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Western Star, issue 4, September 10, 1950
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FANTASY STORIES NOVEMBER 1950 25[[cent symbol]] a magazine review, by "Sandy" At the request of one Jim Kepner I have sat me down at the Royal and am hastening on my way to becoming a Westbrook Degler-er-Pegler. This will be at the (I hope complete) expense of FANTASY STORIES, a pseudo magazine for the publication of fantasy stories. It's not very aptly titled, incidentally. I said this would be at the expense of the magazine but actually it's written in reference to a man. This person is Curtis Mitchell the editor AND publisher of FANTASY STORIES. It is his fault and no one else's, since he is the publisher as well as editor, that this is even printed. On the back cover is a picture of a crying baby with the caption "Why doesn't somebody read me a fantasy story". This picture is a fairly accurate portrait of the people Mr. Mitchell seems to aim his magazine at. The front cover is very poor as are the contents and layout of the magazine proper and believe me there is nothing proper about this magazine. The fillers are "afternoon teaparty" dirty jokes, for instance. Ideal for a fantasy mag. I'm treating this rather lightly, I'm afraid. In fact, I have already written one column and thrown it away because it wasn't strong enough. When this issue first came out I started to read it, mentally gagged and wrote Mr. Mitchell a four page letter tearing it apart from cover to cover. I won't do that now. All I want to say can be condensed into the following: Don't buy it. It's not only poor, its rotten. It stinks from cover to cover. There isn't one really good thing I can say for it. That last despite the fact that Ackerman has an article in it. Things like this and a couple other magazines should not exist. There is no excuse for it. No, not even the money it might make. It won't make money if people bother to check on what they buy before they buy it. Mr. Mitchell should put his money into something a little more worthwhile such as, as Max Shulman would say "relief tubes for . . . . . . . pilots." BIT NEWS! ! ! G.G.F.S. GETS CLUBROOM. . . . . . . . . As of last night, the Golden Gate Futurians have gotten themselves a clubroom complete with fireplace. So check your mailing lists. From now on, the GGFS, Western Star, The Fantasy Film Group, RENASCENCE and Stewart Metchette will all receive their mail at 639 Oak Street in San Francisco. For[[?]] local fans hoping to make the meetings, its within a block or so of the 6, 7, 21 or 22 bus lines in San Francisco, and just a short walk from downtown (half block from Filmore Street.) --- 11 ---
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FANTASY STORIES NOVEMBER 1950 25[[cent symbol]] a magazine review, by "Sandy" At the request of one Jim Kepner I have sat me down at the Royal and am hastening on my way to becoming a Westbrook Degler-er-Pegler. This will be at the (I hope complete) expense of FANTASY STORIES, a pseudo magazine for the publication of fantasy stories. It's not very aptly titled, incidentally. I said this would be at the expense of the magazine but actually it's written in reference to a man. This person is Curtis Mitchell the editor AND publisher of FANTASY STORIES. It is his fault and no one else's, since he is the publisher as well as editor, that this is even printed. On the back cover is a picture of a crying baby with the caption "Why doesn't somebody read me a fantasy story". This picture is a fairly accurate portrait of the people Mr. Mitchell seems to aim his magazine at. The front cover is very poor as are the contents and layout of the magazine proper and believe me there is nothing proper about this magazine. The fillers are "afternoon teaparty" dirty jokes, for instance. Ideal for a fantasy mag. I'm treating this rather lightly, I'm afraid. In fact, I have already written one column and thrown it away because it wasn't strong enough. When this issue first came out I started to read it, mentally gagged and wrote Mr. Mitchell a four page letter tearing it apart from cover to cover. I won't do that now. All I want to say can be condensed into the following: Don't buy it. It's not only poor, its rotten. It stinks from cover to cover. There isn't one really good thing I can say for it. That last despite the fact that Ackerman has an article in it. Things like this and a couple other magazines should not exist. There is no excuse for it. No, not even the money it might make. It won't make money if people bother to check on what they buy before they buy it. Mr. Mitchell should put his money into something a little more worthwhile such as, as Max Shulman would say "relief tubes for . . . . . . . pilots." BIT NEWS! ! ! G.G.F.S. GETS CLUBROOM. . . . . . . . . As of last night, the Golden Gate Futurians have gotten themselves a clubroom complete with fireplace. So check your mailing lists. From now on, the GGFS, Western Star, The Fantasy Film Group, RENASCENCE and Stewart Metchette will all receive their mail at 639 Oak Street in San Francisco. For[[?]] local fans hoping to make the meetings, its within a block or so of the 6, 7, 21 or 22 bus lines in San Francisco, and just a short walk from downtown (half block from Filmore Street.) --- 11 ---
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