by Gideon Marcus Tuckered out Imagine training your whole life to run in the Olympics. Imagine making it and competing in the quadrennial event, representing your nation before the entire world. Imagine making perfect strides, outdistancing your competitors, sailing far out in front…and then stumbling. Defeat at the moment of victory. Ron Clarke of Australia, … Continue reading [February 26, 1966] Such promise (March 1966 Analog)
by Victoria Silverwolf Straight From the Horse's Mouth The Noble Editor and my Esteemed Colleagues always do a fine job of informing our fellow Journeyers about what's happening on Earth and in outer space. There is one small piece of news, however, which seems to have escaped notice. The last episode of Mister Ed appeared … Continue reading [February 12, 1966] Past? Imperfect. Future? Tense. (March 1966 Fantastic)
by David Levinson Dodging the issue Conscription has been part of American military planning for a little over a century, and it’s never been popular. From the draft riots of the Civil War to young men burning their draft cards today, there has always been resistance. During the Civil War, wealthy men could hire substitutes … Continue reading [February 8, 1966] Feeling A Draft (March 1966 IF)
by Gideon Marcus [Time is running out to get your Worldcon membership! Register here to be able to vote for the Hugos next year.] Ubermensch There's no question that John W. Campbell's got an axe to grind. Not too long ago, he wrote an editorial about how the bipedal humanoid form, the best, most efficient, … Continue reading [December 31, 1965] Untermag (January 1966 Analog
by Victoria Silverwolf It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's . . . a Meteor? A Satellite? A Flying Saucer? Things got off to a bang earlier this month, in a most unexpected way. On the evening of December 9, folks in Canada and the United States saw a fireball in the sky. According to … Continue reading [December 14, 1965] Expect the Unexpected (January 1966 Fantastic)
by David Levinson Americans have an odd relationship with revolution. They’re quite proud of their own, but extremely leery of anyone else’s. But revolution seems to be the natural order of things in the 20th century. Not all of them have been violent, nor have all of them been political. And no doubt we will … Continue reading [November 2, 1965] Revolution! (December 1965 IF)
By Jason Sacks Well, so far this has been a great month. Last week saw the end of a dynamite World Series, in which Sandy Koufax, the greatest pitcher of his generation, showed himself to be one of the greatest Jews of his generation as well. It was tremendously meaningful to my family that Sandy … Continue reading [October 24, 1965] "What time is it?" (October Galactoscope)
by Victoria Silverwolf Days of Our Lives I'm stealing the name of a new soap opera, due to premiere on NBC next month, because it sums up the way that past, present, and future came together in the news this month. Yale University put an item known as the Vinland Map on public display on … Continue reading [October 22, 1965] Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (November 1965 Fantastic)
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 Victoria Silverwolf Ain't Gonna Study War No More As my esteemed colleague David Levinson recently noted, war is currently raging, as it so often does, in various places around the globe. Fortunately, voices are beginning to be raised against this lamentably common human evil. Benjamin Spock, the famous baby doctor, leads a group of … Continue reading [September 16, 1965] Blessed Are The Peacemakers (November 1965 Worlds of Tomorrow)
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