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Voice of the Imagination, whole no. 14, May 1941

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VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION 9

line at Bev. Brown.
"Latest VoM (with 'engraved' cover) to hand and now read to pieces. Comments:
1.   You publishers are rather clever people.  I quite look
forward to the LA blitz that I may know you as you are.   At the Chicon, circumstances were not propitious (cliche no. 1) and I could gain no idea of what you're really like.    Mr.. Ackerman, I believe I have you solved; Miss Douglass, I've
solved you as well—and you won't like the solution (Do U mean 'Douglas'? I'm glad
U have her  figured out.    That's more than I've been able to do. &~how~do U~noe she wouldn't like it. Let's have the lowdown!    If it's too low to be publisht what about
a "private" letter?   --Morojo); ~and the third--Miss Pogo--I'm still~in~a~fog after a year's correspondence.
2.   Miss Lupe Amador is a woman after my own heart. Rat-face! And I've met Ackerman.  .  . .
3.   Mr. Fortier's SF encyclopedia has been anticipated. During an evening with Juffus, I read & enjoyed stencils—half a dozen or more—of his dictionary of Fandom.   Modelled after Samuel Johnson's notorious
Dictionary, and includes what modern dictionaries do not—the writer's personal opinion.    And I loved it.
"3.   We now arrive at the subject of the Pro-Scientists.
I feel honestly sorry for Raymond, whom I met at the Filcon.    I talked to the lad;
while so talking, Milty came up, saying:  'Don't bother with him, Jimmy; Mr. Van Houten has an extremely narrow mind.' Raymond then wondered why I opposed his motion (that the Philcon go on record against anti-Science) if I were in sooth a fan, and my counter was, simply, that I am a fantast. Ray then shook his head in disgust,  saying:  'I don't want to look at you. I can't even see you.'    I studied him rather intently, if I may say so, then left sadly, saying to Milty the while 'You were right, Milt; he is markedly dolichocephalic'
"The pro-scientists are wrong;
dead wrong. They contend that, since science has contributed to the enlightenment of the world, we must not disparage it.    But enlightenment is not, and cannot be, purely physical. It must of necessity be mental.    One does not achieve
enlightenment just by those all-too-obvious things science gives—transportation,
mechanical creature comforts (cliche no. 2.)   A ninety-mile speed in the new 41 Cadillac enlightens, and can enlighten, no one. (But it can be fun, self-censored)
"10.    As to Mr. Ackerman being a slan-geleno—that's an outright lie. I'd have found him ten years ago of so.    But perhaps he's tendrilless—if so, maybe the LA blitz come June would be inadvisable. (Did it ever occur to U that perhaps the reason U didn't sense 4e 10 yrs ago was that he was not born yet~~See Heck Koenig for
statistics to prove Ackerman only 2 yrs old today,)
"About Slan—I was disgusted
with the ending. And similarly with the remainder of we Washington Worry-Worts.
(Hi, Juffusl) Van Vogt attained genius when he murdered Kathleen; and it was so
maddening that she was revived!
"11. The reversed letter at the end surprised me, I only had to slow down to about two hundred words a minute to read it.
12. There have been many things in earlier VoMs that passed unmentioned during my years' absence from these pages. Among them was a self-drawn picture of Milty. I was always amused by his self-portraits—such broad shoulders as they have!

"A comment to a letter of Warners, in re dating letters (we deny we ever redate 'em!),
brings forth your answer that you'd rather date their  senders. WelI, Pogo, how about it?

15, Good old Ferri! I met her at the tower; was rather badly beaten in a chess game with her. And did she ever hop up and down with glee when I told her of the prices her costumes had taken! She upset the board twice (odd, isn't it, that I was close to a win both times?)  She's quite lovely; has a bit of a mind- but it's too bad she was taken in by the Futurians. With me, now.  ,  . .

"Listen, if you putter-outers feel like having a really illustrated letter section for a change, I can and will oblige. Just tell the number of prints you want of

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VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION 9 line at Bev. Brown. "Latest VoM (with 'engraved' cover) to hand and now read to pieces. Comments: 1. You publishers are rather clever people. I quite look forward to the LA blitz that I may know you as you are. At the Chicon, circumstances were not propitious (cliche no. 1) and I could gain no idea of what you're really like. Mr.. Ackerman, I believe I have you solved; Miss Douglass, I've solved you as well—and you won't like the solution (Do U mean 'Douglas'? I'm glad U have her figured out. That's more than I've been able to do. &~how~do U~noe she wouldn't like it. Let's have the lowdown! If it's too low to be publisht what about a "private" letter? --Morojo); ~and the third--Miss Pogo--I'm still~in~a~fog after a year's correspondence. 2. Miss Lupe Amador is a woman after my own heart. Rat-face! And I've met Ackerman. . . . 3. Mr. Fortier's SF encyclopedia has been anticipated. During an evening with Juffus, I read & enjoyed stencils—half a dozen or more—of his dictionary of Fandom. Modelled after Samuel Johnson's notorious Dictionary, and includes what modern dictionaries do not—the writer's personal opinion. And I loved it. "3. We now arrive at the subject of the Pro-Scientists. I feel honestly sorry for Raymond, whom I met at the Filcon. I talked to the lad; while so talking, Milty came up, saying: 'Don't bother with him, Jimmy; Mr. Van Houten has an extremely narrow mind.' Raymond then wondered why I opposed his motion (that the Philcon go on record against anti-Science) if I were in sooth a fan, and my counter was, simply, that I am a fantast. Ray then shook his head in disgust, saying: 'I don't want to look at you. I can't even see you.' I studied him rather intently, if I may say so, then left sadly, saying to Milty the while 'You were right, Milt; he is markedly dolichocephalic' "The pro-scientists are wrong; dead wrong. They contend that, since science has contributed to the enlightenment of the world, we must not disparage it. But enlightenment is not, and cannot be, purely physical. It must of necessity be mental. One does not achieve enlightenment just by those all-too-obvious things science gives—transportation, mechanical creature comforts (cliche no. 2.) A ninety-mile speed in the new 41 Cadillac enlightens, and can enlighten, no one. (But it can be fun, self-censored) "10. As to Mr. Ackerman being a slan-geleno—that's an outright lie. I'd have found him ten years ago of so. But perhaps he's tendrilless—if so, maybe the LA blitz come June would be inadvisable. (Did it ever occur to U that perhaps the reason U didn't sense 4e 10 yrs ago was that he was not born yet~~See Heck Koenig for statistics to prove Ackerman only 2 yrs old today,) "About Slan—I was disgusted with the ending. And similarly with the remainder of we Washington Worry-Worts. (Hi, Juffusl) Van Vogt attained genius when he murdered Kathleen; and it was so maddening that she was revived! "11. The reversed letter at the end surprised me, I only had to slow down to about two hundred words a minute to read it. 12. There have been many things in earlier VoMs that passed unmentioned during my years' absence from these pages. Among them was a self-drawn picture of Milty. I was always amused by his self-portraits—such broad shoulders as they have! "A comment to a letter of Warners, in re dating letters (we deny we ever redate 'em!), brings forth your answer that you'd rather date their senders. WelI, Pogo, how about it? 15, Good old Ferri! I met her at the tower; was rather badly beaten in a chess game with her. And did she ever hop up and down with glee when I told her of the prices her costumes had taken! She upset the board twice (odd, isn't it, that I was close to a win both times?) She's quite lovely; has a bit of a mind- but it's too bad she was taken in by the Futurians. With me, now. , . . "Listen, if you putter-outers feel like having a really illustrated letter section for a change, I can and will oblige. Just tell the number of prints you want of