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Voice of the Imagination, whole no. 29, January 1944

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6     VOICE OF THE

M. Zyph of Bx 105, Baraboo, Wis, who is no relation to Zyph-Davis, declares: You know, anytime I couldn't do better than Brimm does in #27, I'd sponsor an insert like 4e mentions. " In spite of 4e's doubts, it was a satisfactory editorial. Kepner has a good point. I, myself had a predjudice against S.F., Yet I read Verne. It is true with S.F. as with any literature that there is a range from excellent writing to slush, and from stereotype to perfect originality. It's a case of Kepner [[hand drawn arrow pointing to a hammer hitting a nail on the head]]! As for all these sparks and fights about religion, will you birds shut up long enough to read a short essay titled "Compensation" by Emerson? He was the first Great American thinker to see the foolishness in established religions, and don't you dare say anything about him until you read it. " As for you my dear kitten, kindly figure out the real definition of Charity. It's one we moderns don't use anymore but something we fans are trying to bring about. As for careless mailmen, Laney, I have much the same trouble with promags. I also liked your comment on the idea behind VOM. " Chauvenet must have been cooled by the thanklessness of all his work for fandom from what I can make out. He was rather vague but wonder what those "other interests" are. " I rather feel like Hopkins about atheism. Wish he'd given the exact reference to Huxley. " Sociology I think will impinge on all science. It should be required in all high schools. How can men with a feeling of inadequacy do their best work. Sociology (really its' branch, Psychology) can dispell this. Sociology includes economics, psychology, and other sciences dealing with man and his dealings with others. " My idea of fandom's aims is to promote progress toward a better future, which is broken down into a clearing of the way for acceptance of scientific developments, which is really a process of open-mindedness -- take another breath after that one. Long-winded "ain't" I? " Can anyone tell me why deisel fuel isn't better than gasoline for rocket fuel? It has twice the B.T.U.'s. " Wonder if the above discourse gives "Bob" any satisfaction. " Hurray for Connerley! I don't smoke, of course. " It's nice to hear from a stabilized old fan like Baldwin for once. " As for the Vomaidens, ho hum, (me trying to be casual) just keep 'em off the front page so I can get the zine in the house!

P.F.C. Blaine R. Danmire mails from GENEVA (nebraska): "Message from Moffatt" (#27) was consumed by myself at that worthy gentleman's abode some time ago. Come to think of it--I believe he wrote it at my place during a visit (Jack Gilbert and he had just finished an hour-long argument on why and how a heel should be ground in the face of your opponent in a rough-and-tumble fight). Religion can, and quite frequently does, sicken me. But every man to his own poison (--it sez here). Religion is inadequte; a foolish, superstitious out-let from a material world. Anyone who would take the trouble to sit down and think things out rationally, could see how silly it all is. But still man must look up to something--or someone. We all worship something. But we hardly consider it HOLY; able to work MIRACLES! Oh, the Bible's interesting reading--but to believe its writings--completely--bah! The best thing that I could possibly say for its author--or authors--would be that he, she, or they possessed an incredibly superb imagination. " S'pose now I thumb through a few pages of V O M . . . . . . . Cover: ACK-ACK wears that ghastly expression, exhibited on that fatal night that we stepped from a certain theater in Hollywood : after seeing that pulse-stirring, super-colossal epic--M-the Kidnapper staring Peter Lorre (HUFF!). " Sketch of 0l' Saint Nick is nice and simple. I like it. But those fan photos, ya' know . . . ! Wright's " interpretation of People of the Pit was excellent; but Frank Wakefield's still TOP fan artist for my money! " Vomaidens - mmmmmm - slurp! Dat dame on pg. 12!..... Tigrina continues her perpetual hoax, I see. My god--or anyone's idol-- grow up, will ya!......One could scarcely expect a three-year old child to be so ridiculous. This is one of the reasons why fandom doesn't possess a larger membership. "Prospectites" read of the childish, and superstitious--if "Tigrina" is really serious--prattling's of this - this - indescribable MAGYIP, and immediately conclude that they want no part of it, and her. Me, I'd like FANDOM, regardless--regardless if we had a troop of Vampires to play with! And cometimes, I'm not in doubt! oh, hell, then I know it. " The fact that I'm leading this letter in circles, is probably due to the fact that I had K.P. yesterday. Iggie-goo-brrrrrr! Yaw!

Harry WARNER of 303 Bryan Pl. Hagerstown, Maryland, continues from lastime: I don't mean to ridicule Moffatt's beliefs; matter of fact, I'm afraid that they're considerably more logical than your andMorojo's near-fanaticism for atheism (when you haven't the slightest bit of proof that there is no God) and entirely unreasonable hatred of the Church and blanket condemnation of its past works and present influence upon the world. (This is a debatable question but we don't have room to rise to de bait.) " I don't get annoyed when people consistently draw false conclusions from things, because I do it myself, not being God, and until we are able to look into the future, and figure out for sure just what the Eternal Verities are, the world will continue to draw said false conclusions. But I do object very much to BEB's habit of drawing conclusions from absolutely false premises, which she piles one upon another in the most dogmatic, irrelevant way, in practically everything she writes. (To be concluded.)

