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Fan-Atic, v. 2, issue 1, whole no. 4, July 1941
Page 13
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FAN-ATIC 13 INTERFERENCE by Doc Lowndes Homo sap is still too busy trying to solve the problem of how, as a mass, to solve the physical problems of food, clothing, shelter, etc. for all to give real challenge to the universe's "eternal verities" as yet. So most of them are still static. But, eventually, homo sap will rear up and apply scientific knowledge to his economic problems on a planet-wide, rather than a local, scale; and before the universe knows it, he won't be an animal any more; he'll be a first class interference factor with unlimited firing power. Edmond Hamilton once wrote a story about a living galaxy. It seemed that the reason for the seeming expansion of the universe is that all the galaxies are fleeing for their skins from this one. This one is poison, it's diseased with life. A rather cute idea. But, if the galaxies are conscious and capable of self motivation, they'd better start running now because when homo sapiens finishes with this one, he'll start monkeying around with them, too. And, from the viewpoint of infinity, it won't be any time at all before that cosmic interference starts. ############### 2 LITTLE JINGLES BY ARCHER CUSP: I'd rather have science than fiction / I'd rather have plots than have diction / And I'll be a fan as long as I can, / And that's till I'm caught by conscription! ------------------------ I never saw a human Zombie -- / Don't even want to think one -- / But the other kind of Zombie, / I'd like just once to drink one! ############### A DISSERTATION UPON THE PRONUNCIATION OF 'BELING'. This little piece serves two purposes. The first, and most important, is to fill a blank space; the second is to correct the mis-pronunciation of most fans, and to save us from the trouble of explaining to everybody we correspond with how to make themselves understood. We are very touchy about the pronunciation and spelling of Beling. See? Several fans had their own ideas on pronunciation, and spelling too. Take Tom Wright, for example. He was pronouncing and spelling it 'Belling'. Well, he spent the next six months in a hospital recovering. Another sad example was D. B. Thompson. We were more lenient with him, since his offence wasn't nearly as bad; he was only given ten lashes. And J. Michael Rosenblum; well, we'll have to wait till the war is over to get him. We can afford to wait, Mike. 'Beling' is pronounced to rhyme with 'keel' or 'seal', as if it were spelled 'Bealing'. There's no excuse now for mis-pronunciation now; so profit by the sad and dreadful examples of Wright and Thompson, or DIE!
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FAN-ATIC 13 INTERFERENCE by Doc Lowndes Homo sap is still too busy trying to solve the problem of how, as a mass, to solve the physical problems of food, clothing, shelter, etc. for all to give real challenge to the universe's "eternal verities" as yet. So most of them are still static. But, eventually, homo sap will rear up and apply scientific knowledge to his economic problems on a planet-wide, rather than a local, scale; and before the universe knows it, he won't be an animal any more; he'll be a first class interference factor with unlimited firing power. Edmond Hamilton once wrote a story about a living galaxy. It seemed that the reason for the seeming expansion of the universe is that all the galaxies are fleeing for their skins from this one. This one is poison, it's diseased with life. A rather cute idea. But, if the galaxies are conscious and capable of self motivation, they'd better start running now because when homo sapiens finishes with this one, he'll start monkeying around with them, too. And, from the viewpoint of infinity, it won't be any time at all before that cosmic interference starts. ############### 2 LITTLE JINGLES BY ARCHER CUSP: I'd rather have science than fiction / I'd rather have plots than have diction / And I'll be a fan as long as I can, / And that's till I'm caught by conscription! ------------------------ I never saw a human Zombie -- / Don't even want to think one -- / But the other kind of Zombie, / I'd like just once to drink one! ############### A DISSERTATION UPON THE PRONUNCIATION OF 'BELING'. This little piece serves two purposes. The first, and most important, is to fill a blank space; the second is to correct the mis-pronunciation of most fans, and to save us from the trouble of explaining to everybody we correspond with how to make themselves understood. We are very touchy about the pronunciation and spelling of Beling. See? Several fans had their own ideas on pronunciation, and spelling too. Take Tom Wright, for example. He was pronouncing and spelling it 'Belling'. Well, he spent the next six months in a hospital recovering. Another sad example was D. B. Thompson. We were more lenient with him, since his offence wasn't nearly as bad; he was only given ten lashes. And J. Michael Rosenblum; well, we'll have to wait till the war is over to get him. We can afford to wait, Mike. 'Beling' is pronounced to rhyme with 'keel' or 'seal', as if it were spelled 'Bealing'. There's no excuse now for mis-pronunciation now; so profit by the sad and dreadful examples of Wright and Thompson, or DIE!
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