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Rocket, v. 1, issue 1, March 1940
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3 [Illustration of writing man in glasses] The Editorial Well! Well! Well! Here we are with vol. 1, no. 1 of the ROCKET. As I am trying to present something new in the way of a fan magazine to science fictionists I shall not start of the editorial in the usual manner by saying that to get the pub, out on time was impossible and the reason why wasn't is that I originally set up the dummy for 72 characters to the line when our mimeography will only print 70; Result: reset entire dummy. As you know the main policy of the mag is to print a fact article and a fiction article around a part of the whole of the fact article. In this issue I have coverred the Tomb of King Tut-Ankh-Amen in a brief form, around this fact article I have written "Death From the Past", a semi-wierd story of ratehr unusal lenghth for fan publication. Another point of the policy was to dedicate each issue to some topic. The egyptian idea seems to fit with out article and so you have the result. The second issue, should there be any written emphasis of a desite for a second one, will PROBABLY be a Prehistoric issue. 4sJ steps up in this issue with a timely article on Rocketor Steve Leberer's semi-article on the subject of space travel his first attempt at science fiction writing. His subject is one of a nature to be agreed and disagreed upon and I'm sure he will be glad to hear your comments. "Histeria in a Hearse" is the result of a nightmare I had a few nights ago. Well, anyway, the results are the same. No hard feelings --- I HOPE -- The art work of this issue is the result of the labors of Bud Miller, Stever Leberer, Milton Entwistle, and myself. I can't give you fellows Bok, or Krupa but I think ours will stand up as pretty good amateur work. I've tried to prove that the old saying, "You can't do fine-line work on a stencil" is all wrong. In the case of Mr. Entwistle's work its a shame that his drawings cannot be reproduced in a finer manner, as his work is in my opinion, in the same class as the top-notch artists. I want to take this opportunity to thank the members of the A Chapter for their valuable advice and for the time they have so generously given to make the ROCKET possible. One last point; My mail box is big as all get out and I got As in school for reading comprehension, so send along your criticism as soon as possible Let me know what you think of the policy, the ads, the authors and artists, and the lay-out. Till I hear from you I shall remain- Progressibely yours, Walt Daugherty Director: L A Science Fictioneers #1 L A Science Fiction League #4
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3 [Illustration of writing man in glasses] The Editorial Well! Well! Well! Here we are with vol. 1, no. 1 of the ROCKET. As I am trying to present something new in the way of a fan magazine to science fictionists I shall not start of the editorial in the usual manner by saying that to get the pub, out on time was impossible and the reason why wasn't is that I originally set up the dummy for 72 characters to the line when our mimeography will only print 70; Result: reset entire dummy. As you know the main policy of the mag is to print a fact article and a fiction article around a part of the whole of the fact article. In this issue I have coverred the Tomb of King Tut-Ankh-Amen in a brief form, around this fact article I have written "Death From the Past", a semi-wierd story of ratehr unusal lenghth for fan publication. Another point of the policy was to dedicate each issue to some topic. The egyptian idea seems to fit with out article and so you have the result. The second issue, should there be any written emphasis of a desite for a second one, will PROBABLY be a Prehistoric issue. 4sJ steps up in this issue with a timely article on Rocketor Steve Leberer's semi-article on the subject of space travel his first attempt at science fiction writing. His subject is one of a nature to be agreed and disagreed upon and I'm sure he will be glad to hear your comments. "Histeria in a Hearse" is the result of a nightmare I had a few nights ago. Well, anyway, the results are the same. No hard feelings --- I HOPE -- The art work of this issue is the result of the labors of Bud Miller, Stever Leberer, Milton Entwistle, and myself. I can't give you fellows Bok, or Krupa but I think ours will stand up as pretty good amateur work. I've tried to prove that the old saying, "You can't do fine-line work on a stencil" is all wrong. In the case of Mr. Entwistle's work its a shame that his drawings cannot be reproduced in a finer manner, as his work is in my opinion, in the same class as the top-notch artists. I want to take this opportunity to thank the members of the A Chapter for their valuable advice and for the time they have so generously given to make the ROCKET possible. One last point; My mail box is big as all get out and I got As in school for reading comprehension, so send along your criticism as soon as possible Let me know what you think of the policy, the ads, the authors and artists, and the lay-out. Till I hear from you I shall remain- Progressibely yours, Walt Daugherty Director: L A Science Fictioneers #1 L A Science Fiction League #4
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