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Venus, v. 1, issue 1, June 1944

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ODD JOHN 
FACT OR FICTION

by 

Glen Daniels

Fact or fiction? Take what you will, but it will leave a lot questions unanswered. True, it answered some of the questions that have been in my mind for some time but not all of the answers do I like. 

The book filled me with loathing; not at John and his valiant followers, but at man's inherent and consistant inability to grasp the fundamental principle of their belief, their knowledge, which is today, more than ever before, self evident. 

Is John really a creature of imagination? You, the followers of STF, Fandom, what you will, can look deep within yourselves and find truths not discernable by the average mind. 

Telepathy, for a brief instance: certainly a proven fact, not only by our Occidental world, but a known and practiced art in the east for generations. 

According to Stapledon's premisc, Odd John was the final and complete evolution of our species. Unfortunately, the author gave birth to something not quite up to our preconcieved notions of the Homo Superior. 

Can I prove that Odd John is wholly fiction? Can I definitely state that he is already here? No, but I can, and do contend that if he is typical of our future race, we have a lot of them running around in this slightly over-cluttered world, at the moment. Child prodigies? They are a dime a dozen

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-4- ODD JOHN FACT OR FICTION by Glen Daniels Fact or fiction? Take what you will, but it will leave a lot questions unanswered. True, it answered some of the questions that have been in my mind for some time but not all of the answers do I like. The book filled me with loathing; not at John and his valiant followers, but at man's inherent and consistant inability to grasp the fundamental principle of their belief, their knowledge, which is today, more than ever before, self evident. Is John really a creature of imagination? You, the followers of STF, Fandom, what you will, can look deep within yourselves and find truths not discernable by the average mind. Telepathy, for a brief instance: certainly a proven fact, not only by our Occidental world, but a known and practiced art in the east for generations. According to Stapledon's premisc, Odd John was the final and complete evolution of our species. Unfortunately, the author gave birth to something not quite up to our preconcieved notions of the Homo Superior. Can I prove that Odd John is wholly fiction? Can I definitely state that he is already here? No, but I can, and do contend that if he is typical of our future race, we have a lot of them running around in this slightly over-cluttered world, at the moment. Child prodigies? They are a dime a dozen [At the bottom of the page:] (Ed. note: the above article introduces a new writer to fandom. This is his first article for a fanzine. We hope you like it, and want to see more of his work.)