Galaxy Magazines

No. 1 June 1969 Galaxy Magazines Sold Galaxy Magazine, Worlds of If, and the other magazines formerly published by Galaxy Publishing Corporation were sold to Universal Pub lishing and Distributing Corporation on April 1, 1969. With this change the magazines acquire a new editor, Ejler Jakobsson, although Fred Pohl will still be listed on the masthead as Editor Emeritus. Due to this change, there will be no June issue of either Galaxy or If; the July is sues will be the first ones published by Universal. The editorial of fices have also been relocated to the headquarters of Universal Publish ing at 235 E. 45th St., New York, N.Y. 10017. The immediate plans for Galaxy are to make it a busier magazine, with more short features. It will be designed to appeal to fringe groups as well as emphasizing contact with the fans. Algis Budrys will be continuing as book reviewer, and Lester del Rey is reported working on a fan oriented project for the magazine. The number of pages will be reduced to 160 from the current 194. However the use of a smaller type size will increase the wordage per page so that the magazine will still contain the same amount of material. Jack Gaughan has been appointed Art Director for all the magazines. Plans for If include expansion of the letter column and introduction of a book review column by Lester del Rey. Both magazines are expected to retain the same 604 price. Tentatively being considered is the idea of publishing International Science Fiction, Worlds of Fantasy, and Worlds of Tomorrow and perhaps another magazine on a rotating quarterly basis. Ejler Jakobsson is not unknown in the science fiction field, being editor of Universal's Award science fiction titles. His previous exper ience in the sf field includes editorship of Super Science Stories from January 1949 to August 1951. He also worked on the editorial staff of Famous Fantastic Mysteries, and many years before this briefly worked with Astonishing Stories. On the basis of his experience with other specialized magazines under the Universal banner, Mr. Jakobsson expects Galaxy to become the leader of the field. OLD PULPS TO BE REPRINTED Garrett Press, publisher of reprints for Editorial libraries, is currently negotiating contracts to reprint back issues of science fiction magazines in bound volumes. Among the magazines being We are pleased to present a new magazine, LUNA Monthly, in which we considered are Unknown, Astounding, Galaxy, and F&SF. These sets, which will continue to provide news, features, reviews, and publishing infor will concentrate on pre-1960 issues, will be printed on acid-free paper mation of the science fiction/fantasy field. We are happy to note that in library binding. They will be quite expensive — a set of Unknown is many of the contributors with whom we were working previously have off expected to cost between $200 and $300 — with the price related to the ered to continue writing for our own magazine. We are, however, still number of advance orders received for the sets. Libraries are expected looking for some new contributors, particularly readers who can write to purchase the majority of the volumes, however fans who can afford it concise reviews, and artists who can do small drawings, both decorative will also be able to get these sets. All pages from the magazines will and illustrative. be reproduced, including covers, however the covers will not be in col Publishing a magazine on this scale requires a substantial invest or. David G. Hartwell, fan and book reviewer for Crawdaddy, is in ment in order to produce the issues promptly each month. We were sorry charge of the project. No schedule has yet been worked out for publica that it became necessary to terminate our previous editorship, both from tion although they hope to make Unknown the first set to be printed. this viewpoint and that of the subscribers, who also have an investment Depending on the success of this program, Mr. Hartwell would also like in a magazine. We hope that you like the work we are doing, and want to reprint a number of old paperbacks which have never been reissued. to continue with us here. We are enclosing a subscription form for We expect to provide further information when it is available. your convenience with all sample copies. The rates are based on current postage costs, and will have to be raised if and when higher postal F&SF PRICE INCREASE Beginning with the July 1969 issue, the single rates become effective. Subscriptions in effect at that time will not copy price for $CSF will be increased from 50<: to 60C. New subscription be affected however. Since we were not involved financially in the mag rates will also go into effect then. A one-year subscription will go azine we previously edited, we're sorry to say that subscriptions to from $5.00 to $7.00; two-year sub from $9.00 to $12.00; and three years that magazine can't be credited to this one. from $12.50 to $17.00. However subscriptions at the old rates will be accepted until June 15, 1969, giving everyone an opportunity to sub We also recommend LUNA' (prime), listed on our subscription form. scribe before the change is effective. Mercury Publications reports This magazine, originally titled LUNA, is devoted to publishing tran rising publication costs are responsible for the increase. scripts of speeches from conventions, plus occasional feature articles. It is published three times a year, in this same size; the sixth issue LEINSTER PAPERS DONATED TO UNIVERSITY Will F. Jenkins, better known was mailed to subscribers last week. The issue features material by as Murray Leinster, has donated his papers to Syracuse University's Man Philip Jose Farmer, Baird Searles, and Willy Ley. uscript Division. Covering the period from 1915 to 1968, the papers We look forward to seeing you next month. fill 71 boxes of story manuscripts, ideas and synopses, and correspond ence with publishers, agents and other writers.

