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Quanta, v. 1, issue 3, August 1949
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BOOK REVIEW - CONTINUED 17. The reader will not find the answers to the ensuing paradoxical issues by a casual reading. On the contrary, the intriguing tale will serve to whet his own thinking abilities; he will have to decide for himself which race is the superior and which the inferior. And perhaps some readers will find, as Mr. Phillpotts has subtly implied, that superiority and inferiority are relative terms, and that it is quite possible for the inhabitants of different planets to develop along entirely different lines and to be utterly incompatible. But regardless of his findings, he will have had the pleasant experience of matching wits with Mr. Phillpotss, and old-timer at this business of portraying the goodness and the evilness of men and "the other people." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TWO TIDBITS By Phillip Space I WHERE ARE THE FANS? WSFA has had several plugs from time to time, either directly or because of QUANTA, in TWS, SS, and AMAZING. Yet we have seldom received more than one or two inquiries from plugs in these 'zines....usually none. On the other hand, we recently had a letter published in TIME....without a complete mailing address. Results: Eight inquiries from local fans; approximately ten out-of-town inquiries. The local fans said they read only ASTOUNDING. Does that give you any ideas? II "WE SPECIALIZE IN SCIENCE-FICTION AND FANTASY": Bob Briggs, Frank Kerkhof and myself wandered into a local bookstore not too long ago .....a bookstore noted (?) for its exceptional (?) collection of Science-Fiction and Fantasy....a dealer who specializes in such, no less. I asked, suppressing any tendency to smile, "Do you have a copy of NECROMICON...you know, the book written by the mad Arab?" The dealer answered quickly - "Certainly!" Then he stopped...knitted his brow in concentration, then continued - "Well, not right now...I sold my last copy just last week." He did?
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BOOK REVIEW - CONTINUED 17. The reader will not find the answers to the ensuing paradoxical issues by a casual reading. On the contrary, the intriguing tale will serve to whet his own thinking abilities; he will have to decide for himself which race is the superior and which the inferior. And perhaps some readers will find, as Mr. Phillpotts has subtly implied, that superiority and inferiority are relative terms, and that it is quite possible for the inhabitants of different planets to develop along entirely different lines and to be utterly incompatible. But regardless of his findings, he will have had the pleasant experience of matching wits with Mr. Phillpotss, and old-timer at this business of portraying the goodness and the evilness of men and "the other people." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TWO TIDBITS By Phillip Space I WHERE ARE THE FANS? WSFA has had several plugs from time to time, either directly or because of QUANTA, in TWS, SS, and AMAZING. Yet we have seldom received more than one or two inquiries from plugs in these 'zines....usually none. On the other hand, we recently had a letter published in TIME....without a complete mailing address. Results: Eight inquiries from local fans; approximately ten out-of-town inquiries. The local fans said they read only ASTOUNDING. Does that give you any ideas? II "WE SPECIALIZE IN SCIENCE-FICTION AND FANTASY": Bob Briggs, Frank Kerkhof and myself wandered into a local bookstore not too long ago .....a bookstore noted (?) for its exceptional (?) collection of Science-Fiction and Fantasy....a dealer who specializes in such, no less. I asked, suppressing any tendency to smile, "Do you have a copy of NECROMICON...you know, the book written by the mad Arab?" The dealer answered quickly - "Certainly!" Then he stopped...knitted his brow in concentration, then continued - "Well, not right now...I sold my last copy just last week." He did?
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