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Jinx, v. 1, issue 2, whole no. 2, March 1942
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Passing Thoughts And Fancies JINX page 9 Astounding does have super-futuristic science, et cetera, but it is all told in such a solid, stolid, matter-of-fact way that sometimes it ceases to be interesting. Everything is taken for granted .. no romance left. I don't like that ...no beautiful speculations, just jaw-breaking scientific terms that nobody but Yngvi ever heard of before. Little or no true fantasy. Usually it is just present-day situations transported into the future and the futuristic science is very dull background with limitless technicalities and little or no abstract qualities; Everything is down pat: take it or leave it. You can take it. This does not by the means mean that I prefer the gory blood-and-thunder shoot-em-up pseudo-stf yarn - I like a beautiful, speculative, quiet story, off-trail and with that haunting quality which a story is remembered for - a good story ...and that satisfied feeling. Some of the earliest science fiction that I ever read was an unforgettable serial, with, I believe, at least 40-odd chapters, And illustrated by Virgil Findlay! I am referring to "The Art of Fire" by John Hawkins. There is no way to describe it - it is better, in my opinion, than any obnoxious classic in FFN ((That's stepping a bit off the deep end, Ray.)) It came out week after week in the American Weekly - gad, how shall I forget it? Alpha de Spain - unforgettable ..the mad genius who planned to cleanse the world in a bath of solar flame - Theta de Spain, his daughter - heck, I've even forgotten the hero. But,: i would practically trade my typewriter for the complete series. Aww - you are fans, and therefore unusually intelligent, but I can never make you appreciate that wonderful story! I cried at the end - the Irishman, Brian O'Day, held an atomic bomb under de Spain's nose - how well I remember those closing lines@ "Some cool and distant part of his brain counted three" - And then he was striding, tal and strong, away from all pain, towards a great white light that went on forever - " This serial came out in the summer of 1938 - 'twas about the year 1980. I won't describe it any more.. no use, eh what? But if you ever get a chance to read it .... -o-o-o-o-o-o- Question: If a fan drops out of stf and fandom - is he degenerating, or regenerating? The old bugaboo, 'space', is creepin' up on me, and the dear editor has threatened to cut out stuff if it is over a certain paltry two pages, and - you can't displease the editor. -o-o-o-o-o Look for me again next issue - I hope to have more things up by then. ---X ----X-----X-----X----X----X-"Declaration of War" - (continued from page 5) perfectly content with my dollar editions. Brag on, Hisser! But I'm rambling on and on, and I must leave something for next time. It is possible, and probable that Mr, Norman C. Koenig will tear this entirely apart, for I'll be back with more after that. "Aye, tear her battered ensign down" - you'll never hear that phrase from me, for it's war - open war - to the end! ------:::----:::----:::----::----:; WHAT'S WRONG WITH FAN FICTION by Lee Eastman Quote: "It stinks!" Unquote :::-------:::-----::------:::-----::;---- WHAT'S WRONG WITH FAN FICTION? by L.R. Chauvenet "Lots!"
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Passing Thoughts And Fancies JINX page 9 Astounding does have super-futuristic science, et cetera, but it is all told in such a solid, stolid, matter-of-fact way that sometimes it ceases to be interesting. Everything is taken for granted .. no romance left. I don't like that ...no beautiful speculations, just jaw-breaking scientific terms that nobody but Yngvi ever heard of before. Little or no true fantasy. Usually it is just present-day situations transported into the future and the futuristic science is very dull background with limitless technicalities and little or no abstract qualities; Everything is down pat: take it or leave it. You can take it. This does not by the means mean that I prefer the gory blood-and-thunder shoot-em-up pseudo-stf yarn - I like a beautiful, speculative, quiet story, off-trail and with that haunting quality which a story is remembered for - a good story ...and that satisfied feeling. Some of the earliest science fiction that I ever read was an unforgettable serial, with, I believe, at least 40-odd chapters, And illustrated by Virgil Findlay! I am referring to "The Art of Fire" by John Hawkins. There is no way to describe it - it is better, in my opinion, than any obnoxious classic in FFN ((That's stepping a bit off the deep end, Ray.)) It came out week after week in the American Weekly - gad, how shall I forget it? Alpha de Spain - unforgettable ..the mad genius who planned to cleanse the world in a bath of solar flame - Theta de Spain, his daughter - heck, I've even forgotten the hero. But,: i would practically trade my typewriter for the complete series. Aww - you are fans, and therefore unusually intelligent, but I can never make you appreciate that wonderful story! I cried at the end - the Irishman, Brian O'Day, held an atomic bomb under de Spain's nose - how well I remember those closing lines@ "Some cool and distant part of his brain counted three" - And then he was striding, tal and strong, away from all pain, towards a great white light that went on forever - " This serial came out in the summer of 1938 - 'twas about the year 1980. I won't describe it any more.. no use, eh what? But if you ever get a chance to read it .... -o-o-o-o-o-o- Question: If a fan drops out of stf and fandom - is he degenerating, or regenerating? The old bugaboo, 'space', is creepin' up on me, and the dear editor has threatened to cut out stuff if it is over a certain paltry two pages, and - you can't displease the editor. -o-o-o-o-o Look for me again next issue - I hope to have more things up by then. ---X ----X-----X-----X----X----X-"Declaration of War" - (continued from page 5) perfectly content with my dollar editions. Brag on, Hisser! But I'm rambling on and on, and I must leave something for next time. It is possible, and probable that Mr, Norman C. Koenig will tear this entirely apart, for I'll be back with more after that. "Aye, tear her battered ensign down" - you'll never hear that phrase from me, for it's war - open war - to the end! ------:::----:::----:::----::----:; WHAT'S WRONG WITH FAN FICTION by Lee Eastman Quote: "It stinks!" Unquote :::-------:::-----::------:::-----::;---- WHAT'S WRONG WITH FAN FICTION? by L.R. Chauvenet "Lots!"
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