im hopeing its great

in keeping with my system of buying 2 planet stories at a time i also got worlds of their own as a bonus book

Erik Mona (Publisher) Oct 27, 2009, 12:46 PM

Cool! Thanks for checking out our books. Please report back to the community with your thoughts!

Elflock Oct 29, 2009, 08:30 PM

Erik Mona wrote:

I will have to check her out.

Erik,I just found a great collection called 'The Nightmare and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy',by Francis Stevens. Published recently (2004) by Uni of Nebraska Press (Bisonbooks). I promise you will not be disappointed if you can find this!

Erik Mona (Publisher) Oct 30, 2009, 10:47 AM

I'll see if anyone here at World Fantasy has a copy!

jjb1011jjb Nov 4, 2009, 04:20 PM

well i got my books today i just read the first chapter of ship of ishtar and love it

worlds of their own looks great ill check it out tonight

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