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Astronaut, v. 1, issue 1, September 1947
Page 8
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Page ai ght - 8, that is .... Heigh-ho, and the top o' the page to you! This is your friend & mine, tom jewett, welcoming you to our little clambake and hoping you are enjoying yourselves. Of course, if you happened to get a badly mimeoed copy, why, don't fret -- so did everybody else. When Redd sent me the stencils that awful day in the middle of May little did he know the fate awaiting them. For months they languished, dusty & unattended upon my closet shelf, whilst i, stinker that i am, took an un-needed vacation and let the stencils almost dry carelessly up. Then, midsummer, i acquired a bit of energy and began laying plans for disposal of the stencils. So i mimoed over half the mag, 200 copies of each sheet, then the heat hit me, causing me to lose my stored-up energy. I used up all my vitamin pills, drank up all my Ovaltine, ate up every pack of my salted peanuts, and finally, just a quivering bundle of nerves, collapsed over my steaming mimeo drum! [illustration of a tired looking man on right side of page.] It was horrible. Not only that, but i had "Page fourteen" printed all over my face. I had to retire to bed. it was almost Philcon time when Bob Stein, with dire threats of horrible bodily harm, forced me to continue mimeoing ASTRO. So here it is, served to you from my balky mimeo, spiced with flesh of my flesh, with the sweat from my brow, and very badly mimeoed. (Hope Bob doesnt want his mags back....) Anyhow, i hope you like the reading matter, providing you can read it. Providing it matters. Providing you arent too nauseated by the small drawings around here. I tossed 'em in just for laughs, I bet Boggs and Stein arent laughing. [illustration of man's head on left side of page] I hope all you guys get yourselves copies of the PHILCON MEMORY BOOK, to the Philcon what the Combozine was to the Pacificon. If i can get me more stencils & paper quick enuf i will have a sheet or so therein. (What a way to advertise the thing. KM Carlson will hate me.) Oh, well, as the postman said, after walking his dogs down to the instep, "To each his zone." Ahem. [illustration of a man with pointy nose and ears on right side of page.] Have you heard about YOUNG FANDOM? That new organisation for the younger fans? If you haven't, and have been in fandom less than three years, switch on your hearing-aid, and give a listen: By merely sending fifty cents, cash, to Del Grant -- Box 14 -- Lewiston, Idaho, you will become a member for one year, recieve [sic] the monthly clubzine, and other benefits i havent space enough to mention. Write to Del Grant for further info. You won't regret it! ----unpaid adv.
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Page ai ght - 8, that is .... Heigh-ho, and the top o' the page to you! This is your friend & mine, tom jewett, welcoming you to our little clambake and hoping you are enjoying yourselves. Of course, if you happened to get a badly mimeoed copy, why, don't fret -- so did everybody else. When Redd sent me the stencils that awful day in the middle of May little did he know the fate awaiting them. For months they languished, dusty & unattended upon my closet shelf, whilst i, stinker that i am, took an un-needed vacation and let the stencils almost dry carelessly up. Then, midsummer, i acquired a bit of energy and began laying plans for disposal of the stencils. So i mimoed over half the mag, 200 copies of each sheet, then the heat hit me, causing me to lose my stored-up energy. I used up all my vitamin pills, drank up all my Ovaltine, ate up every pack of my salted peanuts, and finally, just a quivering bundle of nerves, collapsed over my steaming mimeo drum! [illustration of a tired looking man on right side of page.] It was horrible. Not only that, but i had "Page fourteen" printed all over my face. I had to retire to bed. it was almost Philcon time when Bob Stein, with dire threats of horrible bodily harm, forced me to continue mimeoing ASTRO. So here it is, served to you from my balky mimeo, spiced with flesh of my flesh, with the sweat from my brow, and very badly mimeoed. (Hope Bob doesnt want his mags back....) Anyhow, i hope you like the reading matter, providing you can read it. Providing it matters. Providing you arent too nauseated by the small drawings around here. I tossed 'em in just for laughs, I bet Boggs and Stein arent laughing. [illustration of man's head on left side of page] I hope all you guys get yourselves copies of the PHILCON MEMORY BOOK, to the Philcon what the Combozine was to the Pacificon. If i can get me more stencils & paper quick enuf i will have a sheet or so therein. (What a way to advertise the thing. KM Carlson will hate me.) Oh, well, as the postman said, after walking his dogs down to the instep, "To each his zone." Ahem. [illustration of a man with pointy nose and ears on right side of page.] Have you heard about YOUNG FANDOM? That new organisation for the younger fans? If you haven't, and have been in fandom less than three years, switch on your hearing-aid, and give a listen: By merely sending fifty cents, cash, to Del Grant -- Box 14 -- Lewiston, Idaho, you will become a member for one year, recieve [sic] the monthly clubzine, and other benefits i havent space enough to mention. Write to Del Grant for further info. You won't regret it! ----unpaid adv.
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