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Spaceways, v. 4, issue 6, whole no. 29, 1942
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SPACEWAYS 17 from the CONTROL ROOM I might very easily write a treatise this issue on why fanzine editors go nuts. A very dumb act on my part has caused me endless woe. I have a habit of dummying the entire issue of Spaceways before cutting any stencils--it saves time, in the end. This issue was like that. So, I, with the nice, absolutely complete dummy to hand, started stenciling. The twelfth stencil I cut happened to be page fourteen, containing Wollheim's book review. Now, when I dummy and see an item will have to be continued elsewhere in the issue, I type at the bottom of the page: "(continued on page??)", and do not fill in the page number until the last minute, in case sudden changes have to be made. (That, incidentally, has been responsible for the fact that not once has the continuation of something failed to appear on the indicated page--a record for fanzines!) I finished the stencil for page fourteen, except for the number of the page where the review was concluded. I leafed through the dummy to find the rest of it--looked again, unbelieving--and realized I'd forgotten to include in the dummy the remainder of the Wollheim article! So with half the issue stenciled, there was nothing to do but squeeze, omit, and otherwise find room for the rest of DAW's prose in the undummied part. I've wound up by postponing until next issue publication of a poem by Larry Farsaci, which was dummied on page sixteen, and have committed Harry-kiri by making this editorial a little briefer, and in the process am forced to re-dummy almost all of it. See Gerry de la Ree's article for further details of my condition. Anyway, there are two installments of "If I Werewolf" this time, to make up for its absence from last issue. Please rate them separately. The Minneapolis Fantasy Society will collaborate on the next part, if all goes well. Also next issue should appear "The Bell", by Nils H. Frome; an article on British fandom, by Doug Webster; a really discussion-provoking article by Julius Unger; and-- surprise!--more "Confidential Notes on Editors" by Bob Tucker. Besides, Art Widner is even now pedaling somewhere along dusty highways, meeting fans, war conditions causing the FooFoo Special to become the FooFoo Special, Jr.--a bicycle. If he finishes it in time, "The Log of the FooFoo Special, Jr." will appear next issue; don't miss it! The unlucky poem by Farsaci will be sticking around somewhere, too, besides the regular departments. Part of this issue is done in the thinner mimeo paper--slightly more than half of it. Sorry, but it can't be helped. There's a war on, in case you hadn't heard. Mimeoing supplies are still rising in price, and Spaceways' subscription list remains the same size. That means retrenchment somewhere along the line. I think the days of cardboard-like paper for fanzines are over, anyway. Art Widner, for instance, tells me that most or all of the next Fanfare will be mimeoed on ordinary yellow typing second-sheets; Eclipse is using a 15% thinner paper for its next issue--and so it goes. To use 20 lb. paper throughout every issue of Spaceways would mean several dollars out of my picket every six weeks for that reason alone: it isn't worth it to me. If anyone feels that it's an important enough matter, he need only send me $2.50 each issue, and I'll revert to 20 lb. paper throughout, gladly. At present, I feel it's ridiculous to spend that sum for the sake of a slightly more opaque paper stock. The appeal last time for fanzines for drafted fans met with a decent response. Ackerman, Unger, Gergen, and Washington came through with quantities of their fanzines--for which very many thinks. They, along with copies of this issue of Spaceways, go out to the drafted fans whose addresses are available. However, we most certainly mustn't stop here. How about a lot of you other guys? Any number of copies of your publications you may have to spare, from one to fifteen, sent to me, will be appreciated. See last issue for full details. And if you know of any genuinely interested drafted fan, let's have his address, and he'll be included. (I hope shortly to turn this job over to some other fan with more time and further from the grasp of his draft board; I'll remain only a
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SPACEWAYS 17 from the CONTROL ROOM I might very easily write a treatise this issue on why fanzine editors go nuts. A very dumb act on my part has caused me endless woe. I have a habit of dummying the entire issue of Spaceways before cutting any stencils--it saves time, in the end. This issue was like that. So, I, with the nice, absolutely complete dummy to hand, started stenciling. The twelfth stencil I cut happened to be page fourteen, containing Wollheim's book review. Now, when I dummy and see an item will have to be continued elsewhere in the issue, I type at the bottom of the page: "(continued on page??)", and do not fill in the page number until the last minute, in case sudden changes have to be made. (That, incidentally, has been responsible for the fact that not once has the continuation of something failed to appear on the indicated page--a record for fanzines!) I finished the stencil for page fourteen, except for the number of the page where the review was concluded. I leafed through the dummy to find the rest of it--looked again, unbelieving--and realized I'd forgotten to include in the dummy the remainder of the Wollheim article! So with half the issue stenciled, there was nothing to do but squeeze, omit, and otherwise find room for the rest of DAW's prose in the undummied part. I've wound up by postponing until next issue publication of a poem by Larry Farsaci, which was dummied on page sixteen, and have committed Harry-kiri by making this editorial a little briefer, and in the process am forced to re-dummy almost all of it. See Gerry de la Ree's article for further details of my condition. Anyway, there are two installments of "If I Werewolf" this time, to make up for its absence from last issue. Please rate them separately. The Minneapolis Fantasy Society will collaborate on the next part, if all goes well. Also next issue should appear "The Bell", by Nils H. Frome; an article on British fandom, by Doug Webster; a really discussion-provoking article by Julius Unger; and-- surprise!--more "Confidential Notes on Editors" by Bob Tucker. Besides, Art Widner is even now pedaling somewhere along dusty highways, meeting fans, war conditions causing the FooFoo Special to become the FooFoo Special, Jr.--a bicycle. If he finishes it in time, "The Log of the FooFoo Special, Jr." will appear next issue; don't miss it! The unlucky poem by Farsaci will be sticking around somewhere, too, besides the regular departments. Part of this issue is done in the thinner mimeo paper--slightly more than half of it. Sorry, but it can't be helped. There's a war on, in case you hadn't heard. Mimeoing supplies are still rising in price, and Spaceways' subscription list remains the same size. That means retrenchment somewhere along the line. I think the days of cardboard-like paper for fanzines are over, anyway. Art Widner, for instance, tells me that most or all of the next Fanfare will be mimeoed on ordinary yellow typing second-sheets; Eclipse is using a 15% thinner paper for its next issue--and so it goes. To use 20 lb. paper throughout every issue of Spaceways would mean several dollars out of my picket every six weeks for that reason alone: it isn't worth it to me. If anyone feels that it's an important enough matter, he need only send me $2.50 each issue, and I'll revert to 20 lb. paper throughout, gladly. At present, I feel it's ridiculous to spend that sum for the sake of a slightly more opaque paper stock. The appeal last time for fanzines for drafted fans met with a decent response. Ackerman, Unger, Gergen, and Washington came through with quantities of their fanzines--for which very many thinks. They, along with copies of this issue of Spaceways, go out to the drafted fans whose addresses are available. However, we most certainly mustn't stop here. How about a lot of you other guys? Any number of copies of your publications you may have to spare, from one to fifteen, sent to me, will be appreciated. See last issue for full details. And if you know of any genuinely interested drafted fan, let's have his address, and he'll be included. (I hope shortly to turn this job over to some other fan with more time and further from the grasp of his draft board; I'll remain only a
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