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Fan Slants, v. 1, issue 1, September 1943

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FAN SLANTS    29

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couch in one corner of the LASFS clubroom, dozing contentedly. Yerke entered,   espied my recumbent   form, and concluded that this was a splendid opportunity for some real fun. Producing an enormous sheet of wrapping paper,  he tucked it about me, and then gleefully set fire to it.   Luckily I came to my senses at this point and prevented an uncomfortable experience. When I demanded .an explanation for his unseemly conduct, he replied, "I was giving you a hot-torso!" 
     An interesting fact about our subject, is that he possesses a daily pet-peeve complex. that is, every day he has one particular gripe, which he insists upon reporting on a half-hourly schedule; For
instance, on one day he might be worrying about getting up in time for work the following morning. "Do you realize." he will bellow in a Herculean voice, "that eleven-and-one-half hours from now I will have to be rising?" Then after a few unintelligible grumbling sounds, he will return his infallible timepiece (railroad time, we'll have you know!) to his watch-pocket until another half-hour has elapsed, when he will repeat the entire process.
    Small children regard Yerke as a most intriguing, if repellent, form of life, and accordingly make it a point persistently to annoy him. 
This is a very sad state of affairs, for Bruce has never been able to find a soft spot in his heart for the wee animals. He hates them. He will go to any lengths to avoid contact with children. Normally a non-athletic person, Yerke will accomplish amazing and hair-raising gymnastic feats when endeavoring to escape from pursuing
children. His most fiendish persecutors reside in the vicinity of the clubroom and consequently he has become exceedingly skilled in Indian tactics, which he employs to sneak undetected into the clubroom on meeting  nights. One evening frantic cries for help sounded outside the room. Dashing madly out the door we were astounded to see that the neighborhood infants had treed Yerke directly across the street. He
was climbing to the highest branch of the tree, some thirty or forty feet from the ground. We shooed the brats away and rescued him, but he was badly shaken for some time following this episode. "They chased me for two blocks," he panted, "and were poking at me with long sticks."

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A new fan and a new publication enter the fan field. Jike (Yi-kay')
publishing TOWARD TOMORROW, with articles, fiction and poetry by Jean
Arnold. John Amold, Barbara Bovard, Keith Buchanan, Lloyd Connerly,
Conrade D¢esty, Fassbinder, John L. Gorgen, Eric Hopkins, James Kepner, John Mercury Loring, Lynn Peterson, and art work by [?], Bill Watson, Ronald Clyne, Jike, and (we hope) Sandra Michel.
Read TOWARD TOMORROW and find out:
How an agnostic would get along in Heaven;
How confusing time travel could be;
What is the basis of the theory of relativity;
What the future holds in store;
What fandom has to offer;
What is wrong with fandom;
What are the weak points of Christianity;
& How to work for a better tomorrow.

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FAN SLANTS 29 [Note that the article appears to continue in mid-sentence from a previous page.] couch in one corner of the LASFS clubroom, dozing contentedly. Yerke entered, espied my recumbent form, and concluded that this was a splendid opportunity for some real fun. Producing an enormous sheet of wrapping paper, he tucked it about me, and then gleefully set fire to it. Luckily I came to my senses at this point and prevented an uncomfortable experience. When I demanded .an explanation for his unseemly conduct, he replied, "I was giving you a hot-torso!" An interesting fact about our subject, is that he possesses a daily pet-peeve complex. that is, every day he has one particular gripe, which he insists upon reporting on a half-hourly schedule; For instance, on one day he might be worrying about getting up in time for work the following morning. "Do you realize." he will bellow in a Herculean voice, "that eleven-and-one-half hours from now I will have to be rising?" Then after a few unintelligible grumbling sounds, he will return his infallible timepiece (railroad time, we'll have you know!) to his watch-pocket until another half-hour has elapsed, when he will repeat the entire process. Small children regard Yerke as a most intriguing, if repellent, form of life, and accordingly make it a point persistently to annoy him. This is a very sad state of affairs, for Bruce has never been able to find a soft spot in his heart for the wee animals. He hates them. He will go to any lengths to avoid contact with children. Normally a non-athletic person, Yerke will accomplish amazing and hair-raising gymnastic feats when endeavoring to escape from pursuing children. His most fiendish persecutors reside in the vicinity of the clubroom and consequently he has become exceedingly skilled in Indian tactics, which he employs to sneak undetected into the clubroom on meeting nights. One evening frantic cries for help sounded outside the room. Dashing madly out the door we were astounded to see that the neighborhood infants had treed Yerke directly across the street. He was climbing to the highest branch of the tree, some thirty or forty feet from the ground. We shooed the brats away and rescued him, but he was badly shaken for some time following this episode. "They chased me for two blocks," he panted, "and were poking at me with long sticks." staggering TOWARD TOMORO A new fan and a new publication enter the fan field. Jike (Yi-kay') publishing TOWARD TOMORROW, with articles, fiction and poetry by Jean Arnold. John Amold, Barbara Bovard, Keith Buchanan, Lloyd Connerly, Conrade D¢esty, Fassbinder, John L. Gorgen, Eric Hopkins, James Kepner, John Mercury Loring, Lynn Peterson, and art work by [?], Bill Watson, Ronald Clyne, Jike, and (we hope) Sandra Michel. Read TOWARD TOMORROW and find out: How an agnostic would get along in Heaven; How confusing time travel could be; What is the basis of the theory of relativity; What the future holds in store; What fandom has to offer; What is wrong with fandom; What are the weak points of Christianity; & How to work for a better tomorrow. send 10¢ to Jike 628 S. Bixel, L.A. 14, Cal immediately.