The story of William Porphyry Benham is the story of a man whose idea came to fruition. It was an idea that captured his imagination early in life, grew with him and changed with him, finally intertwining with his being. His story is his story. This was observed in a student; it was clearly present in his mind at the very last moment of his adventurous life. He belonged to a happy minority that was not dependent on the necessities of life, so he could freely walk the world under his leadership. This brought him far. It led him to situations bordering on the fantastic, it made him funny, it...
Here are five stories from the science fiction magazine of the 1930ies, interesting to see what was considered 'astounding' in the 1930s. Some of which are old hat to us in the 21st century, and some of which (including the secret to life) which still amaze us....
There are times when a broken tool is better than a healthy one, or a perverted person is more useful than a whole tool. For example, a whole bottle of beer is not half a weapon, but half a bottle of beer ......
Basil Wells, who lives in Pennsylvania, writes that he did research on the age of the Kilbot before and after the 1812 war at the "locally-known water rafting site from Waterford to Pittsburgh." into this bleak future....
One of the first astronauts turned out to be a frozen space vacuum after a disaster near the moon. A century later, members of the Party of Humanity on a planet where people are not the dominant race are trying to bring it back to life and try to use it for their own purposes....
