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Eclipse, v. 1, issue 1, whole no. 1, February 1941
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12 ECLIPSE EDITORATIONS by Lynn Bridges That somewhat Ackermaniactic heading is probably the result of a hangover from stenciling part of Adumb Linx. We really don't know what this department is. It might be an editorial, except that editorials are supposed to be on subjects of importance, and we intend to devote this space to topics of no importance whatsoever. It might be a colyum, only we got one colyum now, which ought to be enough for any fanmag. So for the present we'll just call it a what-is-it. The reader is privileged to call it anything he wants. He will, anyhow, so he may as well have my permission. A couple of months ago, we were mad at Palmer. Not that we don't get mad at him practically every time one of his alleged science fiction mags comes out, but this was worse than usual. We were mad, not only at Palmer, but also at Ziff-Davis, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and any one else who might had anything to do with the publishing of "John Carter and the Giant of Mars." You see, when we were younger and started reading science fiction because we didn't know any better, Burroughs was our favorite author. We read avidly anything bearing his name; Carson of Venus, Pellucidar, The Land That Time Forgot, we read them all. We even read Tarzan. But our favorites were the John Carter series. And here, under the Burroughs name, and with John Carter in the title, was a bit of junk which scarcely resembled anything E. R. B. had ever done before! We aren't quite so mad now, because the Mars story in the March AMAZING is in line with tradition, and so is the Carson of Venus story in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES. We wish Palmer'd admit they're parts of a serial tho, instead of claiming they're complete novels. Maybe Burroughs did write "John Carter and the Giant of Mars," but if he did, Palmer, or one of his office boys, must have given it a thorough overhauling before it was printed. We don't think Burroughs could have been that bad. That announcement on the inside front cover of SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY that SCIENCE FICTION and FUTURE FICTION were to be issued regularly every other months was interesting, but where are they? As this is being written, the last SF appeared three months ago, and we haven't seen a copy of FF for four and a half months! And, according to another announcement in the QUARTERLY, SFQ will present a new novel by Ed Earl Repp in the Spring issue. Having read some of Mr. Repp's stories under the delusion that they were supposed to be science fiction, we think SFQ would do better to stick to reprints. Or maybe Mr. Repp has improved lately. We've studiously avoided anything by him for the last couple of years, and so wouldn't know. Time: the evening of Jan. 10, 1941. The place: the home of E. E. (Doc) Smith in Jackson, Mich. Ten fans, unquestionably the largest gathering of the species ever held in the state, in attendance. Subject: the formation of a statewide stf organization. (continued on page 16)
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12 ECLIPSE EDITORATIONS by Lynn Bridges That somewhat Ackermaniactic heading is probably the result of a hangover from stenciling part of Adumb Linx. We really don't know what this department is. It might be an editorial, except that editorials are supposed to be on subjects of importance, and we intend to devote this space to topics of no importance whatsoever. It might be a colyum, only we got one colyum now, which ought to be enough for any fanmag. So for the present we'll just call it a what-is-it. The reader is privileged to call it anything he wants. He will, anyhow, so he may as well have my permission. A couple of months ago, we were mad at Palmer. Not that we don't get mad at him practically every time one of his alleged science fiction mags comes out, but this was worse than usual. We were mad, not only at Palmer, but also at Ziff-Davis, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and any one else who might had anything to do with the publishing of "John Carter and the Giant of Mars." You see, when we were younger and started reading science fiction because we didn't know any better, Burroughs was our favorite author. We read avidly anything bearing his name; Carson of Venus, Pellucidar, The Land That Time Forgot, we read them all. We even read Tarzan. But our favorites were the John Carter series. And here, under the Burroughs name, and with John Carter in the title, was a bit of junk which scarcely resembled anything E. R. B. had ever done before! We aren't quite so mad now, because the Mars story in the March AMAZING is in line with tradition, and so is the Carson of Venus story in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES. We wish Palmer'd admit they're parts of a serial tho, instead of claiming they're complete novels. Maybe Burroughs did write "John Carter and the Giant of Mars," but if he did, Palmer, or one of his office boys, must have given it a thorough overhauling before it was printed. We don't think Burroughs could have been that bad. That announcement on the inside front cover of SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY that SCIENCE FICTION and FUTURE FICTION were to be issued regularly every other months was interesting, but where are they? As this is being written, the last SF appeared three months ago, and we haven't seen a copy of FF for four and a half months! And, according to another announcement in the QUARTERLY, SFQ will present a new novel by Ed Earl Repp in the Spring issue. Having read some of Mr. Repp's stories under the delusion that they were supposed to be science fiction, we think SFQ would do better to stick to reprints. Or maybe Mr. Repp has improved lately. We've studiously avoided anything by him for the last couple of years, and so wouldn't know. Time: the evening of Jan. 10, 1941. The place: the home of E. E. (Doc) Smith in Jackson, Mich. Ten fans, unquestionably the largest gathering of the species ever held in the state, in attendance. Subject: the formation of a statewide stf organization. (continued on page 16)
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