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6 VOICE OF THE M. Zyph of Bx 105, Baraboo, Wis, who is no relation to Zyph-Davis, declares: You know, anytime I couldn't do better than Brimm does in #27, I'd sponsor an insert like 4e mentions. " In spite of 4e's doubts, it was a satisfactory editorial. Kepner has a good point. I, myself had a predjudice against S.F., Yet I read Verne. It is true with S.F. as with any literature that there is a range from excellent writing to slush, and from stereotype to perfect originality. It's a case of Kepner [[hand drawn arrow pointing to a hammer hitting a nail on the head]]! As for all these sparks and fights about religion, will you birds shut up long enough to read a short essay titled "Compensation" by Emerson? He was the first Great American thinker to see the foolishness in established religions, and don't you dare say anything about him until you read it. " As for you my dear kitten, kindly figure out the real definition of Charity. It's one we moderns don't use anymore but something we fans are trying to bring about. As for careless mailmen, Laney, I have much the same trouble with promags. I also liked your comment on the idea behind VOM. " Chauvenet must have been cooled by the thanklessness of all his work for fandom from what I can make out. He was rather vague but wonder what those "other interests" are. " I rather feel like Hopkins about atheism. Wish he'd given the exact reference to Huxley. " Sociology I think will impinge on all science. It should be required in all high schools. How can men with a feeling of inadequacy do their best work. Sociology (really its' branch, Psychology) can dispell this. Sociology includes economics, psychology, and other sciences dealing with man and his dealings with others. " My idea of fandom's aims is to promote progress toward a better future, which is broken down into a clearing of the way for acceptance of scientific developments, which is really a process of open-mindedness -- take another breath after that one. Long-winded "ain't" I? " Can anyone tell me why deisel fuel isn't better than gasoline for rocket fuel? It has twice the B.T.U.'s. " Wonder if the above discourse gives "Bob" any satisfaction. " Hurray for Connerley! I don't smoke, of course. " It's nice to hear from a stabilized old fan like Baldwin for once. " As for the Vomaidens, ho hum, (me trying to be casual) just keep 'em off the front page so I can get the zine in the house! P.F.C. Blaine R. Danmire mails from GENEVA (nebraska): "Message from Moffatt" (#27) was consumed by myself at that worthy gentleman's abode some time ago. Come to think of it--I believe he wrote it at my place during a visit (Jack Gilbert and he had just finished an hour-long argument on why and how a heel should be ground in the face of your opponent in a rough-and-tumble fight). Religion can, and quite frequently does, sicken me. But every man to his own poison (--it sez here). Religion is inadequte; a foolish, superstitious out-let from a material world. Anyone who would take the trouble to sit down and think things out rationally, could see how silly it all is. But still man must look up to something--or someone. We all worship something. But we hardly consider it HOLY; able to work MIRACLES! Oh, the Bible's interesting reading--but to believe its writings--completely--bah! The best thing that I could possibly say for its author--or authors--would be that he, she, or they possessed an incredibly superb imagination. " S'pose now I thumb through a few pages of V O M . . . . . . . Cover: ACK-ACK wears that ghastly expression, exhibited on that fatal night that we stepped from a certain theater in Hollywood : after seeing that pulse-stirring, super-colossal epic--M-the Kidnapper staring Peter Lorre (HUFF!). " Sketch of 0l' Saint Nick is nice and simple. I like it. But those fan photos, ya' know . . . ! Wright's " interpretation of People of the Pit was excellent; but Frank Wakefield's still TOP fan artist for my money! " Vomaidens - mmmmmm - slurp! Dat dame on pg. 12!..... Tigrina continues her perpetual hoax, I see. My god--or anyone's idol-- grow up, will ya!......One could scarcely expect a three-year old child to be so ridiculous. This is one of the reasons why fandom doesn't possess a larger membership. "Prospectites" read of the childish, and superstitious--if "Tigrina" is really serious--prattling's of this - this - indescribable MAGYIP, and immediately conclude that they want no part of it, and her. Me, I'd like FANDOM, regardless--regardless if we had a troop of Vampires to play with! And cometimes, I'm not in doubt! oh, hell, then I know it. " The fact that I'm leading this letter in circles, is probably due to the fact that I had K.P. yesterday. Iggie-goo-brrrrrr! Yaw! Harry WARNER of 303 Bryan Pl. Hagerstown, Maryland, continues from lastime: I don't mean to ridicule Moffatt's beliefs; matter of fact, I'm afraid that they're considerably more logical than your andMorojo's near-fanaticism for atheism (when you haven't the slightest bit of proof that there is no God) and entirely unreasonable hatred of the Church and blanket condemnation of its past works and present influence upon the world. (This is a debatable question but we don't have room to rise to de bait.) " I don't get annoyed when people consistently draw false conclusions from things, because I do it myself, not being God, and until we are able to look into the future, and figure out for sure just what the Eternal Verities are, the world will continue to draw said false conclusions. But I do object very much to BEB's habit of drawing conclusions from absolutely false premises, which she piles one upon another in the most dogmatic, irrelevant way, in practically everything she writes. (To be concluded.)