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FANI TASY F R[VI 3F VV Vol FANI TASY F R[VI 3F VV Vol. If. No. 8 SIXPEI\iCE APR.-M&Y'48 Future Fiction O.K. Nory Heinlein No Model Critic FR,OM FOR,REST J. ACKERN,LAN- The recent tendency towards science flction in the "siicks," such as Robert Heinlein's space-travel stories in Satevepost, may only be a flash in the pan. Aithough the genel'ai magazines are now prepared to entertain tales $:ith futuristic settings, the accent must sti1l be on the story rallrer than the setting. In this respect, the editorial attitude hasn't changed, according to Peter Granger, rvho devoted his Review Page in the March Writers' Ma.rkets and Methods to "Unusual Fiction." Says Granger: "The World of To-morrow seems at lssl close enough, or at least predictable enough, to be acceptable in most magazines as the stage for' characters to be on. This is that rather limited-formulation future which is no further f1'om to-day 1,han tlanslantic air\\'ays were ln the 1920's, and certainly not so far away as was lhe atom bomb in '40. The writer interested in the fleld for general magazine submis- sions must be content rvith the non-prophetic storl', it seems, and must keep in mind that editorial eyes are hardl)' further ahead of fact than is the newsreel. This tends to bling the stor-v- close to to-day . " Mentioning Heinlein's recent Post story, "The Black Pits of Luna," he maintains that, for the rvriter interested in this form of fiction, it "should serve as a warning rather than an example or model to be followed. T'he author has depended so much upon the novelty of the setting, the strangeness of the locale, to hold the reader that he has worked no tangible story, but has used an incident to keep his characters moving against his scener-v. It would seem that this story would represent the extreme limits to $.'hich an author could go without a stoly and sti1l make a sa1e. A writer trying this fieid would be on firmer ground giving considelabllr more attention to story value and characters of some interest to the reader." At the same time, Granger recommends writers of the more ever)'day story to study fantasy-flction for the methods it employs to induce plausibility. "Characterisation usually must be ver1, strong to keep the reader feeling there is a human connection between hlmself and the story. Plot details are usually clear-cut and deflnite, with the relation of the actions and results to the characters very distinct," he admits. FANTASY The Adrnirable Weinhaum By D. fil. SMITH Tiifl name of Staniey G. Weinbaum -iaded readers lr,ho greeted it with lap- is cile t.r'hici] m*.jr havet little signifi- rurous pralse and can:e as an inspiraiion io for many of to-day's readers. in rnany rvriters r."'ho sought to emulate spilc 01 ;rs inr.it sjon in ihe Halt oI his c-xernple if noL acLuclly imitate his Fainc u'hilh science,fantasv has built si5,1g. It was the new approach. the foi ,. .el i. itcsh toucir scicuce fiction needed \\iith 'ihe prospect of his storiei. Weinbaum, then aged 32, was a mem- so oiten I'epririted in the magazines, 'oer cf a lltei.ar5r group beilgr preset'ved for safe keeping on our known as the ir,{ilwaukee Fictioneers, of which Rar,'- bocl:heives, it would seem appropriate pJllnel. to r:rticipaie qupsli6ns rnond A. and Ratph Milnc Fa'r"_ Lhe which the iey u-ere others alread_y jn counfless readei's who cio not know his well-known sciaucc .,:c1 ion cilcles. Tt $rs F 2:'tcv wor:k are llound to ask. and to recall for rrith \1'h(..n he ]rad ..rf"t*"i.d-'i'.i those x'ho do how they breathed his $'riting gangsLer name $ritir ter/erence in days when he a novel, who sug- gesied that he tiy his hand at the inore $,as lhe L{aster of Science Fiction. imagi?lative type pl.esumably Fer',' writers in any field can have met of stcry. Lrr nccded iii-rle pcltilasion. since it rvas rrith srrch insLant succcss as did Wein- a type very attractive beum in rhe fieid of science-iantasv. It to hs capacities; brit it is said thai his first piece 1'ras was a[ r rime when comp]aints were dellbcrlrely Ia:hioned hear,'d on evlry hand tha.b science flc- so that- Lhe fan- ta.stic element wouid be as humorouslv tion was in a int: when the field com- i:itravagaitL as priseci bui ihree rnagazines, trvo of hc couid malie it. riirit'h h:'r n:L lonq [o li\e-aL least, in If tiris is tru.e. then Weinbaum,s tal- ii)cj. c-\,,,tinS shapc. His first