The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence (115 page)

722
“Never, I: Isaac Asimov, in Asimov, ed., Before the Golden Age (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1974), p. 910.

723
“ ‘mad geniuses’ ”: Isaac Asimov, “Homo Sol,” in Asimov, The Early Asimov, Book One (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Crest, 1974), p. 215.

724
“ ‘his guarded: Jack Williamson, “After World’s End,” in Williamson, The Legion of Time (New York: Pyramid, 1967), p. 182.

725
“Rhine’s famous: Ibid, p. 116.

726
“Men multiplied: Ibid, pp. 118-119.

727
“hundred-times-told”: Isaac Asimov, The Rest of the Robots (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1964), p. xii.

728
“I was: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 311.

729
“It’s a: blurb for Asimov’s “Foundation,” Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1942, p. 38.

730
“got longer: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 312.

731
“I started: Ibid.

732
“ ‘And after: Isaac Asimov, “Foundation,” Astounding, May 1942, pp. 52-53. The book version says “thirty thousand years”: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 28, in Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, n.d.).

733
“ ‘We have: Isaac Asimov, “Foundation,” Astounding, May 1942, p. 38.

734
“the multi-intelligence: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 405.

735
“It was: Ibid.

736
“Psycho-history dealt: Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire, p. v, in Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy.

737
“I’m sure: Isaac Asimov, letter to Alexei Panshin, dated February 17, 1987.

738
“ ‘the definitive: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 41, in Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy.

739
“ ‘a psychological: Ibid, p. 56.

740
“ ‘You give: Ibid, p. 64.

741
“ ‘The Encyclopedia: Ibid, p. 73.

742
“ ‘To that: Ibid, pp. 73-75.

743
“ ‘The solution: Ibid, p. 75.

744
“The idea: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 314.

745
“ ‘At present: John W. Campbell, letter to Jack Williamson, October 7, 1941, quoted in Williamson, Wonder’s Child: My Life in Science Fiction (New York: Bluejay Books, 1984), p. 133.

746
“Bob has: Jack Williamson, Wonder’s Child, p. 134.

747
“ ‘The old: Jack Williamson: “Breakdown,” in Williamson, People Machines (New York: Ace, 1971), p. 159.

748
“ ‘the chronological: John W. Campbell, letter to Jack Williamson, date unstated, quoted in Williamson, Wonder’s Child, p. 135.

749
“ ‘A robot: Isaac Asimov, “Runaround,” in Asimov, I, Robot (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1950), p. 51.

750
“ ‘What I: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 85.

751
“ ‘Violence is: Ibid, p. 84.

752
“ ‘I want: John W. Campbell, quoted in Asimov, In Memory Yet Green, p. 318.

753
“ ‘they could: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 93.

754
“ ‘Force the: Ibid, p. 94.

755
“ ‘You have: Ibid, p. 73.

756
“ ‘Let the: Ibid, p. 122.

757
“ ‘In the: Ibid, p. 124.

758
“ ‘With his: Ibid.

759
“ ‘A man: Ibid, p. 129.

760
“ ‘My figures: Ibid, p. 131.

761
“ ‘According to: Ibid.

762
“ ‘flubdub and: Robert A. Heinlein, Sixth Column (New York: Gnome Press, 1949), p. 121.

763
“ ‘You were: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 86.

764
“ ‘He believes: Ibid, p. 103.

765
“ ‘I started: Ibid, p. 86.

766
“One whose: Ibid, p. 113.

767
“ ‘And never: Ibid, p. 132.

768
“ ‘Together we: Isaac Asimov, Foundation, p. 104.

769
“ ‘ He’s the: Ibid, p. 91.

CHAPTER 18: MAN TRANSCENDING

770
“We will: John Campbell, “Editor’s Page: Too Good At Guessing,” Astounding, April 1942, p. 6.

771
So Campbell wrote back to say: this account is based upon George O. Smith, Worlds of George O. (New York: Bantam, 1982), p. 3.

772
“Fundamentally, I: John W. Campbell, letter to Jack Williamson, dated October 7, 1941, quoted in Williamson, Wonder’s Child (New York: Bluejay Books, 1984), p. 134.

773
“Looking for: Williamson, Wonder’s Child, p. 135.

774
“The seetee: Ibid.

775
“the so-called: George O. Smith, op. cit., p. 4.

776
“Hoping . . . not: Ibid.

777
“Sixa” and “Seilla” and “Ynamre”: Cleve Cartmill, “Deadline,” in Groff Conklin, ed., The Best of Science Fiction (New York: Crown, 1946), pp. 68, 71, et passim.

778
“I told: Will F. Jenkins, in Dick Eney, ed., The Proceedings; Discon (Chicago: Advent, 1965), p. 75.

