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Voice of the Imagination, whole no. 11, January 1941

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VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION

other workers, who would stencil and mimeograph them, giving the completed papers again to the central editor who would bind them and mail them out. " how do you like the idea? (Students: Workers -- Arise!)

& we hear from JACK SPEER, another DC lite, or Capitol fellow, of 3416 Northampton NW: "For all your efforts to make it unintelligible, your impressionistic account of the trials and tribulations of lithoing gives some idea of how the process is worked, and it sounds more complicated than anything has a right to be. 
"I wonder if Stienkiewicz is trying to set up a new practice in capitalizing the last letter of names of fanmags ('SpacewayS, Golden AtoM', etc). Looks a little queer, but I prefer it to capitalizing every letter, like some people do. His super -Akrmanese raises the rather pertinent question, 'Why not?' It's only slitely less diverting of the attention than strate Ackermanese.

"Most depressed to notice that Ego Clarke has apparently been taken in by the Ministry of Propaganda's expert work. Gallet's letter of interest, the the blushing exchanges between him & Morejo struck me as being rather silly. I have more respect for Sweetness and Lite.

"Rothman's illustration which accompanied his letter was somewhat less than accurate, inasmuch as his window faces the other way from the Capitol and the Monument, with miles of houses & buildings between, and anyway the Capitol and Monument don't bear that relative position to one another, and Milty has no hair on his chest.

"Anybody with half an eye can see the difference between a brontosaur and a diplodoke.

"Hold on, here. Do my eyes deceive me? Or perhaps--no, my understanding of German can't be that defective. So du bist nicht ein Teknokrat: Um Himmels Wille! (Seems like I can't say anything in German without makeing a mistake in it somewhere). But why have you been holding out on us? (Ich weiss nicht: peut-être car neniu demandis about it!) 

"Bacover a wow.
"VoM9 cover swell.

"I'll second Warner's nomination of Temple's for the best crack of the year, but there are lots of swell runners-up, such as Rosenblum's introduction to his 'Who's Who in American Fandom' page: 'In order to further the cause of international amity, blah, blah, blah; and also because we want to, we present...' Dick Crain should have a place to put such gems in his anthology for 1940.

"And now the page and a half of Roberts. His earlier letters sounded like they carried some sense with them under that slimy exterior, but this latest sounds a little unbalanced, adn I woudl suggest that you publish Alan's picture, if he sends it, and then drop the matter there. 

"Referring to the stumbling around between you and Liebscher telling each other you that the other was swell--why the devil can't we be Bohemian about such things and come right out and say what we feel, with no apologies? The Twentieth Century reaction against frank expression of emotions has gone entirely too far when we can't express a sincere feeling without sounding ironic or feeling silly."

HENRY D GOLDMAN of 3116 Perrsville Ave, NSPittsburgh, Pa, ses suksinktly: "Note my sub ran out some time ago so enclosed please find 30c in coin for the next 3 issues beginning with No. 10. Some day I may write enough for you to print, but don't count on it as I am a very poor letter writer. " Anyway I enjoy reading other peoples mail so keep VOM coming as long as you issue it. You needn't worry about the money, you'll get it."

Foiling HARRY WARNER JR: "New VOM came yesterday. I refuse to appear in the next issue with a letter, so I'll not comment on it. Yah!" (Yah, yahself!)

The following "thing" was foisted on us by the Dixie Duo GILBERT & JENKINS: "The quick brown fox followed the laxy grey dog.  " Dear Joe, What has been the matter iwht "Jow "  Joe Gilbert is a lazy, good-for-nothin', despicable hack. " Harry Jenkins is not even that. Ben Sloan is a genuis,---almost. The Dixie Fantasy Fed-

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VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION other workers, who would stencil and mimeograph them, giving the completed papers again to the central editor who would bind them and mail them out. " how do you like the idea? (Students: Workers -- Arise!) & we hear from JACK SPEER, another DC lite, or Capitol fellow, of 3416 Northampton NW: "For all your efforts to make it unintelligible, your impressionistic account of the trials and tribulations of lithoing gives some idea of how the process is worked, and it sounds more complicated than anything has a right to be. "I wonder if Stienkiewicz is trying to set up a new practice in capitalizing the last letter of names of fanmags ('SpacewayS, Golden AtoM', etc). Looks a little queer, but I prefer it to capitalizing every letter, like some people do. His super -Akrmanese raises the rather pertinent question, 'Why not?' It's only slitely less diverting of the attention than strate Ackermanese. "Most depressed to notice that Ego Clarke has apparently been taken in by the Ministry of Propaganda's expert work. Gallet's letter of interest, the the blushing exchanges between him & Morejo struck me as being rather silly. I have more respect for Sweetness and Lite. "Rothman's illustration which accompanied his letter was somewhat less than accurate, inasmuch as his window faces the other way from the Capitol and the Monument, with miles of houses & buildings between, and anyway the Capitol and Monument don't bear that relative position to one another, and Milty has no hair on his chest. "Anybody with half an eye can see the difference between a brontosaur and a diplodoke. "Hold on, here. Do my eyes deceive me? Or perhaps--no, my understanding of German can't be that defective. So du bist nicht ein Teknokrat: Um Himmels Wille! (Seems like I can't say anything in German without makeing a mistake in it somewhere). But why have you been holding out on us? (Ich weiss nicht: peut-être car neniu demandis about it!) "Bacover a wow. "VoM9 cover swell. "I'll second Warner's nomination of Temple's for the best crack of the year, but there are lots of swell runners-up, such as Rosenblum's introduction to his 'Who's Who in American Fandom' page: 'In order to further the cause of international amity, blah, blah, blah; and also because we want to, we present...' Dick Crain should have a place to put such gems in his anthology for 1940. "And now the page and a half of Roberts. His earlier letters sounded like they carried some sense with them under that slimy exterior, but this latest sounds a little unbalanced, adn I woudl suggest that you publish Alan's picture, if he sends it, and then drop the matter there. "Referring to the stumbling around between you and Liebscher telling each other you that the other was swell--why the devil can't we be Bohemian about such things and come right out and say what we feel, with no apologies? The Twentieth Century reaction against frank expression of emotions has gone entirely too far when we can't express a sincere feeling without sounding ironic or feeling silly." HENRY D GOLDMAN of 3116 Perrsville Ave, NSPittsburgh, Pa, ses suksinktly: "Note my sub ran out some time ago so enclosed please find 30c in coin for the next 3 issues beginning with No. 10. Some day I may write enough for you to print, but don't count on it as I am a very poor letter writer. " Anyway I enjoy reading other peoples mail so keep VOM coming as long as you issue it. You needn't worry about the money, you'll get it." Foiling HARRY WARNER JR: "New VOM came yesterday. I refuse to appear in the next issue with a letter, so I'll not comment on it. Yah!" (Yah, yahself!) The following "thing" was foisted on us by the Dixie Duo GILBERT & JENKINS: "The quick brown fox followed the laxy grey dog. " Dear Joe, What has been the matter iwht "Jow " Joe Gilbert is a lazy, good-for-nothin', despicable hack. " Harry Jenkins is not even that. Ben Sloan is a genuis,---almost. The Dixie Fantasy Fed-