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FMS Digest, v. 1, issues 1-5, February - July 1941

v.1:no.5: Back cover

From FUTURIAN WAR DIGEST, June, 1941. Illustration by Harry Turner.

THIS CHAIN GANG BUSINESS
Condensed from FUTURIAN WARD IGEST
June, 1941

Probably a rather unexpected result of the wartime situation of British fandom has been the rise of a system of "chain-letters." That is to say, letters are sent out from a central source with an attached list of people, each of whom passes the package on to the next on the list, this enabling intercommunication to be kept up with a minimum of trouble and expense. Actually the first to appear was not an stf. one proper but an emergency continuation of THE PROBE... Inevitably, the Probe Newsletter percolated through fandom... Next on the list was Arthur C. Clarke's FAN MAIL... This month a third "chain-gang" made its bow when Eric Frank Russell sent his "American Melange" wandering round Britain.

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From FUTURIAN WAR DIGEST, June, 1941. Illustration by Harry Turner. THIS CHAIN GANG BUSINESS Condensed from FUTURIAN WARD IGEST June, 1941 Probably a rather unexpected result of the wartime situation of British fandom has been the rise of a system of "chain-letters." That is to say, letters are sent out from a central source with an attached list of people, each of whom passes the package on to the next on the list, this enabling intercommunication to be kept up with a minimum of trouble and expense. Actually the first to appear was not an stf. one proper but an emergency continuation of THE PROBE... Inevitably, the Probe Newsletter percolated through fandom... Next on the list was Arthur C. Clarke's FAN MAIL... This month a third "chain-gang" made its bow when Eric Frank Russell sent his "American Melange" wandering round Britain.