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Voice of the Imagination (VOM), whole no. 7, June 1940
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10 See you in Chi, if our respective wheeled demons can make it....Re the first two words on p. 2, featuring I. Gotta Grouch's unagreed with letter, I gotta printed notice in my car (name of Jenny), which reads: 'We don't give a damn what Confucius say.' FS, possibly short. (No Reiss cracks, Wilson: I didn't Planet that way.) in smaller type it declares: 'We say Eat Spurnmurch's Peanut Butter Sandwiches:, but that's a sort of anticlimax. Quick, Chet, the scissors!" (What do U think conscientious editors are for? NB—No Boloney—why, they're for Wilson, ofcorse! Wutsa matter with Dicky Bird? He's All Ryt!) A little from LOWNDES (same address as foregoing)—pardonu, ke ni ne povus publikigi la tutan leteren, Revelo! "Doc receiveth the "news of" ye change of VOM to bi-monthly withe muche joye. I must thank Joe Gilbert 4 the honorable attitud e he has taken in regard 2 his previous remarks; would that fandom had more like him yea, verily. ~~ He bemoaneth the non-appearance of an- other letter bv Kav Marlin. (Swelo, me, folks, I just remembered I used a pseudonym of nothn othern Kay Marlene—astonishing coincidence?—on a letter publisht in Ast about 8 yrs ago. —Weaver Wright) — He deigneth not to lose sleep over the ravings of one Startreader- — He becometh philosophical, albeit unTechnocratic: Even tho it maynt appear so on the surface, peoply r as consistent as all hell; they can't help b otherwise. ~~ He closeth the lothly." GLEN "DEAD N KID" TAYLOR (he informs us there is only one "n" in his name rathern the 2 we used bfor), 503 S Jackson, Kansas City Mo.: ^Estimados Angelenos: Greetings from the heart of America. Volume 2, No. 1, and The Apr 40 issue have arrived, and their piquant contents have been read with pleasure. The issues were well mimeographed, but like most of the fanmags I get the back pages are coming off. Suggestion for fanmag improvement: More intelligent criticism of the science in some of the promag stories. Most of the fan comment and criticism seems to be on the literary style, which is important, but after all it's supposed to be SCIENCE fiction. Recent examples of goofy science- 'Chameleon Planet' in Astonishing; 'Living Isotopes' in Super Science. These writers have strained so hard for the gnat of a unique idea that they have swallowed the camel of illogic. Now let me say something aside to Australia's stfanemesis, whose cliche-burdened missive brings a taste of tartness to the April issue— Dear Alan: I do not wish to arouse further your apparently hard-to-restrain animus toward us queer people who actually like stf, but I can only say that I too was once an adolescent lacking tolerance for the old fogies and their peculiar ways." Vol Molesworth- prominent Australifan of 11 Northumberland, Clevelly, Sydney: "The fourth issue of your spendid mag was the first I have had the pleasure of reading, though Eric Russell has received and displayed previous three issues at meetings of the Futurian Society of Sydney. I don't know whether letters from abroad are welcomed by you (well we sure do: YES!) but somehow I feel I must put into words the admiration I have for the 14 page, green inked, neatly mimeoed object. ~~ I enjoyed, immensely the humorous letters by Tucker, Trudy, Reinsberg and others, and at the same time picked up a lot of information on fandom that could not be found in other fan magazines. I have a medium knowledge of fandom, and thus references to Thexact, Pogo, Michelism, etc were not as gibberish to me. But what the foofoo does "sic" mean? (See dictionary) Cover was QX (New Yr No.). ~~ Have borrowed Imagination off Russell~and fell in love with Madge. All I get now is the gentle voice of the lovely creature, and Doctor 4e, don't fail to send VoM as soon as the ink is dry and the staples set: I guess subconsciously, 1 have always wanted VoM: I have always wanted to know just what the 'big names' (note: not mouths) thought, and VoM is the answer." CROWDED OUT—COMING UP: A reMARKabletter (from REINSBERG) - a Widnerfuletter from Art Jr - a Templetter from England) A a full-page lithograft Knightmare by Damon the Demon'. "Let bygone be bygone- ' BE AT THE CHICON!" EW
