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Inspiration, v. 4, issue 1, April 1946
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INSPIRATION 21 sisted mostly of the author trying to find all possible ways of having the heroine lose her clothing. The February 1939 MARVEL made it 3 in a row by again presenting a story worthy of classic rank. This time it was one of Williamson's best, which is the same as saying excellent, "After World's End". With a start like like, it certainly seemed as tho MARVEL was destined to go places. The February issue also brought a temporary end to the sex element, and had a nice Coblentz short, "The Weather Adjudicator". Unfortunately, the April-May issue was a let-down. The Taine novel "Tomorrow" was printed, but it was a slow, tedious, generally uninteresting sort of story. Vincent's short "Newscast" was better. The August issue presented run-of the mill science fiction, with nothing especially noteworthy. At this point, the publishers evidently felt that they had been right the first time in the printing of the two Kuttner sex-stories in the first two issues, for the name of the magazine was changed to MARVEL TALES, and for two issues sex and sadism reigned supreme. In November 1940 the mag went back to s-f, and Gallun's "A Dictator for All Time" wasn't bad. The name of the mag at this point was just MARVEL STORIES. In April 1941, Williamson's "The Iron God" was interesting. A NOVEL OF THE FUTURE COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE STARTLING STORIES JAN. The companion imagazine to TWS, published in alternate months, STARTLING STORIES, was started in January 1939. STARTLING featured from the start the idea of a long novel in every issue, together with the popular "Hall of Fame" idea of reprinting stories, mostly from the old WONDER. Needless to say, the success of any one issue depended almost entirely upon the worth of the lead novel. The first issue started well, with Weinbaum's "The Black Flame". Strictly adventure, this story was good, altho it was in a field which did not show Weinbaum at his best. Second issue was also good, with Binder's space adventure story, "The Impossible World". May 1939 fell down a bit, with Hamilton's plagiarism of "The Prisoner of Zenda" entitled, fittingly, "The Prisoner of Mars". July 1939 was good, with Wellman's "Giants from Eternity". Williams' lead story in September not so good. Williamson's "The Fortress of Utopia" in November wasn't up to the author's best, but was worth reading. So STARTLING finished its first year with 4 hits and only 2 misses, not a bad batting average. January 1940 had Hamilton's good adventure, "The Three Planeteers". The Kuttner effort in March wasn't so good. Wellman again, with "Twice in Time" in May, a vastly better grade story, and one of the best to appear in STARTLING. Binder's "Five Steps to Tomorrow" in July was good. Friend in Septem-
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INSPIRATION 21 sisted mostly of the author trying to find all possible ways of having the heroine lose her clothing. The February 1939 MARVEL made it 3 in a row by again presenting a story worthy of classic rank. This time it was one of Williamson's best, which is the same as saying excellent, "After World's End". With a start like like, it certainly seemed as tho MARVEL was destined to go places. The February issue also brought a temporary end to the sex element, and had a nice Coblentz short, "The Weather Adjudicator". Unfortunately, the April-May issue was a let-down. The Taine novel "Tomorrow" was printed, but it was a slow, tedious, generally uninteresting sort of story. Vincent's short "Newscast" was better. The August issue presented run-of the mill science fiction, with nothing especially noteworthy. At this point, the publishers evidently felt that they had been right the first time in the printing of the two Kuttner sex-stories in the first two issues, for the name of the magazine was changed to MARVEL TALES, and for two issues sex and sadism reigned supreme. In November 1940 the mag went back to s-f, and Gallun's "A Dictator for All Time" wasn't bad. The name of the mag at this point was just MARVEL STORIES. In April 1941, Williamson's "The Iron God" was interesting. A NOVEL OF THE FUTURE COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE STARTLING STORIES JAN. The companion imagazine to TWS, published in alternate months, STARTLING STORIES, was started in January 1939. STARTLING featured from the start the idea of a long novel in every issue, together with the popular "Hall of Fame" idea of reprinting stories, mostly from the old WONDER. Needless to say, the success of any one issue depended almost entirely upon the worth of the lead novel. The first issue started well, with Weinbaum's "The Black Flame". Strictly adventure, this story was good, altho it was in a field which did not show Weinbaum at his best. Second issue was also good, with Binder's space adventure story, "The Impossible World". May 1939 fell down a bit, with Hamilton's plagiarism of "The Prisoner of Zenda" entitled, fittingly, "The Prisoner of Mars". July 1939 was good, with Wellman's "Giants from Eternity". Williams' lead story in September not so good. Williamson's "The Fortress of Utopia" in November wasn't up to the author's best, but was worth reading. So STARTLING finished its first year with 4 hits and only 2 misses, not a bad batting average. January 1940 had Hamilton's good adventure, "The Three Planeteers". The Kuttner effort in March wasn't so good. Wellman again, with "Twice in Time" in May, a vastly better grade story, and one of the best to appear in STARTLING. Binder's "Five Steps to Tomorrow" in July was good. Friend in Septem-
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