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Fantascience Digest, v. 2, issue 5, July-September, 1939

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Page 29   FANTASCIENCE DIGEST

ress is 6334 N. Gratz St., Phila., Penna.)
     ARTHUR L. WIDNER, JR., writes:
Youse is a queer one, youse and yer magazine, everybody hibernates in the winter, but you do it in
the summer. But anyway, I'm glad to see FD back in circulation. I thot 'twas a good issue among many
good issues of various fan mags of late.
     Boyer's story was quite similar to the one WT accepted from me, but I didn't care much for either one. Both amateurish, only
I happened to be luckier. THRILLING — AWK! was good. Warner is always dependable for a good article. SCIENCE  FICTION SPOTLIGHT
was quite stale, altho of course, if it had been printed on time, 'twould have been quite illuminating. A TRIP TO THE MOON told me a
few things I didn't know. REASON FOR SCIENCE FICTION was well put.
I seem to agree with Fischer quite a bit.
     JACK SPEER writes: I must disagree with the majority. I did not think "Space Log Y-486-G-" so
hot. Aside from the mothballiness of the plot, there is the impossibility of believing that this is actually a ship's leg, or written under the conditions indicated. The early part, supposed to be
routine entries in the log (after the introduction) speaks of the Captain's sweetheart and so forth in an utterly unloggish manner, and the very last couldn't have been entered in the log. 
     Fischer's article of some interest. Utterly disagree with his list, tho many of the stories I never heard of before. I like "Red River Valley" and other gittar pieces. It's a matter of attitude. Some people think Kuttner's humor is punk, but that's because they don't have the right angle.
Kuttner's stuff is written to surprize those who are so well acquainted with humor that the unexpected is expected, and only the expected surprises them,
     Farley fair.
     Warner has a bad habit of seeing all sides of a question and writing them into an article titled as if it upheld one side of the thesis. This flaw is present in THRILLING—AWK!.  Otherwise okeh.
     Item I liked best in the
Spotlight was the end of Killer Kane. Since the decline of the daily strip I see very little of it in papers I get, and was unaware of the startling new turn. Shall have to hound the Library
of Congress till I get to see the fateful strip.
     Rothman had a good bit of description.
     Nice drawing for "Can You Answer These?"
     Fischer's second article
discussed thoughts perhaps new to him.

EDITOR'S MESSAGE

This issue is dated July-
August-September in an effort to catch up with the months' that have so slyly slipped by. The next issue will be dated October-
November-December and will be the Third Anniversary Issue. I can't
guarantee when this issue will appear, but it will be before the year is out, if I can help it.
     Perhaps some of you have noticed the cheap paper used this issue. Don't worry! It won't happen again. To put it briefly; we got clipped at a clip-joint!
     The Anniversary issue will present several new features, among them being a printed cover,
I hope. I can't guarantee this statement, but in all probability the next issue will have a classy printed cover. Of course, a few subscribers renewing their
subscriptions would sort of guarantee it — sort of.
     Don't forget, fellows, the WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION
will be held in Chicago in 1940. Plan to be present. ***RAM

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Page 29 FANTASCIENCE DIGEST ress is 6334 N. Gratz St., Phila., Penna.) ARTHUR L. WIDNER, JR., writes: Youse is a queer one, youse and yer magazine, everybody hibernates in the winter, but you do it in the summer. But anyway, I'm glad to see FD back in circulation. I thot 'twas a good issue among many good issues of various fan mags of late. Boyer's story was quite similar to the one WT accepted from me, but I didn't care much for either one. Both amateurish, only I happened to be luckier. THRILLING — AWK! was good. Warner is always dependable for a good article. SCIENCE FICTION SPOTLIGHT was quite stale, altho of course, if it had been printed on time, 'twould have been quite illuminating. A TRIP TO THE MOON told me a few things I didn't know. REASON FOR SCIENCE FICTION was well put. I seem to agree with Fischer quite a bit. JACK SPEER writes: I must disagree with the majority. I did not think "Space Log Y-486-G-" so hot. Aside from the mothballiness of the plot, there is the impossibility of believing that this is actually a ship's leg, or written under the conditions indicated. The early part, supposed to be routine entries in the log (after the introduction) speaks of the Captain's sweetheart and so forth in an utterly unloggish manner, and the very last couldn't have been entered in the log. Fischer's article of some interest. Utterly disagree with his list, tho many of the stories I never heard of before. I like "Red River Valley" and other gittar pieces. It's a matter of attitude. Some people think Kuttner's humor is punk, but that's because they don't have the right angle. Kuttner's stuff is written to surprize those who are so well acquainted with humor that the unexpected is expected, and only the expected surprises them, Farley fair. Warner has a bad habit of seeing all sides of a question and writing them into an article titled as if it upheld one side of the thesis. This flaw is present in THRILLING—AWK!. Otherwise okeh. Item I liked best in the Spotlight was the end of Killer Kane. Since the decline of the daily strip I see very little of it in papers I get, and was unaware of the startling new turn. Shall have to hound the Library of Congress till I get to see the fateful strip. Rothman had a good bit of description. Nice drawing for "Can You Answer These?" Fischer's second article discussed thoughts perhaps new to him. EDITOR'S MESSAGE This issue is dated July- August-September in an effort to catch up with the months' that have so slyly slipped by. The next issue will be dated October- November-December and will be the Third Anniversary Issue. I can't guarantee when this issue will appear, but it will be before the year is out, if I can help it. Perhaps some of you have noticed the cheap paper used this issue. Don't worry! It won't happen again. To put it briefly; we got clipped at a clip-joint! The Anniversary issue will present several new features, among them being a printed cover, I hope. I can't guarantee this statement, but in all probability the next issue will have a classy printed cover. Of course, a few subscribers renewing their subscriptions would sort of guarantee it — sort of. Don't forget, fellows, the WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION will be held in Chicago in 1940. Plan to be present. ***RAM