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into four volumes of two years each. The more or less conveniently themselves as follows:

VOLUME ONE          The Old LASFL (1937-1938)
VOLUME TWO         The Transition (LASFL to LASFS) (1939-1940)
VOLUME THREE     The LASFS  (1941-1942)
VOLUME FOUR       The Beginning of the End (1943-1944)

I wish to have the bulk of these distributed through the F.A.P.A. because I believe that, with but a very few exceptions, the bulk of the more mature and reliable members of the field are covered by this instrumentality. For this purpose the press work for these volumes is proceding under the FAPA frank of Mel Brown-Francis T. Laney-Phil R. Bronson, who have been kind enough to do the majority of the mimeography for me as I am employed nights and unable to do so myself. The stencils, with the usual errors, were executed by the author.

I trust the present members of the LASFS will be big enough to let me use my own minutes for this project, and I hope I will be able to pull through all four volumes.

This first through is rather general, because it's a long ways back and specific incidents tend to blur into one another. But as we approach the present, conversations and anecdotes will be recalled in profusion, full of stories about Charlie Hornig, Jack Williamson, Bob Heinlein, Art Barnes, Henry Kuttner, Julie Schwartz, Otto Binder, Bill Crawford, George Hahn, Edmond Hamilton, E.E.Smith, Moried Dollens, Erle Korshak, Milton Rothman, Kornbluth and Cohen... and many others that made Los Angeles a scientifiction fable. I was there with all these guys, drank with a lot of them....so bear through, chums! It might be worth it.

T. Bruce Yerke,
May 19, 1944



Published by THE OUTSIDERS for the F.A.P.A., at 1104 S. Georgia St., Los Angeles 15, California. Address personal comments and suggestions for future volumes to T. Bruce Yerke, 1223 Gordon St., Hollywood 38, California.

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into four volumes of two years each. The more or less conveniently themselves as follows: VOLUME ONE The Old LASFL (1937-1938) VOLUME TWO The Transition (LASFL to LASFS) (1939-1940) VOLUME THREE The LASFS (1941-1942) VOLUME FOUR The Beginning of the End (1943-1944) I wish to have the bulk of these distributed through the F.A.P.A. because I believe that, with but a very few exceptions, the bulk of the more mature and reliable members of the field are covered by this instrumentality. For this purpose the press work for these volumes is proceding under the FAPA frank of Mel Brown-Francis T. Laney-Phil R. Bronson, who have been kind enough to do the majority of the mimeography for me as I am employed nights and unable to do so myself. The stencils, with the usual errors, were executed by the author. I trust the present members of the LASFS will be big enough to let me use my own minutes for this project, and I hope I will be able to pull through all four volumes. This first through is rather general, because it's a long ways back and specific incidents tend to blur into one another. But as we approach the present, conversations and anecdotes will be recalled in profusion, full of stories about Charlie Hornig, Jack Williamson, Bob Heinlein, Art Barnes, Henry Kuttner, Julie Schwartz, Otto Binder, Bill Crawford, George Hahn, Edmond Hamilton, E.E.Smith, Moried Dollens, Erle Korshak, Milton Rothman, Kornbluth and Cohen... and many others that made Los Angeles a scientifiction fable. I was there with all these guys, drank with a lot of them....so bear through, chums! It might be worth it. T. Bruce Yerke, May 19, 1944 Published by THE OUTSIDERS for the F.A.P.A., at 1104 S. Georgia St., Los Angeles 15, California. Address personal comments and suggestions for future volumes to T. Bruce Yerke, 1223 Gordon St., Hollywood 38, California.