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Fandango, v. 2, issue 1, whole no. 5, Summer 1944
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see no justification for calling him "an onlooker and dallying amateur only". While it is quite true that Phil's first flash of youthful fervor has worn off, and that much of the energy that he once spent on being a superfan is now spent in other interests, this is a poor thing to damn him on, for a similar statement could be truthfully made about most of the older FAPA members--including you'n'me! Since the first of the year, Phil has single-handed brought out one issue of The Fantasite, and co-edited three issues of The Knave (the third of which will be out long before this stencil sees print). I'm typing this on April 14; thus Bronson has published four fanzines in four months--rather a respectable batting average, don't you think? In addition, he has taken a very active part in local fan affairs during this time--has not yet missed a meeting of The Outsiders (which means an average of three evenings a week at club and/or publishing sessions), and recently staged the Second Santa Monicon at which a baker's dozen of local fans gathered in honor of Slan Shack's Dal Doger and Chicago's Fwankie Wobinson...."FEN WHO LIVE FOR FANDOM ALONE & NOTHING ELSE ARE PATHOLOGICALCASES & NOT REPRESENTATIVE AT ALL," says Cahuvenet on page 7. Pin this up on the LASFS clubroom wall, somebody! ...And further to bring me glee, Chauvenet bats down Speer's ears on the negro question! LRC must be a Knave at heart! --ooOoo-- MOPSY, SUSPRO, and the S-F DEMOCRAT. I wish to s tate my emphatic approval of "No, No, 65 Times No". I believe that it is the feeling of most of the older fans that the law of diminishing returns steps in the moment one has to make a large edition of any fanzine, that the labor of crank-turning and assembling takes all the fun out of amateur publishing unless editions are held to a minimum. I already have to make 80 copiesof Fan-Dango, since several of my non-FAPA associates seem to insist on copies; if I had to increase this run to 100 or 120, it would probably mean that Fan-Dango would appear about half as often as it does now. Or would this be advantageous? Your rather nasty comments on my jumping all over Washington do not quite seem justified. It is true, of course, that "the best way to assure someone's adherence to a cause" etc. is to tear into him as I did; however, anyone who is such a stupid fool as to support Degler as long as Washington has can scarcely be worth keeping on our roster; it is doubtful if he has the intelligence to comprehend most of the material in the mailings. Beyond Which Limits is one of the most valuable items in the mailing, and should be circulated rather widely outside of FAPA as well. Associating with Yerke has made me very libel-conscious, as he can see libel in nearly every controversial statement the way I word it originally. Your attitude on the race problem betrays so hideously appalling a lack of tolerance, such a reactionary and anti-American outlook, that it is difficult for me to refrain from nasty personalities in commenting on it. If I should accidentally transgress the bounds of impersonal debate, I assure you it is not deliberate; but that my natural emotions at such a narrow and destructive view got the better of me. "But what kind of reasoning is this," you say, "Since African rhythms have entered into popular music, therefore, the negro's heredity is fit to mix with ours?" I violently resent persons who are unable to argue without putting words in their opponents' mouths. I have just reread my comments on Nucleus (Fandango 1-3), and fail to see where I gave you this impression. My first paragraph discussed racial interbreeding; my second discussed a facet of what Trudy called "the rich cultural benefits the Negro race has to offer". If you are capable of reading anything openmindedly, I suggest you reread this. -- 10 --
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see no justification for calling him "an onlooker and dallying amateur only". While it is quite true that Phil's first flash of youthful fervor has worn off, and that much of the energy that he once spent on being a superfan is now spent in other interests, this is a poor thing to damn him on, for a similar statement could be truthfully made about most of the older FAPA members--including you'n'me! Since the first of the year, Phil has single-handed brought out one issue of The Fantasite, and co-edited three issues of The Knave (the third of which will be out long before this stencil sees print). I'm typing this on April 14; thus Bronson has published four fanzines in four months--rather a respectable batting average, don't you think? In addition, he has taken a very active part in local fan affairs during this time--has not yet missed a meeting of The Outsiders (which means an average of three evenings a week at club and/or publishing sessions), and recently staged the Second Santa Monicon at which a baker's dozen of local fans gathered in honor of Slan Shack's Dal Doger and Chicago's Fwankie Wobinson...."FEN WHO LIVE FOR FANDOM ALONE & NOTHING ELSE ARE PATHOLOGICALCASES & NOT REPRESENTATIVE AT ALL," says Cahuvenet on page 7. Pin this up on the LASFS clubroom wall, somebody! ...And further to bring me glee, Chauvenet bats down Speer's ears on the negro question! LRC must be a Knave at heart! --ooOoo-- MOPSY, SUSPRO, and the S-F DEMOCRAT. I wish to s tate my emphatic approval of "No, No, 65 Times No". I believe that it is the feeling of most of the older fans that the law of diminishing returns steps in the moment one has to make a large edition of any fanzine, that the labor of crank-turning and assembling takes all the fun out of amateur publishing unless editions are held to a minimum. I already have to make 80 copiesof Fan-Dango, since several of my non-FAPA associates seem to insist on copies; if I had to increase this run to 100 or 120, it would probably mean that Fan-Dango would appear about half as often as it does now. Or would this be advantageous? Your rather nasty comments on my jumping all over Washington do not quite seem justified. It is true, of course, that "the best way to assure someone's adherence to a cause" etc. is to tear into him as I did; however, anyone who is such a stupid fool as to support Degler as long as Washington has can scarcely be worth keeping on our roster; it is doubtful if he has the intelligence to comprehend most of the material in the mailings. Beyond Which Limits is one of the most valuable items in the mailing, and should be circulated rather widely outside of FAPA as well. Associating with Yerke has made me very libel-conscious, as he can see libel in nearly every controversial statement the way I word it originally. Your attitude on the race problem betrays so hideously appalling a lack of tolerance, such a reactionary and anti-American outlook, that it is difficult for me to refrain from nasty personalities in commenting on it. If I should accidentally transgress the bounds of impersonal debate, I assure you it is not deliberate; but that my natural emotions at such a narrow and destructive view got the better of me. "But what kind of reasoning is this," you say, "Since African rhythms have entered into popular music, therefore, the negro's heredity is fit to mix with ours?" I violently resent persons who are unable to argue without putting words in their opponents' mouths. I have just reread my comments on Nucleus (Fandango 1-3), and fail to see where I gave you this impression. My first paragraph discussed racial interbreeding; my second discussed a facet of what Trudy called "the rich cultural benefits the Negro race has to offer". If you are capable of reading anything openmindedly, I suggest you reread this. -- 10 --
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