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Voice of the Imagination, whole no. 36, October 1944

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T/5 Neil[[?]] DE/JACK pens on a letter with a lithe Vomaiden lithod on it. Lora Crozetti repro-mimeos the lady at left. Neil notes; "I sure was glad to get the #34 VOM. "Books for Snooks" I thot was the best article in the mag and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed the letters no end and got quite a kick of a sort out of some of the ideas presented in some of the letters.

I saw a few fantasy films recently. "Flesh and Fantasy" the Lodger" were the best of the ones I have seen.I saw one called "Captive Wild Women" which I think is around 3 or 4 years old.It was all about gland transplanting of humans into animals and also exchanging of brains etc etc..It was a very good pic I thot.
Have you seen that book by Salvador Dali called Hidden Faces.It is a weird exotic novel of the type a fan would enjoy I believe, according to the reviews I have read. #
FRANK WILIMCZYK JR, Editor Fan Journalist, types in purple on a Western Union Press Message form from 44 Wyman St, Chicopee, Mass: I've been an active fan for I don't know how long -- I've been publishing a fanzine for over two years now, and I've been reading fanzines for about four years. I think I can lay claim to a unique quality: I haven't yet written a letter to VoM. I suppose it would be best were I to maintain my silence for several more years, and, indeed, become a unique fan. How many fans can lay claim to that distinction? Not many, I'll wager.
But, I can no longer refrain from comment. I must break my silence. On account of nudes. In all probability, stenciling has something to do with the quality of the drawings. But why kid ourselves? They aren't art -- not by a long shot. Even the Turner nude, one of your best, I consider poor. Turner has turned out much better stuff. Why not try for real art -- stuff with backgrounds, too. These Joes with the shading screens -- they ought to be able to turn out some tricky effects. How about a few drawings with ideas behind them? Maybe a few of the Finlay-type thing -- illustrating fantasy poetry, orprose? By using a little selectivity, you should be able to build VoM's illustrations into what they should be -- after all, Vom has many readers, it represents, supposedly, a cross-section of fandom. And, even if it isn't, many might-be fans could take it to be. I'm sure that a magazine, illustrated with childishly-drawn nudes, wouldn't appeal to me at all, unless I knew definitely (as I do know) that the material presented with them is enjoyable.
Eloise Becker's mention of the Clean, Beautiful nude on a Spanish stamp is laughable. Art? -- phooey, that painting stinks. Give me a Varga girl, anyday.
And, at last, the long-awaited moment. Laney lets himself go, and replies to Hensley. Maybe -- in fact, quite likely, -- Hensley is intelligent. It's difficult to judge a person's mentality from the type of letters he writes -- most people, like me, have a difficult time setting down what they think in coherent form; typing, because it calls for thinking up what to write, then thinking about writing it, particularly if hunt-and-peck system is used, messes up letters something terrible; John Cunningham is an example of that, so was Ludowitz; but to continue -- and such is true in Hensley's and Innman's case. As I said, Hensley probably is intelligent. Sadly, like many of my former school-chums, he lacks the ability to apply that intelligence. For poor grammar, misspellings, lack of technical ability, Apollo comes the closest to replacing our beloved Space Tales (nee Universe Stories) than any fanzine I've seen since the great Ludowitz decided it wasn't worth the trouble and time. In fact, Space slight, how could he expect, in the space of a couple of months (when only one or no issue of Apollo would appear during that time) to hurtle into the lime-light with Fantasite and Acolyte, two of the top-five magazines. That isn't intelligence -- it's egotism carried to a dangerous extreme. We've been laughing Degler out of fandom because of his absurd misspellings and grammar -- why is Hensley, who is only slightly more literate, tolerated, and even encouraged?
There was a time when I sort of liked Charles McNutt -- that was when the only letters of his which I read were those sent to me. After reading his VoM letters, I've come to the conclusion that he's another Schmarje (another fellow whose letters to me were okay -- whom I came to know as he was only when I read letters he'd written to others). "From Clyne, perhaps". Tsk. #

W A Bevereux[[?]] of England sends pan mail: I couldn't understand a word of the copy of "Vom" (?) but judging by the illustrations its probably just as well! Definitely of the Urinalist School. (In your analysis, eh?) I couldn't make out what Ackerman was driving at & felt either he was crazy or I was. Orl Bawls (sp?) (H.G.Wells' spelling) in other words!
I am interested in science fiction but not verbal jitterbuggery! #

Tigrina RETURNS! After 2 yrs in the nether regions, consorting with the Prince of Darkness, the Devil Doll--composer of "Hymn to Satan"--returns to her spawning ground: Greetings, Fantasy F(r)iends: Remember me? Although I lost contact with Fantasy circles for two years or so, I continued my interest in fantasy, attending all the "spook-shows" that I could, listening to various "creepy" radio pro-

