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Wavelength, v. 1, issue 4, January-March 1942
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10 Dear Harry:- Number three issue of "Wavelength" rec'd. I liked it very well. "Doc" Lowndes' "Baptism of Fire" was very interesting. I would rate it a good nine. Louis Russell Chauvenet had a fine thing. He rates a ten. "The Columbia Camp" rates a six. It just didn't click with me. "Common Master" by Elton V Andrews is good for a seven. "Fantifilm Focus" by Kummer, no pun intended, rates another seven. I think the picture was much better than the reviewer thought. And that Miss Bergman turned in the top performance. Seven for "Birth of a Fan" by Widner. Using different colored papers for a fanzine is all right. But may I suggest that you use a heavier paper in the forthcoming issues? I'm sure it will help bring "Wavelength" way up amongst the fanzines . And also help improve the mimeoing. The mimeoing in this issue was a 100% over the last issue. And if you keep plugging you should have a swell mag in a short time. Sincerely Chris E. Mulrain, Jr. ( I always enjoy reading the comment of another fanzine editor. Mr. Mulrain was the publisher of "The Sentinel" a fanzine of some significance. Owing however, to being "caught in the draft" , the magazine has ceased publication until after the "duration of the emergency" Both the mimeoing and the quality of the paper used in the format of "Wavelength" are being improved, beginning with this issue. - EDITOR.) Greetinx, Acky: I didn't write you after receiving "Wavelength", Issue 2 , because I was completely dis gusted with that issue. It was far too small for a ten-cent time mag, poorly mimeod, and the artwork looked like chicken scratches. The material, in the general run, was not good. I for a fact, cannot remember exactly what was in it; in fact I don't remember anything that was in it. I decided to cross off that two-bits as payment for experience. No. three is something different. The mimeoing if still not good and the crazy method you adopted for getting even edges is worse than the uneven edges..much worse. But the chicken scratch is gone, and the material is very good; far above the average, in fact. So, now, I'm not sure that the two bits was wasted. I can tell only after reading number four. Louis Russell Chauvenet and "Doc" tie for first place. Personally, I don't care much for "Doc's" current choice in fiction, as expressed in his own magazine, and in various articles in other magazines; nut I always like to read about his experiences in his work. Chauvenet may think that I am crazy, but I think Goldstone should be added to the list of poets he presents. His "Hypothesis" would be very hard to beat, and some of his other lyrics strike me as being very good However, except for some recent "Spaceways" stuff, and "Nepenthe" (No.2), I haven't seen too much of the work of the fans he mentions. You ask for some suggestion; O.K., here 'tis: 1. Get some heavier paper; 2. Double the width of your margins; 3. Try to get a cover, either a drawing by a capable fan-artist or a simple, neat pattern of some sort; 4. Space the extra spaces throughout the line in typing, rather than putting them all on one end; otherwise; use uneven edges; 5. Do something to get
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10 Dear Harry:- Number three issue of "Wavelength" rec'd. I liked it very well. "Doc" Lowndes' "Baptism of Fire" was very interesting. I would rate it a good nine. Louis Russell Chauvenet had a fine thing. He rates a ten. "The Columbia Camp" rates a six. It just didn't click with me. "Common Master" by Elton V Andrews is good for a seven. "Fantifilm Focus" by Kummer, no pun intended, rates another seven. I think the picture was much better than the reviewer thought. And that Miss Bergman turned in the top performance. Seven for "Birth of a Fan" by Widner. Using different colored papers for a fanzine is all right. But may I suggest that you use a heavier paper in the forthcoming issues? I'm sure it will help bring "Wavelength" way up amongst the fanzines . And also help improve the mimeoing. The mimeoing in this issue was a 100% over the last issue. And if you keep plugging you should have a swell mag in a short time. Sincerely Chris E. Mulrain, Jr. ( I always enjoy reading the comment of another fanzine editor. Mr. Mulrain was the publisher of "The Sentinel" a fanzine of some significance. Owing however, to being "caught in the draft" , the magazine has ceased publication until after the "duration of the emergency" Both the mimeoing and the quality of the paper used in the format of "Wavelength" are being improved, beginning with this issue. - EDITOR.) Greetinx, Acky: I didn't write you after receiving "Wavelength", Issue 2 , because I was completely dis gusted with that issue. It was far too small for a ten-cent time mag, poorly mimeod, and the artwork looked like chicken scratches. The material, in the general run, was not good. I for a fact, cannot remember exactly what was in it; in fact I don't remember anything that was in it. I decided to cross off that two-bits as payment for experience. No. three is something different. The mimeoing if still not good and the crazy method you adopted for getting even edges is worse than the uneven edges..much worse. But the chicken scratch is gone, and the material is very good; far above the average, in fact. So, now, I'm not sure that the two bits was wasted. I can tell only after reading number four. Louis Russell Chauvenet and "Doc" tie for first place. Personally, I don't care much for "Doc's" current choice in fiction, as expressed in his own magazine, and in various articles in other magazines; nut I always like to read about his experiences in his work. Chauvenet may think that I am crazy, but I think Goldstone should be added to the list of poets he presents. His "Hypothesis" would be very hard to beat, and some of his other lyrics strike me as being very good However, except for some recent "Spaceways" stuff, and "Nepenthe" (No.2), I haven't seen too much of the work of the fans he mentions. You ask for some suggestion; O.K., here 'tis: 1. Get some heavier paper; 2. Double the width of your margins; 3. Try to get a cover, either a drawing by a capable fan-artist or a simple, neat pattern of some sort; 4. Space the extra spaces throughout the line in typing, rather than putting them all on one end; otherwise; use uneven edges; 5. Do something to get
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