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FANTASY and SCIENCE FICTION Over Carefully, Folks? It's a Big Selves Into THf MAGAZINE OF fontosv AND 40¢ CANTATA 140 a new short novel by · ~1.11P K. DICK RO'IimT F. YOUNG ~ ROGER ZELAZNY Including Venture Science Fiction Cantata 140 (short novel) PHILIP K. DICK 5 The Second Philadelphia Experiment ROBERT P. YOUNG 62 Balloon Astronomy "iEODORE L. THOMAS 66 The Scientist and the Monster GAHAN WILSON 67 The Happy Place TONI HELLER LAMB 68 Books AVRAM DAVIDSON 71 The End of the Wine (verse) C. S. LEWIS 74 The Salvation of Faust ROGER ZELAZNY 76 All-Hallows (verse) LEAH BODINE DRAKE 79 Science: Nothing Counts ISAAC ASIMOV 80 The Struldbrugg Reaction JOHN SUTHERLAND 91 The Girl With the 100 Proof Eyes RON WEBB 109 We Serve the Star of Freedom JANE BEAUCLERK 114 F&SF M.JWketplace 129 Cover by Ed Emsb (illustrating "Cantata140") Joseph W. Ferman, PUBLISHER Avram Davidson, EXECUTIVE EDITOJt lsooc Asimov, SCIENCE EDITOR Edward L. Ferman, MANAGING EDITOR Ted White, ASSISTANT EDITOR The Maguine of FanttJSy and Science Fiction, Vol•me 21, No. 1, Whole No. 158, lwly 1964. P•blished monthly by Mercury Press, ]ru:., at 40¢ a copy. An11ual subscriplio,. $4.50; $5.00 i11 Canada and the Pat< America11 Union; $5.50 in all other countries. Publi­ cation office, 10 Ferry Street, Concord, N. H. Editorial a11d general mail should be sent to 347 BIJ.fl 53rd St., New York, N. Y. 10022. Sec011d CltJSs postage r,aid at C011cord, N. H. Printed ill U.S.A. C 1964 by Mercury Press, Inc. All rights, inc uding translations into other langUGges, resert~ed. Submissions must be accompanied by stamPed, self-addressed e~~velopes; lhe Publisher cus•me.r no re.rtJonsibiJily f<W retum of un.roliciled mat<u.rcri/lls. Alusty young man's The new adventures in the Dark Ages- 400 Heinlein! years in the future ! "Despite the poetically magnificent language (including the uninhibited vulgarity and the unabashed sexuality) which makes this an almost exuberant book to read, it nevertheless is one which you put down almost with tears in your eyes. I say 'almost' only because us sophisticated jerks aren't supposed to be moved in such a fashion."­ GROFF CONKLIN " ... chilling and fascinating ... highly entertaining and delightful reading."-Hartford Courant "Surprising, provocative ... It is plotted not with contrivances, but mercilessly with things which can happen."-THEODORE STURGEON, National Review $4.95 A novel by EDGAR PANGBORN Three-time winner of the Hugo Award, "America's acknowl­ edged master of science fic­ tion" (Chicago Tribune) now tells the story of a civilization evolving in a huge spaceship lost between the stars. $3.50 Also by Robert A. Heinlein GLORY ROAD $3.95 PODKAYNE OF MARS $3.50 STARSHIP TROOPERS $3.95 STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND $4.95 AT All BOOKSTORES OR FROM G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 200 Madison Ave., N.Y. 10016 The Presidency of the United States Is unique not only in be­ ing the most important office in the world to be fiUed by election based on popular suffrage, but certainly this aspect of it is of the utmost importance. The late John F. Kennedy was the first presi­ dent not to be of the predominant, or Protestant, religion; and the almost complete absence of this issue during his tragically short time in office indicates that-in this particular aspect of it, at any rate-the maUer may never be an issue again. It is doubt­ ful, too, that the ancestral origin of a potential president would be considered of prime importance, even if he were not (as all presidents so far have been) of British descent ... provided that he were nevertheless of Western European extraction. Still, noth­ ing stands still. The Congress, at my last count, included five Ne­ groes, one Sikh, and one each of Chinese and Japanese descent. Suppose one of these, or one of their same ethnic groups, should -not now, but tomorrow or the day after-decide to run for the office of first magistrate of our republic? His origin might still be an issue-but it might not perhaps be the most important issue. Overpopulation might be one. Sexual morality might be another. This story by the author of the fascinating and HUGO-winning· novel, The Man In The High Castle, was wriUen before murder - laid its hand again on an American chief of state. t;ANTATA 140 by Philip K. Dick CHAPTER ONE Rising from his desk, Lackmore walked to the counter and al­ THE YOUNG COUPLE, BLACK· though he did not like Cols­ haired, dark-skinned, probably there seemed to be more of them Mexican or Puerto Rican, stood every month, coming