AUSTRALIAN "DITMARS" AWARD WINNERS Ditmars were presented at the 1969 Melbourne Science Fiction Convention to A. Bertram Chandler for False Fatherland (Best Australian sf); Thomas Disch for Camp Concentration (Best International sf); Brian Aldiss (Best Contemporary Writer); Aust ralian Science Fiction Review (Best Australian Amateur sf Publication)

3 Guest Editorial THE TV AND DR. A by Greg Bear EUROPEAN FANDOM LOOKS AT THE WORLDCON by Ethel Lindsay One might trace two schools of thought about the subject of the The Good Doctor has Made It — on April 28th (Los Angeles televis Worldcons. The older British fan, like myself, was accustomed to think ion) the Mike Douglas show produced our renowned and gracious dignitary, ing of Fandom as a whole; and never questioned the title Worldcon. New Isaac Asimov, as a guest. And now the question (to be answered in due er European fans often do not have the close contact with American fan course) is, is television ready for Dr. A? dom of the early days. Fans around Europe today are beginning to ques tion the very title Worldcon. On a show already equipped with Marty Allen, Louis Nye and Peter What is a Worldcon? A world event surely! From this one can then Lawford, Dr. Asimov held his own admirably. The appearance went like an compare it with other world events. From the Olympic Games down to Miss informal Asimov article in F6SF. As the author came bounding out from World there is one criterion for cal ling an event 'World'; it is organ backstage, amidst a round of introductions to the other guests, Dr. A ized by a committee comprised of members from more than one country. It made a casual reference to his obvious youth and good looks. A few mo is also attended and participated in by members of more than one coun ments later, in relating his childhood, mention was made of his extreme try. In the case of the Games practically every country in the world is precocity, "I taught myself to read before I went to school." involved. A few bits of standard background information on Dr. Asimov prepar Our Worldcons have never deserved the title. They have always been ed the uninformed masses for one of the most scintillating and worth organised by the members of one country... America. There are two ex while discussions I've seen on the few Mike Douglas shows I've viewed. ceptions; both held in London. However, at both British cons there was Touched on during the talk was the current space effort, the population considerable consultation with American fandom. The committees tried to problem, adaptation to the lunar environment and the ABM controversy, adhere to the rules and traditions and, in the case of LONCON II, even among others. On the ABM system, Dr. A replied, "I think it would be had an American to chair the business meeting. great if Washington okayed the thirty-billion-dollar program, scooped up Right now there is a committee in being which is to decide the fu the money, then said, 'Now we'll use it on the cities.'" Dr. Asimov ture of the Worldcons; the members are all American. This committee has waxed enthusiastic about the space effort, stressing the fact that the asked for European comments and ideas. I hope that many Europeans will Russians, having apparently abandoned hope of being the first on the speak up — and let's hope they do it politely. Late-comers On the scene moon, are now preparing for Venus and Mars. Contrary to his somewhat should always be polite! pessimistic article in the April Psychology Today, he exhibited much op timism on the future of mankind, balancing his comments with a remark One of the things that causes confusion in the minds of American about the year 2000, "If we make it." fans is the fact that the Worldcons held there get bigger every year. Those who argue that America alone can put on a big con are missing the On the population explosion, which has concerned Asimov greatly for point. It is not the size that makes the event World. This can only some time, he parried Marty Allen's suggestion that space could solve come from world participation. overpopulation. The denial was carried out in the usual Asimovian fash To get down to the hard realities... just what country apart from ion — with an authoritative presentation of facts and figures. (Ship America could put on a Worldcon? Britain and Germany so far appear the ping to the moon the three and a half billion people necessary to keep only countries with a big enough fandom to cope with the organisation... our population constant after the next forty-seven years just isn't feasible. ) and even they could hardly manage it too many years running. However, if there were a committee made up of delegates from each country con DY. Asimov spoke briefly on 2001, calling it one of the most beau cerned, then one could hope to see them organise a Worldcon which did not rely solely on fans of the local site. tiful motion pictures he had ever seen. "When they shoot motion pictures in space, they won't be as beautiful as the scenes in 2001." (To which It is just a matter of luck really; at the first American Worldcon I don't entirely agree... but then, we must remember that the Good Doc had it been called a 'National convention (as are the annual British tor is a homebody who'd probably prefer the theater anyway.) ones) this slight haze upon the horizon of fannish peace would never have arisen. Instead we would only now be thinking of organising a All in all, the acknowledged Dean of Science Fiction (among the World convention. The people who would be able to undertake this would nine or ten others vying for that title) made an excellent showing of obviously be the fans who had gained experience by organising their own himself. In his other connections with the TV field, his articles in TV National conventions. A committee of these fans could be convened to Guide and his appearances on The 2lst Century, he's shown a rare combin get together and thrash out how to go about it. ation of excellent humor with good uncommon sense, womething (among oth er things) the media needs drastically. Some American fans are worried about the possibility of losing their Worldcons... what they really mean is they do not want to lose In answer to the question, Is the TV industry ready for Asimov?, I their big conventions. Were they to change the name to National tomorrow can only answer a resounding "YES!" More, More! and go on as before, they would not have lost a thing. 