Lovecraft Centennial Issue: Fantasy Commentator

FANTASY COMMENTATOR, (ed. A. Langley Searles): Fantasy Commentator: Lovecraft Centennial Issue (Whole number #41).. 1990 (Fall). First edition. Oversize wrappers. Small-press magazine: "articles, verse and regular features": 76 pages. (#20053) VG copy with stained front cover and a little soiled rear cover (internally clean and unmarked).

Contents are stated to be:

4- 9 • Death of a Gentleman: Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s Last Days • R. Alain Everts • nf
9 • Deception • Steve Eng • pm
10-11 • A Sheaf of Sonnets by Contemporaries of Howard Lovecraft
10 • Mad Dreams (for H.P. Lovecraft) • Richard Ely Morse • pm The Phantagraph Oct ’36
10 • The Tavern • Robert E. Howard • pm Singers in the Shadows, Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1970
11 • Atavism • Elinor Wylie • pm Nets to Catch the Wind, 1921
11 • White Death • Clark Ashton Smith • pm The Star-Treader and Other Poems, A.M. Robertson, 1912
11 • Galaxies • Stanton A. Coblentz • pm The Mountain of the Sleeping Maiden, 1946
12-30 • Bernarr MacFadden and His Obsession with Science-Fiction: Part Five— “Ghost Stories” Magazine • Sam Moskowitz • nf
30 • The Skater of Ghost Lake • William Rose Benét • pm The Forum Nov ’25; “edited for republication by Lee Becker.”
31-34 • Lovecraft’s Two Views of Arkham • Edward W. O’Brien, Jr. • nf
34-41 • Book Reviews
34-36 • The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O’Brien • Sam Moskowitz • br
36-37 • Rama II, by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee • James A. Lee • br
37-38 • Lord of the Hollow Dark, by Russell Kirk • Edward W. O’Brien, Jr. • br
38-39 • Sixty Selected Poems, by Joseph Payne Brennan • H. R. Felgenhauer • br
39-41 • The Parents of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, by Kenneth W. Faig Jr. • A. Langley Searles • br
41-48 • Father Images in Lovecraft’s ’Hypnos’ • John McInnis • nf
48 • “Lovely, Dark, and Deep” • Lee Becker • pm
49-55, 48 • Sons of Super-Science • Mike Ashley • nf; noted as “slightly abbreviated chapter” from his forthcoming book on Gernsback; article continues from p.55 to p.48.
56-65 • The Lovecraft Centennial Celebration • Sam Moskowitz • nf
65-67 • Lovecraft Psychoanalyzed • Wilfred B. Talman • nf; ms. of this supplied by R.A. Everts.
68-72, 67 • Voyagers Through Eternity: A History of Science Fiction from the Beginnings to H.G. Wells; Part VI • Sam Moskowitz • nf; mostly on Verne’s Moon stories; concludes on p.67.
72-74 • Open House: Letters from Readers
72-73 • letter • Sam Moskowitz • lt; long letter on life and recent death of Don Wandrei.
74 • letter • David A. Drake • lt
74 • letter • John Francis Haines • lt
74 • letter • Tom Cockcroft • lt
74 • Beyond the Role Reversal Sector • Steve Sneyd • pm
74 • Under the Fluorescent Moon • R. L. Boas • pm
74 • Illumination • John Francis Haines • pm