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Voice of the Imagination (VOM), whole no. 6, April 1940

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"Speakin of "Baby" or its sucessor, "Jr." I chalenj said banana crate 2 a race under any condish with my jalopy "Skylark of Foo". Tis a Chev of wery anchent vintaj, but theres pep in th old can yet! If at all posibl. SoF may b seen relaxin at th Chicon. It always relaxs wen its not it motn, It dosnt just stop & stand stil. it relaxs! Honest! U can actualy hear it. The damdst thing.
                               "Is"Trudy" the Hemken hu left a big hole in th Eyrie? & is Carolin Ferbr an alias? (Verytie true)
                                               "Ray Marlin sounds like a sudonim 2 me, & wuts more, a coverup 4 a femfan. Quote: 'boohoo, none of th othr mags hav such nice letr depts. 'Yep, eithr a femfan or a very yungster. Th fact that Ray cant take mor than I promag a month, bolstrs my opinion.

      "2bits is enclosd 4 a 3 ish sub 2 MADGE. If its 10c strate (yes, 10c str8),

Ill make up th nikel later.
                                       "Random thot: 'If I was a milionare. Id take a life sub 2 all th fanmag that r, or wil b. I coud also by hi-priced books like Th Lovecraft Vol & othrs.
            "Ill let this set a day or so, & c if anythin develops.
                                                   Wings dnote tym flyng....
                               "Random thot #2: Coming bak from th PO after sunset, I notist that now (30 Jan 40) is a swel time 4 an around-th-system roket race. Wy? Becos if Ull take a look Ull c that Venus, Mars, Jupiter, & Saturn r all neatly lind up in practily a strate line. Saturn is th only one 2 deviate from a perfectly strate line!
      "In this morns mail cums a letr from Neil R Jones. He has no less than FIVE Prof. Jameson stories ritten, wich non of th editors wil accept. Now I for 1, ---& I think many othr fans r with me--have ben longin 4 sum mor of those swel Zorome yarns 2 read. Wut do U say me start a heklin campane withe objec of getin these tales printd? I think twoud b evn betr if we concentratd on 1 ed in particular--towit: Palmer. Its only fitin, since AmS printd all th othr 21MM392 tales. I mite ad, that Im doing this entirly on my own inishitiv. Neil has no idea of wut I plan.

       "Best letrs were Kuceras, Tuckers, Wilsons, Lowndess, Marlins, & last but by no means least, yor cutup coments on all letrs.
                                           "Now Ill go stand in th corner 4 a while (Gotta rest my bateries, U kno).
                                      "Yhos,"
                                                   "PS--Im intrestd as 2 how U get these futur names; Morojo, etal. I c Uve got me peggd as 'Arlaur'. I thot I had it figurd out & had ben synin myself 'Arlawi'. Can U xplain?" (-wi on thend of Ur Esperanto name was mistaken for -ur. However, as no "w" xists in Esp, U hav a choice tween  Arlaui or Arlavi. U myt let us noe wich U select.)
                                        HERSELF: "'Lo -ish - kinda like your grittinx - thenx - hope the nu dekaid will be just so very much better for you than the last has been - or couldn't you want it any better? (yes, yes, dear Forrie, I know you are just as human as I, so, of course, you want it to be a much better dekaid.) ((Sorta beat ya to the draw there - heh, heh, heh.)) (Careful hu U all call "human", gal--that's myty powful insult weh I all cum frum: Mars--& I myt fergits ah luhvs U Trudy!)
                                          "I gits riled at tha superior wise-guy stuff these 14-yr old brats hand out - be they from Australia, Timbuctoo, Alaska or Tripoli. It just ain't nacherl fer kids thet age to be handing out sage advice and profound opinions of matters, which I feel are not in their scope other than the mere reading for the joy of it. Mebbe my mentality may be far less than these young'Uns, for I just read the stf stuff and WT sutff for the sheer

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"Speakin of "Baby" or its sucessor, "Jr." I chalenj said banana crate 2 a race under any condish with my jalopy "Skylark of Foo". Tis a Chev of wery anchent vintaj, but theres pep in th old can yet! If at all posibl. SoF may b seen relaxin at th Chicon. It always relaxs wen its not it motn, It dosnt just stop & stand stil. it relaxs! Honest! U can actualy hear it. The damdst thing. "Is"Trudy" the Hemken hu left a big hole in th Eyrie? & is Carolin Ferbr an alias? (Verytie true) "Ray Marlin sounds like a sudonim 2 me, & wuts more, a coverup 4 a femfan. Quote: 'boohoo, none of th othr mags hav such nice letr depts. 'Yep, eithr a femfan or a very yungster. Th fact that Ray cant take mor than I promag a month, bolstrs my opinion. "2bits is enclosd 4 a 3 ish sub 2 MADGE. If its 10c strate (yes, 10c str8), Ill make up th nikel later. "Random thot: 'If I was a milionare. Id take a life sub 2 all th fanmag that r, or wil b. I coud also by hi-priced books like Th Lovecraft Vol & othrs. "Ill let this set a day or so, & c if anythin develops. Wings dnote tym flyng.... "Random thot #2: Coming bak from th PO after sunset, I notist that now (30 Jan 40) is a swel time 4 an around-th-system roket race. Wy? Becos if Ull take a look Ull c that Venus, Mars, Jupiter, & Saturn r all neatly lind up in practily a strate line. Saturn is th only one 2 deviate from a perfectly strate line! "In this morns mail cums a letr from Neil R Jones. He has no less than FIVE Prof. Jameson stories ritten, wich non of th editors wil accept. Now I for 1, ---& I think many othr fans r with me--have ben longin 4 sum mor of those swel Zorome yarns 2 read. Wut do U say me start a heklin campane withe objec of getin these tales printd? I think twoud b evn betr if we concentratd on 1 ed in particular--towit: Palmer. Its only fitin, since AmS printd all th othr 21MM392 tales. I mite ad, that Im doing this entirly on my own inishitiv. Neil has no idea of wut I plan. "Best letrs were Kuceras, Tuckers, Wilsons, Lowndess, Marlins, & last but by no means least, yor cutup coments on all letrs. "Now Ill go stand in th corner 4 a while (Gotta rest my bateries, U kno). "Yhos," "PS--Im intrestd as 2 how U get these futur names; Morojo, etal. I c Uve got me peggd as 'Arlaur'. I thot I had it figurd out & had ben synin myself 'Arlawi'. Can U xplain?" (-wi on thend of Ur Esperanto name was mistaken for -ur. However, as no "w" xists in Esp, U hav a choice tween Arlaui or Arlavi. U myt let us noe wich U select.) HERSELF: "'Lo -ish - kinda like your grittinx - thenx - hope the nu dekaid will be just so very much better for you than the last has been - or couldn't you want it any better? (yes, yes, dear Forrie, I know you are just as human as I, so, of course, you want it to be a much better dekaid.) ((Sorta beat ya to the draw there - heh, heh, heh.)) (Careful hu U all call "human", gal--that's myty powful insult weh I all cum frum: Mars--& I myt fergits ah luhvs U Trudy!) "I gits riled at tha superior wise-guy stuff these 14-yr old brats hand out - be they from Australia, Timbuctoo, Alaska or Tripoli. It just ain't nacherl fer kids thet age to be handing out sage advice and profound opinions of matters, which I feel are not in their scope other than the mere reading for the joy of it. Mebbe my mentality may be far less than these young'Uns, for I just read the stf stuff and WT sutff for the sheer