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Horizons, v. 3, issue 3, whole no. 11, March 1942
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HORIZONS ANOTHER YEAR OF UNKNOWN [Illegible] We Know: 6. Kuttner's writing style is perhaps more 'literary' than any other writing in the prozines today. That, of course, isn't particularly meant as a compliment, but it could pose as one without too much trouble. Sometimes his work sounds dreadfully affected; more often, though, it's effective. While this particular [illegible] is more a dressed-up weird story than something suitable for Unknown, we don't regret its being used. I am getting very tired, though, of that art of someone looking out between bars of a dungeon or something that re-appears on page 19 1/2 of the issue. The Golden Egg: ?. This is swell. Nothing else to be said of it. The Road Beyond: 4. And this isn't. Nothing except a story by Cummings is worse than one of these things where someone is dead and has adventures and at the last minute is brought back to life somehow and sees them all vanishing. And the dialect is painful to read. Mr. Jing: 4. Very obviously, or perhaps very apparently, another Argosy rejection. Palmer probably would love something of this sort. I don't. Armageddon: 7. Ordinarily such an ending would be asinine -- darn; let's start over. Ordinarily, such an ending would be asinine to me. I see no sense in beginning such short stories with two or three paragraphs that gradually lead up to the beginning of the story. To a novel, it's not too bad. In this case, I somehow didn't mind that, and did the unheard-of thing of re-reading the story immediately after first reading it. 6 was so simple and 0 so difficult to write something like this! Yet there are some fans who think it's silly to read Unknown! Take My Dram to Faeland: 5. The title is one of the most intriguing of the year. The story itself is hardly important enough to support the care Bond evidently lavished on it. Of minor interest is the unhappy typographical error on page 128 -- "Thumps up" indeed! Even the Angels: 5. A pretty bad disappointment. The general idea sounds good, [illegible] I was always a sucker for stories devoted to letters, diary, or something similar; and now, five or six months after reading it, I can't remember why it didn't go over. In fact, once again it looks interesting, and I might risk fifteen minutes and re-read it in the hopes that the annoyance was merely a little undigested dinner. The letter section's farewell appearance is up to snuff, and the editorial gave great expectations, most of which were realized. First time we know, however, that "unknown" isn't a noun and an adjective both. Unknown Worlds: October, 191. There is little point in saying a great deal about the size change. It has its points, and personal preference with no logical basis is pretty strong in such things. We have always preferred a larger magazine because there's less page-turning and bigger illustrations; but it's bulkier, and wreaks havoc on collectors. We may be certain that nothing [illegible] would prejudice or did prejudice Campbell about the size change, they did it for mechanical means, or in hope of reaching a wider audience. The Land of [illegible]: 7. It was excellent, and just didn't deserve a lower figure. But fantastic happening on fantastic happening leading on and on usually isn't very effective; and it wasn't so in this story. The ending's "explanation" sounded remarkably artificial. A Good Knight's Mark: 6. I dislike the Blodi title puns, and don't as a rule like his fiction. His weird fiction is apt to be horribly over-written and obvious; his scientific fiction stories run along patterns which he's perfected in his characters from mythology of whathaveyou that come into our time and [illegible] only for that character's particular power or powers. [Illegible] with the world, and could hardly have disliked it. And with the [illegible] illustrations to whet the appetite, it impressed favorably. No News Today: [illegible]. Ah, Cartmill is building up! The characterization Fortean places [illegible] aren't amazing. Much more about Cartmill next issue! [Illegible] back. I wonder a little why I gave it so high a figure, for I wasn't impressed, as I remember it. See previous remarks on stories the [illegible] racing along to learn how the quite obvious ending is brought about. Finger! Finger! : 5. It sounds a little like a fugitive from The Ladies' Home Journal. But I agree with Tucker that fiction similar to some of that published in the women's magazines wouldn't be totally amiss. This isn't too good an exam-
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HORIZONS ANOTHER YEAR OF UNKNOWN [Illegible] We Know: 6. Kuttner's writing style is perhaps more 'literary' than any other writing in the prozines today. That, of course, isn't particularly meant as a compliment, but it could pose as one without too much trouble. Sometimes his work sounds dreadfully affected; more often, though, it's effective. While this particular [illegible] is more a dressed-up weird story than something suitable for Unknown, we don't regret its being used. I am getting very tired, though, of that art of someone looking out between bars of a dungeon or something that re-appears on page 19 1/2 of the issue. The Golden Egg: ?. This is swell. Nothing else to be said of it. The Road Beyond: 4. And this isn't. Nothing except a story by Cummings is worse than one of these things where someone is dead and has adventures and at the last minute is brought back to life somehow and sees them all vanishing. And the dialect is painful to read. Mr. Jing: 4. Very obviously, or perhaps very apparently, another Argosy rejection. Palmer probably would love something of this sort. I don't. Armageddon: 7. Ordinarily such an ending would be asinine -- darn; let's start over. Ordinarily, such an ending would be asinine to me. I see no sense in beginning such short stories with two or three paragraphs that gradually lead up to the beginning of the story. To a novel, it's not too bad. In this case, I somehow didn't mind that, and did the unheard-of thing of re-reading the story immediately after first reading it. 6 was so simple and 0 so difficult to write something like this! Yet there are some fans who think it's silly to read Unknown! Take My Dram to Faeland: 5. The title is one of the most intriguing of the year. The story itself is hardly important enough to support the care Bond evidently lavished on it. Of minor interest is the unhappy typographical error on page 128 -- "Thumps up" indeed! Even the Angels: 5. A pretty bad disappointment. The general idea sounds good, [illegible] I was always a sucker for stories devoted to letters, diary, or something similar; and now, five or six months after reading it, I can't remember why it didn't go over. In fact, once again it looks interesting, and I might risk fifteen minutes and re-read it in the hopes that the annoyance was merely a little undigested dinner. The letter section's farewell appearance is up to snuff, and the editorial gave great expectations, most of which were realized. First time we know, however, that "unknown" isn't a noun and an adjective both. Unknown Worlds: October, 191. There is little point in saying a great deal about the size change. It has its points, and personal preference with no logical basis is pretty strong in such things. We have always preferred a larger magazine because there's less page-turning and bigger illustrations; but it's bulkier, and wreaks havoc on collectors. We may be certain that nothing [illegible] would prejudice or did prejudice Campbell about the size change, they did it for mechanical means, or in hope of reaching a wider audience. The Land of [illegible]: 7. It was excellent, and just didn't deserve a lower figure. But fantastic happening on fantastic happening leading on and on usually isn't very effective; and it wasn't so in this story. The ending's "explanation" sounded remarkably artificial. A Good Knight's Mark: 6. I dislike the Blodi title puns, and don't as a rule like his fiction. His weird fiction is apt to be horribly over-written and obvious; his scientific fiction stories run along patterns which he's perfected in his characters from mythology of whathaveyou that come into our time and [illegible] only for that character's particular power or powers. [Illegible] with the world, and could hardly have disliked it. And with the [illegible] illustrations to whet the appetite, it impressed favorably. No News Today: [illegible]. Ah, Cartmill is building up! The characterization Fortean places [illegible] aren't amazing. Much more about Cartmill next issue! [Illegible] back. I wonder a little why I gave it so high a figure, for I wasn't impressed, as I remember it. See previous remarks on stories the [illegible] racing along to learn how the quite obvious ending is brought about. Finger! Finger! : 5. It sounds a little like a fugitive from The Ladies' Home Journal. But I agree with Tucker that fiction similar to some of that published in the women's magazines wouldn't be totally amiss. This isn't too good an exam-
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