Early Disappointments The Science Fiction Pulps

• Published in: Becoming Ray Bradbury p. 45
• Main Author: Eller, Jonathan R
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Illinois Press 04.08.2011
• Subjects: Artists; Arts; Astounding; Communication skills; Communications; Crutches; Economic disciplines; Economics; Employment; Fiction; Health sciences; Henry Hasse; John Campbell; Julius Schwartz; Labor economics; Language skills; Literary genres; Literary Studies (20th Century onwards); Literature; Medical procedures; Medical treatment; Narratives; Occupations; Orthopedic equipment; Orthopedic procedures; Ray Bradbury; Science fiction; science fiction pulps; short stories; Social sciences; Speculative fiction; Surgical procedures; Tales; The Candle; Writers; Writing; Writing processes; Writing skills; Written communication; Written composition
• ISBN: 0252036298; 9780252036293
• DOI: 10.5406/illinois/9780252036293.003.0008

Through the late winter and spring of 1941 Bradbury and Hasse collaborated on four more stories, but in spite of Schwartz’s continuing efforts, publication of these new tales would be a far more diffi cult proposition than it had been with “Pendulum.” In October 1941, Schwartz fi nally placed “Gabriel’s Horn” in the superhero pulpCaptain Future, but even there it did not reach print until the spring 1943 issue. “Final Victim” was rejected three times by Ray Palmer forAmazing Stories, and Hasse, now married and living on the East Coast, began to pull back from both Bradbury and