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"Declaration of War"     JINX     page 4
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better look to his laurels." Better look up your psychology, Hisser: for the incidents that were mentioned were entirely plausible. Read a chapter or two on Emotion and its effects. That is if you can read.
     From June, 1941 R & C — "You're a card, Roger, really you are." I can truthfully say that you've furnished me with but one laugh, Hisser, and that was it. I was laughing at your asinine comment.
     I could give my opinion on "Another Man's Viewpoint", but someone has already summed it up beautifully in — "an outsider's misconceived view of fandom."
     From June, 1941 R & C — "Will some kind person tell me why Ackerman and Morojo bother to publish VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION?" Will some kind person tell me why H. C. Koenig bothers to publish READER AND COLLECTOR? One must have something in the mailing to maintain his membership, though.
     And in answer to your query as to the whereabouts of "Sky Trap", which was advertised on the May, 1941 cover of COMET, anyone with a little thought could fathom the answer. Evidently the story was crowded out for lack of space, as was Leslie Croutch's story in one of the latest FUTUREs. It's so much fun to tell those dumb dopes what's what.
     From June, 1941 R & C — ((Notes And Queries)) — "If you don't have a damn good alibi, I'll turn you in to the Federal Trade Commission, so help me." That, my friends, is Mr. Herman C. Koenig.
     From June, 1941 R & C — ((Notes And Queries)) — "There is nothing personal in my comments." That, my friends, is Mr. Herman C. Koenig.
     From December, 1941 R & C — "Oh, Joe dear! I'll bet you say that to all the girls." No, Hisser, just to you. Especially for you. Now if you'll just twist that curl a little to the left, you'll look cute as hell!
     From December, 1941 R & C — "These damned mathematicians drive me crazy. What do they take us for — Einsteins?" I don't know who'd take you, Hisser! But, to clear up Gilbert's "Slander" statement, here's how it should go: "There are now approximately 20 s-f and fantasy magazines on the stands. Of this number 12 pay one-half cent a word, one is a reprint, leaving only 7 paying the cent-a-word rate." I don't know whether Gilbert of Widner made the error, but that is the way it originally read.
     From December, 1941 R & C — "Those two quotations furnish the basis for a nice little essay with the tentative title "Intelligence Versus Egotism"; but I'm too damned laxy to write it." Phew, thank God! We don't have to look at a life of Koenig!
     From December, 1941 R & C — ((Notes And Queries)) — "If my memory serves me correctly, I have found little or no ammunition for my anti-hissing campaign in ASTOUNDING, UNKOWN, or WEIRD TALES. Have I been overlooking something or is it possible that the writers in and the editors of these magazines operate in different social circles than so many of the guys I come across in other scientific-fiction magazines? If you know what I mean — and I think you do----." That, Messrs. Lowndes, Wollheim, Norton, Friend, and others, is Mr. Herman C. Koenig.
     From December, 1941 R & C — ((Notes And Queries)) — "And, while on the subject of writing. Why don't we see more of F. B Long's stories in the scientific-fiction and fantasy magazines? ...He usually has a refreshingly new idea in each of his stories." Dear Hisser, F. B. Long stinks. In the first place his flower stories are nothing buyt invasion plots, terror plots, not-too-cleverly-disguised. And — if "And, while on the subject of writing." is a sentence, then I'll quit college tomorrow!
     From December, 1941 R & C — ((Notes And Queries)) — /speaking of Hornig's Bulletin/ — "If the little brat is under 16, you take the job, if the dimpled darling is over 16, wrap her up in cellophane and send her to me express, collect, insures—I'll take over. It would be a pleasure." That, Angels, is Mr. Herman C. Koenig. And, if there shouldn't be a semi-colon after 'job', I'll read Captain Future.
     Numerours times Hisser has attached Forrest J. Ackerman, and without apparent reason. We can't see the reason, or reasons for the continued asinine, infantile attacks. Perhaps Hisser has aspirations. He'll go at Pong next.
