I’m back, my scanner problems fixed, at least for now. So, to start the new year, here’s one of the first things John wrote about UFOs–a 1952 script for the American Forces Network in Frankfort. I suspect John himself played Charles Fort. I posted a brief excerpt of this twelve years ago, but here’s the whole thing, in three installments. Please excuse John’s smudged deletion at the end of p. 3; Fort introduces himself on p. 4.
And Happy 2025!
Welcome back. So John read Fort when he was quite young.
Comment by Tim — January 9, 2025 @ 10:50 pm
Fort’s books were published in one volume, The Books of Charles Fort, in 1941 by Holt. They were also often discussed in the science fiction pulps John devoured as a teenager in the ’40s. It would be surprising if he hadn’t read them!
Comment by Doug — January 10, 2025 @ 9:39 am
Hi Doug! Happy New Year! Good to see you sharing some Keel archives again. Looking forward to reading the rest of this play.
Comment by Marsh — January 10, 2025 @ 10:03 am
Happy New Year, Marsh! The rest is on the way soon.
Comment by Doug — January 10, 2025 @ 5:25 pm