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IMAGINATION! #6  38 Mar    3
FANTASCIENCE F-L-A-S-H-E-S !

Arthur J. Burks, who has had several novels publish in bk form under the byline Burke MacArthur & is now submitting pseudonymanuscripts to Ast, has written "Etheria".

Ed Earl's Repp-utation may be enhanced by "Taan of the Crimson Crystal, Empire of Terror & The Wingd Hord".

Francis Flagg's finish fiction: "Outpost of Lemuria, Thomas Incredible, The Nite People (which the LA Leag mav publish as a bklet at a later date), The Unknown, Ghost in the House, Infinity (in collaboration with RRVogan) & The Slow-Motion Man (with Weaver Wright)".

Victor Rosseau, whose last name is Emanuel, has used the pename "HMEgbert".

Lowell "Islands in the Air" Howard Morrow may return to stf with "Wings of That, Avenging Fire & sequel Banner of Blood, Cruise of the Dolphin".

HGWells is being serialized in Red Bk: "The Brothers".

Current All-American fiction contains immortalityarn "Jane Brown's Body".
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IMAGI-NIK-NAX:
[Signed Charles Willard Diffuy]
"Briefly, my idea of what science fiction should be: In the very name 'science-fiction' it is apparent that fiction is the important word, and science only a means of classification. That is to say a scientifically accurate forecast of future development written by, say, Millikan, might be most uninteresting...No, if Millikan wrote it, it would be intensely interesting, but you get the idea. It could be good science; it could be a basically sound forecast of future events; and still it could be mighty dry reading not classifiable as fiction. ** "'The story's the thing' to paraphrase William the Only. It must ring true. It must seem real when we read it. Then the science should be basically sound; and, built upon that secure footing, the experiences of the characters may become real happenings to real people like ourselves. ** "The witches' curse upon the writer who uses any device plainly contrary to modern scientific belief without a plausible explanation for the contradiction. Doyle placed people at the bottom of the ocean and 'explained' away the pressure by casually stating that there wasn't any excessive pressure -- which didn't make Doyle immune from a suspicion of lazy writing in that instance."

[Signed Amelia Reynolds Lony.]
"Perhaps it would interest you to know that OMEGA was written when I was in high school. It had rather a strange history: I first sent it to AMAZING STORIES; and two months later was told by Mr. Gernsbach, who was then editor, that they had no record of it. After I had finished calling myself things for not having had it registered, I made another copy, and sent it to WEIRD TALES; but Mr. Wright -- who, by the way, is the nicest editor I've ever encountered -- didn't think the end would carry conviction. After that I gave it up as a bad job, and tossed it into a desk drawer; so you can imagine my surprise when it appeared."

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IMAGINATION! #6 38 Mar 3 FANTASCIENCE F-L-A-S-H-E-S ! Arthur J. Burks, who has had several novels publish in bk form under the byline Burke MacArthur & is now submitting pseudonymanuscripts to Ast, has written "Etheria". Ed Earl's Repp-utation may be enhanced by "Taan of the Crimson Crystal, Empire of Terror & The Wingd Hord". Francis Flagg's finish fiction: "Outpost of Lemuria, Thomas Incredible, The Nite People (which the LA Leag mav publish as a bklet at a later date), The Unknown, Ghost in the House, Infinity (in collaboration with RRVogan) & The Slow-Motion Man (with Weaver Wright)". Victor Rosseau, whose last name is Emanuel, has used the pename "HMEgbert". Lowell "Islands in the Air" Howard Morrow may return to stf with "Wings of That, Avenging Fire & sequel Banner of Blood, Cruise of the Dolphin". HGWells is being serialized in Red Bk: "The Brothers". Current All-American fiction contains immortalityarn "Jane Brown's Body". * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IMAGI-NIK-NAX: [Signed Charles Willard Diffuy] "Briefly, my idea of what science fiction should be: In the very name 'science-fiction' it is apparent that fiction is the important word, and science only a means of classification. That is to say a scientifically accurate forecast of future development written by, say, Millikan, might be most uninteresting...No, if Millikan wrote it, it would be intensely interesting, but you get the idea. It could be good science; it could be a basically sound forecast of future events; and still it could be mighty dry reading not classifiable as fiction. ** "'The story's the thing' to paraphrase William the Only. It must ring true. It must seem real when we read it. Then the science should be basically sound; and, built upon that secure footing, the experiences of the characters may become real happenings to real people like ourselves. ** "The witches' curse upon the writer who uses any device plainly contrary to modern scientific belief without a plausible explanation for the contradiction. Doyle placed people at the bottom of the ocean and 'explained' away the pressure by casually stating that there wasn't any excessive pressure -- which didn't make Doyle immune from a suspicion of lazy writing in that instance." [Signed Amelia Reynolds Lony.] "Perhaps it would interest you to know that OMEGA was written when I was in high school. It had rather a strange history: I first sent it to AMAZING STORIES; and two months later was told by Mr. Gernsbach, who was then editor, that they had no record of it. After I had finished calling myself things for not having had it registered, I made another copy, and sent it to WEIRD TALES; but Mr. Wright -- who, by the way, is the nicest editor I've ever encountered -- didn't think the end would carry conviction. After that I gave it up as a bad job, and tossed it into a desk drawer; so you can imagine my surprise when it appeared."