4 Only a name... and what's in a name? And I predict there will be more. 5 S F and the Arts S F and the Cinema SCIENCE FICTION AS PROPHECY: A UNIQUE TELEVISION SALUTE by Frederick S. Clarke by Chris Steinbrunner Somewhere in the grandiose advertising campaign for Shoes of the Almost unnoticed, science fiction received a partly affectionate, Fisherman is the fact that it is science fiction. It is inferred so partially awed salute on network television this February when CBS-TV's slightly by the admen, perhaps because science fiction still carries a emeritus news-documentary weekly, The 2lst Century, probed the uncanny stigma of juvenility, that you may have missed it completely. The film accuracy with which sf of the past decades called the shots on today's is based on the novel of the same name by Morris L. West, which projects world. Walter Cronkite narrated a color half-hour report — it was the political milieu of the near future and a role the Vatican and the called "Stranger Than Science Fiction" — and it was easily the most Pope could accept in furthering world peace. In this respect Shoes of reverent and detailed examination of our literature yet seen on network the Fisherman more comfortably fits the term speculative fiction than television. science fiction, and is of the same cast as previous cold war specula Cronkite began: "The space age was created in man's imagination tions like Fail Safe, The Bedford Incident, Seven Days in May, et.al. long before the first rocket ship. Let's see how the space travel of On the speculative yesterday's science fiction compares with today's science fact." We cut level, the film depicts to quick shots from such classic film space operas as Flash Gordon and what, at present, prom Buck Rogers mixed with actual voice tracks of Gemini 6 and Apollo 8; ises to be the inevit real astronauts blast off to wild Wagnerian serial music: a stunning able future: widespread audio-visual trick that works surprisingly well. "It sometimes seems famine throughout large that we live in a world that is stranger than science fiction. What parts of the world and does science fiction tell us of the world we will live in, in the 21st the imminent military century?" confrontation between Russia and Communist Having clearly established the feeling that sf has something valid China. As a solution to say and worth listening to, Cronkite takes us back to the beginnings to the world's politi of this century and "a new kind of literature, that was not concerned cal ailments, the Pope with the past or the present, but with the shape of things to come." — pledges to liquidate We see a familiar array of prophetic Gernsback/Paul covers from the Sam the Vatican's financial Moskowitz collection: orbital space stations, space walks, robots. Flash assets and devote the Gordon snarls back at Ming across two-way television, Buck Rogers rides wealth of the Church to the skies on his rocket-belt, Dr. Zarkov is strapped in the path of what relieving famine and could be a laser beam. "Man dreams of power, and science fiction has poverty, in the hope often been concerned with weapons of destruction. It speculates on the that this self-imposed possibility of war in the air — armored tanks — and even the use of impoverishment will ground-to-air missiles." Cronkite salutes such early films as Destina urge all Catholic and tion Moon and Rocketship X-M for amazingly accurate depictions of man's Christian nations (i.e. first landings on other worlds. "Centuries of science fiction will cul the wealthy) to follow minate in a single moment of science fact — when the first man stands suite. This solution on the surface of the moon." has all the naivete of "The best science fiction draws upon present possibilities when it a fairy tale, yet, draws into the future. These possibilities can be social and psycholog whether initiated by ical as well as scientific," Cronkite continues, moving easily through the Catholic Church or themes of Martian invasion, atomic destruction, mutations. "If the world not, it seems to be the is ever destroyed, men not Martians will probably do the job. Science only real solution if fiction uses the future as a mirror, not only to warn us about tomor the United States, Eur row's world, but to warn us about ourselves." ope, and the Soviet Un ion are not to become And there is much to warn about. "Science alone cannot guarantee islands of relative a happy 21st century; indeed many science fiction writers see unchecked prosperity in a hostile technology as a step towards enslavement rather than salvation." Films sea of famine and mis like Metropolis and Things to Come see a sinister threat in cool effici ery. ency, the dehumanization which comes with technology. And the antagon istic computer of 2001 is the ultimate machine age conflict: the compe Anthony Quinn has tition of men with machines. both majesty and earth 6 Continued on Page 12 iness as Kiril Lakota, 7 the first Russian Pope. His swarthy features have a convincingly Russian earlier Hammer Films The Quatermass appearance, and he brings to his Papacy the humility and wisdom of com Experiment and Quatermass II, also re mon men which punctures that office's air of pomp and pretention. Oskar titled to similar effect when released Werner, as the infirm Father Telemond, gives the film's finest perform in this country as The Creeping Un ance , and one which has been nominated for an Academy Award. In a role known ('56) and The Enemy From Space similar to that of the ailing ship's doctor in Ship of Fools, Werner de (’57) respectively. 20th Fox had tech picts the anguish and alienation of a revolutionary fighting against the nically had the film in release since establishment. Leo McKern, whom you may remember as the gruff London May of '68; I say technically because reporter in Vai Guest's Day the Earth Caught Fire, is miscast as Italian it has yet to have first run engage Cardinal Leone. McKern looks as Italian as Winston Churchill, and per ments anywhere, and hasn't even opened forms well if you pretend he is the British Cardinal. David Janssen is in most situations. It was released added to the cast as an afterthought, perhaps for his box office appeal, only a month after 20th's Planet of and is definitely out of his class here. As George Faber, an American The Apes, putting it in direct compe news commentator doing a television show on the Vatican, he has a lot of tition with that film and the formid useless dialog (mostly plain narration into the camera) in a part with able 2001 itself. Little wonder that no apparent connection to the main body of the film. Janssen himself is it became lost in the shuffle.' a limited performer, whose idiosyncratic gestures and broken delivery Five Million Years to Earth is a- became tedious after only one year on television. The supporting cast dapted by Nigel Kneale from his six consisting of Sir Laurence Olivier, Vittorio De Sica, and Sir John Giel part teleplay beamed over the BBC Dec gud are all top notch. Kneale, who did the original teleplays Erwin Hiller's photography opens with a captivating tracking shot for both The Creeping Unknown and Enemy From Space, has also scripted of a bobbing black dot on a field of white, which resolves, as the cam The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas ('58), the only decent film on era moves in slowly, into a snowmobile trudging through the barren Si that subject, and recently did The Devil's Own ('67), an intelligent berian wastes. Hiller's imaginative photography gives a great deal of treatment of black magic and witchcraft. His screenplay follows closely life to an otherwise static screenplay by John Patrick and James Kenna- the original television script as published by Penguin Books (#1449) in way, and captures the vivid and historic surroundings of the Vatican. 