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Spaceways, v. 4, issue 4, whole no. 27, April 1942
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SPACEWAYS 21 [Title in large bubble letters] The Readers Always Write - [Illustration of two men facing each other underneath title. Man on left looks like he is yelling with fists clenched. Man on right has finger raised and neutral expression. Illustration and title take up 1/4 of the page.] [name underlined] Paul H. Spencer, 259 Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut, writes: The front cover is [underlined] good; somewhat reminiscent of a [underlined] TWS cover several years ago, but by no means a copy. I think this is the first [underlined] Spaceways cover I've really liked. Mr. Schultz gets sn 8. ' ' I still don't like the interior pix, nor do I care for the new department headings. I'd be interested in knowing what the general attitude towards them is. ' ' "If I Werewolf" is slackening in interest, I'm afraid; the first installment (Chauvenet's) was the best, and thereafter nothing particularly interesting has happened, and there has been no particularly good writing. It's not bad, and there are occasional really amusing passages, but on the whole it's disappointing. 7. ' ' "Into the Inscrutable" is not too bad, not too good. I've read so very many stories of this type that not even the ra-ther good handling could make this one go over really well.Farsaci's style is fairly good, but needs touching up. Another 7. ' ' ....."Beacon Light": Oh, my! At last it comes out--and at least half of fandom must be ununtterably hu-miliated, including yours truly. 'Tain't fair, thass what 'tain't! The start-ling revelation, the extra length, and the beautiful review of SSL give the Cyn-ic(s) an 8. Doggone it, I still can't quite believe the Cynic isn't some indi-vidual. Who does the actual writing? [name underlined] Earl Singleton, whose address will be cheerfully supplied on receipt of a nominal fee of $10.00 to cover postage and handling, sent full information on how to reach 31 with the use of two, three, or four fours. The eldritch math symbols are difficult to reproduce and too highbrow for non-slans, so will be forwarded to anyone with interest for a 3c stamp. [name underlined] D.W. Boggs, 2215 Benjamin St., N. E., Minneapolis, Minn., types: Your il-lustrations were pretty fair, on the average. The two pix of "Milty" were clev-er. Are you sure that's a louse? Otherwise your readers will be defending Mil-ty like they did the much maligned Yngvi several months ago. They probably will, anyhow. "Beacon Light" pic was rather good--some beacon!--but the guy's right ear is about twice the size of the other. I don't like the way the type inudates all the pix on every side. Why not frame them and keep an even margin around them? Much neater. ' ' Much of the stuff defies criticism--even comment. "Cherchez la Fanne", for example. It had plenty of cliches and a climax with rigor mortis, but it punched the right button. I won't analyze the reason. Didja ever notice that a good many yarns that are told in first person singular--include a story-within-a-story also told in first person signular--by another person? Give it a 9! ' ' .....It's useless to criticize the poems, I guess. They're all the same--either the guy's going insane or he's spading up the graveyard. What fan-poetry needs (said the famous critic!) is an influx of real [underlined s-f poems and ballads. NelsBond had a good idea--both "Blaster Bill" and "Venus
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SPACEWAYS 21 [Title in large bubble letters] The Readers Always Write - [Illustration of two men facing each other underneath title. Man on left looks like he is yelling with fists clenched. Man on right has finger raised and neutral expression. Illustration and title take up 1/4 of the page.] [name underlined] Paul H. Spencer, 259 Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut, writes: The front cover is [underlined] good; somewhat reminiscent of a [underlined] TWS cover several years ago, but by no means a copy. I think this is the first [underlined] Spaceways cover I've really liked. Mr. Schultz gets sn 8. ' ' I still don't like the interior pix, nor do I care for the new department headings. I'd be interested in knowing what the general attitude towards them is. ' ' "If I Werewolf" is slackening in interest, I'm afraid; the first installment (Chauvenet's) was the best, and thereafter nothing particularly interesting has happened, and there has been no particularly good writing. It's not bad, and there are occasional really amusing passages, but on the whole it's disappointing. 7. ' ' "Into the Inscrutable" is not too bad, not too good. I've read so very many stories of this type that not even the ra-ther good handling could make this one go over really well.Farsaci's style is fairly good, but needs touching up. Another 7. ' ' ....."Beacon Light": Oh, my! At last it comes out--and at least half of fandom must be ununtterably hu-miliated, including yours truly. 'Tain't fair, thass what 'tain't! The start-ling revelation, the extra length, and the beautiful review of SSL give the Cyn-ic(s) an 8. Doggone it, I still can't quite believe the Cynic isn't some indi-vidual. Who does the actual writing? [name underlined] Earl Singleton, whose address will be cheerfully supplied on receipt of a nominal fee of $10.00 to cover postage and handling, sent full information on how to reach 31 with the use of two, three, or four fours. The eldritch math symbols are difficult to reproduce and too highbrow for non-slans, so will be forwarded to anyone with interest for a 3c stamp. [name underlined] D.W. Boggs, 2215 Benjamin St., N. E., Minneapolis, Minn., types: Your il-lustrations were pretty fair, on the average. The two pix of "Milty" were clev-er. Are you sure that's a louse? Otherwise your readers will be defending Mil-ty like they did the much maligned Yngvi several months ago. They probably will, anyhow. "Beacon Light" pic was rather good--some beacon!--but the guy's right ear is about twice the size of the other. I don't like the way the type inudates all the pix on every side. Why not frame them and keep an even margin around them? Much neater. ' ' Much of the stuff defies criticism--even comment. "Cherchez la Fanne", for example. It had plenty of cliches and a climax with rigor mortis, but it punched the right button. I won't analyze the reason. Didja ever notice that a good many yarns that are told in first person singular--include a story-within-a-story also told in first person signular--by another person? Give it a 9! ' ' .....It's useless to criticize the poems, I guess. They're all the same--either the guy's going insane or he's spading up the graveyard. What fan-poetry needs (said the famous critic!) is an influx of real [underlined s-f poems and ballads. NelsBond had a good idea--both "Blaster Bill" and "Venus
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