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Imagination!, v. 1, issue 9, whole 9, June 1938
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14 VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION (Wherein Our Readers Report on Preceding Issues Of "Madge". All Letters R Run In Rotation Rcvd, & All R Sic.) Azygous[[?]] --the anonymous, writes from?: "Dear Madge-icians; (if I may make use of a chip off the old Bloch) Am glad now that you censored parts of my 'Conversation in a Fone Buth' (publisht Apr as "Tele-fony Fan-tasticonversation") -- guess some of it was in poor taste. ~~ Would like to know however just exactly what the last pun, 'I was WESSO L...,' meant. I certainly didn't write it and I can't for the life of me decipher its meaning. (WESSO L: S O L--Sadly Outta Luck! Get it? --Dr Ackula.) ~~ In closing let me wish more power to you and your Merry Men." (Merci beaucoup! danke schon! many thanks!) Dole Hart of Bx 1361, Highlands/Tex: "ABOUT APR. 'MADGE' A good, queer cover. 'Way out West' interesting. Rap's lineup added little to my knowledge. The news about Spicy Fantasy nearly provoked a paroxysm--and not of laughter or joy, either. Snooks' filler ok. Biographies extremely interesting, as usual. Film-mart ok. 'Onward Esperanto' was incomprehensible. 'SF Plague' succeeded fairly well in being funny. Yerke's stuff was pretty well taken. 'Fone' outfit pretty good. 'The Living Lie' was a highlight. 'Coburn's' and Bradbury's stuff were hilariously funny. Ryner fair. Kuttner worthwhile. Everything else all x. ------ Auf wiedersshen[[?]]." (Gis la revido!) Elmer Perdue at Men's Residence Hall, Laramie/Wyo, opens with an Esperanto pun: "Mia estimata Arbaro: Congratulations on the magazine, 'Maggie,'... A wonderful fan magazine. ...Somehow, I received the impression--uncomplimentary tho it may sound--that it was just a bunch of crazy lovers of shaggy dog stories (Greek for which: Shaggycaninophilomaniaes) on a holiday. But it is excellent to anyone with a perverted sense of humor such as mine. The review of the 'Messiah' was especially appreciated, since I have only read STF since '30. Makeup excellent." (We don't get the crack about the crazy lovers of K-9 Tales-- ) Daniel HlPhail[[?]] Ed of the FAPA Rocket, writes from Comanche/Okla: "Dr Ed:-- Nclsd find 25[[cent symbol]] for which plez snd me th next 3 issues of IMAGG-I-NATION! ~~ Find yr mag of unusual ntrest, tho must 'mit it hard to read, all 'n all. ~~ Yrs ago had interestin' opistle from FJA. Have recently hrd rumor he is dead. Any-thing to it? Trust not. (Dear Dan: Dis is dat Diabolic Ack, ansrng from th land of th lying. If my critix woud just recall that Only Th GOOD Die Yung-- ) ~~ Good luk to you fellows and yr u-nek mag." (Dankon! Daniele.) Everett F. Bleiler of 58 Round Hill St, Jamaica Plain/Mass: "I should like to see those atheistic and communistic articles dropped. it isn't that I disagree with the writers' views, but rather that I believe such material is out of place in a science-fiction magazine. Let the slicks keep a monopoly on them. ~~ I was glad to see 4SJ write an English piece. He writes too well in English to waste his talents on 'Ackermanse.' I hope he has been converted to old gran'pap's lingo. (Sposing 4E's grandfather were Russian?) ~~ 'Ressurection' is very good; however, right at the top of the pageyou should put the book's title, the author's name, the publisher's name, the number of pages, etc. You see, you left out the author's name in the first review." (First work ressurected--"Strange Ms Found in Copper Cylinder"--was anonymously authored. --FBS.) Donald A Wollheim[[?]] Mighty monarch of Michelism, Founder of FAPA, IPO's "Top Fan" ...writes regarding Erick Freyer's May attack on Michelism: "Dear Eds:- Were it possible to spend the time, I could write dozens of pages in refutation. Instead of doing so, instead of dealing with his wild charges, I have preferred merely to restate my position in language simple enough for his
