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Scientifictionist, v. 1, issue 5, June-July 1946
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spiral instead of circle. (Note diagram on page 84.) The hero is traveling in time, outward or in infinite spirals. The end is reached when he has attained the infinite. The July 1946 issue of Astounding was below its usual standard. Not one of the stories was better than fair. TROUBLE TIMES TWO (Dec. 45 ASF) is the sequel to TROUBLE which appears in the current ASF. I know of only one other time when the sequel preceded the original story. [He's referring to ROBOTS' RETURN by R.M. Williams in a '38 issue, and THOUGH DREAMERS DIE in the Feb. '44 issue]. The chess game seems to be the only thing continued directly from the sequel. In TROUBLE it seems that the physicist is the victor, but the other story proves differently. The main character has two wholly different personalities. One is a physicist and the other a consulting engineer. They both consult the same psychiatrist -- at different times, of course. He gives them both the same answer: frustrate the other half. The engineer attempts to frustrate the physicist by producing an insoluble problem. The physicist attempts to frustrate the engineer by a different method. The climax is reached when the engineer is checkmated by the physicist. The next story I'm reviewing from the July '46 ASF is RAIN CHECK. This little tale had a clever plot and was well written. I thought that it was one of the most interesting stories in the issue. The iGlanns, a race of pre-glacial inhabitants of the Earth, who haved learned that they must perish, create their idea of a super iGlann. This super being can adapt itself to any change with astounding rapidity, but it cannot control its adaptive power. The super iGlann is tired of life, but because of its adaptive power, cannot die. Finally the super iGlann uses its mental powers on the hero and heroine and has itself sent to a museum in Hiroshima. The stage for the story was set in New York before World War II. FILM LIBRARY was another of the interesting stories in this issue of ASF. Some novelty films distributed by a film supply company have mysteriously changed from their original subjects to topics of interplanetary travel, space-drive repair, and other subjects of future science. The changes are traced to one school, The author explains that the films had been transferred to the present time from the year 2011. EDITORIAL RAMBLINGS (Continued from page 10) ticed this put to a vote in the latest Startling. Another bit of glad tidings is the news that the standby of stf, the space-opera, will disappear from TWS and SS after the ones already purchased are used up. Whether Sam's and the fans' definitions of a space-opera coincide, remains to be seen. Captain Future will not be revived as a magazine, but will appear occasionally in Startling. Asked about the prospects of more of the excellent Stevens artwork in his mags, Merwin replied that it was hard to tell how much would appear, as Stevens has to illustrate every issue of one of the detective mags, as well as other assignments. However, that more of his pics will be forthcoming for the stf mags is definite. Speaking of stories and authors, we learned the following. Murray Leinster (Will Jenkins) has written two sequels to his THE DISCIPLINARY CIRCUIT, one of which will appear in TWS soon. More of Hank Kuttners scientifantasy stories are scheduled, the next one being a super-psychological-off-trail novelette in the next TWS. Apparently this type of "scientifantasy" story will become dominant in TWS and SS, replacing the space-operas, as Sam stated good stf is becoming increasingly hard to get. He also said that a few too many fantasy yarns were scheduled for future issues of the mags. Discussing short stories, I remarked that I liked Polton Cross' a few issues back, and Sam told me that J.R. Fearn seems rather hipped on the dictatorship thee of late -- and sometimes send sin synopses of stories with a note scribbled on the bottom of the page: "science angles will be taken care of..."! No ratings this time. Reason: not enough sent in. Send in your ratings on #4 along with those for this issue if you want to see this department continued. Ye ed has for sale: 2 complete sets of FINAL BLACKOUT in excellent cond., for $1.50 each set. (continued on page 20) page 12
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spiral instead of circle. (Note diagram on page 84.) The hero is traveling in time, outward or in infinite spirals. The end is reached when he has attained the infinite. The July 1946 issue of Astounding was below its usual standard. Not one of the stories was better than fair. TROUBLE TIMES TWO (Dec. 45 ASF) is the sequel to TROUBLE which appears in the current ASF. I know of only one other time when the sequel preceded the original story. [He's referring to ROBOTS' RETURN by R.M. Williams in a '38 issue, and THOUGH DREAMERS DIE in the Feb. '44 issue]. The chess game seems to be the only thing continued directly from the sequel. In TROUBLE it seems that the physicist is the victor, but the other story proves differently. The main character has two wholly different personalities. One is a physicist and the other a consulting engineer. They both consult the same psychiatrist -- at different times, of course. He gives them both the same answer: frustrate the other half. The engineer attempts to frustrate the physicist by producing an insoluble problem. The physicist attempts to frustrate the engineer by a different method. The climax is reached when the engineer is checkmated by the physicist. The next story I'm reviewing from the July '46 ASF is RAIN CHECK. This little tale had a clever plot and was well written. I thought that it was one of the most interesting stories in the issue. The iGlanns, a race of pre-glacial inhabitants of the Earth, who haved learned that they must perish, create their idea of a super iGlann. This super being can adapt itself to any change with astounding rapidity, but it cannot control its adaptive power. The super iGlann is tired of life, but because of its adaptive power, cannot die. Finally the super iGlann uses its mental powers on the hero and heroine and has itself sent to a museum in Hiroshima. The stage for the story was set in New York before World War II. FILM LIBRARY was another of the interesting stories in this issue of ASF. Some novelty films distributed by a film supply company have mysteriously changed from their original subjects to topics of interplanetary travel, space-drive repair, and other subjects of future science. The changes are traced to one school, The author explains that the films had been transferred to the present time from the year 2011. EDITORIAL RAMBLINGS (Continued from page 10) ticed this put to a vote in the latest Startling. Another bit of glad tidings is the news that the standby of stf, the space-opera, will disappear from TWS and SS after the ones already purchased are used up. Whether Sam's and the fans' definitions of a space-opera coincide, remains to be seen. Captain Future will not be revived as a magazine, but will appear occasionally in Startling. Asked about the prospects of more of the excellent Stevens artwork in his mags, Merwin replied that it was hard to tell how much would appear, as Stevens has to illustrate every issue of one of the detective mags, as well as other assignments. However, that more of his pics will be forthcoming for the stf mags is definite. Speaking of stories and authors, we learned the following. Murray Leinster (Will Jenkins) has written two sequels to his THE DISCIPLINARY CIRCUIT, one of which will appear in TWS soon. More of Hank Kuttners scientifantasy stories are scheduled, the next one being a super-psychological-off-trail novelette in the next TWS. Apparently this type of "scientifantasy" story will become dominant in TWS and SS, replacing the space-operas, as Sam stated good stf is becoming increasingly hard to get. He also said that a few too many fantasy yarns were scheduled for future issues of the mags. Discussing short stories, I remarked that I liked Polton Cross' a few issues back, and Sam told me that J.R. Fearn seems rather hipped on the dictatorship thee of late -- and sometimes send sin synopses of stories with a note scribbled on the bottom of the page: "science angles will be taken care of..."! No ratings this time. Reason: not enough sent in. Send in your ratings on #4 along with those for this issue if you want to see this department continued. Ye ed has for sale: 2 complete sets of FINAL BLACKOUT in excellent cond., for $1.50 each set. (continued on page 20) page 12
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