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Horizons, v. 3, issue 3, whole no. 11, March 1942

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HORIZONS

ANOTHER YEAR OF UNKNOWN

ple of it, though. Borrowed Glory: 6. Not precisely the thing generally associated with Hubbard. The ending I enjoyed, contrary to any opinion of most "surprise" finishes. It seemed to drag just a bit. Smoke Ghost: 7. Leiber must like and know big cities. This story and a recent one in Weird Tales, would seem to testify to that. Both stories have an atmosphere; they make you almost smell the cities. This is just about Leiber's best work to date. I still wonder how he [illegible] his [illegible]. The Dolphin's Doubloons: 4. Pro. More dialect, and nothing at all to the story to hold the interest. If Campbell used [illegible] Ali [illegible] as a [illegible] for someone as an interest-attractor, he should be ashamed of himself. On a [illegible] an excellent article on Nostradamus. Opinion reserved on the prophet himself, mostly because we've never found time to read in full one of the many books on him. I've watched the papers feverishly every day since reading this article, and am starting to wonder why George VX hasn't gotten to Canada yet. [Illegible] hardly writ. That book review was interesting; ditto editorial. Stories in order: Land of Unreason, Smoke Ghost, Gnome There Was, Borrowed Glory, Good Knight's Work, Prescience, Finger! Finger!, and The Dolphin's Doubloons. Issue averaged 5.6. We neglected putting previous issue's fiction in order, so: Armageddon, Golden Egg, Devil We Know, Case of the Friendly Corpse, Take My Dram to England, Even the Angels, Mr. Jinx, and The Road Beyond.

Unknown Worlds. December, 1941. Bit of Tapestry: 9. I gave only three stories during 1941 (exclusive of reprints) 9 in the previous, and none a 10. (That's wrong. Four were given 9's) That shows what we think of this. It's a beauty. Cleve Cartmill maybe a new writer or a pseudonym for a serialized writer: but that detracts not a whit from the excellence of the yarn. The characterization is particularly superb: even the minor people in it, like Louie and the bartender, I'll not soon forget. The story moves: a nearly full length novel covering so short a space of time might be expected to read a little tedious, but this did no such thing. In short -- a great story, and unquestionably best for Unknown during 1941, and possibly the best in its existence. Mr. Araon: 6. Mildly excellent: amusing in spots, and thoroughly competent. Sometime lately de Camp's stories sound like boys' adventure stories which combine fiction with information on how to build a campfire or what to do if marooned on a desert island with plenty of trees and no saw. There's no point in describing so minutely the way correspondents-school booklets are printed: you'd think Sprague is just proud of his knowledge. Occupation: England: 6. Really little to say about it. The thought occurs, though, that anyone reading Unknown regularly acquires a lot of mythology information painlessly. Exit: 7. I didn't like its first page or two: the characters (the fellow and his wife, that is) are presented in a pretty bad light, and they're pretty hard to sympathize with later on. Outside of that, it's okay. Of minor interest is that a day or so after reading this, we came across another story wherein a man has to drink a baby's formula. Then there was the time we read three ice-man stories within a month containing episodes where the hairy guy [illegible] of a dead person and can't understand it: such things happen with not a little [illegible] when you read a lot. Gaulbug: 6. Could Anthony Boucher be Heinlein? Probably not, but it sounds like him. The story is slightly too discouraging despite its intrinsic worth. After the buy was successful in getting [illegible] up, even though it was a sissy little one. It's a chance he couldn't go [illegible] rewarded for his pains. The News: 4. Best of Jane's stories for [illegible] , and with a bad ending, this still held my interest. I always would like stories with important bonuses, though. "With a Blunt Instrument": 4. Possibly Campbell was moved to take it because of the war. It's certainly far below both Russell's and Unknown's standard. Hereafter, Inc.: 7. About the most successful introductions of Heaven into Unknown as yet. Phineas is remarkably akin to certain people we know. Czech Interlude: 3 -- which is the lowest figure a story in Campbell's magazines received during 1941. If it had been any longer, totally unbearable would be the name for it. Stories in order: Bit of Tapestry, Hereafter, Inc., Brat, The House, Baulbug, Mr. Arson, [illegible], "With a Blunt Instrument", and Czech Interlude. Issue as a whole receives 6.8. 

Next issue of Horizons we'll do the same thing to Astounding for 1941. The reviews will start on page 5, so make plans not to read it.

