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Scientifictionist, v. 1, issue 4, April 1946
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All the substances at these terrific depths must be extremely hot. One might then wonder how about keeping that hot material down there where it belongs and what would happen if it should ever burst from its pent-up state and emerge tumultuously to the surface. Of course the more alert among you are by now beginning to see that this is an excellent theory for the formation of volcanoes. I am proud and happy to say that you who thought this are probably as correct as you can be, though there is always a great doubt about anything being true especially when it is so obvious. But since no one of note has come forward with any other theory or explanation and I myself refuse to formulate one, why, let us then say that it is true as far as it goes though I still do not care to put my stamp of approval on the theory. For my part, I believe it is far too simple a theory to have associated with my name, except for this article. I only wrote this article to fill in a necessary bit of knowledge that most of you lacked, perhaps, and which all of you need to help make you the Complete Scientist. /./././././././././././././././././././././ (Editorial Ramblings cont'd from page 12) scores show. There's no Idea Corner this issue because Walter planned on having it guest written, and the fan who was to have done it failed to produce the goods by the deadline, or for that matter, 15 days after the deadline, at which time this last page is being stencilled. Here go the ramblings: Two new stf pro-mags are on the burner for '47m one of them to be a semi-slick similar in format to TIME--- Verne Stevens, new TWS and SS artist is really the 'Lawrence' of FFM fame --- 'Keith Hammond, author of the excellent "ALLEY OF THE FLAME is Hank Puttner --- Bertram's WAR AND PROGRESS from sftist # 2 may be reprinted in slick Thechnocrat pro-mag --- Latest rumor (yes, it's still going, folks!) anent the identity of Anthony Gilmore says he was Harry Bates and Desmond Hall --- By all means get Laney's ACOLYTE #13 for an explanation of the decimal classification systems and Sam's analysis of Weinbaum --- Odd though: Is it possible that the next war may be purely psychological, with not a shot fired! We've seen propaganda pretty finely developed in this war -- what could it do in an atomic-fear-crazed world! FLASH! Quotes from "In Times to Come" in May ASF: "Beginning next month, Astounding Science-Fiction is going to undergo a general face-lifting, refurbishing, and rearrangement. The art work which has, on certain occasions in the past, been discussed with vigor, verve and disapproval by various readers, is getting a considerable going-over. We make no claims that, beginning with the next -- the June --issue of Astounding, that art work, layout, and general make-up will represent ultimate perfection. But we do feel that there will be a real change for the better." How's that for news! [Methinks I have a scoop here, as to my knowledge this hasn't appeared in any of the fanews sheets to date.] ####################### CAMPBELL TELLS ALL: [Reprinted from Norman Stanley's Fan-tods number thirteen] "Incidentally, the things I had in mind that I felt would occur to the reader in their full significance only somewhat after finishing the story, were simply the points which van Vogt brought up, developed as questions, but actually did not solve in the story. Throughout the earlier part of the story the reader does not know the actual scope, that it is a small segment of a battle between Galaxy-wide empires. At the end of the story you discover actually that the scope must be even greater than that because the question of how come human beings on all planets of the Galaxy has not been answered nor has the identity of the invisible chess player. It begins to appear that the battle on Earth is a tiny segment of the Galactic contest for power. That is an even tinier segment of some contest for power in which the Galaxy and the two great empires are unknowingly minor Pawns". -- John W. Campbell Jr. [He's referring to WORLD OF A -- ed] page 20
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All the substances at these terrific depths must be extremely hot. One might then wonder how about keeping that hot material down there where it belongs and what would happen if it should ever burst from its pent-up state and emerge tumultuously to the surface. Of course the more alert among you are by now beginning to see that this is an excellent theory for the formation of volcanoes. I am proud and happy to say that you who thought this are probably as correct as you can be, though there is always a great doubt about anything being true especially when it is so obvious. But since no one of note has come forward with any other theory or explanation and I myself refuse to formulate one, why, let us then say that it is true as far as it goes though I still do not care to put my stamp of approval on the theory. For my part, I believe it is far too simple a theory to have associated with my name, except for this article. I only wrote this article to fill in a necessary bit of knowledge that most of you lacked, perhaps, and which all of you need to help make you the Complete Scientist. /./././././././././././././././././././././ (Editorial Ramblings cont'd from page 12) scores show. There's no Idea Corner this issue because Walter planned on having it guest written, and the fan who was to have done it failed to produce the goods by the deadline, or for that matter, 15 days after the deadline, at which time this last page is being stencilled. Here go the ramblings: Two new stf pro-mags are on the burner for '47m one of them to be a semi-slick similar in format to TIME--- Verne Stevens, new TWS and SS artist is really the 'Lawrence' of FFM fame --- 'Keith Hammond, author of the excellent "ALLEY OF THE FLAME is Hank Puttner --- Bertram's WAR AND PROGRESS from sftist # 2 may be reprinted in slick Thechnocrat pro-mag --- Latest rumor (yes, it's still going, folks!) anent the identity of Anthony Gilmore says he was Harry Bates and Desmond Hall --- By all means get Laney's ACOLYTE #13 for an explanation of the decimal classification systems and Sam's analysis of Weinbaum --- Odd though: Is it possible that the next war may be purely psychological, with not a shot fired! We've seen propaganda pretty finely developed in this war -- what could it do in an atomic-fear-crazed world! FLASH! Quotes from "In Times to Come" in May ASF: "Beginning next month, Astounding Science-Fiction is going to undergo a general face-lifting, refurbishing, and rearrangement. The art work which has, on certain occasions in the past, been discussed with vigor, verve and disapproval by various readers, is getting a considerable going-over. We make no claims that, beginning with the next -- the June --issue of Astounding, that art work, layout, and general make-up will represent ultimate perfection. But we do feel that there will be a real change for the better." How's that for news! [Methinks I have a scoop here, as to my knowledge this hasn't appeared in any of the fanews sheets to date.] ####################### CAMPBELL TELLS ALL: [Reprinted from Norman Stanley's Fan-tods number thirteen] "Incidentally, the things I had in mind that I felt would occur to the reader in their full significance only somewhat after finishing the story, were simply the points which van Vogt brought up, developed as questions, but actually did not solve in the story. Throughout the earlier part of the story the reader does not know the actual scope, that it is a small segment of a battle between Galaxy-wide empires. At the end of the story you discover actually that the scope must be even greater than that because the question of how come human beings on all planets of the Galaxy has not been answered nor has the identity of the invisible chess player. It begins to appear that the battle on Earth is a tiny segment of the Galactic contest for power. That is an even tinier segment of some contest for power in which the Galaxy and the two great empires are unknowingly minor Pawns". -- John W. Campbell Jr. [He's referring to WORLD OF A -- ed] page 20
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