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10 See you in Chi, if our respective wheeled demons can make it....Re the first two words on p. 2, featuring I. Gotta Grouch's unagreed with letter, I gotta printed notice in my car (name of Jenny), which reads: 'We don't give a damn what Confucius say.' FS, possibly short. (No Reiss cracks, Wilson: I didn't Planet that way.) in smaller type it declares: 'We say Eat Spurnmurch's Peanut Butter Sandwiches:, but that's a sort of anticlimax. Quick, Chet, the scissors!" (What do U think conscientious editors are for? NB—No Boloney—why, they're for Wilson, ofcorse! Wutsa matter with Dicky Bird? He's All Ryt!) A little from LOWNDES (same address as foregoing)—pardonu, ke ni ne povus publikigi la tutan leteren, Revelo! "Doc receiveth the "news of" ye change of VOM to bi-monthly withe muche joye. I must thank Joe Gilbert 4 the honorable attitud e he has taken in regard 2 his previous remarks; would that fandom had more like him yea, verily. ~~ He bemoaneth the non-appearance of an- other letter bv Kav Marlin. (Swelo, me, folks, I just remembered I used a pseudonym of nothn othern Kay Marlene—astonishing coincidence?—on a letter publisht in Ast about 8 yrs ago. —Weaver Wright) — He deigneth not to lose sleep over the ravings of one Startreader- — He becometh philosophical, albeit unTechnocratic: Even tho it maynt appear so on the surface, peoply r as consistent as all hell; they can't help b otherwise. ~~ He closeth the lothly." GLEN "DEAD N KID" TAYLOR (he informs us there is only one "n" in his name rathern the 2 we used bfor), 503 S Jackson, Kansas City Mo.: ^Estimados Angelenos: Greetings from the heart of America. Volume 2, No. 1, and The Apr 40 issue have arrived, and their piquant contents have been read with pleasure. The issues were well mimeographed, but like most of the fanmags I get the back pages are coming off. Suggestion for fanmag improvement: More intelligent criticism of the science in some of the promag stories. Most of the fan comment and criticism seems to be on the literary style, which is important, but after all it's supposed to be SCIENCE fiction. Recent examples of goofy science- 'Chameleon Planet' in Astonishing; 'Living Isotopes' in Super Science. These writers have strained so hard for the gnat of a unique idea that they have swallowed the camel of illogic. Now let me say something aside to Australia's stfanemesis, whose cliche-burdened missive brings a taste of tartness to the April issue— Dear Alan: I do not wish to arouse further your apparently hard-to-restrain animus toward us queer people who actually like stf, but I can only say that I too was once an adolescent lacking tolerance for the old fogies and their peculiar ways." Vol Molesworth- prominent Australifan of 11 Northumberland, Clevelly, Sydney: "The fourth issue of your spendid mag was the first I have had the pleasure of reading, though Eric Russell has received and displayed previous three issues at meetings of the Futurian Society of Sydney. I don't know whether letters from abroad are welcomed by you (well we sure do: YES!) but somehow I feel I must put into words the admiration I have for the 14 page, green inked, neatly mimeoed object. ~~ I enjoyed, immensely the humorous letters by Tucker, Trudy, Reinsberg and others, and at the same time picked up a lot of information on fandom that could not be found in other fan magazines. I have a medium knowledge of fandom, and thus references to Thexact, Pogo, Michelism, etc were not as gibberish to me. But what the foofoo does "sic" mean? (See dictionary) Cover was QX (New Yr No.). ~~ Have borrowed Imagination off Russell~and fell in love with Madge. All I get now is the gentle voice of the lovely creature, and Doctor 4e, don't fail to send VoM as soon as the ink is dry and the staples set: I guess subconsciously, 1 have always wanted VoM: I have always wanted to know just what the 'big names' (note: not mouths) thought, and VoM is the answer." CROWDED OUT—COMING UP: A reMARKabletter (from REINSBERG) - a Widnerfuletter from Art Jr - a Templetter from England) A a full-page lithograft Knightmare by Damon the Demon'. "Let bygone be bygone- ' BE AT THE CHICON!" EW
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