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Phanny, v. 3, issue 3, December 1944

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possible or probable; merely that one based on joint action by mutually irreconcilable governmental and cultural units, must have very tough sledding indeed.
LIGHT #132 (B-) A good issue, though not outstanding. "The Light Beyond" is  a fairly good example of true "fan fiction;" that is, fiction involving fans, as distinguished from fiction by fans. Gibson's Gosh-awful pun-fest establishes some sort of a record, I imagine; I enjoyed it. The most serious drawback to the publication is its invariably sloppy appearance. What is the reason, Mr. Editor?
ELMURMURINGS #3. (B+) One of the best-looking mags to appear in FAPA in many a moon; that bargain printing outfit was worth the money--to the rest of the members, anyway, if not to Elmer; and I suspect it has been to him. -- Yeah, I'd like to see the basic idea mentioned with each comment, too; when it isn't, and I can't remember, I just skip the reference. -- Add to all the list of quotable quotations "....surrealism----whose chief function seems to be that of providing the background for the books written explaining it." Bull's eye!
   How many people, in their entire life, suffer more than three or four hurts sufficient to justify the use of a powerful anodyne of the spirit on that grounds alone? Very few, I think. Some people, because of their psychological make-up, are more susceptible to such hurts than others, and the occasions would be more frequent for such people; but the hurts would scarcely be as frequent as, say, one a year. If poeple drank heavily only on such occasions, the distillers would go broke. A somewhat larger number of individuals are subject to periods of heightened intensity which may lead to serious emotional explosions; in such case, the escape via alcohol may well be the least harmful alternative. But these people wouldn't support an industry in the multi-million dollar class. Drink for conviviality? Well, if you wish, although it looks unnecessary to me. At any rate, a very small quantity of alcohol serves this purpose; more just messes things up in general, and results in at least as many fights as love-fests. All of which leads up to this; if you must go on frequent benders, OK,  (so long as you don't interfere with my rights) but don't try to justify weekly Wing-Dings on scientific grounds; you haven't got a leg to stand on--not even the wobbly kind.
   Poetry Department--This is the sort of verse which confuses me most; it certainly has something, and I rather like that something; but I don't know what or why. Do it some more, will yah? -- Plagiarism questions etc.--you'll get some authoritative answers on this, no doubt; best I can do is to say that you better specify which rights you wish to sell to anything you write, cause iffen--Surrealistic pome, abslootly (*%?93)!+!
CALIBAN #6 (B-) Quote--"....wailings about fans withdrawing from the world into a shell of fan activity are just so much bunk. The fan ofthat type hardly ever was a part of the real world to begin with!"--Unquote. There may be some exceptions to that, Larry, but they are few enough. Well said. --I go along with your "anti-fen" campaign, too. Somebody (Widner?) said that condemning the use of "fen" automatically condemns the use of "men" as the plural of "man." Not so! The rules of English word-formation are reasonably specific on that point. We inherited a lot of old, Anglo-Saxon words, including their plurals formed by radical change; but new words form plurals only by adding "s" or "es." Thus: goose, geese (old; radical change for plural) mongoose, mongooses (new, forms plural regularly). The plural of "fan" is "fans;" "fen" is something else!
   The quote from Canby is good; I always feel sorry for the poor boob who never reads; of course, he is apt to feel sorry for me, because I can't find plenty of entertainment in "real life"--or, almost as often, in "reel life" (Hiyah, Tuck!). Books, of course, don't detract from "real life;" they add to it.
ANIDEA (E) ?
PARADOX #8 (B+) Maybe you should write the whole thing longhand, Frank; the writing reproduced better than the typing; howdyah do it? But you are wrong; this issue is far from being a mess. -- Tucker on "Time Travel" uproarious. The diagram is especially obfuscatory.  Story and Letter Section enjoyable, but little requiring comment. Gualterio's verse is a fine thing of its type; I liked it.

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12 P H A N N Y 12 _______________________________ possible or probable; merely that one based on joint action by mutually irreconcilable governmental and cultural units, must have very tough sledding indeed. LIGHT #132 (B-) A good issue, though not outstanding. "The Light Beyond" is a fairly good example of true "fan fiction;" that is, fiction involving fans, as distinguished from fiction by fans. Gibson's Gosh-awful pun-fest establishes some sort of a record, I imagine; I enjoyed it. The most serious drawback to the publication is its invariably sloppy appearance. What is the reason, Mr. Editor? ELMURMURINGS #3. (B+) One of the best-looking mags to appear in FAPA in many a moon; that bargain printing outfit was worth the money--to the rest of the members, anyway, if not to Elmer; and I suspect it has been to him. -- Yeah, I'd like to see the basic idea mentioned with each comment, too; when it isn't, and I can't remember, I just skip the reference. -- Add to all the list of quotable quotations "....surrealism----whose chief function seems to be that of providing the background for the books written explaining it." Bull's eye! How many people, in their entire life, suffer more than three or four hurts sufficient to justify the use of a powerful anodyne of the spirit on that grounds alone? Very few, I think. Some people, because of their psychological make-up, are more susceptible to such hurts than others, and the occasions would be more frequent for such people; but the hurts would scarcely be as frequent as, say, one a year. If poeple drank heavily only on such occasions, the distillers would go broke. A somewhat larger number of individuals are subject to periods of heightened intensity which may lead to serious emotional explosions; in such case, the escape via alcohol may well be the least harmful alternative. But these people wouldn't support an industry in the multi-million dollar class. Drink for conviviality? Well, if you wish, although it looks unnecessary to me. At any rate, a very small quantity of alcohol serves this purpose; more just messes things up in general, and results in at least as many fights as love-fests. All of which leads up to this; if you must go on frequent benders, OK, (so long as you don't interfere with my rights) but don't try to justify weekly Wing-Dings on scientific grounds; you haven't got a leg to stand on--not even the wobbly kind. Poetry Department--This is the sort of verse which confuses me most; it certainly has something, and I rather like that something; but I don't know what or why. Do it some more, will yah? -- Plagiarism questions etc.--you'll get some authoritative answers on this, no doubt; best I can do is to say that you better specify which rights you wish to sell to anything you write, cause iffen--Surrealistic pome, abslootly (*%?93)!+! CALIBAN #6 (B-) Quote--"....wailings about fans withdrawing from the world into a shell of fan activity are just so much bunk. The fan ofthat type hardly ever was a part of the real world to begin with!"--Unquote. There may be some exceptions to that, Larry, but they are few enough. Well said. --I go along with your "anti-fen" campaign, too. Somebody (Widner?) said that condemning the use of "fen" automatically condemns the use of "men" as the plural of "man." Not so! The rules of English word-formation are reasonably specific on that point. We inherited a lot of old, Anglo-Saxon words, including their plurals formed by radical change; but new words form plurals only by adding "s" or "es." Thus: goose, geese (old; radical change for plural) mongoose, mongooses (new, forms plural regularly). The plural of "fan" is "fans;" "fen" is something else! The quote from Canby is good; I always feel sorry for the poor boob who never reads; of course, he is apt to feel sorry for me, because I can't find plenty of entertainment in "real life"--or, almost as often, in "reel life" (Hiyah, Tuck!). Books, of course, don't detract from "real life;" they add to it. ANIDEA (E) ? PARADOX #8 (B+) Maybe you should write the whole thing longhand, Frank; the writing reproduced better than the typing; howdyah do it? But you are wrong; this issue is far from being a mess. -- Tucker on "Time Travel" uproarious. The diagram is especially obfuscatory. Story and Letter Section enjoyable, but little requiring comment. Gualterio's verse is a fine thing of its type; I liked it.