1960. The story convincingly integrates the supernatural with science fiction, blending such diverse topics as interplanetary travel and the The musical score by Alex North utilizes a spine tingling musical devil, while dealing speculatively, a la Kubrick and Clarke, with such cameo for Pope Kiril, consisting of dischordant stanzas of brass and heady themes as the origin of the species. chimes, which properly accentuates the spectacle. The versatile score (available on MGM album S1E-15ST), which has been nominated for an Acad Andrew Keir, a very talented performer, takes over the role of emy Award also includes interesting Russian and Italian motifs. crusty, headstrong and belligerent Professor Bernard Quatermass, which was created in the earlier films of the series by veteran actor Brian Michael Anderson's direction is properly lax, taking in at a com Donlevy. Assuming a role created so capably and linked so distinctly to fortable pace all the rich detail of Roman Catholic ritual and Papal a predecessor, is the most difficult task an actor can face, particular functions. There is no suspense, little action, and very little roman ly if the actor is relatively unknown. Andrew Keir manages to instill tic interest, save for David Janssen and Barbara Jefford who are not in the role with an intensely personal identification which completely ec teresting. However there is spectacle, carefully molded by director An lipses any previous connection with Donlevy. He is definitely the most derson to be broad and sweeping and thoroughly absorbing. commanding performer to appear within the genre since Christopher Lee SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN MGM 11/68. 168 min. A George Englund Produc made such a splash as Dracula, a decade ago. The largely British cast tion. Directed by Michael Anderson. Screenplay by John Patrick and also includes James Donald, a refugee from a long spate of war films in James Kennaway from the novel by Morris L. West. Cast: Anthony Quinn, cluding King Rat ('64), as archeologist Dr. Roney, and Hammer perennial Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner, David Janssen, Vittorio de Sica and Leo Barbara Shelley as his assistant. McKern. Direction by Roy Ward Baker is adequately suspenseful, although not A film title like Five Million Years to Earth will turn off any up to the par of Vai Guest, who scripted and directed the previous two science fiction fan on sight, especially when said fan sees that said films of the series, without reservation the most suspenseful and terri film is playing some skid row dive, on the bottom of a double bill with fying science fiction films ever made. Baker deftly handles very com dreck like The Viking Queen. If such was the case with you, you may be plicated scenes of mob action and physical upheaval to instill an auth sad to discover that the above is not a Japanese monster picture starr entic feeling of panic in some scenes. However he lacks the ability to ing Godzilla, as you had suspected. It is in fact the finest science sustain suspense and atmosphere, like those few directors with a true fiction film to come along since 2001: A Space Odyssey. flair for the genre. That juvenile, cornball title is some publicity flack's idea of box Five Million Years to Earth has the rare distinction of being an office appeal. You are probably much more familiar with the film under entertaining and intelligent science fiction film, and if it hasn't al- its original British title Quatermass and the Pit, the sequel to two ready passed you by, then scan your local film listings with a fine 8 tooth comb, for it is likely to open unbidden at some outlying theater 9 and leave the following week. mains on him for prolonged shots, he is actually given dialog, and the result is that the bubble bursts, the thin line between the fantastic FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH 20th-Fox. 4/68. 98 min. A Harmer Film and the funny is violated. Production. Directed by Ray Baker. Original story and screenplay by Nigel Kneale. Stars: James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley. This interpretation of the film may be entirely incorrect. Perhaps the film is intended as its own satire, intentionally contrived and lud Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, unlike much better horror and icrous, and played to the hilt for all its high camp value. It is cer science fiction films of recent vintage, is being given saturation first tainly being merchandised that way, and its staying power and surprising run bookings by 20th Fox throughout most of the country... and with popularity attests that the public finds it entertainment of some value. phenomenal success. As a novelty, the picture has even garnered critical DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE 20th-Fox. 2/69. 