Robert Bull wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RB> Must have been designed dual-purpose, for use in an atmosphere as
 RB> well  ;-)   Too bad if the atmosphere didn't include any oxygen, of
 RB> course...

Well there was one scene were one of them landed,  on the surface of a
planet, and then took off again...

Funny how it didn't need any such stuff as external tank,  strap-on
boosters,  etc.  I guess technology moved along some.



 RT> Yes,  but I guess it depends on how your tastes run.  I'm much more of
 RT> a technophile than most,  so I tend to prefer the harder stuff.  Of
 RT> the magazines my first choice is Analog,  though for some odd reason I
 RT> seem to have better luck (?) buying F&SF,  or at least I have more of
 RT> them in my collection.  I got a kick out of one reference I saw years
 RT> ago that referred to that magazine as "the one with the
rivets".  :-)

 RB> I've never read more than the odd copy of Analog, but that always
 RB> seems to  have described it rather well!  I'm surprised at your
 RB> having F&SF.  I took  it for a short while a long time ago and
 RB> found it full of clever, but infinitely depressing stories.

There were some issues like that.  I'd say it depends on which ones you
get.  And I think that earlier on it was more that way.  They also include
some flat-out horror,  which is not one of my normal choices for reading
material.

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