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Xenon, v. 1, issue 1, March 1944
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Page two XENON EDITOR'S CORNER more what I was looking for. This issue is far from what I would like it to be, but maybe things will improve with the next issue. Mimeographing is all new to me and I find it a great deal different from printing which is a hobby with me. The printing scattered thru out this was done on a 8x12 Gordon. The linoleum block cuts used were cut by one Ted Payer, a master of the art and a friend who cuts them with an ordinary pocket knife. To the contributors of this issue, many thanks for your manuscripts. James Gray, "The Leg Pullers, " writes: "...have a teacher's life certificate. Have never taught tho. Have been soda jerk, grocery clerk, requisition writer in a government warehouse, file clerk, WPA interviewer, and assistant Postmaster, among other things. Lost most of my jobs because of ill health. I started reading science-fiction when I was about 15. Jules Verne's stuff. Found Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Princess of Mars" a short while later. Started reading the old Argosy mag when it published Burroughs' "Chessman of Mars," and later Merritt's "Ship of Ishtar." Can read most anything, but prefer SF and fantasy. Put van Vogt's "slan" as the all-time best story in SF. Weinbaum's "The Black Flame" comes a close second. I'm 35 and married. " Address--Box 204, Hartshorne, Okla. Robert S, Maney, "That Old Piano," is a former Mailing Manager of the American Amateur Press Association and editor of PIED TYPE magazine. Bob is now an aviation cadet taking training in Louisiana. I guess everyone knows D.B. Thompson. It was his helpful and encouraging letters which got me started on this issue. Don was in Lincoln (Nebr) last Thanksgiving and would have liked to have gone down and seem him but couldn't, (continued page 7
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Page two XENON EDITOR'S CORNER more what I was looking for. This issue is far from what I would like it to be, but maybe things will improve with the next issue. Mimeographing is all new to me and I find it a great deal different from printing which is a hobby with me. The printing scattered thru out this was done on a 8x12 Gordon. The linoleum block cuts used were cut by one Ted Payer, a master of the art and a friend who cuts them with an ordinary pocket knife. To the contributors of this issue, many thanks for your manuscripts. James Gray, "The Leg Pullers, " writes: "...have a teacher's life certificate. Have never taught tho. Have been soda jerk, grocery clerk, requisition writer in a government warehouse, file clerk, WPA interviewer, and assistant Postmaster, among other things. Lost most of my jobs because of ill health. I started reading science-fiction when I was about 15. Jules Verne's stuff. Found Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Princess of Mars" a short while later. Started reading the old Argosy mag when it published Burroughs' "Chessman of Mars," and later Merritt's "Ship of Ishtar." Can read most anything, but prefer SF and fantasy. Put van Vogt's "slan" as the all-time best story in SF. Weinbaum's "The Black Flame" comes a close second. I'm 35 and married. " Address--Box 204, Hartshorne, Okla. Robert S, Maney, "That Old Piano," is a former Mailing Manager of the American Amateur Press Association and editor of PIED TYPE magazine. Bob is now an aviation cadet taking training in Louisiana. I guess everyone knows D.B. Thompson. It was his helpful and encouraging letters which got me started on this issue. Don was in Lincoln (Nebr) last Thanksgiving and would have liked to have gone down and seem him but couldn't, (continued page 7
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