92 min. A Harmer acceptance in some circles. It appears that its shrewdly engineered ad Film Production. Directed by Freddie Francis. Screenplay by John Elder vertising campaign may prove correct, that "You can't keep a good man Stars: Christopher Lee. Rated G. down I" There seems to be little justification for the existence of the "The Green Slime Are Coming!" So heralds a gaudy two page spread picture, other than as a curiosity item for horror film aficionados and from Metro, the 2001 people, which appeared in most of the major trades very devoted fans of Christopher Lee, who is playing the Count for his in April. The ad carries no other information other than, it "...will third time. There is some fascination in seeing what contortions the turn your boxoffice a gorgeous green, green, green!!!" pandering to that standard plot has undergone to produce fresh thrills from the same old well known trait among showmen called exhibitor's greed. The Green Slime material. They have added an interesting footnote to the mythology by is actually Battle Beyond the Stars, an Italian B-film which ordinarily stipulating that to destroy a vampire with the traditional wooden stake would not have.grossed its original print costs. The attitude taken by one must use a dash of prayer as well, and in one scene this proves a the studio's hard sell is nauseating; we quote "... groovy advertising bit trying for our atheist hero who doesn't recall any of his prayers geared to high school and college newspapers to grab the student set offhand. This results in the ludicrous situation of Dracula plucking with the idea that 'going green is my scene.' What kid will want to the bloody stake from his heart; and with it firmly in hand giving chase 'sit-in' when he can go to the flicks and freakout at the sight of The to our intrepid hero, who is heading post haste to the nearest Moody In Slime?" What kid indeed? It is frightening to think that this will all stitute for a book of Psalms. If indeed the resurrection and death succeed in the biggest way. Can't you see it? The Green Slime outgros- scenes become any more contrived, we will have gone full circle into Ab ses 2001: A Space Odyssey, and some fat cigar sucking film mogul in bott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Hollywood turns down The Martian Chronicles for Asex and the Single Slime! Christopher Lee is oddly uninteresting, compared with his electri- fying performances as Dracula in the previous Hammer films Horror of Ray Harryhausen's latest animation film, Valley of Gwangi, is get Dracula ('58) and Dracula, prince of ting the same kind of sell from Warner Bros-Seven Arts. This campaign, Darknesst ('65). This is due to no de- which at least has a flair for humor, features "A super kit of Gwangi ficiency■ on the part of Mr. Lee, but cf goodies, including: One hunk of genuine Gwangi clay, One Gwangi whistle, results from a script by John Elder „ in case you want to call Gwangi, One Gwangi jig-saw puzzle, to help pass which is, essentially dull and unimagin- the time until he arrives, One autographed picture of Gwangi, suitable ative, despitei its contrivances, and for framing, and One genuine Gwangi-toothed necklace (SUPPLY LIMITED)." from director Freddie Francis' mishand Gwangi, in case you were wondering, is a prehistoric Allosaurus. This ling of the Dracula formula. This for Schneer-Harryhausen co-production stars James Franciscus, Gila Golan, mula, as perfected by Terence Fisher, WiTW CHtfMiNt and Richard Carlson. the director of the previous Hammer On the brighter side, director Robert Wise, who filmed both Day the films in the series, allows for Dracula APPWPRlWEHtSS Earth Stood Still and The Haunting, among other highly regarded films to appear in only a small fraction of QOTH Ce^TurY -Fox the genre, is making The Andromeda Strain, based on a novel by Michael climactic and pivotal scenes, usually DEciDEO To Rbi_g/\?>e Crichton, to be a major release from Universal for the 1970 season. AOP amounting to less than 10 or 15 minutes has purchased Histoires Extraordinaire, an eagerly awaited trilogy of out of the total 90 minutes running Poe tales directed by Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, and Roger Vadim, time. Dracula is used almost exclus- for distribution in this country as Spirits of the Dead. The film stars ively in dynamic moving shots, fast Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, Peter Fonda and Terence Stamp. cuts and closeups: the desired effect The same studio has assigned Daniel Haller, whom you may remember dir being a ravenous literally demonic ected Die, Monster, Die and thereby botched Lovecraft's The Colour Out characterization which punctuates the of Space, to direct his Dunwich, and has miscast Sandra Dee as the fem carefully built atmosphere and suspense inine lead. Filming began in April for 20th Fox on Beneath the Planet by appearing at carefully chosen inter RoR E>ook//Vgs over The of the Apes, again starring Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison, Maurice Ev vals. Unfortunately Francis ignores ans, and Kim Hunter in continuing roles, and also featuring James Fran the basic tenets of the formula; Drac Eftim HOU&AM ciscus as the American astronaut sent to rescue the original party. Just ula's scenes stagnate, the camera re- how this is managed after the twist ending of the previous film revealed 10 11 that Earth was the planet of the apes is not known.- Paul Dehn reported ly wrote his screenplay from an original idea by Pierre Boulle, although Coming Events this should not necessarily be taken as encouragement. Film producer June 13 NAMELESS ONES MEETING at home Sidney Beckerman has acquired for lensing Walter Miller's Hugo award of member at 8:30pm. For info winning novel A Canticle for Liebouitz, for the tidy sum of $100,000. No 1 ESFA MEETING at YM-YWCA, 600 Wally Weber, Box 267, 507 3rd screenwriter has yet been assigned. Broad St, Newark, N.J., at 3pm Ave, Seattle, Wash. 98104 1 HOUSTON SF SOCIETY MEETING at 13 PenSFA MEETING at home of mem home of member. For info: Beth ber at 8:30pm. For info: Mike SF AND THE ARTS Continued from Page 6 Halphen, 2521 Westgate, Houston Ward, Box 45, Mountain View, On a rather ominous note, speculating on a future in which Man may Tex. 77019 Calif. 94040 well be pitted against his own technology, Cronkite concludes: "There 6 FISTFA MEETING at home of Jim 13 VALSFA MEETING at home of mem was a time when few people took science fiction seriously. But the rev Sanders, Apt. 353, 1730 Harris ber. For info: Dwain Kaiser, olutionary developments of the last few decades are changing ridicule to on Ave, Bronx, N.Y. at 8pm 390 N. Euclid, Upland, Calif. respect. Speculation on alternative future is becoming common practice 6 WSFA MEETING at home of Alexis 14 CINCINNATI FANTASY GROUP MEET in business and government. University students are studying the history Gilliland, 2126 Pennsylvania ING at home of member. For and significance of futuristic writing. It has been said that science Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20032, info: Lou Tabakow, 3953 St. fiction died when the first Sputnik orbited the earth — fact had final at 8pm John's Terr, Cincinnati, Ohio ly caught up with fiction. But as long as there is human imagination, 6 LITTLE MEN MEETING at home of 45236 there will be science fiction." member at 8pm. For info: Alva 14 MINN-STF MEETING at home of It was all too brief, and spotty, and in its search for easy visu Rogers, 5967 Greenridge Rd, Walter Schwartz, 4133 Went als the show concentrated on sf films rather than the even more imagina Castro Valley, Calif. worth Ave.S, Minneapolis, Minn tive sf printed literature. Hardly any authors were mentioned by name 6-8 PgHLANGE at the Allegheny Mo- 55409, at 12 noon — although admittedly this was a broad examination of themes alone. Vtor Inn, 1464 Beers School Rd, 15 HOUSTON SF SOCIETY, see June 1 But there is not much room for criticism. This was an altogether fair Coraopolis, Pa. 15108. 