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Fantascience Digest, v. 1, issue 5, July-August 1938
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Page 9 FANTASCIENCE DIGEST this. It's not such an easy task tho. I can't see the keyboard and my fingers keep missing keys entirely. Since none of this makes sense, it won't matter whether I end it or not. So I'll just leave it where it is and go out and have a soda. Have you ever drunk a soda while invisible? Lots of fun. Causes people no end of consternation. *FINIS* [[illustration text]] THE OWL SPEAKS PERCY T. WILKINSON [[end illustration text]] Do you s-f fans like jokes that deal with science fiction? If you do, please let the editor of this magazine know! In this article, I present a few more bright passages that may cause laughing fits--or a profound silence. ------------------------ Step Aside for the Lady It was a quiet Sunday morning in the home of Robert A. Madle. The folks were absent; Bob was away with Gerty (Say, isn't this a bit personal? Oh well, what can I do? After all, I'm only the editor-RAM) and the magazines were enjoying a "quiet" hour by themselves in his bookshelves. Astounding tool occasion to edge away from Argosy. "Your cheapness makes me dizzy," it observed with a superior sniff. "My cheapness is as nothing compared to your dullness," exclaimed Argosy, with some heat. "Nonsense!" replied Astounding. "Why, I once published an interesting science fiction story. A chorus of groans greeted this admission. "The trouble with you fellows," observed the Collector, is that you do not understand the really serious side of life." "How can we," observed Thrilling Wonder, "for we have not, like you, a real scientific-article department? We----" There was a commotion. While these observations were going on, Amazing and Weird were having a dispute. "I publish more scientific stuff than you," said Amazing. "I defy you to prove it," challenged Weird. "Let's form a ring and have them fight it out, suggested a rank outsider---Marvel Science. At this, however, there was a protest from one hitherto silent. A soft soprano voice spoke. "Gentlemen," it said, "would you fight on the presence of a lady?" Whereupon the rest of the magazines removed their hats, and one by one lapsed into respectful silence, as MADGE, arranging her skirts anew, passed out on her way to The Ladies' Science-Fiction Club.
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Page 9 FANTASCIENCE DIGEST this. It's not such an easy task tho. I can't see the keyboard and my fingers keep missing keys entirely. Since none of this makes sense, it won't matter whether I end it or not. So I'll just leave it where it is and go out and have a soda. Have you ever drunk a soda while invisible? Lots of fun. Causes people no end of consternation. *FINIS* [[illustration text]] THE OWL SPEAKS PERCY T. WILKINSON [[end illustration text]] Do you s-f fans like jokes that deal with science fiction? If you do, please let the editor of this magazine know! In this article, I present a few more bright passages that may cause laughing fits--or a profound silence. ------------------------ Step Aside for the Lady It was a quiet Sunday morning in the home of Robert A. Madle. The folks were absent; Bob was away with Gerty (Say, isn't this a bit personal? Oh well, what can I do? After all, I'm only the editor-RAM) and the magazines were enjoying a "quiet" hour by themselves in his bookshelves. Astounding tool occasion to edge away from Argosy. "Your cheapness makes me dizzy," it observed with a superior sniff. "My cheapness is as nothing compared to your dullness," exclaimed Argosy, with some heat. "Nonsense!" replied Astounding. "Why, I once published an interesting science fiction story. A chorus of groans greeted this admission. "The trouble with you fellows," observed the Collector, is that you do not understand the really serious side of life." "How can we," observed Thrilling Wonder, "for we have not, like you, a real scientific-article department? We----" There was a commotion. While these observations were going on, Amazing and Weird were having a dispute. "I publish more scientific stuff than you," said Amazing. "I defy you to prove it," challenged Weird. "Let's form a ring and have them fight it out, suggested a rank outsider---Marvel Science. At this, however, there was a protest from one hitherto silent. A soft soprano voice spoke. "Gentlemen," it said, "would you fight on the presence of a lady?" Whereupon the rest of the magazines removed their hats, and one by one lapsed into respectful silence, as MADGE, arranging her skirts anew, passed out on her way to The Ladies' Science-Fiction Club.
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