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14 VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION (Wherein Our Readers Report on Preceding Issues Of "Madge". All Letters R Run In Rotation Rcvd, & All R Sic.) Azygous[[?]] --the anonymous, writes from?: "Dear Madge-icians; (if I may make use of a chip off the old Bloch) Am glad now that you censored parts of my 'Conversation in a Fone Buth' (publisht Apr as "Tele-fony Fan-tasticonversation") -- guess some of it was in poor taste. ~~ Would like to know however just exactly what the last pun, 'I was WESSO L...,' meant. I certainly didn't write it and I can't for the life of me decipher its meaning. (WESSO L: S O L--Sadly Outta Luck! Get it? --Dr Ackula.) ~~ In closing let me wish more power to you and your Merry Men." (Merci beaucoup! danke schon! many thanks!) Dole Hart of Bx 1361, Highlands/Tex: "ABOUT APR. 'MADGE' A good, queer cover. 'Way out West' interesting. Rap's lineup added little to my knowledge. The news about Spicy Fantasy nearly provoked a paroxysm--and not of laughter or joy, either. Snooks' filler ok. Biographies extremely interesting, as usual. Film-mart ok. 'Onward Esperanto' was incomprehensible. 'SF Plague' succeeded fairly well in being funny. Yerke's stuff was pretty well taken. 'Fone' outfit pretty good. 'The Living Lie' was a highlight. 'Coburn's' and Bradbury's stuff were hilariously funny. Ryner fair. Kuttner worthwhile. Everything else all x. ------ Auf wiedersshen[[?]]." (Gis la revido!) Elmer Perdue at Men's Residence Hall, Laramie/Wyo, opens with an Esperanto pun: "Mia estimata Arbaro: Congratulations on the magazine, 'Maggie,'... A wonderful fan magazine. ...Somehow, I received the impression--uncomplimentary tho it may sound--that it was just a bunch of crazy lovers of shaggy dog stories (Greek for which: Shaggycaninophilomaniaes) on a holiday. But it is excellent to anyone with a perverted sense of humor such as mine. The review of the 'Messiah' was especially appreciated, since I have only read STF since '30. Makeup excellent." (We don't get the crack about the crazy lovers of K-9 Tales-- ) Daniel HlPhail[[?]] Ed of the FAPA Rocket, writes from Comanche/Okla: "Dr Ed:-- Nclsd find 25[[cent symbol]] for which plez snd me th next 3 issues of IMAGG-I-NATION! ~~ Find yr mag of unusual ntrest, tho must 'mit it hard to read, all 'n all. ~~ Yrs ago had interestin' opistle from FJA. Have recently hrd rumor he is dead. Any-thing to it? Trust not. (Dear Dan: Dis is dat Diabolic Ack, ansrng from th land of th lying. If my critix woud just recall that Only Th GOOD Die Yung-- ) ~~ Good luk to you fellows and yr u-nek mag." (Dankon! Daniele.) Everett F. Bleiler of 58 Round Hill St, Jamaica Plain/Mass: "I should like to see those atheistic and communistic articles dropped. it isn't that I disagree with the writers' views, but rather that I believe such material is out of place in a science-fiction magazine. Let the slicks keep a monopoly on them. ~~ I was glad to see 4SJ write an English piece. He writes too well in English to waste his talents on 'Ackermanse.' I hope he has been converted to old gran'pap's lingo. (Sposing 4E's grandfather were Russian?) ~~ 'Ressurection' is very good; however, right at the top of the pageyou should put the book's title, the author's name, the publisher's name, the number of pages, etc. You see, you left out the author's name in the first review." (First work ressurected--"Strange Ms Found in Copper Cylinder"--was anonymously authored. --FBS.) Donald A Wollheim[[?]] Mighty monarch of Michelism, Founder of FAPA, IPO's "Top Fan" ...writes regarding Erick Freyer's May attack on Michelism: "Dear Eds:- Were it possible to spend the time, I could write dozens of pages in refutation. Instead of doing so, instead of dealing with his wild charges, I have preferred merely to restate my position in language simple enough for his
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