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Fantasy-Times Page 59 ------------------------------------------------- FORGOTTEN Mysteries --a review by A. Langley Searles R. DewItt Miller, well - known Astounding author of a few years back, has hit the hard covers with Forgotten Mysteries (Chicago; Cloud Publishers, $2.50), a book of [Fortean] happenings [culled] from his files. Some of these were previously published in his column of the same name in Coronet magazine, a feature which set records in reader-response. The book is divided into such chapters as "Damned Ships", "Forgotten Experiments", "Enigmas out of Space" and the like, and contains much facinating reading. It struck me as being an improvement on Charles Fort's books, primiarily because its press style is more direct and readable, and because Miller has no personal axe to grind-----the facts are presented as he has learned them and personal speculation is kept down to a minumin. -als ____________________________ ____________________________ STARTING IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF FANTASY-TIMES "THE V-MAIL INTERVIEWS!!" A three part article written by Ray Van Houten and based on "V-Mail" questions sent to the pro-editors from Le Havre, France by Sgts. Ray Van Houten & James V. Taurasi in October 1945, when they were co-editors of the Continental Edition of Fantasy-Times. Read Part 1 next week. ____________________________ "MOON ROCKET IN 5 YRS"---HEINLEIN (NNS) Robert Heinlein "makes" the May 3rd Saturday Evening Post, not with a science-fiction yarn, but with an item in the "Keeping-Posted" department which expresses his beliefs as to when spaceships will actually take off for _____________________________ On The Newsstand reviewed by Lane Stannard _____________________________ FANTASY. The Magazine of Science-Fiction, No. 2, April 1947. This is England's leading stf magazine published three times a year and edited by Walter Gillings. Fiction, articles and departments go a long way to make this a well-balanced fantasy magazine. We pick Relic by Eric Frank Russell as the best story in the issue. We place the inside illustrations way up there, but were greatly disappointed in the cover. The magazine is in a size similar to Reader's Digest and has almost slick paper. It compares well with the pre-war Tales Of Wonder. STARTLING STORIES, July 1947. An excellent Bergey painting covers this issue and illustrates a top-notch short novel, The Kingdom of the Blind by George O. Smith. Top honor for the fiction tho, goes to the reprint The Life Detour by Dr. David H. Keller. Binder, Kuttner and Hamilton go far with their short stories to bring enjoyable reading. Lawrence does a super-super job of illustrating the Smith novel. Readers' column is above average. Glad to see the Philcon editorial, it helps. Can't see where Fantasy-Times features feuds, as stated in your Fan Mag Review, Mr. Editor. -ls ____________________________ ADVERTISE IN FANTASY-TIMES $1.00 for a full page. 50c for a half page. 25c for a quarter page. _____________________________ the moon. In Five years, Heinlein predicts, the moon will welcome unmanned Earth rockets; in ten years, manned rockets. In fifteen years, the first permanent lunar base will be established. After that Heinlein asserts, anything can happen. -Tom Jewett
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Fantasy-Times Page 59 ------------------------------------------------- FORGOTTEN Mysteries --a review by A. Langley Searles R. DewItt Miller, well - known Astounding author of a few years back, has hit the hard covers with Forgotten Mysteries (Chicago; Cloud Publishers, $2.50), a book of [Fortean] happenings [culled] from his files. Some of these were previously published in his column of the same name in Coronet magazine, a feature which set records in reader-response. The book is divided into such chapters as "Damned Ships", "Forgotten Experiments", "Enigmas out of Space" and the like, and contains much facinating reading. It struck me as being an improvement on Charles Fort's books, primiarily because its press style is more direct and readable, and because Miller has no personal axe to grind-----the facts are presented as he has learned them and personal speculation is kept down to a minumin. -als ____________________________ ____________________________ STARTING IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF FANTASY-TIMES "THE V-MAIL INTERVIEWS!!" A three part article written by Ray Van Houten and based on "V-Mail" questions sent to the pro-editors from Le Havre, France by Sgts. Ray Van Houten & James V. Taurasi in October 1945, when they were co-editors of the Continental Edition of Fantasy-Times. Read Part 1 next week. ____________________________ "MOON ROCKET IN 5 YRS"---HEINLEIN (NNS) Robert Heinlein "makes" the May 3rd Saturday Evening Post, not with a science-fiction yarn, but with an item in the "Keeping-Posted" department which expresses his beliefs as to when spaceships will actually take off for _____________________________ On The Newsstand reviewed by Lane Stannard _____________________________ FANTASY. The Magazine of Science-Fiction, No. 2, April 1947. This is England's leading stf magazine published three times a year and edited by Walter Gillings. Fiction, articles and departments go a long way to make this a well-balanced fantasy magazine. We pick Relic by Eric Frank Russell as the best story in the issue. We place the inside illustrations way up there, but were greatly disappointed in the cover. The magazine is in a size similar to Reader's Digest and has almost slick paper. It compares well with the pre-war Tales Of Wonder. STARTLING STORIES, July 1947. An excellent Bergey painting covers this issue and illustrates a top-notch short novel, The Kingdom of the Blind by George O. Smith. Top honor for the fiction tho, goes to the reprint The Life Detour by Dr. David H. Keller. Binder, Kuttner and Hamilton go far with their short stories to bring enjoyable reading. Lawrence does a super-super job of illustrating the Smith novel. Readers' column is above average. Glad to see the Philcon editorial, it helps. Can't see where Fantasy-Times features feuds, as stated in your Fan Mag Review, Mr. Editor. -ls ____________________________ ADVERTISE IN FANTASY-TIMES $1.00 for a full page. 50c for a half page. 25c for a quarter page. _____________________________ the moon. In Five years, Heinlein predicts, the moon will welcome unmanned Earth rockets; in ten years, manned rockets. In fifteen years, the first permanent lunar base will be established. After that Heinlein asserts, anything can happen. -Tom Jewett
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