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Fantasite, v. 2, issue 5, whole 11, May-June 1943

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THE FANTASITE .... 35

ART SAHA
I guess a few comments re Fantasite Vol. 2, No.  might be in order, and since you claim you can read any type of scrawl, I'm tempted to take a chance. Well, sir, it's this way: The covers aren't bad at all this time. In fact, I might say they're rather good. This is the first time I've seen Osterlund's work. Has he done any other fan illustration? ((Yes, in Tycho, 10c from 221 Melbourne Ave., SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Art Osterlund is a chap with real artistic ability, and the mimeo medium really doesn't do justice to his to his line work. Eds.)) "The Captains and the Kings Depart"-- now what in blazes is this story (?) all about? I'll be damned if I can figure it out. I read it over twice and it still doesn't make sense. All I got out of it was tick-tock, ding-dong, beep-beep!! When I get around to it, I'm going to round up a copy of "The Greek", as reviewed in Tucker's "Recommended Reading", and find out for myself about this Age of Reason. Have you fellows got your harems figured out yet? ((Mais oui!!)) I'm going to start planning pretty soon, now. To Corporal Blakely: Thanks for the info on army life as concerns a stfan. When and if ole Uncle Sammy calls me in, I'm really going to shed bitter tears at the thought of leaving my collection. You know, a stf collection is really precious to a fantast. Whenever some of my non-stf-reading friends ask me why I save all those old magazines I just say "it's my hobby", and let it go at that. After all, what would mere mortals know about the great dreams of we super beings? "Fan Scratchings"--O.K. How about starting a feud with someone? I love fan-feuds. They give me such a life (even more so than Camels or Luckies, or whatever it is). "Via StfNash"--"Flans A La Convention"--takes me back to the time I attended "The Third Annual Convention of the Royal Order of High and Mighty Garbage Collectors". There was a blonde there whom I met and we (well, why go into that?).... ((Figurative tearing of editorial hair...Eds.)) Seriously, though, I like articles of that nature. It gives m e a kick to read about fantravels, Cons, etc., never having attended one myself. M.F.S. Members--please t' meetcha, Mansy! Brazier--at the moment I'm neither in the mood nor do I have the ambition to think up anything to say, so I'll shut up. Hams and Pros--why should I agree with our reviewers' opinions? After all, I got ideas of my own concerning the mags. Haven't I? Fanta-Notes: I love the classics, too. My favorite is "...Mistah Fi-uve by Fi-u-v-e...". What's yours? 2828 1/2 Third Avenue, East, Hibbing, Minnesota. 

CARL JACOBI
Received the Fantasite and enjoyed reading it. The cover perhaps was a bit more commercial than those of the past, but that very fact impressed me. The mag is getting more professional each issue, and I'm anxiously waiting until the time comes when it will be mimeo-printed a la Dollens. 3717 4th Avenue, South, Mpls., Minn.

H. LOREN SINN
I herewith object to Cpl. Blakely's disparaging remarks about army gag mags on sale in post exchanges. I'd rather read a gag mag than a sci-fic any day. In fact, I will go so far as to say that if I were in the army I wouldn't go to the slightest trouble to look for a newsstand carrying sci-fic. Rather read a sports mag any day. ((After these surprising comments, we would like to know--providing you're serious--by what authority you profess to be a fan?! Eds.)) Main trouble with Fantasite is the fan angle is too much a repitition of what has already appeared in the MFS Bulletin. ((We don't follow you, Sinn; why not clarify your viewpoint? The MFS Bulletin is a news sheet, and has nothing to do with The Fantasite, other than being an MFS Publication. Eds.)) None of the articles were any good, and I failed to understand Yerke's story.  Probably read it too fast. Only interesting things were the ads. ((Contributors to Fanta-Scripts have all the right in the world to kick and gripe, we don't object in the least to this; but for heaven's sake if you don't like something, please state the whys and wherefores of the matter. It is a constant source of irritation that fans continue to write in stating that they don't like this, and they don't like that. How are we supposed to give you what you want to read if you won't tell us? In short, we want letters that say something. For example, take the letters of Warner, Laney, Fortier, Brazier, and so forth. Eds.)) Carnation, Route 1, Washington.

