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Spaceways, v. 3, issue 5, June 1941
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SPACEWAYS 19 THE READERS ALWAYS WRITE than anything of the type within memory. Louis Russell Chauvenet, Tallwood Plantation, Esmont, Virginia, admits: April Spaceways was normally welcome. Cover was normally blotto at 5. Control Room steady on 6. I did not read the fiction.....End of Pennywhistle, 3. I found this tedious, and all the other adjectives indicating indifference. I simply do not see any point in labelling this thing "humor". Chacun à son goút,....What They Are About is a welcome old friend, and receives 7. (I say "receives" instead of "gets" to indicate that I am a Gentleman and a Scholar, not to be confused with the hoi-polloi constituting the lower strata of fandom!). Transition is interesting, altho methinks DAW wastes overmuch space in praising the remarkable qualities possessed by DAW (oh most human failing!). 8 on this..... Beacon Light ain't like Stardust used to be, but can still be awarded a 7. Larry Farsaci, in the final GA, listed Milton Rothman as using the pen-name "S-f Cynic", but the author of this column doesn't sound like Milty, and that is a compliment to Milty. Norman Stanley's letter is sufficient to raise this readers' section to 7. " I have a bright idea! Does that cover scene perhaps illustrate Wollheim directing his cohorts driving a "fleet of Mack trucks" througn the "gap between Astonishing and Astounding"? If so, change the rating to 8......Washington is the pee-pul's choice of '42, say Milty, Juffus and I. Lynn Bridges, 1730 Pitt, Apt. 7, Detroit, Mich. confides: I guess I do have time for a quick review of S, so here goes. Wri—, er, Bell's front cover gets 8, one of the best covers I've yet seen. From the Control Room, 8. Dark Interlude was well written, even if it was too obvious. Give it an 8 too. " Widner's bit on Dr. Swisher's files was good enough for 7. The End of Pennywhistle, 6. The second part of Fantasy Music wasn'tas good as the first part, but was worth 7. The main fault with Blish's article was the omission of the modern, lighter works from his discussion. The lighter music certainly deserves a place, and I'm one of those morons who prefer Raymond Scott to Wagner. " Transition was good for 8. Methinks DAW is right about saying that there's a big gap between Campbell's mags and the rest of the field, but in this critic's humble opinion, Tremaine's coming a lot closer to filling that gap than Wollheim. " Won't rate the poetry, as I don't particularly appreciate the stuff. "On Typing Manuscripts"–8, since such information is helpful to such as I, who may someday submit a story to the pros, if I ever get one finished. Beacon Light is muchly improved this time, give it 8. The readers' section wasn't so good this time so it only gets 6. The back cover, 7. " And that's that. Checking back over those ratings, I draw the conclusion that, altho there was nothing as outstanding as, say, Tucker's article of last ish, the average material this time was better than usual. Richard J. Kuhn, 13598 Cheyenne, Detroit, Mich. reports: Both covers immensely enjoyed this time. The back cover, altho somewhat vague in spots, shows that a lof of thought and time was spent on it. I think the figures are what spoiled it. Wright is his same old self, turning out good art every time..... " The best of this issue was The End of Pennywhistle. It sort of reminds me of something Palmer pawned of on us a little while ago..."Giants out of the Sun". Remember? Too bad damon didn't set the date back a few years. Then he could have brot out some newspaper clippings from Peru or sumpin' ..... " Widner's piece: He mentioned Eclipse! Give him a 7. We did, tho, wonder how R.D. Swisher heard about our mag. It had only been out a little while when we got a subscription from him. We wondered how he learned about the mag so quick. Now we know. Fantasy Music, 4. By the way, Moussorgsky's piece happens to be "Night on Bald Mountain". This was present in Fantasia. (It's translated as both Bare and Bald; also with and minus the article/s. HW) ..... " Bridges and I went up to Doc Smith's where a meeting of the Galactic Roamers was being held. On the way up we burned up a rod and had to leave the car about 20 miles out of Jackson. We didn't get to the meeting until about 9:30. Doc informed us he had 60,000 words written on his Lensman story. After a few of the incidents had been hashed over, we had doughnuts and pop. We took the bus home, but not
