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Fan Slants, v. 1, issue 1, September 1943
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FAN SLANTS...............................................................27 lein was the originator. Two other highly entertaining stories are [underlined] Hunch by Simark and [underlined] The Great Engine by van Vogt. Both well worth reading. Although [underlined] Unthinking Cap by a new author, John Pierce, may be of interest to some readers because of its mention (in the last sentence) of the Borogoves. Presumably these are the same referred to in the Padgett epic. Who knows? Perhaps a whole new mythology comparable to Lovecraft's Cthulhu will be built around the Borogroves. ASTOUNDING [right side of page] AUGUST 1943 What a lineup! C. L. Moore, Fritz Leiber, Anthony Boucher, Lewis Padgett, Malcolm Jameson, and A. E. van Vogt. The issue, however, failed to live up to its authors' reps. To begin with Moore's se-rial [underlined] Judgment Night was almost entirely atmosphere, with little ac-tion. The action, in fact, was spoiled by too much description, al-though the description of the pleasure moon, Cyrille, was very vivid. I only hope the last 400 words live up to the blurb Campbell gave them. Just what went wrong with the Lieber story is something I don't know. It had a novel idea: twin mutant brothers raised apart under entirely different conditions. Perhaps the story should have been longer. [underlined] Endowment Policy by Padgett and another Anachron Inc. yarn by Jameson are good, while van Vogt's [underlined] M 33 in Andromeda, another in the Beagle II series, is very good but should have been a novel or novelette instead of a short. [underlined] One Way Trip by Boucher is an adven-ture tale which some may like, although I thought it smacked of hack. Hope you can make something out of the Timmins cover. I can't. ASTOUNDING [right side of page] SEPTEMBER 1939 Longer stories are definitely not Moore's forte. Nearly everyone I have talked to has agreed that [underlined] Judgment Night was much too long----approximately 75,000 words, for the statisticians---for the amount of plot offered. In parts there was some very beautiful atmospheric writing, but this same description killed many of the action scenes by drawing them out. After Campbell blurb in the preceding issue about the last 400 words, I expected something truly tremendous; but I was disappointed when it turned out that the llars, pets of the hu-mans on Ericon, would be the next race to be given control of the ga-laxy, with man slowly going down into oblivion. To me, the last four hundred words didn't make up for the other 74,600 which are almost entirely atmosphere. Van Vogt's [underlined] Concealment was very good and its longer sequel, to appear in the October issue, promises to be even better, perhaps a classic.....it says in the blurb. Hal Clement's [underlined] Attitude wasn't as good as his first two Astounding stories: [underlined] Proof and [underlined] Impediment. Here again, a story too long for the amount of plot it had to offer. Ray Bradbury's extremely Padget--like story, [underlined] Doodad, was good, considering it is his first for Astounding. Everyone should read Ley's article on the German Rocket Society, for some really in-teresting information on the causes of its disbandment. AUTHOR NOTES Hal Clement is the nom de plume of Harry Stubbs, formerly of the Strangers' Club, no in the Army Air Forces. Will (Seetee) Stewart is none other than Jack Williamson. This is straight from 4sj himself, so must be authentic.
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FAN SLANTS...............................................................27 lein was the originator. Two other highly entertaining stories are [underlined] Hunch by Simark and [underlined] The Great Engine by van Vogt. Both well worth reading. Although [underlined] Unthinking Cap by a new author, John Pierce, may be of interest to some readers because of its mention (in the last sentence) of the Borogoves. Presumably these are the same referred to in the Padgett epic. Who knows? Perhaps a whole new mythology comparable to Lovecraft's Cthulhu will be built around the Borogroves. ASTOUNDING [right side of page] AUGUST 1943 What a lineup! C. L. Moore, Fritz Leiber, Anthony Boucher, Lewis Padgett, Malcolm Jameson, and A. E. van Vogt. The issue, however, failed to live up to its authors' reps. To begin with Moore's se-rial [underlined] Judgment Night was almost entirely atmosphere, with little ac-tion. The action, in fact, was spoiled by too much description, al-though the description of the pleasure moon, Cyrille, was very vivid. I only hope the last 400 words live up to the blurb Campbell gave them. Just what went wrong with the Lieber story is something I don't know. It had a novel idea: twin mutant brothers raised apart under entirely different conditions. Perhaps the story should have been longer. [underlined] Endowment Policy by Padgett and another Anachron Inc. yarn by Jameson are good, while van Vogt's [underlined] M 33 in Andromeda, another in the Beagle II series, is very good but should have been a novel or novelette instead of a short. [underlined] One Way Trip by Boucher is an adven-ture tale which some may like, although I thought it smacked of hack. Hope you can make something out of the Timmins cover. I can't. ASTOUNDING [right side of page] SEPTEMBER 1939 Longer stories are definitely not Moore's forte. Nearly everyone I have talked to has agreed that [underlined] Judgment Night was much too long----approximately 75,000 words, for the statisticians---for the amount of plot offered. In parts there was some very beautiful atmospheric writing, but this same description killed many of the action scenes by drawing them out. After Campbell blurb in the preceding issue about the last 400 words, I expected something truly tremendous; but I was disappointed when it turned out that the llars, pets of the hu-mans on Ericon, would be the next race to be given control of the ga-laxy, with man slowly going down into oblivion. To me, the last four hundred words didn't make up for the other 74,600 which are almost entirely atmosphere. Van Vogt's [underlined] Concealment was very good and its longer sequel, to appear in the October issue, promises to be even better, perhaps a classic.....it says in the blurb. Hal Clement's [underlined] Attitude wasn't as good as his first two Astounding stories: [underlined] Proof and [underlined] Impediment. Here again, a story too long for the amount of plot it had to offer. Ray Bradbury's extremely Padget--like story, [underlined] Doodad, was good, considering it is his first for Astounding. Everyone should read Ley's article on the German Rocket Society, for some really in-teresting information on the causes of its disbandment. AUTHOR NOTES Hal Clement is the nom de plume of Harry Stubbs, formerly of the Strangers' Club, no in the Army Air Forces. Will (Seetee) Stewart is none other than Jack Williamson. This is straight from 4sj himself, so must be authentic.
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