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Voice of the Imagination (VOM), v. 1, issue 4, December 1939
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10 Comes Joe Kueera again, but briefly: "Getting IMAGI~NATION was like getting letters from all the old guard fans I've heard about for years." The Voices of ExSPEERience: "Two items outside the letters get my goat. One is that notice on the back page, 'The 2d WEFC will be the 1st Democratic WSFC'. Would whoever penned that kindly define his terms? (No. FJA) I have always understood 'democratic' to mean 'pertaining to democracy' which, in my Greek, means purely and simply 'rule by the people'. Now, is the Chi Convention going to be ruled by the people? Are we going to have everybody vote beforehand on where, when, and how it's to be run? Or are we going to wait till we've all assembled (at place and time dictated by the IFF) and then sit down and plan the program? Tommyrot, sir; the carless use of words is one of the most glaring crimes of the race! (We R Not Alone!) "The other plaint is -- you guesst is--re th Hodgkins-Yerke declaration... Such expressions as the apoplectic 'this--outrage' obviously reflect the fiercest sentiments of the LAites most violently opposed to the Exclusion. (Oso? U'r rong about that! It hapns the "apoplectic" outrage was proposed by a woman visitor, Mrs Velma Gray, who had no interest in stf other than as the Mother of one of our moms. While all sought to think of a suitable expression to define the roster's distaste for the Dictators' action, Mrs Gray offered "outrage" with at once aroused all-around approbation. J~)... Presentation of the reactions as stated, as the sentiment of the majority of the LASFLSFA, is therefore a lie. (No. RJH) "El Perduo must have the same idea about Highlands that I had at phirst. It's not located in the Tex panhandle at all, but is down near Houston-on-the-Gulf. El doesn't need to work on that x/ks business to show Achermanese' hoariness. In the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer (c. 1340-1400), I find countless scientificombinations like 'wiltow' for 'wilt thou'. (Wiltow kyndlye goe climbe a phonepolle! -Heary Forry) "Doe is confusing rights and powers on the 'purpose of s-f' thing. I supposed that any little minority does have the right to figure out its own purpose for science-fiction; but not the power to enforce that idea (and I used the word 'could', not 'had a right to'). Doc has the weakness of so many Reds, in believing that anyone that makes money on a thing must perforce be all materialistic and mercenary and reactionary in all matters remotely appertaining thereunto. I grant you that Ray Palmer is enough to scuttle a man's faith in stfandom, but there are many examples of sincere pros who do care for science-fiction and fandom apart from anything they may make off of it. Is Asimov suddenly an inhuman beast because he's made money off stf, or Rothman Youd, Waner, et all? "Youd said a mouthful. The wages-and-hours feature of Technocracy is its strong talking point. Too bad he doesn't live on the blessed North American continent. Technocracy's not for him. "I believe that I did the Michelists injustice at one place in my last letter, where I spoke of their sending on trial balloons and if they got punctured, saying, 'Oh, no, that wasn't Michelism'. I was led into saying more than I meant, in protest against the constantly shifting character of the ideology. A recent letter from Doc indicates that there was much difference of opinion within Michelist ranks over what Michelism should be. "...here's a bit of Foo-losophy for the ages: In the cloistered curtained caves of Albion's chalk cliffs long-laid limned letter lie: 'Il vaut mieux d'avoir raison woe d'etre eclair.' That might've sounded more euphonious if I'd used the 'Il best mellieur' construction, but -- it's too late now. (Juffus must have a Frog in his throat-- or can't I swallow that one?) "Freihafen also says a mouthful in, 'Probably Speer is biased in his own way.' It happens that my bias doesn't run too much in favor of either of the two main groups of the fandom, however, so far the present
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10 Comes Joe Kueera again, but briefly: "Getting IMAGI~NATION was like getting letters from all the old guard fans I've heard about for years." The Voices of ExSPEERience: "Two items outside the letters get my goat. One is that notice on the back page, 'The 2d WEFC will be the 1st Democratic WSFC'. Would whoever penned that kindly define his terms? (No. FJA) I have always understood 'democratic' to mean 'pertaining to democracy' which, in my Greek, means purely and simply 'rule by the people'. Now, is the Chi Convention going to be ruled by the people? Are we going to have everybody vote beforehand on where, when, and how it's to be run? Or are we going to wait till we've all assembled (at place and time dictated by the IFF) and then sit down and plan the program? Tommyrot, sir; the carless use of words is one of the most glaring crimes of the race! (We R Not Alone!) "The other plaint is -- you guesst is--re th Hodgkins-Yerke declaration... Such expressions as the apoplectic 'this--outrage' obviously reflect the fiercest sentiments of the LAites most violently opposed to the Exclusion. (Oso? U'r rong about that! It hapns the "apoplectic" outrage was proposed by a woman visitor, Mrs Velma Gray, who had no interest in stf other than as the Mother of one of our moms. While all sought to think of a suitable expression to define the roster's distaste for the Dictators' action, Mrs Gray offered "outrage" with at once aroused all-around approbation. J~)... Presentation of the reactions as stated, as the sentiment of the majority of the LASFLSFA, is therefore a lie. (No. RJH) "El Perduo must have the same idea about Highlands that I had at phirst. It's not located in the Tex panhandle at all, but is down near Houston-on-the-Gulf. El doesn't need to work on that x/ks business to show Achermanese' hoariness. In the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer (c. 1340-1400), I find countless scientificombinations like 'wiltow' for 'wilt thou'. (Wiltow kyndlye goe climbe a phonepolle! -Heary Forry) "Doe is confusing rights and powers on the 'purpose of s-f' thing. I supposed that any little minority does have the right to figure out its own purpose for science-fiction; but not the power to enforce that idea (and I used the word 'could', not 'had a right to'). Doc has the weakness of so many Reds, in believing that anyone that makes money on a thing must perforce be all materialistic and mercenary and reactionary in all matters remotely appertaining thereunto. I grant you that Ray Palmer is enough to scuttle a man's faith in stfandom, but there are many examples of sincere pros who do care for science-fiction and fandom apart from anything they may make off of it. Is Asimov suddenly an inhuman beast because he's made money off stf, or Rothman Youd, Waner, et all? "Youd said a mouthful. The wages-and-hours feature of Technocracy is its strong talking point. Too bad he doesn't live on the blessed North American continent. Technocracy's not for him. "I believe that I did the Michelists injustice at one place in my last letter, where I spoke of their sending on trial balloons and if they got punctured, saying, 'Oh, no, that wasn't Michelism'. I was led into saying more than I meant, in protest against the constantly shifting character of the ideology. A recent letter from Doc indicates that there was much difference of opinion within Michelist ranks over what Michelism should be. "...here's a bit of Foo-losophy for the ages: In the cloistered curtained caves of Albion's chalk cliffs long-laid limned letter lie: 'Il vaut mieux d'avoir raison woe d'etre eclair.' That might've sounded more euphonious if I'd used the 'Il best mellieur' construction, but -- it's too late now. (Juffus must have a Frog in his throat-- or can't I swallow that one?) "Freihafen also says a mouthful in, 'Probably Speer is biased in his own way.' It happens that my bias doesn't run too much in favor of either of the two main groups of the fandom, however, so far the present
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