Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1950

THRILLING WONDER STORIES, JUNE 1950 ---------------------------------------------- Margaret St. Clair "Pillows" © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Jun 1950 The Best of Margaret St.Clair, 1988 --short story : 1950 Retro Hugo nomination --/ fourth place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award Very solid space adventure with truly interesting aliens. I did not expect it from this writer, but here it is! Licks any other good space sf entry. I can eat such stories for breakfast, lunch and dinner. review: 04-Jul-06 (read in 2002) ---------------------------------------------- Raymond F. Jones "Sunday is 3,000 Years Away" (nv) © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Jun 1950 --/ cool time sf novella --/ rare find Not bad - romantic time travel amid a well-realized world - but it did not hook me, nothing special. Just a good filler for a pulp, providing a nice cover plus a cool title. Somebody has to write a better story for this title. review: 04-Jul-06 (read in 2005) ---------------------------------------------- Arthur C. Clarke "Technical Error" (also as "The Reversed Man") © Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1949 also in - F&SF, Dec 1946 Reach for Tomorrow, 1956 --/ cool sf story The idea here is that a person who had been "flipped" left to right might have trouble surviving because of the peculiar attributes of organic molecules. A huge "supercooled superconducting" generator is accidentally given a surge of current. An engineer at the center of its field somehow flipped about his central left-right plane. review: 04-Jul-06 (read in 1984) ---------------------------------------------- Cleve Cartmill "No Hiding Place" (Jake Murchison) © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Jun 1950 The Space Scavengers, 1975 --/ cool sf story Part of "Jake Murchison-Captain Helen Wall" series. Also known as the "Space Salvagers" stories, these tales are a science fictional riff on the classic, and highly-popular, "battle of the sexes" comedies of the era, like Bringing Up Baby, The Thin Man, etc. The sparks are set off between Jake Murchison and Helen Wall, among their scientifically-premised exploits of attempting to salvage abandoned ships and cargo in space. Well, it did not do much for me. review: 04-Jul-06 (read in 2002) ---------------------------------------------- Raymond Z. Gallun "Coffins to Mars" © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Jun 1950 --/ cool sf novella --/ wonder award --/ rare find Competent Mars-colonization story, with a great title for a pulp suspense story. However, it could've been more intense. My attention flagged in some places. Great heroism and survival in Mars conditions. review: 04-Jul-06 (read in 2002) ---------------------------------------------- William Morrison "The Strangest Bedfellows" © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Jun 1950

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