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Spaceways, v. 4, issue 5, whole no. 28, June 1942
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SPACEWAYS 21 THE READERS ALWAYS WRITE Jack F Speer, 3416 Northhampton, N. W., Washington, D. C., says: Fortier's article is interesting, but full of holes. In the first place, the very common statement among scientifictionists that time is a dimension just like the other three dimensions is palpably erroneous. Time, in fact, pardon me, delete that "fact" phrase--I'm not supposed to use the word, is an entirely different animal from the regular three dimensions and doesn't bear the same relation to any of them that they do to each other. In the second place, contrary to Wells, an instantaneous cube can exist, tho it would naturally have little weight in human affairs. The use of the phrase "second dimension" to designate a two-dimensional world is a sin that not even Nowlan-Calkins were guilty of. Fortier errs also in thinking a world of mere time and length of little account. Let him cast his mind back over the mazes of linear equations that can be cooked up, and he'll see that that is quite enuf tokeep one occupied for a long time. His description of the "fifth" dimension is fairly good till he starts ascribing to it the maintenance of Kosmos against Chaos, for which there is no foundation. And his talk of using "this magnificent warp" sounds a little like something out of the Book of Mormon. The absence of visitors from a temponautical future civilization may be explained by the Daniels Branches of Time theory, which I personally don't endorse. " .....My dictionary doesn't give "repugn", but I'll be Russell is using it correctly. Clark Ashton Smith never had a vocabulary like that guy. DB Thompson's "everybody knows I don't" like such stories, recalls how prone fans are to suppose that their backgrounds, opinions, and everything are known and remembered by everybody within sound of their typewriter. I'll bet I've been guilty of such unfounded assumption on many occasions. D. W. Boggs, 2215 Benjamin St., N. E., Minneapolis, Minn. notes: When I first tore off the wrapper of the April Spaceways and gazed upon the front cover, I honestly thot it wasn't S. at all, but some new fmg. Donnell's pic and the light-weight covers were totally un-Spaceways-like. Nine points are hereby awarded to the drawing which was the best ever to grace your mag. Incidentally, I think sacrificing the think covers was a good move. The former cover-stock contributed to the poor showing made by recent pix; the best drawing in the world wouldn't come out beautifully on such paper. However, I like colored covers--16 lb., too--but one of a pallid hue. (Most copies had the regular covers last time, but not enough heavy paper was on hand, and some white interior stock is on some copies. This time, a fairly good compromise has been compromised. HW) " ....."Emergency Flare" - 9. Good job of sub-Cynicking. Re announcing the fact that reprints are reprints: The Z-D Quarterlies carry only the word "Reissue" on the cover, easily overlooked or not understood to mean "reprint". It's good news about "The PocketBOOK of Scientific Romances" despite the ploopy title. Douglas Webster, Idlewild, Fountainhall Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, types: Now for a crack at Fortier. I know little of mathematics and next to nothing about fourth-dimensional ditto; but I can criticise him logically. Granted that the first dimension is that of time (though quite obviously you could call it the 2nd., the 3rd., or the 4th. instead; and convenience insists that it should
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SPACEWAYS 21 THE READERS ALWAYS WRITE Jack F Speer, 3416 Northhampton, N. W., Washington, D. C., says: Fortier's article is interesting, but full of holes. In the first place, the very common statement among scientifictionists that time is a dimension just like the other three dimensions is palpably erroneous. Time, in fact, pardon me, delete that "fact" phrase--I'm not supposed to use the word, is an entirely different animal from the regular three dimensions and doesn't bear the same relation to any of them that they do to each other. In the second place, contrary to Wells, an instantaneous cube can exist, tho it would naturally have little weight in human affairs. The use of the phrase "second dimension" to designate a two-dimensional world is a sin that not even Nowlan-Calkins were guilty of. Fortier errs also in thinking a world of mere time and length of little account. Let him cast his mind back over the mazes of linear equations that can be cooked up, and he'll see that that is quite enuf tokeep one occupied for a long time. His description of the "fifth" dimension is fairly good till he starts ascribing to it the maintenance of Kosmos against Chaos, for which there is no foundation. And his talk of using "this magnificent warp" sounds a little like something out of the Book of Mormon. The absence of visitors from a temponautical future civilization may be explained by the Daniels Branches of Time theory, which I personally don't endorse. " .....My dictionary doesn't give "repugn", but I'll be Russell is using it correctly. Clark Ashton Smith never had a vocabulary like that guy. DB Thompson's "everybody knows I don't" like such stories, recalls how prone fans are to suppose that their backgrounds, opinions, and everything are known and remembered by everybody within sound of their typewriter. I'll bet I've been guilty of such unfounded assumption on many occasions. D. W. Boggs, 2215 Benjamin St., N. E., Minneapolis, Minn. notes: When I first tore off the wrapper of the April Spaceways and gazed upon the front cover, I honestly thot it wasn't S. at all, but some new fmg. Donnell's pic and the light-weight covers were totally un-Spaceways-like. Nine points are hereby awarded to the drawing which was the best ever to grace your mag. Incidentally, I think sacrificing the think covers was a good move. The former cover-stock contributed to the poor showing made by recent pix; the best drawing in the world wouldn't come out beautifully on such paper. However, I like colored covers--16 lb., too--but one of a pallid hue. (Most copies had the regular covers last time, but not enough heavy paper was on hand, and some white interior stock is on some copies. This time, a fairly good compromise has been compromised. HW) " ....."Emergency Flare" - 9. Good job of sub-Cynicking. Re announcing the fact that reprints are reprints: The Z-D Quarterlies carry only the word "Reissue" on the cover, easily overlooked or not understood to mean "reprint". It's good news about "The PocketBOOK of Scientific Romances" despite the ploopy title. Douglas Webster, Idlewild, Fountainhall Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, types: Now for a crack at Fortier. I know little of mathematics and next to nothing about fourth-dimensional ditto; but I can criticise him logically. Granted that the first dimension is that of time (though quite obviously you could call it the 2nd., the 3rd., or the 4th. instead; and convenience insists that it should
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