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Fanfare, v. 1, issue 4, October 1940

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FANFARE                                                5
                 OUTSIDE
whatever for mutual understanding. There can be no doubt that his conceptions of right and wrong, fostered by alien circumstances - about these I hadly need go into detail: sex, matters of religion, social systems, etc., would be different indeed---would differ greatly from those of ours, as, for that matter, we differ among ourselves. Hunger, fear, sex: these, in the order named, are the three most important elements motivating human actions. Alien physical and psychological makeups would undoubtedly change them immensely. 
   How would humanity fare on worlds which would spawn such alien intelligences?
   It would be interesting if a truly capable author (It was often considered by H.P. Lovecraft, and he could have done it with perhaps a greater chance of success than any other.) would attempt, to as great an extent as possible penning a story from the utterly alien viewpoint of one of these outsiders. It would be as difficult as, for example, a gaseous intelligence on Mercury to write a sympathetic narrative about earthmen.
   Altogether the entire conception of the Outside is a fascinating one, and one to be remembered. Earth is only a tiny island of humanity and human mind-patterns in the great sea Outside.
          FINIS
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               CHANCE
                     by
               William Doran

Once, in the darkest hour of eternal night,
In the arcane depths of a boundless, ageless wood
Where the forest giants in pensive silence stood, 
Their massive, moss-grown columns lost in height--
Among the gnarled roots and thickets hid,
A tiny dew-drop gathered on a blade of grass;
Then, swift as sunbeams on restless water pass,
It thrilled a moment, stretched to fall--and did!

Then everything was as it was before,
And not a conscious intellect did know
That there, from every time and mind estranged,
Had taken place an act that mattered more
Than man can tell, for had it not been so,
Then all the story of eternity were changed.

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THE LAST MINUTE (cont. from p. 27). . . In case they think we're forgetting them, PLUTO #4, and FRONTIER #2 just came in--too late to get in the reviewers column, but we'd like to say that they're a couple of top-notchers already, and you really shouldn't miss them. The address of FRONTIER is elsewhere in this mag, and PLUTO comes from Marvis Manning, Decker, Ind. . . . We still want material, and will trade issues or ads with any other fanmag regardless of creed, color of ink, or previous condition of irregular publication schedule. (cont. p. 10)

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FANFARE 5 OUTSIDE whatever for mutual understanding. There can be no doubt that his conceptions of right and wrong, fostered by alien circumstances - about these I hadly need go into detail: sex, matters of religion, social systems, etc., would be different indeed---would differ greatly from those of ours, as, for that matter, we differ among ourselves. Hunger, fear, sex: these, in the order named, are the three most important elements motivating human actions. Alien physical and psychological makeups would undoubtedly change them immensely. How would humanity fare on worlds which would spawn such alien intelligences? It would be interesting if a truly capable author (It was often considered by H.P. Lovecraft, and he could have done it with perhaps a greater chance of success than any other.) would attempt, to as great an extent as possible penning a story from the utterly alien viewpoint of one of these outsiders. It would be as difficult as, for example, a gaseous intelligence on Mercury to write a sympathetic narrative about earthmen. Altogether the entire conception of the Outside is a fascinating one, and one to be remembered. Earth is only a tiny island of humanity and human mind-patterns in the great sea Outside. FINIS ******************************************************* CHANCE by William Doran Once, in the darkest hour of eternal night, In the arcane depths of a boundless, ageless wood Where the forest giants in pensive silence stood, Their massive, moss-grown columns lost in height-- Among the gnarled roots and thickets hid, A tiny dew-drop gathered on a blade of grass; Then, swift as sunbeams on restless water pass, It thrilled a moment, stretched to fall--and did! Then everything was as it was before, And not a conscious intellect did know That there, from every time and mind estranged, Had taken place an act that mattered more Than man can tell, for had it not been so, Then all the story of eternity were changed. ******************************************************* THE LAST MINUTE (cont. from p. 27). . . In case they think we're forgetting them, PLUTO #4, and FRONTIER #2 just came in--too late to get in the reviewers column, but we'd like to say that they're a couple of top-notchers already, and you really shouldn't miss them. The address of FRONTIER is elsewhere in this mag, and PLUTO comes from Marvis Manning, Decker, Ind. . . . We still want material, and will trade issues or ads with any other fanmag regardless of creed, color of ink, or previous condition of irregular publication schedule. (cont. p. 10)