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Science Fiction Critic, v. 1, issue 6, December 1936
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THE SCIENCE FICTION CRITIC 12 Amazing Stories' December issue brings the conclusion of Uncertainty by John W. Campbell, Jr. Its author's abilities as a writer make this a good story. Truly it is written in a way which holds one's attention through most of the story. In wanes toward the last, when "degrees of Uncertainty" appear. An ingenious method of exploiting Heisenherg, this, but some of the remarks are hardly credible. Mr. Campbell is to be congratulated on the very excellent manner in which this story is "put across"; certain inevitable exaggerations must be accepted without complaint. Would that Campbell were allowed the development of some of the ideas which writers who seem riot to appreciate their possibilities use in attempts to simulate brilliance. I will not comment on Olson's story. Space marines and slavers.(!) John Beynon Harriss* story is not at all good in comparison to the very excellent work he has often done. Devolution is typical of Edmond Hamilton's efforts. His absurd remarks about the giant masses of protoplasm which, he implies, once inhabited the Earth, are so evidently erroneous that one is surprised to find them in a publication whose editor is an accredited doctor of philosophy. A number of short stories bv Edmond Hamilton have been published in the Scripps-Howard newspapers. These are no better than his pseudo-scientific-fiction, and not at all of the quality one would hope to find in such superior publications. Of 'Death Creeps the Moon, by Wede, the introduction and epilogue are very good; the story itself, less so. Any readers who wish to submit reviews to this department are welcome to do so. In every case, the most suitable essay will be printed and acknowledged. - ANNOUNCING - CURIOUS STORIES With tales of superscience & fantasy in a new and original style. Five cents the copy. Address: Jim Blish, Editor 91 Halsted Street, East Orange, N. J.
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THE SCIENCE FICTION CRITIC 12 Amazing Stories' December issue brings the conclusion of Uncertainty by John W. Campbell, Jr. Its author's abilities as a writer make this a good story. Truly it is written in a way which holds one's attention through most of the story. In wanes toward the last, when "degrees of Uncertainty" appear. An ingenious method of exploiting Heisenherg, this, but some of the remarks are hardly credible. Mr. Campbell is to be congratulated on the very excellent manner in which this story is "put across"; certain inevitable exaggerations must be accepted without complaint. Would that Campbell were allowed the development of some of the ideas which writers who seem riot to appreciate their possibilities use in attempts to simulate brilliance. I will not comment on Olson's story. Space marines and slavers.(!) John Beynon Harriss* story is not at all good in comparison to the very excellent work he has often done. Devolution is typical of Edmond Hamilton's efforts. His absurd remarks about the giant masses of protoplasm which, he implies, once inhabited the Earth, are so evidently erroneous that one is surprised to find them in a publication whose editor is an accredited doctor of philosophy. A number of short stories bv Edmond Hamilton have been published in the Scripps-Howard newspapers. These are no better than his pseudo-scientific-fiction, and not at all of the quality one would hope to find in such superior publications. Of 'Death Creeps the Moon, by Wede, the introduction and epilogue are very good; the story itself, less so. Any readers who wish to submit reviews to this department are welcome to do so. In every case, the most suitable essay will be printed and acknowledged. - ANNOUNCING - CURIOUS STORIES With tales of superscience & fantasy in a new and original style. Five cents the copy. Address: Jim Blish, Editor 91 Halsted Street, East Orange, N. J.
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