Chandler expresses his unfavourable opinion on three recent publications - John W. Campbell: An Australian Tribute (John Bangsund, editor), Billion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction (Brian W. Aldiss), and The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum - leaving his favourite to last, The Legend of Miaree by Zach Hughes. During the course of the article he also talks about several classic speculative fiction stories including Rider Haggard's Queen Sheba's Ring, Max Pemberton's The Iron Pirate and André Laurie's The Conquest of the Moon: A Story of the Bayouda (referred to by Chandler as A Marvellous Conquest).