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Fandango, v. 2, issue 1, whole no. 5, Summer 1944

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at the apologia for Street and Smith. In connection with this last, I can't resist taking a poke at the phrase, "trying to convert a non-fan". Why would one wish to do such a thing,  anyway? Is not the missionary closely allied to the reformer?   Live and let live, say I, and to the devil with trying to drag everyone into fandom. If I were going to do some recruiting,  I'd go at it from the amateur journalism, fanzine,  FAPA angle; and use books as the ammunition for the fantasy
aspect. Perhaps some of the 1939-40 ASF would be all right for the purpose, but the present brand of Junk is not worthy of consideration. You mention the Campbell-regime articles. I was not aware that intelligent people learned their science from popularized features in cheap magazines, but had always believed they read books for such knowledge. You disillusion me, chum. 
     Your simplified spelling is far worse than Ackerman's, beyond which I can think of nothing nastier to say. Why not learn to express
yourself in literate English like a human being,  instead of descending to such cheaply immature exhibitionism? You state that the purpose of
doing this as you do is to make the reader read slowly; in my case, it kept me from reading much of the mag. The portions I did read only were read only through a strong sense of duty. Ok, well, put B in every
mailing, and don't let a few nasty cracks scare you off.
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A STATEMENT FROM THE FUTURIANS.    "Give Degler His Due"?? How about a good swift kick? He has it coming!

FANTASTICONGLOMERATION.    I hope that everyone understands that my digs at this magazine have no connection with the local feud.   But I feel that this publication, which undoubtedly cost the most of any item in the mailing, has less of lasting merit to recommend it than
90% of the other zines in the mailing. The cover is interesting, even amusing, but 
I fail to see that this was worth lithographing. Pong is screamingly funny, Vision Into the Boundless moderately interesting, the rest of the mag? Well? A person  Ackerman's avowed love for the field and his immensely long connection with it, should be capable of something of solid, lasting merit; rather than the typical inane display of Intellectual sterility which has characterized so many Los Angeles publications.

FAN-MAP plus THE END OF THE WORLD. Interesting.

YHOS. WHERE do you get the idea that I was raised a Catholic?? As a matter of fact, my religious education was characterized by its complete absence. I've never attended a sunday school, nor have I been
to church more than eight or ten times in my life.

NUCLEUS.   Trudy, you talk a good deal about girl-fans, how they should be treated, and so on. I believe you should have amplified your statements by pointing out the fact (evident locally at least) that the average male-fan is very badly adjusted to women, and that 
the presence of a girl in a fan club is enough to turn 90% of the members inside out emotionally. With this regrettable state of affairs
obtaining, you can scarcely expect these people to behave toward you as a fan; to them you are that rara avis in their cramped lives, a _woman_.    But what can you do about it?   The mere attempt to make the 
LASFS more social and human blew the club apart... My definition of fan did not imply that a person had to be a total-fan; merely that these criteria should apply to his or her activity, what there was of it. On rereading,  I see I did not express myself accurately.

FAN-DANGO.   Published for FAPA by Francis T. Laney.   Stencilled 4/16.

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at the apologia for Street and Smith. In connection with this last, I can't resist taking a poke at the phrase, "trying to convert a non-fan". Why would one wish to do such a thing, anyway? Is not the missionary closely allied to the reformer? Live and let live, say I, and to the devil with trying to drag everyone into fandom. If I were going to do some recruiting, I'd go at it from the amateur journalism, fanzine, FAPA angle; and use books as the ammunition for the fantasy aspect. Perhaps some of the 1939-40 ASF would be all right for the purpose, but the present brand of Junk is not worthy of consideration. You mention the Campbell-regime articles. I was not aware that intelligent people learned their science from popularized features in cheap magazines, but had always believed they read books for such knowledge. You disillusion me, chum. Your simplified spelling is far worse than Ackerman's, beyond which I can think of nothing nastier to say. Why not learn to express yourself in literate English like a human being, instead of descending to such cheaply immature exhibitionism? You state that the purpose of doing this as you do is to make the reader read slowly; in my case, it kept me from reading much of the mag. The portions I did read only were read only through a strong sense of duty. Ok, well, put B in every mailing, and don't let a few nasty cracks scare you off. . A STATEMENT FROM THE FUTURIANS. "Give Degler His Due"?? How about a good swift kick? He has it coming! FANTASTICONGLOMERATION. I hope that everyone understands that my digs at this magazine have no connection with the local feud. But I feel that this publication, which undoubtedly cost the most of any item in the mailing, has less of lasting merit to recommend it than 90% of the other zines in the mailing. The cover is interesting, even amusing, but I fail to see that this was worth lithographing. Pong is screamingly funny, Vision Into the Boundless moderately interesting, the rest of the mag? Well? A person Ackerman's avowed love for the field and his immensely long connection with it, should be capable of something of solid, lasting merit; rather than the typical inane display of Intellectual sterility which has characterized so many Los Angeles publications. FAN-MAP plus THE END OF THE WORLD. Interesting. YHOS. WHERE do you get the idea that I was raised a Catholic?? As a matter of fact, my religious education was characterized by its complete absence. I've never attended a sunday school, nor have I been to church more than eight or ten times in my life. NUCLEUS. Trudy, you talk a good deal about girl-fans, how they should be treated, and so on. I believe you should have amplified your statements by pointing out the fact (evident locally at least) that the average male-fan is very badly adjusted to women, and that the presence of a girl in a fan club is enough to turn 90% of the members inside out emotionally. With this regrettable state of affairs obtaining, you can scarcely expect these people to behave toward you as a fan; to them you are that rara avis in their cramped lives, a _woman_. But what can you do about it? The mere attempt to make the LASFS more social and human blew the club apart... My definition of fan did not imply that a person had to be a total-fan; merely that these criteria should apply to his or her activity, what there was of it. On rereading, I see I did not express myself accurately. FAN-DANGO. Published for FAPA by Francis T. Laney. Stencilled 4/16.