 John Jakes also debuted in "Fantastic Adventures" that year, with "The Dreaming Trees", in November 1950.Overall the quality was low, but according to sf historian Brian Stableford, "sf writers given "carte blanche" to write pure fantasy for ["Fantastic Adventures"] did often produce readable fiction with a distinctive whimsical and ironic flavour".Critic John Clute's assessment was that it was inconsistent, "but there were some terrific tales in it.