779
“infinity drive”: A.E. van Vogt, The Weapon Makers, Astounding, March 1943, p. 114.

780
“ ‘restless and: A.E. van Vogt, The Weapon Makers, Astounding, February 1943, p. 19.

781
“an independent: Ibid, p. 13.

782
“No-man”: Ibid, p. 10, et passim.

783
“striking appearance: Ibid, p. 20.

784
“he is: A.E. van Vogt, in the synopses of The Weapon Makers, Astounding, March 1943, p. 96, and April 1943, p. 94.

785
“ ‘a stabilizing: A.E. van Vogt, The Weapon Makers, Astounding, April 1943, p. 109.

786
“ ‘I am: Ibid.

787
“ ‘Everything the: Ibid, p. 110.

788
“ ‘All of: Ibid, p. 126.

789
“ ‘Intelligence type: Ibid, p. 101.

790
“ ‘This much: Ibid, p. 130.

791
“village of: According to the entry “Sevagram” in The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Micropaedia, Vol. 10 (Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1987), p. 664.

792
Henry Kuttner was born: No adequate account of the life of Henry Kuttner exists. The best to date is in Sam Moskowitz, Seekers of Tomorrow (Cleveland and New York: World, 1966).

793
“rotten start”: John W. Campbell, letter to Isaac Asimov, dated April 6, 1958, in Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr., Tony Chapdelaine and George Hay, eds., The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1 (Franklin, Tennessee: AC Projects, 1985), p. 338.

794
“the terrible: Ibid.

795
“Hank’s basic: C.L. Moore, “Introduction,” in Henry Kuttner, Fury (New York: Lancer, n.d.), pp. 5-6.

796
“ ‘The most treacherous: Ibid, p. 5.

797
“We collaborated: Ibid, p. 6.

798
“They worked: George O. Smith, op. cit., p. 31. The story was “Vintage Season” by Lawrence O’Donnell, Astounding, September 1946.

799
“After we’d: C.L. Moore, op. cit., p. 6.

800
“ ‘indestructible’ ”: Henry Kuttner, “Deadlock,” in Kuttner, Ahead of Time (New York: Ballantine, 1953), p. 163, et passim.

801
“the sort: Ibid, p. 167.

802
“The gadget: Ibid, p. 173.

803
“his job: Henry Kuttner, “The Twonky,” in The Best of Henry Kuttner (New York: Ballantine, 1975), p. 168.

804
“ ‘Great Snell!’: Ibid, p. 169.

805
“Subject basically: Ibid, p. 188.

806
“There was: Lewis Padgett, “Time Locker,” in Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, eds., Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space (New York: Modern Library, 1957), p. 286.

807
“He could: Ibid.

808
“ ‘I think: Ibid, p. 287.

809
“spiky sort: Ibid, p. 290.

810
“ ‘I suppose: Ibid.

811
“the shape: Ibid, p. 298.

812
“A grotesque: Ibid.

813
“ ‘I guess: Ibid, p. 307.

814
“Flames licked: Henry Kuttner, “Mimsy Were the Borogoves,” in The Best of Henry Kuttner, p. 4.

815
“a maze: Ibid, p. 17.

816
“a tesseract”: Ibid, p. 8.

817
“ ‘I did: Ibid, p. 9.

818
“ ‘Let’s suppose: Ibid, p. 20.

819
“ ‘This is: Ibid, p. 31.

820
“The children: Ibid, p. 33.

821
“ghastly” . . . “dead”: Ibid, pp. 34-35.

822
“There’s no: Ibid, p. 1.

823
“some of: Ibid.

824
“The song: Ibid, p. 32.

825
“Sometimes he’d: Lewis Padgett, “The Proud Robot,” in Padgett, Robots Have No Tails (New York: Gnome Press, 1952), p. 7.

826
“It did: Ibid, p. 22.

827
“ ‘A positron: Lewis Padgett, “Gallegher Plus,” in Padgett, Robots Have No Tails, p. 65.

828
“ ‘Truth will: Lewis Padgett, “The Proud Robot,” in Padgett, Robots Have No Tails, pp. 34-35.

829
“ ‘The Lybllas: Lewis Padgett, “The World Is Mine,” in Padgett, Robots Have No Tails, pp. 148-149.

830
“ ‘What’s vastened?’: Lewis Padgett, “The Proud Robot,” in Padgett, Robots Have No Tails, p. 29.

831
“ ‘You were: Ibid, p. 48.

832
“This was: Albert Hofmann, LSD, My Problem Child: Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism, and Science (Los Angeles: Tarcher, 1983), p. 14.

833
“All my: A.E. van Vogt, “My Life Was My Best Science Fiction Story,” in Martin H. Greenberg, ed., Fantastic Lives: Autobiographical Essays by Notable Science Fiction Writers (Carbondale and Edwardsville, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1981), p. 199.

