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The Alchemist, v.1, issue 3, Summer 1940
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Page 52 THE ALCHEMIST COLLECTOR'S CORNER by Eugene Maxson THE SLAYER OF SOULS George H. Doran Co.; 1920. This in my opinion, is Robert Chambers' masterpiece of weird fantasy. From the Eight Black Towers in Mongolia, there come to America the eight Chief Assassins of that peculiar sect of devil worshippers, the Yezidees. Setting out in their campaign of warping Men's minds to suit their evil purposes, they are successful, for the government can offer no oppo- to their strange psychic powers. But opposition arrives in the form of Tressa Norne, recently rescued from the temple of Erlik, regent of darkness. Enlisted by the U.S. Secret Service, she pits the sorcery she has learned in the temple against that of the Assassins. Most of the book deals with her encounters. Success rewards her efforts in the end. Adventure, fantasy, romance; all are intermingled in this excellentale. A sure-fire hit. Don't miss it! AUTHORFACTS An extremely versatile writer of modern times was an authoress named Barrington. Unfortunately, I have forgotten her first name for the moment. Science-fiction clooectors will undoubtedly remember the books she wrote in the fantastic line: "The Ninth Vibration", "Splendor of Asia", "Way of
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Page 52 THE ALCHEMIST COLLECTOR'S CORNER by Eugene Maxson THE SLAYER OF SOULS George H. Doran Co.; 1920. This in my opinion, is Robert Chambers' masterpiece of weird fantasy. From the Eight Black Towers in Mongolia, there come to America the eight Chief Assassins of that peculiar sect of devil worshippers, the Yezidees. Setting out in their campaign of warping Men's minds to suit their evil purposes, they are successful, for the government can offer no oppo- to their strange psychic powers. But opposition arrives in the form of Tressa Norne, recently rescued from the temple of Erlik, regent of darkness. Enlisted by the U.S. Secret Service, she pits the sorcery she has learned in the temple against that of the Assassins. Most of the book deals with her encounters. Success rewards her efforts in the end. Adventure, fantasy, romance; all are intermingled in this excellentale. A sure-fire hit. Don't miss it! AUTHORFACTS An extremely versatile writer of modern times was an authoress named Barrington. Unfortunately, I have forgotten her first name for the moment. Science-fiction clooectors will undoubtedly remember the books she wrote in the fantastic line: "The Ninth Vibration", "Splendor of Asia", "Way of
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