into his Oak­ nervously at Herb Lackmore's land branch office of the U.S. De­ counter and the boy, the husband, partment on Special Public Wel­ said in a low voice, "Sir, we want fare-he said in a pleasant tone to be put to sleep. We want to be­ of voice designed to reassure the come bibs." two of them, "Have you thought it 5 6 FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION over carefully, folks? It's a big selves into. Because no doubt they step. You might be out for, say, a were living on a government mili­ few hundred years. Have you tary pension, and naturally if the shopped for any professional ad­ girl was pregnant the pension rice about this?" would automatically be with­ The boy, glancing at his wife, drawn. swallowed and murmured, "No, Plucking hesitantly at the sir. We just decided between us. sleeve of his wrinkled coat the Col Neither of us can get a job and boy said, "Sir, how do we find an we're about to be evicted from our abort-consultant?" dorm. We don't even own a wheel, The ignorance of the dark­ and what can you do without a skinned strata, despite the govern­ wheel? You can't go anywhere. ment's ceaseless educational cam­ You can't even look for work." He paigns. No wonder their women was not a bad-looking boy, Lack­ were often preg. "Look in the more noticed. Possibly eighteen, phone book," Lackmore said. "Un­ he still wore the coat and trousers der abortionists, therapeutic. which were army-separation issue. Then the subsection advisors. Got The girl had long hair; she was it?" quite small, with black, bright "Yes sir. Thank you." The boy eyes and a delicately-formed al­ nodded rapidly. most doll-like face. She never "Can you read?" ceased watching her husband. ''Yes. I stayed in school until I "I'm going to have a baby," the was thirteen." On the boy's face girl blurted. fierce pride showed; his black eyes "Aw, the heck with both of gleamed. you," Lackmore said in disgust, Lackmore returned to reading drawing his breath in sharply. his homeopape; he did not have "You both get right out of here." any more time to offer gratis. No Ducking their heads guiltily wonder they wanted to become the boy and his wife turned and bibs. Preserved, unchanged, in a started from Lackmore's office, government warehouse, year after back outside onto the busy down­ year, until-would the labor mar­ town early-morning Oakland, ket ever improve? Lackmore per­ California street. sonally doubted it, and he had "Go see an abort-consultant!" been around a long time; he was Lackmore called after them, his ninety-five years old, a jerry. In advice coming from him irritably. his time he had put to sleep thou­ He resented having to help them, sands of people, almost all of but obviously someone had to; look them, like this couple, young. And at the spot they had gotten them- -dark. CANTATA 140 7 The door of the office shut. The pic came to life, candidate :Bris­ young couple had gone again as kin smiled in miniature, as Pethel quietly as they had come. pressed the tab beneath it. The Sighing, Lackmore began to Negro's mustache-obscured lips read once more the pape's article moved and above his head a bal­ on the divorce trial of Lurton D. loon appeared, filled with the Sands, Jr., the most sensational words he was saying. event now taking place; as always My first task will be to find an he read every word of it avidly. equitable disposition of the tens of millions of sleeping This day began for Darius "And dump every last bib back Pethel with vidphone calls from on the labor market," Pethel mur­ irate customers wanting to know mured, releasing the word tab. "If why their Jiffi-scuttlers hadn't this guy gets in the nation's been fixed. Any time now, he told ruined." But it was inevitable. them soothingly, and hoped that Sooner or later there would be a Erickson was already at work in Negro president; after all, since the service department of Pethel the Event of 1993 there had been Jiffi.-scuttler Sales & Service. more Cols than Caucs. As soon as he was off the vid­ Gloomily, he turned to page phone Pethel searched among the two for the latest on the Lurton litter on his desk for the day's copy Sands scandal; maybe that would of U.S. Business Report; he of cheer him up, the political news course kept abreast of all the eco­ being so bad. The famous org­ nomic developments on the planet. trans surgeon had become involved This alone set him above his em­ in a sensational contested divorce ployees; this, his wealth, and his suit with his equally famous wife advanced age. Myra, the abort-consultant.
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