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Imagination, v. 1, issue 8, whole no. 8, May 1938

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I'll be sending in a bit now and then for an odd issue, tho." (All our issues r odd)
Amelia Reynolds Long the authoress, writes from Harrisburg/Pa: "A few days ago, I was quite pleasantly surprised to receive a copy of a very interesting s-f fan magazine called Imagination. At the time, I was just recovering from a case of nerves that had back-fired; and when I saw in that magazine a paragraph attributed to me, with my signature in facsimile, I began to wonder whether the recovery had been complete as I had imagined, or whether I was seeing things. Then the paragraph began to look familiar; and suddenly memory clicked. ~~ Here's wishing Imagination all kinds of luck and continued success in the future.
JACK COBURN, pseudonym of a wellknown writer, burns: "Do you want to get me murdered? (Yes, having read Ur latest atrocioustory!) Whassa idea of putting the names of 'Campigner and Weisbell' on the Coburn article? In any case, whassa idea of interjection  your revolting (watt an old pun this is!), leprous gags? I can grit my teeth and stand advncd splng, but a few more of those hideous puns and--well, I'm warning you, Fiddlestuffer, and oiling my thumbscrews and the Iron Truss. ~~ Ey the bye, don't you think Imagination! is going in a bit too heavily for humor? Why don't you try and get some serious articles, interviews, and so forth, from Fearn, Binder, and so forth? This current issue is about the newsiest and also the most offensively modernistic of them all; I'm looking forward to the feud which will probably develop between Doc Yerke and Wollheim. Mr. Bradbury's Formula for Successful STF Story is the cleverest thing in the issue and the funniest--no, it's probably a toss-up between that ms. and Monstro Shroyer's book review. Also, modernized spelling is supposed to be simplified spelling, no? Then why spell 'fantasy', 'phantasy'?" (Because it is phantastic. Similarly: "Baroque" & "unique", bu the nature of their meanings, we preserve in their old "phasioned" forms rather'n simplifying to "baroke" or "unike".)
Robert O.[[?]] Madle who edits Fantascience Digest under the COMET PUBS Banner, adreses us from 333 E Belgrade St, Philadelphia/Pa: "I'm really not quite sure to whom I should salute this letter. The address is the residence of one Morojo (there is only one Morojo but I do not live in Bx 6475, Metropolitan Station!) and the handwriting of the person who addressed the two copies of IMAGINATION! to me is that of Forry J. ~~ The February and March issues of IMAGINATION! were very excellently mimeographed and the material was excellent thruout. Russ Hodgkins' articles on local league doings are among the most interesting items in the magazine. I mourn with you the passing of Joe W. Skidmore; he has provided me with many an hour of enjoyment, but unfortunately, he shall do no more. ~~ The brief biographies of the various whatnots of my fellow stf. fans. Ackerman's FILMART, although not as good as his material in the old FANTASY, is worth reading. The brief interview with Jameson Thomas was interesting, although I do not remember having seen Thomas in any pictures. Erlick Freyor[[?]], in his article on Atheism and STF. aired my sentiments exactly. Many people before discovering science fiction tend towards Atheism, or at least they begin to doubt all the myths that are handed to them on silver platters. ~~ The Readers' Department is one of your best features. Continue this by all means." (Ofcourse.)
Azygous postcards his/her opinons, in tabulated form, from NY/NY: "Things I like about 'Madge': Futurized spelling Hodgkin's W.O.W. Voice of the Imagi-nation Sensayuma Among Our Moms. Dislike: Esperanto Radio Revues Merely monthly appearance Lack of Yerke's material (his 1st 2 editorials wer th nutz)"
Jack Speer Left-hand man of the Foo-turist Movement, foo-wards these comments from foo-r away Comanche/Okla: "Dear Madge; 10/11 latest I! received. You'll find no commentary on the cover in this letter, as said cover was torn in the mails. Don't happen to have an extra one lying around, do you? (My, was "Madge" embarrasst at having her "dress" ript off! & by Uncle Sam!

