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Looking Ahead, v. 1, issue 4, 1940
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LOOKING AHEAD A Magazine Of Ideas and Opinions Vol 1 No 4 PRE-CONVENTION DISCUSSION From Mark Reinsberg: "I have been pleased to note your active interest in the coming Chicago 1940 Science Fiction Convention, of which I am in charge, in the two issues of your little two-page fan magazine,... "The 'Pre-Convention Discussions' are of great value to me in organizing the Convention Program. I cater to the wishes of fandom-at-large regarding the Chicon, for it is my desire that they 'run' the affair, not myself or the Convention Committee. 'We' represent only a small minority of the fan field, and what we think a good convention should be like, may easily by not what the rest of fandom regards as grade A. And, after all, it is the rest of fandom whose attendance and approval determines the success or failure of such an affair. "That is why I am anxious that your Convention Discussions be continued and extended. I want every fan who has an opinion to voice that opinion, so that, when all opinions, suggestions, and comments, are boiled down..., it will be in my power to give fandom a Convention that will be a success in every aspect; a Convention that will make the fan feel it was worthwhile coming no matter how far the dis (Concluded on page 2 col. 1) ROBERT W. LOWNDES Robert W. Lowndes, the 23 year old editor of the "Science Fiction Weekly," it's editor since its first issue which came out on Feb. 23, sat composedly opposite Wollheim and your editors sipping his Sherry. "What do you think of Squeaky?" we asked him inwardly hoping he would slip and make some sort of anomalous admission which we could play up in our magazine. "I think Squeaky can be of definite service to fandom on the whole as long as it is run on an all - embracing, non-partisan basis," he said without batting an eyelash. Robert W. Lowndes Not to be outdone, we asked him what he thought of the coming Chicago Convention. He stated he was in favor of the Convention "provided it is run on an openly democratic basis with all fans given equal participation." And what is a fan? "Every person who claims to be a fan at the Chicon should be taken at his word," Lowndes asserted. What should the Convention discuss? "Subjcts related to science fiction. The subject of war should, particularly, be admitted for discussion," he affirmed, obviously hoping we were stuck. We came back with, what does he think of the idea of a general all (Concluded on page 2 col. 1)
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LOOKING AHEAD A Magazine Of Ideas and Opinions Vol 1 No 4 PRE-CONVENTION DISCUSSION From Mark Reinsberg: "I have been pleased to note your active interest in the coming Chicago 1940 Science Fiction Convention, of which I am in charge, in the two issues of your little two-page fan magazine,... "The 'Pre-Convention Discussions' are of great value to me in organizing the Convention Program. I cater to the wishes of fandom-at-large regarding the Chicon, for it is my desire that they 'run' the affair, not myself or the Convention Committee. 'We' represent only a small minority of the fan field, and what we think a good convention should be like, may easily by not what the rest of fandom regards as grade A. And, after all, it is the rest of fandom whose attendance and approval determines the success or failure of such an affair. "That is why I am anxious that your Convention Discussions be continued and extended. I want every fan who has an opinion to voice that opinion, so that, when all opinions, suggestions, and comments, are boiled down..., it will be in my power to give fandom a Convention that will be a success in every aspect; a Convention that will make the fan feel it was worthwhile coming no matter how far the dis (Concluded on page 2 col. 1) ROBERT W. LOWNDES Robert W. Lowndes, the 23 year old editor of the "Science Fiction Weekly," it's editor since its first issue which came out on Feb. 23, sat composedly opposite Wollheim and your editors sipping his Sherry. "What do you think of Squeaky?" we asked him inwardly hoping he would slip and make some sort of anomalous admission which we could play up in our magazine. "I think Squeaky can be of definite service to fandom on the whole as long as it is run on an all - embracing, non-partisan basis," he said without batting an eyelash. Robert W. Lowndes Not to be outdone, we asked him what he thought of the coming Chicago Convention. He stated he was in favor of the Convention "provided it is run on an openly democratic basis with all fans given equal participation." And what is a fan? "Every person who claims to be a fan at the Chicon should be taken at his word," Lowndes asserted. What should the Convention discuss? "Subjcts related to science fiction. The subject of war should, particularly, be admitted for discussion," he affirmed, obviously hoping we were stuck. We came back with, what does he think of the idea of a general all (Concluded on page 2 col. 1)
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