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| + | While atomic war, a much-feared (and much written-about) Armageddon fought with atomic weapons, which would bring down civilization if it didn't entirely end life on Earth, [[fans]] have been somewhat proud of the [[skiffy]] role in predicting it. | ||
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| − | When they fell on Hiroshima [[stfnists]] gleefully chortled "I told you so!" Still more reflected [[egoboo]] -- because, you see, it demonstrated that we were participating in the future by reading this crazy [[Buck Rogers]] stuff -- came when it was revealed that the Military Intelligence people had raided the offices of [[Astounding Science Fiction]] in 1944, when [[Cleve Cartmill]]'s story "Deadline" had appeared; the story dealt with E-T's making an atomic bomb of U | + | When they fell on Hiroshima [[stfnists]] gleefully chortled "I told you so!" Still more reflected [[egoboo]] -- because, you see, it demonstrated that we were participating in the future by reading this crazy [[Buck Rogers]] stuff -- came when it was revealed that the Military Intelligence people had raided the offices of [[Astounding Science Fiction]] in 1944, when [[Cleve Cartmill]]'s story "Deadline" had appeared; the story dealt with [[E-T]]'s making an atomic bomb of [[U]]<sub>235</sub>, and gave the Security boys quite a turn when one of them happened to pick up a copy on a newsstand in Oak Ridge. |
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Revision as of 23:01, 4 October 2020
While atomic war, a much-feared (and much written-about) Armageddon fought with atomic weapons, which would bring down civilization if it didn't entirely end life on Earth, fans have been somewhat proud of the skiffy role in predicting it.
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| When they fell on Hiroshima stfnists gleefully chortled "I told you so!" Still more reflected egoboo -- because, you see, it demonstrated that we were participating in the future by reading this crazy Buck Rogers stuff -- came when it was revealed that the Military Intelligence people had raided the offices of Astounding Science Fiction in 1944, when Cleve Cartmill's story "Deadline" had appeared; the story dealt with E-T's making an atomic bomb of U235, and gave the Security boys quite a turn when one of them happened to pick up a copy on a newsstand in Oak Ridge. |
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