by David Levinson A simmering conflict There’s trouble brewing in the east. The border between the Soviet Union and China has long been a point of contention, going back over 100 years when the Czars imposed a border treaty on a weakened imperial China. All the socialist brotherhood in the world wasn’t enough to fix … Continue reading [April 6, 1969] The Weight of History (May 1969 IF)
by Mx. Kris Vyas-Myall Although only bi-annual, rather than quarterly, at the moment, Carnell continues to regularly release his anthology series, easily eclipsing Pohl’s Star series and Knight’s Orbit. Will it be lucky #13? New Writings in S-F 13 Carnell notes there is an international flavour to this volume, with four Brits, Two Aussies, One … Continue reading [October 12, 1968] (October 1968 Galactoscope)
by Mx. Kris Vyas-Myall The Cassiopeia Affair by Chloe Zerwick & Harrison Brown In Redo Valley, Virginia, a radiotelescope complex in the late 20th century hunts for extra-terrestrial intelligence. One night Max Gaby detects a signal coming from Cassiopeia 3579. Inside there is a two-dimensional picture being sent out via binary. This provides proof of … Continue reading [August 24, 1968] Here, There, and Nowhere (August 1968 Galactoscope)
by David Levinson Is the nightmare ending? I’ve written a few times about the turmoil in communist China brought on by Chairman Mao Tse-tung’s efforts to reassert his power after being sidelined. The most dangerous of Mao’s tools has been the explosive, violent fanaticism of the country’s young people. Calling themselves Red Guards, they came … Continue reading [August 2, 1968] Dreams and Nightmares (September 1968 IF)
by David Levinson New rules Readers don’t need to be reminded that the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France came to a close just two weeks ago. Of course, most of the attention has gone to French skier Jean-Claude Killy, who took all three gold medals in the Men’s Alpine events, and American Peggy Fleming’s absolutely … Continue reading [March 2, 1968] Rules and Regulations (April 1968 IF)
by David Levinson Conflicts at home over the conflict abroad It seems like scarcely a day goes by without images of young people protesting showing up on the evening news and landing on our doorsteps. These days, it’s usually about the war in Vietnam as President Johnson ratchets up the number of troops involved yet … Continue reading [November 4, 1967] Conflicts (December 1967 IF)
by David Levinson Crossing the road You probably know that, while much of the world drives on the right-hand side of the road with steering wheels on the left side of the vehicle, Great Britain and most of her former colonies do things the other way around, steering wheel on the right and driving on … Continue reading [October 2, 1967] Switching Sides (November 1967 IF)
by David Levinson The radiant genie They say that, once you let the genie out of the bottle, it can be very hard to get him back in. Twenty-two years ago, we unleashed the genie of atomic warfare, and it has loomed ominously over humanity ever since. Most of us remember the tension of the … Continue reading [September 2, 1967] Of Genies and Bottles (October 1967 IF)
by David Levinson A diplomatic incident In the Treaty of Paris of 1763, which ended the Seven Years War, France abandoned her claims to territory in what is today Canada (among others) in order to keep richer colonies in the Caribbean. Britain allowed her new subjects in Quebec to keep their language and religion, likely … Continue reading [August 2, 1967] The Bounds of Good Taste (September 1967 IF)
by David Levinson Persecution and division It’s rarely discussed, but a major condition of the decolonization of Africa has been that the newly independent nations are expected to retain their old colonial boundaries. The stated reason is to prevent squabbling and even armed conflict over redrawing those boundaries, such as we’ve seen between Pakistan and … Continue reading [June 2, 1967] Uneasy Alliances (July 1967 IF)
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