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Fantasy-News, v. 5, issue 20, whole no. 125, November 10, 1940

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FANTASY NEWS Page Three

THE TIME STREAM by Sam Moskowitz.
UNKN OWN GOES BI-MONTHLY!!!
UNKNOWN FANTASY FICTION, John Campbell's brainchild has been forced to adopt bi-monthly publication. Ostensibly, the reason is low circulation. Professionals in the "know" have stated that "no magazine changes its format when it is selling", implying thereby that when UNKNOWN changed her cover design, it was an indication of poor circulation returns It is to be hoped that this retrenchment is only temporary, for there is a very definitive place for a mag of this type in the fantasy field...Calvin Peregoy, famous for "Short Wave Castle" and "Short Wave Experiment" in the old Tromaine ASTOUNDING is now revealed to be none other than the old master, Thomas Calvert McClary, himself! The same source informs us that "Rebirth", the famous McClary classic, was rewritten five times, and the plot supplied by Warner Van Lorne...Alex Shomburg has done the cover on the current number of FLYING ACES...Nelson S. Bond has a prehistoric yearn in the current ACTION STORIES...Jack Williamson, E. Hoffman Price and Otis Adelbert Kline have authored the latest stf classics in ARGOSY...Another curious stf incident occurred when an unidentified science fiction author was heard over John J. Anthony's "Court of Human Relations Program" recently. The writer asked advice on whether or not he should seek reconciliation with his wife who left him in 1938 for non-support, now that he had sold a science fiction novel!...COMET was mentioned over the radio by a newscaster along with several other new publications. F. Orlin Tremaine, who has been in "Who's Who In America" since 1926, was mentioned as the editor. A brief outline of the new editor's experiences was also aired (FANTASY NEWS readers who heard these broadcasts please communicate with the editor of this paper.)...Harry Warner's fan fiction mag Horizons will henceforth go out via FAPA mailings.

ACE SCIENCE FICTION No. 4:
by Thos. S. Gardner.
"The Destroyers From Mars" by Eando Binder:
Binder comes across with as good a science fiction story as had appeared in a science fiction mag in a long time-he comes across in the June issue of ACTION STORIES.
Poor old Mars is the villain again with Mercury to help out. Venus and Earth are pals-with Jupiter in the position of Italy at that time-a neutral not knowing which way to go until the last-and of course joining Earth and Venus. In fact, a lot of the present-day politics are aptly depicted in this yarn.
Jay Bruce takes a passenger on an apparently hopeless hunt for the passenger's father reported lost on Jupiter. Looks tame, but the passenger happens to be beautiful Vera Kent, whose father had been framed and sent to prison. On his release he had been hired to go to Jupiter and had vanished-ship and all. Bruce and Dora stumble into a secret war base of Mars on Jupiter where Dora's father is held prisoner. The Martians, very politely-so polite like some our friends in Asia-are torturing Dora's father hypnotically to extract the secret of a better alloy containing Beryllium for space vessels.
A very clever plot develops in which Bruce unknowingly betrays Earth to the Martians and is branded a spy. How he proves his innocence and unmasks the war base is too good to disclose. How Binder can write so much and so well is amazing. "The Destroyers From Mars" is one of the best plotted stories this reporter has Rea in any magazine outside of OUTSTANDING and UNKNOWN-in several months.
It is evident that all magazines will soon be printing science fiction as a regular feature-which spells doom to the poorer grade of science fiction tales.
The June ACTION STORIES is a must for the lover of good stf with plenty of action like the good old days.

No other fan magazines has published as many issues as FANTASY NEWS!!!!!

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FANTASY NEWS Page Three THE TIME STREAM by Sam Moskowitz. UNKN OWN GOES BI-MONTHLY!!! UNKNOWN FANTASY FICTION, John Campbell's brainchild has been forced to adopt bi-monthly publication. Ostensibly, the reason is low circulation. Professionals in the "know" have stated that "no magazine changes its format when it is selling", implying thereby that when UNKNOWN changed her cover design, it was an indication of poor circulation returns It is to be hoped that this retrenchment is only temporary, for there is a very definitive place for a mag of this type in the fantasy field...Calvin Peregoy, famous for "Short Wave Castle" and "Short Wave Experiment" in the old Tromaine ASTOUNDING is now revealed to be none other than the old master, Thomas Calvert McClary, himself! The same source informs us that "Rebirth", the famous McClary classic, was rewritten five times, and the plot supplied by Warner Van Lorne...Alex Shomburg has done the cover on the current number of FLYING ACES...Nelson S. Bond has a prehistoric yearn in the current ACTION STORIES...Jack Williamson, E. Hoffman Price and Otis Adelbert Kline have authored the latest stf classics in ARGOSY...Another curious stf incident occurred when an unidentified science fiction author was heard over John J. Anthony's "Court of Human Relations Program" recently. The writer asked advice on whether or not he should seek reconciliation with his wife who left him in 1938 for non-support, now that he had sold a science fiction novel!...COMET was mentioned over the radio by a newscaster along with several other new publications. F. Orlin Tremaine, who has been in "Who's Who In America" since 1926, was mentioned as the editor. A brief outline of the new editor's experiences was also aired (FANTASY NEWS readers who heard these broadcasts please communicate with the editor of this paper.)...Harry Warner's fan fiction mag Horizons will henceforth go out via FAPA mailings. ACE SCIENCE FICTION No. 4: by Thos. S. Gardner. "The Destroyers From Mars" by Eando Binder: Binder comes across with as good a science fiction story as had appeared in a science fiction mag in a long time-he comes across in the June issue of ACTION STORIES. Poor old Mars is the villain again with Mercury to help out. Venus and Earth are pals-with Jupiter in the position of Italy at that time-a neutral not knowing which way to go until the last-and of course joining Earth and Venus. In fact, a lot of the present-day politics are aptly depicted in this yarn. Jay Bruce takes a passenger on an apparently hopeless hunt for the passenger's father reported lost on Jupiter. Looks tame, but the passenger happens to be beautiful Vera Kent, whose father had been framed and sent to prison. On his release he had been hired to go to Jupiter and had vanished-ship and all. Bruce and Dora stumble into a secret war base of Mars on Jupiter where Dora's father is held prisoner. The Martians, very politely-so polite like some our friends in Asia-are torturing Dora's father hypnotically to extract the secret of a better alloy containing Beryllium for space vessels. A very clever plot develops in which Bruce unknowingly betrays Earth to the Martians and is branded a spy. How he proves his innocence and unmasks the war base is too good to disclose. How Binder can write so much and so well is amazing. "The Destroyers From Mars" is one of the best plotted stories this reporter has Rea in any magazine outside of OUTSTANDING and UNKNOWN-in several months. It is evident that all magazines will soon be printing science fiction as a regular feature-which spells doom to the poorer grade of science fiction tales. The June ACTION STORIES is a must for the lover of good stf with plenty of action like the good old days. No other fan magazines has published as many issues as FANTASY NEWS!!!!!