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Scienti Snaps, v. 1, issue 2, Spring 1938

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12 Page SCIENTI-SNAPS

CANDID SNAPS Featuring Fan Magazines
by that old news-hound "Waper Wimple"

   The fan field blossoms out with a trio and more new fan magazines. Sam Moskowitz, editor of HELIOS, will definitely issue FANTASY REVIEW, a monthly magazine featuring fan magazine reviews and associate activities. First issue in the mails by April 1st. The same editor also is preparing a series of large illustrations suitable for framing. These will have the amateur artists' biographies on the back. Six issues, it is believed, will cover all fantasy fan artists of any worth. 
   Jack Gillespie plans a serious attempt in the SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY REVIEW, which we are afraid bears a great resemblance to Moskowitz's proposed FANTASY REVIEW. However, the more the merrier. 
   No more issues of Richard Wilson's ATOM after the third. 
   Alex Osheroff, changeable publisher of such unusual publications as ROBOT, the only fan magazine printed on the back of a postcard, THE SCIENCE FICTION SCOUT, a nutty publication, plans to issue a serious attempt in STF. the magazine of stf. This magazine will feature stories, It plans a cover by Baltadonis. 
   The SCIENCE FICTION COLLECTOR with its next issue goes monthly. The issue of afterward returns to small size which the editor insists is easier to turn out than the large size magazine. FANTASCIENCE DIGEST will follow the precedent of the COLLECTOR and go monthly starting with its next issue.
   Sam Moskowitz forwards an interesting item in the fact that last December he had a four page publication titled the SCIENCE FICTION HERALD set up in hecto ribbon. This was to be a weekly fan magazine much along the style of the NEWS LETTER, excepting the fact that it would have

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12 Page SCIENTI-SNAPS CANDID SNAPS Featuring Fan Magazines by that old news-hound "Waper Wimple" The fan field blossoms out with a trio and more new fan magazines. Sam Moskowitz, editor of HELIOS, will definitely issue FANTASY REVIEW, a monthly magazine featuring fan magazine reviews and associate activities. First issue in the mails by April 1st. The same editor also is preparing a series of large illustrations suitable for framing. These will have the amateur artists' biographies on the back. Six issues, it is believed, will cover all fantasy fan artists of any worth. Jack Gillespie plans a serious attempt in the SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY REVIEW, which we are afraid bears a great resemblance to Moskowitz's proposed FANTASY REVIEW. However, the more the merrier. No more issues of Richard Wilson's ATOM after the third. Alex Osheroff, changeable publisher of such unusual publications as ROBOT, the only fan magazine printed on the back of a postcard, THE SCIENCE FICTION SCOUT, a nutty publication, plans to issue a serious attempt in STF. the magazine of stf. This magazine will feature stories, It plans a cover by Baltadonis. The SCIENCE FICTION COLLECTOR with its next issue goes monthly. The issue of afterward returns to small size which the editor insists is easier to turn out than the large size magazine. FANTASCIENCE DIGEST will follow the precedent of the COLLECTOR and go monthly starting with its next issue. Sam Moskowitz forwards an interesting item in the fact that last December he had a four page publication titled the SCIENCE FICTION HERALD set up in hecto ribbon. This was to be a weekly fan magazine much along the style of the NEWS LETTER, excepting the fact that it would have