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Vault May 23, 2019

Science Fiction Adventures May 1954

The ninth and final issue of the digest.

Science Fiction Adventures Vol. 2 No. 3 May 1954
Contents
Harry Harrison’s Editorial: The Science in Science Fiction
Damon Knight “Rule Golden” art by Alex Ebel
SFA Notes
Lee J. Fox “Pinnacle”
Fanvets in ’54
K. MacLean “Collision Orbit” art by Art Sussman
L. Jerome Stanton’s Frankenstein, or Friday? art by Milton Berwin
R.H. Remington “Amoeba-Hunt” art by Mendenhall
Damon Knight’s The Dissecting Table (book reviews)
Cato’s Cartoon
Judith Merril “Rain Check” art by Roy G. Krenkel
The Answer to the Oldest S-F Argument
Charles Lee Riddle’s Fanmag
Roy H. Millenson’s The 183rd Congress
Crime in the Year 50 B.C.
The Chart Room (letters)

Editor: Harry Harrison
Assoc. Editor: M. Machlin, John Vincent
Book Editor: Damon Knight
Art Director: Milton Berwin
Cover: Clarence Doore
160 pages, 35¢

Read Vince Nowell, Sr.’s article “When Things Go Wrong—The Lester del Rey/John Raymond Fiasco” in The Digest Enthusiast book seven.

Vault May 20, 2019

Alfred Hitchcock June 1964

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Vol. 9 No. 6 June 1964
Alfred Hitchcock: Dear Friends
Contents
Richard Deming “Medicine Woman”
Jack Ritchie “Everybody Except Wilbur”
Leo R. Ellis “Fresh Thuringer Today”
Robert Edmond Alter “Echo of a Savage”
Jay Folb “Hero of the Silver Screen”
Frank Sisk “The Clean Platter”
Carl Henry Rathjen “A Debt to Doc”
Rog Phillips “Legacy of Office”
Carroll Mayers “Until Death Us Do Part”
Thomasina Weber “Judgment Day”
Dick Ellis “Final Performance”
Richard Hardwick “The Dangerous Age”
Jan MacKenzie “Show Me First Your Penny”
Steve O’Connell “Kill the Taste”
Ed Dumonte “Summer Session Only”
Each story includes an illustration by Marguerite Blair Deacon

Editor and Publisher: Richard E. Decker
Managing Editor: G.F. Foster
Associate Editors: Victoria S. Benham, Pat Hitchcock, Ned Benham
Art Director: Marguerite Blair Deacon
164 pages, 50¢

Opening Lines May 19, 2019

Opening Lines: Valentine’s Castle

“The Ghayrog city of Dulorn was an architectural marvel, a city of frosty brilliance that extended for two hundred miles up and down the heart of the great Dulorn Rift.”
“Lord Valentine’s Castle” part two by Robert Silverberg Fantasy and Science Fiction Dec. 1979

Reviews May 18, 2019

Jack Halliday’s Don’t Bank on It

Excerpt from the review of Black Cat Mystery Magazine No. 1 from The Digest Enthusiast No. 7:

A PI decides an unforgettable bank teller is better left forgotten in Jack Halliday’s “Don’t Bank on It.” Trouble is, she’s a person of interest in more ways than one. Nice set-up, but at just three pages, the payoff is more plot point than climax.

Opening Lines May 13, 2019

Lesann Berry’s Edge of Eternity

Michael Neno's illo for The Edge of Eternity

Illustrated by Michael Neno, Lesann Berry’s third episode of her Alternate History Archive appears in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7. Here’s the opening paragraph:

“The ruin crumbled around Kiefer, hunks of concrete dropping away to litter the ragged piles of rubble below. Inside the fractured shell of the embassy, in the days after the bombs finally stopped falling, and before the stench of the fallen became unbearable, he bore witness to the destruction. Camera crews swarmed over the twisted jungle of rebar, shutters snapping, and journalistic fever roaring. He and a handful of other soldiers stood watch, scanning the devastation for aggressive response. The others, also like him, bit the insides of their cheeks raw, chewing the words down to crumbs so they couldn’t escape. Instead, they spat them out, brief splatters of saliva coagulating in the ash and dust until the rapacious summer air sucked away the tiny oases of moisture.”

