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Phanny, v. 3, issue 3, December 1944

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A ROUZINE (C) Quite all right as far as it goes, but it is quite a come-down from XENON, which is now a sub-zine. Kuttner's story is above the fan average. How about a little more stuff next time?
FAPA VARIETY (C) For a single-sheeter, this is hyper; perfectly reproduced and chuck full of Tucker--and Bob can get more in small space than most. How about from four to six pages, now and then, Bob? -- By the way, just how much do think 100% of nothing is, Bob? Doesn't sound like much of a profit to me!
FAN-TODS (A) Quote "This is wonderful!"--unquote; Fan-Tods, I mean. And some members want to eliminate "reviews!"
   Curious how the mind (mine, anyway) will store away facts, and will later encounter a statement incompatible with those facts, yet never note the incompatibility. By the time I had  completed the brief introduction to biology in a six weeks period devoted to that branch of science in a junior high school general science course, I knew enough about cell-life to enable me to deduce that body cells couldn't be readily hybridized; but I didn't discover that I knew it until Russ pointed out the obvious in "Riposte." Not, I  should say, an example of "logic-tight compartmentation;" just a case of a very poor mental filing system with practically no cross-indexing.
   "Yesterday's 10,000 Years" is very fine; Campbell must have come close to sticking his tongue clear thru his cheek when he printed that dilly by Bergh, with the "fallacious ratiocination which has never pleased...." -- Hmmmm; if P.S. Miller is right in his conclusion (the only part I could read) about the quantity of energy necessary to equal the velocity of light, it is evident that Kimball Kinnison never heard of Mr. Miller.
   "Revista" is the real meat of Fan-Tods. -- Yeah, Stanley, when we mention a two-year-old with the intelligence of a 14-year-old, we run into real difficulty as soon as he ages a year or so. Remember, in the "Query" which started all this, I asked whether our present measuring-rods could be used on such mentalities. I think it is fairly clear that they couldn't. - The analogy of the human baby and the ape baby is apt; van-Vogt and Stepledon have both used the idea of a super-man developing more slowly than homo sap. Jommy Cross, I seem to remember, was slated to reach maturity at the age of 30. -- War vs. anti-war cultures argument continues merrily; hope Chan has a come-back. -- Yeah, Kelleam wrote "Rust,"-- I'm always getting Kelleam and Kenealy confused; I'm not so good at remembering names. Up to now, tho, I haven't confused either of them with Kelly or Kent. -- Which reminds me; somebody asked about the origin of "Aw poleema habby fee." 'Twas in a story by Kelvin Kent (I think that is right!) which was one of a humorous series which ran in ASF a few years ago, and concerned the adventures of a happy-go-lucky Irishman who got stuck on a very heavy planet. He discovered that the natives were susceptible to jive, and got a lot of work out of them, to the tune of "All Policeman Have Big Feet," even though their pronunciation wasn't too good.
HORIZONS (B+) Here are more excellent reviews, of the kind that not only make the abolition of the OC possible; they almost make it necessary, since his necessarily brief comments are made to look trifling in comparison. -- The "one-page" biliography idea, I have already commented on, under Searles'  pubs; personally, I prefer Harry's suggested form because it is less exacting in its requirements. -- I get "efficiency" ideas every so often, too, Harry, but nothing ever comes of them, except that I get rid of a lot of stuff which I have been keeping for I know not what reason--and for which I am sure to spend a futile half-hour searching in the future. -- "Man Sagt" several interesting mouthfuls.
SAPPHO (B+) I liked the cover, the Nuttall cutting, "Succubus," "To Sylvia," "Prayer," "Phantasmagoria," and "In Memoriam--A Merritt." I kin see the rest of the artwork, and "The People Perish," "Figment," "Preludes IV." I got some sort of weird impression from "Kaleidoscope in Swing Time." The rest--just words scattered over a page, -- which brings me to " 'Bunko,' cries the Sage."
   I read "Bunko" with considerable curiosity, and even some interest. Abstruse technicalities always arouse my curiosity; even Miss Chapper's  poetry does that. Miss Chapper may do all you say she does with her words before she she uses them; in fact, I'm inclined to think she does, considering the results.

