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Dream Quest, v. 1, issue 1, July 1947
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DREAM QUEST 36 a man who -- saints above! -- was named Peter. He comes down and helps out a young boxer in distress. Aside from some slightly ridiculous aspects, such as the use of "Joel Lewis" and "Jock Dumpsey" as characters, the thing is not bad. Worthy of a high rating among FA's fair quality yarns. "Largo," by Theodore Sturgeon, who, like Bradbury, can do no wrong, is the best yarn in the issue. It's about a mad musician and the wonders of what sound can do. Plot isn't the best Sturgeon has ever turned out, but his usual writing quality, and we do mean quality, is there in full force. Read this yarn. It's definitely on the worthwhile list for fen. There are two other stories, "Secret of the Yomar," Elroy Arno's latest creation, which is a 17,000 worder, and "Carrion Crypt," a 3500 word short by Richard Casey. Re the title of the latter, we were uncertain for a moment whether Casey meant his story or the inside of Rap's head. Anyway, if you buy the mag only for Sturgeon's short, read "Carrion Crypt" too. It is a neatly-done little thing about a guy who ran away to Tibet and joined the lamas. And as for "Secret of the Yomar," it is a pretty wellwritten straight action slambang adventure a la Edgar Rice Burroughs. It suffers from one bad point -- a plot against which budding authors are warned: a brother and a sister feel more than purely brother-sister love for each other, and are deeply ashamed, incidentally. Then they discover the inevitable fact that they really aren't related, and all is happy...leave that hog swill out and the yarn would have been pretty good. Artwork for this issue was up to FA's usual standard, which at times is darned good. Cover was McCauley, featuring the Mac girl. She is the same girl who was on "The Sword and the Pool" last year sometime -- same pose and everything, only the surroundings are different. The thing is well-done, in the best Mac tradition. Interior art is only fair, except for a full double-spread for Goddess of the GF, which, had Lawrence done it, would have been one of the greatest of all time. Done by Malcolm Smith, however, 'twas only above average, no more. So to that. Now for two grips which are about purely physical aspects of the mag. Throughout "Toffee Takes a Trip," our finer sensibilities were constantly being jarred by a consistently recurring grammatical error which most fourth-graders are educated enough not to be guilty of. The editor, proofreader, author, or somebody, forgot that "it's" means "it is," and used it as the possessive "its" throughout the yarn. Distinctly annoying, and easily avoidable. We wonder who is guilty of this idiotic blunder. Probably Rap...Our other gripe is this: After an hour or so of reading any Z-D prozine, especially if your hands are sweaty or the air is humid, you will begin to discover that your fingers are turning red, blue, green, or whatever happens to be the color on the cover. We wonder why this is so. Other companies print their mags well enough to keep the pigment from coming off on --------------------------- IF YOU WANT THIS MAG TO PRINT THE STUFF YOU LIKE, SEND US YOUR LETTERS
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DREAM QUEST 36 a man who -- saints above! -- was named Peter. He comes down and helps out a young boxer in distress. Aside from some slightly ridiculous aspects, such as the use of "Joel Lewis" and "Jock Dumpsey" as characters, the thing is not bad. Worthy of a high rating among FA's fair quality yarns. "Largo," by Theodore Sturgeon, who, like Bradbury, can do no wrong, is the best yarn in the issue. It's about a mad musician and the wonders of what sound can do. Plot isn't the best Sturgeon has ever turned out, but his usual writing quality, and we do mean quality, is there in full force. Read this yarn. It's definitely on the worthwhile list for fen. There are two other stories, "Secret of the Yomar," Elroy Arno's latest creation, which is a 17,000 worder, and "Carrion Crypt," a 3500 word short by Richard Casey. Re the title of the latter, we were uncertain for a moment whether Casey meant his story or the inside of Rap's head. Anyway, if you buy the mag only for Sturgeon's short, read "Carrion Crypt" too. It is a neatly-done little thing about a guy who ran away to Tibet and joined the lamas. And as for "Secret of the Yomar," it is a pretty wellwritten straight action slambang adventure a la Edgar Rice Burroughs. It suffers from one bad point -- a plot against which budding authors are warned: a brother and a sister feel more than purely brother-sister love for each other, and are deeply ashamed, incidentally. Then they discover the inevitable fact that they really aren't related, and all is happy...leave that hog swill out and the yarn would have been pretty good. Artwork for this issue was up to FA's usual standard, which at times is darned good. Cover was McCauley, featuring the Mac girl. She is the same girl who was on "The Sword and the Pool" last year sometime -- same pose and everything, only the surroundings are different. The thing is well-done, in the best Mac tradition. Interior art is only fair, except for a full double-spread for Goddess of the GF, which, had Lawrence done it, would have been one of the greatest of all time. Done by Malcolm Smith, however, 'twas only above average, no more. So to that. Now for two grips which are about purely physical aspects of the mag. Throughout "Toffee Takes a Trip," our finer sensibilities were constantly being jarred by a consistently recurring grammatical error which most fourth-graders are educated enough not to be guilty of. The editor, proofreader, author, or somebody, forgot that "it's" means "it is," and used it as the possessive "its" throughout the yarn. Distinctly annoying, and easily avoidable. We wonder who is guilty of this idiotic blunder. Probably Rap...Our other gripe is this: After an hour or so of reading any Z-D prozine, especially if your hands are sweaty or the air is humid, you will begin to discover that your fingers are turning red, blue, green, or whatever happens to be the color on the cover. We wonder why this is so. Other companies print their mags well enough to keep the pigment from coming off on --------------------------- IF YOU WANT THIS MAG TO PRINT THE STUFF YOU LIKE, SEND US YOUR LETTERS
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