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Centauri Page 27 Opposites -- React! Oh you sly devil, you coy boy, you foxy -- (Hey, what rhymes with foxy?) Anyway, this all means that I was very much surprised -- pleasantly so, I might add -- by the arrival of CENTAURI. The impression I got that it was very neat, far surpassing my feeble attempt at a fan-magazine. Of course, it is to be noted that a bit more effort and money was soaked in your enterprise than mine. A Warnerating (1-to-10) follows, knowing, since I too was once a fan-editor, how much these trifles are appreciated. COVER: The same thing holds true for this as it did for PARADOX and SHANGRI-L'AFFAIRS in that the drawing origin ally was probably good, but after undergoing the epochal task of ye stencilingge came out rather worn and very unartistic. Also, the subject is thoroughly stereotyped. Sorry, but I can't go any better than 6 on this. TOC (Table-of-contents) Very neat, but not original. You'll have to excuse my harping on this one subject, but it has always been my main beef. If that type TOC were patented, plagiarism would run rampant thruout fandom, methinx. 5. EDITORIAL: Ah, now this is an entirely different matter. Intelligently written, wholesome, refreshing, and above all, informative. NOT WHAT YOU THINK: Uninteresting, but splendidly written so literally begs for an eight. Will do. 8. DEAN'S DIALOGUE: Diminutive version of Degler's "COSMIC REVOLUTION". He rehax the idea foremost in everyone's mind: World betterment. Surely he must realize that such a little interjection couldn't even help to stir anyone's emotions to an acting point. THE UNNAMED: Doesn't seem so nondescript -- so unnamable to me as all that. Might call it "Warner's Wanderings" or "This'n That". However, Harry's views are a bit impractical now. Before the war, with fan-mags galore, it would have been a dilly, but now ten'll get you twenty that no one takes him up on it. 8. RIMEL: 9. From a pseudo-professional what else? It was pretty good. Exceptionally so for a fmz. POEM: 8. No commentte. STRAINED INNERTUBE: 9. Hyaw, hyaw, hyaw. Tom's first attempt at humor is very compelling. The title kills me! Yahk, yahk, yahk. DRIL: 10. This is the second ten Burbee has made for himself. More power to the guy, he's really good. PONG: 7. Tuck's last five articles were way below standard. S'Matter with 'im? And the number one fan, too -- for shame, for shame. ART: Ranged from good to bad. Andy and Hoffman in the former category. I regret to place to Hoffman there, because basically he stinx, but such is the case. BACOVER: 6. The girl reminded me ever so much of a femme Taurasi drew for Spaceways, and the BEM smells strongly familiar. ISH AS A WHOLE: 7, which is two points above average - Concluded on Next Page -
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Centauri Page 27 Opposites -- React! Oh you sly devil, you coy boy, you foxy -- (Hey, what rhymes with foxy?) Anyway, this all means that I was very much surprised -- pleasantly so, I might add -- by the arrival of CENTAURI. The impression I got that it was very neat, far surpassing my feeble attempt at a fan-magazine. Of course, it is to be noted that a bit more effort and money was soaked in your enterprise than mine. A Warnerating (1-to-10) follows, knowing, since I too was once a fan-editor, how much these trifles are appreciated. COVER: The same thing holds true for this as it did for PARADOX and SHANGRI-L'AFFAIRS in that the drawing origin ally was probably good, but after undergoing the epochal task of ye stencilingge came out rather worn and very unartistic. Also, the subject is thoroughly stereotyped. Sorry, but I can't go any better than 6 on this. TOC (Table-of-contents) Very neat, but not original. You'll have to excuse my harping on this one subject, but it has always been my main beef. If that type TOC were patented, plagiarism would run rampant thruout fandom, methinx. 5. EDITORIAL: Ah, now this is an entirely different matter. Intelligently written, wholesome, refreshing, and above all, informative. NOT WHAT YOU THINK: Uninteresting, but splendidly written so literally begs for an eight. Will do. 8. DEAN'S DIALOGUE: Diminutive version of Degler's "COSMIC REVOLUTION". He rehax the idea foremost in everyone's mind: World betterment. Surely he must realize that such a little interjection couldn't even help to stir anyone's emotions to an acting point. THE UNNAMED: Doesn't seem so nondescript -- so unnamable to me as all that. Might call it "Warner's Wanderings" or "This'n That". However, Harry's views are a bit impractical now. Before the war, with fan-mags galore, it would have been a dilly, but now ten'll get you twenty that no one takes him up on it. 8. RIMEL: 9. From a pseudo-professional what else? It was pretty good. Exceptionally so for a fmz. POEM: 8. No commentte. STRAINED INNERTUBE: 9. Hyaw, hyaw, hyaw. Tom's first attempt at humor is very compelling. The title kills me! Yahk, yahk, yahk. DRIL: 10. This is the second ten Burbee has made for himself. More power to the guy, he's really good. PONG: 7. Tuck's last five articles were way below standard. S'Matter with 'im? And the number one fan, too -- for shame, for shame. ART: Ranged from good to bad. Andy and Hoffman in the former category. I regret to place to Hoffman there, because basically he stinx, but such is the case. BACOVER: 6. The girl reminded me ever so much of a femme Taurasi drew for Spaceways, and the BEM smells strongly familiar. ISH AS A WHOLE: 7, which is two points above average - Concluded on Next Page -
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