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14 I'll be sending in a bit now and then for an odd issue, tho." (All our issues r odd) Amelia Reynolds Long the authoress, writes from Harrisburg/Pa: "A few days ago, I was quite pleasantly surprised to receive a copy of a very interesting s-f fan magazine called Imagination. At the time, I was just recovering from a case of nerves that had back-fired; and when I saw in that magazine a paragraph attributed to me, with my signature in facsimile, I began to wonder whether the recovery had been complete as I had imagined, or whether I was seeing things. Then the paragraph began to look familiar; and suddenly memory clicked. ~~ Here's wishing Imagination all kinds of luck and continued success in the future. JACK COBURN, pseudonym of a wellknown writer, burns: "Do you want to get me murdered? (Yes, having read Ur latest atrocioustory!) Whassa idea of putting the names of 'Campigner and Weisbell' on the Coburn article? In any case, whassa idea of interjection your revolting (watt an old pun this is!), leprous gags? I can grit my teeth and stand advncd splng, but a few more of those hideous puns and--well, I'm warning you, Fiddlestuffer, and oiling my thumbscrews and the Iron Truss. ~~ Ey the bye, don't you think Imagination! is going in a bit too heavily for humor? Why don't you try and get some serious articles, interviews, and so forth, from Fearn, Binder, and so forth? This current issue is about the newsiest and also the most offensively modernistic of them all; I'm looking forward to the feud which will probably develop between Doc Yerke and Wollheim. Mr. Bradbury's Formula for Successful STF Story is the cleverest thing in the issue and the funniest--no, it's probably a toss-up between that ms. and Monstro Shroyer's book review. Also, modernized spelling is supposed to be simplified spelling, no? Then why spell 'fantasy', 'phantasy'?" (Because it is phantastic. Similarly: "Baroque" & "unique", bu the nature of their meanings, we preserve in their old "phasioned" forms rather'n simplifying to "baroke" or "unike".) Robert O.[[?]] Madle who edits Fantascience Digest under the COMET PUBS Banner, adreses us from 333 E Belgrade St, Philadelphia/Pa: "I'm really not quite sure to whom I should salute this letter. The address is the residence of one Morojo (there is only one Morojo but I do not live in Bx 6475, Metropolitan Station!) and the handwriting of the person who addressed the two copies of IMAGINATION! to me is that of Forry J. ~~ The February and March issues of IMAGINATION! were very excellently mimeographed and the material was excellent thruout. Russ Hodgkins' articles on local league doings are among the most interesting items in the magazine. I mourn with you the passing of Joe W. Skidmore; he has provided me with many an hour of enjoyment, but unfortunately, he shall do no more. ~~ The brief biographies of the various whatnots of my fellow stf. fans. Ackerman's FILMART, although not as good as his material in the old FANTASY, is worth reading. The brief interview with Jameson Thomas was interesting, although I do not remember having seen Thomas in any pictures. Erlick Freyor[[?]], in his article on Atheism and STF. aired my sentiments exactly. Many people before discovering science fiction tend towards Atheism, or at least they begin to doubt all the myths that are handed to them on silver platters. ~~ The Readers' Department is one of your best features. Continue this by all means." (Ofcourse.) Azygous postcards his/her opinons, in tabulated form, from NY/NY: "Things I like about 'Madge': Futurized spelling Hodgkin's W.O.W. Voice of the Imagi-nation Sensayuma Among Our Moms. Dislike: Esperanto Radio Revues Merely monthly appearance Lack of Yerke's material (his 1st 2 editorials wer th nutz)" Jack Speer Left-hand man of the Foo-turist Movement, foo-wards these comments from foo-r away Comanche/Okla: "Dear Madge; 10/11 latest I! received. You'll find no commentary on the cover in this letter, as said cover was torn in the mails. Don't happen to have an extra one lying around, do you? (My, was "Madge" embarrasst at having her "dress" ript off! & by Uncle Sam!