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FAN-ATIC, Vol 1 No 3. May 1941. Page 15. A FEW FECKLESS 'FORTY FANTASY FLICKERS Continued. by Bob Tucker. And there you have them. Perhaps it may be that I am wrong, you have had them before, and to your fill. If such is the case, I hang my head. I think I keep up with all the picture news Ackerman releases, but there is always the chance I may have missed some. On the other hand, I haven't seen a Racic picture column for months and months. ############### With this issue of FAN-ATIC we are inaugurating a type of department that we believe is entirely new to the fan world. For complete details, we refer you to the editorial. And now, here it is; by Harry Warner, Jr. this time: "HELL'S CORNER" I nominate any fan magazine editor who doesn't answer his mail for a corner in Hell. Therefore, you, you, and you can all go. That's a pretty sweeping statement, and may sound at first a little odd, but I really mean it. The dolce far niente nature of fan magazine editors in general and certain ones in particular is doing the fan field far more harm than anyone realizes, brethren. What I think is this: John Doakes sees in STARTLING or COSMIC or somewhere that Willie Snigglebottom has a fine 16 page mimeoed fan magazine for sale at a dime a copy. Johnny writes to Willie, sending him a dime, saying this is the first time he's ever tried a fan magazine, and wants to know how to contribute to it, how much is advertising, what's another good fan magazine or two, and in what issue of what magazine appeared "Revolt on Atlantis" ("I ask you because you're a famous fan and ought to know"). About two weeks later Johnny gets a copy of Willie's fan magazine, and no answer to his questions. And Johnny doesn't think that Willie is so important he can't be worried about little things like that. No, Johnny realizes that Willie is either trying to impress him or just plain not-botheredish, and very sensibly doesn't send for any more issues of Willie's fan magazine. Result: a potential fan is lost to the fold. CAB says to keep this to a half-page, so I'll not cite any more examples. You catch on, and maybe feel guilty. I boast that I've never been guilty of that. Articles like this have been written before, but I fear a lot more are going to be needed before the fan world wakes up. So -- if someone new asks you about something, or writes you a letter that simply demands an answer, drop him a postal at the very least. Even if you're horribly busy, you aren't so busy you can't type a postal at the very least. It takes only five minutes or less, and your mail isn't so heavy that you'll have to write more than one a day. There's nothing that's more annoying in any field than indifference & there're few places where it's worse than in fandom. So reform, gents, and it may be you'll find you're only in purgatory and redeemable after all! ((Thanx, Harry for doing this first installment. - ye eds .)) WASHINGTON IN 1942
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FAN-ATIC, Vol 1 No 3. May 1941. Page 15. A FEW FECKLESS 'FORTY FANTASY FLICKERS Continued. by Bob Tucker. And there you have them. Perhaps it may be that I am wrong, you have had them before, and to your fill. If such is the case, I hang my head. I think I keep up with all the picture news Ackerman releases, but there is always the chance I may have missed some. On the other hand, I haven't seen a Racic picture column for months and months. ############### With this issue of FAN-ATIC we are inaugurating a type of department that we believe is entirely new to the fan world. For complete details, we refer you to the editorial. And now, here it is; by Harry Warner, Jr. this time: "HELL'S CORNER" I nominate any fan magazine editor who doesn't answer his mail for a corner in Hell. Therefore, you, you, and you can all go. That's a pretty sweeping statement, and may sound at first a little odd, but I really mean it. The dolce far niente nature of fan magazine editors in general and certain ones in particular is doing the fan field far more harm than anyone realizes, brethren. What I think is this: John Doakes sees in STARTLING or COSMIC or somewhere that Willie Snigglebottom has a fine 16 page mimeoed fan magazine for sale at a dime a copy. Johnny writes to Willie, sending him a dime, saying this is the first time he's ever tried a fan magazine, and wants to know how to contribute to it, how much is advertising, what's another good fan magazine or two, and in what issue of what magazine appeared "Revolt on Atlantis" ("I ask you because you're a famous fan and ought to know"). About two weeks later Johnny gets a copy of Willie's fan magazine, and no answer to his questions. And Johnny doesn't think that Willie is so important he can't be worried about little things like that. No, Johnny realizes that Willie is either trying to impress him or just plain not-botheredish, and very sensibly doesn't send for any more issues of Willie's fan magazine. Result: a potential fan is lost to the fold. CAB says to keep this to a half-page, so I'll not cite any more examples. You catch on, and maybe feel guilty. I boast that I've never been guilty of that. Articles like this have been written before, but I fear a lot more are going to be needed before the fan world wakes up. So -- if someone new asks you about something, or writes you a letter that simply demands an answer, drop him a postal at the very least. Even if you're horribly busy, you aren't so busy you can't type a postal at the very least. It takes only five minutes or less, and your mail isn't so heavy that you'll have to write more than one a day. There's nothing that's more annoying in any field than indifference & there're few places where it's worse than in fandom. So reform, gents, and it may be you'll find you're only in purgatory and redeemable after all! ((Thanx, Harry for doing this first installment. - ye eds .)) WASHINGTON IN 1942
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