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Science Fiction Fan, v. 5, issue 9, whole 56, April 1941
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20................................................................FAN "Fungi From Yuggoth"; There will be the first British Stf. Convention in Leeds Jan. 2, 1937; Dave Kyle of Monticello N.Y. is organizing a new and promising organization called the "Phantasy Legion" which appears to be on the level, something lacking in most of the new clubs spring up (where have I heard that before?); It is probable that a British Science Fiction Association will result from the convention; "Fanciful Tales" an elaborate printed publication featuring Lovecraft, Howard, Derleth, etc., will appear this Fall; Claire P. Beck plans to recontinue his "Critic" in new and more elaborate printed form; The SFA will continue with a monthly mimeographed club organ; The First National Convention to be held in N.Y. this Februaryl Jim Blish will issue "Curious Stories", Odd and Nova; The International Observer will mimeograph a jumbo scientifiction number to be 40 large size pages, and feature material by H.P. Lovecraft, E.E. Smith, J. Harvey Haggard, Jack Williamson, Laurence Manning, Raymond A. Palmer, et al; William Crawford reports that "Marvel Tales will be on the newstands shortly, featuring Weinbaum, Lovecraft, E.E. Smith etc. Bill Miller Jr. plans Phantistique; and there were more, many more. And you poor fans think you're being deluged with fan magazines today. To any fan who had been attaining some small degree of notoriety before this date all seemed hopeless. He could never, ever, hope to cope with the magnitude and scope of the above mentioned projects. It was becoming evident that all his labors had been in vain. That he would be smothered under by a deluge of new fans and new projects, everyone better than anything he could hope to offer. 'Twas no use, he might as well give up. Many did fade out of fan activities after that--but the expected splurge of fan publications did not materialize in quite the manner expected. Prominent fans became more prominent-no one who stuck around was snowed under.
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20................................................................FAN "Fungi From Yuggoth"; There will be the first British Stf. Convention in Leeds Jan. 2, 1937; Dave Kyle of Monticello N.Y. is organizing a new and promising organization called the "Phantasy Legion" which appears to be on the level, something lacking in most of the new clubs spring up (where have I heard that before?); It is probable that a British Science Fiction Association will result from the convention; "Fanciful Tales" an elaborate printed publication featuring Lovecraft, Howard, Derleth, etc., will appear this Fall; Claire P. Beck plans to recontinue his "Critic" in new and more elaborate printed form; The SFA will continue with a monthly mimeographed club organ; The First National Convention to be held in N.Y. this Februaryl Jim Blish will issue "Curious Stories", Odd and Nova; The International Observer will mimeograph a jumbo scientifiction number to be 40 large size pages, and feature material by H.P. Lovecraft, E.E. Smith, J. Harvey Haggard, Jack Williamson, Laurence Manning, Raymond A. Palmer, et al; William Crawford reports that "Marvel Tales will be on the newstands shortly, featuring Weinbaum, Lovecraft, E.E. Smith etc. Bill Miller Jr. plans Phantistique; and there were more, many more. And you poor fans think you're being deluged with fan magazines today. To any fan who had been attaining some small degree of notoriety before this date all seemed hopeless. He could never, ever, hope to cope with the magnitude and scope of the above mentioned projects. It was becoming evident that all his labors had been in vain. That he would be smothered under by a deluge of new fans and new projects, everyone better than anything he could hope to offer. 'Twas no use, he might as well give up. Many did fade out of fan activities after that--but the expected splurge of fan publications did not materialize in quite the manner expected. Prominent fans became more prominent-no one who stuck around was snowed under.
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