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10 P H A N N Y 10 ______________________________ A ROUZINE (C) Quite all right as far as it goes, but it is quite a come-down from XENON, which is now a sub-zine. Kuttner's story is above the fan average. How about a little more stuff next time? FAPA VARIETY (C) For a single-sheeter, this is hyper; perfectly reproduced and chuck full of Tucker--and Bob can get more in small space than most. How about from four to six pages, now and then, Bob? -- By the way, just how much do think 100% of nothing is, Bob? Doesn't sound like much of a profit to me! FAN-TODS (A) Quote "This is wonderful!"--unquote; Fan-Tods, I mean. And some members want to eliminate "reviews!" Curious how the mind (mine, anyway) will store away facts, and will later encounter a statement incompatible with those facts, yet never note the incompatibility. By the time I had completed the brief introduction to biology in a six weeks period devoted to that branch of science in a junior high school general science course, I knew enough about cell-life to enable me to deduce that body cells couldn't be readily hybridized; but I didn't discover that I knew it until Russ pointed out the obvious in "Riposte." Not, I should say, an example of "logic-tight compartmentation;" just a case of a very poor mental filing system with practically no cross-indexing. "Yesterday's 10,000 Years" is very fine; Campbell must have come close to sticking his tongue clear thru his cheek when he printed that dilly by Bergh, with the "fallacious ratiocination which has never pleased...." -- Hmmmm; if P.S. Miller is right in his conclusion (the only part I could read) about the quantity of energy necessary to equal the velocity of light, it is evident that Kimball Kinnison never heard of Mr. Miller. "Revista" is the real meat of Fan-Tods. -- Yeah, Stanley, when we mention a two-year-old with the intelligence of a 14-year-old, we run into real difficulty as soon as he ages a year or so. Remember, in the "Query" which started all this, I asked whether our present measuring-rods could be used on such mentalities. I think it is fairly clear that they couldn't. - The analogy of the human baby and the ape baby is apt; van-Vogt and Stepledon have both used the idea of a super-man developing more slowly than homo sap. Jommy Cross, I seem to remember, was slated to reach maturity at the age of 30. -- War vs. anti-war cultures argument continues merrily; hope Chan has a come-back. -- Yeah, Kelleam wrote "Rust,"-- I'm always getting Kelleam and Kenealy confused; I'm not so good at remembering names. Up to now, tho, I haven't confused either of them with Kelly or Kent. -- Which reminds me; somebody asked about the origin of "Aw poleema habby fee." 'Twas in a story by Kelvin Kent (I think that is right!) which was one of a humorous series which ran in ASF a few years ago, and concerned the adventures of a happy-go-lucky Irishman who got stuck on a very heavy planet. He discovered that the natives were susceptible to jive, and got a lot of work out of them, to the tune of "All Policeman Have Big Feet," even though their pronunciation wasn't too good. HORIZONS (B+) Here are more excellent reviews, of the kind that not only make the abolition of the OC possible; they almost make it necessary, since his necessarily brief comments are made to look trifling in comparison. -- The "one-page" biliography idea, I have already commented on, under Searles' pubs; personally, I prefer Harry's suggested form because it is less exacting in its requirements. -- I get "efficiency" ideas every so often, too, Harry, but nothing ever comes of them, except that I get rid of a lot of stuff which I have been keeping for I know not what reason--and for which I am sure to spend a futile half-hour searching in the future. -- "Man Sagt" several interesting mouthfuls. SAPPHO (B+) I liked the cover, the Nuttall cutting, "Succubus," "To Sylvia," "Prayer," "Phantasmagoria," and "In Memoriam--A Merritt." I kin see the rest of the artwork, and "The People Perish," "Figment," "Preludes IV." I got some sort of weird impression from "Kaleidoscope in Swing Time." The rest--just words scattered over a page, -- which brings me to " 'Bunko,' cries the Sage." I read "Bunko" with considerable curiosity, and even some interest. Abstruse technicalities always arouse my curiosity; even Miss Chapper's poetry does that. Miss Chapper may do all you say she does with her words before she she uses them; in fact, I'm inclined to think she does, considering the results.