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Spacewarp, v. 5, issue 4, whole no. 28, July 1949
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QUIEN SABE? Dear Art: It was with considerable amazement that I read Boggs' admission that he is a rabid fan. The fashion in FAPA, of which Redd is one of the more outstanding members, is to deny that one has anything more than a mild interest in anything other than ayjay[[?]]. DAN MULCAHY Dear Mr. Rapp, I read Mr. Redd Boggs' letter in the current issue with considerable amusement and interest. I note that he hopes I will reply. But one cannot arge in these matters. De gustibue non disputandem is an established principle, and I know of no good reason to presume to take issue. It seems clear to me that Redd Boggs is glad he does not have my taste, and in very large part I am glad that I do not have his. More than that one can hardly say, unless I were to add, as I have done before, that no one is required to buy Arkham House books, and that anyone who prefers his own taste is invited to put up his own money to publish what he likes. Sincerely, AUGUST DERLETH Dear Art: I don't care much for fiction in fanzines, so haven't read that type stuff in your mag. Maybe I otta. File 13 is undoubtedly your best feature, with all due regard to the piles of stuff Boggsie writes. Timber! is, in common with all editorial material, of considerable interest to me, but in general, it doesn't seem to be as interesting to me as most anybody else's editorial ramblings. Guess you don't put enough of your personality in it. What happened to your list of pen names? I could supply you with whole gobs of that info, but intend to put it in FANTASY FOUNTAIN in FAPA soon, so I guess I won't bother with it here. COSWAL Dear Art: First off, congrats on your town's success in the matter of obtaining drinkable water. LIFE gave the event quite a spread ... and it just occurs to me that if you did not read it in LIFE, very likely you didn't know Saginaw was sans aqua pura, subsisting as you do on more spirited liquids. Concerning the May WARP, I say: TIMBER: Meaty stuff, tho I fail to see how pickled beef relates to fannish topics. ((Oh, I was just chewing the fat, you might say.)) PROBLEM IN ORINTHOLOGY: The bird laid an egg. BOOK REVIEW: Good teaser -- made me want to read "Sinister Barrier." WHAT'LL I WRITE: Like Ed said, he got a page out of it -- and a clever page it was, too. THE GLEEFUL CADAVERL Neat Nolsonnet (too bad it wasn't 14 lines -- would have made that comment more appropos) NO INDICATION: It quit too quick (19)
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QUIEN SABE? Dear Art: It was with considerable amazement that I read Boggs' admission that he is a rabid fan. The fashion in FAPA, of which Redd is one of the more outstanding members, is to deny that one has anything more than a mild interest in anything other than ayjay[[?]]. DAN MULCAHY Dear Mr. Rapp, I read Mr. Redd Boggs' letter in the current issue with considerable amusement and interest. I note that he hopes I will reply. But one cannot arge in these matters. De gustibue non disputandem is an established principle, and I know of no good reason to presume to take issue. It seems clear to me that Redd Boggs is glad he does not have my taste, and in very large part I am glad that I do not have his. More than that one can hardly say, unless I were to add, as I have done before, that no one is required to buy Arkham House books, and that anyone who prefers his own taste is invited to put up his own money to publish what he likes. Sincerely, AUGUST DERLETH Dear Art: I don't care much for fiction in fanzines, so haven't read that type stuff in your mag. Maybe I otta. File 13 is undoubtedly your best feature, with all due regard to the piles of stuff Boggsie writes. Timber! is, in common with all editorial material, of considerable interest to me, but in general, it doesn't seem to be as interesting to me as most anybody else's editorial ramblings. Guess you don't put enough of your personality in it. What happened to your list of pen names? I could supply you with whole gobs of that info, but intend to put it in FANTASY FOUNTAIN in FAPA soon, so I guess I won't bother with it here. COSWAL Dear Art: First off, congrats on your town's success in the matter of obtaining drinkable water. LIFE gave the event quite a spread ... and it just occurs to me that if you did not read it in LIFE, very likely you didn't know Saginaw was sans aqua pura, subsisting as you do on more spirited liquids. Concerning the May WARP, I say: TIMBER: Meaty stuff, tho I fail to see how pickled beef relates to fannish topics. ((Oh, I was just chewing the fat, you might say.)) PROBLEM IN ORINTHOLOGY: The bird laid an egg. BOOK REVIEW: Good teaser -- made me want to read "Sinister Barrier." WHAT'LL I WRITE: Like Ed said, he got a page out of it -- and a clever page it was, too. THE GLEEFUL CADAVERL Neat Nolsonnet (too bad it wasn't 14 lines -- would have made that comment more appropos) NO INDICATION: It quit too quick (19)
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