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Fantascience Digest, v. 2, issue 3, March-April 1939
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Page 10 FANTASCIENCE DIGEST der Teck Publications all ready, or very nearly ready, to hit the newsstands when the magazine was sold! Stories had been chosen for this issue, [[underline]]and actually printed[[end underline]]! I know this to be a fact, because I know of at least one writer who has possession of copies of this never-to-appear issue's pages, numbered, and with illustrations! I wonder if there are any complete copies in existence, however????? (You can imagine this writer's chagrin on having a story accepted, illustrated, and printed, even receiving proofs of it, and then learning that the yarn would not appear; that it was 'unavailable'---and that no check would be forthcoming!) At any rate, under its new management, AMAZING apparently prospers; at least from the financial end. However, the literary quality is extremely doubtful. At first it appeared that the new editor, a former fan himself, would follow the fine tradition which had been set for him; but he has not. Rather, he has accepted many stories not fit to see print: changed half the titles for the worse; said some ridiculous things in editorials; and has been rather stubborn in doing, for the most part, exactly the opposite from what the readers request. However, perhaps he will become less exasperating as time goes on; he has a fine opportunity, and certain signs seem to point toward better things to come. (For example, the $50 prize to the writer of the best story each month.) Oddly enough, among the best stories AMAZING has published under the new ownership have been two of the editor's own. AMAZING has a fine future ahead of it if Mr. Palmer does the kind of job we fans believe him capable of doing. Let's hope that AMAZING once more, in the near future, will become the "aristocrat" it formerly was. CAN YOU ANSWER THESE? -conducted by Robert A. Madle- The response to lats month's questions was rather gratifying; quite a few answered. However, only the following received 100%: Robert W. Lowndes Robert D. Swisher, Ph.D. Sam Moskowitz The subscriptions of the above three readers have been extended by one issue. The correct answers to the questions asked lastissue follow: 1) The cover of the first MIRACLE STORIES was done by [[underline]]Dold[[end underline]]. 2) The youngest person ever connected with a professional science fiction magazine was [[underline]]Charles D. Hornig[[end underline]], who became Managing Editor of Wonder Stories when he was seventeen! 3) [[underline]]Stanton A. Coblentz[[end underline]] is noted for his satiracle novels. 4) Buck rogers first made his appearance in the August, 1928 Amazing Stories in the story, "Armageddon 2419." 5) [[underline]]False[[end underline]]. Arthur H. Lynch became editor for several months after Gernsback left. 6) [[underline]]Orban[[end underline]] was the artist [[underline]]not[end underline]] represented in the Clayton Astounding. 7) [[underline]]Edward E. Smith[[end underline]] was the author who had six novels published, all of which have received covers. 8) [[underline]]H.P. Lovecraft[[end underline]], despite his popularity, was never awarded a cover on Weird Tales.
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Page 10 FANTASCIENCE DIGEST der Teck Publications all ready, or very nearly ready, to hit the newsstands when the magazine was sold! Stories had been chosen for this issue, [[underline]]and actually printed[[end underline]]! I know this to be a fact, because I know of at least one writer who has possession of copies of this never-to-appear issue's pages, numbered, and with illustrations! I wonder if there are any complete copies in existence, however????? (You can imagine this writer's chagrin on having a story accepted, illustrated, and printed, even receiving proofs of it, and then learning that the yarn would not appear; that it was 'unavailable'---and that no check would be forthcoming!) At any rate, under its new management, AMAZING apparently prospers; at least from the financial end. However, the literary quality is extremely doubtful. At first it appeared that the new editor, a former fan himself, would follow the fine tradition which had been set for him; but he has not. Rather, he has accepted many stories not fit to see print: changed half the titles for the worse; said some ridiculous things in editorials; and has been rather stubborn in doing, for the most part, exactly the opposite from what the readers request. However, perhaps he will become less exasperating as time goes on; he has a fine opportunity, and certain signs seem to point toward better things to come. (For example, the $50 prize to the writer of the best story each month.) Oddly enough, among the best stories AMAZING has published under the new ownership have been two of the editor's own. AMAZING has a fine future ahead of it if Mr. Palmer does the kind of job we fans believe him capable of doing. Let's hope that AMAZING once more, in the near future, will become the "aristocrat" it formerly was. CAN YOU ANSWER THESE? -conducted by Robert A. Madle- The response to lats month's questions was rather gratifying; quite a few answered. However, only the following received 100%: Robert W. Lowndes Robert D. Swisher, Ph.D. Sam Moskowitz The subscriptions of the above three readers have been extended by one issue. The correct answers to the questions asked lastissue follow: 1) The cover of the first MIRACLE STORIES was done by [[underline]]Dold[[end underline]]. 2) The youngest person ever connected with a professional science fiction magazine was [[underline]]Charles D. Hornig[[end underline]], who became Managing Editor of Wonder Stories when he was seventeen! 3) [[underline]]Stanton A. Coblentz[[end underline]] is noted for his satiracle novels. 4) Buck rogers first made his appearance in the August, 1928 Amazing Stories in the story, "Armageddon 2419." 5) [[underline]]False[[end underline]]. Arthur H. Lynch became editor for several months after Gernsback left. 6) [[underline]]Orban[[end underline]] was the artist [[underline]]not[end underline]] represented in the Clayton Astounding. 7) [[underline]]Edward E. Smith[[end underline]] was the author who had six novels published, all of which have received covers. 8) [[underline]]H.P. Lovecraft[[end underline]], despite his popularity, was never awarded a cover on Weird Tales.
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