Kuttner wrote the short story “Mimsey Were the Borogroves,” which is totally excellent and is the basis of the movie The Last Mimzy, which is being released on Friday.
I JUST finished Philip Wylie’s 1951 The Disappearance, which I thought was top-notch. And a co-worker loaned me some lovely vintage late-'50s paperback originals by John Wyndham, including The Kraken Wakes, Re-Birth, and Trouble with Lichen.
No wonder I opened this thread.
And both offered a breath of fresh air, which I’m sure helped in their success. As I said, the late '40s Astoundings were no where near as good as the early '40s ones.
Bester had a number of stories in early '40s Astoundings, but nothing of the quality of “The Demolished Man.” Smith flourished in the late '50s and early '60s, and I’d say he’s later than any reasonable definition of Golden Age.
It depends if you want to define Golden Age as good stuff or as Campbellian good stuff. Boucher/McComas F&SFs are my favorite run of magazines. I think I like them better than the Gold Galaxys just because I’m a bit too young to get the full impact of the satire. I agree that either was far better than the Astoundings of the period.
And we shouldn’t forget the smaller markets which would publish stuff too far out for the big three - like Farmer’s early work, for instance.
Nitpick: it’s “Scanners Live in Vain.”
I knew it was wrong, but couldn’t recall the right title and was too lazy to look it up - you da best Myron!
Mapcase, you are so on target!
Many thanks! 