834
“That night: Ibid.

835
“Science-fiction stories: Fredric Brown, “Introduction,” in Brown, Space On My Hands (New York: Bantam, 1953), pp. 1-2.

836
“ ‘I’m an: Fredric Brown, “Paradox Lost,” in Brown, Paradox Lost (New York: Berkley, 1974), pp. 19-20.

837
“ ‘Yow!’ said: Ibid, p. 20.

838
“ ‘We always: Ibid, p. 21.

839
“ ‘Huh? Oh,: Ibid, pp. 22-23.

840
“ ‘Is this: Ibid, p. 25.

841
“ ‘A struthiomimus!’: Ibid, pp. 25-26.

842
“He looked: Ibid, p. 27.

843
“ ‘a throwback: Fritz Leiber, Jr., “Sanity,” in Groff Conklin, ed., Big Book of Science Fiction (New York: Crown, 1950), p. 523.

844
“ ‘the training: Ibid, p. 525.

845
“ ‘For instance: Ibid, p. 527.

846
“ ‘it went: Ibid, p. 528.

847
“ ‘One hundred,’: Ibid, p. 530.

848
“ ‘As if: Ibid.

849
“ ‘For ten: Ibid, p. 531.

850
“ ‘You interested: Ibid, p. 532.

851
“Outwardly, Jack: Lester del Rey, “Kindness,” in Sam Moskowitz, ed., Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction (New York and Cleveland: World, 1965), p. 232.

852
“Homo intelligens: Ibid, pp. 231-232.

853
“ ‘I wonder: Ibid, p. 247.

854
“The first: Murray Leinster, “First Contact,” in John W. Campbell, Jr., ed., The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952), p. 223.

855
“ ‘There was: Ibid, p. 246.

856
the Lesser Magellanic Cloud: in the book version of these stories, The Mixed Men (New York: Gnome, 1952), this is changed to the Greater Magellanic Cloud.

857
“ ‘cold and: A.E. van Vogt, “The Storm,” in Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg, eds., Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, Vol. 5, 1943 (New York: DAW Books, 1981), p. 250.

858
“ ‘Excellency, we: Ibid, p. 243.

859
“pantropy”: this word would not be used in “Sunken Universe,” but would appear in a collection of stories that was united by this idea, and included this story: James Blish, The Seedling Stars (New York: Gnome Press, 1957), p. 8, et passim.

860
“Lopers”: Clifford D. Simak, “Desertion,” in Groff Conklin, ed., Big Book of Science Fiction, p. 416, et passim.

861
“thought symbols: Ibid, p. 420.

862
“He, Fowler: Ibid, p. 422.

863
“ ‘We’re still: Ibid.

864
“ ‘I can’t: Ibid, p. 423.

865
“They were: Chester S. Geier, “Environment,” in Groff Conklin, ed., Omnibus of Science Fiction (New York: Crown, 1952), p. 329.

866
“Watching, Gaynor: Ibid, p. 331.

867
“The machines: Ibid, p. 338.

868
“ ‘The Third: Ibid.

869
“impedimenta of: Ibid, p. 340.

870
“Despite all: A.E. van Vogt, The Weapon Makers, Astounding, March 1943, p. 97.

871
“—God made: A.E. van Vogt, in an unpublished manuscript entitled “Systematic Thought Number Three: Getting Ideas Through Dreaming,” pp. 10-11. The original order of the last two paragraphs is reversed for narrative coherence.

872
“There simply: A.E. van Vogt, World of Null-A, Astounding, August 1945, p. 174.

873
“unintegrated men”: A.E. van Vogt, World of Null-A, Astounding, October 1945, p. 157.

874
“ ‘Haven’t you: Ibid, p. 171.

875
“Analogically, this: A.E. van Vogt, “Author’s Introduction,” in van Vogt, The World of Null-A (New York: Berkley, 1970), p. 9.

876
“go-sane”: Ibid, p. 11.

877
“extra-brain”: A.E. van Vogt, World of Null-A, Astounding, September 1945, p. 89, et passim in the October installment.

878
“ ‘The evidence: Ibid, September 1945, p. 28.

879
“He died: Ibid, p. 30.

880
“ ‘like a: Ibid, p. 25.

881
“ ‘I nourished: A.E. van Vogt, World of Null-A, Astounding, October 1945, p. 178.

882
“ ‘I was: A.E. van Vogt, The World of Null-A (New York: Berkley, 1970), p. 189.

883
“ ‘Is there: Isaac Asimov, In Memory Yet Green (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1979), p. 394.

884
“ ‘That will: Robert Heinlein, quoted in ibid.

885
“Since Bob: Asimov, Ibid.

886
“Someone new: Ibid.