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Fantasite, v. 2, issue 5, whole 11, May-June 1943
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32 ..... THE FANTASITE for. "Fan Scratchings" will pass, though the best thing in the column was the back-scratching triumvirate. Dickson has a good point in intimating that fandom should retrench for the duration; I think the reason for all the flare-up is that guys figure they're on their way and might as well do a few things they want to before the draft gets them. Your long work on travel and exploration makes me wonder how I'd do on such a jaunt--if I get a few drinks I'm all for sitting for hours listening to some unknown sax man or pianist or blues singer. In the Ham-frying and Pro-poking contest, I differ with you violently on Bok's "sorcerer's Ship". With all its faults this is one of the two stories I've seen in the last three or four Unknowns that I liked at all. (The other was Leiber's "The Hill and the Hole"). I don't like much dialogue, and I don't care a whoop for the alleged humor in some stories. Give me a lot of descriptive build-up and atmosphere, and the characters can be deaf-mutes. I'll grant I'm behind the times, but I never was much on keeping up with the fashions. Weird Tales, though, gah! Brackney and I didn't see eye to eye on the December "Future", either; I liked "The Leapers", because it is remotely Lovecraftian--and "The Creator" because it was subtle, not all drawn out in microscopic detail. On the rest of the issue I'll echo his long-drawn-out-scream, and throw in a horrible ghoulish minor discord for him, too. Letters are good (I would say that, bein's how mine leads off!), and I too wonder what happened to Mr. Smith. Oh yes, I note what you say about all the classical music lovers among fans. Why, oh why, are there so few jazz-hounds in fandom? Bill Evans is an Ellington worshipper, Henry Ackermann likes big swing bands (and has about 400 of their records to balance off 100 classical discs)--but otherwise, the unholy triumvirate of Laney, Baldwin, and Rimel are the only jazzmen I know of in fandom. We dote on Early Hines, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Lux Lewis, and a whole host of such-like. Baldwin will listen to classical if he has to, but Rimel and I find our musical heaven in an un-arranged jam session (and to hell with the name bands). This has a lot to do with stf and fantasy, doesn't it? In spite of the retraction of the plagiarism charge, Space Tales still has a noticeable odor. I wish I had the dough to spend on "Acolyte" that "ST" must have cost--I believe I could do better even with my lousy old mimeo. The last I heard from Ludowitz, he was projecting a 'zine with the ancient and honorable title of "Phantograph"--shades of the good old days! ----- MRS. MILES BECKER Commenting in brief on my first Fantasite: a most interesting gentleman non the cover. His face is fascinating, and I keep studying it. Tigrina's soul-mate, no doubt. Fan Scratchings and Gordon Dickson I like. The pen sketch and word sketch of Brackney don't match. He looks so serious and intellectual (the kind I like) and apparently is juvenile and corny. I most emphatically do not like Russell's ad. 343 E. 80th St., Chicago, Illinois. ----- ROSCO E. WRIGHT The Nov-Dec. Fantasite was excellent from the devilish front cover to the fellow on the back. In particular; I believe his Satanic Majesty's face was well done. StfNash: the "Rambling Wreck" from Minneapolis was one of those bombastic and interesting bits that lightens one's mind. The brewers should be jubilant every time a STFvention is helled. ((Heh, heh! Eds.)) Bob Tucker's column comes next. It was funny too, though a bit too spicy in one place, but let's not split hairs. Among the Hams 'n Pros by Several Guys very interesting as usual, and more or less intelligent. But then I delight in reading material by fellows I almost agree with. One point on which I disagree is the comment on F.B. Long's "To Follow Knowledge". I'll admit that it was complicated, but it is still one of Astounding's best ten for the year. Odd Tales should give you geniuses something to drool over. ((Oh yes! And of all the MFS "geniuses", not one was observant enough to see through the hoax! Eds.)) They can come right back at you with their own column. Provoking, isn't it? A Few Moments of Idle Thought is some good reading to take up that spare time which some people try to make other people (whom they want to impress) think they don't have T. Bruce Yerke's yarn, like all the others I have read in Fantasite, possesses a pleasantly restrained atmosphere. MFS Members: your little pooch introduced what seems to be a swell fellow. Think I'll look into
