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The Science Fiction Fan, v. 4, issue 9, whole no. 45, April 1940
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FAN ................................................5 voted the nation's number one fan. And the Vernians do not like this at all. "Mr. Westerfield also errs when he stated that Wollheim: "Points a scornful finger at the Bell Telephone Company, accusing them of suppressing patents." Reference to the article in question (vide: Science Fiction Fan, July, 1939) will show that Wollheim merely quoted the patent study of the Federal Communications Commission. 'Furthermore the comment: "Most fans resent the intrusion of the Michelists" is far from correct. The Vernians resent the very existence of the Michelists, true. But the Vernians are not "most fans". Since Michelism is a phenomenon peculiar to science fiction fans alone; since all Michelists are fans, there could not be any "intrusion". Moreover, the Michelists have never been confined to any particular section of the country such as New York. 'The most glaring mistake in Mr. Westerfield's statement is: "And during the science fiction convention, held in New York last July, the fans refused to let them (Michelists) invade their ranks. As a matter of fact they literally thew them out". 'No one was "thrown out" of the World Science Fiction Convention. There were a large number of Michelists in attendance. However, six prominent fans were denied admittance by the Convention Committee, although the Convention had been widely advertised as "open to all fans". These six were particular Michelists against whom the Vernian Convention Committee felt particular personal hatred. Despite a concerted effort on the part of the entire assemblage to over-rule to Committee's decision, and admit these six, the tiny minority in control managed to block this effort by simply refusing to allow resolutions of votes of any kind. For confirmation of this, I refer you to Editors Frederik Pohl (Astonishing and Super-Science Stories John W. Campbell, Jr., (Astounding Science Fiction and Unknown) and Charles D. Hornig (Science Fiction
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FAN ................................................5 voted the nation's number one fan. And the Vernians do not like this at all. "Mr. Westerfield also errs when he stated that Wollheim: "Points a scornful finger at the Bell Telephone Company, accusing them of suppressing patents." Reference to the article in question (vide: Science Fiction Fan, July, 1939) will show that Wollheim merely quoted the patent study of the Federal Communications Commission. 'Furthermore the comment: "Most fans resent the intrusion of the Michelists" is far from correct. The Vernians resent the very existence of the Michelists, true. But the Vernians are not "most fans". Since Michelism is a phenomenon peculiar to science fiction fans alone; since all Michelists are fans, there could not be any "intrusion". Moreover, the Michelists have never been confined to any particular section of the country such as New York. 'The most glaring mistake in Mr. Westerfield's statement is: "And during the science fiction convention, held in New York last July, the fans refused to let them (Michelists) invade their ranks. As a matter of fact they literally thew them out". 'No one was "thrown out" of the World Science Fiction Convention. There were a large number of Michelists in attendance. However, six prominent fans were denied admittance by the Convention Committee, although the Convention had been widely advertised as "open to all fans". These six were particular Michelists against whom the Vernian Convention Committee felt particular personal hatred. Despite a concerted effort on the part of the entire assemblage to over-rule to Committee's decision, and admit these six, the tiny minority in control managed to block this effort by simply refusing to allow resolutions of votes of any kind. For confirmation of this, I refer you to Editors Frederik Pohl (Astonishing and Super-Science Stories John W. Campbell, Jr., (Astounding Science Fiction and Unknown) and Charles D. Hornig (Science Fiction
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