SFScope friend Andrew I. Porter warns “They’re digitizing our history!” What he’s talking about is this recently uploaded digital copy of a Time magazine article from 1939. Originally published on 10 July 1939, “The Press: Amazing! Astounding!” is a somewhat judgmental view of science fiction fans of the time and a brief mention of the first WorldCon. We’ve come a long way.…
Sykora was a major fan, and wrote a number of fanzines, if i remember correctly. I think he was also part of the Futurians, with Judy Merril, Asimov, Damon Knight and the rest. (I’ll have to dig out my copy of Knight’s “The Way The Future Was” to be sure.
Time magazine..Turds then, turds now. (Actually, BROKE turds now.)
Um, Knight – THE FUTURIANS; Frederik Pohl – THE WAY THE FUTURE WAS.