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Science Fiction Weekly, v. 1, issue 10, April 12, 1940

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Science Fiction Weekly

THE NATIONAL FAN REVIEW

PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY at 2574 Bedford, Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Volume One, Number 10; Whole Number Ten. April 21, 1940. Five cents, per single copy; three issues for ten cents; eight for twenty - five cents. Please do not remit by money order. We will exchange with any other fan magazine.
     Advertising: full page ads for 75 [cents sign]; we will also exchange quarter-page ads, same to be published whenever 5 [cents sign] more such are to hand, so that a full pge is thus taken. In all such instances, an extra page of reading matter is guaranteed.
     Statements or views expressed in signed features or columns do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors. The pages of this magazine are open at all times to orderly rebuttals upon any statements appearing herein.

Editor - in - Chief
Robert W. Lowndes

Associates
Chet Cohen           Dick Wilson
Leslie Perri

CITY DESK
ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO a writer then unknown, Philip Francis Known, sold a story named "Armageddon 2419 AD" to Amazing Stories. Shortly thereafter, he did a sequel called "The Airlords of Han" also published in the original Amazing Stories.
     These stories introduced a civilization set some centuries ahead, and a character known as "Buck" Rogers. Radio listeners soon became acquainted with this character although there was little real connection between the sound stf of "Armageddon" and the harum-scarum exploits of the radio & comic strip "Buck Rogers".
     Shortly before his untimely death, Philip Francis Known wrote anothr tale centering around the same general time and portraying the same civilization as was expounded in the first two stories. Rogers does not appear. This story entitled "Space Guards" cops the cover of the May Astounding Science Fiction -- a cover, coincidentally enough drawn by Hubert Rogers!

FREDERIK POHL, editor of Astonishing and Super Science Stories, states that he is now willing to consider purchases of serials. He has already accepted a novel by Malcolm Jameson, carrying the unusual title "Quicksands of Youthwardness". When asked to explain this odd title, he stated that a reading convinced him that no other title could possibly fit. The first installment is tentatively planned for the October issue of Astonishing. He declined to say whether this signified a shift to monthly publication, but said that it was a strong possibility.

ART SHENERT writes: "The South's #1 fan (me of course) and his side kik Bill Dubrucq, have decided to form the Dixie American Federation of Science-Fictionists, hereafter referred to as "Daffs".
     "This is an organization simple in structure, but all-embracing in scope. Fashioned on the plan of the Illini Fantasy Fictioneers, but requiring no membership fees save 25 [cents sign] to cover the cost of handling and mailing members' cards.
     "We will charter branches, the only requirement being three members and a subscription to Science Fiction Weekly. The official paper of the 'Daffs', Dementia Praecoz, will be issued monthly with up to the minute news of who is doing what in where.
     All science-fictionists below the Mason-Dixon line will be contacted in the next few weeks in what is to be a gigantic membership drive. Our hopes, no doubt, will exceed our returns, but we intend to show another organization who would like to rule the fan world that it just can't be done."

     Don Wollheim's "People of Planet P" is the third of his tales to see acceptance this year. Story has been taken by Mr Malcolm Reiss of Planet Stories, & and may appear in the 4th issue.

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Science Fiction Weekly THE NATIONAL FAN REVIEW PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY at 2574 Bedford, Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Volume One, Number 10; Whole Number Ten. April 21, 1940. Five cents, per single copy; three issues for ten cents; eight for twenty - five cents. Please do not remit by money order. We will exchange with any other fan magazine. Advertising: full page ads for 75 [cents sign]; we will also exchange quarter-page ads, same to be published whenever 5 [cents sign] more such are to hand, so that a full pge is thus taken. In all such instances, an extra page of reading matter is guaranteed. Statements or views expressed in signed features or columns do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors. The pages of this magazine are open at all times to orderly rebuttals upon any statements appearing herein. Editor - in - Chief Robert W. Lowndes Associates Chet Cohen Dick Wilson Leslie Perri CITY DESK ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO a writer then unknown, Philip Francis Known, sold a story named "Armageddon 2419 AD" to Amazing Stories. Shortly thereafter, he did a sequel called "The Airlords of Han" also published in the original Amazing Stories. These stories introduced a civilization set some centuries ahead, and a character known as "Buck" Rogers. Radio listeners soon became acquainted with this character although there was little real connection between the sound stf of "Armageddon" and the harum-scarum exploits of the radio & comic strip "Buck Rogers". Shortly before his untimely death, Philip Francis Known wrote anothr tale centering around the same general time and portraying the same civilization as was expounded in the first two stories. Rogers does not appear. This story entitled "Space Guards" cops the cover of the May Astounding Science Fiction -- a cover, coincidentally enough drawn by Hubert Rogers! FREDERIK POHL, editor of Astonishing and Super Science Stories, states that he is now willing to consider purchases of serials. He has already accepted a novel by Malcolm Jameson, carrying the unusual title "Quicksands of Youthwardness". When asked to explain this odd title, he stated that a reading convinced him that no other title could possibly fit. The first installment is tentatively planned for the October issue of Astonishing. He declined to say whether this signified a shift to monthly publication, but said that it was a strong possibility. ART SHENERT writes: "The South's #1 fan (me of course) and his side kik Bill Dubrucq, have decided to form the Dixie American Federation of Science-Fictionists, hereafter referred to as "Daffs". "This is an organization simple in structure, but all-embracing in scope. Fashioned on the plan of the Illini Fantasy Fictioneers, but requiring no membership fees save 25 [cents sign] to cover the cost of handling and mailing members' cards. "We will charter branches, the only requirement being three members and a subscription to Science Fiction Weekly. The official paper of the 'Daffs', Dementia Praecoz, will be issued monthly with up to the minute news of who is doing what in where. All science-fictionists below the Mason-Dixon line will be contacted in the next few weeks in what is to be a gigantic membership drive. Our hopes, no doubt, will exceed our returns, but we intend to show another organization who would like to rule the fan world that it just can't be done." Don Wollheim's "People of Planet P" is the third of his tales to see acceptance this year. Story has been taken by Mr Malcolm Reiss of Planet Stories, & and may appear in the 4th issue.