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Science Fiction Fan, v. 2, issue 8, March 1938
Page 17
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FAN 17 seen in the development of fan magazines and activity in the two countries. The eventual result of this gap is another matter. It is my opinion that it will widen and eventually force the two groups into their own camps away from one another. Already one or two British fans have expressed themselves as being "fed up with the American squabbling" and Britishers, I know, have many enemies among prominent American fans. If things go on as they are going, with the added stimulus of their own magazines, fan production and society, five years will see an almost complete drift-away of the British, except for private correspondence. Such a happening would be a great pity, because both sides have much to give towards a potential whole. As I see it, this can be prevented in only one way--by a concerted effort on the part of British and American fans to settle all their differences and as Americans put it "get together". This would entail the building of a new society that would really be international and co-operative. This has not been attempted before--of the three main societies both the SFL and ISA were essentially American, while the SFA is supremely British in every way. The ideal society would have hq's in both countries and regular magazine productions, entirely devoted to a process of unification and reconciliation. "Rows" would be barred but such controversial subjects as Michelism and etcetera could be thrashed out in their pages w̲i̲t̲h̲o̲u̲t̲ ̲a̲b̲u̲s̲e̲ ̲o̲r̲ ̲d̲r̲a̲m̲a̲t̲i̲c̲ ̲e̲x̲p̲r̲e̲s̲s̲i̲o̲n̲s̲ ̲o̲f̲ ̲s̲e̲l̲f̲-̲p̲i̲t̲y̲. A steady campaign could be fought for the enlargement of the fan field. Every new writer in the letters sections of the magazines would be a potential convert, and with a really large, organized force, pressure might be brought to bear upon some magazine editors and worthwhile effort to elevate stf be made. It is the fans to decide whether they shall continue to organize themselves in accordance with the utopias they so eagerly advocate... SY
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FAN 17 seen in the development of fan magazines and activity in the two countries. The eventual result of this gap is another matter. It is my opinion that it will widen and eventually force the two groups into their own camps away from one another. Already one or two British fans have expressed themselves as being "fed up with the American squabbling" and Britishers, I know, have many enemies among prominent American fans. If things go on as they are going, with the added stimulus of their own magazines, fan production and society, five years will see an almost complete drift-away of the British, except for private correspondence. Such a happening would be a great pity, because both sides have much to give towards a potential whole. As I see it, this can be prevented in only one way--by a concerted effort on the part of British and American fans to settle all their differences and as Americans put it "get together". This would entail the building of a new society that would really be international and co-operative. This has not been attempted before--of the three main societies both the SFL and ISA were essentially American, while the SFA is supremely British in every way. The ideal society would have hq's in both countries and regular magazine productions, entirely devoted to a process of unification and reconciliation. "Rows" would be barred but such controversial subjects as Michelism and etcetera could be thrashed out in their pages w̲i̲t̲h̲o̲u̲t̲ ̲a̲b̲u̲s̲e̲ ̲o̲r̲ ̲d̲r̲a̲m̲a̲t̲i̲c̲ ̲e̲x̲p̲r̲e̲s̲s̲i̲o̲n̲s̲ ̲o̲f̲ ̲s̲e̲l̲f̲-̲p̲i̲t̲y̲. A steady campaign could be fought for the enlargement of the fan field. Every new writer in the letters sections of the magazines would be a potential convert, and with a really large, organized force, pressure might be brought to bear upon some magazine editors and worthwhile effort to elevate stf be made. It is the fans to decide whether they shall continue to organize themselves in accordance with the utopias they so eagerly advocate... SY
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