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Horizons, v. 6, issue 3, whole no. 22, March 1945

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12       22 Horizons
Music for the Fan
Remember what the author of "Mr. sycamore" wrote about his story, when he was asked to explain it? He replied that it isn't anything to be explained --you either do or do not get the point. So it is with the final song in the sycle, "Der Leiremann". It is even more simple in method than "Der Wegweiser" --Merely a bare fifth in the bass all the way through, and an occasional sad fourish in the treble interrupting the voice's sad tale of the hurdy-gurdy man. It is the same kind of artistic triumph as the final movement of the D minor piano concerto of Brahms, and one of the surest means of showing up the superficial dilettante in musical matters is to speak workds of scorn about both and get an approving answer.
The entire cycle has been recorded several times, and the more popular of its individual numbers are available separately in excellent interpretations.
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Snip, Snip, Snip, Go the Scissors
Things which interest us have been getting remarkably large amounts of newspaper publicity of late, mention of which in fanzines has been scanty. More remarkable of all, in fact, was the AP story carried all over the country and sent out nationally over the air, inspired by none other than Robert I. Farnsworth, president of the U.S. Rocket Society, Inc., which used to run a page of news in Spaceways every so often. Farnswoth wrote the Department of the Interior a letter which claimed that many USRS members were requesting information about it, please? The department replied to the effect that "those portions of the moon which may become public domain" will be administered under more than 5,000 public land laws now existing that concern "mineral developments, home-steading, grazing or other types of land use".
Then the United Press sent from London an interview with A. M. Low, president of the British Interplanetary Society, which I dug up in the Washington Post, severely cut I suspect. Low predicted that rockets will supersede almost every kind of gun a decade hence, called the German rocket bomb the most important and far-reaching development of the war, and spoke at some length about the fact that a rocket to the moon is reactical today.
On the other hand, Willy Ley got himself an AP interview over the V-2 rocket, back in November, and again scoffed at rockets in warfare in general. He said that "The only advantage rockets have is that there is no defense against them except to find the launching places and destroy them," a statement at which the people of the British Isles might well look askanse.
And have you heard of the phenorton? It seems that he will supersede the gremiln, we hope, sincde he is supposed to be benign and helpful. First discovery was made in the uNiversity of Cincinnati, according to a January AP story, which describes them as having eyes, elongated nose, and fingers. The description of where they may appear sounds suspiciously like Doc Lowndes' famous dissertation on the nature of the Vombis, for which you are referred to an early issue of Spaceways or the Fancyclopedia.
Most interesting of the clippings, however, is a story prepared by the National Geographic for their interesting and valuable press service. It concerns Robert H. Goddard, the famous American rocket expert, taken out between 1914 and 1932. One fact contained therein I don't remember to have seen elsewhere: a statement that the Army and Navy of this country requested, in 1941, that Dr. Goddard give up altogether his rocket research work, and turn his attention to jet-population. the article indicates -- perhaps unintentionally -- that the armed forces at that time knew Germany to be preparing a rocket weapon.

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12 22 Horizons Music for the Fan Remember what the author of "Mr. sycamore" wrote about his story, when he was asked to explain it? He replied that it isn't anything to be explained --you either do or do not get the point. So it is with the final song in the sycle, "Der Leiremann". It is even more simple in method than "Der Wegweiser" --Merely a bare fifth in the bass all the way through, and an occasional sad fourish in the treble interrupting the voice's sad tale of the hurdy-gurdy man. It is the same kind of artistic triumph as the final movement of the D minor piano concerto of Brahms, and one of the surest means of showing up the superficial dilettante in musical matters is to speak workds of scorn about both and get an approving answer. The entire cycle has been recorded several times, and the more popular of its individual numbers are available separately in excellent interpretations. :':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':': Snip, Snip, Snip, Go the Scissors Things which interest us have been getting remarkably large amounts of newspaper publicity of late, mention of which in fanzines has been scanty. More remarkable of all, in fact, was the AP story carried all over the country and sent out nationally over the air, inspired by none other than Robert I. Farnsworth, president of the U.S. Rocket Society, Inc., which used to run a page of news in Spaceways every so often. Farnswoth wrote the Department of the Interior a letter which claimed that many USRS members were requesting information about it, please? The department replied to the effect that "those portions of the moon which may become public domain" will be administered under more than 5,000 public land laws now existing that concern "mineral developments, home-steading, grazing or other types of land use". Then the United Press sent from London an interview with A. M. Low, president of the British Interplanetary Society, which I dug up in the Washington Post, severely cut I suspect. Low predicted that rockets will supersede almost every kind of gun a decade hence, called the German rocket bomb the most important and far-reaching development of the war, and spoke at some length about the fact that a rocket to the moon is reactical today. On the other hand, Willy Ley got himself an AP interview over the V-2 rocket, back in November, and again scoffed at rockets in warfare in general. He said that "The only advantage rockets have is that there is no defense against them except to find the launching places and destroy them," a statement at which the people of the British Isles might well look askanse. And have you heard of the phenorton? It seems that he will supersede the gremiln, we hope, sincde he is supposed to be benign and helpful. First discovery was made in the uNiversity of Cincinnati, according to a January AP story, which describes them as having eyes, elongated nose, and fingers. The description of where they may appear sounds suspiciously like Doc Lowndes' famous dissertation on the nature of the Vombis, for which you are referred to an early issue of Spaceways or the Fancyclopedia. Most interesting of the clippings, however, is a story prepared by the National Geographic for their interesting and valuable press service. It concerns Robert H. Goddard, the famous American rocket expert, taken out between 1914 and 1932. One fact contained therein I don't remember to have seen elsewhere: a statement that the Army and Navy of this country requested, in 1941, that Dr. Goddard give up altogether his rocket research work, and turn his attention to jet-population. the article indicates -- perhaps unintentionally -- that the armed forces at that time knew Germany to be preparing a rocket weapon.