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Dream Quest, v. 1, issue 1, July 1947
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DREAM QUEST 35 FFM still continues worthy of its place as the best-illustrated fantastic prozine. Finlay does the cover, which, though not equal to his masterpiece for THE STAR ROVER, is still truly great. Finlay's modern covers are considerably better than those of the old days. This one must be seen to be appreciated. Lawrence has all the interiors, and is up to par -- he is resurrecting his art now, after a brief slump. Is it imagination or do we detect a trace of an attempt from Ls to copy Finlay's style? Heaven forbid such a thing to happen. To begin with, it is bad for anyone to copy anyone's style, no matter who they are. Secondly, Findlay is inimitable. Thirdly, Lawrence is so darned good already that any alteration of style would be fool-hardy. Do we make ourselves clear? ((Yes.)) That is all of interest in this FFM. Now we will breathe easier for awhile -- we won't have to read another 115-page end of the world novel for another two months. For which Ghu and the paper shortage be thanked. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& FANTASTIC ADVENTURES Vol. 9 #4; July 1947. 25c. There are six stories in this issue of Amazing's shadow -- a short novel, three fairly long novelets, and a couple of shorts. Several depts. too -- mainly, of course, THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK where Rap blathers about the high quality of the stories and the Reader's Page, which would be one of the better readers' columns if it was just a little bit longer. He takes the department's title seriously, and makes it only one page in length. Maybe this situation will be relieved soon, however. The lead short novel is called "Goddess of the Golden Flame," and is by William P. McGivern, and oldtime writing companion of the late O'Brien, who had more names than Kuttner, and third member of the Rap DWO'B/WPMcG triumvirate. This character has been absent for quite a long while; he served in the Army, we believe, and was fortunate enough not to get killed in action, as was O'Brien. Anyway, the yarn is not of the type that can be dissected. It is a straight slam-bang narrative of the best (or oldest) fantasy tradition, and served only to pass away some time in a pleasant manner. 'Twas okay. Charles F. Meyers, the Thorne Smith of the 1940 decade and one of the top finds of recent times, comes through with "Toffee Takes a Trip." Obviously, he borrowed more from the late great than subject matter, for this yarn. TTaT isn't the best ribald adventure we have read, but it is still pretty fair. We would say that if these Toffee stories were expanded to novel length and made a bit less conventionalized and more ribald, and distributed by some means other than in a magazine which goes through the mail under the second-class laws, they would go down in history along with Topper. Read 'em and see if you don't agree. And if you don't envy Marc Pillsworth… Next is a boxing tale called "Peter Backs a Punch," which concerns SEND US SOME MATERIAL! See your name in big, black letters in DQ #2!!
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DREAM QUEST 35 FFM still continues worthy of its place as the best-illustrated fantastic prozine. Finlay does the cover, which, though not equal to his masterpiece for THE STAR ROVER, is still truly great. Finlay's modern covers are considerably better than those of the old days. This one must be seen to be appreciated. Lawrence has all the interiors, and is up to par -- he is resurrecting his art now, after a brief slump. Is it imagination or do we detect a trace of an attempt from Ls to copy Finlay's style? Heaven forbid such a thing to happen. To begin with, it is bad for anyone to copy anyone's style, no matter who they are. Secondly, Findlay is inimitable. Thirdly, Lawrence is so darned good already that any alteration of style would be fool-hardy. Do we make ourselves clear? ((Yes.)) That is all of interest in this FFM. Now we will breathe easier for awhile -- we won't have to read another 115-page end of the world novel for another two months. For which Ghu and the paper shortage be thanked. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& FANTASTIC ADVENTURES Vol. 9 #4; July 1947. 25c. There are six stories in this issue of Amazing's shadow -- a short novel, three fairly long novelets, and a couple of shorts. Several depts. too -- mainly, of course, THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK where Rap blathers about the high quality of the stories and the Reader's Page, which would be one of the better readers' columns if it was just a little bit longer. He takes the department's title seriously, and makes it only one page in length. Maybe this situation will be relieved soon, however. The lead short novel is called "Goddess of the Golden Flame," and is by William P. McGivern, and oldtime writing companion of the late O'Brien, who had more names than Kuttner, and third member of the Rap DWO'B/WPMcG triumvirate. This character has been absent for quite a long while; he served in the Army, we believe, and was fortunate enough not to get killed in action, as was O'Brien. Anyway, the yarn is not of the type that can be dissected. It is a straight slam-bang narrative of the best (or oldest) fantasy tradition, and served only to pass away some time in a pleasant manner. 'Twas okay. Charles F. Meyers, the Thorne Smith of the 1940 decade and one of the top finds of recent times, comes through with "Toffee Takes a Trip." Obviously, he borrowed more from the late great than subject matter, for this yarn. TTaT isn't the best ribald adventure we have read, but it is still pretty fair. We would say that if these Toffee stories were expanded to novel length and made a bit less conventionalized and more ribald, and distributed by some means other than in a magazine which goes through the mail under the second-class laws, they would go down in history along with Topper. Read 'em and see if you don't agree. And if you don't envy Marc Pillsworth… Next is a boxing tale called "Peter Backs a Punch," which concerns SEND US SOME MATERIAL! See your name in big, black letters in DQ #2!!
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