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Southern Star, v. 1, issue 2, June 1941
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From The Passenger Lounge SOUTHERN STAR Page 33 really worthwhile that any fan magazine would yammer for, but tell Panurge for me to lay off all those interpolations and side tracks. It makes the highly important and informative text too hard to follow. He makes himself (Panurge) seem like a sleigh-rider with a snootful of snow. Funny in spots, informative all the way through, but too much pointless verbiage... Liked THE PASSENGER LIST. Sehnert's introduction was very amusing. Well, on the whole, congratulations, Joe. Guess I expected too much of you. After all, for the first issue THE SOUTHERN STAR undoubtedly rang the bell for copy (ahem!) and for general typing setup. I still object, however, to those who raised capital letters ((A defect now remedied, you'll note. JG)), which always bothered me, but praise the fine margins and the NEAT, unsmeared getup as a whole. ...A fellow fan here in Knoxville is getting embroiled in a letter argument with me. He says he'd like to live forever and advances arguments as to why. I say I wouldn't because I would be as a cave man to the future man. Anyway, the argument is raging. If it is ever completed you like to see excerpts from it? FRED W. FISCHER CAN'T AGREE CONCERNING THE SPACE SHIP. THE SUBJECT HAS BEEN SO OFTEN ON BOTH FAN AND PRO MAGAZINES THAT IT IS ALMOST A SIMILE FOR TRITENESS IN ART. HOW DO YOU LIKE THE COVER ON THIS ISSUE? Ah yes, me deems I haven't written you anything about the STAR, have I? Well, I'm too damn sleepy now, but I will say that it passed my expectationsby far, except for the art work... the whole thing was swell, tho, and the idea of the thing, uh, (Continued-----------------------------------) how shall I put it? Well, anyway, it's clever the way everything is decked out like an actual voyage in space, including log, passenger list, etc. Damn clever. Cover should have been a space ship streaking thru space, tho. --LEW MARTIN THANK YOU Just got the first issue the SOUTHERN STAR and am very pleased with it. I'm not going to say that it is the very best first issue of any fanmag to date because I don't believe it is but it is far better than the usual first issue, and quite comparable to the regular issues of many of the old-timers. First, for the brickbats[[?]]. There are very few. In fact the only serious criticism I have to make is in the hand-lettering. I've been a draftsman off and on for several years, which accounts for my noticing the matter, no doubt. Not every one can do a good job of lettering even with a pencil or pen; of course those who can, a great many fail when they try it with a mimeograph scriber. The lettering throughout the magazine is very poor. ((My fault, again. Traced it from the original without a ruler. Notice any imprevement in the re-designed department heads this time? JG)). I suggest that until you can get someone who can do a good job in this line, you use typewritten letters for department headings, titles, and so forth. I like the make-up of the contents page very well. Haven't seen anything like it previously. The mimeographing throughout is quite satisfactory, and that is an important item. Best single item, I think, is "The Munsey Panorama". I have read relatively few of the stories he mentions, although I was a fairly regular reader of Argosy and All-Story during the years
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From The Passenger Lounge SOUTHERN STAR Page 33 really worthwhile that any fan magazine would yammer for, but tell Panurge for me to lay off all those interpolations and side tracks. It makes the highly important and informative text too hard to follow. He makes himself (Panurge) seem like a sleigh-rider with a snootful of snow. Funny in spots, informative all the way through, but too much pointless verbiage... Liked THE PASSENGER LIST. Sehnert's introduction was very amusing. Well, on the whole, congratulations, Joe. Guess I expected too much of you. After all, for the first issue THE SOUTHERN STAR undoubtedly rang the bell for copy (ahem!) and for general typing setup. I still object, however, to those who raised capital letters ((A defect now remedied, you'll note. JG)), which always bothered me, but praise the fine margins and the NEAT, unsmeared getup as a whole. ...A fellow fan here in Knoxville is getting embroiled in a letter argument with me. He says he'd like to live forever and advances arguments as to why. I say I wouldn't because I would be as a cave man to the future man. Anyway, the argument is raging. If it is ever completed you like to see excerpts from it? FRED W. FISCHER CAN'T AGREE CONCERNING THE SPACE SHIP. THE SUBJECT HAS BEEN SO OFTEN ON BOTH FAN AND PRO MAGAZINES THAT IT IS ALMOST A SIMILE FOR TRITENESS IN ART. HOW DO YOU LIKE THE COVER ON THIS ISSUE? Ah yes, me deems I haven't written you anything about the STAR, have I? Well, I'm too damn sleepy now, but I will say that it passed my expectationsby far, except for the art work... the whole thing was swell, tho, and the idea of the thing, uh, (Continued-----------------------------------) how shall I put it? Well, anyway, it's clever the way everything is decked out like an actual voyage in space, including log, passenger list, etc. Damn clever. Cover should have been a space ship streaking thru space, tho. --LEW MARTIN THANK YOU Just got the first issue the SOUTHERN STAR and am very pleased with it. I'm not going to say that it is the very best first issue of any fanmag to date because I don't believe it is but it is far better than the usual first issue, and quite comparable to the regular issues of many of the old-timers. First, for the brickbats[[?]]. There are very few. In fact the only serious criticism I have to make is in the hand-lettering. I've been a draftsman off and on for several years, which accounts for my noticing the matter, no doubt. Not every one can do a good job of lettering even with a pencil or pen; of course those who can, a great many fail when they try it with a mimeograph scriber. The lettering throughout the magazine is very poor. ((My fault, again. Traced it from the original without a ruler. Notice any imprevement in the re-designed department heads this time? JG)). I suggest that until you can get someone who can do a good job in this line, you use typewritten letters for department headings, titles, and so forth. I like the make-up of the contents page very well. Haven't seen anything like it previously. The mimeographing throughout is quite satisfactory, and that is an important item. Best single item, I think, is "The Munsey Panorama". I have read relatively few of the stories he mentions, although I was a fairly regular reader of Argosy and All-Story during the years
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