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Fantasite, v. 1, issue 5, September 1941
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17..........................THE FANTASITE or she is essential to some other person. Can't you feel how utterly horrible and empty life would be if you were totally unwanted, totally useless, and distinctly forlorn? Those who can seek enjoyment from life when they are surrounded by hate upon all sides are a distinct case for a psychopathic ward. Take heed: Kornbluth and Sykora. Fans speak of boycotting this and boycotting that, but there action always ends. No true action is ever put into effect. Sun Spots has been dropped -- not flopped, mind you -- dropped from stfandom due to a distinct boycotting from a popular group of fans.This should be done to other select fmz. Namely? Well, Fan-Atic and Fantaseer for starters. It wouldn't be bad to try a little boycotting on the worthless publications -- popular of course -- such as Voice of Imagi-Nation and Mikros. The former are disgustingly worthless in format and material while the latter are haphazardly good-looking but truly worthless as far as content is concerned. Fan-Atic is no more than another Sun Spots (is enough said?), and Fantaseer has been with us for about two years, always decreasingly good (if good is spoken with a broad sense in mind). VoM is most childish, to say the leasr, and merely contains comments on the last issue which in turn contained comments on the last issue, ad infinitum. Mikros has no place in stfandom, as far as I can see, for it is no more than a slovenly Technocratic bulletin. Let's keep Hoover and the Techs out of stfandom; stfan politics aare okay, but keep the Native Daughters and Technocracy out of our group. Look how detrimental the Futurian group as a whole has been to stfandom. Notice how Socialistic DC'ers have made an attempt to tear things down. There is more digression here, of course, but that is only natural in a column where a columnist may do as he damn well pleases (Take it easy, Phil!). It is a known fact that stfandom needs neat fanmags -- not that there aren't a few -- and boycotting is a method to get rid of the "crummier' ones. Fan-Atic and Fantaseer are a couple to start cleaning out as swiftly as possible. There are several others, of course, but these will suffice to make a start. What is to be done thereafter? Make the established fmz a bit neater than before, is one suggestion, but that is not the prime necessity. Good quality counts a devil of a lot. That is why it is suggested to clean up VoM and Mikros in a good fashion. There are others, still again, which feature crummy material, but these mentioned have no place in stfandom as far as can be seen by an observing individual. These fellows who think they have the goods for another fanmag should start writing for the established fm that they wish to crack and replace such hacks as Warner, Bradbury, Ackerman, Fortier, etc., who would be willing to take a much needed rest from over-activity in the fan-field. Size doesn't mean too much if quality is to be featured. Here's the whipping point: which do you prefer of these two -- a 50 page Fan-Atic or a 12 page Fantasia, the same price for either? Now, think it over and do something. Fellows like Deutsch ((new fan present at Denvention..Ed.)) and Jones would do well to think over such points. Not that they might not turn out a fan of outstanding quality, especially the latter, but they could do much to help the quality of the established journals. Editors who are also writing for others would do well to use their spare time, formerly used for writing, to work on their own publications, thereby creating a much neater piece of material. I believe that this is an idea worthy of presentation to the NFFF. A final point is that better fan-art is a prime requisite. Omigawd! please glance hastily at one of the bacovers for VoM: ludicrous, aren't they? To put it bluntly, the stench is most nauseating and odious. Several new FAPA publications will soon be evidenced. Bronson has a new one, unnamed as yet, and Fort-
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17..........................THE FANTASITE or she is essential to some other person. Can't you feel how utterly horrible and empty life would be if you were totally unwanted, totally useless, and distinctly forlorn? Those who can seek enjoyment from life when they are surrounded by hate upon all sides are a distinct case for a psychopathic ward. Take heed: Kornbluth and Sykora. Fans speak of boycotting this and boycotting that, but there action always ends. No true action is ever put into effect. Sun Spots has been dropped -- not flopped, mind you -- dropped from stfandom due to a distinct boycotting from a popular group of fans.This should be done to other select fmz. Namely? Well, Fan-Atic and Fantaseer for starters. It wouldn't be bad to try a little boycotting on the worthless publications -- popular of course -- such as Voice of Imagi-Nation and Mikros. The former are disgustingly worthless in format and material while the latter are haphazardly good-looking but truly worthless as far as content is concerned. Fan-Atic is no more than another Sun Spots (is enough said?), and Fantaseer has been with us for about two years, always decreasingly good (if good is spoken with a broad sense in mind). VoM is most childish, to say the leasr, and merely contains comments on the last issue which in turn contained comments on the last issue, ad infinitum. Mikros has no place in stfandom, as far as I can see, for it is no more than a slovenly Technocratic bulletin. Let's keep Hoover and the Techs out of stfandom; stfan politics aare okay, but keep the Native Daughters and Technocracy out of our group. Look how detrimental the Futurian group as a whole has been to stfandom. Notice how Socialistic DC'ers have made an attempt to tear things down. There is more digression here, of course, but that is only natural in a column where a columnist may do as he damn well pleases (Take it easy, Phil!). It is a known fact that stfandom needs neat fanmags -- not that there aren't a few -- and boycotting is a method to get rid of the "crummier' ones. Fan-Atic and Fantaseer are a couple to start cleaning out as swiftly as possible. There are several others, of course, but these will suffice to make a start. What is to be done thereafter? Make the established fmz a bit neater than before, is one suggestion, but that is not the prime necessity. Good quality counts a devil of a lot. That is why it is suggested to clean up VoM and Mikros in a good fashion. There are others, still again, which feature crummy material, but these mentioned have no place in stfandom as far as can be seen by an observing individual. These fellows who think they have the goods for another fanmag should start writing for the established fm that they wish to crack and replace such hacks as Warner, Bradbury, Ackerman, Fortier, etc., who would be willing to take a much needed rest from over-activity in the fan-field. Size doesn't mean too much if quality is to be featured. Here's the whipping point: which do you prefer of these two -- a 50 page Fan-Atic or a 12 page Fantasia, the same price for either? Now, think it over and do something. Fellows like Deutsch ((new fan present at Denvention..Ed.)) and Jones would do well to think over such points. Not that they might not turn out a fan of outstanding quality, especially the latter, but they could do much to help the quality of the established journals. Editors who are also writing for others would do well to use their spare time, formerly used for writing, to work on their own publications, thereby creating a much neater piece of material. I believe that this is an idea worthy of presentation to the NFFF. A final point is that better fan-art is a prime requisite. Omigawd! please glance hastily at one of the bacovers for VoM: ludicrous, aren't they? To put it bluntly, the stench is most nauseating and odious. Several new FAPA publications will soon be evidenced. Bronson has a new one, unnamed as yet, and Fort-
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