Reviews May 12, 2019

Glory Day

Excerpt from Joe Wehrle, Jr.’s article on “The Telzey Amberdon Stories of James H. Schmitz” in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7:

Glory Day (Analog June 1971). Telzey and Trigger are stunned, kid- napped, and wind up on Askanam, a day before the annual Glory Day tournaments in a political scheme that involves other telepaths. Telzey’s psionic abilities are more highly developed than the others’ and she helps Trigger develop a mind- shield. Still, they have a tough time working their way out of a danger- ous situation. Reprinted in T’nT: Telzey and Trigger (Baen, 2000).

Reviews May 6, 2019

Jen Conley’s Trash

Excerpt from the review of Down & Out: The Magazine No. 1 in The Digest Enthusiast No. 7.

Jen Conley explores her series’ character, Andrea Vogel’s tangled relationships with her man, his affair, her dog, and herself, in “Trash.” Vogel’s a cop whose inner circle of pals rank barely a notch above her day job’s perps and perjurers. By the time Vogel rises from her self-made bed a bittersweet new day dawns on her doorstep.

Vault May 4, 2019

Ads from The Occult Digest

Advertising in digest magazines often feature other publications, books, and pamphlets that may be of interest to their readers. Tom Brinkmann’s article on The Occult Digest from The Digest Enthusiast book seven includes several ads from the magazine. Two of them are shown below.

A regular contributor to TDE, Tom Brinkmann writes about unusual, off-the-beaten-path magazines, digests, and tabloids. His Bad Mags website was active from June 2004–July 2017. His books, Bad Mags Volume 1 (2008) and Volume 2 (2009) are available from secondary outlets, including amazon.com

Vault May 2, 2019

Science Fiction Adventures March 1954

Science Fiction Adventures Vol. 2 No. 2 March 1954
(Cover: March, Contents Page: February)
Contents
Harry Harrison’s Editorial: What is a Magazine?
Ken Crossen “Plague” art by Alex Ebel
Thomas N. Scortia “The Prodigy” art by Roy G. Krenkel
Walter L. Kleine “The Ride” art by H.R. Smith
Bill Venable’s Fanmag: Fansoc
William Tenn’s The Fiction in Science Fiction, art by Mendenhall
Damon Knight’s The Dissecting Table (book reviews)
C.M. Kornbluth “The Syndic” part 2 of 2 art by Art Sussman
The Chart Room (letters)

Editor: Harry Harrison
Assoc. Editor: M. Machlin, John Vincent
Book Editor: Damon Knight
Art Director: Milton Berwin
Cover: Mel Hunter
160 pages, 35¢

Read Vince Nowell, Sr.’s article “When Things Go Wrong—The Lester del Rey/John Raymond Fiasco” in The Digest Enthusiast book seven.

Vault April 30, 2019

Alfred Hitchcock Feb. 1964

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Vol. 9 No. 2 Feb. 1964
Alfred Hitchcock: Dear Readers
Contents
Henry Slesar “Second Verdict”
Duane Yarnell “The Bent Frame”
Arthur Porges “Blood Will Tell”
Robert Edmond Alter “A Habit for the Voyage”
Thomasina Weber “The Handiest Man Around”
Wenzell Brown “The Lure”
Hilda Cushing “She Loved Funerals”
Clark Howard “Four and Twenty Blackbirds”
Jonathan Craig “The Baby”
Gene Pollock “The Time of His Life”
Miranda Wallace “A Touch of Magic”
Edward Wellen “Siege Perilous”
Richard Deming “The Sensitive Juror”
Carroll Mayers “The Big Grab”
Bernice Balfour “The Vision of Mrs. Hardy”

Editor: Richard E. Decker
160 pages, 50¢

Contents from Galactic Central.