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Alchemist, v. 1, issue 4, December 1940
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22 ALCHEMIST ASTOUNDING TOP HOLE BUT HIGH-HAT Fred W. Fischer Once upon a time there were four fantasy magazines on the market: Amazing, Wonder, Weird, and Astounding. Believe it or not, only these and no more. In those days of slim fare each issue was an adventure. There was no saturation point in sight as the fans clamored for fantasy and dreamed prophetically of those happy days when the newsstands would be groaning beneath the weight of a large assortment of pseudo-scientific startlers. Whether or not these days are as happy as imagined, is a matter which is open to discussion. Certainly a new fantasy magazine would be the final straw to break the collector's camel back, for bonafide collectors buy them all, and the present financial outlay is terrific. Harking back, however, to the early 30's! Amazing was fast becoming a pale pink-tea pub. uninterestingly printed on nice paper with a dull gray ink. The editorials were drab and apologetically academic. The story-tellers didn't deal in vigorous, blood-curdling, he-man stories, but told little white lies. Wonder was on its way down, too. The stories were scanty and the departments, being inexpensibe,
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22 ALCHEMIST ASTOUNDING TOP HOLE BUT HIGH-HAT Fred W. Fischer Once upon a time there were four fantasy magazines on the market: Amazing, Wonder, Weird, and Astounding. Believe it or not, only these and no more. In those days of slim fare each issue was an adventure. There was no saturation point in sight as the fans clamored for fantasy and dreamed prophetically of those happy days when the newsstands would be groaning beneath the weight of a large assortment of pseudo-scientific startlers. Whether or not these days are as happy as imagined, is a matter which is open to discussion. Certainly a new fantasy magazine would be the final straw to break the collector's camel back, for bonafide collectors buy them all, and the present financial outlay is terrific. Harking back, however, to the early 30's! Amazing was fast becoming a pale pink-tea pub. uninterestingly printed on nice paper with a dull gray ink. The editorials were drab and apologetically academic. The story-tellers didn't deal in vigorous, blood-curdling, he-man stories, but told little white lies. Wonder was on its way down, too. The stories were scanty and the departments, being inexpensibe,
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