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8 VOICE OF THE T/5 Neil[[?]] DE/JACK pens on a letter with a lithe Vomaiden lithod on it. Lora Crozetti repro-mimeos the lady at left. Neil notes; "I sure was glad to get the #34 VOM. "Books for Snooks" I thot was the best article in the mag and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed the letters no end and got quite a kick of a sort out of some of the ideas presented in some of the letters. I saw a few fantasy films recently. "Flesh and Fantasy" the Lodger" were the best of the ones I have seen.I saw one called "Captive Wild Women" which I think is around 3 or 4 years old.It was all about gland transplanting of humans into animals and also exchanging of brains etc etc..It was a very good pic I thot. Have you seen that book by Salvador Dali called Hidden Faces.It is a weird exotic novel of the type a fan would enjoy I believe, according to the reviews I have read. # FRANK WILIMCZYK JR, Editor Fan Journalist, types in purple on a Western Union Press Message form from 44 Wyman St, Chicopee, Mass: I've been an active fan for I don't know how long -- I've been publishing a fanzine for over two years now, and I've been reading fanzines for about four years. I think I can lay claim to a unique quality: I haven't yet written a letter to VoM. I suppose it would be best were I to maintain my silence for several more years, and, indeed, become a unique fan. How many fans can lay claim to that distinction? Not many, I'll wager. But, I can no longer refrain from comment. I must break my silence. On account of nudes. In all probability, stenciling has something to do with the quality of the drawings. But why kid ourselves? They aren't art -- not by a long shot. Even the Turner nude, one of your best, I consider poor. Turner has turned out much better stuff. Why not try for real art -- stuff with backgrounds, too. These Joes with the shading screens -- they ought to be able to turn out some tricky effects. How about a few drawings with ideas behind them? Maybe a few of the Finlay-type thing -- illustrating fantasy poetry, orprose? By using a little selectivity, you should be able to build VoM's illustrations into what they should be -- after all, Vom has many readers, it represents, supposedly, a cross-section of fandom. And, even if it isn't, many might-be fans could take it to be. I'm sure that a magazine, illustrated with childishly-drawn nudes, wouldn't appeal to me at all, unless I knew definitely (as I do know) that the material presented with them is enjoyable. Eloise Becker's mention of the Clean, Beautiful nude on a Spanish stamp is laughable. Art? -- phooey, that painting stinks. Give me a Varga girl, anyday. And, at last, the long-awaited moment. Laney lets himself go, and replies to Hensley. Maybe -- in fact, quite likely, -- Hensley is intelligent. It's difficult to judge a person's mentality from the type of letters he writes -- most people, like me, have a difficult time setting down what they think in coherent form; typing, because it calls for thinking up what to write, then thinking about writing it, particularly if hunt-and-peck system is used, messes up letters something terrible; John Cunningham is an example of that, so was Ludowitz; but to continue -- and such is true in Hensley's and Innman's case. As I said, Hensley probably is intelligent. Sadly, like many of my former school-chums, he lacks the ability to apply that intelligence. For poor grammar, misspellings, lack of technical ability, Apollo comes the closest to replacing our beloved Space Tales (nee Universe Stories) than any fanzine I've seen since the great Ludowitz decided it wasn't worth the trouble and time. In fact, Space slight, how could he expect, in the space of a couple of months (when only one or no issue of Apollo would appear during that time) to hurtle into the lime-light with Fantasite and Acolyte, two of the top-five magazines. That isn't intelligence -- it's egotism carried to a dangerous extreme. We've been laughing Degler out of fandom because of his absurd misspellings and grammar -- why is Hensley, who is only slightly more literate, tolerated, and even encouraged? There was a time when I sort of liked Charles McNutt -- that was when the only letters of his which I read were those sent to me. After reading his VoM letters, I've come to the conclusion that he's another Schmarje (another fellow whose letters to me were okay -- whom I came to know as he was only when I read letters he'd written to others). "From Clyne, perhaps". Tsk. # W A Bevereux[[?]] of England sends pan mail: I couldn't understand a word of the copy of "Vom" (?) but judging by the illustrations its probably just as well! Definitely of the Urinalist School. (In your analysis, eh?) I couldn't make out what Ackerman was driving at & felt either he was crazy or I was. Orl Bawls (sp?) (H.G.Wells' spelling) in other words! I am interested in science fiction but not verbal jitterbuggery! # Tigrina RETURNS! After 2 yrs in the nether regions, consorting with the Prince of Darkness, the Devil Doll--composer of "Hymn to Satan"--returns to her spawning ground: Greetings, Fantasy F(r)iends: Remember me? Although I lost contact with Fantasy circles for two years or so, I continued my interest in fantasy, attending all the "spook-shows" that I could, listening to various "creepy" radio pro-