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Jinx, v. 1, issue 2, whole no. 2, March 1942
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JINX Passing THOUGTS and FANCIES by Raymond Warrington, Jr Beginning our .... FEATURE COLUMN Dear Scientifriends: This is supposed to fill out two pages and still be interesting. Anyway, one of these two purposes will at least be filled. Being something of a deep thinker at times, I was recently musing over the old old question: "What is the purpose of life?" Bestirring my sluggish brain to action, I reasoned thusly: the purpose of life is to satisfy a desire and settle a controversy. The more I thought of it, the more amazed I became - I had blandly solved an age-long-riddle! And in a very few moments, too. But, on the other hand, all fans are of course, geniuses, and what else could you expect from a stfanatic? Anyway, there you have it, short and sweet: the two purposes of life - to satisfy a desire and settle a controversy. You, being of undoubtable brilliance, can probably easily point out many other more complex purposes, but I insist that these other purposes stem directly or indirectly from the two main objectives. Any way you look at it, it's something to think about. I have come to realise that there are three species of life upon our fair world; Flora, fauna and fana. That is my original idea, you know. I got the idea from a blurred 's' in the June, '41 issue of THE SOUTHERN STAR. Seems that the staff was pleading with the fans to come to the Dencom (and filling up space nicely in the process) with the group trip, which never did materialize, The 'fans' looked like 'fana' hence the pun. being recently filled and overflowing with a surge of ambition, i rattled off over 400 words if Pillars for Palmer (you know him!) and dispatched them immediately. I got them back pretty quick, too! I had also sent him some cartoons , and got a rejection slip for both. Did you ever get a Ziff-Davis rejection slip? They are so pretty. They're printed mostly in italics on rather heavy cardboard. ((Hey, Raym, don't forget the pitty boo ink that they're printed with. HJ)) It's worth the trouble of submitting something just to get one of them. I'm sorry that I lost mine. ((The editor of JINX solved Ray's problem by dispatching him a Z-D rejection slip on receipt of this column.)) I am astounded and humbled after receiving a letter from the Great Gilbert. He writes so cheerfully! Now I can - and frequently do - drool on for many pages in chain letters and intra-fan correspondence, but that's as far as it goes usually. But it is hardly worth one of Joe's letters. They are better than mine - I have the quantity - achtung! ((There'll be a five minute pause while Josephus blushes.)) In case you'd like to know how to get a letter printed in a prozine, follow this advice that I thunk up recently. There are several methods: (1) Say that you are only eight year sold and have never before written to any magazine. Then laud the mag to the skies, and close with a hopeful plea for continued goot work. This method is very simple. Then we have method 2: Be utterly bored and sophisticated. Drawl at the editor; intimate that you really haven't the time for this - jolly bad show, pot of tea, old chap - all that sort of thing, eh what? The editor will be fascinated by this kind of missive and will hand it to the printer automatically. Never even hint that you expect it not to be printed - be utterly bored. And don't forget to give credit where credit is due. Now, we take up Method 3: This partakes largely of 2 - talk to the fans, and not the editors. Tell them news and stuff and stuff and stuff. The poor ed will think. ((period)) "Surely this must be included. If it isn't, it is just the same as stealing the fans' mail. Oh, ppprrriiinnnttteeerrr! Astounding has grown so dull and frightfully sophisticate d in the past few years of the Campbell Regime that in some instances I feared to purchase it., lest it slip out of my grasp with the slickness of the pages and the dull, dull-coloured covers reflect no light at all, and the I would never find it again.
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JINX Passing THOUGTS and FANCIES by Raymond Warrington, Jr Beginning our .... FEATURE COLUMN Dear Scientifriends: This is supposed to fill out two pages and still be interesting. Anyway, one of these two purposes will at least be filled. Being something of a deep thinker at times, I was recently musing over the old old question: "What is the purpose of life?" Bestirring my sluggish brain to action, I reasoned thusly: the purpose of life is to satisfy a desire and settle a controversy. The more I thought of it, the more amazed I became - I had blandly solved an age-long-riddle! And in a very few moments, too. But, on the other hand, all fans are of course, geniuses, and what else could you expect from a stfanatic? Anyway, there you have it, short and sweet: the two purposes of life - to satisfy a desire and settle a controversy. You, being of undoubtable brilliance, can probably easily point out many other more complex purposes, but I insist that these other purposes stem directly or indirectly from the two main objectives. Any way you look at it, it's something to think about. I have come to realise that there are three species of life upon our fair world; Flora, fauna and fana. That is my original idea, you know. I got the idea from a blurred 's' in the June, '41 issue of THE SOUTHERN STAR. Seems that the staff was pleading with the fans to come to the Dencom (and filling up space nicely in the process) with the group trip, which never did materialize, The 'fans' looked like 'fana' hence the pun. being recently filled and overflowing with a surge of ambition, i rattled off over 400 words if Pillars for Palmer (you know him!) and dispatched them immediately. I got them back pretty quick, too! I had also sent him some cartoons , and got a rejection slip for both. Did you ever get a Ziff-Davis rejection slip? They are so pretty. They're printed mostly in italics on rather heavy cardboard. ((Hey, Raym, don't forget the pitty boo ink that they're printed with. HJ)) It's worth the trouble of submitting something just to get one of them. I'm sorry that I lost mine. ((The editor of JINX solved Ray's problem by dispatching him a Z-D rejection slip on receipt of this column.)) I am astounded and humbled after receiving a letter from the Great Gilbert. He writes so cheerfully! Now I can - and frequently do - drool on for many pages in chain letters and intra-fan correspondence, but that's as far as it goes usually. But it is hardly worth one of Joe's letters. They are better than mine - I have the quantity - achtung! ((There'll be a five minute pause while Josephus blushes.)) In case you'd like to know how to get a letter printed in a prozine, follow this advice that I thunk up recently. There are several methods: (1) Say that you are only eight year sold and have never before written to any magazine. Then laud the mag to the skies, and close with a hopeful plea for continued goot work. This method is very simple. Then we have method 2: Be utterly bored and sophisticated. Drawl at the editor; intimate that you really haven't the time for this - jolly bad show, pot of tea, old chap - all that sort of thing, eh what? The editor will be fascinated by this kind of missive and will hand it to the printer automatically. Never even hint that you expect it not to be printed - be utterly bored. And don't forget to give credit where credit is due. Now, we take up Method 3: This partakes largely of 2 - talk to the fans, and not the editors. Tell them news and stuff and stuff and stuff. The poor ed will think. ((period)) "Surely this must be included. If it isn't, it is just the same as stealing the fans' mail. Oh, ppprrriiinnnttteeerrr! Astounding has grown so dull and frightfully sophisticate d in the past few years of the Campbell Regime that in some instances I feared to purchase it., lest it slip out of my grasp with the slickness of the pages and the dull, dull-coloured covers reflect no light at all, and the I would never find it again.
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