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Spaceways, v. 4, issue 4, whole no. 27, April 1942
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24 SPACEWAYS [centered] THE READERS ALWAYS WRITE newspapers and magazines that came from Lisbonne. But even this source seems to become exhausted, so if any one of you could send me nothing more but the movie pages of [underlined] "Time" or of the Sunday edition of [underlined] "The New York Times" it would help me a great deal. If closely clipped their weight would not be more than that of an ordinary letter and they could be posted "Via Airmail Clipper and Lisbon" for speed. The above address could also be used for additional security. ' ' .....By the way, a science fictional film is in the making in Paris, title "Croi-sieres Siderales" (Sidereal Cruises) by Andre Zwobada. It involves time and space travel! One of our leading dailies [underlined] "Le Jour" is currently publishing a stf. novel "La Vallee du Mystere" (Mystery Valley), lost valley of Thibet, dinosaurs, bizarre people, etc. [name underlined] Louis Russell Chauvenet, 1920 Thompson Road, Charlottesville, Va., notes: The expanded reader's section meets favor from this quarter--8, with honors to Milty. Best crack of the year: Boggs' "Captain Future--the poor man's Grey Lensmen" (!) ..... ' ' As to libraries, if anyone in the East wants to start one, I will donate my collection of [underlined] Amazing Stories, which includes most of the Gernsback, all of the Sloane, and none of the Palmer issues. I must, of course, be satisfied that the fan in question is both willing & able to operate the pro-posed library efficiently. That's about the only requirement I have before I ship the magazines (express collect!). Well, gentlemen--who is interested? ' ' taking his own example, doesn't he recall how David Innes established standard time for his civilization? In Pellicudar, besides the stationary central sun, there was also a stationary sub-satellite, responsible for the land of per-petual night below. This satellite, however, rotated on its axis, affording a measure of time. The whole problem was not that time did not exist in Pellicu-dar, but that it was difficult to measure it off hand. Duration exists regard-less of whether it can be measured precisely or not, and it is the duration, not the measurement of it, which is properly termed time. [name underlined] Bill Evans, 143 N. High St., Salem, Oregon, reveals: To Brother Fortier: Now I agree with him that we are living in a four-dimensional world--at least!! But I do not like his analysis of the dimensions. To me there [underlined] can be a space without time, but not time without space. For if time exists, it presupposes the existence of some [underlined] thing which causes the very existence of time. And a thing presupposes the existence of a space, which in turn is caused by matter or energy......If energy is the basic thing in the universe--creates the universe--it may exist in one or more dimensions--since it is dimensionless--and in either one of length, the second of width, the third height, and the fourth time. It must be remembered that each succeeding dimension encloses the infinity of all other dimensions below it. Thus the fifth dimension would be that of probabilit-ty, encompassing all the various time dimensions. Another thing. Who says that the fifth dimension holds "the spacean territories in a state of cosmic splendor rather than a state of eternal chaos"? It seems that the laws of the cosmos are nothing more than manifestations of the fifth dimension, rath-er than fundamental properties of the fourth. To this view, it seems to me, all modern scientific evidence is opposed. However, it would require more math than I am capable of to prove this. If anyone cares to offer the proof of the other view, I would be glad to see it, tho. [next sentence in parenthesis underlined] (Bill also sent full details of how to reach any number from 1 through 32 with four 4s, and from 33 on by "a trick", Three-cent stamp will bring the details. HW) [name underlined] Jack F. Speer, 3416 Northampton, N.W., Washington, D. C., admits: Cherchez la Fanne a mutant type of fan fiction, tho theremay have been one or two things sort oflike it before. It's not quiet clear whether the events are supposed to take place in the future, or in a parallel 1940, like the parallel 1937 in which
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24 SPACEWAYS [centered] THE READERS ALWAYS WRITE newspapers and magazines that came from Lisbonne. But even this source seems to become exhausted, so if any one of you could send me nothing more but the movie pages of [underlined] "Time" or of the Sunday edition of [underlined] "The New York Times" it would help me a great deal. If closely clipped their weight would not be more than that of an ordinary letter and they could be posted "Via Airmail Clipper and Lisbon" for speed. The above address could also be used for additional security. ' ' .....By the way, a science fictional film is in the making in Paris, title "Croi-sieres Siderales" (Sidereal Cruises) by Andre Zwobada. It involves time and space travel! One of our leading dailies [underlined] "Le Jour" is currently publishing a stf. novel "La Vallee du Mystere" (Mystery Valley), lost valley of Thibet, dinosaurs, bizarre people, etc. [name underlined] Louis Russell Chauvenet, 1920 Thompson Road, Charlottesville, Va., notes: The expanded reader's section meets favor from this quarter--8, with honors to Milty. Best crack of the year: Boggs' "Captain Future--the poor man's Grey Lensmen" (!) ..... ' ' As to libraries, if anyone in the East wants to start one, I will donate my collection of [underlined] Amazing Stories, which includes most of the Gernsback, all of the Sloane, and none of the Palmer issues. I must, of course, be satisfied that the fan in question is both willing & able to operate the pro-posed library efficiently. That's about the only requirement I have before I ship the magazines (express collect!). Well, gentlemen--who is interested? ' ' taking his own example, doesn't he recall how David Innes established standard time for his civilization? In Pellicudar, besides the stationary central sun, there was also a stationary sub-satellite, responsible for the land of per-petual night below. This satellite, however, rotated on its axis, affording a measure of time. The whole problem was not that time did not exist in Pellicu-dar, but that it was difficult to measure it off hand. Duration exists regard-less of whether it can be measured precisely or not, and it is the duration, not the measurement of it, which is properly termed time. [name underlined] Bill Evans, 143 N. High St., Salem, Oregon, reveals: To Brother Fortier: Now I agree with him that we are living in a four-dimensional world--at least!! But I do not like his analysis of the dimensions. To me there [underlined] can be a space without time, but not time without space. For if time exists, it presupposes the existence of some [underlined] thing which causes the very existence of time. And a thing presupposes the existence of a space, which in turn is caused by matter or energy......If energy is the basic thing in the universe--creates the universe--it may exist in one or more dimensions--since it is dimensionless--and in either one of length, the second of width, the third height, and the fourth time. It must be remembered that each succeeding dimension encloses the infinity of all other dimensions below it. Thus the fifth dimension would be that of probabilit-ty, encompassing all the various time dimensions. Another thing. Who says that the fifth dimension holds "the spacean territories in a state of cosmic splendor rather than a state of eternal chaos"? It seems that the laws of the cosmos are nothing more than manifestations of the fifth dimension, rath-er than fundamental properties of the fourth. To this view, it seems to me, all modern scientific evidence is opposed. However, it would require more math than I am capable of to prove this. If anyone cares to offer the proof of the other view, I would be glad to see it, tho. [next sentence in parenthesis underlined] (Bill also sent full details of how to reach any number from 1 through 32 with four 4s, and from 33 on by "a trick", Three-cent stamp will bring the details. HW) [name underlined] Jack F. Speer, 3416 Northampton, N.W., Washington, D. C., admits: Cherchez la Fanne a mutant type of fan fiction, tho theremay have been one or two things sort oflike it before. It's not quiet clear whether the events are supposed to take place in the future, or in a parallel 1940, like the parallel 1937 in which
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