Retro Review Links for February 29, 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of Retro Review Links, where I link to reviews of 1945 Retro Hugo eligible works by other bloggers:

Magazine reviews:

• Paul Fraser reviews the May 1944 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.

Novel reviews:

• John Hertz reviews the 1944 children's fantasy novel The Wind on the Moon by E. Linklater.
  

Short fiction reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novella "The Mad Robot" by William P. McGivern. 
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novelette "Plague" by Murray Leinster.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction novelette "Census" by Clifford D. Simak.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "Invariant" by John R. Pierce.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "A Can of Paint" by A.E. Van Vogt.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "Far Centaurus" by A.E. Van Vogt.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 planetary romance short story "Doorway to Kal-Jmar" by Stuart Fleming a.k.a. Damon Knight.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 horror short story "Monsieur Bluebeard" by Emil Petaja. 
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction short story "Sanity" by Fritz Leiber.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction short story “The Odyssey of Battling Bert” by Stanton A. Coblentz.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction story "Canal" by Carl Jacobi.
• Steve J. Wright reviews the 1944 science fiction story "Writing on the Wall" a.k.a. "The Cosmic Doodler" by Carl Jacobi.
• Jason MacGregor reviews "The Wedge", "The Big and the Little", "Catch That Rabbit" and several other science fiction stories by Isaac Asimov.
  

Graphic story reviews:

• Steve J. Wright reviews the Mandrake the Magician daily strips of 1944.
  

Dramatic presentation reviews:

• Mark R. Leeper offers an overview of movies eligible for the 1945 Retro Hugos.