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Fan-Atic, v. 2, issue 1, whole no. 4, July 1941
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FAN-ATIC 5 VISITATIONS TO BLOOMINGTON by Bob Tucker And then in 1938 metropolis and Big Fandom came to town. Was I thrilled? My dear, I was in stitches of agony! Sometime or somewhere in May 1939 there arrived Don Wollheim, John Blythe Michel, and Dick Wilson. I recall packing up the wife and child ((All 16 of them Bob?)) and hustling them out to the country for the "duration". Fandom appeared a battered relic and took pride in the fact that the relic was carrying a license, the first two characters of which were "4Q ---". They seemed to think this quite funny. They arrived one afternoon, stayed overnight, and departed the next afternoon. I believe they departed in low spirits or something because of an unconscious act of mine. I have a habit of only eating two meals a day when sleeping late, and we slept late the next morning. We had breakfast about ten a.m. ((Huh! Call that late?)) and they departed a little after noon. As I realize now, they left in obvious disappointment over my not offering lunch. But meanwhile we consumed a lot of wine and good ozone in talking; they entertained me with positively "not for publication" items and songs...these songs by the way, concerned science fiction people in New York. They helped run off the issue of Nova we were getting ready to stun fandom with, even did a page each themselves. Bloomington was but one stop in a long international trip they were taking. (Oh, yes, I have met them since.) -------------------------- From that time on they came in droves...droves that is for a town this size and out of the way as it is. In 1939 Mark Reinsberg and Erle Korshak made their first trip down from Chicago. It was right after the New York Convention, Reinsberg had "won" the 1940 Convention for Chicago, and I had telephoned my help. Usually when they came we would drive out to my "country place" (the in-laws' farm) for a chicken dinner. They have been visiting me ever since, having made about eight trips in all since that first one. Once or twice they brought along a coupla other Chicago fans, but that calls for a new paragraph in itself. On one trip they brought along George Tullis, a new Chicago fan. Tullis was quite a lad, I suspect he had a bit to drink before he arrived. Out in our back yard he...uh...uh...uh...so we took him in the house and put him to bed. He stayed there all afternoon until time came to depart for Chicago, still a sick lad. He is very unfortunate, or I am something out of UNKNOWN. ((Sure, a zombie)) On his second trip down he lost a bottle of medicine and a money order here. No, he hasn't returned since. ((Well, watinell didja expect after such treatment?)) The other Chicago fan was a chap named Finley. I don't know much about him as he didn't stay at our house, but went to some friends or relatives who live in town. ----------------------- Walter Sullivan was next, in 1940. The outstanding thing I remember about Walt is his whiskers. I suspect he never shaves. After a summer in New York Walter was returning home. I believe he was to stay awhile in Oklahoma, and then on to Albuquerque for school. Walt's studies and avowed future profession is digging up the bones of gents. Whether or not said gents wish to have their bones dug up and exposed to the sun is a matter that bothers Walt not at all. During his overnight stay he entertained us with tales of bonedigging episodes, and various treasures and otherwise he discovered in Indian and Mexican graves and mounds. Walt is in love with an Indian girl, he is moonstruck on the girl. ----------------------- Elmer Perdue followed Sullivan in last year. Elmer was also en route home (Wyoming) after a season on the government payroll in Washington. Like Sullivan, the most noticeable thing about him was his whiskers, while he enunciation mustn't be overlooked. Elmer has read much of James Branch Cabell, especially "Jurgen," and Elmer, we suspect, patterns his life after that of Jurgen. ((Wow! What a life, Bob!)) ((Continued on next page.))(((Los Angeles in 1942; Washington in 1943)))
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FAN-ATIC 5 VISITATIONS TO BLOOMINGTON by Bob Tucker And then in 1938 metropolis and Big Fandom came to town. Was I thrilled? My dear, I was in stitches of agony! Sometime or somewhere in May 1939 there arrived Don Wollheim, John Blythe Michel, and Dick Wilson. I recall packing up the wife and child ((All 16 of them Bob?)) and hustling them out to the country for the "duration". Fandom appeared a battered relic and took pride in the fact that the relic was carrying a license, the first two characters of which were "4Q ---". They seemed to think this quite funny. They arrived one afternoon, stayed overnight, and departed the next afternoon. I believe they departed in low spirits or something because of an unconscious act of mine. I have a habit of only eating two meals a day when sleeping late, and we slept late the next morning. We had breakfast about ten a.m. ((Huh! Call that late?)) and they departed a little after noon. As I realize now, they left in obvious disappointment over my not offering lunch. But meanwhile we consumed a lot of wine and good ozone in talking; they entertained me with positively "not for publication" items and songs...these songs by the way, concerned science fiction people in New York. They helped run off the issue of Nova we were getting ready to stun fandom with, even did a page each themselves. Bloomington was but one stop in a long international trip they were taking. (Oh, yes, I have met them since.) -------------------------- From that time on they came in droves...droves that is for a town this size and out of the way as it is. In 1939 Mark Reinsberg and Erle Korshak made their first trip down from Chicago. It was right after the New York Convention, Reinsberg had "won" the 1940 Convention for Chicago, and I had telephoned my help. Usually when they came we would drive out to my "country place" (the in-laws' farm) for a chicken dinner. They have been visiting me ever since, having made about eight trips in all since that first one. Once or twice they brought along a coupla other Chicago fans, but that calls for a new paragraph in itself. On one trip they brought along George Tullis, a new Chicago fan. Tullis was quite a lad, I suspect he had a bit to drink before he arrived. Out in our back yard he...uh...uh...uh...so we took him in the house and put him to bed. He stayed there all afternoon until time came to depart for Chicago, still a sick lad. He is very unfortunate, or I am something out of UNKNOWN. ((Sure, a zombie)) On his second trip down he lost a bottle of medicine and a money order here. No, he hasn't returned since. ((Well, watinell didja expect after such treatment?)) The other Chicago fan was a chap named Finley. I don't know much about him as he didn't stay at our house, but went to some friends or relatives who live in town. ----------------------- Walter Sullivan was next, in 1940. The outstanding thing I remember about Walt is his whiskers. I suspect he never shaves. After a summer in New York Walter was returning home. I believe he was to stay awhile in Oklahoma, and then on to Albuquerque for school. Walt's studies and avowed future profession is digging up the bones of gents. Whether or not said gents wish to have their bones dug up and exposed to the sun is a matter that bothers Walt not at all. During his overnight stay he entertained us with tales of bonedigging episodes, and various treasures and otherwise he discovered in Indian and Mexican graves and mounds. Walt is in love with an Indian girl, he is moonstruck on the girl. ----------------------- Elmer Perdue followed Sullivan in last year. Elmer was also en route home (Wyoming) after a season on the government payroll in Washington. Like Sullivan, the most noticeable thing about him was his whiskers, while he enunciation mustn't be overlooked. Elmer has read much of James Branch Cabell, especially "Jurgen," and Elmer, we suspect, patterns his life after that of Jurgen. ((Wow! What a life, Bob!)) ((Continued on next page.))(((Los Angeles in 1942; Washington in 1943)))
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