Tue 26 Jul 2022
Diary Review: ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION March 1967.
Posted by Steve under Diary Reviews , Magazines , Reviews1 Comment
ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION March 1967. Editor: John W. Campbell. Cover art: John Schoenherr. Overall rating: 2½ stars.
HARRY HARRISON “The Time-Machined Saga.†Serial, part 1 of 3. [Reprinted in book form as The Technicolor® Time Machine (Doubleday, 1967).] Review of full novel to be posted later.
MACK REYNOLDS “Radical Center.†Novelette. A Pulitzer Prize winning reporter discovers that the flood of anti-heroism, anti-patriotism, and cynicism, the symptoms of which are present today, is part of a plot to take over the US by apathy. Again, SF is the platform for sounding off; some entertainment value. (3)
MICHAEL KARAGEORGE “In the Shadow.†Novelette. A physics story about a shadow world entering the solar system, giving investigating scientists a chance for freedom Mostly unreadable or incomprehensible. (0)
[UPDATE: I have just discovered that Michael Karageorge is one of several pen names used by Poul Anderson.]
CHRISTOPHER ANVIL “The Uninvited Guest.†Rrichard Verner, heuristician, feeds an alien onions. (2)
R. C. FitzPATRICK “The Compleat All-American.†Two federal investigators discover a truly indestructible football player. The loose prose intrudes a bit too often. (3)
July 26th, 2022 at 11:36 pm
Campbell at his most disengaged. I was reaching for who “Karageorge” was in memory, and that does sound like a story Anderson decided he couldn’t fix. And the Anvil a pretty typical Anvil. Etc. Glad Mack Reynolds had and shared a little fun, as did Harrison.