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

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ed the array. Many still-active fans had letters.

The March Amazing Stories had a very good cover by Morey, in the blue color harmony prevailing at that period. This cover illustrated the third installment of E.E. Smith's wonderful novel, "Triplanetary." Bob Olsen with another ant story, "Peril Among the Drivers." H. Haverstock Hill had the second part of "Terror Out of Space," a mediocre serial. Henry J. Kostkos was represented by "The Man Who Stopped the Earth." Victor Endersby had a clever short-short by the name of "A Job of Blending," and a little-known author, whom some will remember, Edgar Allan Poe, had "A Ms. Found in a Bottle."

The April Amazing cover used the same colors as the previous issue. it illustrated "The Metanicals," by Francis Flagg. Bob Olsen, with one of his fourth dimensional stories, "Cat's Eye," and Edgar Allan Poe, again, with "Gold Bug." (Editorial note; there is a mistake in thes paragraph. See how many readers can discover it.)

You wouldn't think that Astounding was already under Street and Smith five years ago, but the Marc, 1934 issue was the sixth under the new reign. The cover was for "The Man Who Stopped the Dust," one of John Russell Fearn's more lucid yarns, and was done, as usual, by Brown. jack Williamson had a very thought-variant by the name of "Born of the Sun." "The Man Who Never Lived," by Donald Wandrei, and "Manna from mars" by Stanton A. Coblentz, were short stories. "Black Death," by Henry J. Kostkos filled up several pages. outstanding, of course, was the conclusion of "Rebirth," by Thomas Calvert McClary. "The Time Imposter," by Nat Schachner, reminded one of a story further back in Amazing. "The Retreat from Utopia," an amateurish yarn by Wallace West, completed the issue.

The April Astounding was very outstanding. The cover, illustrating the opening of Williamson's "Legion of Space," was excellent. "Lo!" by Charles Fort, also began. "He from Procyon," wonderful novelette by Nat Schachner was included, complete, as also a better-than-average yarn by Harry Bates, "A Matter of Size." The short stories were all little bitter than space fillers. They were:"The Green Plague," by Stanton A. Coblentz; "The God Box" by Howard Von Drey (Wandrei?); "The Atom Smasher," by Donald Wandrei; and "The Tooth," by Neil Moran.

At this period there were a lot of good things floating around. In these two months I have listed, the outstanding names were: "Triplanetary," "Exile of the Skies," "Rebirth," and the four big things in that April issue of Astounding.

[[underline]]Ten Years Ago in
Science Fiction[[end underline]]

In March, 1929, there was only one regular science fiction magazine, and that was Amazing Stories, together with the Quarterly. That issue of Amazing had an excellent cover by Paul illustrating "The Airlords of Han," by Philip Fancis Nowlan. This story told of the adventures of one Buck Rogers. Ever hear of him? "Into the Green Prism," outstanding serial by A. Hyatt Verril was starting. "The Face of Isis," by Cyril G. Wates, was fair, and "The Worm," by Keller, was in the typical Keller manner.

The cover of the April issue was not quite as good as the previous one, but even so, it compares extremely favorably with those being done today. it illustrated "The Revolt of the Atoms," by V. Orlovsky, a bol-

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Page 20 FANTASCIENCE DIGEST ed the array. Many still-active fans had letters. The March Amazing Stories had a very good cover by Morey, in the blue color harmony prevailing at that period. This cover illustrated the third installment of E.E. Smith's wonderful novel, "Triplanetary." Bob Olsen with another ant story, "Peril Among the Drivers." H. Haverstock Hill had the second part of "Terror Out of Space," a mediocre serial. Henry J. Kostkos was represented by "The Man Who Stopped the Earth." Victor Endersby had a clever short-short by the name of "A Job of Blending," and a little-known author, whom some will remember, Edgar Allan Poe, had "A Ms. Found in a Bottle." The April Amazing cover used the same colors as the previous issue. it illustrated "The Metanicals," by Francis Flagg. Bob Olsen, with one of his fourth dimensional stories, "Cat's Eye," and Edgar Allan Poe, again, with "Gold Bug." (Editorial note; there is a mistake in thes paragraph. See how many readers can discover it.) You wouldn't think that Astounding was already under Street and Smith five years ago, but the Marc, 1934 issue was the sixth under the new reign. The cover was for "The Man Who Stopped the Dust," one of John Russell Fearn's more lucid yarns, and was done, as usual, by Brown. jack Williamson had a very thought-variant by the name of "Born of the Sun." "The Man Who Never Lived," by Donald Wandrei, and "Manna from mars" by Stanton A. Coblentz, were short stories. "Black Death," by Henry J. Kostkos filled up several pages. outstanding, of course, was the conclusion of "Rebirth," by Thomas Calvert McClary. "The Time Imposter," by Nat Schachner, reminded one of a story further back in Amazing. "The Retreat from Utopia," an amateurish yarn by Wallace West, completed the issue. The April Astounding was very outstanding. The cover, illustrating the opening of Williamson's "Legion of Space," was excellent. "Lo!" by Charles Fort, also began. "He from Procyon," wonderful novelette by Nat Schachner was included, complete, as also a better-than-average yarn by Harry Bates, "A Matter of Size." The short stories were all little bitter than space fillers. They were:"The Green Plague," by Stanton A. Coblentz; "The God Box" by Howard Von Drey (Wandrei?); "The Atom Smasher," by Donald Wandrei; and "The Tooth," by Neil Moran. At this period there were a lot of good things floating around. In these two months I have listed, the outstanding names were: "Triplanetary," "Exile of the Skies," "Rebirth," and the four big things in that April issue of Astounding. [[underline]]Ten Years Ago in Science Fiction[[end underline]] In March, 1929, there was only one regular science fiction magazine, and that was Amazing Stories, together with the Quarterly. That issue of Amazing had an excellent cover by Paul illustrating "The Airlords of Han," by Philip Fancis Nowlan. This story told of the adventures of one Buck Rogers. Ever hear of him? "Into the Green Prism," outstanding serial by A. Hyatt Verril was starting. "The Face of Isis," by Cyril G. Wates, was fair, and "The Worm," by Keller, was in the typical Keller manner. The cover of the April issue was not quite as good as the previous one, but even so, it compares extremely favorably with those being done today. it illustrated "The Revolt of the Atoms," by V. Orlovsky, a bol-