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Box 601 Wooster, Harold "Machina Versa- lion, March. 60$ March. $1.45 Chambersburg tilis — A Modern Fable" Lib Norton, Andre THREE AGAINST THE Tolkien, J.R.R. FELLOWSHIP OF THE Pa. 17201 rary Journal, Feb. 15, p.725-27 21 Work in Progress Brotherhood of the Sword by Fred Lerner by Richard Brisson This column will attempt to serve as a communications medium for GIANT OF WORLD'S END by Lin Carter. Belmont B50-853, Jan. 141 p. 50$ people doing any sort of research into science fiction, whether it be historical, critical, or bibliographical. I will try to mention all WHOM THE GODS WOULD SLAT by Ivar Jorgensen. Belmont B50-849, Dec. 1968. projects that I hear of, so that others interested can get in touch with 140 p. 50$ the individuals concerned. Hopefully this will help to avoid unnecessary THE SWORD OF MORNING STAR by Richard Meads. Signet P3774, Jan. 144p. 60$ duplications of effort, and will also encourage joint ventures into pro jects too big for a single person to undertake. There are heroes and there are Heroes. To the first group belong such luminaries as Conan of Cimmeria, Elric of Melnibone, the Gray/Mous This idea of communication among fellow-workers was one motivation er and his sword-mate Fafhrd, and Brak the Barbarian. The Heroes Legion for the First Annual Conference on the Bibliography of Science Fiction, is another thing, however. Its members are Siegfried, Achilles, Beowulf, which was held at Columbia University in New York on March 1. Many of strider, and their ilk. To separate one from the other is not an easy the 58 participants had done some bibliographical work, and a side ef thing; yet, it is probably safe to say that tales about heroes are writ fect of the Conference was the bringing together of people who had been ten for entertainment while those concerning Heroes contain something taking different approaches to similar problems. Thus a sociologist and more and are enveloped in the fiery web of ancient mysteries and myth. a literature professor were both working on the same area of European science fiction; not until they met at the Conference were they aware of Ganelon Silvermane is a hero. His errand is to save the world from this. the Falling Moon. He enlists the aid of Zelobion the Magician of Kar- choy and together they set out to complete Ganelon's task. Along their At the Conference the idea was broached of forming an interdiscip journey they rescue a girl, Arzeela; match wits with a pirate ship, Man- linary organization of people engaged in research into science fiction nanan MacLear; and encounter many strange civilizations. Such an organization is now being formed. Prof. Darko Suvin of McGill University and myself are setting up the provisional mechanism of the Lin Carter has finally stirred the witches' brew and come up with a Science Fiction Research Association. When plans are a little further potent potion. The setting of the story is several million years in the underway we will be making a more formal announcement: in the meantime I future on a continent called Gondwane. While the origins of this future would like to hear any suggestions, and I would like to hear from anyone civilization go back to the dawn of time, the people, lands, and wonders who wishes to be notified of future developments. This column, of owe a great deal to Jack Vance's Dying Earth. Zelobian the Magician course, will keep abreast of all that. stirs memories of Vance's mighty sorcerer Pandelume; the spells Zelobian uses, "The Vocable of Inmost Revelation" and "Sombellin's Vocable of In The Proceedings of the First Annual Conference on the Bibliography fallible Sortilege," among others, are similar to the powerful incanta of Science Fiction are being prepared for publication later this year. tions of Pandelume. The place names have that familiar exotic Vancian The Annotated Checklist of Science Fiction Bibliographical Works that construction: Grand Phesion, Ardelix Vault, Urimadon, Pioma, and Pande- was distributed at the Conference is available at 504 per copy, postpaid lur. Carter mixes in a bit of Burroughs also with the genetic vats where from: Fred Lerner, 98-B, The Boulevard, East Paterson, New Jersey 07U-07. Silvermane was bred, and Silvermane slays a band of assassins as only That address may also be used for any correspondence pertaining to this R.E. Howard could do. column, and for any announcements of research projects or other work in progress. Not to give the impression that Carter's tale is entirely borrowed and nothing new, Lin supplies an abundant amount of charm and mystery to SETH A. JOHNSON: A TRIBUTE his tale. There are the Seven Brains of Karchoy — their knowledge be by John Boardman ing the sum total of mankind's endeavors; the sly and roguish pirate ship, MacLear; the concept of the Trembling Land, a gigantic sea of Seth Johnson died on 11 March 1969, three days after a heart at quicksand which gives semblance of being firm ground; the Great Plains tack. According to the obituary notice, he had been hospitalized with a of Vlad where sleek sailing ships skim the land at fantastic speeds; serious case of emphysema at the time. Vandalex and its Flying Cities; and the wonders and secrets to be found among the ruins of Grand Phesion. Seth will be clearly remembered by every new fan who came into sci ence fiction fandom through the National Fantasy Fan Federation. He was However the prose falters at several points. Lin gets a bit carried a tireless letter-writer, and the bundles of fanzines from his Clearing away with the occult and descriptions of the lay of the land. But these House helped get many new fans oriented in the "microcosm." As the new points are minor and shouldn't interfere with Silvermane's exciting fans outgrew the NFFF, they usually considered that they had also out journey as he seeks to save the earth. Carter has come up with a winner. grown Seth. This caused him some sorrow, but there were always new fans The next hero is a little less fortunate. The mission of Rolf of coming along. the Golden Horn is quite similar to that of Silvermane but unfortunately His attendance at conventions was rare, owing to his job and to his Rolf isn't up to the heroics required in meeting a challenge such as he limited income. But he did get out to several meetings in the New York is faced with. Indeed, his efforts would be almost comical were they Continued on Page 31 not so pathetic. 