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The Science Fiction Fan, v. 4, issue 5, whole no. 41, December 1939
Page 17
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FAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 chemist of private means. Dorothy's father is an eminent judge, Crane is a multi-millionaire - all, to put it plainly, are entirely suitable for the drawing rooms of Boston's best. Subtlely Smith tells you that this is the class of honour, of truth and sanity. Here are none of your dirty Reds, your wobblies. [These?] are men of American tradition (we can imagine Seaton joining the American Legion on retiring from space-conquering) who call a spade a spade, and leaver Art and such bunk to starving poets. It is this refusal to consider the class struggle that stamps magazine SF with the other bunk purveyed to moronic fools who can be lulled into content with a quite hopeless lot. The great American novel of space flight has yet to be written. It will have as its heroes human beings and it will take cognizance of the class war. And, of course, it will never be published except privately. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - History Repeats Charlestown, S.C. Federal radio play describing experiments with an anti-aircraft defense ray in the Santee swamps struck terror in the minds of several hundred listeners and had many running from their homes in their night-clothes. Seven interruptions were made to announce that it was only fiction but over 600 frantic phone calls came to the station. Program was entitled "Palmetto Fantasies". --Philip Lehr
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FAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 chemist of private means. Dorothy's father is an eminent judge, Crane is a multi-millionaire - all, to put it plainly, are entirely suitable for the drawing rooms of Boston's best. Subtlely Smith tells you that this is the class of honour, of truth and sanity. Here are none of your dirty Reds, your wobblies. [These?] are men of American tradition (we can imagine Seaton joining the American Legion on retiring from space-conquering) who call a spade a spade, and leaver Art and such bunk to starving poets. It is this refusal to consider the class struggle that stamps magazine SF with the other bunk purveyed to moronic fools who can be lulled into content with a quite hopeless lot. The great American novel of space flight has yet to be written. It will have as its heroes human beings and it will take cognizance of the class war. And, of course, it will never be published except privately. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - History Repeats Charlestown, S.C. Federal radio play describing experiments with an anti-aircraft defense ray in the Santee swamps struck terror in the minds of several hundred listeners and had many running from their homes in their night-clothes. Seven interruptions were made to announce that it was only fiction but over 600 frantic phone calls came to the station. Program was entitled "Palmetto Fantasies". --Philip Lehr
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