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HORIZONS ANOTHER YEAR OF UNKNOWN ple of it, though. Borrowed Glory: 6. Not precisely the thing generally associated with Hubbard. The ending I enjoyed, contrary to any opinion of most "surprise" finishes. It seemed to drag just a bit. Smoke Ghost: 7. Leiber must like and know big cities. This story and a recent one in Weird Tales, would seem to testify to that. Both stories have an atmosphere; they make you almost smell the cities. This is just about Leiber's best work to date. I still wonder how he [illegible] his [illegible]. The Dolphin's Doubloons: 4. Pro. More dialect, and nothing at all to the story to hold the interest. If Campbell used [illegible] Ali [illegible] as a [illegible] for someone as an interest-attractor, he should be ashamed of himself. On a [illegible] an excellent article on Nostradamus. Opinion reserved on the prophet himself, mostly because we've never found time to read in full one of the many books on him. I've watched the papers feverishly every day since reading this article, and am starting to wonder why George VX hasn't gotten to Canada yet. [Illegible] hardly writ. That book review was interesting; ditto editorial. Stories in order: Land of Unreason, Smoke Ghost, Gnome There Was, Borrowed Glory, Good Knight's Work, Prescience, Finger! Finger!, and The Dolphin's Doubloons. Issue averaged 5.6. We neglected putting previous issue's fiction in order, so: Armageddon, Golden Egg, Devil We Know, Case of the Friendly Corpse, Take My Dram to England, Even the Angels, Mr. Jinx, and The Road Beyond. Unknown Worlds. December, 1941. Bit of Tapestry: 9. I gave only three stories during 1941 (exclusive of reprints) 9 in the previous, and none a 10. (That's wrong. Four were given 9's) That shows what we think of this. It's a beauty. Cleve Cartmill maybe a new writer or a pseudonym for a serialized writer: but that detracts not a whit from the excellence of the yarn. The characterization is particularly superb: even the minor people in it, like Louie and the bartender, I'll not soon forget. The story moves: a nearly full length novel covering so short a space of time might be expected to read a little tedious, but this did no such thing. In short -- a great story, and unquestionably best for Unknown during 1941, and possibly the best in its existence. Mr. Araon: 6. Mildly excellent: amusing in spots, and thoroughly competent. Sometime lately de Camp's stories sound like boys' adventure stories which combine fiction with information on how to build a campfire or what to do if marooned on a desert island with plenty of trees and no saw. There's no point in describing so minutely the way correspondents-school booklets are printed: you'd think Sprague is just proud of his knowledge. Occupation: England: 6. Really little to say about it. The thought occurs, though, that anyone reading Unknown regularly acquires a lot of mythology information painlessly. Exit: 7. I didn't like its first page or two: the characters (the fellow and his wife, that is) are presented in a pretty bad light, and they're pretty hard to sympathize with later on. Outside of that, it's okay. Of minor interest is that a day or so after reading this, we came across another story wherein a man has to drink a baby's formula. Then there was the time we read three ice-man stories within a month containing episodes where the hairy guy [illegible] of a dead person and can't understand it: such things happen with not a little [illegible] when you read a lot. Gaulbug: 6. Could Anthony Boucher be Heinlein? Probably not, but it sounds like him. The story is slightly too discouraging despite its intrinsic worth. After the buy was successful in getting [illegible] up, even though it was a sissy little one. It's a chance he couldn't go [illegible] rewarded for his pains. The News: 4. Best of Jane's stories for [illegible] , and with a bad ending, this still held my interest. I always would like stories with important bonuses, though. "With a Blunt Instrument": 4. Possibly Campbell was moved to take it because of the war. It's certainly far below both Russell's and Unknown's standard. Hereafter, Inc.: 7. About the most successful introductions of Heaven into Unknown as yet. Phineas is remarkably akin to certain people we know. Czech Interlude: 3 -- which is the lowest figure a story in Campbell's magazines received during 1941. If it had been any longer, totally unbearable would be the name for it. Stories in order: Bit of Tapestry, Hereafter, Inc., Brat, The House, Baulbug, Mr. Arson, [illegible], "With a Blunt Instrument", and Czech Interlude. Issue as a whole receives 6.8. Next issue of Horizons we'll do the same thing to Astounding for 1941. The reviews will start on page 5, so make plans not to read it.