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Etherline 65 E T H w E I—t * z R L W B I N W O E c a S a n u £t/lQJlllTL e. t d b i o s e n C c d r i i o w t a p t o p e t d i b to B. o E •d e n t« n jl M w b cn s y f P o' 2 'A o o B t u I r o a w W >tx o to b n L - D l a A P i g M s r J h F CD d . FEATURING... > w e CO e a P d d -1 M C i A o .r* W s r , t b § o o y z 9 g i 6 0 e A s I 0 r p L , B M o“ i p r l A a y to r o m d Ol T ■S d a E e u l r e U c t IO •CJ o t G R o Oi rr. i n o f\/o^r/-/ r n o F r/j R v 2 IO A b o i: e N , y CD a CD d H to to CO T M , W) a A C <A> c w e CD S r a t Y to v u h y l o f n P i r e n U l R d E B . CO , a L oo B S CD s m’ I t . i C , E w n a V n A C TA . 8 CD co s i T £ , CO . c CD I t CO V co’ O a o A i CJ CM bO m a r N c i l l 0 to a t S p. co CD o . CO m r CD O i O a Qj B o a , t F W r p e A r S3 A B* 2. i u CM a U l as 2 s t Ou 03 S f o * r T o a l r R i B a A p . > u L b A I l A i l ­ l Published by AFPA For Melbourne Science Fiction Group. ISSUE No. 65 ETHERLINE ETHERLINE MEET ERIC NORTH AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION Md T ERIC NOR TH CONVENTION MELBOURNE TtiCTmON SR OU TISOR by Frank Bryning to be held at the Publication of THE SECOND SPHERE in the SON RICHMOND TOWN HALL NEWS-PICTORIAL, Melbourne, between December 16 1955 and January 20 1956, will have brought the name of Eric North before Vict­ oria' s SF fans, as well as many thousands of newspaper readers. Iii April, 1955, the John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, published THE ANT METT - a science fantasy novel , Subscriptions: December also by Eric North. There is also a paper-covered Italian edit­ ion published by Mondatori Editors, Rome. I saw a copy of the 10/- Aust. Sth and Winston edition when I was in Melbourne at the beginning of Sep- 9th, ’ 'tember last year, and had the pleasure of meeting the author. 7/6 Sterling. 1956. 'Eric North', already listed in Don Tuck’s exhaustive and meticulous HANDBOOK OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FAN - / i,.oo u. s. TASY, is a pseudonym of an Australian author of long-establish­ ed eminence in the field of Australian literature. His novels / To THIS of Australian life on the land and in the bush, and his ai ticles IS R. J. McCubbin, and short stories, written under his real name, Bernard Cronin, AN have long since earned him an enviable standing in Australian 90'Lilydale Grove EVENT letters. YOU Hawthorn East, MUST Here is what WHO' S WHO IN AUSTRALIA says of Vic.; Aust. NOT him : MISS " CRONIN, Bernard Charles, Author: Son of Charles F. Cronin of Acton, London, Eng.; b. Mar 13,1884., Ealing, Eng.; ed. The Grange, South Yarra, Surrey Coll., Surrey Hills, Melb., and Dookie Agric. Coll., Vic.; Fink SchoLarship 1900; Dux and Gold Medallist 1901; Diploma Agric. Educ. 1901; cattle raising and fanning until 1913 THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION. JOURNAL THE TRADING SCIENCE'FICTION JOURNAL 4 4 MEET ERIC NORTH ETHERLINE ETHERLINE MEET ERIC NORTH 5 founded Derelicts Club, Melb. in conjunction with Pseudonym Listing: No. 205 — North, Eric — Cronin, Q2r1rj.de Hart, 1920; from it later inaugurated the Bernard. Main Listing : 'North, Eric — better Socy. of Aus. Authors, Pres. 1927-34; founded Quill known pn of Bernard Cronin, recent r: THREE AGAINST Club, Melbourne, 1935; publications, THE COASTLANDERS,' THE STARS (o.A 1938 FN May'50), THE GREEN FLAME, 1918; TIMBER WOLVES, 1920; BLUFF STAKES, 1922; SALVAGE, (A 1939, AMF Jul'50).” 1923; RED DAWSON, WHITE GOLD, 1927; DRAGON FLY, TREASURE (Magazine titles given above will per­ OF THE TROPICS, 1928; BRACKEN, 1929; BUSHRANGING SIL­ mit expansion of Don Tuck's codes). HOUETTES (in conj. with Arthur Russell) 1932; THE SOW'S EAR, 1933; VALLEY OF STARS (pseu. Wallace Dixon) 1935; Other fantasy and science fantasy items DEATH RIDES THE DESERT (pseu.'Dennis Adair), 1938; by Cronin have been published here and there in Australian per - Monograph HOW RITES THE ROAD ?, 1948; THE ANT MEN (pseu. iodicals before he was particularly interested in, or perhaps , Eric North), 1953; A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER (pseu.'Eric aware of science fiction/fantasy as a specialised market. For Jlorth), 1956; contributed to Braille Libraries, Manch­ example, THE BITT J FT TN years ago published his THE DAEMON OF SAU­ ester and Dublin, novels and short stories; recreations, CER FLAT, THE MAN WITH TWO VOICES, THE COLOURS OF WRIGGLY BURBLE gardening, conversation; address, 27 Moorhouse St., THE FIRST OF THE MONTH and others, mostly with, a humorous twist, East Camberwell, Melb, Vic.’ * • 'I have always loved the bizarre and (CHIP ON MY SHOULDER, a murder mystery novel — the fantastic,' he testifies. 'Imagination is based on experie­ not SF — has just been published in England and USA, and is due in nce; fancy is not ..... I like the freedom of fancy ----- of fant­ Australian bookshops). * asy It - is a fact that you can make a thing credible simply by believing, insisting, that it is credible............ ' From that list of publications there is an im - portant omission (from a SF standpoint, at least). The novel TOAD, In general, Cronin-North is on the side published about 1930 by Hodder & Stoughton, is not mentioned. TOAD of fantasy, rather than of close adherence to Gernsback's 'extr­ is a science fantasy about a man who could set water afire by dro- apolation of known scientific concepts', and water tight argum­ ppxng in it a small but potent pellet. It was originally serial - entation of theoretical 'super science'. He holds that the evi­ ised in Melbourne HERALD (1924) as THE GREEN FLAME, and it appeared dence supports the reality of the lost Atlantis — and generous­ later under that title in the American ARGOSY (1939) and in A. MER­ ly presented me with much of the evidence in the form of his own RITT'S FANTASY (1950). valued copy of the classic ATLANTIS, by Ignatius Donnelly, for which I shall always be grateful. He is zestful in reading and Another Cronin-North science fantasy, THE SATYR writing about adventures in space and in other spheres of exis - was serialised in the Melbourne HERALD in 1924, and later appeared tence, but is sceptical of our being.permitted to travel beyond in ARGOSY (1938) and FANTASY NOVELS (1950), under the title of THREE our natural element — the atmosphere of Earth. He is inclined AGAINST THE STARS. to accept flying saucers as real — but they are not likely to It is a fine testimony to the industry and met­ be from any planet we know. More probably, he thinks, they are iculousness of Don Tuck that, in his HANDBOOK he has on record the from another sphere or plane of existence — vide THE SECOND following references to Eric North-Bernard Cronin ; SPHERE. THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL MEET ERIC NORTH ETHERLINE Bernard Cronin is a hearty and genial host- and an amiable conversationalist. Sitting back in an armchair, a lock oi luxuriant grey hair falling over his forehead, a good hum­ oured smile relaxing his rather rugged countenance, a cigarette smouldering in his gesturing hand, he could be taken for a retired farmer turned philosopher. But his philosophy goes deeper than the homespun precepts of .'.a who merely distills a collection of whole­ some principles ircn a j/.f etime of preoccupation with the soil. I would say that his pin . ? sophy does have those very qualities — but with them are the freedom and breadth of interest, the tolerance , and the maturity of one who has seen life through the eyes of oth­ ers, as well as his own. He has 'read the books....' He knows there are more things in heaven and earth than arc dreamed of in either science or science fantasy. Above all, his outlook is as No. 25. iresh and modern and as forward—looking as any science—fictionecr's KENDALL FOSTER CRCSSEN should be. Compiled by I doubt whether Bernard Cronin could be brou­ ght into any sustained participation in SF fan-activity. He is Donald H. Tuck. somewhat diffident about his role and his significance as a SF au­ thor. He is fully conscious of his standing in the broad field of Australian literature, and of his commitments there. But 'I' have no pretensions whatever in the SF field..... ' he says. 'SF so Formerly a radio writer and newspaper fai as I have maim es ted it myself, is just another form of imag — man, this anchor often writes for the detective market.
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