From Greg Taylor at The Daily Grail, an item on H.G. Wells and his intense dislike of Charles Fort's perspectives on things and Forteana in general. TDG reprints the following letter from Wells to author Theodore Dreiser, friend and supporter of Fort:
Dear Dreiser,
I'm having Fort's Book of the Damned sent back to you. Fort seems to be one of the most damnable bores who ever cut scraps from out of the way newspapers. I thought they were facts. And he writes like a drunkard.
Lo! has been sent to me but has gone into my wastepaper basket. And what do you mean by forcing "orthodox science" to do this or that? Science is a continuing exploration and how in the devil can it have an orthodoxy? The next you'll be writing is the "dogmas of science" like some blasted Roman Catholic priest on the defensive. When you tell a Christian you don't believe some yarn he can't prove, he always call you "dogmatic". Scientific workers are first rate stuff and very ill paid and it isn't for the likes of you and me to heave Forts at them.
God dissolve (and forgive) your Fortean Society.
Yours,
H.G. Wells
For more read the rest here:
Science Fiction Legend H.G. Wells REALLY Didn't Like Forteans | The Daily Grail
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