23 By the title, Whom the Gods Would Slay, one would expect a lusty, Lilliputia roaring saga of Viking heroics in days of yore. This is what it starts out to be but before it ends, the tale is sadly misshapened. Jorgensen by Marylou Hewitt and Barbara Lee Stiffler also stirs the witches' brew but manages only to bring out the dredges at the bottom of the cauldron. Instead of taking the best of both An ever increasing number of books being published today are juv worlds, Jorgensen picks up the tatters and shreds and weaves his tale eniles , and a great many of them in the field of fantasy and science from this. He mixes fact with fiction, sorcery with science, and manag fiction. For this reason the reviews in this column have been divided, es to prove how easily a writer can show his incompetence. as much as possible, into these two broad areas. We feel that a cooper ative effort will bring more titles to your attention each month, and Briefly, the plot is as follows. Rolf returns from pillaging and hope you will enjoy reading Lilliputia as much as we enjoy reviewing plundering in Gaul and weds Freya. At his wedding feast he dreams of a books for you. place of misty pinnacles and an evil god from the stars whom he must slay. Rolf's companions on his journey are Lars, Jorgen, and Tazor, a MAROONED IN ORBIT by Arthur W. Ballou giant Nubian slave. When they reach the end of their trail, a strange Little Brown, 1968. 184 p. $4.50 Age level: 12-16 ship from Mars captained by a hybrid ant queen, Lail, awaits them. In A spacecraft, with two men aboard and a damaged engine, circles terwoven between this mishmash is the story of Rollo, Rolf's close helplessly around the moon. An oxygen leak on the damaged ship makes friend, who takes up the ways of the Christian God while in Gaul and who time the most important factor as rescuers cut corners to arrive before is also destined to play a part in the slaying of the Martian queen. the men are dead. The story starts out quite intelligently enough and Jorgensen paces As a first novel, Ballou has told an exciting and tense story, with his style and imparts the feeling of having captured just the right at much detailed description of astronautics principles and procedures. mosphere and mood for a story of this type. But the veneer soon crumbles This will be a winner with the boys! M.H. away as he starts his heroes on their mad dash across the world. Entire RETURN FROM LUNA by D. S. Halaoy incidents are palmed off in paragraphs; he jumps back and forth from Norton, Jan. 1969. 181 p. $3.95 Age level: 12-16 Rolf, to Mars, to Rollo, and back again with such dizzying speed that it completely destroys any coherence the story might have had; he stretches A group of research scientists living on our first moon base must what could have been a taut exciting novelette into a tedious drawn out turn their talents to practical problems when nuclear war severs all novel. A discerning editor could have tightened things up, rewritten contacts with earth. Supply ships had regularly brought water, oxygen, the bad English, and had Jorgensen fill in the gaping holes in the plot. food and other necessities to the moon. The Americans soon find that cooperation with the Russian moon base is the best way of survival till Now that the heroes have been dispensed with, we come to Helmut, rescue comes. This is a well-written and timely story for young people bastard son of Sigrieth, and as likely a candidate for admittance to the today. M.H. Hall of Heroes as Wart was. THE DAY OF THE DRONES by A.M. Lightner Helmut is a youth of twelve who stands in the way of his Uncle Al- Norton, Feb. 1969. 255 p. $4.50 Age level: 12-16 bretch's dream of becoming King of Boorn and Emperor of the Gray Lands. Through court cunning and trickery Albretch manages to have Helmut dis I have never read a more interesting story of the future than Day credited and exiled from the Court of Boorn, after having his sword hand of the Drones. Five hundred years after nuclear war and radioactivity cut off. Helmut is saved from death by Sandivar the wizard who bridges have destroyed nearly all of civilization, a small society in the remote time and space with sorcery and sends Helmut to another dimension where interior of a country now called Afria, have survived and preserved he lives and fights for ten long years while a mere ten minutes passes fragments of knowledge. Because they believed that the white nations on Earth. Helmut returns from this experience a hardened, callous war were responsible for the disaster, they favored only the darkest-skinned rior completely devoid of love and filled with one thought — revenge. people as those who should study and become leaders of their people. Am- hara, very dark and brilliant, persuades her teachers to allow her light Sandivar and Helmut travel to the Land of Light to outfit Helmut so skinned and equally talented cousin N'Gobi to be part of the expedition that he may "return to Boorn to lay about with Rage, on galloping Ven forming to explore the countries far to the north. Using a helicopter geance, with Death and Destruction at his stirrup-irons." From Eleera which had been hidden away for centureis, a small party sets out on an Ronn they procure a steed called Vengeance; from Gad Dano, two gigantic incredible journey to find that there are people living in the outside wolfhounds known as Death and Destruction; from Master Norst, the sword world as a primitive society patterned after bees. called Rage, and Morning Star, the ball of a mace to replace Helmut's In a world full of racial tension such as exists today, there is lost hand. Thus equipped they return to Boom. much food for thought in this story where the tables are turned. M.H Sandivar recruits an army of boars and bears to help lift the siege THE NAVIGATOR OF RHADA by Robert Cham Gilman (Alfred Coppel) on Hagen's Castle, a lord still loyal to the house of Sigrieth. After Harcourt, Feb. 1969. 223 p. $4.25 Age level: 12-16 lifting the siege they rally outlaws banned by Albretch under the banner of Sigrieth. Finally, Helmut's horde does battle against the combined This exciting sequel to Rebel of Rhada is the story of Kynan, a forces of Albretch's wolfmen and the barbarians under King Kor on the young navigator-priest and foster-son of Kreon, ruler of Gonlan, a plan Moor of Yrawnn and repeats a victory that Sigrieth once had over Kor's et of the Rhadan Palatinate. Kreon has been poisoned, and Gonlan is on father in a great battle. Continued on Page 27 the verge of war with its neighboring planet Aurora. Kynan becomes 24 25 quickly involved with the fate of the whole Second Stellar Empire when ination. Not all children will love the Journeys of Sebastian, but those he discovers that the weak Galacton is actually his identical twin. who do will not want to part with it. B.L.S. Gilman's stories need not be read in sequence to be enjoyed, but I am eagerly awaiting the next adventure. M.H. SEARCH FOR SILVER MOUNTAIN by Kristine Brevik. illus by Odd Nesse E.M. Hale, 1968. unnumbered (abt.70p) No price Age level: 4-7 DARK PIPER by Andre Norton Harcourt, Aug. 1968. 