by Gideon Marcus Lost that Zing It's tough to get out of a rut. After all, you went through all the trouble of digging the trench in the first place — why expend extra effort getting out of it? But the fact is, the house that H.L. Gold built in 1950, the superlative Galaxy Science … Continue reading [January 8, 1964] A Taste of Homely (February 1964 Galaxy)
by Gideon Marcus [Time is running out to get your Worldcon membership! Register here to be able to vote for the Hugos.] Goodness, is it the end of the year already? 1963 may go down in the history books as the most eventful year of the 1960s. The Mercury program wrapped up, the Soviets launched … Continue reading [December 11, 1963] Count every star (1963's Galactic Stars)
[At time of publication, the state funeral for our late President, John F. Kennedy is underway. Given the tumult of the last few days, we can only hope this article marks the resumption of some kind of normalcy, such as may yet be possible…] by Victoria Silverwolf My colleagues have already written eloquently about the … Continue reading [November 25, 1963] State of Shock (December 1963 Fantastic)
by Gideon Marcus New York. Gateway to America. Home of Broadway, the Empire State Building, Times Square, etc. etc. Big deal. This week, my wife and I took a United 707 from LAX to Newark for a mini-vacation. A good friend of ours, whom we met in fandom, lives in Morristown, New Jersey. We stayed … Continue reading [October 8, 1963] The Big Lemon (November 1963 IF)
by Gideon Marcus A few years ago, I began trying to write fiction. I'd been reading science fiction regularly for eight years at that point. I figured if all those other guys and gals could do it, surely I, with hundreds of published pieces under my belt would find the transition an easy one. So … Continue reading [Sep. 1, 1963] How to Fail at Writing by not Really Trying (September 1963 Analog)
[Did you meet the Traveler at WorldCon? Please drop him a line!] by Victoria Silverwolf I believe that time, even more than space, is the great theme of science fiction. Not only time travel, but also the ways in which the passage of time changes people and the way they live. Most SF stories take … Continue reading [August 16, 1963] Time and Time Again (October 1963 Worlds of Tomorrow)
[Did you meet us at Comic Con? Read this to see what we’re all about!] by Victoria Silverwolf Those of us living in the United States had to memorize a new number this month. In addition to our telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, and so on, we now have Zone Improvement Plan numbers, also known … Continue reading [July 24, 1963] The Numbers Game (August 1963 Fantastic)
by Gideon Marcus The history of our genre, like that of all things, contains several ups and downs. From its beginnings in the pulp explosion, to its near-extinction during the second world war, to the resurgence during the digest age starting in the late '40s, and finally, to its decline at the end of the … Continue reading [July 6, 1963] A new star… (Gamma — a new science fiction magazine)
by Gideon Marcus We live in increasingly tumultuous times (or maybe we are just better informed about them). A war is heating up in Vietnam, an even significant enough to have produced fictional characters who have experienced it (e.g. Linc, the veteran in Route 66; Oscar from Heinlein's new serial, Glory Road). There's a war … Continue reading [June 30, 1963] Calm from the Storm (July 1963 Analog)
by Victoria Silverwolf The most inspiring news this month, at least for anyone interested in humanity's first tiny steps away from our home planet, was the fact that Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova became the first woman in space. She orbited the Earth forty-eight times aboard Vostok 6, landing safely after nearly three days inside … Continue reading [June 24, 1963] First Ladies (July 1963 Fantastic)
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