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Spaceways, v. 4, issue 4, whole no. 27, April 1942
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SPACEWAYS 13 [Centered] ABC--STF things. Then the old woman takes the girl out, ostensibly to give her some brandy. When the two have been gone some time, and the whispers grow louder and more ghastly, he begins to suspect that all is not well. He rushes to the door and finding it not locked goes out and meets the old hag face to face. She will not reveal what has happened to his fiancee, so in a rage he shoots her. Then everything goes black. The story transfers to a nearby police station, the next morning. The young man bursts in and tells what has happened during the night at the old house. The police are skeptical, but accompany him to the spot. But on arriving there, no house can be seen--and in the bushes nearby, they find the body of his fiancee, murdered! She has been shot in exactly the same place as he had shot the old hag the night before. The young mang is arrested on a charge of murder. "The Hot Man" was broadcast on National Station 2BL about two years ago. This humorous little fantasy concerned a man whose temperature rose, without any discomfort whatsoever. He could not sleep in an ordinary bed without scorching the clothes or pillows, and could light a match on his fingers, boil a saucepan of water simply by breathing on it and other things. He entered a sideshow, and made his fortune by exhibiting himself to the curious public. Then, one day much to his surprise and joy, his temperature began to decrease, slowly but surely, until it reached normal. To celebrate this great occasion his home-town turned out to welcome him home. He was feted, cheered, and banqueted; then was asked what he would like as a gift. But, the "hot" man's hobby was collecting photo-graphs of gasometers, and so without hesitation he asked for a real gasometer. The day came when the 'meter was to be officially handed over to him, and just as the ceremony concluded, his clothing started to smoulder. There the play ended, leaving the rest to the imagination! "Rescue", by authoress Catherine Sheppard, is another weird play, reviewed by A. Ghutney Ghoul in the first (October, 1939) [underlined] Ultra. Biggest disappointment of the lot was "A Message from Mars", by Richard Ganthony. If you would learn why, read J. Michael Rosenblum's review of the novel in the Jan., 1940 issue of [underlined] Spaceways. Let it suffice to say here that it was about as stfnal as "John Brown's Body." "Tobias and the Angel", as far as I can gather, is a version of a story from the Bible. It was written by James Bridie and adapted for radio by Max Af-ford. The description of it given in [underlined] Wireless Weekly can do more justice to it than I can write. "Taken from the charming old tale told in the Book of Tobit in the Apocry-pha and flavored with modern dialogue and modern thought, 'Tobias and the Angel' amusingly tells how the Archangel Raphael accompanied Tobias, son of Tobit, on a journey to collect a debt owing to Tobit by a wealthy friend. Tobias fell in love with Sara, daughter of Ragual, the wealthy friend, and it was unfortunate for him that the Demon Asmoday likewise coveted the lady, to the extent of strangling seven potential husbands who had looked favorably upon the girl. But with the help of the Archangel Raphael he smells out the Lord Asmoday with a piece of sea-serpent's flesh, which is left slight all night. The servants of Raguel are skeptical, and oneof them says to another not to stay out after dark because Asmoday is out looking for his favorite drink--blood! But in the morn-ing, Tobias is still there and needless to say he marries Sara and all is happy ever after." Next on the list is "Is This Marriage?", a short fantasy by Fred Coyne, broadcast over the National Network from 2FC. It lasted for half an hour, and told very humorously the story of a man seeking a perfect wife. But he doesn't want to marry the first woman that comes along, and is just about to give up when "The Gentleman in Scarlet" appears and gives the little man previews of his ideas of perfect wives! First is The Dancing Wife; second The Domestic Wife; third The Doting Wife; and last but not least, The Dominating Wife. After see-ing the previews of these possibilities, he doesn't feel so very keen on mar-riage, but the "Gentleman in Scarlet" suggests that he combine all the possibili-
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SPACEWAYS 13 [Centered] ABC--STF things. Then the old woman takes the girl out, ostensibly to give her some brandy. When the two have been gone some time, and the whispers grow louder and more ghastly, he begins to suspect that all is not well. He rushes to the door and finding it not locked goes out and meets the old hag face to face. She will not reveal what has happened to his fiancee, so in a rage he shoots her. Then everything goes black. The story transfers to a nearby police station, the next morning. The young man bursts in and tells what has happened during the night at the old house. The police are skeptical, but accompany him to the spot. But on arriving there, no house can be seen--and in the bushes nearby, they find the body of his fiancee, murdered! She has been shot in exactly the same place as he had shot the old hag the night before. The young mang is arrested on a charge of murder. "The Hot Man" was broadcast on National Station 2BL about two years ago. This humorous little fantasy concerned a man whose temperature rose, without any discomfort whatsoever. He could not sleep in an ordinary bed without scorching the clothes or pillows, and could light a match on his fingers, boil a saucepan of water simply by breathing on it and other things. He entered a sideshow, and made his fortune by exhibiting himself to the curious public. Then, one day much to his surprise and joy, his temperature began to decrease, slowly but surely, until it reached normal. To celebrate this great occasion his home-town turned out to welcome him home. He was feted, cheered, and banqueted; then was asked what he would like as a gift. But, the "hot" man's hobby was collecting photo-graphs of gasometers, and so without hesitation he asked for a real gasometer. The day came when the 'meter was to be officially handed over to him, and just as the ceremony concluded, his clothing started to smoulder. There the play ended, leaving the rest to the imagination! "Rescue", by authoress Catherine Sheppard, is another weird play, reviewed by A. Ghutney Ghoul in the first (October, 1939) [underlined] Ultra. Biggest disappointment of the lot was "A Message from Mars", by Richard Ganthony. If you would learn why, read J. Michael Rosenblum's review of the novel in the Jan., 1940 issue of [underlined] Spaceways. Let it suffice to say here that it was about as stfnal as "John Brown's Body." "Tobias and the Angel", as far as I can gather, is a version of a story from the Bible. It was written by James Bridie and adapted for radio by Max Af-ford. The description of it given in [underlined] Wireless Weekly can do more justice to it than I can write. "Taken from the charming old tale told in the Book of Tobit in the Apocry-pha and flavored with modern dialogue and modern thought, 'Tobias and the Angel' amusingly tells how the Archangel Raphael accompanied Tobias, son of Tobit, on a journey to collect a debt owing to Tobit by a wealthy friend. Tobias fell in love with Sara, daughter of Ragual, the wealthy friend, and it was unfortunate for him that the Demon Asmoday likewise coveted the lady, to the extent of strangling seven potential husbands who had looked favorably upon the girl. But with the help of the Archangel Raphael he smells out the Lord Asmoday with a piece of sea-serpent's flesh, which is left slight all night. The servants of Raguel are skeptical, and oneof them says to another not to stay out after dark because Asmoday is out looking for his favorite drink--blood! But in the morn-ing, Tobias is still there and needless to say he marries Sara and all is happy ever after." Next on the list is "Is This Marriage?", a short fantasy by Fred Coyne, broadcast over the National Network from 2FC. It lasted for half an hour, and told very humorously the story of a man seeking a perfect wife. But he doesn't want to marry the first woman that comes along, and is just about to give up when "The Gentleman in Scarlet" appears and gives the little man previews of his ideas of perfect wives! First is The Dancing Wife; second The Domestic Wife; third The Doting Wife; and last but not least, The Dominating Wife. After see-ing the previews of these possibilities, he doesn't feel so very keen on mar-riage, but the "Gentleman in Scarlet" suggests that he combine all the possibili-
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