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Le Zombie, whole no. 44, November-December 1941

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In later book stores we collected The Goddess by Morris and Goddard, Sorcery by MacDonald, The Great Amen by AJ Burks, at prices ranging from 25 cents to 40 cents. That is, I did. I do not recall the titles picked up by Walt at the moment. Several non-fantasy books were also chosen.

Crossing into Canada, after filling the gas tank to the brim (33 cents per gallon in Canada), Walt had to spell out his last name for the nasty immigrations officer who suspected him of being a fifth columnist or something. We had decided upon London, Ontario as our destination. Never once did it occur to us that Parry Sound harbored a fan! After dark as we were bowling along the highway we passed a wolf gnawing upon the carcass of a rabbit. Walt stared hungrily at the scene. It was shortly after this that disaster struck! Bingo-- and a rear tire said "I quit!" We were caught on a narrow road bounded by high fences, and by the time we reached a shoulder to stop on, there was no hope left for tire or tube. 

To work! we shouted with glee (at Walt). He glared back sourily. The jack was rusty and wouldn't work. We oiled it. The car fell off of it, sending it flying down the road. A suitcase rolled down into a deep ditch. Many times during that awful hour our lensman-like patience was tried to the utmost. Walt kept remembering the hungry wolf and wasted more time watching for it than working on the tire. Done at last, and more time watching for it than working on the tire. Done at last, and into London about 9pm. The town was so quiet! Once or twice we craned unconscious necks out of the window, looking for bombers. No bombers.

Tuesday we made a tour of London. Walt found copies of the Canadian mag Science Fiction by diligent searching. Easier to find was Uncanny. The November 1941 issue of this mag carried:
"Expedition #1" by James Francis Radshaw; "The Coming of the White Worm" by CA Smith; "A Million Yrs in the Future" by Thos. P. Kelley; "The Dream" by John R. Brooks; "The Skeleton in Armor"- pictorial interpretation by artist Callahan; "Strong Fingers of Death" by D.H. Fairley; "The Hat" by Donald Wollheim; "Strange Tree" by Leslie Merle; "The Touching Point" by Edw. Bellin; "Forbidden Books" (poem) by Wilfred Owen Morley; "Rocket of 1955" by Cecil Corwin, and a dept. "Around the Cauldron". 

In comment: The cover and six interior illustrations were by Callahan; it came out later at Ashley's that "Expedition #1" is the first "Via" yarn from an old TWS, therefore making "James Francis Radshaw" Binder. The Smith and Kelley yarns you know; Wollheim's "The Hat" was first published in Freehafer's fanzine Polaris. I don't know if it has appeared anywhere else. The poem is by Doc Lowndes, of course, while we believe Cecil Corwin is Cy Kornbluth. Adn that covers Uncanny.

Science Fiction for November 1941 on it's contents page explains "...edited, illustrated and produced in Canada... without foreign affiliation"; and then blandly offers the following by way of material:
"Martian Guns" by Stanley D. Bell (pic by Paul); "30th Century Duel" by MW Wellman (pic by Paul); "Genius Bureau" by Helen Weinbaum (pic by Dave Kyle???); "Beings of the Ooze" by John Taylor; "Star of Blue" by Milton Kaletsky; and "The Barbarians" by Wm Morrison. Cover by Bennett; the mag is large size. You recognize as many yarns as we. This November issue by the way was volume I, number 2. Walt also got a volume I, number 1. 

More bookstores, souvenir hunting, swapping American money for theirs, buying a new tire and tube, and homeward-bound again.

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In later book stores we collected The Goddess by Morris and Goddard, Sorcery by MacDonald, The Great Amen by AJ Burks, at prices ranging from 25 cents to 40 cents. That is, I did. I do not recall the titles picked up by Walt at the moment. Several non-fantasy books were also chosen. Crossing into Canada, after filling the gas tank to the brim (33 cents per gallon in Canada), Walt had to spell out his last name for the nasty immigrations officer who suspected him of being a fifth columnist or something. We had decided upon London, Ontario as our destination. Never once did it occur to us that Parry Sound harbored a fan! After dark as we were bowling along the highway we passed a wolf gnawing upon the carcass of a rabbit. Walt stared hungrily at the scene. It was shortly after this that disaster struck! Bingo-- and a rear tire said "I quit!" We were caught on a narrow road bounded by high fences, and by the time we reached a shoulder to stop on, there was no hope left for tire or tube. To work! we shouted with glee (at Walt). He glared back sourily. The jack was rusty and wouldn't work. We oiled it. The car fell off of it, sending it flying down the road. A suitcase rolled down into a deep ditch. Many times during that awful hour our lensman-like patience was tried to the utmost. Walt kept remembering the hungry wolf and wasted more time watching for it than working on the tire. Done at last, and more time watching for it than working on the tire. Done at last, and into London about 9pm. The town was so quiet! Once or twice we craned unconscious necks out of the window, looking for bombers. No bombers. Tuesday we made a tour of London. Walt found copies of the Canadian mag Science Fiction by diligent searching. Easier to find was Uncanny. The November 1941 issue of this mag carried: "Expedition #1" by James Francis Radshaw; "The Coming of the White Worm" by CA Smith; "A Million Yrs in the Future" by Thos. P. Kelley; "The Dream" by John R. Brooks; "The Skeleton in Armor"- pictorial interpretation by artist Callahan; "Strong Fingers of Death" by D.H. Fairley; "The Hat" by Donald Wollheim; "Strange Tree" by Leslie Merle; "The Touching Point" by Edw. Bellin; "Forbidden Books" (poem) by Wilfred Owen Morley; "Rocket of 1955" by Cecil Corwin, and a dept. "Around the Cauldron". In comment: The cover and six interior illustrations were by Callahan; it came out later at Ashley's that "Expedition #1" is the first "Via" yarn from an old TWS, therefore making "James Francis Radshaw" Binder. The Smith and Kelley yarns you know; Wollheim's "The Hat" was first published in Freehafer's fanzine Polaris. I don't know if it has appeared anywhere else. The poem is by Doc Lowndes, of course, while we believe Cecil Corwin is Cy Kornbluth. Adn that covers Uncanny. Science Fiction for November 1941 on it's contents page explains "...edited, illustrated and produced in Canada... without foreign affiliation"; and then blandly offers the following by way of material: "Martian Guns" by Stanley D. Bell (pic by Paul); "30th Century Duel" by MW Wellman (pic by Paul); "Genius Bureau" by Helen Weinbaum (pic by Dave Kyle???); "Beings of the Ooze" by John Taylor; "Star of Blue" by Milton Kaletsky; and "The Barbarians" by Wm Morrison. Cover by Bennett; the mag is large size. You recognize as many yarns as we. This November issue by the way was volume I, number 2. Walt also got a volume I, number 1. More bookstores, souvenir hunting, swapping American money for theirs, buying a new tire and tube, and homeward-bound again.