EFR/2/2/2/4 - Typescript correspondence from E. J. Carnell, Literary Agent and Editor, Nova Publications Ltd, London, England - Jan- Nov 1954

Carnell says that he would like to include EFR's novel Sentinels from Space as a three-part serial in New Worlds Magazine, if they can unravel the publishing rights; he asks whether he can include EFR's short story Ultima Thule in anthology for Museum Press; he discus...

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Carnell says that he would like to include EFR's novel Sentinels from Space as a three-part serial in New Worlds Magazine, if they can unravel the publishing rights; he asks whether he can include EFR's short story Ultima Thule in anthology for Museum Press; he discusses the rights to Sentinels from Space, and to a forthcoming EFR novel; suggests that some of EFR's material which had originally appeared in Weird Tales might be useful for Science Fantasy when it goes monthly; he returns a story by EFR called Mad World, but suggests that Argosy might be interested in such !different” material; he offers to purchase First British Serial Rights for the short story I Hear You Calling; he thanks EFR for an autographed copy of the collection Deep Space; asks whether he might obtain serial rights to EFR's novelette The Witness or to the short story Rainbow's End; Carnell says he will order a copy of De Camp's Science-fiction Handbook, which EFR had being tying to obtain; says that he has acquired the original manuscript and galley proofs for the Fantasy Press edition of EFR's novel Sinister Barrier; describes how a competition in the Observer Newspaper for stories on the theme of !2500 AD” has led to a large number of such stories being submitted to Nova, and that Arthur C Clarke has submitted a story to the competition; he describes Clarke's rapid re-selling of rights, particularly to the short story The Sentinel.

Date:Jan- Nov 1954
Reference Number:EFR/2/2/2/4