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Fantasite, v. 1, issue 5, September 1941
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Comes next an excerpt from a letter from across the pond: DOUGLAS WEBSTER No FANTASITE so far, but no doubt ot/they will flow through the box all in good time. I've taken over FANTAST from CSYoud, so if I manage to finish it by next week you'll get a copy then, if not, later. With luck I may manage to put out two or three more issues of it, but inevitably I will follow the way of all good English fan mag editors and quit this autumn. Thus, I can hardly offer it in exchange for anything, but you're welcome as a friend/acquaintance/correspondence/anything-you-like. If you know of any morons who'd care to have copies, have 'em write me without delay for terms. Well, how did the Denvention stagger along? As you'll see, my latest US letter was wrote just before Art Widner thundered along with the skylark to pick up Milty & head fullsteam for the West, so I wouldn't know. ((Article in this ish ought to give you all the details, Doug. And I recommend FANTAST to anyone that doesn't have a copy of the latest No. from Doug Webster, Idlewild, Fountainhall Road, Aberdeen, Scotland.)) -------------------------- A few comments nest, from the MFS' best impromptu entertainer: DOUG BLAKELY I want to tell you how much I enjoyed the Fantasite. I read it from cover to cover, twice; it was that good, and better. Natcherly, old Sam Russell's "The World Accursed", which was really a beautiful piece of writing, good enough for any pulp on the stands right now. Orchids to Sam for a great little yarn. "Bluebeard" was good also. Just about everything in the mag was tops. ((We can really see that brother Blakely likes us! There'll be more of Russell coming up. Some dandy book reviews are on hand here for the next number.)) 4244 Crocker Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. And here's another MFS member: KEN PETERSON A few comments on the latest Fantasite. Glad you left the contents off the back of the cover this time. Sam's story is fine, I liked his style of writing very much, and your illustration was good, too. As for Hams and Pros, couldn't you put the pros all together? It's rather confusing the way it is now. Altogether it's a swell issue. 1410 Wellesley Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. --------------------------- Here's a portion of a letter which was crowded out of the last issue, commenting on #3 Fantasite: D. B. THOMPSON Jacobi treats highly controversial matter in a sensible and enlightening manner, -- but I still don't care for definitely weird material. Squanchfoot, who took the honors in the club pic, also seems to be about the best writer in the MFS, which, considering the makeup of that organization, is very high praise indeed. "Among the Hams and Pros" is very adequately handled. One person can't do justice to such a column. Suggest that, where there is violent disagreement among the various members of the Camp, they might occasionally give conflicting reports on a specific magazine or story, just to liven things up a bit. ((How about it, boys?)) Fanta-scripts deserves special mention. A good fanzine begets a good letter section, and vice versa. Why, even ocnmarje, the noisy little fellow from Iowa, has a readable missive. Nothing like that ever happened before. Warner, Ackerman, Gilbert, and several others have written entertaining, constructive letters. I heartily agree with Robert Arthur in the matter of critical material for future issues. 213 Lakeview, Pineville, Louisiana. -------------------------
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Comes next an excerpt from a letter from across the pond: DOUGLAS WEBSTER No FANTASITE so far, but no doubt ot/they will flow through the box all in good time. I've taken over FANTAST from CSYoud, so if I manage to finish it by next week you'll get a copy then, if not, later. With luck I may manage to put out two or three more issues of it, but inevitably I will follow the way of all good English fan mag editors and quit this autumn. Thus, I can hardly offer it in exchange for anything, but you're welcome as a friend/acquaintance/correspondence/anything-you-like. If you know of any morons who'd care to have copies, have 'em write me without delay for terms. Well, how did the Denvention stagger along? As you'll see, my latest US letter was wrote just before Art Widner thundered along with the skylark to pick up Milty & head fullsteam for the West, so I wouldn't know. ((Article in this ish ought to give you all the details, Doug. And I recommend FANTAST to anyone that doesn't have a copy of the latest No. from Doug Webster, Idlewild, Fountainhall Road, Aberdeen, Scotland.)) -------------------------- A few comments nest, from the MFS' best impromptu entertainer: DOUG BLAKELY I want to tell you how much I enjoyed the Fantasite. I read it from cover to cover, twice; it was that good, and better. Natcherly, old Sam Russell's "The World Accursed", which was really a beautiful piece of writing, good enough for any pulp on the stands right now. Orchids to Sam for a great little yarn. "Bluebeard" was good also. Just about everything in the mag was tops. ((We can really see that brother Blakely likes us! There'll be more of Russell coming up. Some dandy book reviews are on hand here for the next number.)) 4244 Crocker Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. And here's another MFS member: KEN PETERSON A few comments on the latest Fantasite. Glad you left the contents off the back of the cover this time. Sam's story is fine, I liked his style of writing very much, and your illustration was good, too. As for Hams and Pros, couldn't you put the pros all together? It's rather confusing the way it is now. Altogether it's a swell issue. 1410 Wellesley Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. --------------------------- Here's a portion of a letter which was crowded out of the last issue, commenting on #3 Fantasite: D. B. THOMPSON Jacobi treats highly controversial matter in a sensible and enlightening manner, -- but I still don't care for definitely weird material. Squanchfoot, who took the honors in the club pic, also seems to be about the best writer in the MFS, which, considering the makeup of that organization, is very high praise indeed. "Among the Hams and Pros" is very adequately handled. One person can't do justice to such a column. Suggest that, where there is violent disagreement among the various members of the Camp, they might occasionally give conflicting reports on a specific magazine or story, just to liven things up a bit. ((How about it, boys?)) Fanta-scripts deserves special mention. A good fanzine begets a good letter section, and vice versa. Why, even ocnmarje, the noisy little fellow from Iowa, has a readable missive. Nothing like that ever happened before. Warner, Ackerman, Gilbert, and several others have written entertaining, constructive letters. I heartily agree with Robert Arthur in the matter of critical material for future issues. 213 Lakeview, Pineville, Louisiana. -------------------------
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