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

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Page 28     FANTASCIENCE DIGEST

"Amazing News" 
By Mark Reinsberg

(Continued from Page 17)

by having five stories of his printed in the same issue of a detective magazine. It seems he knew the editor well, and being able to trun out material fast -- had the tales published under various names. Incidentally, fans should be on the look-out for Palmer's pet pen-name, which no one but himself knows of. Rap declares, "A pen name can be kept secret when only the author knows it." Worthy sentiment, Mr. Palmer, but the blood hounds of science fiction are on its trail, and sooner or later ---------.

Evidently, when "The New Adam" finally appears --- whereever and whenever that may be, many fans will be surprised. A cloak of mystery still surrounds it but the info is that it will see publication at an early date. Previously, a legal question had to be ironed out before Ziff-Davis could act. The original title to Weinbaum's "Revolution of 1950" was "The Dictator's Sister."

Morey will very soon supplement Palmer's growing list of cover artists, and shortly after that Fuqua will have a cover which is even better than the April one. Eventually, Krupa may get a crack at the key position --- he is now scheduled for the back cover. Palmer's main objection to him doing a cover job had been that Krupa had not worked with colors. However, Krupa has evidently mastered that angle, and combined with his marvelous abolity, he should go over big. Many people still will not believe that Krupa does not use a pen in illustrating; they cannot understands how he gets the fine detail with a brush. Yet, he never uses a pen, and probably never will.

The five hundred copies comprising the edition of the Weinbaum Memorial volume has long been exhausted. Palmer is wishing he had five hundred more! It seems that the current upsurge in s-f has not ended. Recently an announcement was made to the effect that good old Buck Rogers is retruning to the air on May 1st.

In the recent coupons printed in AMAZING, containing on one side the story vote, and on the other, a ballot of likes, dislikes, and desires, many curious facts were discovered. For one thing, it was found that those who voted had quite different opinions from the fans who preferred not to mutilate their mag and wrote in instead. They represented the true general public, while the "fans" only a minority. It was then revealed that most editors had been following the group who made the most noise --- not the comparitively inconspicuous average reader, and thus had been sacrificing the mag's general appeal by catering to the fan alone. The sooner editors realize the letter-writing fan is not the only one reading his magazine, the higher the circulation will soar. This is not a crack at fandom, but solid truth. To illustrate the point; the tabulated results proved that the average reader preferred a smaller readers' column.

And they(re right. Who ever uses the readers' column other than a "fan"? But then, who cares anyway?

The more subscriptions we receive the more FD will improve. Come on fellows, help make FD the magazine that has been sadly lacking since FANTASY MAGAZINE was discontinued. Only you, the reader, can put FD over.

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Page 28 FANTASCIENCE DIGEST "Amazing News" By Mark Reinsberg (Continued from Page 17) by having five stories of his printed in the same issue of a detective magazine. It seems he knew the editor well, and being able to trun out material fast -- had the tales published under various names. Incidentally, fans should be on the look-out for Palmer's pet pen-name, which no one but himself knows of. Rap declares, "A pen name can be kept secret when only the author knows it." Worthy sentiment, Mr. Palmer, but the blood hounds of science fiction are on its trail, and sooner or later ---------. Evidently, when "The New Adam" finally appears --- whereever and whenever that may be, many fans will be surprised. A cloak of mystery still surrounds it but the info is that it will see publication at an early date. Previously, a legal question had to be ironed out before Ziff-Davis could act. The original title to Weinbaum's "Revolution of 1950" was "The Dictator's Sister." Morey will very soon supplement Palmer's growing list of cover artists, and shortly after that Fuqua will have a cover which is even better than the April one. Eventually, Krupa may get a crack at the key position --- he is now scheduled for the back cover. Palmer's main objection to him doing a cover job had been that Krupa had not worked with colors. However, Krupa has evidently mastered that angle, and combined with his marvelous abolity, he should go over big. Many people still will not believe that Krupa does not use a pen in illustrating; they cannot understands how he gets the fine detail with a brush. Yet, he never uses a pen, and probably never will. The five hundred copies comprising the edition of the Weinbaum Memorial volume has long been exhausted. Palmer is wishing he had five hundred more! It seems that the current upsurge in s-f has not ended. Recently an announcement was made to the effect that good old Buck Rogers is retruning to the air on May 1st. In the recent coupons printed in AMAZING, containing on one side the story vote, and on the other, a ballot of likes, dislikes, and desires, many curious facts were discovered. For one thing, it was found that those who voted had quite different opinions from the fans who preferred not to mutilate their mag and wrote in instead. They represented the true general public, while the "fans" only a minority. It was then revealed that most editors had been following the group who made the most noise --- not the comparitively inconspicuous average reader, and thus had been sacrificing the mag's general appeal by catering to the fan alone. The sooner editors realize the letter-writing fan is not the only one reading his magazine, the higher the circulation will soar. This is not a crack at fandom, but solid truth. To illustrate the point; the tabulated results proved that the average reader preferred a smaller readers' column. And they(re right. Who ever uses the readers' column other than a "fan"? But then, who cares anyway? The more subscriptions we receive the more FD will improve. Come on fellows, help make FD the magazine that has been sadly lacking since FANTASY MAGAZINE was discontinued. Only you, the reader, can put FD over.