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Fantascience Digest, v. 2, issue 3, March-April 1939

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FANTASCIENCE DIGEST     Page 11

9) "Phalanxes of Atlans" was written by [[underline]]F.V.W. Mason[[end underline]].

10) The name of the author A. Merritt threatened to sue is [[underline]]B.H. Barney[[end underline]]. The story which aroused Mr. Merritt's ire was titled "Beyond the Veil of Time," and appeared in the Fall-Winter, 1932 Amazing Quarterly.

This issue the column will be conducted a little different than it was before. Mr. Robert W. Lowndes has prepared a lengthy list of questions pertaining to stf. and fantasy, and all of you who answer each and every one correctly will have your subscriptions extended by one issue, at the expense of Mr. Lowndes. Here they are:

1) What stf author has had the most stories published in a single issue of an stf magazine? Name the magazine and the stories.

2) True or false? "The Messiah of the Cylinder," classic four-part interplanetaryarn from Argosy, was written by Victor Rousseau.

3) What two stf titles have been used at least four time each? Give author's names and magazines in which they appeared.

4) What classic stf tale did Amazing reprint twice?

5) True or false? The motion picture "Deluge" was adapted from the famous "Second Deluge" by Garrett P. Serviss.

6) In "The moon Pool" what was the relation between Von Hetzdorp and Marakinoff?

7) What was the most controversial illustration Amazing Stories ever printed and who drew it?

8) What famous trilogy of stf tales was written in revers order?

9) Has Dr. Keller ever written any stories in collaboration with other writers? If so, who were they, and what were the stories?

10) To what famous short stf tale does the opening of Jack Williamson's "Alien Intelligence" bear a remarkable resemblance?

11) How were "The Conquerors" finally blotted out?

12) With what Science Wonder story did Editor Gernsback start off the famous time-travel discussion?

13) The similarity in detail between what two stories, published in what two magazines at what time were responsible for a certain critic in dubbing the author "one-plot" Hamilton?

14) Did Dr. Bird ever catch up with Saranoff?

15) What eventually happened to DuQuesne?

16) In what famous stf tale was the earth divested of her water supply by the means of "water motors"?

17) What were the first three non-reprint serial stories that Amazing Stories published?

18) Under what name did Allen Glasser write vitriolic letters to Wonder Stories and then attack the pen-name under his own name?

19) What top stf writer was left holding the bag for a large sum when Wonder Stories folded up?

20) The famous "Darkness" stories were written by: Victor Rousseau, murray Leinster, R. F. Starzl,  Ray Cummings, Ralph Milne Farley.

Okeh. If you get all twenty of those questions correct, you [[underline]]must[[end underline]] know your science fiction.

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FANTASCIENCE DIGEST Page 11 9) "Phalanxes of Atlans" was written by [[underline]]F.V.W. Mason[[end underline]]. 10) The name of the author A. Merritt threatened to sue is [[underline]]B.H. Barney[[end underline]]. The story which aroused Mr. Merritt's ire was titled "Beyond the Veil of Time," and appeared in the Fall-Winter, 1932 Amazing Quarterly. This issue the column will be conducted a little different than it was before. Mr. Robert W. Lowndes has prepared a lengthy list of questions pertaining to stf. and fantasy, and all of you who answer each and every one correctly will have your subscriptions extended by one issue, at the expense of Mr. Lowndes. Here they are: 1) What stf author has had the most stories published in a single issue of an stf magazine? Name the magazine and the stories. 2) True or false? "The Messiah of the Cylinder," classic four-part interplanetaryarn from Argosy, was written by Victor Rousseau. 3) What two stf titles have been used at least four time each? Give author's names and magazines in which they appeared. 4) What classic stf tale did Amazing reprint twice? 5) True or false? The motion picture "Deluge" was adapted from the famous "Second Deluge" by Garrett P. Serviss. 6) In "The moon Pool" what was the relation between Von Hetzdorp and Marakinoff? 7) What was the most controversial illustration Amazing Stories ever printed and who drew it? 8) What famous trilogy of stf tales was written in revers order? 9) Has Dr. Keller ever written any stories in collaboration with other writers? If so, who were they, and what were the stories? 10) To what famous short stf tale does the opening of Jack Williamson's "Alien Intelligence" bear a remarkable resemblance? 11) How were "The Conquerors" finally blotted out? 12) With what Science Wonder story did Editor Gernsback start off the famous time-travel discussion? 13) The similarity in detail between what two stories, published in what two magazines at what time were responsible for a certain critic in dubbing the author "one-plot" Hamilton? 14) Did Dr. Bird ever catch up with Saranoff? 15) What eventually happened to DuQuesne? 16) In what famous stf tale was the earth divested of her water supply by the means of "water motors"? 17) What were the first three non-reprint serial stories that Amazing Stories published? 18) Under what name did Allen Glasser write vitriolic letters to Wonder Stories and then attack the pen-name under his own name? 19) What top stf writer was left holding the bag for a large sum when Wonder Stories folded up? 20) The famous "Darkness" stories were written by: Victor Rousseau, murray Leinster, R. F. Starzl, Ray Cummings, Ralph Milne Farley. Okeh. If you get all twenty of those questions correct, you [[underline]]must[[end underline]] know your science fiction.