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Fantascience Digest, v. 3, issue 3, whole no. 15, November-December 1941

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the large size format, but something else was in the offing. And so it was: WONDER appeared in November 1931 with slick paper and Paul drawings exclusively. This issue contained the conclusion to Schachner and Zagat's "Exiles of the Moon" (a good story, though no classic), the sequel to Clark Ashton Smith's "City of the Singing Flame": "Beyond the Singing Flame", a new-accelerator type of story, "The Superman of Dr. Jukes" by Francis Flagg, "Tetrahedra of Space" by P. Schuyler Miller, which copped a none-too-remarkable cover by Paul, and one stinker: "Emperors of Space" by two squirks who never got by again. Paul's art-work was more than good, there was the usual questions and answers (geez, science!), "Reader Speaks", etc. There were also the returns on a prize contest revolving around an unfinished story earlier in the year. And finally, there was a petition blank one was supposed to fill out, and pass around to friends: an organized attempt to get movie producers interested in stf cinemas. The campaign, was, of course, a flop.
   WONDER STORIES QUARTERLY had a beautiful cover by Paul, and an outstanding story translated from the German. "The Cosmic Cloud" was the title. These were in the days of the German Republic, so there was no kick on the practice of using stories from the Reich. Also in the issue were two interplanetary-plot-contest winners: the fan did the plot and the author the story. Ray Cummings wrote what was blurbed as "my greatest story", "The Derelict of Space". (That is a matter for debate; I doubt if anyone agreed with Ray.) Clark Ashton Smith wrote up "The Planet Entity", no bull on this one. There were also such tales as "The Man-Beast of Toree" by Ralph T. Jones, "The Fatal Asteroid" by Neil R. Jones, 1st in the Nez Hulan series, and "The Struggle for Pallas" by the author of "Vandals of the Void". As a sequel, if wasn't much. Both WONDER and the QUARTERLY were pepping up in those days.

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Page 25 the large size format, but something else was in the offing. And so it was: WONDER appeared in November 1931 with slick paper and Paul drawings exclusively. This issue contained the conclusion to Schachner and Zagat's "Exiles of the Moon" (a good story, though no classic), the sequel to Clark Ashton Smith's "City of the Singing Flame": "Beyond the Singing Flame", a new-accelerator type of story, "The Superman of Dr. Jukes" by Francis Flagg, "Tetrahedra of Space" by P. Schuyler Miller, which copped a none-too-remarkable cover by Paul, and one stinker: "Emperors of Space" by two squirks who never got by again. Paul's art-work was more than good, there was the usual questions and answers (geez, science!), "Reader Speaks", etc. There were also the returns on a prize contest revolving around an unfinished story earlier in the year. And finally, there was a petition blank one was supposed to fill out, and pass around to friends: an organized attempt to get movie producers interested in stf cinemas. The campaign, was, of course, a flop. WONDER STORIES QUARTERLY had a beautiful cover by Paul, and an outstanding story translated from the German. "The Cosmic Cloud" was the title. These were in the days of the German Republic, so there was no kick on the practice of using stories from the Reich. Also in the issue were two interplanetary-plot-contest winners: the fan did the plot and the author the story. Ray Cummings wrote what was blurbed as "my greatest story", "The Derelict of Space". (That is a matter for debate; I doubt if anyone agreed with Ray.) Clark Ashton Smith wrote up "The Planet Entity", no bull on this one. There were also such tales as "The Man-Beast of Toree" by Ralph T. Jones, "The Fatal Asteroid" by Neil R. Jones, 1st in the Nez Hulan series, and "The Struggle for Pallas" by the author of "Vandals of the Void". As a sequel, if wasn't much. Both WONDER and the QUARTERLY were pepping up in those days.