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The Science Fiction Fan, v. 4, issue 8, whole no. 44, March 1940
Page 17
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FAN....................................17 for fan mags and already had a short story published in a professional magazine). THEN, YOU HAD TO GIVE IT ALL UP! What if, in your absence, your parents conspired to nip you budding S-F career, and as the first step in their campaign burned down the house--and in the ashes you discover your collection, like the rest of the house -- ashes! What if you knew that your fan magazine was to fold up in its next issue -- and you owing about .25.00, in unexpired subscriptions! What if -- God forbid -- you wrote some terrible slander about a certain S-F character in your regular column and this person decided to visit your city--along with a group of his friends. THESE SITUATIONS CALL FOR ACTION! Things look very bad. You'd give anything to straighten it all out without steps as drastic as giving it all up, but then...Circumstances as relentless as an editor's rejection face you. The question is not what to do--- that's as plain as day, but rather how to do it without losing face. How can you give up science fiction gracefully? YOU FINGER THE TRIGGER OF YOUR 38 CALIBRE WATER-PISTOL AND GAZE OUT OF THE 50TH STORY OF YOUR HOTEL --- MEANINGFULLY! It all looks pretty much like a "dead hear"- get it? You'd rather die than give it all up---and you probably will. What to do??? Your gun won't work, and they've put protective bars outside the strategic windows. How can you die without ending up on a marble slab? Things look black (it's night-time -- you know).
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FAN....................................17 for fan mags and already had a short story published in a professional magazine). THEN, YOU HAD TO GIVE IT ALL UP! What if, in your absence, your parents conspired to nip you budding S-F career, and as the first step in their campaign burned down the house--and in the ashes you discover your collection, like the rest of the house -- ashes! What if you knew that your fan magazine was to fold up in its next issue -- and you owing about .25.00, in unexpired subscriptions! What if -- God forbid -- you wrote some terrible slander about a certain S-F character in your regular column and this person decided to visit your city--along with a group of his friends. THESE SITUATIONS CALL FOR ACTION! Things look very bad. You'd give anything to straighten it all out without steps as drastic as giving it all up, but then...Circumstances as relentless as an editor's rejection face you. The question is not what to do--- that's as plain as day, but rather how to do it without losing face. How can you give up science fiction gracefully? YOU FINGER THE TRIGGER OF YOUR 38 CALIBRE WATER-PISTOL AND GAZE OUT OF THE 50TH STORY OF YOUR HOTEL --- MEANINGFULLY! It all looks pretty much like a "dead hear"- get it? You'd rather die than give it all up---and you probably will. What to do??? Your gun won't work, and they've put protective bars outside the strategic windows. How can you die without ending up on a marble slab? Things look black (it's night-time -- you know).
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