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Imagination, v. 1, issue 12, whole no. 12, September 1938

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The cover could have been improved if the artist had been a bit more careful with the small figures. ~~ So you're goin' to have a contest, are you?  S'help me, I'm gonna enter. I have already put my great intellect to work and I'm sure that it will soon come forth with a magnificent brainchild...   ~~  The new contents page is all right.   S' a matter of fact, I give you my permission to keep the new method, (Thanx for nothin')   ~~ WOW was pretty good; yes, it was even yery good.   ~~ Fantascience Flashes still isn't large enough, but what you so have is usually quite interesting.   Most interesting bit of news for me was about Marvel Tales.   Did you know
as far back as early December Crawford was contacting distributors? He was in Cleveland, for my favorite dealer...said a woman representing Crawford had been there to make a deal with him about buying remainders.   She said the mag would be out in January...but it wasn't.  Aren't you surprised?   (Flabbergasted}   Apparently they were planning big- scale operations, for the dealer told me he signed for five thousand, which I imagine we can take with a grain of salt.   (Only peanuts & popcorn do we like salted; when it comes to mags, we want 'em mint!)   ~~  Nice biography.   So what?
(So this: U can't belittle the HPFF & go unpunisht! U r hereby sentenst to receive one xtra —free—issue of  IMAGINATION!!  My expense. -Pogo)   ~~   What if 'Facts Are Clean'? Just because of it am I to be forced to open up one of my favorite magazines and find featured articles on 'The Love-Life of a Newt*, and, well, use your Imagination! (A
splendid suggestion. "The Love-Life of a Salamander might constitute an s.a. essay of the first water~if only we newt!)   ~~   I don't like Kuslan's magazine, and I
wouldn't be any more happier about buying it than I would the present-day messes.
Maybe he just didn't go into detail enough.   His format is pretty good, but after all
stories are a little important, and just tripling the rates won't...be enough. What
kind of stories would he print?   'There's the rub'.   ~~  To Hornig goes a still louder block of the old RASPBERRIES.   Only decent thing about his article was the crack about the skeleton, Which wasn't original, (the crack, I mean.)   ~~   I gasp! I scream! T'is impossible]   We,...we have....yes, we have... .MERRITT!   Ah, friends, I wept,
weeped, wept - one of them is right! - with joy.   On account of Merritt is my favorite, I enjoyed every li'l word of it...   ~~   'Dead Reckoning' is by far the best article in the issue, and was read with shrieks of joy and laughter.   But then sometimes I laugh at the damndest things]   ~~   I still don't think anvthing of Bradbury's is worth the reading---but I read it just to make sure,   But I wasn't disappointed.
""This handwriting feature seems worthless to me.   Few of the fans know the authors
well enough to guess them, and I'd much rather read a straight biography.   Besides if
you want us to believe handwriting can be read...nuts! (It may be readable, but not,
ah,.„analyzable.) I thought 'Ether Eeries' to be a horror!    (The column name is "Ether Series") — Ditto, 'Dreamland', which is extremely dull, and uninteresting, and uninformative as well... 'Way Down South' is most remarkable for the fact that
it finally appeared. Where is the 'Asylumystory' thing.   Done for permanently?
(Uh-huh)   —  Enclosed is dime for Sept. Madge. Plus nickel for the 'forbidden page'..  ~~  P.S.-What*s happened to Jack Speer?   ~~  P.P.S.—I'll sign your petition and get two or three more signatures, but I think Campbell and Smith's space-
novels are LOUSY!   However, anything to oblige, you know me - I hope not!" 

"The August issue was excellent-" declares "Nanjo" FEATHERSTONE of 205 Ventura. Altadena, Cal "and I was glad to find the old Ackerman Element (almost said elephant) bacK as of yore.   ~~   If the heat doesn't git me - I shall try out for your contest.
Meanwhile I must be off (no remarks) hot on the trail of a wayward dime for that
hussy Madge's next issue."

