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Saturday, November 27, 2004

New CAS next month!

THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF CLARK ASHTON SMITHJames Van Hise is shooting for a late December release for THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH. This book examines Clark Ashton Smith's life and work from many perspectives, with such articles as The Books of CAS by Joseph Bell & Roy Squires, the poetry of CAS, The Weird Fiction of CAS, a 1950s comic book story by Basil Wolverton which was clearly based on The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis and more. Artwork is also prominently featured here, with illustrations by Richard Corben, Frank R. Paul (numerous pulp illustrations), Alien Koszowski, Rick McCollum, Tim Kirk, and Clark Ashton Smith himself as he sometimes illustrated his own pulp stories in WEIRD TALES.
THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH (edited by James Van Hise) is 8 1/2 x 11, 192 pages with a full color front cover byFrank R. Paul (from WONDER STORIES illustrating The City of the Singing Flame) and full color back cover from the British pulp magazine TALES OF WONDER (also illustrating The City of the Singing Flame). Each book is $17.95 + $7.00 priority shipping or $3.00 media mail (overseas shipping will be more).
Order from: James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284. Email: Jimvanhise@aol.com

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