Big, But . . . by John Boston No matter if you don’t believe in Santa Claus. Judith Merril is back with another volume of her annual anthology, 11th Annual Edition the Year’s Best S-F (sic), from Delacorte Press just in time for the Christmas trade. If you missed the boat on Christmas, surely you … Continue reading [January 14, 1967] First batch (January Galactoscope)
[Today is the last day you can sign up at the reduced rate for next year's Worldcon. Don't miss your chance to vote in next year's Hugos!] by Gideon Marcus Science Fact In '57, Asimov stopped being a full-time science fiction writer to become a full-time science columnist, a change in vocation that has largely … Continue reading [December 20, 1966] Above and beyond (January 1967 Fantasy and Science Fiction and a space roundup)
by Cora Buhlert Critical Voices Last month, I wrote about the premiere of Raumpatrouille: Die Phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffs Orion (Space Patrol: The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion), West Germany's very first science fiction TV show. Since then, two more episodes have aired. But before we get to that, let's take a look at … Continue reading [October 18, 1966] Moral Dilemmas and Earth in Peril: Space Patrol Orion Episode 2: "Planet Off Course"
by Gideon Marcus The Good Doctor If generations are measured in 20 year spans, then science fiction is entering its third generation. It all started with Weird Tales, Amazing Stories, and the other more speculative pulps of the mid 1920s. By the 40s, we were in what folks are calling the "Golden Age", when Astounding … Continue reading [September 22, 1966] True Idols (the Isaac Asimov issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
by Kaye Dee A few weeks ago, I wrote that November had been a busy month for space missions, but just in the past three weeks the heavens have become even more crowded, with six more launches taking place France Joins the Space Club-Twice! Congratulations to France on orbiting its first two satellites within ten … Continue reading [December 8, 1965] Space is Getting Crowded (A-1/Asterix, FR-1, Explorer-31, Alouette-2, Luna-8, Gemini-7
by David Levinson When I was a boy, a gimmick was either much the same thing as a gadget or the sort of device a crooked casino owner would use to make sure the roulette wheel comes up 22. These days, of course, it means an ingenious new angle or a trick to draw attention … Continue reading [October 2, 1965] Gimmickry (November 1965 IF)
by Mark Yon Scenes from England Hello again! Do you remember in my article last month when I summed up by saying that Science Fantasy was all new writers of limited readability and New Worlds relied on its cohort of now fairly well-established writers? Well, the Editors were clearly listening to me (as if!), as … Continue reading [June 24, 1965] Wasps, Warriors and Aldiss (Science Fantasy and New Worlds, July 1965)
by Kaye Dee Later today, the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, better known as INTELSAT is going to launch its first satellite, INTELSAT-1, which goes by the nickname of ‘Early Bird’. This satellite is intended to be the beginning of a global satellite telecommunications network, which INTELSAT hopes to have in operation by about mid-1967. INTELSAT … Continue reading [April 6, 1965] The Early Bird Catches the Worm (INTELSAT 1)
by Gideon Marcus A Storm is Coming "These are the times that try men's souls" Thomas Paine The times, they are a changing. If the post-Korea decade was a national honeymoon for the United States, then the tumult following Kennedy's assassination surely marks the dawn of a new era. To be sure, that decade of … Continue reading [Mar. 18, 1965] Per Aspera (April 1965 Fantasy and Science Fiction
by Kaye Dee Hopefully Doc Smith will forgive me for borrowing the title of his famous story for my article, but I couldn’t resist because it fits so well. Since I began writing here, I’ve been wanting to talk about the Skylark sounding rocket, the first British rocket capable of reaching space (whether you go … Continue reading [January 8, 1965] The Skylark of Space (Britain's Skylark Sounding Rocket)
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