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FANFILE Page 11 Then I don't see why you don't print the things, and have them illustrated in 3 colors on slick paper, and why do you charge the fans dimes and stuff instead of just giving away copies to all and sundry? As an admirer of Fywert Kinge's verse -- personally I think that FK is none other than T Bruce Yerke, altho I could be wrong, not knowing too much about TBY -- I would like to buy a copy of "After Armageddon and Others." … Corrine Ellsworth, authoress of "The Ring of Reman-Ptah" in the first SPECULA, sent us a letter about the original of her story: Didn't someone once write a book on so quaint coincidences and unexplained happenings? Consider this. "The Ring of Raman-Ptah" is written around a mummy now reposing in the Exposition Park Museum. As stated in the foreword of her story, a card accompanied said mummy, blaming its unhonored and unnamed state on chiseling priests and embalmers. I even expressed my doubts, to wit: "I wonder!" Sunday I returned to the museum (first time in about three years) and made a definite point of re-examining this well-preserved specimen. The card had been changed and, in effect, stated that this was the father's way of punishing a wayward or disobedient son! To be interred without name, honors, etc. Substitute priest for father. ?? without doubt they are the same remains, as I had become familiar with and fascinated by the perfect preservation. But woe is me! Who, having not seen the card before it was replaced, would believe me! Dave McIlwain, another British fan, dropped us a card on June 10: "Received with thanks your excellent publication, and enjoyed it very much. There is definitely a need for a magazine of this kind in fandom, and it would be particularly useful here in England, where we see so few American fanmags..." And a short note from Bill Evans on the 12th: "I do like the name (FMZ DIGEST) and the abbreviation is tops: much better than any of the others being used. Have been having quite an argument with damon on this, but haven't convinced him yet. Time will tell." FMZ DIGEST #4 and AFTER ARMAGEDDON AND OTHERS were completed and went on their separate ways. And Dave McIlwain sent us another letter, this one dated "17an de junio" headed "Altestime Alojo, Spekulo II k Skorpio alvenis ci-vespere, k jam ili levas min plej bonej stefangazetoj (femoj) kiujn mi iam vidis. Kompreneble, mi [illegible] Esp-an propagandon en "No Gun Shall Speak," k forte aprobas, sed estas bedaurinde, cu ne, ke eraroj trovigas en la Esp-a frazo (la sola Esp-a frazo en la tuta verketo). Versajne oni jam etentigis vin pri tio...ke la frazo devus esti: -- ENVENU, VAGANTO KAJ REFRESIGU VIN. Mi kredas, ke vi povus sufice facile enskribi la supersignon sur le sablonon anstatau uzi "SH" (en la vorto "refres(sh)igu") Elbe SIN estas ankau prava, sed ci-okaze, VIN estas pli kutima. Uaganto, kompreneblo, estas sendubo mal korekta -- la litero U devus esti V -- cu skribmasineraro? For Scoprio I have nothing but praise. The maglet is beautifully produced, and contains material of excellent quality. Particularly interesting to me was your own article concerning the Book of Dzyan. I have not yet encountered Blavatsky's "Secret Doctrine," but have browsed through another of her recondite tomes of Theosophy, also works by Rudolg Steiner and Ouspensky, and like yourself, I am amazed at the correlation between these visions of the mystics and the theories of modern science. More amazing still is the parallel between Dunne's researches in "Serialism" and the multi-planed (dimensioned) cosmos of the Theosophists. Let's have more articles from your honorable self along similar lines. They are intensely interesting, believe me. All for now -- and best of luck to Spec, Scorp, and yourself. Kun ciu bondeziro, Dejmikil.
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FANFILE Page 11 Then I don't see why you don't print the things, and have them illustrated in 3 colors on slick paper, and why do you charge the fans dimes and stuff instead of just giving away copies to all and sundry? As an admirer of Fywert Kinge's verse -- personally I think that FK is none other than T Bruce Yerke, altho I could be wrong, not knowing too much about TBY -- I would like to buy a copy of "After Armageddon and Others." … Corrine Ellsworth, authoress of "The Ring of Reman-Ptah" in the first SPECULA, sent us a letter about the original of her story: Didn't someone once write a book on so quaint coincidences and unexplained happenings? Consider this. "The Ring of Raman-Ptah" is written around a mummy now reposing in the Exposition Park Museum. As stated in the foreword of her story, a card accompanied said mummy, blaming its unhonored and unnamed state on chiseling priests and embalmers. I even expressed my doubts, to wit: "I wonder!" Sunday I returned to the museum (first time in about three years) and made a definite point of re-examining this well-preserved specimen. The card had been changed and, in effect, stated that this was the father's way of punishing a wayward or disobedient son! To be interred without name, honors, etc. Substitute priest for father. ?? without doubt they are the same remains, as I had become familiar with and fascinated by the perfect preservation. But woe is me! Who, having not seen the card before it was replaced, would believe me! Dave McIlwain, another British fan, dropped us a card on June 10: "Received with thanks your excellent publication, and enjoyed it very much. There is definitely a need for a magazine of this kind in fandom, and it would be particularly useful here in England, where we see so few American fanmags..." And a short note from Bill Evans on the 12th: "I do like the name (FMZ DIGEST) and the abbreviation is tops: much better than any of the others being used. Have been having quite an argument with damon on this, but haven't convinced him yet. Time will tell." FMZ DIGEST #4 and AFTER ARMAGEDDON AND OTHERS were completed and went on their separate ways. And Dave McIlwain sent us another letter, this one dated "17an de junio" headed "Altestime Alojo, Spekulo II k Skorpio alvenis ci-vespere, k jam ili levas min plej bonej stefangazetoj (femoj) kiujn mi iam vidis. Kompreneble, mi [illegible] Esp-an propagandon en "No Gun Shall Speak," k forte aprobas, sed estas bedaurinde, cu ne, ke eraroj trovigas en la Esp-a frazo (la sola Esp-a frazo en la tuta verketo). Versajne oni jam etentigis vin pri tio...ke la frazo devus esti: -- ENVENU, VAGANTO KAJ REFRESIGU VIN. Mi kredas, ke vi povus sufice facile enskribi la supersignon sur le sablonon anstatau uzi "SH" (en la vorto "refres(sh)igu") Elbe SIN estas ankau prava, sed ci-okaze, VIN estas pli kutima. Uaganto, kompreneblo, estas sendubo mal korekta -- la litero U devus esti V -- cu skribmasineraro? For Scoprio I have nothing but praise. The maglet is beautifully produced, and contains material of excellent quality. Particularly interesting to me was your own article concerning the Book of Dzyan. I have not yet encountered Blavatsky's "Secret Doctrine," but have browsed through another of her recondite tomes of Theosophy, also works by Rudolg Steiner and Ouspensky, and like yourself, I am amazed at the correlation between these visions of the mystics and the theories of modern science. More amazing still is the parallel between Dunne's researches in "Serialism" and the multi-planed (dimensioned) cosmos of the Theosophists. Let's have more articles from your honorable self along similar lines. They are intensely interesting, believe me. All for now -- and best of luck to Spec, Scorp, and yourself. Kun ciu bondeziro, Dejmikil.
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