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Fling, issue 1, September 1945
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Fling * * * 3 Willie doesn't. Willie came close to sneering. "It stinks"..... I still like it. I also met a Marine at Willie's home -- Marine and I thoroughly disgusted Bill by talking a G I streak all the way to the Smith's. Willie doesn't like the Army, either. Or the Marines. He's strictly a merchant marine boy, himself. More power to him. Before I forget about it -- I'm going to slip into this envelope (unless I forget) a coupleabucks. I hunger for articles like Michel's on Bok, and more Lowndes, and more Wollheim, and more Shaw. So I am forgetting NFFF, and sending my moolah to Vanguard. If possible, I'd like to start receiving this stuff at the beginning. I'd like my sub to include the first issue, if possible, but if it ain't, what can I do? The money, I suppose, should be sent to Doc, but I don't know his address (my memory is strictly normal -- maybe lower even yet). In fact, yours is about the only fan address I know with the exceptions of Watson and Washington. The wah looks pretty damn good from this end, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were over before many months have passed. Artillery doesn't seem to be the type of organization that would be used as occupation troops -- I hope. Any fans on Oahu? There're a lot of Army, Navy and Marine bases around here, and it's quite possible that at one of them is stationed a service fan. Pearl Harbor, Hickam Field, Wheeler Frield are the larger bases, but there are others. Hawaii -- it ain't what I expected. Honolulu is one of the weirdest cities I have ever seen. Some bulidings are beautiful. Surrounding these beautiful hunks of architecture are the little hovels which are stores owned by native merchants. Contrast unlike any I've ever seen. Still haven't seen a city that beats New York. Worst of all, Honolulu closes up at 2 in the afternoon, or thereabouts. Passes start at noon, so there's little to do in H. by the time you get in. Phooey! Have read a number of novels, none of them outstanding, though I've managed to obtain several that look promising, in particular Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward Angel, the plays of Norman Corwin, Benet's Western Star, and Beard's The Republic, all in the tiny, pocket-sized Army Service Forces editions. Some damned good recent books in these editions (distributed to servicemen free of charge). Sleep No More is among them, as is Selected Ghost Stories of M R James. Ran across a very interesting bit recently. I was highly amused by it, and prize it quite highly: "What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reasons! How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals!" --'s from friend Shakespeare's Hamlet. Here are a couple of other quotes I ran across while reading during the spare time I had at Ord and on the troopship: "He read neither for information nor to improve his mind, but sought in books occasion for reverie." Maugham's "The Narrow Corner". "--It was wonderful to get with the Navy for a change, to
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Fling * * * 3 Willie doesn't. Willie came close to sneering. "It stinks"..... I still like it. I also met a Marine at Willie's home -- Marine and I thoroughly disgusted Bill by talking a G I streak all the way to the Smith's. Willie doesn't like the Army, either. Or the Marines. He's strictly a merchant marine boy, himself. More power to him. Before I forget about it -- I'm going to slip into this envelope (unless I forget) a coupleabucks. I hunger for articles like Michel's on Bok, and more Lowndes, and more Wollheim, and more Shaw. So I am forgetting NFFF, and sending my moolah to Vanguard. If possible, I'd like to start receiving this stuff at the beginning. I'd like my sub to include the first issue, if possible, but if it ain't, what can I do? The money, I suppose, should be sent to Doc, but I don't know his address (my memory is strictly normal -- maybe lower even yet). In fact, yours is about the only fan address I know with the exceptions of Watson and Washington. The wah looks pretty damn good from this end, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were over before many months have passed. Artillery doesn't seem to be the type of organization that would be used as occupation troops -- I hope. Any fans on Oahu? There're a lot of Army, Navy and Marine bases around here, and it's quite possible that at one of them is stationed a service fan. Pearl Harbor, Hickam Field, Wheeler Frield are the larger bases, but there are others. Hawaii -- it ain't what I expected. Honolulu is one of the weirdest cities I have ever seen. Some bulidings are beautiful. Surrounding these beautiful hunks of architecture are the little hovels which are stores owned by native merchants. Contrast unlike any I've ever seen. Still haven't seen a city that beats New York. Worst of all, Honolulu closes up at 2 in the afternoon, or thereabouts. Passes start at noon, so there's little to do in H. by the time you get in. Phooey! Have read a number of novels, none of them outstanding, though I've managed to obtain several that look promising, in particular Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward Angel, the plays of Norman Corwin, Benet's Western Star, and Beard's The Republic, all in the tiny, pocket-sized Army Service Forces editions. Some damned good recent books in these editions (distributed to servicemen free of charge). Sleep No More is among them, as is Selected Ghost Stories of M R James. Ran across a very interesting bit recently. I was highly amused by it, and prize it quite highly: "What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reasons! How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals!" --'s from friend Shakespeare's Hamlet. Here are a couple of other quotes I ran across while reading during the spare time I had at Ord and on the troopship: "He read neither for information nor to improve his mind, but sought in books occasion for reverie." Maugham's "The Narrow Corner". "--It was wonderful to get with the Navy for a change, to
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