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Fantasite, v. 2, issue 3, whole no. 9, August-September 1942

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DO YOU GET THE #1 FANZINE?

If  you don't, there's no better time than now to begin! Spaceways has been No. 1 fanzine in every fanation-wide poll since the beginning of 1940. Why? Well --

It's the oldest currently published fanzine that has never had an appreciable break in regular appearance. Founded in late 1938, there've never been more than sixty days elapsing between issues! In other words -- it's regular. It doesn't change format, price, editors, and policy every issue. You know what you're getting, and you're sure to get it, when you subscribe! 

Its material is varied, unhackneyed. You'll find everything. Humor, fiction, articles, reviews, columns, poetry, science articles -- anything that deserves a place in fanzines. Is the material good? Well, "Confidential Notes on Editors", by Bob Tucker, received an award as best piece of humor in 1941. Articles, poems, and stories have been reprinted in fanzines and fanzine digests in this country and in England. It's published first material later to appear in professional magazines. "The Fishers" by damon knight, was reprinted in one of Wollheim's magazines from Spaceways. "Fort the Colossus", by Eric Frank Russell, was reprinted in Tomorrow, a serious British professional magazine of large circulation. 

What else? There's the longest editorial in any subscription fanzine. J. Michael Rosenblum's column on books, "What They Are About", is one of the oldest of all fan columns. It and Spaceways have been honored by Langley Searles and Julius Unger; this column and Spaceways are the only fan reviews and fanzine -- past or present -- listed in their Bibliography of Fantastic Fiction! A five-page letter section is to be found in every issue.

Contributors? Name a famous fan, and he's almost certainly written for Spaceways. Professional authors like E. E. Smith, Jack Williamson, Ralph Milne Farley, H. P. Lovecraft, Eric Frank Russell, John W. Campbell, Jr., and a dozen others have contributed. Covers by the best of fan artists -- Bronson, Wright, Jenkins, Bok, Giunta, and many more. What more could you ask?

Each issue contains twenty-six pages, mimeographed, with even right-hand margins, colored covers, and illustrations. Each issue contains at least fifteen thousand words of reading matter -- mimeographed so you can actually read it without regular visits to an optometrist! Spaceways is the official organ of the United States Rocket Society, Inc., and publishes regularly news and notes of their activities.

Sidelights: Spaceways is perhaps the only regular fanzine ever to reprint an issue. Demand for copies of its very first issue became so great that several years later a new edition of this first issue was mimeographed. It's going to be the first fully indexed fanzine: at the end of its fourth year of publication a complete, two-way index will be available of its contents.

So, if you don't already get it, why not begin without further delay? A single copy is ten cents; three issues for a quarter. Or a combination offer is now available: a year's issues of Spaceways -- eight copies -- and four quarterly copies of the primarily FAPA magazine, Horizons, for one dollar. Please mention The Fantasite when you write to:

Harry Warner, Jr., Editor, Spaceways
303 Bryan Place
Hagerstown, Maryland

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Advertisement DO YOU GET THE #1 FANZINE? If you don't, there's no better time than now to begin! Spaceways has been No. 1 fanzine in every fanation-wide poll since the beginning of 1940. Why? Well -- It's the oldest currently published fanzine that has never had an appreciable break in regular appearance. Founded in late 1938, there've never been more than sixty days elapsing between issues! In other words -- it's regular. It doesn't change format, price, editors, and policy every issue. You know what you're getting, and you're sure to get it, when you subscribe! Its material is varied, unhackneyed. You'll find everything. Humor, fiction, articles, reviews, columns, poetry, science articles -- anything that deserves a place in fanzines. Is the material good? Well, "Confidential Notes on Editors", by Bob Tucker, received an award as best piece of humor in 1941. Articles, poems, and stories have been reprinted in fanzines and fanzine digests in this country and in England. It's published first material later to appear in professional magazines. "The Fishers" by damon knight, was reprinted in one of Wollheim's magazines from Spaceways. "Fort the Colossus", by Eric Frank Russell, was reprinted in Tomorrow, a serious British professional magazine of large circulation. What else? There's the longest editorial in any subscription fanzine. J. Michael Rosenblum's column on books, "What They Are About", is one of the oldest of all fan columns. It and Spaceways have been honored by Langley Searles and Julius Unger; this column and Spaceways are the only fan reviews and fanzine -- past or present -- listed in their Bibliography of Fantastic Fiction! A five-page letter section is to be found in every issue. Contributors? Name a famous fan, and he's almost certainly written for Spaceways. Professional authors like E. E. Smith, Jack Williamson, Ralph Milne Farley, H. P. Lovecraft, Eric Frank Russell, John W. Campbell, Jr., and a dozen others have contributed. Covers by the best of fan artists -- Bronson, Wright, Jenkins, Bok, Giunta, and many more. What more could you ask? Each issue contains twenty-six pages, mimeographed, with even right-hand margins, colored covers, and illustrations. Each issue contains at least fifteen thousand words of reading matter -- mimeographed so you can actually read it without regular visits to an optometrist! Spaceways is the official organ of the United States Rocket Society, Inc., and publishes regularly news and notes of their activities. Sidelights: Spaceways is perhaps the only regular fanzine ever to reprint an issue. Demand for copies of its very first issue became so great that several years later a new edition of this first issue was mimeographed. It's going to be the first fully indexed fanzine: at the end of its fourth year of publication a complete, two-way index will be available of its contents. So, if you don't already get it, why not begin without further delay? A single copy is ten cents; three issues for a quarter. Or a combination offer is now available: a year's issues of Spaceways -- eight copies -- and four quarterly copies of the primarily FAPA magazine, Horizons, for one dollar. Please mention The Fantasite when you write to: Harry Warner, Jr., Editor, Spaceways 303 Bryan Place Hagerstown, Maryland