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Reader and Collector, v. 3, issue 6, January 1946
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Futuristic Fiction A world of made is not a world of born - pity poor flesh and trees, poor stars and stones but never this fine specimen of hypermagical ultraomnipotence. We doctors know a hopeless case if - listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door; let's go E. E. Cummings Chapter II Futuristic fiction has the broadest field of presentation of all three types of mythological fiction. In the movies, comic strips, radio programs, story magazines, and in novels, we find the future man with his rocket ships and innumerable rays. The broadness of this appeal is an indication of the depth to which interest in scientific discovery has penetrated the popular mind. In America, Canada , and England there is a large group of readers who back futuristic fiction with fan clubs, which grouped together form what they call fandom. Many of the groups publish small magazines or newspapers criticising or applauding the stories in different magazines. They discuss the merits and demerits of certain authors and of the scientific qualities of the stories, and carry on campaigns for better presentation of their favorite literature than the pulp press supplies. It is this group which has greatly improved and unified the writing of futuristic fiction. The great publicity given fandom's favorite, H.G. Wells, on the air and in the movies has made his name synonymous with science in fictional form. His work in other fields is not apt to change this association. The War of the Worlds, which has already been mentioned, contains an element often found in all futuristic fiction. This is the introduction of a new force into the world which brings about a swift change of cause and effect,
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Futuristic Fiction A world of made is not a world of born - pity poor flesh and trees, poor stars and stones but never this fine specimen of hypermagical ultraomnipotence. We doctors know a hopeless case if - listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door; let's go E. E. Cummings Chapter II Futuristic fiction has the broadest field of presentation of all three types of mythological fiction. In the movies, comic strips, radio programs, story magazines, and in novels, we find the future man with his rocket ships and innumerable rays. The broadness of this appeal is an indication of the depth to which interest in scientific discovery has penetrated the popular mind. In America, Canada , and England there is a large group of readers who back futuristic fiction with fan clubs, which grouped together form what they call fandom. Many of the groups publish small magazines or newspapers criticising or applauding the stories in different magazines. They discuss the merits and demerits of certain authors and of the scientific qualities of the stories, and carry on campaigns for better presentation of their favorite literature than the pulp press supplies. It is this group which has greatly improved and unified the writing of futuristic fiction. The great publicity given fandom's favorite, H.G. Wells, on the air and in the movies has made his name synonymous with science in fictional form. His work in other fields is not apt to change this association. The War of the Worlds, which has already been mentioned, contains an element often found in all futuristic fiction. This is the introduction of a new force into the world which brings about a swift change of cause and effect,
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