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Southern Star, v. 1, issue 2, June 1941
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FROM THE STARPORT --by... FRED W. FISCHER Well, the first issue of THE SOUTHERN STAR has been soundly spanked and put to bed, and the two Dixie doodlers Joe Gilbert and Art Sehnert can get down to business and attempt to pull out the dream magazine of fandom. No! I don't mean a magazine that lulls the reader to sleep, so please swallow that unkind crack on the very verge of utterance. I've had any number of nice letters telling me how well-done my first column was. Perhaps "well-done" is an understatement. "Thoroughly roasted" might better describe my efforts. Anyway, I've had any number of nice letters (take a finger from one to ten) -- and thank you so much, Lew Martin, for your kind remarks. If it weren't for you I'd NEVER get any mail. This fellow Lew Martin is one of my favorite characters, readers. Or reader, as the case may be. After all, somebody proof-reads this column. Lew writes: "I always read your articles first in any mag that contains your stuff, for you are the most consistently excellent writer, both in style and ideas, in the fan field." If I've said it once I've said it a dozen times. Lew Martin is one of the most brilliant and discerning characters I've ever known. He has an uncanny ability to recognize genius no matter what form it may take. The fact that he owes me money has nothing to do, of course, with his comments. He still owes me money. I was never one to cancel a collection for a compliment and a slightly-used cigar coupon. But to get down to business and to dispense information as my first step in doing so, let me advise George Fonton, who asked me (and the rest of you who didn't) that [illegible] WEINBAUM MEMORIAL EDITION contained a photograph of Weinbaum, a forward by the president of the Milwaukee Fictioneers, and the fhe following stories; THE DAWN OF FLAME, MAD MOON, A MARTIAN ODYSSEY, THE WORLDS OF IF, THE AD[ILLEGIBLE]IVE ULTIMATE, THE LOTUS EATERS, and THE RED PERRI. It was a beautifully bound volume and a tribute to Weinbaum's writing ability. And apropos of a satisfactory bridge between paragraphs of entirely unrelated subjects, allow me to quote Charles Fort: "I think we're property. I should say we belong to something: That once upon a time this earth was No-Man's land, that other worlds explored and colonized here, and fought among themselves for possession
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FROM THE STARPORT --by... FRED W. FISCHER Well, the first issue of THE SOUTHERN STAR has been soundly spanked and put to bed, and the two Dixie doodlers Joe Gilbert and Art Sehnert can get down to business and attempt to pull out the dream magazine of fandom. No! I don't mean a magazine that lulls the reader to sleep, so please swallow that unkind crack on the very verge of utterance. I've had any number of nice letters telling me how well-done my first column was. Perhaps "well-done" is an understatement. "Thoroughly roasted" might better describe my efforts. Anyway, I've had any number of nice letters (take a finger from one to ten) -- and thank you so much, Lew Martin, for your kind remarks. If it weren't for you I'd NEVER get any mail. This fellow Lew Martin is one of my favorite characters, readers. Or reader, as the case may be. After all, somebody proof-reads this column. Lew writes: "I always read your articles first in any mag that contains your stuff, for you are the most consistently excellent writer, both in style and ideas, in the fan field." If I've said it once I've said it a dozen times. Lew Martin is one of the most brilliant and discerning characters I've ever known. He has an uncanny ability to recognize genius no matter what form it may take. The fact that he owes me money has nothing to do, of course, with his comments. He still owes me money. I was never one to cancel a collection for a compliment and a slightly-used cigar coupon. But to get down to business and to dispense information as my first step in doing so, let me advise George Fonton, who asked me (and the rest of you who didn't) that [illegible] WEINBAUM MEMORIAL EDITION contained a photograph of Weinbaum, a forward by the president of the Milwaukee Fictioneers, and the fhe following stories; THE DAWN OF FLAME, MAD MOON, A MARTIAN ODYSSEY, THE WORLDS OF IF, THE AD[ILLEGIBLE]IVE ULTIMATE, THE LOTUS EATERS, and THE RED PERRI. It was a beautifully bound volume and a tribute to Weinbaum's writing ability. And apropos of a satisfactory bridge between paragraphs of entirely unrelated subjects, allow me to quote Charles Fort: "I think we're property. I should say we belong to something: That once upon a time this earth was No-Man's land, that other worlds explored and colonized here, and fought among themselves for possession
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