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Science Fiction Collector, v. 4, issue 4, whole no. 22, September 1938
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Science Fiction Collector Page 15 the Eternal Wanderer Ossie Troin A couple of months ago I commented on Kutner's "Avengers of Space," and everyone seems to think that I am taking a stand against the sciences of the story. I want to make it clear here that my slams were not aimed solely at the apioiness[?] of that tale. It was the story itself I was against. The plotting, characterisation, and everything else that combines to make a story were terrible. I have seen better work by high school students. Get this straight -- the story was a mess of tripe and nothing else. Absolutely unworthy of appearing in print. I have heard people speak well of Kuttner's work in WEIRD TALES, but since I have not read any of them, I will, of course, refrain from comment. Kuttner says that he writes for a living. My advice to him is to write less stories like that for they will do him more harm than good in the long run. And now for the set[?] in that particular story. I didn't like it, and it is just a rehash of all the spicy sex stuff in all stories of that type. And it wasn't as sexy as it was suggestive. I do not object to sex in a book. Some of the best books I have read were extremely sexy, such as the trilogy of Vierecke[?] and Eldridge -- "My First Two Thousand Years, Sallme[?]: The Wandering Jewess, and The Invincible Adam." I certainly am no prude, holding up my hands in horror at such masterpieces of literature. Mr. Miske and several others should realize that some of the greatest literature of the ages is so sexy that it makes even the trilogy just mentioned seem tame in comparison. To make myself clear: I do not like the sex element
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Science Fiction Collector Page 15 the Eternal Wanderer Ossie Troin A couple of months ago I commented on Kutner's "Avengers of Space," and everyone seems to think that I am taking a stand against the sciences of the story. I want to make it clear here that my slams were not aimed solely at the apioiness[?] of that tale. It was the story itself I was against. The plotting, characterisation, and everything else that combines to make a story were terrible. I have seen better work by high school students. Get this straight -- the story was a mess of tripe and nothing else. Absolutely unworthy of appearing in print. I have heard people speak well of Kuttner's work in WEIRD TALES, but since I have not read any of them, I will, of course, refrain from comment. Kuttner says that he writes for a living. My advice to him is to write less stories like that for they will do him more harm than good in the long run. And now for the set[?] in that particular story. I didn't like it, and it is just a rehash of all the spicy sex stuff in all stories of that type. And it wasn't as sexy as it was suggestive. I do not object to sex in a book. Some of the best books I have read were extremely sexy, such as the trilogy of Vierecke[?] and Eldridge -- "My First Two Thousand Years, Sallme[?]: The Wandering Jewess, and The Invincible Adam." I certainly am no prude, holding up my hands in horror at such masterpieces of literature. Mr. Miske and several others should realize that some of the greatest literature of the ages is so sexy that it makes even the trilogy just mentioned seem tame in comparison. To make myself clear: I do not like the sex element
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