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Fantasy Digest, v. 1, issue 6, August-September 1939
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FANTASY DIGEST 19 quently quite a shot. Mark and I, two fair shots, were really shown up by Doc's teen-aged daughter, Clarrisa McDougal Smith. (That is where Doc got the nurses name in "Galactic Patrol".) Clarissa, Honey is her nickname, really went to town with a rifle,.,,Boy, but were our faces red! In Doc's basement is a swell darkroom and a wonderful enlarger... Doc made these himself. Not only is Doc a photographer but he is also the proud posesser of a,swell workshop in the basement where he makes all the necessary household repairs...He is indeed a jack of all trades. And that .evening we spent in Doc's study. This time we again dlscussed .science fiction. A discussion was held until early In the morning. The . topic-—Weinbaum's Women. Doc and I held that Welnbaum could not handle his women. Reinsberg believed that he could. Said Doc "Weinbaum was too young to really understand his women", .Said the opposition: "Now I don't think so"...And so it lasted until Korshak said "Let's compromise. He couldn't handle women very well."... The next morning was Monday. We arose bright and early to begin our return trip to Chicago. After taking our pictures in the back yard Doc drove us to the edge of the city where we were ready to start our return trip. Let me close in saying..."Thank you, Mr. Smith, for a swell time. We and all the other fans will be seeing you at the 1940 Chicago Convention. THE END ILLINI FANTASY FICTIONEERS FORMED by Erle Korshak EDITOR'S NOTE: About a week, or rather several weeks, before Fantasy Digest went to press, Erle Korshak well known Chicago fan, whle on his way to New York where he will reside temporarily, stopped off to see your editor in Fort Wayne. He brought news of his recent trlp to Bloomington, Ill.,, where the official elections of the Illlni Fantasy Fictloneers were held. About a week after our trip to see Doc Smith, Mark Reinsberg and I made ready for the Chi fans convention with the other Illinois fans In Bloomington. At the last minute, however, a number of delegates who were supposed to attend found themselves unable to do so...And as Mark Reinsberg and I finally hit the road, with wiggling thumbs for Bloomington. Leaving Chicago at ten-thirty that morning, we planned to do the 130 miles by 3:00 o'clock. At one o'clock, we were 70 miles from Bloomington when it happened... The cruelest trick fate ever played on two innocent science fiction fans. Along came a truck--loaded with heavy lumber. We. flagged him; he stopped. The driver was a nice chap (oh yeah!) and picked us up. He. was going only ten miles, he said. Sure, we could come with him! Well, to make a long story short, he took us ten miles—-but not toward Bloomington. Instead, he drove ten miles off the main road and then issued his ultimatum. We were to help, him unload his cargo or walk back. So we worked!! For four hours in the burning sun we worked unloading his entire cargo, a mere matter of 5 1/2 tons!!l (Who says science fiction fans are sissies????) Eight-thirty saw us in Bloomington, Bob Tucker and Sully Roberds had just about called out the bureau of missing persons. They took us
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FANTASY DIGEST 19 quently quite a shot. Mark and I, two fair shots, were really shown up by Doc's teen-aged daughter, Clarrisa McDougal Smith. (That is where Doc got the nurses name in "Galactic Patrol".) Clarissa, Honey is her nickname, really went to town with a rifle,.,,Boy, but were our faces red! In Doc's basement is a swell darkroom and a wonderful enlarger... Doc made these himself. Not only is Doc a photographer but he is also the proud posesser of a,swell workshop in the basement where he makes all the necessary household repairs...He is indeed a jack of all trades. And that .evening we spent in Doc's study. This time we again dlscussed .science fiction. A discussion was held until early In the morning. The . topic-—Weinbaum's Women. Doc and I held that Welnbaum could not handle his women. Reinsberg believed that he could. Said Doc "Weinbaum was too young to really understand his women", .Said the opposition: "Now I don't think so"...And so it lasted until Korshak said "Let's compromise. He couldn't handle women very well."... The next morning was Monday. We arose bright and early to begin our return trip to Chicago. After taking our pictures in the back yard Doc drove us to the edge of the city where we were ready to start our return trip. Let me close in saying..."Thank you, Mr. Smith, for a swell time. We and all the other fans will be seeing you at the 1940 Chicago Convention. THE END ILLINI FANTASY FICTIONEERS FORMED by Erle Korshak EDITOR'S NOTE: About a week, or rather several weeks, before Fantasy Digest went to press, Erle Korshak well known Chicago fan, whle on his way to New York where he will reside temporarily, stopped off to see your editor in Fort Wayne. He brought news of his recent trlp to Bloomington, Ill.,, where the official elections of the Illlni Fantasy Fictloneers were held. About a week after our trip to see Doc Smith, Mark Reinsberg and I made ready for the Chi fans convention with the other Illinois fans In Bloomington. At the last minute, however, a number of delegates who were supposed to attend found themselves unable to do so...And as Mark Reinsberg and I finally hit the road, with wiggling thumbs for Bloomington. Leaving Chicago at ten-thirty that morning, we planned to do the 130 miles by 3:00 o'clock. At one o'clock, we were 70 miles from Bloomington when it happened... The cruelest trick fate ever played on two innocent science fiction fans. Along came a truck--loaded with heavy lumber. We. flagged him; he stopped. The driver was a nice chap (oh yeah!) and picked us up. He. was going only ten miles, he said. Sure, we could come with him! Well, to make a long story short, he took us ten miles—-but not toward Bloomington. Instead, he drove ten miles off the main road and then issued his ultimatum. We were to help, him unload his cargo or walk back. So we worked!! For four hours in the burning sun we worked unloading his entire cargo, a mere matter of 5 1/2 tons!!l (Who says science fiction fans are sissies????) Eight-thirty saw us in Bloomington, Bob Tucker and Sully Roberds had just about called out the bureau of missing persons. They took us
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