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Imagination, v. 1, issue 4, whole no. 4, January 1938
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4 Russ Hodgkins Unlike the "J" in "Forrest J" -- whose alter ego Russ emphatically is not, refuting rumorous reports emanating from Eastern errorists that FJA is a plural personality supporting "Russell J. Hodgkins" as a pseudonym (a belief so baroque that all local fans baroque out laughing when they first heard it) -- the initial stands for something, namely "John". The popular Pres. - Treas. of the '36-'37 term, just unanimously re-elected for leadership of a 2d year, was born in '10 in Sydney/Australia, coming to America when 4. Unmarried, he is employed in the local Federal Reserve Bank. Altho he never has submitted a letter to a magazine, nor written a fan article, Russ is a phantasy collected of the "phirst" water, possessing an extraordinary array of major & minor imaginative periodicals (well over 500), bks, scores of excerpted Argosyarns etc personally bound in professional manner -- undoubtedly one the outstanding examples of its kind in California...in all fandom, for that fact. He cut his eye-teeth on Merrittales "Metal Monster, Ishtar" & Farleyarns (the "Radio" series), meanwhile searching the public libraries for anything in the way of imaginative fiction. When Amazing Stories appeared in '26, s-f was an old familiar friend, & as such has remained to date. Askt to name his favorite authors, stories, illustrators, he indicated the 40-odd feet of cupboard space his collection occupies -- "There they are...I like 'em all." He enjoys weird & stf equally & owns a file of WT back to '25. In company such a famous flame of fantascience field (pg 20) Morojo A feminine fenomenon is this vivacious dark-eyed lil lady stf fan whose age she states Sphinxly as "over 21". Her fathr's ancestrs originly from Wales, this tiny (4' 11 1/2") pkg of TNT truly may be termd a "Welsh rarebit". Born in San Diego/Cal, she was brot up on Burroughs, an authr she still admires immensely, readng him at 12 along with Verne & Haggard. Took up offtrail tales in Arg; introduced to standrd stf by her bro by bound excerptd instalmnts the initial "Skylark". Her favorite fictionist is Smith, EE; authoresse, CLMoore. Best scientifantasyarn in her estimation: "Brite Illusion". Her fantasy files feature fanmags. Auditr by vocation; Esperantist by avocation, she first was Secy th LA Esperanto-Klubo, presentime Vice-Pres. --Praps it's aboutime her "singulr" name's explanation & pronunciation be informd th "outside world". Some may remembr she flasht into fantasy fandom as "Morogo". This was, one might term, her "initial name", maryd; renderd in th Esp alfabet as in Eng she might'v been calld "Emargee". But th "g" was too gutteral, she enlitens, so aftr awhile she substituted for it th softr "j"--which equals Eng "y". Th accent in Esp is always on th penultimate, thus MORO'YO. Miss Myrtle R. Douglas. On occasions she uses a pseudonym. She favors "sciencized" socialism, or Technocracy. Is Anti-Alcoholist, Pacifist, Materialist. "Ackermanese" apostle, this sketch of her is being "Tomoroized" with streamlined spelng, not with her permission but at her incistence! Th Scientifilm Supreme in her opinion: THINGS TO COME, which she has "experienct "--she puts it--6 times..."to date"! Raymond "John Cabal" Massey, one her foremost movie faves. Othrs, masculine: Herbert Marshall, Fredric March, Robt Montgomery, Geo Brent. Feminine: Marlene Dietrich, Anna Sten, Claudette Colbert, Simone Simon, Dorothy Lamour. She declares she'd be delited to stowaway on a rocket!
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4 Russ Hodgkins Unlike the "J" in "Forrest J" -- whose alter ego Russ emphatically is not, refuting rumorous reports emanating from Eastern errorists that FJA is a plural personality supporting "Russell J. Hodgkins" as a pseudonym (a belief so baroque that all local fans baroque out laughing when they first heard it) -- the initial stands for something, namely "John". The popular Pres. - Treas. of the '36-'37 term, just unanimously re-elected for leadership of a 2d year, was born in '10 in Sydney/Australia, coming to America when 4. Unmarried, he is employed in the local Federal Reserve Bank. Altho he never has submitted a letter to a magazine, nor written a fan article, Russ is a phantasy collected of the "phirst" water, possessing an extraordinary array of major & minor imaginative periodicals (well over 500), bks, scores of excerpted Argosyarns etc personally bound in professional manner -- undoubtedly one the outstanding examples of its kind in California...in all fandom, for that fact. He cut his eye-teeth on Merrittales "Metal Monster, Ishtar" & Farleyarns (the "Radio" series), meanwhile searching the public libraries for anything in the way of imaginative fiction. When Amazing Stories appeared in '26, s-f was an old familiar friend, & as such has remained to date. Askt to name his favorite authors, stories, illustrators, he indicated the 40-odd feet of cupboard space his collection occupies -- "There they are...I like 'em all." He enjoys weird & stf equally & owns a file of WT back to '25. In company such a famous flame of fantascience field (pg 20) Morojo A feminine fenomenon is this vivacious dark-eyed lil lady stf fan whose age she states Sphinxly as "over 21". Her fathr's ancestrs originly from Wales, this tiny (4' 11 1/2") pkg of TNT truly may be termd a "Welsh rarebit". Born in San Diego/Cal, she was brot up on Burroughs, an authr she still admires immensely, readng him at 12 along with Verne & Haggard. Took up offtrail tales in Arg; introduced to standrd stf by her bro by bound excerptd instalmnts the initial "Skylark". Her favorite fictionist is Smith, EE; authoresse, CLMoore. Best scientifantasyarn in her estimation: "Brite Illusion". Her fantasy files feature fanmags. Auditr by vocation; Esperantist by avocation, she first was Secy th LA Esperanto-Klubo, presentime Vice-Pres. --Praps it's aboutime her "singulr" name's explanation & pronunciation be informd th "outside world". Some may remembr she flasht into fantasy fandom as "Morogo". This was, one might term, her "initial name", maryd; renderd in th Esp alfabet as in Eng she might'v been calld "Emargee". But th "g" was too gutteral, she enlitens, so aftr awhile she substituted for it th softr "j"--which equals Eng "y". Th accent in Esp is always on th penultimate, thus MORO'YO. Miss Myrtle R. Douglas. On occasions she uses a pseudonym. She favors "sciencized" socialism, or Technocracy. Is Anti-Alcoholist, Pacifist, Materialist. "Ackermanese" apostle, this sketch of her is being "Tomoroized" with streamlined spelng, not with her permission but at her incistence! Th Scientifilm Supreme in her opinion: THINGS TO COME, which she has "experienct "--she puts it--6 times..."to date"! Raymond "John Cabal" Massey, one her foremost movie faves. Othrs, masculine: Herbert Marshall, Fredric March, Robt Montgomery, Geo Brent. Feminine: Marlene Dietrich, Anna Sten, Claudette Colbert, Simone Simon, Dorothy Lamour. She declares she'd be delited to stowaway on a rocket!
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