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Science Fiction Collector, v. 5, issue 4, November-December 1939

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hope for...Fans, I thought, were such a loutish lot as to be shocked at the very idea of democratic principle.

You, however, have finally proven me wrong. Once I said that science fiction fans were bigoted. I retract that statement, now. The ideals of decency and fair-play have won a powerful ally in you, one of the most prominent fans in America. May I again express my sincere thanks? I know that, no matter what the reactions to "Why Critics Get Dyspepsia" are, you will follow to the letter your announced intention of publishing "More Apostasy".

LARRY B. FARSACI -- I can best show my appreciation of the SF COLLECTOR by contributing something. So you'll find enclosed a poem or two I have just composed.

I was much interested in the article of Duncan's, by the way. It was a honey! Tell him here's someone who wants him to come often. I would like to see what he can do in the line of giving orchids, however, next time; or is there nothing much in the pulp magazines of the past decade which he considers worth praising? That would be really terrible, and rather so, for Duncan at least! You can also tell him that he is not the only one who just loathes Quinn, and thinks about as much about the "art" work of Brundage, in general (though she has done some pretty good work, and I must say her color choice on the cover is usually quite artistic). As for his total dislike of Merritt, which is something I do not entirely agree with, he is not the first one to most heartily abhor Merritt. In addition to many others, there have been such names as Frank J. Bridge, etc., on the list of great-Merritt-haters. Duncan should also be corrected when he speaks of the "posthumous work" of HPL. Comparatively recent stories as "The Dunwich Horror" and "The Dreams in the Witch-House" the last mentioned, by the way, is one I most intensely disliked, were written almost a

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hope for...Fans, I thought, were such a loutish lot as to be shocked at the very idea of democratic principle. You, however, have finally proven me wrong. Once I said that science fiction fans were bigoted. I retract that statement, now. The ideals of decency and fair-play have won a powerful ally in you, one of the most prominent fans in America. May I again express my sincere thanks? I know that, no matter what the reactions to "Why Critics Get Dyspepsia" are, you will follow to the letter your announced intention of publishing "More Apostasy". LARRY B. FARSACI -- I can best show my appreciation of the SF COLLECTOR by contributing something. So you'll find enclosed a poem or two I have just composed. I was much interested in the article of Duncan's, by the way. It was a honey! Tell him here's someone who wants him to come often. I would like to see what he can do in the line of giving orchids, however, next time; or is there nothing much in the pulp magazines of the past decade which he considers worth praising? That would be really terrible, and rather so, for Duncan at least! You can also tell him that he is not the only one who just loathes Quinn, and thinks about as much about the "art" work of Brundage, in general (though she has done some pretty good work, and I must say her color choice on the cover is usually quite artistic). As for his total dislike of Merritt, which is something I do not entirely agree with, he is not the first one to most heartily abhor Merritt. In addition to many others, there have been such names as Frank J. Bridge, etc., on the list of great-Merritt-haters. Duncan should also be corrected when he speaks of the "posthumous work" of HPL. Comparatively recent stories as "The Dunwich Horror" and "The Dreams in the Witch-House" the last mentioned, by the way, is one I most intensely disliked, were written almost a