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Inspiration, v. 4, issue 1, April 1946
Page 29
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INSPIRATION 29 used, was supposed to be the fan's delight. Many of the stories were fan fiction, but unfortunately fan fiction isn't generally of too high a caliber. Half of STIRRING SCIENCE was fantasy, and it was in this section that most of the good stories were printed. Since this is strictly a science-fiction review, I'll ignore that part, which greatly shortens the list of stories to be mentioned. The first issue was that of February 1941, and had one very good story, Gottesman's "Dead Center", one of the best satires on the "super" story ever written. Gottesman, as every fan knows, was Cyril Kornbluth, and under other names wrote the best of STIRRING's fantasy. April and June had generally poor Futurian fiction. COSMIC STORIES COSMIC came a month after STIRRING, and Wollheim did a little better on this one, from a science-fiction point of view. After the first issue, editor Wollheim even chance the name to COSMIC SCIENCE-FICTION. Best stories in the first issue, March 1941, were Arnold's "Mecanica". Lowndes' "The Martians Are Coming", Gottesman's "Return from M-15", and Asimov's "The Secret Sense". In May I liked Gottesman's "Dimension of Darkness", "No Place to Go" by Bellin, and Tanner's "The Improbable". I'm not even trying to unravel the Futurian pseudonyms, but just putting them down as they appear on the contents page. Last of the COSMICs was that for July 1941, which had a very good Dold black and white cover. As for stories, there was Gottesman again with "Firepower", Corwin with "The City in the Sofa", and Davies' "Interference". Most of the stories listed above would have been lost had they been printed in ASTOUNDING, altho in COSMIC surroundings they don't seem too bad.
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INSPIRATION 29 used, was supposed to be the fan's delight. Many of the stories were fan fiction, but unfortunately fan fiction isn't generally of too high a caliber. Half of STIRRING SCIENCE was fantasy, and it was in this section that most of the good stories were printed. Since this is strictly a science-fiction review, I'll ignore that part, which greatly shortens the list of stories to be mentioned. The first issue was that of February 1941, and had one very good story, Gottesman's "Dead Center", one of the best satires on the "super" story ever written. Gottesman, as every fan knows, was Cyril Kornbluth, and under other names wrote the best of STIRRING's fantasy. April and June had generally poor Futurian fiction. COSMIC STORIES COSMIC came a month after STIRRING, and Wollheim did a little better on this one, from a science-fiction point of view. After the first issue, editor Wollheim even chance the name to COSMIC SCIENCE-FICTION. Best stories in the first issue, March 1941, were Arnold's "Mecanica". Lowndes' "The Martians Are Coming", Gottesman's "Return from M-15", and Asimov's "The Secret Sense". In May I liked Gottesman's "Dimension of Darkness", "No Place to Go" by Bellin, and Tanner's "The Improbable". I'm not even trying to unravel the Futurian pseudonyms, but just putting them down as they appear on the contents page. Last of the COSMICs was that for July 1941, which had a very good Dold black and white cover. As for stories, there was Gottesman again with "Firepower", Corwin with "The City in the Sofa", and Davies' "Interference". Most of the stories listed above would have been lost had they been printed in ASTOUNDING, altho in COSMIC surroundings they don't seem too bad.
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