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CD M U l s uq £ fT E t S f •• H r T o §-" a l R r i B a A p . u > L b A I l A i l ­ l ISSUE No. 7 4 A ETHERLINE ETHERLINE SCI FI FLASHES 3 gHi AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION ~ CONVENTION MELBOURNE Ria-MOI® TOWN HALL, DECEllBER Sth and 9th, 1956. Subscriptions; 10/- Aust.; 7/6 sig.; / 1.00 U.S. to : ■ /□.though not out of the top drawer, the Bri­ tish Cinemascope release from Warner Bros., SATELLITE IN THE SKI. R. J. McCubbin, In this, the producers had a chance to do for the Earth Satellite 90 Lilydale Grove, Program what the ealier British film, THE SOUND BARRIER, did for Hawthorn East, supersonic flight. But I'm afraid it had many flaws. Well done Vic. Australia. was the takeoff scene, reminiscent of WHEN WORT .DS COLLIDE, The early technical’ scenes were very realistic, as was the takeoff , mentioned- above, but the conclusion let the whole thing down. But it is still worth seeing, for all that. William Alland, producer of IT CAME FROM OU­ TER SPACE and THIS ISLAND EARTH has purchased THE JET- PROPELLED COUCH, the fascinating experiences of a psychiatrist by Robert Lindner. Should make a good movie. Starting off with Ivan Tors' THE SPACE AROU­ ND US, cinema addicts may be treated to a.flock of astronautical travelogues, possibly climaxed by the Orson Welles' narrated CINERAMA IN SPACE. 400 foot GODZILLA will have to look to his laurels when THE NTH MAN hits the screen, as he's to be 2 miles tall ! Readers may refresh their memory by referring to the Spr­ ing 1928 issue of AMAZING STORIES QUARTERLY for the Homer Eon Fl­ int story. Film may be retitled THE MAN W0 DESTROYED THE WORLD. Tom Gries, responsible for DONOVAN'S BRAIN, will direct PYGMY ISLAND, the Edmond Hamilton story after he fin­ ishes his present assignment of directing Tor Johnson in THE AB - THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL 4 SCI FI FLASHES ETHERLINE ETHERLINE 'WESTERCON' REPORT OMINABLE SNOWMAN, in which Tor appears 18 feet tall ! Jottings include.....THE INVISIBLE MAN IN SPACE has "VfeSTPRCON been sighted - unfortunately........ Jerome B xby is working on a Report screenplay to out thing THE THING...... BLOOD OF THE BEAST MEN and VAMPIRE PLANET are both dark glass jobs.........Dick Matheson has From Forry Ackerman. done a sequel to his INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, titled . FANTASTTO WESTERCONS, like movies, are getting better than SHRINKING WOMAN.. .ouch !......... Leo Margulies is about to launch ever. I recently had a rollicking good time at the 9th annual a new mag, SATELLITE SCIENCE FICTION. California-wide conference of sci-fi fans and pros, where, from Forrest J. Ackerman this single state, twice as many aficionados congregated as at the original Yforld Convention in 1939. All praise to organis - ers Paul and Marilyn Tulley for a smooth show in congenial surr­ oundings . s It was not a lost weekend, but a found one, in which I found myself meeting the popular* but rarely • publicly seen (at least in SF circles) Jack Vance, renewing acquaintance with Charles D., Hornig, originator of the Science Fiction League from which the ;LASFS evolved; and observing how familiar faces from home - Angelenos Richard Matheson, Rick Sneary, Charles Beaumont, E. Everett Evans, Thelma Hamm, Stan Woolstan, 'Winona McClintic, Sherwood Springer, Frank Riley, William Nolan, Charles' Fritch and Jerome Bixby comported themselves when 45o miles re - moved from their usual environs. As a matter of fact, they did a marvellous job cf upholding the honor of the southland, altho Barney Bernard was - heard to slip dn one occasion and make a pun. (For the benefit of those unfamiliar with the name of Bernard - initiates pale at the mention of the man - he is a fan who was born with a silver pun in his mouth..,.and has stirring up a storm with it ever since. A storm of protest, that is.. Barney Bernard, the pun who walks like a man). Oakland, California, was the■site of the Con; 30 June - 1 July at the Hotel Leamington, where 250 in all signed in at the registration desk. EEEvans, founder of the WesterCons made the welcoming address, and Tony Boucher introduced celebri­ ties present. Immediately afterwards, I found myself impromptu^ plunged into a panel with Poul Anderson, Jerry Bixby and Marga - ret St. Clair and Miriam Allen de Ford on the distaff side, let- THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL 6 WESTERCON REPORT ETHERLINE GLOBAL ROUND UP ting down our hair n the topic of ’Nobody Knows the Troubles I've Seen’ . During this entertaining interlude, editor Tony Boucher inserted a chilling observation that the 50c SF magazine would have to come shortly, as a matter of economic necessity. The panel was taped, and may be edited and presented later on a northern Calif - ornia station. Descending from the platform, Jerry Bixby sotto - voced to moderator Poul Anderson, ’Well, what did that session pr­ ove ?* Quipped Poul: ’That we could while away an hour! ’ /it the fanquet, 100 fed their faces and then became all ears to hear Guest of Honor Richard Matheson state : "Science fiction is much more that elemental comic ^ock The Spring issue of PUNCH, the English, humor hokum. It is a form of literature in which no theory is too ad­ magazine contains a very amusing section on SPACE FOR BEGINNERS, vanced, no idea too bizarre, no concept beyond the borders of pres including - History, Geography and General, with a 4 page carton entation. It is a form of literature in which every aspect of ex­ section. -Most amusing is the map of Mars, in full color. istence lies within the writer's province. It is a form of liter­ ature in which you can write a story that actually says something ’ The new Ziff Davis magazine,-rumoured in the about people who actually mean something." last issue, has been officially announced. Titled DREAM WORLD , To the writers of the future, he had this to say: the first issue will be out in Novembei” at 35c. "Develop your craft vath honesty and our field will gain in stature and be recognised more widely as a legitimate oh-nd among the fictional arts*" MAD, the humor magazine ■ so beloved to SFans, The evening finished up with a powerful play - MAGnet, will go bimonthly iron issue 29. Previously it was quarterly , performed with telling portrayals by Tony Boucher, Rog Phillips , but popularity has ?nabl :d the shorter period. A monthly sched­ Honey Phillips, Barbour Johnson, and - guest appearances as Chil­ ule is the target. dren of the Lens, complete with pink bonnets and baby rattles Jack Vance and yours sciencerely. Shades of Shaver and Smith ! Next day, Chas Beaumont and Bill Nolan took to gavel Leo Margulies, formerly editor of FANTASTIC to auction off a muralful of original Morris Scott Dollens paint - UNIVERSE, will shortly edit a new magazine , SATELLITE SCIENCE ings. An original scifilm by Dollens was presented on the second FICTION. Meanwhile, FU has been taken over by Hans Stefan Sant- night, in' conjunction with THINGS TO COME and THE CABINET OF IR. esson as editor. C/jLIGIARI, and the Man Nourse filmization of Matheson’s BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN. In another change of editors, Howard Browne, The Con wound up with an interesting talk by Reg Bret- returned after a stay in Hollywood, where he -was Working on a nor on 'The Polar Bear (pun on pallbearer) and Science Fiction* , film script, handed his resignation to Ziff Davis . Paul Fairman blaming the dearth, if not death, of SF on 'penny pinching publi - takes over the two mags, A1AZING and FANTASTIC.

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