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Spaceways, v. 3, issue 4, May 1941
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22 SPACEWAYS THE READERS ALWAYS WRITE ity, for one thing. The characters are merest automata, the whole thing is absurd beyond belief or credence. Give it 5? No, Harry, I take it back, I take it back. 4 is the mark.'''''Farsaci's Commentary: 6. Little to put a finger on, but this is somehow not very satisfactory. Much more to the point seem to me Art Widner's comments in the letter section. Robert W. Lowndes notes: I see by Mrs Sykora's letter that she is in full accord with her husband in the belief that the QSFL is (or was) the Sykoras' private property and that duly elected officers, or what the majority of members wanted, made no difference. And, by the way, wasn't it Will who once accused Futurians of hiding behind a woman's skirt?; well, WSS has now shown the fan world how to do it up brown. The note about one dissenting vote being sufficient to abrogate the desire of the majority speaks volumes, I think. And, of course, Mrs S shares Mrs S's bad memory in that she forgets to mention that Will stated in advance that he would use violence against any Futurian who responded to the official invitation.....FTS also forgets to mention that it was agreed to call a vote promptly and that over an hour had passed before Burford and Wilson finally re-entered the hall. Or perhaps FTS holds to the theory that while Futurians should be kept to their promises, her clique can ignore them as soon as they're made. From Bob Jones: Cover this time is one of the best of its type I have seen on a fanzine to date, but:'''''I take it that the scene is taking place in the present. (From the tug.) Yet, 'tho my knowledge of architecture is quite limited I say that the design of the buildings in the picture is very much out of step with our era of practicallity and conservation. You may see for yourself--that were our buildings, in actuality, constructed in that manner, many thousands of feet of valuable office, etc., space would be wasted per building. Opposite angles just do not fit into our present-day architecture. The tyrofloopers were quite cleverly designed and I particularly liked the manner in which the artist, Jack Fields, had the super-destructo rays strike. The element of reality was quite evident in that. The tugboat was also out of place on Spaceways.'''''The cover, on the whole tho, was good and I was quite satisfied with the fine artwork. Let's see more of Jack Fields. I am only sorry that I am limited to a 10 in my rating of it.'''''.....Are the Classics Classical? Wright himself made some misstatements. After reading this I took the trouble to look up just what Palmer said. I found it very interesting and just made me dislike Palmer more. For instance, from Wright's article, "Palmer states that 'The Moon Pool' has absolutely no science." Palmer really said: "'The Moon Pool', for instance, was almost strictly adventure." So there. Oh, anyway, wright is in complete accord with my line of thought, as regards Palmer, so that'n takes7 1-2......More Fantastic Films was a fine addition to Kraft's article and therefore gets a 9; it was well written also. Readers Always Write, 5. Mostly because of the publication of my missile. And the poll results a 10. Which brings to mind an old longing of mine. It is that someone should take a poll on the ten best covers of the last year and the ten best interior illustrations. Harry, why not Spaceways? (Pretty late for that now; we'll ask for it on 1941's art-work at the end of this year. HW).....Well, I see by the back cover that Jenkins really can draw when he sets himself to it. but his otherwise fine drawing was rather spoiled by the excess impedimenta adorning the monster's face, such as the extra lower canines, the double set of useless horns and the miniature tridents protruding from below the ears. But it was good enough and quite an improvement over his last cover.....so, 9. D. B. Thompson says: Tucker's humorous pseudo-articles rarely fail to get a chuckle, as well as a lot of appreciation, from me. If he could write similar stuff on topics of more general interest, he could sell 'em to the slicks, I believe.'''''Whoever S F Cynic is, he is very satisfactory. He will never rais the violent differences of opinions that Miske stirred up, but in every respect, I find his first column both interesting and instructive. I don't agree with
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22 SPACEWAYS THE READERS ALWAYS WRITE ity, for one thing. The characters are merest automata, the whole thing is absurd beyond belief or credence. Give it 5? No, Harry, I take it back, I take it back. 4 is the mark.'''''Farsaci's Commentary: 6. Little to put a finger on, but this is somehow not very satisfactory. Much more to the point seem to me Art Widner's comments in the letter section. Robert W. Lowndes notes: I see by Mrs Sykora's letter that she is in full accord with her husband in the belief that the QSFL is (or was) the Sykoras' private property and that duly elected officers, or what the majority of members wanted, made no difference. And, by the way, wasn't it Will who once accused Futurians of hiding behind a woman's skirt?; well, WSS has now shown the fan world how to do it up brown. The note about one dissenting vote being sufficient to abrogate the desire of the majority speaks volumes, I think. And, of course, Mrs S shares Mrs S's bad memory in that she forgets to mention that Will stated in advance that he would use violence against any Futurian who responded to the official invitation.....FTS also forgets to mention that it was agreed to call a vote promptly and that over an hour had passed before Burford and Wilson finally re-entered the hall. Or perhaps FTS holds to the theory that while Futurians should be kept to their promises, her clique can ignore them as soon as they're made. From Bob Jones: Cover this time is one of the best of its type I have seen on a fanzine to date, but:'''''I take it that the scene is taking place in the present. (From the tug.) Yet, 'tho my knowledge of architecture is quite limited I say that the design of the buildings in the picture is very much out of step with our era of practicallity and conservation. You may see for yourself--that were our buildings, in actuality, constructed in that manner, many thousands of feet of valuable office, etc., space would be wasted per building. Opposite angles just do not fit into our present-day architecture. The tyrofloopers were quite cleverly designed and I particularly liked the manner in which the artist, Jack Fields, had the super-destructo rays strike. The element of reality was quite evident in that. The tugboat was also out of place on Spaceways.'''''The cover, on the whole tho, was good and I was quite satisfied with the fine artwork. Let's see more of Jack Fields. I am only sorry that I am limited to a 10 in my rating of it.'''''.....Are the Classics Classical? Wright himself made some misstatements. After reading this I took the trouble to look up just what Palmer said. I found it very interesting and just made me dislike Palmer more. For instance, from Wright's article, "Palmer states that 'The Moon Pool' has absolutely no science." Palmer really said: "'The Moon Pool', for instance, was almost strictly adventure." So there. Oh, anyway, wright is in complete accord with my line of thought, as regards Palmer, so that'n takes7 1-2......More Fantastic Films was a fine addition to Kraft's article and therefore gets a 9; it was well written also. Readers Always Write, 5. Mostly because of the publication of my missile. And the poll results a 10. Which brings to mind an old longing of mine. It is that someone should take a poll on the ten best covers of the last year and the ten best interior illustrations. Harry, why not Spaceways? (Pretty late for that now; we'll ask for it on 1941's art-work at the end of this year. HW).....Well, I see by the back cover that Jenkins really can draw when he sets himself to it. but his otherwise fine drawing was rather spoiled by the excess impedimenta adorning the monster's face, such as the extra lower canines, the double set of useless horns and the miniature tridents protruding from below the ears. But it was good enough and quite an improvement over his last cover.....so, 9. D. B. Thompson says: Tucker's humorous pseudo-articles rarely fail to get a chuckle, as well as a lot of appreciation, from me. If he could write similar stuff on topics of more general interest, he could sell 'em to the slicks, I believe.'''''Whoever S F Cynic is, he is very satisfactory. He will never rais the violent differences of opinions that Miske stirred up, but in every respect, I find his first column both interesting and instructive. I don't agree with
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