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Scientifictionist, v. 1, issue 1, September 1945
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the fourth dimension, a dimension had to be added to them,thus making them cease to exist on the 3-D plane. And to top it off, no matter how many people are sent to the 4-D plane, they become only one person when they arrive. And the more that are sent over, the larger that person becomes. But the author's description of how the extra dimension changes the perspective is woefully lacking. It is mainly described as corresponding to e-D things,or as if it were merely of three dimensions. And then, there is the difference in rate of time of the planes, the 4-D time being slower. All this fits into the story that is to be put across and if it didn't work out that way, his story couldn't happen. When is only natural. But with another story, entirely different conditions can and do apply. For instance, 4-D creatures might not be able to enter the lower dimension plane for 3-D creatures could enter the higher dimension plane without adding another dimension. There are many stories which tell of transferring a 3-D being along a fourth dimension to another 3-D world; some, parallel with this world; or some, far off in this univeres, or even to this world in a different time. Let us take, for instance, Carl H. Claudy's THE LAND OF NO SHADOW (1933). (I'm sorry I do not have the sequel to this, which probably has the ideas further developed.) It contains quite a discussion of theories regarding one-, two-, and three-dimensional peculiarities aand possibilities. The fourth-dimension is considered as a hole in space, through which a e-D object can pass to another world. When a ball was thrown through and bounced [bounced underlined) back,it was turned inside out, due to moving through the fourth dimension under compression; when a person or object enters the fourth dimension and passes into the adjacent world, he is reversed as though he were his mirror image. That concept is usually overlooked in most r-D stories. This shows that there are many possibilities easy to overlook. Claudy also expresses the idea that sufficient electricity has visible effect on the adjacent world. He also has quite an idea about visible 3-D face manifestations of a 4-D whatsit that are able to move in solid 3-D matter as easily as open space. Here, I believe, he is getting close to the truth of what would be possible for a 3-D object with four spatial dimensions to roam in, but we will investigate. In P. Schuyler Miller's FRICASSE IN FOUR DIMENSIONS (Dec. 43 Astounding), we have the case of an adept of dimensional tricks. Who can say, in this story, which is the fourth dimension? For Smitty is equally proficient in reaching into the past, insideof closed objects, passing through solids, and the like. There would seem to be several dimensions here: tiime, a spatial dimensions around to the inside of a closed objects, and through the dimension that opens on parallel worlds. Also, Miller explains a plausble e-D cross-section, visible to e-D eyes; of a 4-D creature. And, on your all this, these dimension tricks can be learned if a person is sufficiently pliable. Leigh Brackett, in THE VEIL OF ASTELLAR (Spring 44 TWS) gives vague references to other dimensions. She gets around this by saying it is unexplainable due to lack of words -- but what a story it would make if only someone had the imagination capable of recording it! Such idea hints as, a small dimension, between the eighth and ninth, easily overlooked; each dimension has a differeing time; unlimited travel possibilities between planets, galaxies, space-time continuums, et al, Yes, she has done quite a job of description here, but her allusions make me wish that the complete story of Astellar and its inhabitants was available. Perhaps the subject is too vast, as she admits her imagination is insufficinet for the task. Yet, I must confess she does have a good imagination. We have an entirely different conception of the fourth dimension in Murray Leinster's THE FOUR DIMENSIONAL DEMONSTRATOR. Time, alone, is the fourth dimension here. Leinster's description of a tesseract gives no idea of what form --(page 4)--
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the fourth dimension, a dimension had to be added to them,thus making them cease to exist on the 3-D plane. And to top it off, no matter how many people are sent to the 4-D plane, they become only one person when they arrive. And the more that are sent over, the larger that person becomes. But the author's description of how the extra dimension changes the perspective is woefully lacking. It is mainly described as corresponding to e-D things,or as if it were merely of three dimensions. And then, there is the difference in rate of time of the planes, the 4-D time being slower. All this fits into the story that is to be put across and if it didn't work out that way, his story couldn't happen. When is only natural. But with another story, entirely different conditions can and do apply. For instance, 4-D creatures might not be able to enter the lower dimension plane for 3-D creatures could enter the higher dimension plane without adding another dimension. There are many stories which tell of transferring a 3-D being along a fourth dimension to another 3-D world; some, parallel with this world; or some, far off in this univeres, or even to this world in a different time. Let us take, for instance, Carl H. Claudy's THE LAND OF NO SHADOW (1933). (I'm sorry I do not have the sequel to this, which probably has the ideas further developed.) It contains quite a discussion of theories regarding one-, two-, and three-dimensional peculiarities aand possibilities. The fourth-dimension is considered as a hole in space, through which a e-D object can pass to another world. When a ball was thrown through and bounced [bounced underlined) back,it was turned inside out, due to moving through the fourth dimension under compression; when a person or object enters the fourth dimension and passes into the adjacent world, he is reversed as though he were his mirror image. That concept is usually overlooked in most r-D stories. This shows that there are many possibilities easy to overlook. Claudy also expresses the idea that sufficient electricity has visible effect on the adjacent world. He also has quite an idea about visible 3-D face manifestations of a 4-D whatsit that are able to move in solid 3-D matter as easily as open space. Here, I believe, he is getting close to the truth of what would be possible for a 3-D object with four spatial dimensions to roam in, but we will investigate. In P. Schuyler Miller's FRICASSE IN FOUR DIMENSIONS (Dec. 43 Astounding), we have the case of an adept of dimensional tricks. Who can say, in this story, which is the fourth dimension? For Smitty is equally proficient in reaching into the past, insideof closed objects, passing through solids, and the like. There would seem to be several dimensions here: tiime, a spatial dimensions around to the inside of a closed objects, and through the dimension that opens on parallel worlds. Also, Miller explains a plausble e-D cross-section, visible to e-D eyes; of a 4-D creature. And, on your all this, these dimension tricks can be learned if a person is sufficiently pliable. Leigh Brackett, in THE VEIL OF ASTELLAR (Spring 44 TWS) gives vague references to other dimensions. She gets around this by saying it is unexplainable due to lack of words -- but what a story it would make if only someone had the imagination capable of recording it! Such idea hints as, a small dimension, between the eighth and ninth, easily overlooked; each dimension has a differeing time; unlimited travel possibilities between planets, galaxies, space-time continuums, et al, Yes, she has done quite a job of description here, but her allusions make me wish that the complete story of Astellar and its inhabitants was available. Perhaps the subject is too vast, as she admits her imagination is insufficinet for the task. Yet, I must confess she does have a good imagination. We have an entirely different conception of the fourth dimension in Murray Leinster's THE FOUR DIMENSIONAL DEMONSTRATOR. Time, alone, is the fourth dimension here. Leinster's description of a tesseract gives no idea of what form --(page 4)--
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