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Infinite, v. 1, issue 1, [1941?]
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( I would like to add here though, that this was not exactly the fault of any of the fans present. There were so many other matters pressing for time, that they could hardly be blamed for not wanting to wade through several sheets of material they believed to be a rather childish Hoax.) So that's the way it was. If they had know the import and realism of this message, I am sure every fan in the room would have insisted on having it read. I suppose we can only offer our apologies to its alleged authors, the Martians, because it was not read before the Denvention as requested. There is one thing about the situation we do not understand. That is, that the message was delivered on Sunday, the last day of the convention. If it had been delivered on Friday or Saturday it would undoubtedly have been read. At any rate, Leonard and I found ourselves in an all-out discussion, over our Pepsi Colas. We have wondered since what the people inH Hyatt's hamburger place thought about the animated discussion of messages from Mars, and the vivid caracterization of "Muddle-headed fans, who wouldn't know one if they saw it." To make the rest of a long story short, we got our heads together and decided on what should be done. This was the last day of the convention; there would be no other chance. Speeches are always made after the banquet, so it was decided that we would make some sort of an attempt at a speech, in order to at least get some of the fans to read the message before they left. We were both going to make a speech, but this seemed superflous. Woe is me! I had never made a speech before, but to make a speech one must know what to say. I certainly had plenty to say, but the heck of it is that when I get up in front of a lot of people I can't seem to think of the things co-ordinately, in a fashion to make sense. I knew most of these people, now why couldn't I get up and talk to them the same way? If you have never made a speach before, try it some time. There's a lot of difference, in spite of your telling yourself their shouldn't be. Did I lock scared? Well, I was! However, I tried to tell the fans about the message; dwell briefly on the contents and the import of its words. As I said in my speech, I would like to see an investigation of some sort made, and when and if we find that some fan is responsible for this message, we will be the first to acknowledge it. I fear that some parts of my speech may not have been any too coherent, or that I doublod back on myself and talked about the same thing again a time or so. But I was doing the best I could, and I feel it paid to cry, as many fans responded by reading the message before departing. (For the many who were not able to read it at the convention, and all who could not attend, we hope you can read it here. Pass the word around; tell all your friends about this special issue. Copies of this magazine are being distributed throughout all fandom.) Leonard and I then conceived the idea of printing the message in our forthcoming mag. We needed material anyway, and we thought it would be a great idea to use the message in our first issue. After the banquet, we found Olon Wiggins and asked him if we might copy the message and use it in our magazine. We were astonished when he told us that no one had asked about the message. Since no one else had shown any great interest in it, he let us take the message itself with us. And we are prieliged to [sic] And so we are privileged to bring to you, the Message to the Denvention. There are those who may hint that since we have shown an interest in the message we had something to do with it. We will let you make your own decision after you have read the message itself. - 5 -
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( I would like to add here though, that this was not exactly the fault of any of the fans present. There were so many other matters pressing for time, that they could hardly be blamed for not wanting to wade through several sheets of material they believed to be a rather childish Hoax.) So that's the way it was. If they had know the import and realism of this message, I am sure every fan in the room would have insisted on having it read. I suppose we can only offer our apologies to its alleged authors, the Martians, because it was not read before the Denvention as requested. There is one thing about the situation we do not understand. That is, that the message was delivered on Sunday, the last day of the convention. If it had been delivered on Friday or Saturday it would undoubtedly have been read. At any rate, Leonard and I found ourselves in an all-out discussion, over our Pepsi Colas. We have wondered since what the people inH Hyatt's hamburger place thought about the animated discussion of messages from Mars, and the vivid caracterization of "Muddle-headed fans, who wouldn't know one if they saw it." To make the rest of a long story short, we got our heads together and decided on what should be done. This was the last day of the convention; there would be no other chance. Speeches are always made after the banquet, so it was decided that we would make some sort of an attempt at a speech, in order to at least get some of the fans to read the message before they left. We were both going to make a speech, but this seemed superflous. Woe is me! I had never made a speech before, but to make a speech one must know what to say. I certainly had plenty to say, but the heck of it is that when I get up in front of a lot of people I can't seem to think of the things co-ordinately, in a fashion to make sense. I knew most of these people, now why couldn't I get up and talk to them the same way? If you have never made a speach before, try it some time. There's a lot of difference, in spite of your telling yourself their shouldn't be. Did I lock scared? Well, I was! However, I tried to tell the fans about the message; dwell briefly on the contents and the import of its words. As I said in my speech, I would like to see an investigation of some sort made, and when and if we find that some fan is responsible for this message, we will be the first to acknowledge it. I fear that some parts of my speech may not have been any too coherent, or that I doublod back on myself and talked about the same thing again a time or so. But I was doing the best I could, and I feel it paid to cry, as many fans responded by reading the message before departing. (For the many who were not able to read it at the convention, and all who could not attend, we hope you can read it here. Pass the word around; tell all your friends about this special issue. Copies of this magazine are being distributed throughout all fandom.) Leonard and I then conceived the idea of printing the message in our forthcoming mag. We needed material anyway, and we thought it would be a great idea to use the message in our first issue. After the banquet, we found Olon Wiggins and asked him if we might copy the message and use it in our magazine. We were astonished when he told us that no one had asked about the message. Since no one else had shown any great interest in it, he let us take the message itself with us. And we are prieliged to [sic] And so we are privileged to bring to you, the Message to the Denvention. There are those who may hint that since we have shown an interest in the message we had something to do with it. We will let you make your own decision after you have read the message itself. - 5 -
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