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Spaceways, v. 3 issue 3, whole no. 19, March 1941

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16     SPACEWAYS
COMMENTARY ON MISKE AND STARDUST

I would suggest, whenever he feels like that, some pleasant hours of diversion, a copy of Detours, the discovering of new friends, or other possible interests. I'm sure he would soon feel as a new man!
I'm mighty pleased that his choice of four professional magazines coincides so perfectly with mine. Also, the more unbelievable, to me, is the fact that Miske never even sent for a sample copy of a Golden Atom Publication, even though he was given a glowing forecast of Golden Atom by a correspondent of his, Henry Hasse! Yes, fans, it's the honest truth--that Miske, the columnist who would know everything in fandom, never even bothered to send a postal card inquiring about the Rochester, "Kodak City", fanmag!
I'm quite sorry Stardust has to go, looking at it from the viewpoint that it was sincere in its criticisms. But, as I believe I said once before, it has always been a sore thumb to me from my inability to sympathize with Miske's feelings on matters which I would have agreed on, with almost anyone else.

[[handwritten number 6]]
WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT
by 
J. MICHAEL ROSENBLUM

The Case of the Fox; being his prophecies under hypnotism of the period ending A. D. 1950. A Political Utopia, by William Stanley, p. Truslove & & Hanson. 1903. A most interesting political scheme dressed up very slightly in the guise of fantasy. Written nearly 40 years ago, it gives full details of the world of 1950 obtained by a series of hypnotic experiments. You will be as pleased as I was to learn that universal disarmament took place in 1930 and that none of the Great Wars so freely prophesied actually took place. But the main portion of the book consists of a full description of a utopian world-state, its organisation, arrangement, and so forth. There is a parliament elected by univeral suffrage, technical experts control their spheres of interest and the world-capital is Paris. Brave thoughts indeed!
The Ultimate Island; a strange adventure by L. de Gibern Sieveking, p. Routledge. 1925. The theme has been used before and is that of a 'port of lost ships' collected by a whirlpool somewhere in the Atlantic. But this time there is an island too, inhabited by descendants of the Atlanteans and the various and extremely varied mariners who have involuntarily visited the island. They have their own civilisation and are scientifically in advance of the rest of the word. The island is discovered from the air and visited, to seek the survivors of a missing yacht. The idea seems to me to be merely played with in a most inconclusive manner and is certainly not up to the standard of the same author's 
"Stampede", a masterpiece of crazy scientific fantasy in the style of G. K. Chesterton. Incidentally, Sieveking is a drama-producer for the B. B. C.
The Flight of Icarus, by Henry Byatt, p. Sysley. 1907. The rise of a pseudo-Messiah belonging to a Jewish family who have had secret ownership of the original Ark of the Covenant throughout the ages and who is capable of miraculous powers. Of his gradual seizure of all power in the western world and his decision to make England his headquarters (why?). And his temptation by a maidenof the royal house set to trip him up, and whom he makes his queen. The Delilah act succeeds and the world returns to normal.

Missing persons bureau: Does anyone know the present whereabouts of Richard Kraft, ordinarily of West End Avenue, New York City, and during the past summer of Miami Beach, Florida? Please let us know if you do.

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16 SPACEWAYS COMMENTARY ON MISKE AND STARDUST I would suggest, whenever he feels like that, some pleasant hours of diversion, a copy of Detours, the discovering of new friends, or other possible interests. I'm sure he would soon feel as a new man! I'm mighty pleased that his choice of four professional magazines coincides so perfectly with mine. Also, the more unbelievable, to me, is the fact that Miske never even sent for a sample copy of a Golden Atom Publication, even though he was given a glowing forecast of Golden Atom by a correspondent of his, Henry Hasse! Yes, fans, it's the honest truth--that Miske, the columnist who would know everything in fandom, never even bothered to send a postal card inquiring about the Rochester, "Kodak City", fanmag! I'm quite sorry Stardust has to go, looking at it from the viewpoint that it was sincere in its criticisms. But, as I believe I said once before, it has always been a sore thumb to me from my inability to sympathize with Miske's feelings on matters which I would have agreed on, with almost anyone else. [[handwritten number 6]] WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT by J. MICHAEL ROSENBLUM The Case of the Fox; being his prophecies under hypnotism of the period ending A. D. 1950. A Political Utopia, by William Stanley, p. Truslove & & Hanson. 1903. A most interesting political scheme dressed up very slightly in the guise of fantasy. Written nearly 40 years ago, it gives full details of the world of 1950 obtained by a series of hypnotic experiments. You will be as pleased as I was to learn that universal disarmament took place in 1930 and that none of the Great Wars so freely prophesied actually took place. But the main portion of the book consists of a full description of a utopian world-state, its organisation, arrangement, and so forth. There is a parliament elected by univeral suffrage, technical experts control their spheres of interest and the world-capital is Paris. Brave thoughts indeed! The Ultimate Island; a strange adventure by L. de Gibern Sieveking, p. Routledge. 1925. The theme has been used before and is that of a 'port of lost ships' collected by a whirlpool somewhere in the Atlantic. But this time there is an island too, inhabited by descendants of the Atlanteans and the various and extremely varied mariners who have involuntarily visited the island. They have their own civilisation and are scientifically in advance of the rest of the word. The island is discovered from the air and visited, to seek the survivors of a missing yacht. The idea seems to me to be merely played with in a most inconclusive manner and is certainly not up to the standard of the same author's "Stampede", a masterpiece of crazy scientific fantasy in the style of G. K. Chesterton. Incidentally, Sieveking is a drama-producer for the B. B. C. The Flight of Icarus, by Henry Byatt, p. Sysley. 1907. The rise of a pseudo-Messiah belonging to a Jewish family who have had secret ownership of the original Ark of the Covenant throughout the ages and who is capable of miraculous powers. Of his gradual seizure of all power in the western world and his decision to make England his headquarters (why?). And his temptation by a maidenof the royal house set to trip him up, and whom he makes his queen. The Delilah act succeeds and the world returns to normal. Missing persons bureau: Does anyone know the present whereabouts of Richard Kraft, ordinarily of West End Avenue, New York City, and during the past summer of Miami Beach, Florida? Please let us know if you do.