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32 ..... THE FANTASITE for. "Fan Scratchings" will pass, though the best thing in the column was the back-scratching triumvirate. Dickson has a good point in intimating that fandom should retrench for the duration; I think the reason for all the flare-up is that guys figure they're on their way and might as well do a few things they want to before the draft gets them. Your long work on travel and exploration makes me wonder how I'd do on such a jaunt--if I get a few drinks I'm all for sitting for hours listening to some unknown sax man or pianist or blues singer. In the Ham-frying and Pro-poking contest, I differ with you violently on Bok's "sorcerer's Ship". With all its faults this is one of the two stories I've seen in the last three or four Unknowns that I liked at all. (The other was Leiber's "The Hill and the Hole"). I don't like much dialogue, and I don't care a whoop for the alleged humor in some stories. Give me a lot of descriptive build-up and atmosphere, and the characters can be deaf-mutes. I'll grant I'm behind the times, but I never was much on keeping up with the fashions. Weird Tales, though, gah! Brackney and I didn't see eye to eye on the December "Future", either; I liked "The Leapers", because it is remotely Lovecraftian--and "The Creator" because it was subtle, not all drawn out in microscopic detail. On the rest of the issue I'll echo his long-drawn-out-scream, and throw in a horrible ghoulish minor discord for him, too. Letters are good (I would say that, bein's how mine leads off!), and I too wonder what happened to Mr. Smith. Oh yes, I note what you say about all the classical music lovers among fans. Why, oh why, are there so few jazz-hounds in fandom? Bill Evans is an Ellington worshipper, Henry Ackermann likes big swing bands (and has about 400 of their records to balance off 100 classical discs)--but otherwise, the unholy triumvirate of Laney, Baldwin, and Rimel are the only jazzmen I know of in fandom. We dote on Early Hines, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Lux Lewis, and a whole host of such-like. Baldwin will listen to classical if he has to, but Rimel and I find our musical heaven in an un-arranged jam session (and to hell with the name bands). This has a lot to do with stf and fantasy, doesn't it? In spite of the retraction of the plagiarism charge, Space Tales still has a noticeable odor. I wish I had the dough to spend on "Acolyte" that "ST" must have cost--I believe I could do better even with my lousy old mimeo. The last I heard from Ludowitz, he was projecting a 'zine with the ancient and honorable title of "Phantograph"--shades of the good old days! ----- MRS. MILES BECKER Commenting in brief on my first Fantasite: a most interesting gentleman non the cover. His face is fascinating, and I keep studying it. Tigrina's soul-mate, no doubt. Fan Scratchings and Gordon Dickson I like. The pen sketch and word sketch of Brackney don't match. He looks so serious and intellectual (the kind I like) and apparently is juvenile and corny. I most emphatically do not like Russell's ad. 343 E. 80th St., Chicago, Illinois. ----- ROSCO E. WRIGHT The Nov-Dec. Fantasite was excellent from the devilish front cover to the fellow on the back. In particular; I believe his Satanic Majesty's face was well done. StfNash: the "Rambling Wreck" from Minneapolis was one of those bombastic and interesting bits that lightens one's mind. The brewers should be jubilant every time a STFvention is helled. ((Heh, heh! Eds.)) Bob Tucker's column comes next. It was funny too, though a bit too spicy in one place, but let's not split hairs. Among the Hams 'n Pros by Several Guys very interesting as usual, and more or less intelligent. But then I delight in reading material by fellows I almost agree with. One point on which I disagree is the comment on F.B. Long's "To Follow Knowledge". I'll admit that it was complicated, but it is still one of Astounding's best ten for the year. Odd Tales should give you geniuses something to drool over. ((Oh yes! And of all the MFS "geniuses", not one was observant enough to see through the hoax! Eds.)) They can come right back at you with their own column. Provoking, isn't it? A Few Moments of Idle Thought is some good reading to take up that spare time which some people try to make other people (whom they want to impress) think they don't have T. Bruce Yerke's yarn, like all the others I have read in Fantasite, possesses a pleasantly restrained atmosphere. MFS Members: your little pooch introduced what seems to be a swell fellow. Think I'll look into
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