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Le Zombie, v. 4, issue 10, whole no. 45, January 1942
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13A WEATHER DEPT presenting D.B. THOMPSON'S popular column from the now dead Fan-Atic. "As the Wind Listeth…" ------------------------------------- There is no truth to the rumor that Pong is going to make a practice of adopting orphans, as a means of doing his bit to win the war. Just because this colyum is in LeZ…. Art Widner, (the Poll Cat to you-all, and also known as the Goatherd) is quite a detective. First, he told everybody that The Cynic, HWjr's columnist, was none other than the guy who writes this; then, when he met a flat denial, he switched to Doc Lowndes. Well, at least, Doc and I have one thing in common -- we both like science fiction -- but our views on many phases of s-f are so very divergent that it is hard to see how we could both be suspected of writing the same column. Whoever writes the column for Harry is undoubtedly close to the Futurians, which lets me out. His views don't agree at all with Doc's comments in FAPA mags, so I think that lets Doc out. But Art isn't the only bum detective; look at the way Tucker was taken in on the "Dona Belle" hoax. And as for ES, no wonder he committed pseudocide, after discovering that all his efforts at dissecting my "girlish style" went for naught. (If you don't know what this is all about, you should read Tucker's column in Southern Star; if you don't, you ain't eddicated.) ((Do all columnists use soft soap? -- editor)) This "girlish style" stuff, tho, in my opinion is a lot of hooey. Writing styles are not, as a general thing, "masculine" or "feminine". There are a lot of women writing stories for men, and using masculine pen-names. There are also many men writing for the love and confession magazines -- stories slanted for young girls, and written from their standpoint. I recently heard of a sedate, middle-aged college professor who is successfully doing that, much to his own amusement, and his adolescent daughter's indignation. So, fair thee well, Donna Belle, cause you ain't, and never was. Lowndes has made Amazing. If you don't believe it, read "The Man Who Changed History" in the February issue. He does very well, too; invents a time-machine no larger than a wrist watch. It works, too. In fact, it is a very remarkable time-machine. Besides doing what any time-machine does, it has the odd ability to change the costumes of the hero, when the author is looking elsewhere. On page 89, Reggie, the hero, demands, and gets, a Union Army uniform (he is temporarily in the ranks of the Confederate army) and on page 90, he turns up wearing the French Army uniform which he had discarded. It is important that he do so, too, because a large part of the plot depends on him having that uniform. It must have been the time-machine; surely the author or editor couldn't be too blame. NUTTY NOTION: I wonder if Bok read his story in Future Fiction, before drawing the illustration for it? He specifically states that the woman's nose is "negligible" in the story. After looking at her nose in the illustration, I can't help wondering. Joe Gilbert has stated, in a recent fanzine, that, in his opinion, (a) the half-cent rate paid by Fictioneers, Albing, etc., is going to become the standard in all s-f mags, and (b) that the professional writers -- those who make their livings by writing -- are going to leave the field entirely, leaving it to fan writers. (over)
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13A WEATHER DEPT presenting D.B. THOMPSON'S popular column from the now dead Fan-Atic. "As the Wind Listeth…" ------------------------------------- There is no truth to the rumor that Pong is going to make a practice of adopting orphans, as a means of doing his bit to win the war. Just because this colyum is in LeZ…. Art Widner, (the Poll Cat to you-all, and also known as the Goatherd) is quite a detective. First, he told everybody that The Cynic, HWjr's columnist, was none other than the guy who writes this; then, when he met a flat denial, he switched to Doc Lowndes. Well, at least, Doc and I have one thing in common -- we both like science fiction -- but our views on many phases of s-f are so very divergent that it is hard to see how we could both be suspected of writing the same column. Whoever writes the column for Harry is undoubtedly close to the Futurians, which lets me out. His views don't agree at all with Doc's comments in FAPA mags, so I think that lets Doc out. But Art isn't the only bum detective; look at the way Tucker was taken in on the "Dona Belle" hoax. And as for ES, no wonder he committed pseudocide, after discovering that all his efforts at dissecting my "girlish style" went for naught. (If you don't know what this is all about, you should read Tucker's column in Southern Star; if you don't, you ain't eddicated.) ((Do all columnists use soft soap? -- editor)) This "girlish style" stuff, tho, in my opinion is a lot of hooey. Writing styles are not, as a general thing, "masculine" or "feminine". There are a lot of women writing stories for men, and using masculine pen-names. There are also many men writing for the love and confession magazines -- stories slanted for young girls, and written from their standpoint. I recently heard of a sedate, middle-aged college professor who is successfully doing that, much to his own amusement, and his adolescent daughter's indignation. So, fair thee well, Donna Belle, cause you ain't, and never was. Lowndes has made Amazing. If you don't believe it, read "The Man Who Changed History" in the February issue. He does very well, too; invents a time-machine no larger than a wrist watch. It works, too. In fact, it is a very remarkable time-machine. Besides doing what any time-machine does, it has the odd ability to change the costumes of the hero, when the author is looking elsewhere. On page 89, Reggie, the hero, demands, and gets, a Union Army uniform (he is temporarily in the ranks of the Confederate army) and on page 90, he turns up wearing the French Army uniform which he had discarded. It is important that he do so, too, because a large part of the plot depends on him having that uniform. It must have been the time-machine; surely the author or editor couldn't be too blame. NUTTY NOTION: I wonder if Bok read his story in Future Fiction, before drawing the illustration for it? He specifically states that the woman's nose is "negligible" in the story. After looking at her nose in the illustration, I can't help wondering. Joe Gilbert has stated, in a recent fanzine, that, in his opinion, (a) the half-cent rate paid by Fictioneers, Albing, etc., is going to become the standard in all s-f mags, and (b) that the professional writers -- those who make their livings by writing -- are going to leave the field entirely, leaving it to fan writers. (over)
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