Salesman SAM, the Moskowitz man, of 603S11, Newark/NJ.
sez: "I received your July "Madge" some time ago and was very pleasantly surprised.
Hornig certainly did a complete job of making over the magazine.   I don't know whether you have decided to adopt his format permanently or not.. nevertheless I'm for it.
I liked especially Hornig's article and the readers department.   There were two humorous spots in Wilsons exaggeration,   'WH0 IS DAW'---hmmm? Brackish m'lad—Are YOU a Michelist!(?) ~~ You've got a swell idea in that $ contest, Needless to sav. (and
I'm not being hypocritical) I would have entered the competition for the fun of it

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16 The cover could have been improved if the artist had been a bit more careful with the small figures. ~~ So you're goin' to have a contest, are you? S'help me, I'm gonna enter. I have already put my great intellect to work and I'm sure that it will soon come forth with a magnificent brainchild... ~~ The new contents page is all right. S' a matter of fact, I give you my permission to keep the new method, (Thanx for nothin') ~~ WOW was pretty good; yes, it was even yery good. ~~ Fantascience Flashes still isn't large enough, but what you so have is usually quite interesting. Most interesting bit of news for me was about Marvel Tales. Did you know as far back as early December Crawford was contacting distributors? He was in Cleveland, for my favorite dealer...said a woman representing Crawford had been there to make a deal with him about buying remainders. She said the mag would be out in January...but it wasn't. Aren't you surprised? (Flabbergasted} Apparently they were planning big- scale operations, for the dealer told me he signed for five thousand, which I imagine we can take with a grain of salt. (Only peanuts & popcorn do we like salted; when it comes to mags, we want 'em mint!) ~~ Nice biography. So what? (So this: U can't belittle the HPFF & go unpunisht! U r hereby sentenst to receive one xtra —free—issue of IMAGINATION!! My expense. -Pogo) ~~ What if 'Facts Are Clean'? Just because of it am I to be forced to open up one of my favorite magazines and find featured articles on 'The Love-Life of a Newt*, and, well, use your Imagination! (A splendid suggestion. "The Love-Life of a Salamander might constitute an s.a. essay of the first water~if only we newt!) ~~ I don't like Kuslan's magazine, and I wouldn't be any more happier about buying it than I would the present-day messes. Maybe he just didn't go into detail enough. His format is pretty good, but after all stories are a little important, and just tripling the rates won't...be enough. What kind of stories would he print? 'There's the rub'. ~~ To Hornig goes a still louder block of the old RASPBERRIES. Only decent thing about his article was the crack about the skeleton, Which wasn't original, (the crack, I mean.) ~~ I gasp! I scream! T'is impossible] We,...we have....yes, we have... .MERRITT! Ah, friends, I wept, weeped, wept - one of them is right! - with joy. On account of Merritt is my favorite, I enjoyed every li'l word of it... ~~ 'Dead Reckoning' is by far the best article in the issue, and was read with shrieks of joy and laughter. But then sometimes I laugh at the damndest things] ~~ I still don't think anvthing of Bradbury's is worth the reading---but I read it just to make sure, But I wasn't disappointed. ""This handwriting feature seems worthless to me. Few of the fans know the authors well enough to guess them, and I'd much rather read a straight biography. Besides if you want us to believe handwriting can be read...nuts! (It may be readable, but not, ah,.„analyzable.) I thought 'Ether Eeries' to be a horror! (The column name is "Ether Series") — Ditto, 'Dreamland', which is extremely dull, and uninteresting, and uninformative as well... 'Way Down South' is most remarkable for the fact that it finally appeared. Where is the 'Asylumystory' thing. Done for permanently? (Uh-huh) — Enclosed is dime for Sept. Madge. Plus nickel for the 'forbidden page'.. ~~ P.S.-What*s happened to Jack Speer? ~~ P.P.S.—I'll sign your petition and get two or three more signatures, but I think Campbell and Smith's space- novels are LOUSY! However, anything to oblige, you know me - I hope not!" "The August issue was excellent-" declares "Nanjo" FEATHERSTONE of 205 Ventura. Altadena, Cal "and I was glad to find the old Ackerman Element (almost said elephant) bacK as of yore. ~~ If the heat doesn't git me - I shall try out for your contest. Meanwhile I must be off (no remarks) hot on the trail of a wayward dime for that hussy Madge's next issue." Salesman SAM, the Moskowitz man, of 603S11, Newark/NJ. sez: "I received your July "Madge" some time ago and was very pleasantly surprised. Hornig certainly did a complete job of making over the magazine. I don't know whether you have decided to adopt his format permanently or not.. nevertheless I'm for it. I liked especially Hornig's article and the readers department. There were two humorous spots in Wilsons exaggeration, 'WH0 IS DAW'---hmmm? Brackish m'lad—Are YOU a Michelist!(?) ~~ You've got a swell idea in that $ contest, Needless to sav. (and I'm not being hypocritical) I would have entered the competition for the fun of it