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Spacewarp, v. 4, issue 2, November 1948
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A AAA H (Urps from the editorial esophagus A AAA H Correction pliz: The drawing on page 16 last month was by Lester Fried, not by Harry Strunk as the contents page stated. Crack-Of-Doom Note: As you may know, this mag spews from a mimeo generously lent us by Ben Singer. But now that he's in uniform, Ben is apparently anxious to sell the machine. The situation is incredibly confused at this writing, but if I can't buy it from him, there may be a WARPless interval until I can finance another. If that is not immediately possible, publication will be suspended until at least next spring, in which case, of course, the balance of your subscriptions will be refunded. Keep your fingers crossed. Credit Line: Besides the other material marked as such, the poem by Russell Watkins came to us through the Manuscript Bureao of NFFF. Tempest in Teapot: Small in scale but virulent in intensity, a battle-royal has raged in Science-Fiction International the past few weeks, culminating in the resignation of several members. Since the club had no constitution, there was no agreed-upon procedure for settling the dispute, and both sides took to flooding the mail with "open letters," often two or three a day. While I hate to dash cold water upon the joyous enthusiasm with which fen leap into battles of this sort, it seems to me that more could have been accomplished by (1) putting through a club constitution first, and then, with rules to govern the action, proceed with the feud; or (2) getting an impartial fan to act as arbiter, or at least to straighten out the flatly contradictory claims. Oh, well, who ever heard of a fanfeud settling anything, anyhow? But it might profit any other fanorganization which is drifting without a constitution, to study the chaos which resulted in SFI, and take preventative measures before the same thing happens to them. Opportunity Knocketh: From the Fall 48 SPECTATOR, official organ of SAPS; "The SAPS want list is at the moment two long; two people waiting, I mean.....So how about giving SAPS some publicity in any fanmags you may publish?? Let's get a waiting list at least 5 names long." The guy to contact is Lloyd Alpaugh, Jr., RFD #4, Somerville, New Jersey. Need I say more? NFFF Members: Note special offer on contents page. Incidentals: Gad, mimeo ink (Heyer) is up to $2 a pound! Mur-der! That must be what they mean by "black gold." ## Intended five pages of Q-S thisWARP, but could only dig up three pages of letters that would be of interest to all WARPreaders. ## Have you read Nelson Bond's excellent stfyarn "The Last Outpost" in the October Blue Book? The skill of plot development which this story shows is one excellent reason why Bond gets his checks from the slicks instead of the pulps these days. ## Redd, what was that prediction you made a few months back regarding the Michigan-Minnesota game? ## Picked up an excellent-condition copy of HGWells8 "The Croquet Player" for 50[[cent symbol]] the other day whilst browsing in the local magshop. And for the first time in history, I found that a "classic" lived up to its reputation. The book is, if anything, more timely than ever right now, ten years after Wells set forth the stark horror which is creeping over our world. Try to find yourself a copy, if you're not already familiar with it. adieu...r-tRapp 3
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A AAA H (Urps from the editorial esophagus A AAA H Correction pliz: The drawing on page 16 last month was by Lester Fried, not by Harry Strunk as the contents page stated. Crack-Of-Doom Note: As you may know, this mag spews from a mimeo generously lent us by Ben Singer. But now that he's in uniform, Ben is apparently anxious to sell the machine. The situation is incredibly confused at this writing, but if I can't buy it from him, there may be a WARPless interval until I can finance another. If that is not immediately possible, publication will be suspended until at least next spring, in which case, of course, the balance of your subscriptions will be refunded. Keep your fingers crossed. Credit Line: Besides the other material marked as such, the poem by Russell Watkins came to us through the Manuscript Bureao of NFFF. Tempest in Teapot: Small in scale but virulent in intensity, a battle-royal has raged in Science-Fiction International the past few weeks, culminating in the resignation of several members. Since the club had no constitution, there was no agreed-upon procedure for settling the dispute, and both sides took to flooding the mail with "open letters," often two or three a day. While I hate to dash cold water upon the joyous enthusiasm with which fen leap into battles of this sort, it seems to me that more could have been accomplished by (1) putting through a club constitution first, and then, with rules to govern the action, proceed with the feud; or (2) getting an impartial fan to act as arbiter, or at least to straighten out the flatly contradictory claims. Oh, well, who ever heard of a fanfeud settling anything, anyhow? But it might profit any other fanorganization which is drifting without a constitution, to study the chaos which resulted in SFI, and take preventative measures before the same thing happens to them. Opportunity Knocketh: From the Fall 48 SPECTATOR, official organ of SAPS; "The SAPS want list is at the moment two long; two people waiting, I mean.....So how about giving SAPS some publicity in any fanmags you may publish?? Let's get a waiting list at least 5 names long." The guy to contact is Lloyd Alpaugh, Jr., RFD #4, Somerville, New Jersey. Need I say more? NFFF Members: Note special offer on contents page. Incidentals: Gad, mimeo ink (Heyer) is up to $2 a pound! Mur-der! That must be what they mean by "black gold." ## Intended five pages of Q-S thisWARP, but could only dig up three pages of letters that would be of interest to all WARPreaders. ## Have you read Nelson Bond's excellent stfyarn "The Last Outpost" in the October Blue Book? The skill of plot development which this story shows is one excellent reason why Bond gets his checks from the slicks instead of the pulps these days. ## Redd, what was that prediction you made a few months back regarding the Michigan-Minnesota game? ## Picked up an excellent-condition copy of HGWells8 "The Croquet Player" for 50[[cent symbol]] the other day whilst browsing in the local magshop. And for the first time in history, I found that a "classic" lived up to its reputation. The book is, if anything, more timely than ever right now, ten years after Wells set forth the stark horror which is creeping over our world. Try to find yourself a copy, if you're not already familiar with it. adieu...r-tRapp 3
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