si or5', ents cannot, have incii;ded a facilitv for. the no$'-f at:rous "A Martian Odyssey," brrrlt,:que. Fu:" A M:lrtian OCyiscSr" appearing in the July '34 Wonder l,,,as tco good a story alicgether'. The St{rrles, c;[re !.s a reviving draught to faatasiic ingredients, even to the slow- n:oving siiicon creature eternallv eat- ing s,rnd anC r.xcleting bricks, all .,r'r'Il'rpd quire logical possibi]iries to Lhe FANTASY REVIEW hardened science fiction reader. and as such wcre fal more acceptable than A Journal for Readers, Writers and rnitch he rvas expected to swallow. Coliectors ol Imaginative Fiction I{oreover, it was written in a pleasantly BI-IIION'IHLY: SIXPENCE ljq.j',. rlrncsi Rippant s1yle, mosr re- ECitorial. Advertising and Pub- f r c,5i1;;1g af ter th.e dull sclernnitrr of Iishiri.g OIhce: 115 Wanstead Park orl-,, r',riters: a sLyle artisLieaily valid, tr-oaci. Ihord. Essex. since lhe narraiion was through a suit- Subscription rates: In Grcat a.lrle characte::. Whatever his intention, Bi'itain and Dominions (except tLre newcomer had produced per one of ihe Canada) 3/6 l,ear. Singie cop- fer-,' spccimens of magazlne science fic- ies, 7d., post free. In Canada and U.S.A.,75c. per year. Single copies, trcn capable of being measured by ordi- 15c., post free. nary standards oI good writing, and his readers found it immenseiy to their Vol. 2, No. 8 Apr.-May '48 iiking. Erlitor: Walter Gillings. With their appreciation as a spur. Associate Erlitors: John Carneli, Yfeinbaum rapidly became one of the J. I\{ichael Rosenblum, D. R,. Smith, most p oliflc, as weII as most readabl€, Arthur F. Ilillman, Fred C. Brown, Nigel Lindsa,v, Frank Edward Ar- science fiction auihors of that period. nold. J. O. Newman, A. Vincent After producing a sequel to the tale of Clarke. Tweel, his delightful Martian cr:eature A m e r i c a n Correspondents: ("Valley of Dreams": Wonder, Nov.'34) David Kishi (New York), I'orrest he turned his attention to the fast- J. Ackerman (Hollywood), Sam developing Astounding, in which he Moskowitz (Newark, N.J.), Joseph appealed B. Baker (Chicago). .first with "Flight on Titan" in the Jan. '35 issue. In raoid succes- REVIEW .J sion came "Parasite Planet" (Feb.), autocracy lacked his usnal originality, "The Lot"us EateIS' (Apr. r, "The planet it was irladiated in new and glcrving of Doubt" (Oct.), "The Il,ed Peri" colours by Weinbaum's spalk of genius, (Nov.), and "The Mad ln{.oon" (Dec. '35'l ; ali interplanetary stolies in which A fnrthel novel, "The New Adem,'' his lertile imagination peopled the ti'hich had been rejecLed by more than So1:rr System wilir equally fascinating one magazine as meat too strong for folrns ol life. theil Ieadcrs, xppcxrcd eveniLlally in book iorrn. but was latel featr,lred by In these his style was more sober, Arnau islg Stories (Feb.-Mar. '43), of bul as vivid and rucid as in his tirst, rvhich Rai'tnond A. Palmer, s'l-ro olga- Irlost memoraote piece; anci his chatac- nised the ncw fabulouslv valuable tel's a1] siood. ouu as genume personali- 'I'he Wernb:LLin-r fler,orial VolLriie, Itad be- ties. recepr,ion oi anothel Astound- come ediiol'. l,Vei:rbanm's sistet' Helen, in6 slory puolshed undel- the pseltdo- a rvr'lter of m]'stery stcries. also rvoiked nJiii Jonn Jessel t"The Adapiive U.iti- on one cf his abandoned pieces to pr+. maie': Nov. '35) snowed that his popu- duce "Ti.lai X{oon" (Wonder: Dec. 58). lai'rty did not depend entilely on tlre with vhich his narne was associated as Ieputation he had gained by that a ceitaln ailraction to thcse ri-ho inrtiai success. And in Wonder lre con- talked of his r-,'ork long aftei his hand tinued io exercis'e hls rare gilt f or was stilied. hurnoIous fantasy wi-uh his t,ales of the irascrble genius Haskei van I'Iander- Bttt thele \l'ere some \\ho, even at th3 poolz and the perennrally unsuccessfui height of t]-rls posthumous enthusiasm Ca.sarlovd, Dixon Welies. iol Vieinbaurn's stclies. had the auda- On Dec. 14th '35, Stanley crauman .it] Lo sil!:3esl, lhal he Cid t:ot de.,et'-;e an s'rlchtadllita*uiorr. The f avoulite clral ges Wernbauln died, airer irlness which cf these dstractois wer'e that he hed iasted six weeks, and science fiction r.lleaC jtten leaciels lnoulned hirn as the lveird tale r' $'r himself oLrt, that he moul'n ]rad soon be:ome a hack like the rest. enlhusiasts we|e later to Love- had good ciaft.
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