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Southern Star, v. 1, issue 4, December 1941
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Mumblings SOUTHERN STAR Page 18 catering to a club, you can find an account of a meeting ending somewhat like this: (quote)". . . and nothing was accomplished." (Unquote). I have such an account before me now; John Chapman, secretary of the Minneapolis gang of lumberjacks and writing in the July FANTASITE, reports on their May meeting. He says that the get-together was held in a woodsy lodge belonging to Carl Jacobi; the cabin, we presume, being buried in the vacation country among the lakes and trees. Chapman reports very little business on the books, says the time was spent in chewing the rag, hashing story ideas, phonographs, refreshments, and enjoying themselves. And he ends with the trite: "Nothing was accomplished." [[underline]]How can they be so blind[[end underline]]? Several weeks ago, early in July, in fact, we finished reading the new Gray Lensman story; "Kinnison, Co-ordinator" I believe the finished product will be called. Consult [[underline]]Astounding[[end underline]] as to when it will see print. Permit us to report that we are horribly astonished (or should we say astounded?) and disappointed. Certain people involved would probably consider it unethical should we divulge details of the story here and now, so with great reluctance we keep our mouth shut. But once it sees sprint, be assured we shall bellyache long and loudly over certain of the actions of the Lensman and we sincerely believe we shall not be alone. This looked like about the second or third draft (of the story) we read, and of course things may be smoothed out or changed by the time it sees print. Which is another good reason for keeping our mouth shut. Perhaps our objectionable point will be eliminated entirely, altho it isn't likely. We realize of course that all this is pure teasing to those of you who dote on the Lensman, but by golly we are in a position to gloat and smirk because we have read the story in advance of publication, and we are human (or subhuman) enough to take advantage of the situation. Besides, for all you know Campbell may be paying us to boost the yarn! Censorship is a vile word; the meaning is viler still. Quite often the word is used loosely and carries none of the deeper meaning the term implies. I could accuse the editors of the STAR of being small-edition dictators, Hitler stooges, enemies of democracy and such, for eliminating two items from my August column. but I won't. Being an editor myself, I often edit material [[underline]]out[[end underline]], and Gilbert might retort at me loudly. (Besides, I'm getting my revenge in another way! See the 1st issue of Chris Mulrain's SENTINEL. ) It would do no good to attempt to tell you here what the two items were for they would simply be deleted again. They were taken out, it is said, because they violated the STAR's sex taboo. Well, I agree and disagree. One of them, by no stretch of the imagination, could be classified as sex. However, I take no serious objection to the editors eliminating it because I can understand their objection. The item was a pun, to the point of which hinged upon a slang term that carried a double meaning. If you have a low mind, the pun and the sentence that immediately followefd it told you a dirty joke. The editors have low minds. But, we are proud to report, we forced the editors to add a new
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Mumblings SOUTHERN STAR Page 18 catering to a club, you can find an account of a meeting ending somewhat like this: (quote)". . . and nothing was accomplished." (Unquote). I have such an account before me now; John Chapman, secretary of the Minneapolis gang of lumberjacks and writing in the July FANTASITE, reports on their May meeting. He says that the get-together was held in a woodsy lodge belonging to Carl Jacobi; the cabin, we presume, being buried in the vacation country among the lakes and trees. Chapman reports very little business on the books, says the time was spent in chewing the rag, hashing story ideas, phonographs, refreshments, and enjoying themselves. And he ends with the trite: "Nothing was accomplished." [[underline]]How can they be so blind[[end underline]]? Several weeks ago, early in July, in fact, we finished reading the new Gray Lensman story; "Kinnison, Co-ordinator" I believe the finished product will be called. Consult [[underline]]Astounding[[end underline]] as to when it will see print. Permit us to report that we are horribly astonished (or should we say astounded?) and disappointed. Certain people involved would probably consider it unethical should we divulge details of the story here and now, so with great reluctance we keep our mouth shut. But once it sees sprint, be assured we shall bellyache long and loudly over certain of the actions of the Lensman and we sincerely believe we shall not be alone. This looked like about the second or third draft (of the story) we read, and of course things may be smoothed out or changed by the time it sees print. Which is another good reason for keeping our mouth shut. Perhaps our objectionable point will be eliminated entirely, altho it isn't likely. We realize of course that all this is pure teasing to those of you who dote on the Lensman, but by golly we are in a position to gloat and smirk because we have read the story in advance of publication, and we are human (or subhuman) enough to take advantage of the situation. Besides, for all you know Campbell may be paying us to boost the yarn! Censorship is a vile word; the meaning is viler still. Quite often the word is used loosely and carries none of the deeper meaning the term implies. I could accuse the editors of the STAR of being small-edition dictators, Hitler stooges, enemies of democracy and such, for eliminating two items from my August column. but I won't. Being an editor myself, I often edit material [[underline]]out[[end underline]], and Gilbert might retort at me loudly. (Besides, I'm getting my revenge in another way! See the 1st issue of Chris Mulrain's SENTINEL. ) It would do no good to attempt to tell you here what the two items were for they would simply be deleted again. They were taken out, it is said, because they violated the STAR's sex taboo. Well, I agree and disagree. One of them, by no stretch of the imagination, could be classified as sex. However, I take no serious objection to the editors eliminating it because I can understand their objection. The item was a pun, to the point of which hinged upon a slang term that carried a double meaning. If you have a low mind, the pun and the sentence that immediately followefd it told you a dirty joke. The editors have low minds. But, we are proud to report, we forced the editors to add a new
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