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Fantasite, v. 2, issue 2, May-June 1942
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THE FANTASITE 17 Fanta-scripts Needless to say, we received so many long and interesting letters in response to the anniversary issue that it would be an impossibility to include all of them in this section, much as we would like to do so. However, we'll do our best to make the department representative and of interest -- those who have been clamoring for a larger letter section should now be happy! The Editors. ----------------------------------------------------------- CLIFFORD D. SIMAK: While I'm not too familiar with the fan magazine field, I would venture a guess that the anniversary issue is probably the best effort that field has ever seen. To my knowledge there is no known way of producing photographs in just exactly the way you produced them. Is it possible that you and Morrie have hit upon something that is absolutely new? ((Morrie gets all of the credit for hitting upon something which, to our knowledge, has never before been done! Editors)) The mechanics of the magazine are perfect and the quality of the contents appeals to me particularly because it is refreshingly free of the silly stuff that adorns so many mags of this type. Every article, and I have read the issue from cover to cover, is interesting. Carl Jacobi's article, I feel certain, will raise a storm of controversy which, before it is over, will rank as classical. While I can see Carl's point, I'm personally dead set against the idea. Standardization of science fiction, I am afraid, would take away the freshness which makes it a thing apart from other types of fiction. It positively scares me to think of the good tales that would go glimmering if an author were bound by an artificially conceived geography. Take Mars, for example. Should we have an Edgar Rice Burroughs or a Stanley Weinbaum Mars? Take Earth, for another example. Should we have a future earth such as depicted by Donald Wandrei or one such as Robert Heinlein has drawn? Sam Russell's scholarly reviews lend the edition a characteristically literary note and John Chapman's remarks about stf films hits the nail squarely on the head. Sam and John, incidentally, did themselves a lovely job on the Hams and Pros dept. Tsk, tsk, John, you just can't say things like that about the doctor...its sacrilege! Prejudiced against Gilbert for his slam at "Co-operate or Else". Personally, I rated it tops in the issue. But then, if you'll remember, I'm the guy who liked all Van Vogt's earlier yarns, but didn't care for Slan. No need to tell you my opinion of the cover and photo page for you already have heard my enthusiastic approval of them. 1321 North 44th, Seattle, Wash. --New address: 5533 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. ------------------------------------------------------------ HARRY WARNER, JR: Ah, and Fantasite! This is the best issue of any fanzine since Fantasy Magazine died. I respectfully submit. The ones that have rivaled this issue in size, like Starlight and Science Fiction Fandom, were inferior in contents. ((And, if you'll pardon us, they were also a good twenty pages smaller, too!)) I hardly feel like carrying on with Spaceways, after seeing this issue, but shall wipe away the bitter tears of envy and manage somehow, I suppose. ((Come, come, Harry!)) And what can I say about the cover? It's the
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THE FANTASITE 17 Fanta-scripts Needless to say, we received so many long and interesting letters in response to the anniversary issue that it would be an impossibility to include all of them in this section, much as we would like to do so. However, we'll do our best to make the department representative and of interest -- those who have been clamoring for a larger letter section should now be happy! The Editors. ----------------------------------------------------------- CLIFFORD D. SIMAK: While I'm not too familiar with the fan magazine field, I would venture a guess that the anniversary issue is probably the best effort that field has ever seen. To my knowledge there is no known way of producing photographs in just exactly the way you produced them. Is it possible that you and Morrie have hit upon something that is absolutely new? ((Morrie gets all of the credit for hitting upon something which, to our knowledge, has never before been done! Editors)) The mechanics of the magazine are perfect and the quality of the contents appeals to me particularly because it is refreshingly free of the silly stuff that adorns so many mags of this type. Every article, and I have read the issue from cover to cover, is interesting. Carl Jacobi's article, I feel certain, will raise a storm of controversy which, before it is over, will rank as classical. While I can see Carl's point, I'm personally dead set against the idea. Standardization of science fiction, I am afraid, would take away the freshness which makes it a thing apart from other types of fiction. It positively scares me to think of the good tales that would go glimmering if an author were bound by an artificially conceived geography. Take Mars, for example. Should we have an Edgar Rice Burroughs or a Stanley Weinbaum Mars? Take Earth, for another example. Should we have a future earth such as depicted by Donald Wandrei or one such as Robert Heinlein has drawn? Sam Russell's scholarly reviews lend the edition a characteristically literary note and John Chapman's remarks about stf films hits the nail squarely on the head. Sam and John, incidentally, did themselves a lovely job on the Hams and Pros dept. Tsk, tsk, John, you just can't say things like that about the doctor...its sacrilege! Prejudiced against Gilbert for his slam at "Co-operate or Else". Personally, I rated it tops in the issue. But then, if you'll remember, I'm the guy who liked all Van Vogt's earlier yarns, but didn't care for Slan. No need to tell you my opinion of the cover and photo page for you already have heard my enthusiastic approval of them. 1321 North 44th, Seattle, Wash. --New address: 5533 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. ------------------------------------------------------------ HARRY WARNER, JR: Ah, and Fantasite! This is the best issue of any fanzine since Fantasy Magazine died. I respectfully submit. The ones that have rivaled this issue in size, like Starlight and Science Fiction Fandom, were inferior in contents. ((And, if you'll pardon us, they were also a good twenty pages smaller, too!)) I hardly feel like carrying on with Spaceways, after seeing this issue, but shall wipe away the bitter tears of envy and manage somehow, I suppose. ((Come, come, Harry!)) And what can I say about the cover? It's the
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