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Le Vombiteur, v. 1, issue 10, whole 10, January 21, 1939

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A Ghu Publication (Member of Futurian Press Group)

Published at 71 Carroll Street, Springdale, Connecticut by Robert W. Lowndes.

Single copies 5¢; six issues for 25¢,

Back nos. of this magazine may be had for ten cents each; there are still a few copies left of the following:
Volume One Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, & 9.

Have you signed a science-fiction declaration against fascism?
If not, write now to D. A. Wollheim 801 West END Ave., NYC.

APOLOGY DEPARTMENT
We observe with regret that a line was dropped in typing the master copy of Volume One #8, with the result that the meat of the situation therein described was quite lost. Anent the great Pohl-Kornbluth debate the subject was: "is there such a thing as science-fiction poetry?" Pohl cried yes, and, to prove it, dug up one of Kornbluth's own misdemeanours. Personally, we thought that that monstrosity, alone, should have won the case for Cyril. K. just couldn't endure this ordeal, by the by, and literally f l e d , screaming. Result was that the mirthful assemblage voted the

HAMMER & TONGS DEPARTMENT
The contemptible depths to which a fascist-minded individual can warp his views and standards is proven anew by Jack Speer's column in the latest issue of Cosmic Tales. So twisted have his mental conceptions become that he now manages to find excuses to defend the stealing of a person's pseudonym by another, in order that the appropriator may use it to accuse the originator of lying and m a k e scurrilous attacks upon the originator's person. Such a warped mentality as Jack constantly displays is enough to discount, adequately, we believe, whatever he may write. The rest of this column is similarly twisted and generally crooked tone. But we doubt that Speer will fool anyone: at times we think he is going senile before even b e c o m i n g mature. Incidentally, this little brat has never dared to show his face in New York, although he has passed through a couple of times.

PS The debate was a tie.

AT YOUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT
The new issue of Startling Stories carries, among other things, a request for someone to pan them. No sooner said than done. Le Vombiteur is alhways ready to aid those in distress. Attendez-vous Messiers: Both covers have been poor, the latest one being oh definitely bad. You insist on keeping Hack Brown, when your newly-acquired artist Finlay has already been established as par excellence on covers. And M. Wesso is still available, we hear, to say nothing of Leo Morey, whose cover work has, with r a r e exceptions, been exemplary. Then again, you could have pulled a tour-de-force by putting Marchioni on the cover: no one has done that yet. But, to continue: -- The plethora of "science" tidbits in a magazine which, at the best can present but two new short stories per issue is quite irritating. And your new short-stories have been most punk. As for the much-vaunted "Impossible World", we quite agree that the brothers Binder have done far, far worse. But that could hardly be construed as a plug for this opus. And last, but not least, we notice with amusement, that while you have reviewed a number of well-known fan magazines, including the malodorous "New Fandom", (Or should we s a y "New Fan-Dump", which would be far more descriptive of the worth-of-content of this tres-in-the-hole journal.) you have not dared, so far, to mention, even unfavourably, the most outstanding and pro vocative fan-magazine of the day, the "Science Fiction Advance". But of course, we understand your motives for passing it up.

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A Ghu Publication (Member of Futurian Press Group) Published at 71 Carroll Street, Springdale, Connecticut by Robert W. Lowndes. Single copies 5¢; six issues for 25¢, Back nos. of this magazine may be had for ten cents each; there are still a few copies left of the following: Volume One Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, & 9. Have you signed a science-fiction declaration against fascism? If not, write now to D. A. Wollheim 801 West END Ave., NYC. APOLOGY DEPARTMENT We observe with regret that a line was dropped in typing the master copy of Volume One #8, with the result that the meat of the situation therein described was quite lost. Anent the great Pohl-Kornbluth debate the subject was: "is there such a thing as science-fiction poetry?" Pohl cried yes, and, to prove it, dug up one of Kornbluth's own misdemeanours. Personally, we thought that that monstrosity, alone, should have won the case for Cyril. K. just couldn't endure this ordeal, by the by, and literally f l e d , screaming. Result was that the mirthful assemblage voted the HAMMER & TONGS DEPARTMENT The contemptible depths to which a fascist-minded individual can warp his views and standards is proven anew by Jack Speer's column in the latest issue of Cosmic Tales. So twisted have his mental conceptions become that he now manages to find excuses to defend the stealing of a person's pseudonym by another, in order that the appropriator may use it to accuse the originator of lying and m a k e scurrilous attacks upon the originator's person. Such a warped mentality as Jack constantly displays is enough to discount, adequately, we believe, whatever he may write. The rest of this column is similarly twisted and generally crooked tone. But we doubt that Speer will fool anyone: at times we think he is going senile before even b e c o m i n g mature. Incidentally, this little brat has never dared to show his face in New York, although he has passed through a couple of times. PS The debate was a tie. AT YOUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT The new issue of Startling Stories carries, among other things, a request for someone to pan them. No sooner said than done. Le Vombiteur is alhways ready to aid those in distress. Attendez-vous Messiers: Both covers have been poor, the latest one being oh definitely bad. You insist on keeping Hack Brown, when your newly-acquired artist Finlay has already been established as par excellence on covers. And M. Wesso is still available, we hear, to say nothing of Leo Morey, whose cover work has, with r a r e exceptions, been exemplary. Then again, you could have pulled a tour-de-force by putting Marchioni on the cover: no one has done that yet. But, to continue: -- The plethora of "science" tidbits in a magazine which, at the best can present but two new short stories per issue is quite irritating. And your new short-stories have been most punk. As for the much-vaunted "Impossible World", we quite agree that the brothers Binder have done far, far worse. But that could hardly be construed as a plug for this opus. And last, but not least, we notice with amusement, that while you have reviewed a number of well-known fan magazines, including the malodorous "New Fandom", (Or should we s a y "New Fan-Dump", which would be far more descriptive of the worth-of-content of this tres-in-the-hole journal.) you have not dared, so far, to mention, even unfavourably, the most outstanding and pro vocative fan-magazine of the day, the "Science Fiction Advance". But of course, we understand your motives for passing it up.