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Fantasy Times, November 1941
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scientist if he cannot share it with other people? What is the use and purpose of life without fellow creatures to share it with you? That, we think, is the essence of even the prosaic business of publishing magazines. It requires people first of all---authors, publishers and readers. What do you think? FANTASY-TIMES, brings back to fandom, by popular demand THE TIME STREAM by SAM MOSKOWITZ This is a reincarnation or a twin sister of the column I once ran in FANTASY-NEWS. But please don't look for too much news in its contents. If I think of any I'll include it, otherwise I'll do my darnest to make it interesting, somehow. .......The large size UNKNOWN has been perused and virtually all the stories read. My favorite was BORROWED GLORY by L. Ron Hubbard. It started off on the well-known Cinderella theme, but no one could accuse it of being a counterpart of that fairy-tale classic by the time it reached it's crashing denoument...Hubbard can write......And the renovated SUPER SCIENCE STORIES appears with little touches that make it seem almost like a new magazine. The change in title lettering style, the addition of "new" at the top. The banner "The Big Book Of Science Fiction", and the caption to one of the stories "the science classic of the year". All little touches of editorship which help put across a magazine. .......Which reminds us that PLANET STORIES seems to be a pacesetter these days which is something when you consider that it's a quarterly. The magazine has a steady, progressive air which is invigorating when compared to the hectic career of most science fiction publications.Finally, Paul & [Eok?] in rapid order on the covers. Readers' department up to eight pages, only two pages to go to match the readers' department of the "GOOD OLD DAYS", and gosh, I don't think its asking too much to want to see PLANET STORIES out at least bi-monthly. .......WEIRD TALES, too seems to be trying very hard. Brinking up two Lovecraft stories, the Alonzo Dean Cole item, and dozens of other features.....And one more thing before I close. There seems to be an average of scarcely more than two science fiction mags a week appearing, where before it was closer to four, and the drop has taken place so gradually that it was scarcely noticed.....Till next month-------SaMoskowitz A LETTER FROM H-K PUBLICATIONS, PUBLISHERS OF COMET Dear Mr. Taurasi; Due to the consistent record if disastrously disappointing sales on our magazine COMET, I find myself in the unhappy position of having to advise you that, at lest for the present, its publication has been suspended after the July 1941 issue. Our editor, Orlin Tremaine, has not been in our employ for several months and I am personally endevoring to straighten out some of the details he left unattended.------- Sincerely yours, Joseph J H ardie, Pres.
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scientist if he cannot share it with other people? What is the use and purpose of life without fellow creatures to share it with you? That, we think, is the essence of even the prosaic business of publishing magazines. It requires people first of all---authors, publishers and readers. What do you think? FANTASY-TIMES, brings back to fandom, by popular demand THE TIME STREAM by SAM MOSKOWITZ This is a reincarnation or a twin sister of the column I once ran in FANTASY-NEWS. But please don't look for too much news in its contents. If I think of any I'll include it, otherwise I'll do my darnest to make it interesting, somehow. .......The large size UNKNOWN has been perused and virtually all the stories read. My favorite was BORROWED GLORY by L. Ron Hubbard. It started off on the well-known Cinderella theme, but no one could accuse it of being a counterpart of that fairy-tale classic by the time it reached it's crashing denoument...Hubbard can write......And the renovated SUPER SCIENCE STORIES appears with little touches that make it seem almost like a new magazine. The change in title lettering style, the addition of "new" at the top. The banner "The Big Book Of Science Fiction", and the caption to one of the stories "the science classic of the year". All little touches of editorship which help put across a magazine. .......Which reminds us that PLANET STORIES seems to be a pacesetter these days which is something when you consider that it's a quarterly. The magazine has a steady, progressive air which is invigorating when compared to the hectic career of most science fiction publications.Finally, Paul & [Eok?] in rapid order on the covers. Readers' department up to eight pages, only two pages to go to match the readers' department of the "GOOD OLD DAYS", and gosh, I don't think its asking too much to want to see PLANET STORIES out at least bi-monthly. .......WEIRD TALES, too seems to be trying very hard. Brinking up two Lovecraft stories, the Alonzo Dean Cole item, and dozens of other features.....And one more thing before I close. There seems to be an average of scarcely more than two science fiction mags a week appearing, where before it was closer to four, and the drop has taken place so gradually that it was scarcely noticed.....Till next month-------SaMoskowitz A LETTER FROM H-K PUBLICATIONS, PUBLISHERS OF COMET Dear Mr. Taurasi; Due to the consistent record if disastrously disappointing sales on our magazine COMET, I find myself in the unhappy position of having to advise you that, at lest for the present, its publication has been suspended after the July 1941 issue. Our editor, Orlin Tremaine, has not been in our employ for several months and I am personally endevoring to straighten out some of the details he left unattended.------- Sincerely yours, Joseph J H ardie, Pres.
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