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Imagination, v. 1, issue 12, whole no. 12, September 1938

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~~If I ever said anything complimentary about 'Fred Shroyer the man(?)' , Consider
it rescinded. I still like his Michelism articles, but I'm beginning ta wonder what
motivated his writing them.   Does he feel about the matter as I do - which I won't
bother to explain - or is he just another of those guys condemning anything and everything to show how 'smart' he is. Nuts!!   Is there anything worth while? ~~ How
many times do I have to be handed pieces on fan magazines - either better or worse than Hornig's. N'importe,-they're all rather old stuff by now.

Boy, this issue is rotten! ~~ I thought Cosmic Tales #6 bad, but, well, the editors are sincere, at least. Why didn't someone strangle Hornig when they saw what he was doing? I'm sorry; I apologize profusely, weepingly, and with many tears. I passed over Dick
Wilson's piece Wilson seems to be one of the few fans capable of writing decently
and naturally, so that his material is really interesting.   Honest, his piece is so good that if you hadn't published the two pieces I objected to, that it would make this issue still a great one. I never enjoyed a fan article so much in my life, I nearly weeped when I came to the end.   S'help me, that paragraph entitled 'The Battle of the Buffet' is a humorous masterpiece fit to go down in history as companion to,,,
to, oh, to., to..,,. ~~ I can still see Sykora.   Ah goo, but that was great I Resurrection was o.k., but why choose pieces so easy to procure? ~~ 'Ether Series' wasn't so hot. The writer shouldn't devote the column to one series. There are any number of fantastic     scientific and weird series on the air. I wish Vollheim could sue the fool who wrote 'Who is DAW'.   I don't know Wollheim, nor do I like his
silly politics, but certainly you treated him in an unfair, cowardly, childish manner.   I think, an apology is due.   Way, I'd protest such treatment even if Ackerman were the party in mention.  (Hey, I know an apology is due--from U! —FJ) ~~ Five pages of 'The Voice' this issue, oh? REALLY?   You know, you'll have me cutting school.   Imagine, after all those years, I still can't count to five accurately.
Phooey, you fabricators! ~~ Won't you please go back to your old style of compositing.   (Hey; readers! We have) Even the simplified spelling is greatly preferable to this mess, this editorial nightmare,   Maybe you don't realize it, but it was the novel, straightforward manner of presenting the magazine which made (makes?) it so popular. ~~ I still haven't been able to make much out of the four pages of letters.
Waste of space, inaccurate and all that.   Quote directly, no rephrasing, please. ~~
I thought you were intending to represent more readers in the Voice?   Less than ever
before, I'll betcha.   Only eight or nine; and then four from HartI   ~~ Nice book reviews, only a lot of good 'Flaming Towers does me.   And I still don't know much about
Keller's novel.   As far as I'm concerned, Keller is too prolific to be good...
You took a lot of space telling us nothing about FJA's middle initial. Why did he think his name was Clark!?   (Carefully reread 4 lines beginnlng 6th from bottom, left hand column, pg 22, July '38 IMAGINATION!) why did he change James to 'J', and that
was a good crack about Wonder Stories, and Hornig*s insert wasn't, and where in the hell is Merritt?   (Where in he11? We11. he works in the office of Hearst's American Wkly) I'm rather tiring of waiting for him to appear as was scheduled some months ago.
—How's about rejecting Bradbury... permanently! I     enclosed is 45¢ for next Madge and 'The Hyborian Age'. ~~ G00DBYE!"   (G'bye:  don't do. anything we would do.)
"I'm sorry," says Elmer Perdue,  of 1218 S Cedar St, Casper, WYO "that Maggie dropped
her ackermanese (no capital on the word—it doesn't deserve one), and the so-called streamlined paragraphing.    ("Nonstop" is      the name we've hit on: nonstoparagrafing!) 
The mag used to have a personality of its own--a certain wild individuality that made me proud to have it lying around. (By Betelgeuse! Do U get that, gang! PROUD!) Now (then; this protest is of "pyrotechnic" issue #10),  instead of the styles of
FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW THAT SHE FORMERLY WORE, Maggie comes thru the post dressed in the prosaic style of ten years ago, speaking English instead of 'Nustyl,' and wearing a standard makeup instead of the former experimental attempts.   Frankly, I don't like the change in the old girl.   Give her full rein over herself—let her appear in magenta ink on a yellow paper if she likes—permit her to throw in an odd page each issue printed in Bantu, Walloon, or Swahili— and she'll become her old absorbing self again. 

