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Science Fiction Weekly, v. 1, issue 11, April 28, 1940

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Rod. SWISHER WRITES: "l. To Jack Robins: 'Don't take HCK s. seriously -- let us have a little fun and joking, especially via HCK's column, one of the best features in any fan magazines today. 2. And you, Doc, how are you so sure that DRSmith's 'super-silliness' was 'unintentional'? DRS is one of my favorite fan writers; I've read his stuff since it first began appearing and consider 'The Science of Names' one of the best and most (intentionally) amusing of his long series of good-to-excellent pieces. 3. Phil Nowlan spelled his name without the "K", I believe. 4. There was no character in "Armageddon" or "Airlords" (as near as I can remember without rereading) called 'Buck' Rogers. The hero was Anthony Rogers."
     ((Is our face red! We were under the impression, not having read it since around 1930 when we first came across those copies, that Anthony Rogers was nicknamed "Buck" in the original "Amazing" versions. But you're right, RDS: he wasn't. And the "K" in Nowlan just shouldn't have been there. Editor.))
     LEO Margulies, Editorial Director of Standard Magazines, was featured in the 'Meet the Editor' column currently appearing in the Writer's Journal for April, 1940.
     In describing him they say "Handsome, polished, sartorially impeddable, and with the well-modulated voice that speaks of good breeding, Leo Margulies is exactly the type whom a motion picture casting director would pick for the part of an editor of a large New York magazine publishing company."
     ASSOCIATEDITOR (Hiya HCK!) Wilson handed us a clipping the other day. It goes like this: "Historians, looking to Hollywood in the hope that a record of the present may be made on motion picture film, to be shown in the future ages received a negative answer
     "About 100 years is the life of a film.
     "This estimate was made by James R. West, chemical engineer, who said: "Our old pictures are doomed in spite of all we can do with dark, air-conditioned vaults. A master negative probably will last about 25 years under scientific care. Then it would have to be copied with a resulting loss of 5 to 10 percent of the impression. After about three of these recopying, the impression that remains is almost invisible.'
     'Classics of the past decade will be good for another quarter of a century' he said, 'but I fear that our grandchildren will never see them.'"

ADDENDA: "Utopia Heights" is the title of a long play, now in the process of writing by William Kozlenko. It may or may not be fantasy. ... For Milton A. Rothman: Arthur Hartman is at work on a small book on Claude Debussey and would like to see any Debussey letters. The address is 7 East 62 St., NYC. ... August W. Derleth is writing a biography of the late Winsor McCay, and would like to see McCay letters & copies of his cartoons. ... Taylor Caldwell has begun a new novel, which will recreate the historic (and fantastic) drama of Genghis Khan. ... Edgar Rice Burroughs was honored recently at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, California, with a special dress parade of bluejackets. ... Odd, The Unique Review, which may or may not see its second issue before you read this, is described as a closed market. However, if it continues, the editor declares, they may use freelance material. And, we might add, if they continue with the magazine, Don Wollheim's "Legal Aspects of Vampirism" will be among the items for early presentation. ... Your editor has submitted his one-act fantasy "He Who Wakes" to the Group Theatre in this city. ... George H. Waltz, Jr., is writing a biography of Jules Verne. ... A new magazine about to appear is named Screwball and the contents are supposed to live up to the title. Rates of payment are "decidely unsatisfactory", the editor admits as several contributors, who have been paid off in Confederate money, have already discovered. The address is 1007 Haas Building, 7th Street & Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal. Mart in Logan is the man.

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CITY DESK Rod. SWISHER WRITES: "l. To Jack Robins: 'Don't take HCK s. seriously -- let us have a little fun and joking, especially via HCK's column, one of the best features in any fan magazines today. 2. And you, Doc, how are you so sure that DRSmith's 'super-silliness' was 'unintentional'? DRS is one of my favorite fan writers; I've read his stuff since it first began appearing and consider 'The Science of Names' one of the best and most (intentionally) amusing of his long series of good-to-excellent pieces. 3. Phil Nowlan spelled his name without the "K", I believe. 4. There was no character in "Armageddon" or "Airlords" (as near as I can remember without rereading) called 'Buck' Rogers. The hero was Anthony Rogers." ((Is our face red! We were under the impression, not having read it since around 1930 when we first came across those copies, that Anthony Rogers was nicknamed "Buck" in the original "Amazing" versions. But you're right, RDS: he wasn't. And the "K" in Nowlan just shouldn't have been there. Editor.)) LEO Margulies, Editorial Director of Standard Magazines, was featured in the 'Meet the Editor' column currently appearing in the Writer's Journal for April, 1940. In describing him they say "Handsome, polished, sartorially impeddable, and with the well-modulated voice that speaks of good breeding, Leo Margulies is exactly the type whom a motion picture casting director would pick for the part of an editor of a large New York magazine publishing company." ASSOCIATEDITOR (Hiya HCK!) Wilson handed us a clipping the other day. It goes like this: "Historians, looking to Hollywood in the hope that a record of the present may be made on motion picture film, to be shown in the future ages received a negative answer "About 100 years is the life of a film. "This estimate was made by James R. West, chemical engineer, who said: "Our old pictures are doomed in spite of all we can do with dark, air-conditioned vaults. A master negative probably will last about 25 years under scientific care. Then it would have to be copied with a resulting loss of 5 to 10 percent of the impression. After about three of these recopying, the impression that remains is almost invisible.' 'Classics of the past decade will be good for another quarter of a century' he said, 'but I fear that our grandchildren will never see them.'" ADDENDA: "Utopia Heights" is the title of a long play, now in the process of writing by William Kozlenko. It may or may not be fantasy. ... For Milton A. Rothman: Arthur Hartman is at work on a small book on Claude Debussey and would like to see any Debussey letters. The address is 7 East 62 St., NYC. ... August W. Derleth is writing a biography of the late Winsor McCay, and would like to see McCay letters & copies of his cartoons. ... Taylor Caldwell has begun a new novel, which will recreate the historic (and fantastic) drama of Genghis Khan. ... Edgar Rice Burroughs was honored recently at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, California, with a special dress parade of bluejackets. ... Odd, The Unique Review, which may or may not see its second issue before you read this, is described as a closed market. However, if it continues, the editor declares, they may use freelance material. And, we might add, if they continue with the magazine, Don Wollheim's "Legal Aspects of Vampirism" will be among the items for early presentation. ... Your editor has submitted his one-act fantasy "He Who Wakes" to the Group Theatre in this city. ... George H. Waltz, Jr., is writing a biography of Jules Verne. ... A new magazine about to appear is named Screwball and the contents are supposed to live up to the title. Rates of payment are "decidely unsatisfactory", the editor admits as several contributors, who have been paid off in Confederate money, have already discovered. The address is 1007 Haas Building, 7th Street & Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal. Mart in Logan is the man.