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Voice of the Imagination, whole no. 24, August 1942

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VOM, Bx 6475 Met Stn, Los Angeles Cal. #24. 10c per copy, $ per 10!
Publisht if & When. Forrest Jackerman [sic] & Morojo Squirt, irresponsible. Any similarity   tween  this & a formerly  hi-standard pub is nostalgic

STUFF:  When we said Vom was deteriorating last ish, we meant it; we weren't fishing
for protestations of "Oh, no! Don't say that."   We noe it, we feel it, and see it. Slips are made, we have to call your attention to errata nowadays.
For drawn thru line pg 12 read "wants to mind his own damn business, and leave VOM
alone". Pg 9 shoud've had sidelines for the summarizations in Forster & Evans' letters. And yet—Norton, who panned #23, a pre-Dyktawo ish, in Astonishing's current fmz
review section, praised last ish; & Tackett declared "VOM is improving, no less.
Everything about the mag shows the improvement.    Pics, cartoons, and letters are a lot better than they were a few issues ago." Well, perhaps we are improving materially--but certainly not technically. See, I nearly forgot to clear up another error-on-stencil that slipt into mimeo ink; I suppose that'll be the ultimate horror, failing even in the "editorial" to straiten matters out & making U wait a couple of months to find out what was wrong. 
    Well, anyway, when U come across "repre Adele", if U can
think of it, read "repro/Adele" instead.
     WRIGHT MUST FALL. It seems we (un-intentionally, to be sure) done Tom double dirt.    "I sob" he says. "I weep. Oh give thy handkerchief, kind friend, that I may quell these bitter tears." Well, Bell,
as the aviator explained to the Boss ("Things to Come")—"*Tis not I: It's the nature of things." The lithograficamera can't detect the deep delicacy of your dwgs, & the multilith plates can't reproduce their full fragility faithfully. At least, I
don't say it can't be done, but not the quality for the price we pay—& it ain't hay. We wept, too, Tom, to see about of the attraction of your Bellass had been lost in the reproduction; but we still think it makes a swell cover. Only solution we can think of is to make your future pix 25%  better'n U want 'em to reproduce, then they'll come out as good as a perfect original.      
      Our Spon Sirs. Last ish Lloyd Connerley had things to say concerning the MANKIND UNITED movement in Cal that took up too much space legitimately to be considered a letter. Yet, it wasn't an outright ad, & he wanted it published. He was able to work out a deal with us, whereby a Cal Supplement to Vom was distributed, to subscribers in this State only.   This month Alojo had remarks he wanted to make, that he did not want summarized & yet were entirely out of proportion for any letter to Vom. Financed by him, however, we have no objection to presenting his Paper _in addition to_ the regular contents, at no cost to U. In this case, Alojo also prepared the stencils & assisted with the mimeoing, making a minimum of extra work for yecoeds.    Should any other readers wish to sponsor Vom sups, no doubt arrangements can be made. Regarding his article, Alojo wrote us the following note before submitting it: "It will be, in the main, a paper
devoted to clarifying the multitude of erroneous impressions which have developed in the course of the Tigrina controversy, regarding the Black Mass, Witchcraft,
Voodooism, and other similar matters. 
     The lack of specialized knowledge about these things that marks the average science and/or fantasy fan has resulted in a general misunderstanding and confusion which seems likely to grow instead of diminish, unless some steps are taken to set apart the various manifestations of what
is loosely called 'The Left Hand Path.' 
     As I am technically in retirement, I had not intended to enter the controversy again.    But the incredible statements by certain individuals in VoM #23 has prompted me to write this brief. I hope it will at least return the discussion to an intelligible level. 
     P.S. I should appreciate your making a note of my new address:    1129 North La Madera, El Monte, Cal.

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VOM, Bx 6475 Met Stn, Los Angeles Cal. #24. 10c per copy, $ per 10! Publisht if & When. Forrest Jackerman [sic] & Morojo Squirt, irresponsible. Any similarity tween this & a formerly hi-standard pub is nostalgic STUFF: When we said Vom was deteriorating last ish, we meant it; we weren't fishing for protestations of "Oh, no! Don't say that." We noe it, we feel it, and see it. Slips are made, we have to call your attention to errata nowadays. For drawn thru line pg 12 read "wants to mind his own damn business, and leave VOM alone". Pg 9 shoud've had sidelines for the summarizations in Forster & Evans' letters. And yet—Norton, who panned #23, a pre-Dyktawo ish, in Astonishing's current fmz review section, praised last ish; & Tackett declared "VOM is improving, no less. Everything about the mag shows the improvement. Pics, cartoons, and letters are a lot better than they were a few issues ago." Well, perhaps we are improving materially--but certainly not technically. See, I nearly forgot to clear up another error-on-stencil that slipt into mimeo ink; I suppose that'll be the ultimate horror, failing even in the "editorial" to straiten matters out & making U wait a couple of months to find out what was wrong. Well, anyway, when U come across "repre Adele", if U can think of it, read "repro/Adele" instead. WRIGHT MUST FALL. It seems we (un-intentionally, to be sure) done Tom double dirt. "I sob" he says. "I weep. Oh give thy handkerchief, kind friend, that I may quell these bitter tears." Well, Bell, as the aviator explained to the Boss ("Things to Come")—"*Tis not I: It's the nature of things." The lithograficamera can't detect the deep delicacy of your dwgs, & the multilith plates can't reproduce their full fragility faithfully. At least, I don't say it can't be done, but not the quality for the price we pay—& it ain't hay. We wept, too, Tom, to see about of the attraction of your Bellass had been lost in the reproduction; but we still think it makes a swell cover. Only solution we can think of is to make your future pix 25% better'n U want 'em to reproduce, then they'll come out as good as a perfect original. Our Spon Sirs. Last ish Lloyd Connerley had things to say concerning the MANKIND UNITED movement in Cal that took up too much space legitimately to be considered a letter. Yet, it wasn't an outright ad, & he wanted it published. He was able to work out a deal with us, whereby a Cal Supplement to Vom was distributed, to subscribers in this State only. This month Alojo had remarks he wanted to make, that he did not want summarized & yet were entirely out of proportion for any letter to Vom. Financed by him, however, we have no objection to presenting his Paper _in addition to_ the regular contents, at no cost to U. In this case, Alojo also prepared the stencils & assisted with the mimeoing, making a minimum of extra work for yecoeds. Should any other readers wish to sponsor Vom sups, no doubt arrangements can be made. Regarding his article, Alojo wrote us the following note before submitting it: "It will be, in the main, a paper devoted to clarifying the multitude of erroneous impressions which have developed in the course of the Tigrina controversy, regarding the Black Mass, Witchcraft, Voodooism, and other similar matters. The lack of specialized knowledge about these things that marks the average science and/or fantasy fan has resulted in a general misunderstanding and confusion which seems likely to grow instead of diminish, unless some steps are taken to set apart the various manifestations of what is loosely called 'The Left Hand Path.' As I am technically in retirement, I had not intended to enter the controversy again. But the incredible statements by certain individuals in VoM #23 has prompted me to write this brief. I hope it will at least return the discussion to an intelligible level. P.S. I should appreciate your making a note of my new address: 1129 North La Madera, El Monte, Cal.