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Inspiration, v. 4, issue 1, April 1946
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6 INSPIRATION But AMAZING was still far from being completely dead, for in the first issue of 1934 there was E. E. Smith's "Triplanetary". Altho this story has never received the acclaim accorded the Skylarks and Lensman series, it is one of my favorites. Originally, it was slated for the Clayton ASTOUNDING, but when that mag folded, AMAZING was lucky enough to get it. This story represents Smith at his best. February finds Philip Nowlan and a time-travel story which is above average, "The Time Jumpers". Not until June is there another story which I remember as being particularly good, and this time it's Rosborough's "Hastings-1066". December is marked by Leslie F. Stone's "Rape of the Solar System", which probably isn't as good as I remember it to be. And those few lines are about the only comments I have to make on the 1934 AMAZING. -- altho that was the year the other 2 s-f mags were really opening up science-fiction. 1935 gave promise of better things, for the January issue saw the start of Campbell's "The Contest for the Planets". This story was in the bestt Campbell style, altho not quite so galaxy shaking as many of his efforts. Very good tho. I also like the next AMAZING serial, Kostkos' "Earth Rehabilitators", which started in the March issue. In August, Coblentz: "The Golden Planetoid" is worth reading. With the October 1935 issue AMAZING went bi-monthly and also changed to a slightly more flamboyant format. The stories remained generally poor, altho in this issue Schachner's "World Gone Mad" was good. December finds Stone's "The Fall of Mercuty", which isn't bad, and a story by one Raymond A. Palmer which is. In 1934 and 1935 AMAZING managed to start the year with something exceptional, despite the general run of their stories. In 1936 they didn't, altho I enjoyed Kostkos' "We of the Sun" in the February issue. April finds Professor Jameson for the nth time, but a little better than usual. In August
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6 INSPIRATION But AMAZING was still far from being completely dead, for in the first issue of 1934 there was E. E. Smith's "Triplanetary". Altho this story has never received the acclaim accorded the Skylarks and Lensman series, it is one of my favorites. Originally, it was slated for the Clayton ASTOUNDING, but when that mag folded, AMAZING was lucky enough to get it. This story represents Smith at his best. February finds Philip Nowlan and a time-travel story which is above average, "The Time Jumpers". Not until June is there another story which I remember as being particularly good, and this time it's Rosborough's "Hastings-1066". December is marked by Leslie F. Stone's "Rape of the Solar System", which probably isn't as good as I remember it to be. And those few lines are about the only comments I have to make on the 1934 AMAZING. -- altho that was the year the other 2 s-f mags were really opening up science-fiction. 1935 gave promise of better things, for the January issue saw the start of Campbell's "The Contest for the Planets". This story was in the bestt Campbell style, altho not quite so galaxy shaking as many of his efforts. Very good tho. I also like the next AMAZING serial, Kostkos' "Earth Rehabilitators", which started in the March issue. In August, Coblentz: "The Golden Planetoid" is worth reading. With the October 1935 issue AMAZING went bi-monthly and also changed to a slightly more flamboyant format. The stories remained generally poor, altho in this issue Schachner's "World Gone Mad" was good. December finds Stone's "The Fall of Mercuty", which isn't bad, and a story by one Raymond A. Palmer which is. In 1934 and 1935 AMAZING managed to start the year with something exceptional, despite the general run of their stories. In 1936 they didn't, altho I enjoyed Kostkos' "We of the Sun" in the February issue. April finds Professor Jameson for the nth time, but a little better than usual. In August
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