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En Garde, whole no. 7, September 1943
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page 3. ".....with jaundiced eye" FANTASY AMATEUR: At last, the last. Good luck to Swisher. OFFICIAL BALLOT: We used it. Did you? LOVE, ELMER: Glad you're getting back in the groove, Elmer. SILVER DUST: Why don't some of these able fan-poets turn their talents to writing some really good fantasy and stf poems? So little of this type has been done, and still less amounted to much. POGORUS: Cleve Cartmill paints a sad picture. Reflecting upon its tragic promise, we are reminded of that certain head of the Patent Office who arrived at the conclusion that everything had been invented. "Stf is dead," say we. "Long live Stf!" Phoenix-like, it will continue to rise anew from its own ashes in the future, even as it has in the past. GUTETO: We think this mag is showing a distinct trend toward becoming of greater interest. Incidentally, we Slan Shackers have just decided to set aside one night a week when nothing but Esp. will be spoken. That seems as good as any way to quickly learn the lingo. Of course we have very little in the way of books and material on the subject to start out with, but start we shall. So here is a chance for any Esperanto enthusiasts in the crowd to offer any encouragement that occurs to them. Here we stand, a group of potential converts. MADMAN OF MARS: (We have just come-to and realized this one isn't the Madman of Mars, but Rahuun Ta-ka, its sequel. With that stupenduous discovery, and the realization of what it portends, we quietly slip back into our coma.) No comment! THE PHANTAGRAPH (10-2): Perhaps the effect on the cover was deliberately achieved for some reason that eludes us. But from where we sit it simply looks like a sloppy job. Spfrsk is without doubt the best in the issue. Such depth of meaning! Such insight into the human mind! Such delicate portrayal of the frustrated ego! Who can doubt that this bit will be numbered among the classics of tomorrow? (10-3): Thisstory, "The Booklings" is the most delightfully charming thing we've come across in some time. DAW has really outdone himself. If the rest of the proposed series of Phantagraph Booklets uphold the standard he has set, we shall cherish them among our prized possessions. SCI-FIC VARIETY: A swell issue. We recently had the misfortune to view a picture entitled The Marines Come Through. We nominate it as the all-time stinker. It was put out by "Astor Productions" or some such. In one place, a couple sabateurs or spys or something desired entrance into a certain guarded building. The guard was marching up and down with a gun over his shoulder. They shot him from ambush. Whereupon he carefully laid down on his back on the ground, all the while keeping his gun over his shoulder. The whole scene was so amateurish that everybody in the theater burst out laughing. Then a bunch of Marines came running to find out what the shot was about. A sergeant lifted the guard up in his arms and discovered he still lived. Standing up again, he raised one arm dramatically and ex-
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page 3. ".....with jaundiced eye" FANTASY AMATEUR: At last, the last. Good luck to Swisher. OFFICIAL BALLOT: We used it. Did you? LOVE, ELMER: Glad you're getting back in the groove, Elmer. SILVER DUST: Why don't some of these able fan-poets turn their talents to writing some really good fantasy and stf poems? So little of this type has been done, and still less amounted to much. POGORUS: Cleve Cartmill paints a sad picture. Reflecting upon its tragic promise, we are reminded of that certain head of the Patent Office who arrived at the conclusion that everything had been invented. "Stf is dead," say we. "Long live Stf!" Phoenix-like, it will continue to rise anew from its own ashes in the future, even as it has in the past. GUTETO: We think this mag is showing a distinct trend toward becoming of greater interest. Incidentally, we Slan Shackers have just decided to set aside one night a week when nothing but Esp. will be spoken. That seems as good as any way to quickly learn the lingo. Of course we have very little in the way of books and material on the subject to start out with, but start we shall. So here is a chance for any Esperanto enthusiasts in the crowd to offer any encouragement that occurs to them. Here we stand, a group of potential converts. MADMAN OF MARS: (We have just come-to and realized this one isn't the Madman of Mars, but Rahuun Ta-ka, its sequel. With that stupenduous discovery, and the realization of what it portends, we quietly slip back into our coma.) No comment! THE PHANTAGRAPH (10-2): Perhaps the effect on the cover was deliberately achieved for some reason that eludes us. But from where we sit it simply looks like a sloppy job. Spfrsk is without doubt the best in the issue. Such depth of meaning! Such insight into the human mind! Such delicate portrayal of the frustrated ego! Who can doubt that this bit will be numbered among the classics of tomorrow? (10-3): Thisstory, "The Booklings" is the most delightfully charming thing we've come across in some time. DAW has really outdone himself. If the rest of the proposed series of Phantagraph Booklets uphold the standard he has set, we shall cherish them among our prized possessions. SCI-FIC VARIETY: A swell issue. We recently had the misfortune to view a picture entitled The Marines Come Through. We nominate it as the all-time stinker. It was put out by "Astor Productions" or some such. In one place, a couple sabateurs or spys or something desired entrance into a certain guarded building. The guard was marching up and down with a gun over his shoulder. They shot him from ambush. Whereupon he carefully laid down on his back on the ground, all the while keeping his gun over his shoulder. The whole scene was so amateurish that everybody in the theater burst out laughing. Then a bunch of Marines came running to find out what the shot was about. A sergeant lifted the guard up in his arms and discovered he still lived. Standing up again, he raised one arm dramatically and ex-
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