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Fantasite, v. 1, issue 5, September 1941
Page 19
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19..................THE FANTASITE know, unless he looks up the answers. Daugherty is an ingenious copy-cat. The majority of the cuts in Shangri-La are stolen from standard cuts, and half the art-work in Rocket is copied from photographs. More than that, all of his original illustrations have been enlarged from small pictures. Cyclops is very sloppy, and his records are a direct steal from Winchell. He got into the LASFS limelight by practically electing himself; anyone can win an election without any opposition. As a personal note--: Listen, Walter; why don't you wise up to yourself? You're on the road to ruin right now. You're losing plenty of friends, and you'll soon be gaining many enemies. After all the road to being number one fan is a tough one and only those who are deserving get the title. It's an honor that one has to prove himself eligible for in the face of hard struggles and many years of fanwork. You aren't God, after all, so come back to earth for a spell. You're a decent chap when you're in your right frame of mind. Awards of the month: A slightly shriveled onion-skin to Sam Moskowitz for his stand in regard to the Denvention. A bouquet of gardenias to John Cunningham for his British Science Fiction War Relief Society. The former mailed an anonymous letter to the Denver Chamber of Commerce as an inquiry to see if there would be any Denvention. This was plainly no more than a letter to throw a bad light over the Denver Stfvention. If Sam was in utter seriousness, he could have has the common decency to send a letter direct to Olon Wiggins before drawing any hasty conclusions. As to the letter award, Cunningham is doing a marvelous job in the way of helping British Stfandom. If you have any real spirit in you, mail some of your newest issues of the better stf promags to 2050 Gilbert Street, Beaumont, Texas, accompanying each of same with a five cent stamp. State to which country you wish the mags to go; Cunningham will see that they get there. Maybe six months' passage will bring you a complimentary British promag. A suggestion to aristocratic stfans is that they might donate a dollar or so to this worthy cause which has the seal of unanimous approval from the Denvention; I'm doing just that and Foo knows I am the farthermost thing from a rich soul. I don't know whether you will like this column or whether you'll extremely dislike it. However, rest assured of one thing: I don't give a damn what anyone thinks. I trod on practically eveyone this issue and don't know what the reaction will be, but I hope that you can take a little open slamming. When a person gets it in the guts, he has it coming. And the person ain't always male. After all, a few subtle compliments get dished out on rare occasions. If there is anything that is detestable it is a person who smiles in your face, then stabs you in the back when you turn around. I could mention several names, but I've got the common decency to keep my trap shut in order to give certain ones a chance to mend their ways. Hypocrites ae utterly loathsome, to say the least. If one doesn't like something or someone, why not let the individuals concerned know? If one has the finesse and tact to handle a dislikable person in a refined manner, then more power to him; but not if that one is going to talk behind his back. Lowndes is a fine example of one who knows how to use diplomacy, both at close range and from a distance. I doff my hat to the gentleman. Thanks for sticking through to the end, if you did, and I appreciate your attention no end, if it has been given. I hope that I have not sounded too egotistical, for, though I wish to make my column interesting I do not want to accomplish my ends in the Miske manner. I sincerely hope that Editor Bronson has the common sense to edit this in good fashion, but still leave enough of the original atmosphere so as not to change the meaning as so often hap-
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19..................THE FANTASITE know, unless he looks up the answers. Daugherty is an ingenious copy-cat. The majority of the cuts in Shangri-La are stolen from standard cuts, and half the art-work in Rocket is copied from photographs. More than that, all of his original illustrations have been enlarged from small pictures. Cyclops is very sloppy, and his records are a direct steal from Winchell. He got into the LASFS limelight by practically electing himself; anyone can win an election without any opposition. As a personal note--: Listen, Walter; why don't you wise up to yourself? You're on the road to ruin right now. You're losing plenty of friends, and you'll soon be gaining many enemies. After all the road to being number one fan is a tough one and only those who are deserving get the title. It's an honor that one has to prove himself eligible for in the face of hard struggles and many years of fanwork. You aren't God, after all, so come back to earth for a spell. You're a decent chap when you're in your right frame of mind. Awards of the month: A slightly shriveled onion-skin to Sam Moskowitz for his stand in regard to the Denvention. A bouquet of gardenias to John Cunningham for his British Science Fiction War Relief Society. The former mailed an anonymous letter to the Denver Chamber of Commerce as an inquiry to see if there would be any Denvention. This was plainly no more than a letter to throw a bad light over the Denver Stfvention. If Sam was in utter seriousness, he could have has the common decency to send a letter direct to Olon Wiggins before drawing any hasty conclusions. As to the letter award, Cunningham is doing a marvelous job in the way of helping British Stfandom. If you have any real spirit in you, mail some of your newest issues of the better stf promags to 2050 Gilbert Street, Beaumont, Texas, accompanying each of same with a five cent stamp. State to which country you wish the mags to go; Cunningham will see that they get there. Maybe six months' passage will bring you a complimentary British promag. A suggestion to aristocratic stfans is that they might donate a dollar or so to this worthy cause which has the seal of unanimous approval from the Denvention; I'm doing just that and Foo knows I am the farthermost thing from a rich soul. I don't know whether you will like this column or whether you'll extremely dislike it. However, rest assured of one thing: I don't give a damn what anyone thinks. I trod on practically eveyone this issue and don't know what the reaction will be, but I hope that you can take a little open slamming. When a person gets it in the guts, he has it coming. And the person ain't always male. After all, a few subtle compliments get dished out on rare occasions. If there is anything that is detestable it is a person who smiles in your face, then stabs you in the back when you turn around. I could mention several names, but I've got the common decency to keep my trap shut in order to give certain ones a chance to mend their ways. Hypocrites ae utterly loathsome, to say the least. If one doesn't like something or someone, why not let the individuals concerned know? If one has the finesse and tact to handle a dislikable person in a refined manner, then more power to him; but not if that one is going to talk behind his back. Lowndes is a fine example of one who knows how to use diplomacy, both at close range and from a distance. I doff my hat to the gentleman. Thanks for sticking through to the end, if you did, and I appreciate your attention no end, if it has been given. I hope that I have not sounded too egotistical, for, though I wish to make my column interesting I do not want to accomplish my ends in the Miske manner. I sincerely hope that Editor Bronson has the common sense to edit this in good fashion, but still leave enough of the original atmosphere so as not to change the meaning as so often hap-
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