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Spacewarp, v. 3, issue 4, July 1948
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[Illustration of a skull and crossbones with "Greetings from the Society for the Abolition of Michigan" underneath it.] ((continued from p6)) Ed Kuss, Erwin Stirmweis and Steve Metchette arrived, and with Ben, George and I went to the railroad depot to meet Joe Kennedy, who the SAPS expected on the morning train. We had no idea what JoKe looked like, so developed the scheme of standing around with copies of MUTANT and the WARP prominently displayed, much to the edification of Toronto's citizens, especially a 6-year-old who seemed fascinated by Trey Nelson's WARP cover until George pointed out that if he read magazines like that he might grow up to be like Ben Singer. The lad fled, screaming. Eventually we gave up and went to the Rai Purdy Studios, where, after all this time, the first session of the Sixth World Science-Fiction Convention was about to begin. The auditorium was a stfan heaven -- scores and scores of originals decking the walls, publishers' displays hither and thither, a big table of fanzines for sale, including special editions of the SYDNEY FUTURIAN and Tucker's immortal LE ZOMBIE. There was also a big board prepared by the MacInnes' to show future NECROMANCER covers, and last but not least, the elite of fandom milling about everywhere. To me, the most fascinating aspect of this whole affair was the experience of seeing these stfamous names suddenly come to life: George O Smith, Erle Korshak, Don Wolheim, Lloyd Eshbash, Sam Moskowitz, Bob Bloch, EEEvans, Ackerman, JoKe (who showed up later in the day), the MacInnes, Woolston, Frank Dietz, Sykora, Redd Boggs (who does have red hair -- I never imagined that before!), Dr. Keller, John Blyler and dozens of others. Some I wanted to see because I'd heard of them so often; others I have corresponding with, and without exception, they turned out to be swell guys who I'm looking forward to seeing again next year. The auditorium was spacious and well-lighted. The stage was hung with red and blue curtains, and was equipped with a rostrum, two mikes, and a piano. The microphones, rather unfortunately, were of the directional type, so those speakers who moved about while talking were hard to hear at times. The outstanding exception was Sam Moskowitz, whose bass voice would have filled the room even without electronics. Doc Keller, too, had lung-power to carry the rear of the room above the sound of fangab. 13
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[Illustration of a skull and crossbones with "Greetings from the Society for the Abolition of Michigan" underneath it.] ((continued from p6)) Ed Kuss, Erwin Stirmweis and Steve Metchette arrived, and with Ben, George and I went to the railroad depot to meet Joe Kennedy, who the SAPS expected on the morning train. We had no idea what JoKe looked like, so developed the scheme of standing around with copies of MUTANT and the WARP prominently displayed, much to the edification of Toronto's citizens, especially a 6-year-old who seemed fascinated by Trey Nelson's WARP cover until George pointed out that if he read magazines like that he might grow up to be like Ben Singer. The lad fled, screaming. Eventually we gave up and went to the Rai Purdy Studios, where, after all this time, the first session of the Sixth World Science-Fiction Convention was about to begin. The auditorium was a stfan heaven -- scores and scores of originals decking the walls, publishers' displays hither and thither, a big table of fanzines for sale, including special editions of the SYDNEY FUTURIAN and Tucker's immortal LE ZOMBIE. There was also a big board prepared by the MacInnes' to show future NECROMANCER covers, and last but not least, the elite of fandom milling about everywhere. To me, the most fascinating aspect of this whole affair was the experience of seeing these stfamous names suddenly come to life: George O Smith, Erle Korshak, Don Wolheim, Lloyd Eshbash, Sam Moskowitz, Bob Bloch, EEEvans, Ackerman, JoKe (who showed up later in the day), the MacInnes, Woolston, Frank Dietz, Sykora, Redd Boggs (who does have red hair -- I never imagined that before!), Dr. Keller, John Blyler and dozens of others. Some I wanted to see because I'd heard of them so often; others I have corresponding with, and without exception, they turned out to be swell guys who I'm looking forward to seeing again next year. The auditorium was spacious and well-lighted. The stage was hung with red and blue curtains, and was equipped with a rostrum, two mikes, and a piano. The microphones, rather unfortunately, were of the directional type, so those speakers who moved about while talking were hard to hear at times. The outstanding exception was Sam Moskowitz, whose bass voice would have filled the room even without electronics. Doc Keller, too, had lung-power to carry the rear of the room above the sound of fangab. 13
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