by Victoria Silverwolf The Times, They Are A-Changin' You don't have to be a sociologist to realize that the past few years have been one of cultural upheaval. The hippies, the struggle for civil rights, protests against the war in Vietnam; I could go on and on. An example happened one week ago, when hundreds … Continue reading [September 14, 1968] Half a Loaf is Better Than None (October 1968 Fantastic)
by John Boston Hope Springs Eternal . . . but, as Groucho Marx might put it, hope springs can get rusty, too. The June Amazing on its face presents bad news and good news. In the first category is the beginning of a new two-part serial by Murray Leinster, generically titled Stopover in Space. One … Continue reading [May 8, 1966] A Respite (June 1966 Amazing)
by John Boston Slog Through the Bog Publisher Sol Cohen’s policy of filling his magazines with reprints from older issues continues and solidifies in the February Amazing. All but two of the stories here are reprints (though some did not originate in Amazing). The cover is a reprint too! This vague and busy image titled … Continue reading [January 6, 1966] Have Archaic and Beat It Too (February 1966 Amazing)
by John Boston Amazing, A.L. (after Lalli) The shape of the post-Ziff-Davis Amazing and the new publisher’s reprint policy become much clearer in this October issue. There are seven items of fiction here, and five of them are reprints, comprising about 55% of the magazine’s page count. If this issue is typical, Amazing is drastically … Continue reading [September 12, 1965] So Far . . . Well, Fair (October 1965 Amazing)
by John Boston Continuity and Change Yeah, yeah, I know that’s the most boring headline since the last time Hubert Humphrey made a speech. But that’s what everybody (well, somebody) wants to know: how is the new Amazing different, or not, from the old one? Some things we already knew. It’s still digest size, now … Continue reading [July 14, 1965] The New Dispensation (August 1965 Amazing)
by John Boston Still Bleeding Another month, another civil rights murder. Viola Liuzzo lived in Detroit and participated in civil rights activities there. Horrified by the carnage of the “Bloody Sunday” attack on civil rights marchers on March 7, she went to Alabama, where the Southern Christian Leadership Conference put her to work on administrative … Continue reading [April 12, 1965] Not Long Before the End (May 1965 Amazing)
by John Boston No-Sale, Sale The big news, previously rumored, is that Amazing and its stablemate Fantastic are to change hands. The April Science Fiction Times just arrived, with the big headline “ ‘AMAZING STORIES’ AND ‘FANTASTIC’ SOLD TO SOL COHEN.” Cohen is the publisher of Galaxy, If, and Worlds of Tomorrow, but will resign … Continue reading [March 12, 1965] Sic Transit (April 1965 Amazing)
by John Boston It’s an age of minor miracles. Nothing to shout about, but last month’s pretty good issue of Amazing is followed by another one that’s not bad either. The Issue at Hand by Gray Morrow Greenslaves, by Frank Herbert This March issue opens with Frank Herbert’s novelet Greenslaves, a rather startling, if not … Continue reading [February 12, 1965] Mirabile Dictu, Sotto Voce (March 1965 Amazing)
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