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Pluto, v. 1, issue 3, July 1940
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LITTLE LETDOWNS by Bob Studley I remember reading of the world convention in Thrilling Wonder Stories, (before I became a fan) and how I looked forward to it--- Came the great day and I appeared in front of the convention hall, with ideas of a marble-walled and spacious room with show cases exhibiting models of Rocket-ships and other Stfal things. Was I surprised to find an ordinary wood floored room with very little decorating and a few originals on the walls. Even though I had a fine time, that was some letdown. I remember thinking of editors as high and mighty personages, who made at least $100 a week--- Imagine my surprise when I heard of the editor who made $15 a week and had an office boy who made $10 a week. He fired the office boy and now he collects both salaries. Another letdown was when I met Bob Tucker at the Philly conference. I expected a short, fat, jovial kid of about 16. And when he turns up with a wife--- Oh Migawsh! From now on I'll never expect too much of anything. ***************************************************** "What makes the grass so green Uncle Tom?" "Chlorophyll, little Eva, chlorophyll." ***************************************************** New Motto The club motto, of the Lit, Sci and Hobbies Club, adopted for the balance of the time until the CHICON, is AD CHICON CUM BELLS ON ***************************************************** "---- AND BEHOLD"! by Snarles A. Bort Hognoggin, Nebraska: Betty Brumschlag, dressed in a pink dress---I do not state that she was in the pink of condition---walking down a country lane. Thinking. Stumbles over stone and falls on head. Sees two planets. (where were the astronomers?) The planets, one red, one mottled green and pink. (Remember the pink dress) Planets defy all laws of physics. (Where were the physicists?) Planets cavort all over a suddenly blackened sky. One of the first magnitude, the other of second. Suddenly a brilliant star shower sprayed, followed by a flock of green geese, all flying upside down and backwards. Decatura, Oklahoma: Charles A. Pooney observed a shower of bursting stars in the sky, apparently hovering over the municipial park some two miles from his point of observation. This unexplained (by the priests of science) phenomenon was accompanied by dull, explosive sounds. This was on the evening of the fourth of July. Next day he saw a yellow butterfly roosting on a fence post. When he whistled several bars from Hoffman's Baracole, the butterfly took wing, described a figure eight over the fence post, and flew directly toward the True Magnetic Pole. ********************************************************* SCIENCE NOTE L.M. PAUL Modern science has discovered a new use for the ancient weapon of the American Indian. One of the evils which prey over the minds, of the human race can now be removed from the dome of the earth. With one application of the Indian Tomahawk, your dandruff worries can be quickly and permanently ended.
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LITTLE LETDOWNS by Bob Studley I remember reading of the world convention in Thrilling Wonder Stories, (before I became a fan) and how I looked forward to it--- Came the great day and I appeared in front of the convention hall, with ideas of a marble-walled and spacious room with show cases exhibiting models of Rocket-ships and other Stfal things. Was I surprised to find an ordinary wood floored room with very little decorating and a few originals on the walls. Even though I had a fine time, that was some letdown. I remember thinking of editors as high and mighty personages, who made at least $100 a week--- Imagine my surprise when I heard of the editor who made $15 a week and had an office boy who made $10 a week. He fired the office boy and now he collects both salaries. Another letdown was when I met Bob Tucker at the Philly conference. I expected a short, fat, jovial kid of about 16. And when he turns up with a wife--- Oh Migawsh! From now on I'll never expect too much of anything. ***************************************************** "What makes the grass so green Uncle Tom?" "Chlorophyll, little Eva, chlorophyll." ***************************************************** New Motto The club motto, of the Lit, Sci and Hobbies Club, adopted for the balance of the time until the CHICON, is AD CHICON CUM BELLS ON ***************************************************** "---- AND BEHOLD"! by Snarles A. Bort Hognoggin, Nebraska: Betty Brumschlag, dressed in a pink dress---I do not state that she was in the pink of condition---walking down a country lane. Thinking. Stumbles over stone and falls on head. Sees two planets. (where were the astronomers?) The planets, one red, one mottled green and pink. (Remember the pink dress) Planets defy all laws of physics. (Where were the physicists?) Planets cavort all over a suddenly blackened sky. One of the first magnitude, the other of second. Suddenly a brilliant star shower sprayed, followed by a flock of green geese, all flying upside down and backwards. Decatura, Oklahoma: Charles A. Pooney observed a shower of bursting stars in the sky, apparently hovering over the municipial park some two miles from his point of observation. This unexplained (by the priests of science) phenomenon was accompanied by dull, explosive sounds. This was on the evening of the fourth of July. Next day he saw a yellow butterfly roosting on a fence post. When he whistled several bars from Hoffman's Baracole, the butterfly took wing, described a figure eight over the fence post, and flew directly toward the True Magnetic Pole. ********************************************************* SCIENCE NOTE L.M. PAUL Modern science has discovered a new use for the ancient weapon of the American Indian. One of the evils which prey over the minds, of the human race can now be removed from the dome of the earth. With one application of the Indian Tomahawk, your dandruff worries can be quickly and permanently ended.
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