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Tycho, v. 1, issue 1, June 1942
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CONTROVERSY! --by The Ghoul ------------------------------------- It begins to appear as if we may have another fan-feud on our hands again, what with the animosity between the two fan-weeklies: Nebula and FFF. This ill feeling may or may not have begun with Nebula's refusal to merge with FFF after the appearance of its first issue; I don't think so myself. But in the April 4th issue of FFF, under the heading of "Nebula Indulges in Irresponsible Rumors," the writer accused Nebula of specializing in such rumors. Now, to my mind, this was entirely uncalled for. Any regular reader of Nebula will confirm the fact that it doesn't wantonly indulge in any such rumors at all -- any more than FFF does, and items of that caliber are always stated as "unconfirmed rumors," and nothing more. They can't possibly do any actual harm and most assuredly aren't meant to do so, so why get all het-up about it? Let's hope nothing more will come of this, for such small things are the cause of many a bitter and senseless feud, and with all the worthwhile activity and co-operation in fandom today, it would seem rather absurd to spoil it with more jealousy and enmity. And, too, once a news-weekly begins to fling about veiled insults and sarcastic comments re another, rival sheet, it is only too easy for it to get into a rut. Best example of this is the one-time top newssheet: Fantasy News, which became the most hated of fanzines because of its tendency to twist and distort news-items, publish out-and-out lies, slanderous statements, and in general, resort to vicious mudslinging. Readers soon tired of it. With the two splendid weeklies we now have in FFF and Nebula, it would be the height of asininity for them to spoil their futures in a similar manner. Speaking of newssheets, that magazine is back again! Yeah, you guessed it; Mercury. Now, this is a mag that indulges in irresponsible rumors. If Fortier would only get wise and print only news this might develop once more into the neat little fanzine it formerly was. But, when he shapes and entangles innocent phrases from personal letters, and prints them in the form of thinly veiled slams, I'd just as soon he would hang for good. Excellent example of this: the news that the LASFS has "banned fantasy." To quote verbatim from Mercury: "They (the LASFS) have banned fantasy. Anyone entering into club gossip with stfiction, either weird, pure fantasy, or science-fiction, is ostracized by the rest of the organization. it is for this reason that Joquel left for hermitude." Amen. Very clever, Joe. Only I don't think the LASFS, or anyone else will like this. You ought to read the write ups of the LASFS meetings in Nebula, Joe. I think you'll find the LASFS hasn't banned fantasy, and that you're off the beam again.
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CONTROVERSY! --by The Ghoul ------------------------------------- It begins to appear as if we may have another fan-feud on our hands again, what with the animosity between the two fan-weeklies: Nebula and FFF. This ill feeling may or may not have begun with Nebula's refusal to merge with FFF after the appearance of its first issue; I don't think so myself. But in the April 4th issue of FFF, under the heading of "Nebula Indulges in Irresponsible Rumors," the writer accused Nebula of specializing in such rumors. Now, to my mind, this was entirely uncalled for. Any regular reader of Nebula will confirm the fact that it doesn't wantonly indulge in any such rumors at all -- any more than FFF does, and items of that caliber are always stated as "unconfirmed rumors," and nothing more. They can't possibly do any actual harm and most assuredly aren't meant to do so, so why get all het-up about it? Let's hope nothing more will come of this, for such small things are the cause of many a bitter and senseless feud, and with all the worthwhile activity and co-operation in fandom today, it would seem rather absurd to spoil it with more jealousy and enmity. And, too, once a news-weekly begins to fling about veiled insults and sarcastic comments re another, rival sheet, it is only too easy for it to get into a rut. Best example of this is the one-time top newssheet: Fantasy News, which became the most hated of fanzines because of its tendency to twist and distort news-items, publish out-and-out lies, slanderous statements, and in general, resort to vicious mudslinging. Readers soon tired of it. With the two splendid weeklies we now have in FFF and Nebula, it would be the height of asininity for them to spoil their futures in a similar manner. Speaking of newssheets, that magazine is back again! Yeah, you guessed it; Mercury. Now, this is a mag that indulges in irresponsible rumors. If Fortier would only get wise and print only news this might develop once more into the neat little fanzine it formerly was. But, when he shapes and entangles innocent phrases from personal letters, and prints them in the form of thinly veiled slams, I'd just as soon he would hang for good. Excellent example of this: the news that the LASFS has "banned fantasy." To quote verbatim from Mercury: "They (the LASFS) have banned fantasy. Anyone entering into club gossip with stfiction, either weird, pure fantasy, or science-fiction, is ostracized by the rest of the organization. it is for this reason that Joquel left for hermitude." Amen. Very clever, Joe. Only I don't think the LASFS, or anyone else will like this. You ought to read the write ups of the LASFS meetings in Nebula, Joe. I think you'll find the LASFS hasn't banned fantasy, and that you're off the beam again.
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