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Inspiration, v. 4, issue 1, April 1946
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20 l INSPIRATION story at least once in a while. Despite Palmer's assertions to the contrary, AMAZING did have a policy to which the writers had to write down. September 1940 is an improvement because of Rocklynne's "The Man who never Lived" and Powell's "The Synthetic Woman". October brings Wilcox and "The Voyage that lasted 600 years". Nothing worth noting in November or December. It was in January 1940 that AMAZING presented a new Burroughs' story, "John Carter and the Giant of Mars". This was far from being Burroughs at his best, but competition was none too good, and the story tops the issue. Wilcox's "Battering Rams of Space" is best in February. March had Burroughs again. April, not so good. May 1941, was supposec to be the 15th anniversary issue of AMAZING, altho it was a month late. It was the first of the super-sized issues which later became so prevalent. Out of the multitude of stories, only two had much merit, and they were both by Wilcox, "The Lost Race comes Back", and "The Iron Men of Super City". Burroughs again in June, and not even that much in July. Burroughs again in August. It was abouth this time that I stopped reading AMAZING, altho I still continued to get the issues to add to my collection. Now, I don't even do that. MARVEL 15¢ SCIENCE STORIES SEX In August 1938 came the first of the deluge of new titles, MARVEL SCIENCE STORIES. Up to this time, all s-f mags had been one continuation or another of the original 3, ASTOUNDING, AMAZING, and WONDER. MARVEL did quite a bit of experimentation trying to find the correct formula for a successful s-f mag, but never quite succeeded, altho they came close. The first issue had a classic, Burks' wonderful "Survival". Burks has been called the King of the Pulps, because of his phenomenal wordage and ability to write in a wide variety of fields. But he could, when he tried, really write, and I think he must have had a special liking for science-fiction. He had turned out quite a few remarkable stories for the old Clayton ASTOUNDING and also for the Street and Smith edition. But, to me, "Survival" topped anything else that Burks had ever done. Altho supposedly a bi-monthly, MARVEL was actually on a quarterly schedule, and it wasn't until November that the second issue appeared. This one had Burks excellent sequel, "Exodus", and these two stories together make one of the best series ever published in s-f. Those first two issues also had unbridles sex, in two stories by Kuttner which con-
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20 l INSPIRATION story at least once in a while. Despite Palmer's assertions to the contrary, AMAZING did have a policy to which the writers had to write down. September 1940 is an improvement because of Rocklynne's "The Man who never Lived" and Powell's "The Synthetic Woman". October brings Wilcox and "The Voyage that lasted 600 years". Nothing worth noting in November or December. It was in January 1940 that AMAZING presented a new Burroughs' story, "John Carter and the Giant of Mars". This was far from being Burroughs at his best, but competition was none too good, and the story tops the issue. Wilcox's "Battering Rams of Space" is best in February. March had Burroughs again. April, not so good. May 1941, was supposec to be the 15th anniversary issue of AMAZING, altho it was a month late. It was the first of the super-sized issues which later became so prevalent. Out of the multitude of stories, only two had much merit, and they were both by Wilcox, "The Lost Race comes Back", and "The Iron Men of Super City". Burroughs again in June, and not even that much in July. Burroughs again in August. It was abouth this time that I stopped reading AMAZING, altho I still continued to get the issues to add to my collection. Now, I don't even do that. MARVEL 15¢ SCIENCE STORIES SEX In August 1938 came the first of the deluge of new titles, MARVEL SCIENCE STORIES. Up to this time, all s-f mags had been one continuation or another of the original 3, ASTOUNDING, AMAZING, and WONDER. MARVEL did quite a bit of experimentation trying to find the correct formula for a successful s-f mag, but never quite succeeded, altho they came close. The first issue had a classic, Burks' wonderful "Survival". Burks has been called the King of the Pulps, because of his phenomenal wordage and ability to write in a wide variety of fields. But he could, when he tried, really write, and I think he must have had a special liking for science-fiction. He had turned out quite a few remarkable stories for the old Clayton ASTOUNDING and also for the Street and Smith edition. But, to me, "Survival" topped anything else that Burks had ever done. Altho supposedly a bi-monthly, MARVEL was actually on a quarterly schedule, and it wasn't until November that the second issue appeared. This one had Burks excellent sequel, "Exodus", and these two stories together make one of the best series ever published in s-f. Those first two issues also had unbridles sex, in two stories by Kuttner which con-
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