A. Langley Searles

thought-variant n.	1944–1945 A. L. Searles Past Decades in Science-Fiction in Fantasy Commentator (vol. 1, iss. 5) Winter 87 The cover of the February [sc. 1935 Astounding] number was striking, if not artistic, a criticism which also applied to ‘The Ultimate Metal’ of Nat Schachner, the ‘thought-variant’ it illustrated.