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Fantasite, v. 2, issue 3, whole no. 9, August-September 1942
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SQUANCHFOOT'S DIARY THAT'S A heck of a title, because I don't really keep a diary, and if I did, I wouldn't lay it open to a flock of scientimaniacs. Anyway -- DIARY: Jottings: - Thomas R. Daniel of Pomona, California, is attempting publication of a science fiction album, to contain photographs and autographs of as many fans and authors as can be mustered. A fine idea, but hampered by singularity. One copy would be of little value to fantasy, lest an attraction at conventions. Fans, however, would be more willing to contribute and to pay a good price if complete reproductions were made...Doug Blakely, MFS member now stationed with Coast Artillery at Fort Baker, California, jumped from private to corporal in 22 days. Nice hop, Doug...Coming up soon is Carl Jacobi's first science-fiction story since 1940 -- "Cruise of Space", which will appear in Planet Stories...Artist Schneeman of Astounding is doing reproductive work for army newspapers...Fred Pohl is back at Super and Astonishing again, as assistant to editor Norton...Suspension of the MSF, as reported recently in Rusty Barrron's NEBULA, was given an abrupt turnabout when Director Sam Russell and Morrie Dolens were deferred at the last minute, Oliver Saari returned to active membership, and Cliff Simak came back to Minneapolis from Seattle -- all of which happened in the space of ten days. The MFS is now in full swing again... Orchids: - to Malcolm Reiss, who wasn't too familiar with science-fiction a couple of years ago, but still managed to bring Planet Stories up into a notable class of fantasy. And for cutting down on Cummings...To Harry Warner for his interesting letters to fan publications...To Fran Blomstrand, doing very well as a fan-mag editor...To Samuel D. Russell of the MFS, whose writing ability, vocabulary, sound criticisms of stories and general knowledge of fantasy is far too rare in active fandom...To Joe Gilbert and Harry Jenkins for Hams and Pros, always interesting...To Carl Jacobi for starting the enjoyable ragchew over science fiction handbooks... Daggers: - To Hubert Rogers for wasting his ability on Astounding's recent crop of dull covers...To Cummings and Kummer, just because...to LASFS publications for their unreadability...To Gernsback for "The Infinite Brain"...And to John W. Campbell, for his statements in Writer's Digest: "We want stories of the future told for scientifically trained, technically employed adults; central theme usually problems of an ordinary technician employed in an industry of 50 to 50,000 years hence." My God, is this the result of the magazine that once held science-fiction's highest respects? Formula, dear Campbell, is something that can be overdone disastrously. Why not change the title to Street & Smith's Technical Handbook of Tomorrow? Memory Department: - Eight years ago -- Wonder gave us a fine Paul cover and a great story in John Beynon Harris' novelette, "The Man from Beyond". Astounding was resting comfortably at the top of the list after its first year under F. Orlin Tremaine and Street & Smith. September saw the second installment of Doc Smith's "Skylark of Valeron", and some very fine stories in Frank K. Kelly's "Famine on Mars", Nat Schachner's "Living Equation", and Wandrei's "A Scientist Divides". There were some memorable Dold drawings, and the consistently A-1 Brass Tacks. Amazing presented a good Morey cover, and one of Neil R. Jonses' better Jameson stories, "The Moon Pirates". And there was not a multitude of fan mags in existence. Quip: - Paul Bronson and the Hastings group, hard-hit by smooth tires on
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SQUANCHFOOT'S DIARY THAT'S A heck of a title, because I don't really keep a diary, and if I did, I wouldn't lay it open to a flock of scientimaniacs. Anyway -- DIARY: Jottings: - Thomas R. Daniel of Pomona, California, is attempting publication of a science fiction album, to contain photographs and autographs of as many fans and authors as can be mustered. A fine idea, but hampered by singularity. One copy would be of little value to fantasy, lest an attraction at conventions. Fans, however, would be more willing to contribute and to pay a good price if complete reproductions were made...Doug Blakely, MFS member now stationed with Coast Artillery at Fort Baker, California, jumped from private to corporal in 22 days. Nice hop, Doug...Coming up soon is Carl Jacobi's first science-fiction story since 1940 -- "Cruise of Space", which will appear in Planet Stories...Artist Schneeman of Astounding is doing reproductive work for army newspapers...Fred Pohl is back at Super and Astonishing again, as assistant to editor Norton...Suspension of the MSF, as reported recently in Rusty Barrron's NEBULA, was given an abrupt turnabout when Director Sam Russell and Morrie Dolens were deferred at the last minute, Oliver Saari returned to active membership, and Cliff Simak came back to Minneapolis from Seattle -- all of which happened in the space of ten days. The MFS is now in full swing again... Orchids: - to Malcolm Reiss, who wasn't too familiar with science-fiction a couple of years ago, but still managed to bring Planet Stories up into a notable class of fantasy. And for cutting down on Cummings...To Harry Warner for his interesting letters to fan publications...To Fran Blomstrand, doing very well as a fan-mag editor...To Samuel D. Russell of the MFS, whose writing ability, vocabulary, sound criticisms of stories and general knowledge of fantasy is far too rare in active fandom...To Joe Gilbert and Harry Jenkins for Hams and Pros, always interesting...To Carl Jacobi for starting the enjoyable ragchew over science fiction handbooks... Daggers: - To Hubert Rogers for wasting his ability on Astounding's recent crop of dull covers...To Cummings and Kummer, just because...to LASFS publications for their unreadability...To Gernsback for "The Infinite Brain"...And to John W. Campbell, for his statements in Writer's Digest: "We want stories of the future told for scientifically trained, technically employed adults; central theme usually problems of an ordinary technician employed in an industry of 50 to 50,000 years hence." My God, is this the result of the magazine that once held science-fiction's highest respects? Formula, dear Campbell, is something that can be overdone disastrously. Why not change the title to Street & Smith's Technical Handbook of Tomorrow? Memory Department: - Eight years ago -- Wonder gave us a fine Paul cover and a great story in John Beynon Harris' novelette, "The Man from Beyond". Astounding was resting comfortably at the top of the list after its first year under F. Orlin Tremaine and Street & Smith. September saw the second installment of Doc Smith's "Skylark of Valeron", and some very fine stories in Frank K. Kelly's "Famine on Mars", Nat Schachner's "Living Equation", and Wandrei's "A Scientist Divides". There were some memorable Dold drawings, and the consistently A-1 Brass Tacks. Amazing presented a good Morey cover, and one of Neil R. Jonses' better Jameson stories, "The Moon Pirates". And there was not a multitude of fan mags in existence. Quip: - Paul Bronson and the Hastings group, hard-hit by smooth tires on
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