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Horizons, v. 2, issue 2, whole no. 6, December 1940

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2    H O R I Z O N S
IN INTRODUCTION

such stuff. We're sticking behind the editorial first person plural in order to avoid [snapping?] any time-honored traditions; but like Louis Kuslan, very often we'll probably say I or me and when we do think nothing of it; the best are absent-minded of times.
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This seems as good a place as any to inform you that this is issue no. 6 of Horizons as a whole; the first in the new policy: vol. 2, no. 2. It appears quarterly, we hope and is distributed via the [FAPA?]. Know ye then that there are also a half-dozen or so copies available to non-members at ten cents a throw. No use asking: we won't enter into any trades or agreements of any kind. You either become an [FAPAer?] or send us a dime or don't get it at all. Solitary exceptions are British fans who aren't members. The editor is Harry Warner, Jr., 303 Bryan Place, Hagerstown, Maryland, all opinions being more or less his own.
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GLANCING BEHIND US

-at the September Mailing, we find a lot of things to write about and take up space. We'll probably continue this regularly, for two reasons: as just mentioned, it very nicely fills up odd pages, and like every other fan I (we) just never get around to commenting on publications in personal letters, even when we write one to someone who's had a magazine in the latest Mailing. (These even margins are just happening like this; it won't last long.)
The Fantasy Amateur: Quite all right. It seems that the Messages and Reports, including of course ours, are more sensible than the quasi-official ones from previous boards of officers; please, gents, don't start that "Mr." business when referring to one another in reports and communications published herein. It always sounded so foolish before this. About the proposed increase in dues: it seems to be quite a question. The Hon. Editor informs me that despite some big contributions lately the FAPA isn't wallowing in wealth. It's hardly worthwhile to go along losing money and having to depend on more affluent members to make up the difference; there's no way of cutting expenses and so a rise seems practically necessary. At least the membership rolls are practically full and it'll be safe to try an increase: we can't lose all our members (ignore the ____ below 'lose'; a mistype) by so doing now as might have occurred a short time ago. Nevertheless, I propose a compromise: raise them to sixty cents and see what happens. This will mean an added income of five bucks per year, which should be ample; if it isn't invoking the clause about demanding a certain amount to help with the postage from those issuing magazines via the FAPA should fill up the gap. The sentence is remarkably unintelligible, we note.
The 'Pseudo-Futurian': Very excellent; hope it brings in a few sheets of 2 cent stamps for J. Michael.
The Haute Histoire du [Jimmy?]: These psycho-analyses are probably the best thing the FAPA has brought forth. There's little that can be said about any of them, except to ask for more.
Constitution: We'd have raised the roof had it not been sent out. A suggestion which might be stored away until next summer is that the ballots be [] on a separate sheet, in order that they not make necessary mutilation of something as was the case this year. Wonder who voted against the new Constitution, though?
Extracts from The Futurian: all have been already seen, but it's a nice gesture from England. In our Mailing there was a loose sheet, "Directory of Current British Fan Magazines", which may or may not have fallen out of The Futurian; all the pages in our copy of the letter are loose more or less, but we can't be sure. We'll not list it separately, at any rate.
The FAPA Review: Well done, and not nearly so horrible as some of it would lead you to believe. More length would be fine, when the Kuslans haven't The Nucleus in a Mailing: two large size ones are too much to expect form my member,

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2 H O R I Z O N S IN INTRODUCTION such stuff. We're sticking behind the editorial first person plural in order to avoid [snapping?] any time-honored traditions; but like Louis Kuslan, very often we'll probably say I or me and when we do think nothing of it; the best are absent-minded of times. [line break] This seems as good a place as any to inform you that this is issue no. 6 of Horizons as a whole; the first in the new policy: vol. 2, no. 2. It appears quarterly, we hope and is distributed via the [FAPA?]. Know ye then that there are also a half-dozen or so copies available to non-members at ten cents a throw. No use asking: we won't enter into any trades or agreements of any kind. You either become an [FAPAer?] or send us a dime or don't get it at all. Solitary exceptions are British fans who aren't members. The editor is Harry Warner, Jr., 303 Bryan Place, Hagerstown, Maryland, all opinions being more or less his own. [line break] GLANCING BEHIND US -at the September Mailing, we find a lot of things to write about and take up space. We'll probably continue this regularly, for two reasons: as just mentioned, it very nicely fills up odd pages, and like every other fan I (we) just never get around to commenting on publications in personal letters, even when we write one to someone who's had a magazine in the latest Mailing. (These even margins are just happening like this; it won't last long.) The Fantasy Amateur: Quite all right. It seems that the Messages and Reports, including of course ours, are more sensible than the quasi-official ones from previous boards of officers; please, gents, don't start that "Mr." business when referring to one another in reports and communications published herein. It always sounded so foolish before this. About the proposed increase in dues: it seems to be quite a question. The Hon. Editor informs me that despite some big contributions lately the FAPA isn't wallowing in wealth. It's hardly worthwhile to go along losing money and having to depend on more affluent members to make up the difference; there's no way of cutting expenses and so a rise seems practically necessary. At least the membership rolls are practically full and it'll be safe to try an increase: we can't lose all our members (ignore the ____ below 'lose'; a mistype) by so doing now as might have occurred a short time ago. Nevertheless, I propose a compromise: raise them to sixty cents and see what happens. This will mean an added income of five bucks per year, which should be ample; if it isn't invoking the clause about demanding a certain amount to help with the postage from those issuing magazines via the FAPA should fill up the gap. The sentence is remarkably unintelligible, we note. The 'Pseudo-Futurian': Very excellent; hope it brings in a few sheets of 2 cent stamps for J. Michael. The Haute Histoire du [Jimmy?]: These psycho-analyses are probably the best thing the FAPA has brought forth. There's little that can be said about any of them, except to ask for more. Constitution: We'd have raised the roof had it not been sent out. A suggestion which might be stored away until next summer is that the ballots be [] on a separate sheet, in order that they not make necessary mutilation of something as was the case this year. Wonder who voted against the new Constitution, though? Extracts from The Futurian: all have been already seen, but it's a nice gesture from England. In our Mailing there was a loose sheet, "Directory of Current British Fan Magazines", which may or may not have fallen out of The Futurian; all the pages in our copy of the letter are loose more or less, but we can't be sure. We'll not list it separately, at any rate. The FAPA Review: Well done, and not nearly so horrible as some of it would lead you to believe. More length would be fine, when the Kuslans haven't The Nucleus in a Mailing: two large size ones are too much to expect form my member,