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Mutant, v. 2, issue 2, May 1948
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EDITORIAL by r-tRapp, pinch-hitting for BILL GROOVER In its (to date) four-issue career, THE MUTANT has racked up a rather spectacular record of hard sailing. Ben Singer founded this zine about a year ago, got out two issues, and then was forced to retire from actifandom for a while because he was working about 16 hours a day. Or, as a stickler for accuracy would put it, he was being paid for working 16 hours a day. Ah, well..... With the formation of the MSFS early this spring, Mutie was revived, the work being done by Ben and by George Young. For some obscure reason, chiefly that both fen took on other MSFS duties, the zine was then turned over to Bill Groover, with a promise from me to do the cutting of stencils. Bill's noble start on a super-ish was cut short by his leaving a week or so ago to take a job on a Great Lakes boat, so he turned the partly-completed issues over to me. Unfortunately, he left on extremely short notice, so we had no time to straighten out what went where, etc. As a result, I've merely put together what Bill had ready for inclusion -- and managed to snafu the page-numbering in the process. I am also to blame for the lousy mimeoing on several of the pages. Bill, by cranking out several issues of SPACEWARP on the MSFS mimeo, learned how to combat the quirks of the machine, which has a personality of its own. I might add that this ish of THE MUTANT taught me a lot of them. A rough checkup of production costs show that each copy of THE MUTANT costs approximately 9.5[[cent symbol]] for materials alone. At 50[[cent symbol]] per year, you subscribers pay 8.3[[cent symbol]] per issue, which shows (a) you're getting your money's worth by submitting to MUTANT, and (b) why the MSFS treasury has chronic anemia. Last minute notes: The blurb on "Judgment" (p.3) doesn't mean what it says. The word "not" should be "now." My fault, again. In the MSFS roster (p.13) another name should be added: Norman Kossuth, 86 Cedarhurs, Detroit 3, Michigan. Norm has also been appointed MSFS Librarian, and, as stated on the back cover, fmz in exchange for Mutie should be sent him. Steve Metchette takes over for the July ish. He needs, of course, COPY! How about helping him out? Bearing up under the MUTANT's editorial jinx is hard enuf without THAT perennial plague of fanzine editors to worry about, also. I wonder how Redd Boggs got into this ish? All the other contribbers, by coincidence, happen to be Michifen. Ah,well, Redd's a nice guy. He can't help it that he was so unfortunate as not to be living in Michigan. If I'm not mistaken, Minnesota is part of the U.S. too. In closing, I'll quote, on behalf of Bill, George Young's famous MSFS slogan: "Get On The Beam With The Michigan Team" - END - 2
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EDITORIAL by r-tRapp, pinch-hitting for BILL GROOVER In its (to date) four-issue career, THE MUTANT has racked up a rather spectacular record of hard sailing. Ben Singer founded this zine about a year ago, got out two issues, and then was forced to retire from actifandom for a while because he was working about 16 hours a day. Or, as a stickler for accuracy would put it, he was being paid for working 16 hours a day. Ah, well..... With the formation of the MSFS early this spring, Mutie was revived, the work being done by Ben and by George Young. For some obscure reason, chiefly that both fen took on other MSFS duties, the zine was then turned over to Bill Groover, with a promise from me to do the cutting of stencils. Bill's noble start on a super-ish was cut short by his leaving a week or so ago to take a job on a Great Lakes boat, so he turned the partly-completed issues over to me. Unfortunately, he left on extremely short notice, so we had no time to straighten out what went where, etc. As a result, I've merely put together what Bill had ready for inclusion -- and managed to snafu the page-numbering in the process. I am also to blame for the lousy mimeoing on several of the pages. Bill, by cranking out several issues of SPACEWARP on the MSFS mimeo, learned how to combat the quirks of the machine, which has a personality of its own. I might add that this ish of THE MUTANT taught me a lot of them. A rough checkup of production costs show that each copy of THE MUTANT costs approximately 9.5[[cent symbol]] for materials alone. At 50[[cent symbol]] per year, you subscribers pay 8.3[[cent symbol]] per issue, which shows (a) you're getting your money's worth by submitting to MUTANT, and (b) why the MSFS treasury has chronic anemia. Last minute notes: The blurb on "Judgment" (p.3) doesn't mean what it says. The word "not" should be "now." My fault, again. In the MSFS roster (p.13) another name should be added: Norman Kossuth, 86 Cedarhurs, Detroit 3, Michigan. Norm has also been appointed MSFS Librarian, and, as stated on the back cover, fmz in exchange for Mutie should be sent him. Steve Metchette takes over for the July ish. He needs, of course, COPY! How about helping him out? Bearing up under the MUTANT's editorial jinx is hard enuf without THAT perennial plague of fanzine editors to worry about, also. I wonder how Redd Boggs got into this ish? All the other contribbers, by coincidence, happen to be Michifen. Ah,well, Redd's a nice guy. He can't help it that he was so unfortunate as not to be living in Michigan. If I'm not mistaken, Minnesota is part of the U.S. too. In closing, I'll quote, on behalf of Bill, George Young's famous MSFS slogan: "Get On The Beam With The Michigan Team" - END - 2
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