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Tympany, v. 1, issue 13, September 1, 1947
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TYM TOPICS BOB TUCKER: In re the name "Hazel Barlett" in The Chinese Doll ((see Tympany #10)). That was a special favor for Walt Liebscher alone. At the time that section of the book was written, Liebscher lived in Battle Creek and was keeping company with a tall babe named Eva Bartlett. I had only recently met the gal and liked her. How was I to know that by the time Doll appeared, Liebscher would be in L. A. and Eva Bartlett would be married to somebody else? # The naming of characters after people I know (or have known) is a weakness of mine, and the practice continues in To Keep or Kill which is set for October release, and book #3 which has no name as yet and will probably be released next spring. To Keep or Kill is about a lady hoodlum who uses what appears to be a pocket-sized atom bomb to dispose of her victims; and #3 is laid in Los Angeles, the studio where I worked last summer, and the vicinity of the LASFS clubrooms. Currently I'm trying to find a way to work the club itself into the plot. GERRY LA REE: Am forced to agree with Margaret St. Clair's statement on Weinbaum ((quoted in Tympany #10)), as frankly it is true. If you have a copy of After Ten Years handy, look at Margaret Weinbaum's article in which she states: "It used to amuse him (Weinbaum) very much to borrow one of his Fictioneer friend's plots -- whether the other chap wrote westerns, mysteries, or love stories -- and then transplant the action to another planet. The foundation of many of his creatures would often be based on our earthly ones, and then he would adapt them to the conditions on whatever planet he happened to be writing about." Sufficient? ARTHUR H. RAPP: Spent half a day in the attic looking for a clipping I wanted to send you, but couldn't find it, so my memory will have to do. Anyway, one winter morning in '42, a couple of people were driving down a residential street here in Saginaw. It had snowed during the night, and they were the first to go down the street since that time. Suddenly, they noticed someone standing in the middle of the street, and had to slam on the brakes to keep from running over her. The person was a girl of about 14, wearing a light summer dress, or perhaps only a slip. No stockings or shoes. Thinking she had stopped them for help of some kind, the driver got out of his car, but as he did so, the girl ran off, disappearing between two houses. Now comes the unexplainable part: the occupants of the car searched the area carefully, and swore up and down that the surface of the snow was unbroken except for the wheel marks of their car. Who was the girl? Why did she stop them? And how could she walk on the snow without leaving footprints? No one has ever found out. . . . MARION E. "ASTRA" ZIMMER: Much publicized Mandark of Shaver -- said to be on a taboo subject, and a "super-jolt", etc. -- has a true norror title, according to Shaver himself. That is, in his gibberish alphabet: M - man; A - animal; N - child; D - destructive force; AR - symbol of De, horror; K - kinetic energy. In other words, they would have it that Mandark is about a horrible amount of disintegrative force lying in kinetic energy which may affect every man, child, and beast. Maybe an atomic bomb story? I haven't read this "masterpiece" nor do I intend to, but if it lives up to its title -- and the Shaverites pride themselves on consistency -- it won't have to be so "original". Probably a sheep in wolf's clothing. - 8 -
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TYM TOPICS BOB TUCKER: In re the name "Hazel Barlett" in The Chinese Doll ((see Tympany #10)). That was a special favor for Walt Liebscher alone. At the time that section of the book was written, Liebscher lived in Battle Creek and was keeping company with a tall babe named Eva Bartlett. I had only recently met the gal and liked her. How was I to know that by the time Doll appeared, Liebscher would be in L. A. and Eva Bartlett would be married to somebody else? # The naming of characters after people I know (or have known) is a weakness of mine, and the practice continues in To Keep or Kill which is set for October release, and book #3 which has no name as yet and will probably be released next spring. To Keep or Kill is about a lady hoodlum who uses what appears to be a pocket-sized atom bomb to dispose of her victims; and #3 is laid in Los Angeles, the studio where I worked last summer, and the vicinity of the LASFS clubrooms. Currently I'm trying to find a way to work the club itself into the plot. GERRY LA REE: Am forced to agree with Margaret St. Clair's statement on Weinbaum ((quoted in Tympany #10)), as frankly it is true. If you have a copy of After Ten Years handy, look at Margaret Weinbaum's article in which she states: "It used to amuse him (Weinbaum) very much to borrow one of his Fictioneer friend's plots -- whether the other chap wrote westerns, mysteries, or love stories -- and then transplant the action to another planet. The foundation of many of his creatures would often be based on our earthly ones, and then he would adapt them to the conditions on whatever planet he happened to be writing about." Sufficient? ARTHUR H. RAPP: Spent half a day in the attic looking for a clipping I wanted to send you, but couldn't find it, so my memory will have to do. Anyway, one winter morning in '42, a couple of people were driving down a residential street here in Saginaw. It had snowed during the night, and they were the first to go down the street since that time. Suddenly, they noticed someone standing in the middle of the street, and had to slam on the brakes to keep from running over her. The person was a girl of about 14, wearing a light summer dress, or perhaps only a slip. No stockings or shoes. Thinking she had stopped them for help of some kind, the driver got out of his car, but as he did so, the girl ran off, disappearing between two houses. Now comes the unexplainable part: the occupants of the car searched the area carefully, and swore up and down that the surface of the snow was unbroken except for the wheel marks of their car. Who was the girl? Why did she stop them? And how could she walk on the snow without leaving footprints? No one has ever found out. . . . MARION E. "ASTRA" ZIMMER: Much publicized Mandark of Shaver -- said to be on a taboo subject, and a "super-jolt", etc. -- has a true norror title, according to Shaver himself. That is, in his gibberish alphabet: M - man; A - animal; N - child; D - destructive force; AR - symbol of De, horror; K - kinetic energy. In other words, they would have it that Mandark is about a horrible amount of disintegrative force lying in kinetic energy which may affect every man, child, and beast. Maybe an atomic bomb story? I haven't read this "masterpiece" nor do I intend to, but if it lives up to its title -- and the Shaverites pride themselves on consistency -- it won't have to be so "original". Probably a sheep in wolf's clothing. - 8 -
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