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Spaceways, v. 3, issue 5, June 1941
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SPACEWAYS 17 WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT by J. MICHAEL ROSENBLUM [[handwritten number 6]] What Not, by Rose Macauley, p. John Long, 1924. 2/6. In the not-so-distant future we find Britain being run by the same system as today with, however, sundry minor changes. The books deals with the new "Ministry of Brains" which seems to take over enormous powers including decisions as to who should marry whom, and classifications of intellectual status. Of course, apart from futuristic background the book is a love romance of the "we must not love each other, but since we do, everything else can hang" class. Quite interesting, and amusing in parts, but it can hardly be considered as good stf. The Mystery of the Hidden City, by Albert Bull, p. Federation Press, 1925. Three runaway balloonists land willy-nilly in the hidden South American city of Rorb, from which the Aztecs were a degenerate branch. They find the city speaks English (because of its superiority to their native tongue!) and the usual political intrigues are of course just taking place. Our British hero naturally falls in love with the daughter of a leader of the "moderns", gets into trouble with reactionary priests of the Sungod, and goes through the usual adventures. Needless to say, there is the usual happy ending, and believe it or not, the hero marries the heroine. Gay Hunter, by G. Leslie Mitchell, p. Heinemann, 1934. 3/6. Has a 23-year-old American girl archaeologist as heroine, and the locale is southern England. She, together with a couple of fascists, attempt to carry out a Duane "experiment in time" and land themselves in Britain of a far future. We are shown the logical outcome of fascistic tendencies in a world which had finally murdered itself, leaving only the wandering remnants of the serf "sub-men" who nevertheless possess a far greater nobility of mind and soul. The fascists believe it their mission to colonize and "civilize" the future, and Gay (incidentally, the title of the book is the heroine's name) attempts to stop them, only to see them blow themselves to atoms amid the ruins of a futuristic (to us) London. One curious sidelight that amused your reviewer--semi-tame descendants of lions being hunted by enormous and ferocious descendants of present-day London's sewer-rats. A most interesting work, well worth obtaining, and containing a sufficiency of action to balance the well-written and thoughtful arguments therein contained. DERELICT [[handwritten 4]] by PHILIP A. SCHUMANN Before him lay the dark of space, Behind, galactic reaches grew; The pilot, stern, of ashen face, Wavered not, as on he flew. Stiff fingers clenched controls of brass The cold of space caressed his head; He stared ahead with orbs of glass, And wavered not, for he was dead. Before him lay the dark of space, Behind him stretched infinity; The craft sped on, at aimless pace, Adrift for all eternity.
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SPACEWAYS 17 WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT by J. MICHAEL ROSENBLUM [[handwritten number 6]] What Not, by Rose Macauley, p. John Long, 1924. 2/6. In the not-so-distant future we find Britain being run by the same system as today with, however, sundry minor changes. The books deals with the new "Ministry of Brains" which seems to take over enormous powers including decisions as to who should marry whom, and classifications of intellectual status. Of course, apart from futuristic background the book is a love romance of the "we must not love each other, but since we do, everything else can hang" class. Quite interesting, and amusing in parts, but it can hardly be considered as good stf. The Mystery of the Hidden City, by Albert Bull, p. Federation Press, 1925. Three runaway balloonists land willy-nilly in the hidden South American city of Rorb, from which the Aztecs were a degenerate branch. They find the city speaks English (because of its superiority to their native tongue!) and the usual political intrigues are of course just taking place. Our British hero naturally falls in love with the daughter of a leader of the "moderns", gets into trouble with reactionary priests of the Sungod, and goes through the usual adventures. Needless to say, there is the usual happy ending, and believe it or not, the hero marries the heroine. Gay Hunter, by G. Leslie Mitchell, p. Heinemann, 1934. 3/6. Has a 23-year-old American girl archaeologist as heroine, and the locale is southern England. She, together with a couple of fascists, attempt to carry out a Duane "experiment in time" and land themselves in Britain of a far future. We are shown the logical outcome of fascistic tendencies in a world which had finally murdered itself, leaving only the wandering remnants of the serf "sub-men" who nevertheless possess a far greater nobility of mind and soul. The fascists believe it their mission to colonize and "civilize" the future, and Gay (incidentally, the title of the book is the heroine's name) attempts to stop them, only to see them blow themselves to atoms amid the ruins of a futuristic (to us) London. One curious sidelight that amused your reviewer--semi-tame descendants of lions being hunted by enormous and ferocious descendants of present-day London's sewer-rats. A most interesting work, well worth obtaining, and containing a sufficiency of action to balance the well-written and thoughtful arguments therein contained. DERELICT [[handwritten 4]] by PHILIP A. SCHUMANN Before him lay the dark of space, Behind, galactic reaches grew; The pilot, stern, of ashen face, Wavered not, as on he flew. Stiff fingers clenched controls of brass The cold of space caressed his head; He stared ahead with orbs of glass, And wavered not, for he was dead. Before him lay the dark of space, Behind him stretched infinity; The craft sped on, at aimless pace, Adrift for all eternity.
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