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Shangri-La, issue 5, March-April 1948
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Directed by Mark Blanc Cast: EEEvans, Forrest J Ackerman, Gus Willmorth.....as Fran Laney Gus Willmorth.....Charles Burbee Lee Budoff.....Laney's Libido Forrest J Ackerman.....Forrest J Ackerman Ray Bradbury.....Ray Bradbury January 15; 423rd Consecutive Meeting: The interesting part of this meeting was an extemporaneous 45-minute speech delivered by a certain visitor from New York. He considers some of the information he imparted scandalous and has asked me not to reveal his name in the minutes. Al seems to be a nice guy so I promised him I wouldn't. Here are a few of the highlights: William Lawrence Hamling, associate-editor of AMAZING STORIES, informed him that "ASTOUNDING is soon to fold since AMAZING is outselling it 2 to 1," and "Campbell is to be kicked out as editor because Street and Smith is unsatisfied with his policies." Also: "AMAZING sells 140,000 copies per issue and MAMMOTH WESTERN sells 350,000 but the only thing keeping the Street and Smith pulps alive is their LOVE STORY magazine." (It is interesting to note that since then S&S have dropped that particular pulp.) Our visitor also mentioned that it was possible th t Popular might re-issue SUPER SCIENCE and ASTONISHING, but not to quote him. In reply to a question from Eph Koenigsberg, he told us that UNKNOWN was a success when it folded. January 22nd; 424th Consecutive Meeting: Forrest told us that he had called up the 20th Century Fox studios in an attempt to collect the $5 we want from them for the use of this clubroom, and its electricity, for the filming of one of their pictures. The voice on the other end of the line told him that they had made a contract with the owner of the building and that it was against their principles to make sub-contracts. They clung to their principles despite Forrest's warning that the club would boycott the picture. Walter J. Daugherty amused us with a little bit concerning August Derleth. It seems that Lovecraft had written some Letters to a gentleman named deCastro and now, of course, having flowed from the pen of a master-mind, they are very valuable little pieces of writing. Now, deCastro has a dislike of Derleth-- although, I don't know why anyone should dislike that august gentleman--so he sent the letters to Walt and some other fans .8.
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Directed by Mark Blanc Cast: EEEvans, Forrest J Ackerman, Gus Willmorth.....as Fran Laney Gus Willmorth.....Charles Burbee Lee Budoff.....Laney's Libido Forrest J Ackerman.....Forrest J Ackerman Ray Bradbury.....Ray Bradbury January 15; 423rd Consecutive Meeting: The interesting part of this meeting was an extemporaneous 45-minute speech delivered by a certain visitor from New York. He considers some of the information he imparted scandalous and has asked me not to reveal his name in the minutes. Al seems to be a nice guy so I promised him I wouldn't. Here are a few of the highlights: William Lawrence Hamling, associate-editor of AMAZING STORIES, informed him that "ASTOUNDING is soon to fold since AMAZING is outselling it 2 to 1," and "Campbell is to be kicked out as editor because Street and Smith is unsatisfied with his policies." Also: "AMAZING sells 140,000 copies per issue and MAMMOTH WESTERN sells 350,000 but the only thing keeping the Street and Smith pulps alive is their LOVE STORY magazine." (It is interesting to note that since then S&S have dropped that particular pulp.) Our visitor also mentioned that it was possible th t Popular might re-issue SUPER SCIENCE and ASTONISHING, but not to quote him. In reply to a question from Eph Koenigsberg, he told us that UNKNOWN was a success when it folded. January 22nd; 424th Consecutive Meeting: Forrest told us that he had called up the 20th Century Fox studios in an attempt to collect the $5 we want from them for the use of this clubroom, and its electricity, for the filming of one of their pictures. The voice on the other end of the line told him that they had made a contract with the owner of the building and that it was against their principles to make sub-contracts. They clung to their principles despite Forrest's warning that the club would boycott the picture. Walter J. Daugherty amused us with a little bit concerning August Derleth. It seems that Lovecraft had written some Letters to a gentleman named deCastro and now, of course, having flowed from the pen of a master-mind, they are very valuable little pieces of writing. Now, deCastro has a dislike of Derleth-- although, I don't know why anyone should dislike that august gentleman--so he sent the letters to Walt and some other fans .8.
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