But never make the mistake of becoming completely orthodox— her chief inter-

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14 ~~If I ever said anything complimentary about 'Fred Shroyer the man(?)' , Consider it rescinded. I still like his Michelism articles, but I'm beginning ta wonder what motivated his writing them. Does he feel about the matter as I do - which I won't bother to explain - or is he just another of those guys condemning anything and everything to show how 'smart' he is. Nuts!! Is there anything worth while? ~~ How many times do I have to be handed pieces on fan magazines - either better or worse than Hornig's. N'importe,-they're all rather old stuff by now. Boy, this issue is rotten! ~~ I thought Cosmic Tales #6 bad, but, well, the editors are sincere, at least. Why didn't someone strangle Hornig when they saw what he was doing? I'm sorry; I apologize profusely, weepingly, and with many tears. I passed over Dick Wilson's piece Wilson seems to be one of the few fans capable of writing decently and naturally, so that his material is really interesting. Honest, his piece is so good that if you hadn't published the two pieces I objected to, that it would make this issue still a great one. I never enjoyed a fan article so much in my life, I nearly weeped when I came to the end. S'help me, that paragraph entitled 'The Battle of the Buffet' is a humorous masterpiece fit to go down in history as companion to,,, to, oh, to., to..,,. ~~ I can still see Sykora. Ah goo, but that was great I Resurrection was o.k., but why choose pieces so easy to procure? ~~ 'Ether Series' wasn't so hot. The writer shouldn't devote the column to one series. There are any number of fantastic scientific and weird series on the air. I wish Vollheim could sue the fool who wrote 'Who is DAW'. I don't know Wollheim, nor do I like his silly politics, but certainly you treated him in an unfair, cowardly, childish manner. I think, an apology is due. Way, I'd protest such treatment even if Ackerman were the party in mention. (Hey, I know an apology is due--from U! —FJ) ~~ Five pages of 'The Voice' this issue, oh? REALLY? You know, you'll have me cutting school. Imagine, after all those years, I still can't count to five accurately. Phooey, you fabricators! ~~ Won't you please go back to your old style of compositing. (Hey; readers! We have) Even the simplified spelling is greatly preferable to this mess, this editorial nightmare, Maybe you don't realize it, but it was the novel, straightforward manner of presenting the magazine which made (makes?) it so popular. ~~ I still haven't been able to make much out of the four pages of letters. Waste of space, inaccurate and all that. Quote directly, no rephrasing, please. ~~ I thought you were intending to represent more readers in the Voice? Less than ever before, I'll betcha. Only eight or nine; and then four from HartI ~~ Nice book reviews, only a lot of good 'Flaming Towers does me. And I still don't know much about Keller's novel. As far as I'm concerned, Keller is too prolific to be good... You took a lot of space telling us nothing about FJA's middle initial. Why did he think his name was Clark!? (Carefully reread 4 lines beginnlng 6th from bottom, left hand column, pg 22, July '38 IMAGINATION!) why did he change James to 'J', and that was a good crack about Wonder Stories, and Hornig*s insert wasn't, and where in the hell is Merritt? (Where in he11? We11. he works in the office of Hearst's American Wkly) I'm rather tiring of waiting for him to appear as was scheduled some months ago. —How's about rejecting Bradbury... permanently! I enclosed is 45¢ for next Madge and 'The Hyborian Age'. ~~ G00DBYE!" (G'bye: don't do. anything we would do.) "I'm sorry," says Elmer Perdue, of 1218 S Cedar St, Casper, WYO "that Maggie dropped her ackermanese (no capital on the word—it doesn't deserve one), and the so-called streamlined paragraphing. ("Nonstop" is the name we've hit on: nonstoparagrafing!) The mag used to have a personality of its own--a certain wild individuality that made me proud to have it lying around. (By Betelgeuse! Do U get that, gang! PROUD!) Now (then; this protest is of "pyrotechnic" issue #10), instead of the styles of FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW THAT SHE FORMERLY WORE, Maggie comes thru the post dressed in the prosaic style of ten years ago, speaking English instead of 'Nustyl,' and wearing a standard makeup instead of the former experimental attempts. Frankly, I don't like the change in the old girl. Give her full rein over herself—let her appear in magenta ink on a yellow paper if she likes—permit her to throw in an odd page each issue printed in Bantu, Walloon, or Swahili— and she'll become her old absorbing self again. But never make the mistake of becoming completely orthodox— her chief inter-