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THE FANTASITE .... 35 ART SAHA I guess a few comments re Fantasite Vol. 2, No. might be in order, and since you claim you can read any type of scrawl, I'm tempted to take a chance. Well, sir, it's this way: The covers aren't bad at all this time. In fact, I might say they're rather good. This is the first time I've seen Osterlund's work. Has he done any other fan illustration? ((Yes, in Tycho, 10c from 221 Melbourne Ave., SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Art Osterlund is a chap with real artistic ability, and the mimeo medium really doesn't do justice to his to his line work. Eds.)) "The Captains and the Kings Depart"-- now what in blazes is this story (?) all about? I'll be damned if I can figure it out. I read it over twice and it still doesn't make sense. All I got out of it was tick-tock, ding-dong, beep-beep!! When I get around to it, I'm going to round up a copy of "The Greek", as reviewed in Tucker's "Recommended Reading", and find out for myself about this Age of Reason. Have you fellows got your harems figured out yet? ((Mais oui!!)) I'm going to start planning pretty soon, now. To Corporal Blakely: Thanks for the info on army life as concerns a stfan. When and if ole Uncle Sammy calls me in, I'm really going to shed bitter tears at the thought of leaving my collection. You know, a stf collection is really precious to a fantast. Whenever some of my non-stf-reading friends ask me why I save all those old magazines I just say "it's my hobby", and let it go at that. After all, what would mere mortals know about the great dreams of we super beings? "Fan Scratchings"--O.K. How about starting a feud with someone? I love fan-feuds. They give me such a life (even more so than Camels or Luckies, or whatever it is). "Via StfNash"--"Flans A La Convention"--takes me back to the time I attended "The Third Annual Convention of the Royal Order of High and Mighty Garbage Collectors". There was a blonde there whom I met and we (well, why go into that?).... ((Figurative tearing of editorial hair...Eds.)) Seriously, though, I like articles of that nature. It gives m e a kick to read about fantravels, Cons, etc., never having attended one myself. M.F.S. Members--please t' meetcha, Mansy! Brazier--at the moment I'm neither in the mood nor do I have the ambition to think up anything to say, so I'll shut up. Hams and Pros--why should I agree with our reviewers' opinions? After all, I got ideas of my own concerning the mags. Haven't I? Fanta-Notes: I love the classics, too. My favorite is "...Mistah Fi-uve by Fi-u-v-e...". What's yours? 2828 1/2 Third Avenue, East, Hibbing, Minnesota. CARL JACOBI Received the Fantasite and enjoyed reading it. The cover perhaps was a bit more commercial than those of the past, but that very fact impressed me. The mag is getting more professional each issue, and I'm anxiously waiting until the time comes when it will be mimeo-printed a la Dollens. 3717 4th Avenue, South, Mpls., Minn. H. LOREN SINN I herewith object to Cpl. Blakely's disparaging remarks about army gag mags on sale in post exchanges. I'd rather read a gag mag than a sci-fic any day. In fact, I will go so far as to say that if I were in the army I wouldn't go to the slightest trouble to look for a newsstand carrying sci-fic. Rather read a sports mag any day. ((After these surprising comments, we would like to know--providing you're serious--by what authority you profess to be a fan?! Eds.)) Main trouble with Fantasite is the fan angle is too much a repitition of what has already appeared in the MFS Bulletin. ((We don't follow you, Sinn; why not clarify your viewpoint? The MFS Bulletin is a news sheet, and has nothing to do with The Fantasite, other than being an MFS Publication. Eds.)) None of the articles were any good, and I failed to understand Yerke's story. Probably read it too fast. Only interesting things were the ads. ((Contributors to Fanta-Scripts have all the right in the world to kick and gripe, we don't object in the least to this; but for heaven's sake if you don't like something, please state the whys and wherefores of the matter. It is a constant source of irritation that fans continue to write in stating that they don't like this, and they don't like that. How are we supposed to give you what you want to read if you won't tell us? In short, we want letters that say something. For example, take the letters of Warner, Laney, Fortier, Brazier, and so forth. Eds.)) Carnation, Route 1, Washington.