     OF BOOKS AND THINGS — On my desk I have Book League copies of Emerson, Stevenson, Poe, de Maupassant, Zola and Hawthorne. They are bound in blue cloth and would probably sell for not more than a dollar. It's really a pity that I couldn't buy me a couple o' ten dollar books, or have a large, expensive collection like Mac. Then I could go around boasting about 'em; giving a column an issue to JINX. It is pitiful that people mus brag every time the have something that they like. However, I'm
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"Declaration of War" JINX page 4 ___________________________ ___________________________ better look to his laurels." Better look up your psychology, Hisser: for the incidents that were mentioned were entirely plausible. Read a chapter or two on Emotion and its effects. That is if you can read. From June, 1941 R & C — "You're a card, Roger, really you are." I can truthfully say that you've furnished me with but one laugh, Hisser, and that was it. I was laughing at your asinine comment. I could give my opinion on "Another Man's Viewpoint", but someone has already summed it up beautifully in — "an outsider's misconceived view of fandom." From June, 1941 R & C — "Will some kind person tell me why Ackerman and Morojo bother to publish VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION?" Will some kind person tell me why H. C. Koenig bothers to publish READER AND COLLECTOR? One must have something in the mailing to maintain his membership, though. And in answer to your query as to the whereabouts of "Sky Trap", which was advertised on the May, 1941 cover of COMET, anyone with a little thought could fathom the answer. Evidently the story was crowded out for lack of space, as was Leslie Croutch's story in one of the latest FUTUREs. It's so much fun to tell those dumb dopes what's what. From June, 1941 R & C — ((Notes And Queries)) — "If you don't have a damn good alibi, I'll turn you in to the Federal Trade Commission, so help me." That, my friends, is Mr. Herman C. Koenig. From June, 1941 R & C — ((Notes And Queries)) — "There is nothing personal in my comments." That, my friends, is Mr. Herman C. Koenig. From December, 1941 R & C — "Oh, Joe dear! I'll bet you say that to all the girls." No, Hisser, just to you. Especially for you. Now if you'll just twist that curl a little to the left, you'll look cute as hell! From December, 1941 R & C — "These damned mathematicians drive me crazy. What do they take us for — Einsteins?" I don't know who'd take you, Hisser! But, to clear up Gilbert's "Slander" statement, here's how it should go: "There are now approximately 20 s-f and fantasy magazines on the stands. Of this number 12 pay one-half cent a word, one is a reprint, leaving only 7 paying the cent-a-word rate." I don't know whether Gilbert of Widner made the error, but that is the way it originally read. From December, 1941 R & C — "Those two quotations furnish the basis for a nice little essay with the tentative title "Intelligence Versus Egotism"; but I'm too damned laxy to write it." Phew, thank God! We don't have to look at a life of Koenig! From December, 1941 R & C — ((Notes And Queries)) — "If my memory serves me correctly, I have found little or no ammunition for my anti-hissing campaign in ASTOUNDING, UNKOWN, or WEIRD TALES. Have I been overlooking something or is it possible that the writers in and the editors of these magazines operate in different social circles than so many of the guys I come across in other scientific-fiction magazines? If you know what I mean — and I think you do----." That, Messrs. Lowndes, Wollheim, Norton, Friend, and others, is Mr. Herman C. Koenig. From December, 1941 R & C — ((Notes And Queries)) — "And, while on the subject of writing. Why don't we see more of F. B Long's stories in the scientific-fiction and fantasy magazines? ...He usually has a refreshingly new idea in each of his stories." Dear Hisser, F. B. Long stinks. In the first place his flower stories are nothing buyt invasion plots, terror plots, not-too-cleverly-disguised. And — if "And, while on the subject of writing." is a sentence, then I'll quit college tomorrow! From December, 1941 R & C — ((Notes And Queries)) — /speaking of Hornig's Bulletin/ — "If the little brat is under 16, you take the job, if the dimpled darling is over 16, wrap her up in cellophane and send her to me express, collect, insures—I'll take over. It would be a pleasure." That, Angels, is Mr. Herman C. Koenig. And, if there shouldn't be a semi-colon after 'job', I'll read Captain Future. Numerours times Hisser has attached Forrest J. Ackerman, and without apparent reason. We can't see the reason, or reasons for the continued asinine, infantile attacks. Perhaps Hisser has aspirations. He'll go at Pong next. OF BOOKS AND THINGS — On my desk I have Book League copies of Emerson, Stevenson, Poe, de Maupassant, Zola and Hawthorne. They are bound in blue cloth and would probably sell for not more than a dollar. It's really a pity that I couldn't buy me a couple o' ten dollar books, or have a large, expensive collection like Mac. Then I could go around boasting about 'em; giving a column an issue to JINX. It is pitiful that people mus brag every time the have something that they like. However, I'm (Continued on p. 9)