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Spaceways, v. 4, issue 5, whole no. 28, June 1942
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SPACEWAYS 15 WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT by J. MICHAEL ROSENBLUM And Wars Shall Cease, by Carl Marsh. P. Broadway Publishing Co., 1930, 7/6. Am not sure whether this comes under the heading of occult literature more than stf. But as to what it is about--well, The Great White Brotherhood, an occult brotherhood, decide that peace must be produced at any price. So they get hold of some new inventions, including that famous death-ray, and set out to enforce their bidding on the world. They start with Britain because it is the only power sincerely working for peace (aren't you Americans jealous?) and by showing the effects they can produce manage to blackmail Britain into acting as their agent. And then, bigger and better blackmail. The rest of the world has to do their bidding and the golden age dawns. Perhaps not quite as bad as it might be, in fact definitely readable, but don't say that I recommended it to anyone other than an ardent collector. This Is Armageddon, by Muriel Howorth. P. Stockwell, 1939. 7/6. An alleged allegory, thoroughly mixed up with contemporary life. The perpetual struggle between good and evil is personified by a benevolent professor and a very very wicked foreign count who tries so very hard to tempt our heroine, who is, naturally, as pure as the driven snow, and in love with the village blacksmith to boot. Many women writers are insufferable and this one is one of the worst. Somehow or another a valley of Paradise is dragged in, plus a valley of the Shadow, not apparently on this earth yet easily visited by the characters. Various wonderful inventions are mentioned, but scarcely described--particularly a "ghost voice" which speaks all languages and pervades all radio wavelengths, which is at least reasonably near to a prophecy. Definitely not recommended to any other than a very tolerant and dyed-in-the-wool mystic. ENIGMA by EDWARD C. CONNOR Out of the void of the mystic past 'Rose Man. Unrecognizable primarily, But Man at last. All the beings that had gone before Were now as nothing In the light of Man's existence. How think ye feels the earth With puny Man upon its brow, Striving mightily to conquer his creator? Now look ye upon Man himself, Seeking triumph in Machines. Does not the progress of these monoliths Exceed the rate of Man's own rise? What future malice dawns in this enigma? What savage fate must lie in wait-- For Man!
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SPACEWAYS 15 WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT by J. MICHAEL ROSENBLUM And Wars Shall Cease, by Carl Marsh. P. Broadway Publishing Co., 1930, 7/6. Am not sure whether this comes under the heading of occult literature more than stf. But as to what it is about--well, The Great White Brotherhood, an occult brotherhood, decide that peace must be produced at any price. So they get hold of some new inventions, including that famous death-ray, and set out to enforce their bidding on the world. They start with Britain because it is the only power sincerely working for peace (aren't you Americans jealous?) and by showing the effects they can produce manage to blackmail Britain into acting as their agent. And then, bigger and better blackmail. The rest of the world has to do their bidding and the golden age dawns. Perhaps not quite as bad as it might be, in fact definitely readable, but don't say that I recommended it to anyone other than an ardent collector. This Is Armageddon, by Muriel Howorth. P. Stockwell, 1939. 7/6. An alleged allegory, thoroughly mixed up with contemporary life. The perpetual struggle between good and evil is personified by a benevolent professor and a very very wicked foreign count who tries so very hard to tempt our heroine, who is, naturally, as pure as the driven snow, and in love with the village blacksmith to boot. Many women writers are insufferable and this one is one of the worst. Somehow or another a valley of Paradise is dragged in, plus a valley of the Shadow, not apparently on this earth yet easily visited by the characters. Various wonderful inventions are mentioned, but scarcely described--particularly a "ghost voice" which speaks all languages and pervades all radio wavelengths, which is at least reasonably near to a prophecy. Definitely not recommended to any other than a very tolerant and dyed-in-the-wool mystic. ENIGMA by EDWARD C. CONNOR Out of the void of the mystic past 'Rose Man. Unrecognizable primarily, But Man at last. All the beings that had gone before Were now as nothing In the light of Man's existence. How think ye feels the earth With puny Man upon its brow, Striving mightily to conquer his creator? Now look ye upon Man himself, Seeking triumph in Machines. Does not the progress of these monoliths Exceed the rate of Man's own rise? What future malice dawns in this enigma? What savage fate must lie in wait-- For Man!
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