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Orb, v. 2, issue 1, 1950
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17 well-animated, but with no plot: "Monsters of the Moon" an oldie which Forrie Ackerman dug up (animated sequences, farcically hooked together by dialogue 'n stuff by Bob Tucker) with the traditional Bem, Fem, and Lem (lascivious-eyed male). Very clever; A meeting of the LASFS, which did not hold together at all, but was thankfully, quite short; and "The Sorcerer" a mellerdrammer perpetrated by Morrie Dollens (the guy who did our cover) and various other Califan. Some of it was a little amateurish, but on the whole, it was a good deal (I suspect intentionally) more surreal in a professional way than "Blood" was in an amateur light. It also had some beautiful photographic sequences. One with smoke bubbles fascinated me utterly....How do you blow smoke bubbles? Dollens appears to be quite a man with a camera. Maybe I can mooch another cover offa him..... The panel discussion: FANDOM MEETS THE PUBLIC which was to feature Forrest C Davis and Rick Sneary was called off, due to the lateness of the hour. We rushed back to the motel, grabbed hurried baths, and tumbled into bed. The next day, I was awakened by Charles gently stroking my eyelids. I hit him with a pillow. He hit me with a pillow. Pillows flew fast and furiously. We did the same thing at Pendleton. What, pray tell, is so satisfying to a fan about a pillow fight? Anyhoo, we all seemed to enjoy 'em. Against protests from Charles, who was still sleepy, we hustled down to the Multnomah for the 10 A.M. swap-session. Only about 10 fen showed up, and it flopped horribly. --I suggest that arrangements be made to swap apart from the main convention. This served to take up time which could have been used much more usefully. I went to lunch at a place called "Jolly Joan's" with Jim Bradley, editor of the fanzine, DESTINY. Jim is one of the nicest fans I met during the entire convention. One of most gracious, too. We got back in time to meet some of the fen who had arrived since the 1st. Also, was introduced by B. Mahaffey to Howard Browne. With a man who seems to be as intelligent as he, I can't understand why AMAZING is so crummy. At 2 PM (actually 2:30, due to the notorious insipidness of gabbing fen to create order out of chaos), Don Day gave another address of welcome, and introduced Mel Korshak who introduced the notables and everybody to everybody else. He is supposed to know more fans than any other fan alive. He was evidently unfamiliar with this crowd, however, for near the end of about the first twenty fen, he had to resort to the membership roll. This got extremely tedious after the first fifty people or so, most of whom knew each other, anyway. Then came the presentation of resolutions. Everything got along beautifully, until a schmoe named C Williamson (Fans are Slans) Degler, took the floor, amidst prodding from certain youthful jokesters, mainly Alan Sweeney, to propose a resolution barring communists from Fandom. This was laughed from the top floor, since no fan in his right mind would be remotely socialistic. Most of us were worried, however, since with newsmen present, it placed us in a dilemma: if we voted 'yes' that meant that there were communists already in Famdom. If we voted no,
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17 well-animated, but with no plot: "Monsters of the Moon" an oldie which Forrie Ackerman dug up (animated sequences, farcically hooked together by dialogue 'n stuff by Bob Tucker) with the traditional Bem, Fem, and Lem (lascivious-eyed male). Very clever; A meeting of the LASFS, which did not hold together at all, but was thankfully, quite short; and "The Sorcerer" a mellerdrammer perpetrated by Morrie Dollens (the guy who did our cover) and various other Califan. Some of it was a little amateurish, but on the whole, it was a good deal (I suspect intentionally) more surreal in a professional way than "Blood" was in an amateur light. It also had some beautiful photographic sequences. One with smoke bubbles fascinated me utterly....How do you blow smoke bubbles? Dollens appears to be quite a man with a camera. Maybe I can mooch another cover offa him..... The panel discussion: FANDOM MEETS THE PUBLIC which was to feature Forrest C Davis and Rick Sneary was called off, due to the lateness of the hour. We rushed back to the motel, grabbed hurried baths, and tumbled into bed. The next day, I was awakened by Charles gently stroking my eyelids. I hit him with a pillow. He hit me with a pillow. Pillows flew fast and furiously. We did the same thing at Pendleton. What, pray tell, is so satisfying to a fan about a pillow fight? Anyhoo, we all seemed to enjoy 'em. Against protests from Charles, who was still sleepy, we hustled down to the Multnomah for the 10 A.M. swap-session. Only about 10 fen showed up, and it flopped horribly. --I suggest that arrangements be made to swap apart from the main convention. This served to take up time which could have been used much more usefully. I went to lunch at a place called "Jolly Joan's" with Jim Bradley, editor of the fanzine, DESTINY. Jim is one of the nicest fans I met during the entire convention. One of most gracious, too. We got back in time to meet some of the fen who had arrived since the 1st. Also, was introduced by B. Mahaffey to Howard Browne. With a man who seems to be as intelligent as he, I can't understand why AMAZING is so crummy. At 2 PM (actually 2:30, due to the notorious insipidness of gabbing fen to create order out of chaos), Don Day gave another address of welcome, and introduced Mel Korshak who introduced the notables and everybody to everybody else. He is supposed to know more fans than any other fan alive. He was evidently unfamiliar with this crowd, however, for near the end of about the first twenty fen, he had to resort to the membership roll. This got extremely tedious after the first fifty people or so, most of whom knew each other, anyway. Then came the presentation of resolutions. Everything got along beautifully, until a schmoe named C Williamson (Fans are Slans) Degler, took the floor, amidst prodding from certain youthful jokesters, mainly Alan Sweeney, to propose a resolution barring communists from Fandom. This was laughed from the top floor, since no fan in his right mind would be remotely socialistic. Most of us were worried, however, since with newsmen present, it placed us in a dilemma: if we voted 'yes' that meant that there were communists already in Famdom. If we voted no,
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