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Alchemist, v. 1, issue 4, December 1940
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30 ALCHEMIST [Illustration of a skull, open book, and test tubes.] COLLECTOR'S CORNER Eugene Maxson Once upon a time, as the saying goes, there was a science fiction "magazine" in England. 'Twas many years ago, long before TALES OF WONDER and FANTASY came into the field. It's name was SCOOPS and it rose, flourished, and died in the long-ago. On an imaginary tombstone may be found the dates, Feb. 10 to June 23, 1934. 20 weeks -- 20 issues -- 20 milestones in the history of English science fiction! For the trifling sum of 2d (4c) many an English schoolboy because the possessor of this equivalent of our old "nickel novel". As far as quanity went, it was worth every penny he shelled out. It contained pretty nearly the same amount of material as some of our 15c magazines. The quality is a debatable point. I suppose the new (and usually young) reader thought it was great stuff. It all depends on the point of view. The "old-timers" probably took one look, shuddered, and mentally groped for some juicy, over-ripe, adjectives to describe it. Printed on rather cheap pulp, it was profusely
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30 ALCHEMIST [Illustration of a skull, open book, and test tubes.] COLLECTOR'S CORNER Eugene Maxson Once upon a time, as the saying goes, there was a science fiction "magazine" in England. 'Twas many years ago, long before TALES OF WONDER and FANTASY came into the field. It's name was SCOOPS and it rose, flourished, and died in the long-ago. On an imaginary tombstone may be found the dates, Feb. 10 to June 23, 1934. 20 weeks -- 20 issues -- 20 milestones in the history of English science fiction! For the trifling sum of 2d (4c) many an English schoolboy because the possessor of this equivalent of our old "nickel novel". As far as quanity went, it was worth every penny he shelled out. It contained pretty nearly the same amount of material as some of our 15c magazines. The quality is a debatable point. I suppose the new (and usually young) reader thought it was great stuff. It all depends on the point of view. The "old-timers" probably took one look, shuddered, and mentally groped for some juicy, over-ripe, adjectives to describe it. Printed on rather cheap pulp, it was profusely
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