249 p. $4.25 Age level: 12-16 A folk-like tale of Olaf and Helga, two lovable trolls, who search for their fortune with their pet mouse, Tini. With the guidance of the FUR MAGIC by Andre Norton. Ulus by John Kaufmann Lord of the Winds they find Silver Mountain only to discover that it is World, Oct. 1968 174 p. $3.95 Age level: 9-12 unattainable. But the trip has taught them that they are rich for hav Miss Norton is undoubtedly one of the most gifted writers we have ing each other. Words cannot describe the total lack of imagination and today, for in the space of a few months she has written two excellent true folk quality of the text. The moral is too obvious, the adventures yet totally different stories. too tame, and the writing ability is too non-existent. The illustrations Legend and folklore of the North American Indians are brought to have a certain appeal and are quite colorful, but cannot support the life in Fur Magic when Cory Alder is magically transported to a prehis book. B.L.S toric age when animals of superior intelligence roamed the earth even FROM AMBLEDEE TO ZUMBLEDEE; An ABC of Rather Special Bugs before the coming of man himself. Cory, now a beaver called Yellow By Sandol Stoddard Warburg, illus. by Walter Lorraine Shell, must outwit the Changer, a creature of superhuman power who uses Houghton Mifflin, 1968. 48 p. $2.50 Age level: 6-8 his magic for harmful purposes. A returning soldier becomes the Dark Piper who leads ten children An ABC of imaginary insects could have been an appealing and useful to safety in the underground caves of Beltane as interplanetary war book. This one, however, was not. Most letters were not imaginary but threatens to destroy their small world. Griss Lugard is killed leading poorly done caricatures of well known bugs. Those solely imaginary in his young friends to shelter deep in the desert. Courage and persever sects had little appeal: ance push the group onward through the dark and damp tunnels as they A tidy buglet is the Ooth: He's very dignified and couth. search for an exit. When they finally emerge, all that is left on the "The children laugh and play, Forsooth," he says, surface are hostile mutants that had been studied in Beltane's research "Twas not so in my youth." laboratories before the chaos. The illustrator has done his best to match a singularly inept text. The Both are excellent books, full of adventure and suspense from be drawings are scratchy and nondescript. B.L.S ginning to end. M.H. THE 14th DRAGON by James E. Seidelman and Grace Mintonye THE KING WITH SIX FRIENDS by Jay Williams, illus by Imero Gobbato Drawings by Robert Anderson, Victoria Chess, Nicole Clavelous, Vir Parents Magazine Press, Sept. 1968. unnumbered (abt.40p) $3.50 ginia Fritz, Edward Gorey, Donald Leake, Stanley Mack, Robert Age level: 4-8 Nadler, John Norman Jr., Ralph Pinto, Paul Spina, Pat Ronson Stewart, and Murray Tinkelman and ?? An unemployed king in search of a kingdom acquired six unusual H. Quist, June 1968. Unnumbered (abt.32p) $3.95 Age level: 3 up friends whose special skills enable King Zar to accomplish three tests and win the hand of the princess who is heiress to a kingdom. Mr. Wil A young hero joins thirteen brave hunters in a poetical search for liams has taken an oft-used folk plot and somewhat modernized the vocab dragons. Each hunter leaves the hunt as he captures a dragon especially ulary and action. He was not up to the task. The mediocre writing is useful to him. When all thirteen have left our hero alone, he finds that matched by colorful, non-distinctive illustrations. The illustrator, to get a dragon he must create his own. Each of the thirteen dragons however, shows promise. Mr. Williams' "Danny Dunn" series for older captured was created by a different mind, and at least one will appeal boys (grades 4-6) is more imaginative than The King and quite popular, to almost anyone. All of the illustrations are distinctive and far sur although the writing style is not exceptional. B.L.S pass the text, which is not poor. A rather special book. B.L.S. JOURNEYS OF SEBASTIAN by Fernando Krahn Delacorte, Oct. 1968. $3.95 unnumbered. All ages BROTHERHOOD OF THE SWORD Continued from Page 24 Sandivar and Helmut are cut from the same mold as Merlin and Arthur Sebastian is a little boy with a series of marvellously imaginative and Meade writes with a flair and love of life that brings these two adventures. In each adventure the story is told only with pictures — characters to a rich, full-blown existence. Sandivar's empathy with the and very well told. In the first story, Sebastian rides a bee-copter, boars and bears is similar to the human-animal relationship exhibited in piloted by three top-hatted men. He returns to his home when a flower the best of T.B. Swann's works. The final battle scene between Helmut's he visits is clipped for home use. In "Sebastian and the Mirror," he and Albretch's forces shows such an enormous amount of knowledge of bat becomes a king in a mirror-conscious society and returns to find himself tlefield tactics that one can smell the smoke, see the roiling fog, hear gazing at his image on top of his dresser. In the third story, a hole the din of battle, and feel each blow as it is dealt. in the wall provides Sebastian with a large, red, easily-tamed monster. He wins a race riding it and loses it when it leaps into his trophy. The Richard Meade, whoever he may be, has certainly written one of the illustrations suit the stories, each being in black and white semi-real- finest sword and sorcery tales in recent years. The story is a truly istic style, with one color used to accentuate Sebastian's unusual imag- epic adventure, where heroes are heroes and legends and myths flower from the telling and retelling of their great deeds. 26 27 spect it is a considerable advance over the old gadget story, but to Reviews call it science fiction is stretching the blanket to cover some unexpec THE LONG WINTER by John Christopher. Fawcett Gold Medal R2001, Oct. 1968 ted bedfellows. The Chicago Tribune called it "a tale of quiet horror., 208 p. 60

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