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SPACEWAYS 19 THE READERS ALWAYS WRITE than anything of the type within memory. Louis Russell Chauvenet, Tallwood Plantation, Esmont, Virginia, admits: April Spaceways was normally welcome. Cover was normally blotto at 5. Control Room steady on 6. I did not read the fiction.....End of Pennywhistle, 3. I found this tedious, and all the other adjectives indicating indifference. I simply do not see any point in labelling this thing "humor". Chacun à son goút,....What They Are About is a welcome old friend, and receives 7. (I say "receives" instead of "gets" to indicate that I am a Gentleman and a Scholar, not to be confused with the hoi-polloi constituting the lower strata of fandom!). Transition is interesting, altho methinks DAW wastes overmuch space in praising the remarkable qualities possessed by DAW (oh most human failing!). 8 on this..... Beacon Light ain't like Stardust used to be, but can still be awarded a 7. Larry Farsaci, in the final GA, listed Milton Rothman as using the pen-name "S-f Cynic", but the author of this column doesn't sound like Milty, and that is a compliment to Milty. Norman Stanley's letter is sufficient to raise this readers' section to 7. " I have a bright idea! Does that cover scene perhaps illustrate Wollheim directing his cohorts driving a "fleet of Mack trucks" througn the "gap between Astonishing and Astounding"? If so, change the rating to 8......Washington is the pee-pul's choice of '42, say Milty, Juffus and I. Lynn Bridges, 1730 Pitt, Apt. 7, Detroit, Mich. confides: I guess I do have time for a quick review of S, so here goes. Wri—, er, Bell's front cover gets 8, one of the best covers I've yet seen. From the Control Room, 8. Dark Interlude was well written, even if it was too obvious. Give it an 8 too. " Widner's bit on Dr. Swisher's files was good enough for 7. The End of Pennywhistle, 6. The second part of Fantasy Music wasn'tas good as the first part, but was worth 7. The main fault with Blish's article was the omission of the modern, lighter works from his discussion. The lighter music certainly deserves a place, and I'm one of those morons who prefer Raymond Scott to Wagner. " Transition was good for 8. Methinks DAW is right about saying that there's a big gap between Campbell's mags and the rest of the field, but in this critic's humble opinion, Tremaine's coming a lot closer to filling that gap than Wollheim. " Won't rate the poetry, as I don't particularly appreciate the stuff. "On Typing Manuscripts"–8, since such information is helpful to such as I, who may someday submit a story to the pros, if I ever get one finished. Beacon Light is muchly improved this time, give it 8. The readers' section wasn't so good this time so it only gets 6. The back cover, 7. " And that's that. Checking back over those ratings, I draw the conclusion that, altho there was nothing as outstanding as, say, Tucker's article of last ish, the average material this time was better than usual. Richard J. Kuhn, 13598 Cheyenne, Detroit, Mich. reports: Both covers immensely enjoyed this time. The back cover, altho somewhat vague in spots, shows that a lof of thought and time was spent on it. I think the figures are what spoiled it. Wright is his same old self, turning out good art every time..... " The best of this issue was The End of Pennywhistle. It sort of reminds me of something Palmer pawned of on us a little while ago..."Giants out of the Sun". Remember? Too bad damon didn't set the date back a few years. Then he could have brot out some newspaper clippings from Peru or sumpin' ..... " Widner's piece: He mentioned Eclipse! Give him a 7. We did, tho, wonder how R.D. Swisher heard about our mag. It had only been out a little while when we got a subscription from him. We wondered how he learned about the mag so quick. Now we know. Fantasy Music, 4. By the way, Moussorgsky's piece happens to be "Night on Bald Mountain". This was present in Fantasia. (It's translated as both Bare and Bald; also with and minus the article/s. HW) ..... " Bridges and I went up to Doc Smith's where a meeting of the Galactic Roamers was being held. On the way up we burned up a rod and had to leave the car about 20 miles out of Jackson. We didn't get to the meeting until about 9:30. Doc informed us he had 60,000 words written on his Lensman story. After a few of the incidents had been hashed over, we had doughnuts and pop. We took the bus home, but not
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