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Snide, issue 1, May 1940
Page 16
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days that immediately followed it. He will undoubtedly remember the break-up of the authors and editors over who should be honored guests, which was settled by the committee's picking an author and editor who had passed on to their just rewards. He will also remember the tragedy of the 'beer and sandwich' stampede, (in which I got two beers and five sandwiches) when twelve fans and numerous spectators were trampled to pulps. Then there was the 'Bloody Battle of Science Fiction' which took place between the Michelists and the Anti-Michelists. It was stirring to see the opposing forces rushing to the fray, the Michilists carrying their blood-red flags and singing their anthem, 'Onward Michelism,' and the Anti-Michelists carrying their flag with the likeness of Moskowitz on it and singing their song of victory, 'New Fandom Triumphant.' I distinctly remember wildly waving a loaded copy of FANTASY NEWS as I rushed forward and let out a Cherokee war whoop, and being answered from across the hall by Dan McPhail with a Choctaw battle cry. I remember seeing Dan's lifeless body lying amid the wreckage after the battle, his head crushed in by a volume of FUTURIAN NEWS. It was horrible to see the bodies of familiar fans lying in gruesome pools of blood. AFter the battle many fans who carried pictures of themselves were arrested for carrying deadly weapons. 16 [drawing of fans rushing towards each other angrily with red flags raised]
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days that immediately followed it. He will undoubtedly remember the break-up of the authors and editors over who should be honored guests, which was settled by the committee's picking an author and editor who had passed on to their just rewards. He will also remember the tragedy of the 'beer and sandwich' stampede, (in which I got two beers and five sandwiches) when twelve fans and numerous spectators were trampled to pulps. Then there was the 'Bloody Battle of Science Fiction' which took place between the Michelists and the Anti-Michelists. It was stirring to see the opposing forces rushing to the fray, the Michilists carrying their blood-red flags and singing their anthem, 'Onward Michelism,' and the Anti-Michelists carrying their flag with the likeness of Moskowitz on it and singing their song of victory, 'New Fandom Triumphant.' I distinctly remember wildly waving a loaded copy of FANTASY NEWS as I rushed forward and let out a Cherokee war whoop, and being answered from across the hall by Dan McPhail with a Choctaw battle cry. I remember seeing Dan's lifeless body lying amid the wreckage after the battle, his head crushed in by a volume of FUTURIAN NEWS. It was horrible to see the bodies of familiar fans lying in gruesome pools of blood. AFter the battle many fans who carried pictures of themselves were arrested for carrying deadly weapons. 16 [drawing of fans rushing towards each other angrily with red flags raised]
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