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Dream Quest, v. 1, issue 1, July 1947

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ploded on the earth's surface have started a radioactive chain in our atmosphere. Within three hundred years the temperature of the air will climb to above the boiling point of water, the oceans will evaporate, and the earth, like Venus, will be eternally surrounded by a cloud envelope. All life on the surface will cease. Within two thousand years, the radioactivity will subside and life will again become possible. Using that as his premise, Graham has built the story. He assumes that humanity will burrow underground, and save some of the race. He makes his story out of that.

Understand, we are not claiming this story to be true, and we definitely are not trying to cause a stir in fandom. But, as Rap says WHAT IF THE STORY ISN'T FICTION? Then it will indeed be too bad for us.

In any case we recommend that you read SO SHALL YE REAP. It provides some interesting food for thought, and is one of the most worthwhile stories we've seen in many months, in AS or anywhere else. Even if Graham did resort to quoting from one of his own (unpublished) books to explain one of his theories.

The three shorts are the only conventional story material in the issue. The first of these is by William Lawrence Hamling, and is called "The Prop." It concerns a little boy who was wanting a toy airplane to play with, but, lacking this, is directed to a prop spaceship left by a movie in the desert. He fails to find the prop, but runs into a real thing, left by some other-worldly inhabitants. It is very well-written and plotted, and we'd say it's about the best Hamling has done.

Frances Yerxa, widow of the late Leroy, contributes #Negative Problem," a space opera of the grand old slam-bang tradition. We think she must have written Leroy's stories; this is obviously no first-time effort. However, the wonder is not in the story; it's in the illustration, which, believe it or not, is by Schneeman! His technique suffered somewhat in the reproduction, due partly to Z-D's bad paper, and partly to the fact that the pic was enlarged too much, in fact enlarged enough to make the same effect as if Lawrence was blown up to ten feet wide or so. Nevertheless, it is still Schneeman. We hope this is representative of a new art trend -- the traveling of the Masters out of their own mags into others. It may be. Lawrence and Finlay have been in TWS & SS muchly lately.

Now we come to a short that will no doubt cause a guffaw to all those present. It is "First Rocket," and is by -- D. Richard Sharpe. Now even Rap should have had enough imagination to make up a better name than that. And in the editorial he blandly states that while McGivern, Williams., have penames, you-know-who has none! Hmmmmmmmm. ...As a story ,FR is okay, though overly much strained. Forced stories are hard on the readers as well as their writers.
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DREAM QUEST 23 ploded on the earth's surface have started a radioactive chain in our atmosphere. Within three hundred years the temperature of the air will climb to above the boiling point of water, the oceans will evaporate, and the earth, like Venus, will be eternally surrounded by a cloud envelope. All life on the surface will cease. Within two thousand years, the radioactivity will subside and life will again become possible. Using that as his premise, Graham has built the story. He assumes that humanity will burrow underground, and save some of the race. He makes his story out of that. Understand, we are not claiming this story to be true, and we definitely are not trying to cause a stir in fandom. But, as Rap says WHAT IF THE STORY ISN'T FICTION? Then it will indeed be too bad for us. In any case we recommend that you read SO SHALL YE REAP. It provides some interesting food for thought, and is one of the most worthwhile stories we've seen in many months, in AS or anywhere else. Even if Graham did resort to quoting from one of his own (unpublished) books to explain one of his theories. The three shorts are the only conventional story material in the issue. The first of these is by William Lawrence Hamling, and is called "The Prop." It concerns a little boy who was wanting a toy airplane to play with, but, lacking this, is directed to a prop spaceship left by a movie in the desert. He fails to find the prop, but runs into a real thing, left by some other-worldly inhabitants. It is very well-written and plotted, and we'd say it's about the best Hamling has done. Frances Yerxa, widow of the late Leroy, contributes #Negative Problem," a space opera of the grand old slam-bang tradition. We think she must have written Leroy's stories; this is obviously no first-time effort. However, the wonder is not in the story; it's in the illustration, which, believe it or not, is by Schneeman! His technique suffered somewhat in the reproduction, due partly to Z-D's bad paper, and partly to the fact that the pic was enlarged too much, in fact enlarged enough to make the same effect as if Lawrence was blown up to ten feet wide or so. Nevertheless, it is still Schneeman. We hope this is representative of a new art trend -- the traveling of the Masters out of their own mags into others. It may be. Lawrence and Finlay have been in TWS & SS muchly lately. Now we come to a short that will no doubt cause a guffaw to all those present. It is "First Rocket," and is by -- D. Richard Sharpe. Now even Rap should have had enough imagination to make up a better name than that. And in the editorial he blandly states that while McGivern, Williams., have penames, you-know-who has none! Hmmmmmmmm. ...As a story ,FR is okay, though overly much strained. Forced stories are hard on the readers as well as their writers. *** SEND US YOUR MATERIAL