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Science Fiction Collector, v. 5, issue 6, whole no. 30, Winter 1941

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Ackerman was never more ingenious at his heights as these fans are at their average. Ackerman? Oh, he got married and manages a distillery. They say he's going to open a back-number mag shop soon and get rid of his collection.

I forgot to mention that only a very wealthy fan can buy these thirty magazines every issue. They cost between ten cents and one dollar per copy. Some are published every week; one has appeared annually for the last five years. So most of us who don't publish professional mags ourselves have an awful time of it. You know, the pro-editors now exchange their magazines, thus maintaining pretty nice collections; however, the fan editors can't attempt to exchange their phonograph records as there are nearly seventy-six discs in existence molded mostly monthly.

Well, these two fans are still fighting when the CONVENTION OF '49 comes off. Naturally, being high-ranking fans, they're both in attendance. The squabble really began when the fan who resided in New York City, being very popular in fan circles, announced himself as number four fan in the field. Of course, that was the highest he could declare himself as there was no question about the ranking of the first three. Every fan knew and recognized Reinsberg as #1, Mere #2; and Korshak #3. But #4 had been in dispute since 1944, when that fan ate too much at the refreshment counter and couldn't give his speech at the Convention in Tampa, Florida.

To make a short story a short-short, the fan in Southern California challenged the integrity of the New York Fan. Now no

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--- March [[?]] --- Page Nine Ackerman was never more ingenious at his heights as these fans are at their average. Ackerman? Oh, he got married and manages a distillery. They say he's going to open a back-number mag shop soon and get rid of his collection. I forgot to mention that only a very wealthy fan can buy these thirty magazines every issue. They cost between ten cents and one dollar per copy. Some are published every week; one has appeared annually for the last five years. So most of us who don't publish professional mags ourselves have an awful time of it. You know, the pro-editors now exchange their magazines, thus maintaining pretty nice collections; however, the fan editors can't attempt to exchange their phonograph records as there are nearly seventy-six discs in existence molded mostly monthly. Well, these two fans are still fighting when the CONVENTION OF '49 comes off. Naturally, being high-ranking fans, they're both in attendance. The squabble really began when the fan who resided in New York City, being very popular in fan circles, announced himself as number four fan in the field. Of course, that was the highest he could declare himself as there was no question about the ranking of the first three. Every fan knew and recognized Reinsberg as #1, Mere #2; and Korshak #3. But #4 had been in dispute since 1944, when that fan ate too much at the refreshment counter and couldn't give his speech at the Convention in Tampa, Florida. To make a short story a short-short, the fan in Southern California challenged the integrity of the New York Fan. Now no