EFR/2/1/1/4 - Correspondence from Otis Kline Associates, New York , USA - Feb-Dec 1951

Letters from Oscar J Friend. Discusses Standard Magazines & Better Publications payment for use of Invisible, and Gnome Presses use of Metamorphosite in an anthology; Sold Ultima Thule to John Campbell and encloses comments from Fantasy and Science Fiction about

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Main Creator: Conklin, Edward
Other Creators: Campbell, John, Webster, Craig, Mines, Samuel
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Letters from Oscar J Friend. Discusses Standard Magazines & Better Publications payment for use of Invisible, and Gnome Presses use of Metamorphosite in an anthology; Sold Ultima Thule to John Campbell and encloses comments from Fantasy and Science Fiction about Round Two written by Webster Craig; Fantasy Press release their edition of Dreadful Sanctuary; The Illusionaries is sold to Planet Stories (Fiction House) ; John Campbell purchases all Serial Rights to I am Nothing; discusses the sale of I'm a Stranger Here Myself; mentions payment by Street and Smith for Fast Falls the Eventide and payment of The Big Dark, sold to World Youth Magazine and the use by Groff Conklin of first anthology rights to Impulse; Sam Mines , for Standard Magazines, buys Take a Seat after it had been turned down by many including Esquire; Kemsley Newspapers require a picture of EFR and some biographical details to use when they publish Sinister Barrier and the same request is made by Blue Book who are printing Round Two; discusses the release of anthology rights for Jay Score, Tomorrow The Stars, Impulse, And Then There Were None and Ultima Thule; mentions the sale of Hell's Bells to Wierd Tales; includes critical comments by Oscar J Friend on many of the manuscripts mentioned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:Feb-Dec 1951
Reference Number:EFR/2/1/1/4