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The Science Fiction Fan, v. 4, issue 5, whole no. 41, December 1939
Page 13
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FAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 in whole in a fan mag to get his letter in its entirety before the public. Weisinger (presumably) snipped out everything he didn't care to print. Now "PRISONER OF MARS" run in STARTLING a couple of issues back was no four bell story. In fact, some, including myself thought it stank most foully. But not a letter showed up saying so. And many were sent. I myself sent a very sarcastic postal. Did it appear? It did not! But a sappy, oozing letter from some reader no one ever heard of before did, and only because the guy praised the story, I am led to think. (And don't think I am belly-aching just because editors won't print my letters!) Palmer of AMAZING practices this too, to a certain degree, but he does allow a little bit of criticism to creep in. He gets plenty, that is certain, for about 75% of the fans think little of AMAZING. But he prints very, very few critical letters, preferring instead to run the "great story, old chap! Give us more!" sort of thing. Who the hell do they think they are fooling. I could, also go into a rage over Palmers practice of cutting anything from a letter he doesn't think worthwhile to print, without the writers permission, but gadzook! the futility of it all! They will fo on doing it until somebody else buys the magazine, or until somebody else doesn't buy it. ********************* FILM REVIEW "The Human Monster" British-made "horror" film featuring Bela Lugosi in a dual role. All about a murder mansion and ow ironically Lugosi's blind servant in the end in error disposes of his master. Adapted from Edgar Wallace' "Dark Eyes of London". -- Weaver Wright.
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FAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 in whole in a fan mag to get his letter in its entirety before the public. Weisinger (presumably) snipped out everything he didn't care to print. Now "PRISONER OF MARS" run in STARTLING a couple of issues back was no four bell story. In fact, some, including myself thought it stank most foully. But not a letter showed up saying so. And many were sent. I myself sent a very sarcastic postal. Did it appear? It did not! But a sappy, oozing letter from some reader no one ever heard of before did, and only because the guy praised the story, I am led to think. (And don't think I am belly-aching just because editors won't print my letters!) Palmer of AMAZING practices this too, to a certain degree, but he does allow a little bit of criticism to creep in. He gets plenty, that is certain, for about 75% of the fans think little of AMAZING. But he prints very, very few critical letters, preferring instead to run the "great story, old chap! Give us more!" sort of thing. Who the hell do they think they are fooling. I could, also go into a rage over Palmers practice of cutting anything from a letter he doesn't think worthwhile to print, without the writers permission, but gadzook! the futility of it all! They will fo on doing it until somebody else buys the magazine, or until somebody else doesn't buy it. ********************* FILM REVIEW "The Human Monster" British-made "horror" film featuring Bela Lugosi in a dual role. All about a murder mansion and ow ironically Lugosi's blind servant in the end in error disposes of his master. Adapted from Edgar Wallace' "Dark Eyes of London". -- Weaver Wright.
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