by Jason Sacks One of my favorite sci-fi publishers these days is Ace Books. We've talked about their double novels a lot on the Journey, so I'm sure you're well aware of them, but I'd like to take a moment to consider just how delightful their line has been over the last decade-plus. For the … Continue reading [April 18, 1966] Rocannon and the Kar-Chee
by Mark Yon Scenes from England Hello again! Well, after last month’s rather enthusiastic response from me – most unusual, honestly! – with the emergence of Impulse, “The NEW Science Fantasy”, I was very interested to see if it could keep up the standard of last month’s issue. Having graced us with a cover from … Continue reading [March 26, 1966] Steam Tractors and Ballardian Mind Games Impulse and New Worlds, April 1966
by Mark Yon Scenes from England Hello again! This is a particularly exciting time with the British magazines this month. After the announcement of the end of Science Fantasy in the February issue, we now have Impulse, “The NEW Science Fantasy”, as it says on the cover, and a bigger, bolder, thicker New Worlds – … Continue reading [February 22, 1966] A New Age? Impulse and New Worlds, March 1966
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 Mark Yon Scenes from England Hello again! After the usual chaos and madness of a year’s end, it is usual for me to say at this point that I/we are now settling into the routines of 1966 nicely. Or are we? There’s change afoot! Last month I made a half-joking remark that Science Fantasy … Continue reading [January 26, 1966] Changes Afoot! Science Fantasy and New Worlds, February 1966
by Mx. Kris Vyas-Myall Digging it On the Ecuadorian coast, the Valdivia archeological site is creating a great stir in the academic world. Renowned American archeologists Clifford Evans and Betty Meggers (along with colleagues from the Smithsonian) have put out a paper in Scientific American claiming the artefacts on the site bear a strong resemblance … Continue reading [January 18, 1966] New Discoveries of the Old (Out of the Unknown)
by Mark Yon Scenes from England Hello again! It’s that strange time of the year. I’m currently typing this a few days just after Christmas 1965 (hope it was a good one for you!), although the magazines are all dated January 1966, of course, and I suspect many of you will be reading this and … Continue reading [December 28, 1965] God-Birds and Dreams Science Fantasy and New Worlds, January 1966
by John Boston Adventures in Miscellany If it’s 1965, then it must be time for Judith Merril’s annual anthology from 1964. Admittedly, it’s pretty late in the year, which likely has to do with Merril’s change of publishers. After five years with Simon and Schuster, the new volume is from Delacorte Press, an imprint of … Continue reading [December 24, 1965] Gallimaufry du Saison(The Year's best Science Fiction and Paingod and Other Delusions)
by Gideon Marcus [Time is running out to get your Worldcon membership! Register here to be able to vote for the Hugos next year.] Joyeux Noël Another year has gone by, and what fun it has been to continue our annual tradition of offering up the very best science fiction. This is the real payoff … Continue reading [Dec. 22, 1965] Swann Lake (the 1965 Galactic Stars)
by Mark Yon Scenes from England Hello again! The issue that arrived first in the post this month was Science Fantasy.. However, the incredibly cheap looking cover did not bode well. I reckon the thankfully-unnamed artist put this together at the end of a spare five minutes. But it is in colour. This month’s Editorial, … Continue reading [November 26, 1965] Plagues and Unicorns Science Fantasy and New Worlds, December 1965
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