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Vampire, whole no. 7, September 1946
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ny. Brass Tacks would seem to refute his thesis on the triviality of letters to the pulps (though entertainment is not taboo there.) Or perhaps he doesn't classify ASF as a pulp? Well, I think I've carried this far enough to pose a nice editorial problem for you: a letter rather long to run intact but too good to cut. What will you do with it? I await with detached and sardonic amusement the outcome of your struggles. Long may you waver! -------------------------- That rip-snortin' ay-jay gal, HELEN WESSON, lightly touches on personalities in fandom, and other topics... -------------------------- Vampire was awaiting me on my return from the picnic party of the New Jersey Chapter of Amateur Journalism, and the Blue Pencil Club meeting, both held yesterday afternoon and evening respectively. ((Any sandwiches left?)) I am surprised at your editorial...don't tell me fans are only now waking up to the fact that their own publications are more interesting than the pros. My own interest in fandom is in the fanzine field -- publishing and collecting, but not collecting in the fan sense. To me, a fanzine is an amateur journal, and interesting for that reason. There is much more of "personalities" in fanzines than in prozines and in that lies the fun of any hobby. Throughout the papers, your caricatures and drawings enliven the material and put Vamp into the Top Ten, but def. The topper of the ten. Alpaugh's was a good take-off on de la Ree. I agree with Gerry, though, that there IS fantasy music. Warner's article was certainly needed. I'm sorry I'm leaving my library behind before I even got a chance to write anything -- writing being my first love. Now I must leave it to others, and spend my time writing for ms -- who's got a ms? Speer annoys me. "...There is less possibility of younger people having specialties from which older ones can learn..." Tell Speer I said that if he sops up all the knowledge in sight, without passing any on to the neophytes (wasn't he ever a neophyte himself or was he born that way?) he is soon going to evolve into the Brain Person some author depicted, who was all head supported on two sticks. It would serve him right, for such a supercilious attitude as his last two sentences express. Happy blood-sucking! --------------------------- LESLIE A. CROUTCH, of the Parry Sound, Ontario, Croutches, offers a suggestion for fan publishers. --------------------------- Re. "Why Not Write for Fanzines?: Hail to Warner, following in the footsteps of the great Widner -- but something I want o know. Why all this preoccupation with magazines? Why doesn't some fan publisher break into the fan book field? Every publisher seems to think he has to turn out a magazine if he is going to publish. Why not books? These can be in magazine format, or anything smaller. There is no deadline to meet, no schedule to maintain, no mailing list to keep up to date. He publishes his book, then advertises it, and -26-
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ny. Brass Tacks would seem to refute his thesis on the triviality of letters to the pulps (though entertainment is not taboo there.) Or perhaps he doesn't classify ASF as a pulp? Well, I think I've carried this far enough to pose a nice editorial problem for you: a letter rather long to run intact but too good to cut. What will you do with it? I await with detached and sardonic amusement the outcome of your struggles. Long may you waver! -------------------------- That rip-snortin' ay-jay gal, HELEN WESSON, lightly touches on personalities in fandom, and other topics... -------------------------- Vampire was awaiting me on my return from the picnic party of the New Jersey Chapter of Amateur Journalism, and the Blue Pencil Club meeting, both held yesterday afternoon and evening respectively. ((Any sandwiches left?)) I am surprised at your editorial...don't tell me fans are only now waking up to the fact that their own publications are more interesting than the pros. My own interest in fandom is in the fanzine field -- publishing and collecting, but not collecting in the fan sense. To me, a fanzine is an amateur journal, and interesting for that reason. There is much more of "personalities" in fanzines than in prozines and in that lies the fun of any hobby. Throughout the papers, your caricatures and drawings enliven the material and put Vamp into the Top Ten, but def. The topper of the ten. Alpaugh's was a good take-off on de la Ree. I agree with Gerry, though, that there IS fantasy music. Warner's article was certainly needed. I'm sorry I'm leaving my library behind before I even got a chance to write anything -- writing being my first love. Now I must leave it to others, and spend my time writing for ms -- who's got a ms? Speer annoys me. "...There is less possibility of younger people having specialties from which older ones can learn..." Tell Speer I said that if he sops up all the knowledge in sight, without passing any on to the neophytes (wasn't he ever a neophyte himself or was he born that way?) he is soon going to evolve into the Brain Person some author depicted, who was all head supported on two sticks. It would serve him right, for such a supercilious attitude as his last two sentences express. Happy blood-sucking! --------------------------- LESLIE A. CROUTCH, of the Parry Sound, Ontario, Croutches, offers a suggestion for fan publishers. --------------------------- Re. "Why Not Write for Fanzines?: Hail to Warner, following in the footsteps of the great Widner -- but something I want o know. Why all this preoccupation with magazines? Why doesn't some fan publisher break into the fan book field? Every publisher seems to think he has to turn out a magazine if he is going to publish. Why not books? These can be in magazine format, or anything smaller. There is no deadline to meet, no schedule to maintain, no mailing list to keep up to date. He publishes his book, then advertises it, and -26-
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