EFR/2/1/1/5 - Correspondence from Otis Kline Associates, New York , USA - Jan-Nov 1952

Letters from Oscar J Friend and Irene M Ozment (Vice president of Otis Kline Associates), to EFR. Correspondence with Arthur P Lawler of Street & Smith Publications, referring to permission for anthology rights to Hobbyist and Late Night Final, appearing in a publication edi...

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Main Creator: Campbell, John
Other Creators: Clarke, Arthur, Conklin, Edward, Derleth, August
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Physical Description:20 items; 25pp
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Letters from Oscar J Friend and Irene M Ozment (Vice president of Otis Kline Associates), to EFR. Correspondence with Arthur P Lawler of Street & Smith Publications, referring to permission for anthology rights to Hobbyist and Late Night Final, appearing in a publication edited by John W Campbell (also one letter to Friend from Lawler regarding rights to Metamorphosis); Payment for Gravy Grab to Fantastic, and also Somewhere a Voice; August Derleth wishes to include Metamorphosis in his anthology, Beachheads in Space; Last Blast sold to John W Campbell; discussions between EFR and Craig Kelly on producing And Then There Were None as a play; sales of Unknown Origin to Fiction House, Last Blast to Astounding, The Timeless Ones to Columbia and Builders of Eternity to Galaxy; Bouregy and Curl agree to publish The Star Watchers, but retitle it Sentinels From Space; payment for Jay Score, used in Tomorrow The Stars Anthology and Groff Conklin wants to use Test Piece in a new anthology; mention of Arthur C Clarke, "writing some realistic science fiction”; includes critical comments by Oscar J Friend on many of the manuscripts mentioned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:Jan-Nov 1952
Reference Number:EFR/2/1/1/5