Transcribe
Translate
Dream Quest, v. 1, issue 1, July 1947
Page 18
More information
digital collection
archival collection guide
transcription tips
SWIMMING THROUGH THE SEWERS by Gilbert Swenson ((Editor's note: In the last issue of his well-known fanzine review column, THE BLATANT BEAST, Mr. Art Widner mentioned that he was disappointed by the fact that the only regular prozine reviews then appearing were the ones in Henry Elsner, Jr!s fanzine, SCIENTIFICTIONIST. Well, since the blatant beast was written STFIST has unfortunately died, and Mr. .Widner and the rest of fandom have been left without prozine reviews again. They won't have to wait any longer. While there has been quite a lapse of time between the last issues reviewed in STFIST and the first ones here, no major periods of pro publishing have been left unreviewed. We have engaged Gilbert Swenson, who is sincere in his love for fantasy, to write these reviews for us; covered will be all the science fiction, fantasy, and weird American prozines, the periodic anthology AVON FANTASY READER, and the semipro VORTEX. British and Canadian journals do not appear because it was impossible to obtain copies. We are looking for someone to review the British prozines for us; how about you, J. Michael Rosenblum?? At any rate, even if the column isn't as complete as it should be, fandom again has a regular, steady review of its big pro brothers. We hope you like it. --dw)) *************************** ((Prozines are listed in alphabetical order, hence the fact that AS is first on the list doesn't have any reference to top quality)) AMAZING STORIES. Volume 21, #7; July 1947. 25[[cent symbol]] This number of what Joe Kennedy so aptly terms "the poor Rosicrucian's home companion" is surprisingly free from Shaverism and other assorted gibberish. There are four stories -- a 62,000 word complete novel and three shorts. In addition, Palmer rants in the editorial, and DISCUSSION continues to recount the true experiences of assorted paranoids and manic depressives throughout the world. VIGNETTES OF FAMOUS SCIENTISTS is the other usual department which makes this issue. L. Taylor Hansen's SCIENTIFIC MYSTERIES, which has been a feature of AS for Lord knows how long, is absent from this issue for the second time in many, many years. The other time was when rap had a baby, and he was too befuddled to perform his editorial tasks with full vigor. We wonder what happened to this department; maybe lack of space, since it was more than a little related to the Shaver mystery, and was therefore unexpendable in the raply way of looking at things. Maybe the dero got Hansen. ((This dept is back in the August ish)) The lead novel is the newest contribution from the typewriter of Chester S. Geier, author of "Environment" and the popular and much ballyhooed FOREVER IS TOO LONG in a recent issue of Amazing's companion, FA. It is interplanetary in nature -- which alone would entitle it to consideration, since an interplanetary story in a magazine whose editor's religious views do not permit of interplanetary travel is something of an oddity, to say the least. Incidentally, the three shorts are interplanetary too. Palmer claims he made it an all- - 18 -
Saving...
prev
next
SWIMMING THROUGH THE SEWERS by Gilbert Swenson ((Editor's note: In the last issue of his well-known fanzine review column, THE BLATANT BEAST, Mr. Art Widner mentioned that he was disappointed by the fact that the only regular prozine reviews then appearing were the ones in Henry Elsner, Jr!s fanzine, SCIENTIFICTIONIST. Well, since the blatant beast was written STFIST has unfortunately died, and Mr. .Widner and the rest of fandom have been left without prozine reviews again. They won't have to wait any longer. While there has been quite a lapse of time between the last issues reviewed in STFIST and the first ones here, no major periods of pro publishing have been left unreviewed. We have engaged Gilbert Swenson, who is sincere in his love for fantasy, to write these reviews for us; covered will be all the science fiction, fantasy, and weird American prozines, the periodic anthology AVON FANTASY READER, and the semipro VORTEX. British and Canadian journals do not appear because it was impossible to obtain copies. We are looking for someone to review the British prozines for us; how about you, J. Michael Rosenblum?? At any rate, even if the column isn't as complete as it should be, fandom again has a regular, steady review of its big pro brothers. We hope you like it. --dw)) *************************** ((Prozines are listed in alphabetical order, hence the fact that AS is first on the list doesn't have any reference to top quality)) AMAZING STORIES. Volume 21, #7; July 1947. 25[[cent symbol]] This number of what Joe Kennedy so aptly terms "the poor Rosicrucian's home companion" is surprisingly free from Shaverism and other assorted gibberish. There are four stories -- a 62,000 word complete novel and three shorts. In addition, Palmer rants in the editorial, and DISCUSSION continues to recount the true experiences of assorted paranoids and manic depressives throughout the world. VIGNETTES OF FAMOUS SCIENTISTS is the other usual department which makes this issue. L. Taylor Hansen's SCIENTIFIC MYSTERIES, which has been a feature of AS for Lord knows how long, is absent from this issue for the second time in many, many years. The other time was when rap had a baby, and he was too befuddled to perform his editorial tasks with full vigor. We wonder what happened to this department; maybe lack of space, since it was more than a little related to the Shaver mystery, and was therefore unexpendable in the raply way of looking at things. Maybe the dero got Hansen. ((This dept is back in the August ish)) The lead novel is the newest contribution from the typewriter of Chester S. Geier, author of "Environment" and the popular and much ballyhooed FOREVER IS TOO LONG in a recent issue of Amazing's companion, FA. It is interplanetary in nature -- which alone would entitle it to consideration, since an interplanetary story in a magazine whose editor's religious views do not permit of interplanetary travel is something of an oddity, to say the least. Incidentally, the three shorts are interplanetary too. Palmer claims he made it an all- - 18 -
Hevelin Fanzines
sidebar
