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Fantascience Digest, v. 2, issue 4, May-June 1939

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Page 22                     FANTASCIENCE DIGEST

   The cleverness of the demonstration was incredible. The designers of the planetarium could never have dreamed of putting it to such a use when they made the dome of metal perforated with tiny holes for the sake of acoustics. When lighted from the inside of the dome the metal is perfectly opaque, but put a few lights on the outside, and leave the inside dark, and what do you see? The dome disappears! And without is seen the supporting girders of the building and the dome. The huge metal ducts of the air conditioning system, the wires, and heating pipes, ladders and catwalks, and a fake space ship control.

   It looked marvelous.

   The noise affects were simple. The mountains of the crater were projected were cleverly around the base of the dome. The earth and the eclipse were nothing for the planetarium to do.

   And thus we went to the moon.

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[IMAGE] CAN YOU ANSWER THESE?
Conducted By Robert A. Madle
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   Judging by the reactions of the readers, last month's set of questions, compiled by Robert W. Lowndes, proved to be very, very difficult indeed. In fact, no one answered all of them correctly. However, the following two readers received the highest ratings:
   
   John Newton, 2667 N. Orianna Street.---97%   Phila., Pa.
   Paul Freehafer, 404 S. Lake Avenue.----70%          Pasadena, Cal.

   Consequently, Mr. Lowndes does not have to award any prizes, although Mr. Newton almost won. Incidentally, I would like to receive similar sets of questions from readers of FANTASCIENCE DIGEST. How about it, boys? Forrie Ackerman should be able to compile a nice, easy set; and the same applies to Sam Moskowitz, Bob Swisher, and many other science fiction wizards.

   Oh yes, I would like to make mention of the fact that Forrest J. Ackerman's name should have been included among the winners in the last issue. His entry arrived too late, so I'm making mention of it now. 

   Get out the last issue of FD and look over the questions, for here are the answers:

   1. Dr. Keller: Summer 1928 Amazing Stories Quarterly. "The Menace", "The Gold Ship", "The Tainted Flood", and "The Insane Avalanche".

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Page 22 FANTASCIENCE DIGEST The cleverness of the demonstration was incredible. The designers of the planetarium could never have dreamed of putting it to such a use when they made the dome of metal perforated with tiny holes for the sake of acoustics. When lighted from the inside of the dome the metal is perfectly opaque, but put a few lights on the outside, and leave the inside dark, and what do you see? The dome disappears! And without is seen the supporting girders of the building and the dome. The huge metal ducts of the air conditioning system, the wires, and heating pipes, ladders and catwalks, and a fake space ship control. It looked marvelous. The noise affects were simple. The mountains of the crater were projected were cleverly around the base of the dome. The earth and the eclipse were nothing for the planetarium to do. And thus we went to the moon. -FINIS- _______________________________________ -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o ________________________________________ [IMAGE] CAN YOU ANSWER THESE? Conducted By Robert A. Madle _______________________________________ -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o ________________________________________ Judging by the reactions of the readers, last month's set of questions, compiled by Robert W. Lowndes, proved to be very, very difficult indeed. In fact, no one answered all of them correctly. However, the following two readers received the highest ratings: John Newton, 2667 N. Orianna Street.---97% Phila., Pa. Paul Freehafer, 404 S. Lake Avenue.----70% Pasadena, Cal. Consequently, Mr. Lowndes does not have to award any prizes, although Mr. Newton almost won. Incidentally, I would like to receive similar sets of questions from readers of FANTASCIENCE DIGEST. How about it, boys? Forrie Ackerman should be able to compile a nice, easy set; and the same applies to Sam Moskowitz, Bob Swisher, and many other science fiction wizards. Oh yes, I would like to make mention of the fact that Forrest J. Ackerman's name should have been included among the winners in the last issue. His entry arrived too late, so I'm making mention of it now. Get out the last issue of FD and look over the questions, for here are the answers: 1. Dr. Keller: Summer 1928 Amazing Stories Quarterly. "The Menace", "The Gold Ship", "The Tainted Flood", and "The Insane Avalanche".