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Southern Star, v. 1, issue 3, August 1941
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From the Passenger Lounge SOUTHERN STAR Page 36 OF FUTURE ISSUES. The weather man said it would rain here today. When it rains I can't work, so I try to catch up on my correspondence. The wk WM was right -- if it kept raining like this for forty days and forty nights, the famous flood of Biblical record would be as a mere trickle in the desert. Oh, yeah, THE SOUTHERN STAR. It is a lot better, Joe. There is still room for improvement in duplication, as you say, but duplication is generally good. The Masthead and the cover pic are greatly improved. I suggest that an inexpensive draftsman's irregular curve would help in cutting curved lines, but you have done pretty well. ((Not I; all the credit for the art-work does to Harry. JG)). The headings are vastly improved, but still not up to the rest of the magazine, with the exception of those for the editorial and for the reader section. So you want some numbers. O. K. Contents page, 9.5 -- one of the best. Contents in order of appearance in the Log: 7.5, 8, 8.5, 8.7, 8, 8.5, 7, 7.5, 7, 6.5, 9, 8, 6, 6. Cover 7. Some of those numbers are too high, but I don't know which ones. Saari's "Rebuttal" and Chauvenet's "Critique" interested me most in this issue. I know enough physics and mathematics to understand the arguments, but not enough to present them so adequately. Or maybe, I'm just lazy, and would rather have it done for me. (The above applies to Saari, not Chauvenet!) In Chauvenet's case, as usual, the thing which appeals to me is the painstaking perfection, real or apparent, which runs through the presentation of his ideas. The Munsey Panorama is even better this time, although, like some others, I would rather see less non-essential interludes etc. The survey of THE CAVALIER was especially interesting to me, because I have never read any of the stories in that magazine. So long and good luck! -- D. B. THOMPSON THAT SIGMA UPSILON MIXUP WAS GILBERT'S FAULT -- THE DOPE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE ERROR, AND WILL CHECK SUCH THINGS MORE CAREFULLY IN THE FUTURE. Rating the issue as per the system you suggested, and omitting reference to my own material for good and obvious reasons, here's the way I rate the various items, and with me "10" means practically perfect from a fan magazine standpoint. FROM THE DUAL CONTROLS -- 8, YNGVI IS NOT A LOUSE -- 3, THE MUNSEY PANORAMA -- 9, ERB--A CRITIQUE -- 10 (this kid is good!), ARTICLE by Rothman -- 4, THE TELECASTER -- 9, BLACK MAGIC -- 6, FROM THE NEW YORK COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE -- (but has very good possibilities, of course), REBUTTAL by Saari -- 10, FROM THE PASSENGER LOUNGE -- 10, FROM THE INTER-TRADING POST -- 10, STAR SONG -- overall 8, artwork -- 8, makeup -- 9, contents page -- 10. That makes 15 items appraised for an average of 8, which is to my mind a very high decile for a fan magazine as a whole. I want to correct one remark made my Sehnert in my autobiography (I blush), I did NOT found SIGMA-USILON. It has existed for years and years. I did not even found the Tennessee chapter. It had been dead for 12 years and I rounded up a few professors and editors on the campus and revived it. Sehnert will have people thinking I was a ring-railed ramphorinkus on the campus. -- FRED W. FISCHER SEVERAL POORLY ASSEMBLED COPIES OF THE STAR WENT OUT BEFORE WE BEGAN CHECKING. IF ANYONE RECEIVED ONE OF THESE BAD NUMBERS, WILL HE PLEASE RETURN IT TO US? WE WILL REFUND THE POSTAGE AND PROMPTLY SEND ON A GOOD COPY IN EXCHANGE. Southern Star came. Very, very nice issue. I liked it. But -- WH-
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From the Passenger Lounge SOUTHERN STAR Page 36 OF FUTURE ISSUES. The weather man said it would rain here today. When it rains I can't work, so I try to catch up on my correspondence. The wk WM was right -- if it kept raining like this for forty days and forty nights, the famous flood of Biblical record would be as a mere trickle in the desert. Oh, yeah, THE SOUTHERN STAR. It is a lot better, Joe. There is still room for improvement in duplication, as you say, but duplication is generally good. The Masthead and the cover pic are greatly improved. I suggest that an inexpensive draftsman's irregular curve would help in cutting curved lines, but you have done pretty well. ((Not I; all the credit for the art-work does to Harry. JG)). The headings are vastly improved, but still not up to the rest of the magazine, with the exception of those for the editorial and for the reader section. So you want some numbers. O. K. Contents page, 9.5 -- one of the best. Contents in order of appearance in the Log: 7.5, 8, 8.5, 8.7, 8, 8.5, 7, 7.5, 7, 6.5, 9, 8, 6, 6. Cover 7. Some of those numbers are too high, but I don't know which ones. Saari's "Rebuttal" and Chauvenet's "Critique" interested me most in this issue. I know enough physics and mathematics to understand the arguments, but not enough to present them so adequately. Or maybe, I'm just lazy, and would rather have it done for me. (The above applies to Saari, not Chauvenet!) In Chauvenet's case, as usual, the thing which appeals to me is the painstaking perfection, real or apparent, which runs through the presentation of his ideas. The Munsey Panorama is even better this time, although, like some others, I would rather see less non-essential interludes etc. The survey of THE CAVALIER was especially interesting to me, because I have never read any of the stories in that magazine. So long and good luck! -- D. B. THOMPSON THAT SIGMA UPSILON MIXUP WAS GILBERT'S FAULT -- THE DOPE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE ERROR, AND WILL CHECK SUCH THINGS MORE CAREFULLY IN THE FUTURE. Rating the issue as per the system you suggested, and omitting reference to my own material for good and obvious reasons, here's the way I rate the various items, and with me "10" means practically perfect from a fan magazine standpoint. FROM THE DUAL CONTROLS -- 8, YNGVI IS NOT A LOUSE -- 3, THE MUNSEY PANORAMA -- 9, ERB--A CRITIQUE -- 10 (this kid is good!), ARTICLE by Rothman -- 4, THE TELECASTER -- 9, BLACK MAGIC -- 6, FROM THE NEW YORK COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE -- (but has very good possibilities, of course), REBUTTAL by Saari -- 10, FROM THE PASSENGER LOUNGE -- 10, FROM THE INTER-TRADING POST -- 10, STAR SONG -- overall 8, artwork -- 8, makeup -- 9, contents page -- 10. That makes 15 items appraised for an average of 8, which is to my mind a very high decile for a fan magazine as a whole. I want to correct one remark made my Sehnert in my autobiography (I blush), I did NOT found SIGMA-USILON. It has existed for years and years. I did not even found the Tennessee chapter. It had been dead for 12 years and I rounded up a few professors and editors on the campus and revived it. Sehnert will have people thinking I was a ring-railed ramphorinkus on the campus. -- FRED W. FISCHER SEVERAL POORLY ASSEMBLED COPIES OF THE STAR WENT OUT BEFORE WE BEGAN CHECKING. IF ANYONE RECEIVED ONE OF THESE BAD NUMBERS, WILL HE PLEASE RETURN IT TO US? WE WILL REFUND THE POSTAGE AND PROMPTLY SEND ON A GOOD COPY IN EXCHANGE. Southern Star came. Very, very nice issue. I liked it. But -- WH-
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