Super Science Stories was an American pulp science fiction magazine published by Popular Publications. Frederik Pohl (pictured) did most of the editing from 1940 to 1943, and the title was revived from 1949 to 1951 with Ejler Jakobsson as editor. Popular gave Pohl a very low budget, and he wrote many of the stories himself. Most of the submitted manuscripts had already been rejected by other magazines, but he was able to acquire stories for the early issues from the Futurians, a group of young science fiction fans and aspiring writers. Super Science Stories was an initial success, and Pohl managed to obtain stories by writers who later became well known, such as Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein. When Jakobsson took over, he ran many reprinted stories. Although the magazine was never regarded as one of the leading titles of the genre, science fiction historian Raymond Thompson describes it as "one of the most interesting magazines to appear during the 1940s".
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1867:
In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola_Horror
1939:
Second World War: The Luftwaffe won a victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Heligoland_Bight_%281939%29
1969:
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the sixth James Bond film and the only one to star George Lazenby as James Bond, premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Her_Majesty%27s_Secret_Service_%28film%29
2009:
The Copenhagen Summit on climate change (participants pictured) ended with the drafting of the non-binding Copenhagen Accord. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_Accord
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
primum mobile: 1. (astronomy, historical) The outermost celestial sphere of the heavens in Ptolemaic astronomy, which was believed to cause all the inner spheres to rotate. 2. (chiefly philosophy, theology) The prime mover or first cause (“an initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow”). 3. (by extension) The person or thing that is the main impetus for some action; a driving force. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/primum_mobile
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You'll never know until you try it You don't have to keep it quiet And I know it makes you nervous But I promise you, it's worth it To show 'em everything you kept inside Don't hide, don't hide Too shy to say, but I hope you stay Don't hide away Come out and play. --Billie Eilish https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billie_Eilish