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Science Fiction Fan, v. 5, issue 9, whole 56, April 1941
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FAN........................................................................21 "Scientifiction" appeared in England amidst many comparisons with American printed publications--but it appeared the next January. Becl's "Critic" appeared and kept appearing at six weekly and bi-monthly and quarterly intervals--similarly did the "Science Fantasy Correspondent". The ISA published its gala issue and collapsed a few months afterwards. The England convention flopped--the N.Y. one was a fairish sort of thing soon forgotten; Fanciful Tales published one issue and was seen no more;McPhail printed three issues of the "News" and had to give up; Bill Miller turned out after inordinate delays one number of Phantastique and gave up; None of Blish's projects appeared; Hayward S. Kirby's great new organization along with the Phantasy Legion blossomed a few months and disappeared; The SFAA continued staidly and was temporarily suspended by the next May; The Correspondent changed editors after two issues and the list of great names was a thing of the past; No Rocket Bulletin appeared; Science Adventure Stories was published more than two years later by Oswald Train; The Fantasy Fiction Telegram petered out in four numbers; Fantasy Magazine combined with the Correspondent; Fantascience Digest appeared a year and a half later hektographed; Fantasia never appeaed; Pohl issued only a couple of tiny, worthless "Minds of Man", the rest of his projects bit the dust; Wollheim never got around to publishing "Scarlet Fantasy"; Marvel Tales never again appeared; Barlow did not turn out the "Fungi From Yuggoth"; McPhail never issued "Strange" and six months after all these initial announcements the field was virtually barren with about six fan magazines publishing regularly and few new ones in sight. The Science Fiction Critic, Amateur Correspondent, the Science Fiction Collector, The Science Fiction Fan, and Scientifiction appeared at mighty
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FAN........................................................................21 "Scientifiction" appeared in England amidst many comparisons with American printed publications--but it appeared the next January. Becl's "Critic" appeared and kept appearing at six weekly and bi-monthly and quarterly intervals--similarly did the "Science Fantasy Correspondent". The ISA published its gala issue and collapsed a few months afterwards. The England convention flopped--the N.Y. one was a fairish sort of thing soon forgotten; Fanciful Tales published one issue and was seen no more;McPhail printed three issues of the "News" and had to give up; Bill Miller turned out after inordinate delays one number of Phantastique and gave up; None of Blish's projects appeared; Hayward S. Kirby's great new organization along with the Phantasy Legion blossomed a few months and disappeared; The SFAA continued staidly and was temporarily suspended by the next May; The Correspondent changed editors after two issues and the list of great names was a thing of the past; No Rocket Bulletin appeared; Science Adventure Stories was published more than two years later by Oswald Train; The Fantasy Fiction Telegram petered out in four numbers; Fantasy Magazine combined with the Correspondent; Fantascience Digest appeared a year and a half later hektographed; Fantasia never appeaed; Pohl issued only a couple of tiny, worthless "Minds of Man", the rest of his projects bit the dust; Wollheim never got around to publishing "Scarlet Fantasy"; Marvel Tales never again appeared; Barlow did not turn out the "Fungi From Yuggoth"; McPhail never issued "Strange" and six months after all these initial announcements the field was virtually barren with about six fan magazines publishing regularly and few new ones in sight. The Science Fiction Critic, Amateur Correspondent, the Science Fiction Collector, The Science Fiction Fan, and Scientifiction appeared at mighty
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