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Infinite, v. 1, issue 1, [1941?]
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WHY I AM NOT A STFAN by Donna Marlow We asked for it--and got it! Not advised if you have high blood pressure. I am not a science-fiction fan because it is a lot of bunk. Who wants to be a fan of a lot of hooey? Why anybody who had any sense would know that you can't flit around in rocket ships to Mars, Venus, etc., so why write stories about it? That's kid stuff! Cities in the moon, invisible people, a world beneath an ocean. Why even my imagination can't stretch t̲h̲a̲t̲ far. Practically all of the stories are the same anyway. Hero goes to some planet in rocket ship, meets Beautiful Girl, girl gets captured by a bunch of queer looking freaks, Hero fights freaks, gets Girl, lives happily ever after. You fans actually l̲i̲k̲e̲ the stuff, and most of you are considered to be pretty sensible fellows. Confidentially, I think they should ban science-fiction magazines because some of the readers minds are going to be warped by this junk. The guys who write this stuff m̲u̲s̲t̲ be a little off in the head, so why don't they try to sell it to the people at Seven Steeples (the bug house) ? They're a little bit off in the head too. They might like it. I'm beginning to wonder about my brother. He reads it all the time. I think: he must be a slight bit off too. I'd hate to see some of you who have been at it a little longer! You can have your old planets. I'll stick to good old Mother Earth!!! (O̲y̲!̲ ̲M̲y̲ ̲o̲w̲n̲ ̲s̲i̲s̲t̲e̲r̲!̲ ̲-̲-̲ ̲L̲e̲m̲.) [DRAWN CARICATURE OF OLD HAG] THE AUTHORESS (we had to retaliate s̲o̲m̲e̲ way!) - 28 -
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WHY I AM NOT A STFAN by Donna Marlow We asked for it--and got it! Not advised if you have high blood pressure. I am not a science-fiction fan because it is a lot of bunk. Who wants to be a fan of a lot of hooey? Why anybody who had any sense would know that you can't flit around in rocket ships to Mars, Venus, etc., so why write stories about it? That's kid stuff! Cities in the moon, invisible people, a world beneath an ocean. Why even my imagination can't stretch t̲h̲a̲t̲ far. Practically all of the stories are the same anyway. Hero goes to some planet in rocket ship, meets Beautiful Girl, girl gets captured by a bunch of queer looking freaks, Hero fights freaks, gets Girl, lives happily ever after. You fans actually l̲i̲k̲e̲ the stuff, and most of you are considered to be pretty sensible fellows. Confidentially, I think they should ban science-fiction magazines because some of the readers minds are going to be warped by this junk. The guys who write this stuff m̲u̲s̲t̲ be a little off in the head, so why don't they try to sell it to the people at Seven Steeples (the bug house) ? They're a little bit off in the head too. They might like it. I'm beginning to wonder about my brother. He reads it all the time. I think: he must be a slight bit off too. I'd hate to see some of you who have been at it a little longer! You can have your old planets. I'll stick to good old Mother Earth!!! (O̲y̲!̲ ̲M̲y̲ ̲o̲w̲n̲ ̲s̲i̲s̲t̲e̲r̲!̲ ̲-̲-̲ ̲L̲e̲m̲.) [DRAWN CARICATURE OF OLD HAG] THE AUTHORESS (we had to retaliate s̲o̲m̲e̲ way!) - 28 -
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