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Sun Spots, v. 3, issue 4, whole no. 12, November 1940

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November 1940, SUN SPOTS, Page 20 

THE WAY I SEE IT... By Leo Black 
2912 Market St.
Wheeling, V V,

If someone asked my opinion of Science fiction, I would tell them something like this:
Many have said that Science fiction is rediculous or absurd, but even in the hearts of so called sceptics they know they have seen science bring about creations that may be termed as miracles 
A few years back television was slightly more than a dream, but now it has become a reality. During the time of the World War, a young man said he had made a discovery of how, he believed, he could develop an airplane to travel one hundred miles per hour. Others laughed at him, but I wonder if they are still laughing, for after twenty years the airplane has developed the speed of five hundred M.P.H Way before the time of the airplane man has returned from some tract of land to another. All this time man wanted to travel further and farher, untill finally Columbus made his voyage to America. At first men made trips from country to country, then continent to continent, until, by ships and airplanes - men have made complete non-stop voyages around the globe. ((If you mean by airplane, I'm afraid your mistaken, Mr. Black, Who, forinstance went around the world non-stop in an airplane?--Ed) So: now that man has traveled around the entire earth, there is no place on the face of the earth where he may venture into. Henceforth, this brings to mind-- Space travel!-- Yes, since every section of the earth has been trampled on by men, the next venture must be to some distant planet. And I might add--Why not?
All of mans other "dreams" have come true, so why not this one? But perhaps you ask, "Where does science fiction come in?" Here's where if one wants to read of the past one can read it in a book on history if he wants to read of the present he can read it in the newspapers, among hundreds of other mediums: But--if one wants tor ead of the future, what better place can he find it than in a science fiction magazine. Even though it is fiction, usually fiction is based upon proven facts. 
However, of course, this is only "The Way I see It !"

"The Sage Says:"
"Exiles of the Dawn World, appearing in the Dec. Action Stories Fiction House mag, edited by Malcolm Reiss, (of Planet Stories) is written by Nelson S. Bond, sufficient reason in itself for reading the story. A guy and a gal, together with the villianous "mad scientist" a thrown back a million years into the past. They arm the early men they encounter with cross-bows, and defeat the madmans horrid army of hairy submen, The latter use tyrannosaurs, which they can control, but these are over-come with fire-arrows. Eventually, the two moderns get back to their own age, all set for the inevitable marriage. All in all the story is very slam-bang, well suited to the mag, in which it appears; -- and considerably above the average of similar stories. (DBT)

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November 1940, SUN SPOTS, Page 20 THE WAY I SEE IT... By Leo Black 2912 Market St. Wheeling, V V, If someone asked my opinion of Science fiction, I would tell them something like this: Many have said that Science fiction is rediculous or absurd, but even in the hearts of so called sceptics they know they have seen science bring about creations that may be termed as miracles A few years back television was slightly more than a dream, but now it has become a reality. During the time of the World War, a young man said he had made a discovery of how, he believed, he could develop an airplane to travel one hundred miles per hour. Others laughed at him, but I wonder if they are still laughing, for after twenty years the airplane has developed the speed of five hundred M.P.H Way before the time of the airplane man has returned from some tract of land to another. All this time man wanted to travel further and farher, untill finally Columbus made his voyage to America. At first men made trips from country to country, then continent to continent, until, by ships and airplanes - men have made complete non-stop voyages around the globe. ((If you mean by airplane, I'm afraid your mistaken, Mr. Black, Who, forinstance went around the world non-stop in an airplane?--Ed) So: now that man has traveled around the entire earth, there is no place on the face of the earth where he may venture into. Henceforth, this brings to mind-- Space travel!-- Yes, since every section of the earth has been trampled on by men, the next venture must be to some distant planet. And I might add--Why not? All of mans other "dreams" have come true, so why not this one? But perhaps you ask, "Where does science fiction come in?" Here's where if one wants to read of the past one can read it in a book on history if he wants to read of the present he can read it in the newspapers, among hundreds of other mediums: But--if one wants tor ead of the future, what better place can he find it than in a science fiction magazine. Even though it is fiction, usually fiction is based upon proven facts. However, of course, this is only "The Way I see It !" "The Sage Says:" "Exiles of the Dawn World, appearing in the Dec. Action Stories Fiction House mag, edited by Malcolm Reiss, (of Planet Stories) is written by Nelson S. Bond, sufficient reason in itself for reading the story. A guy and a gal, together with the villianous "mad scientist" a thrown back a million years into the past. They arm the early men they encounter with cross-bows, and defeat the madmans horrid army of hairy submen, The latter use tyrannosaurs, which they can control, but these are over-come with fire-arrows. Eventually, the two moderns get back to their own age, all set for the inevitable marriage. All in all the story is very slam-bang, well suited to the mag, in which it appears; -- and considerably above the average of similar stories. (DBT)