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their inventions but publishers warn them not to do violence to the commoner scientific principles lest readers denounce their errors.
    Scientifiction's fans, mostly boys of 16  to 20, are the jitterbugs of the pulp magazines. Many keep every issue often fetches $25 from collectors. Publishers soon discovered another odd fact about their readers: They are exceptionally articulate. Most of these magazines have letters columns, in which readers appraise stories. Sample: "Gosh WOW! Boyohboy!, and so forth and so on. Yesires, yesires, it's the greatest in the land and the best that's on the stands, and I do mean THRILLING WONDER STORIES, and especially that great, significant, glorious, most thrilling June issue of the mosta and the besta of science fiction magazine....."
     Having formed, through correspondence, an organization called NEW FANDOM, some 200 fans gathered in a small Manhattan hall this week from California, New Mexico, the metropolitan area for three days of speeches, pseudo-scientific movies and discussion of stories with their authors. Cried fan Will S. Sykora from Astoria, L.I. "Let us all work to see that the things we read in science fiction become realities." Said Leo Margulies, managing editor of Standard Magazines (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Startling Stories and Strange Stories): "I am astounded. I didn't think you boys could be so damn sincere."

THE MEETING AFTER THE MEETING
(Held at Weisingers)

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Standing, left to right: Myrtle R. Douglas (Morojo), Julius Schwartz, Otton Binder, Mort Weisinger, Jack Darrow.

Seated, left to right: Forrest J. Ackerman, Ross Rocklynne, Charles D. Hornig and Ray Bradbury.

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their inventions but publishers warn them not to do violence to the commoner scientific principles lest readers denounce their errors. Scientifiction's fans, mostly boys of 16 to 20, are the jitterbugs of the pulp magazines. Many keep every issue often fetches $25 from collectors. Publishers soon discovered another odd fact about their readers: They are exceptionally articulate. Most of these magazines have letters columns, in which readers appraise stories. Sample: "Gosh WOW! Boyohboy!, and so forth and so on. Yesires, yesires, it's the greatest in the land and the best that's on the stands, and I do mean THRILLING WONDER STORIES, and especially that great, significant, glorious, most thrilling June issue of the mosta and the besta of science fiction magazine....." Having formed, through correspondence, an organization called NEW FANDOM, some 200 fans gathered in a small Manhattan hall this week from California, New Mexico, the metropolitan area for three days of speeches, pseudo-scientific movies and discussion of stories with their authors. Cried fan Will S. Sykora from Astoria, L.I. "Let us all work to see that the things we read in science fiction become realities." Said Leo Margulies, managing editor of Standard Magazines (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Startling Stories and Strange Stories): "I am astounded. I didn't think you boys could be so damn sincere." THE MEETING AFTER THE MEETING (Held at Weisingers) Standing, left to right: Myrtle R. Douglas (Morojo), Julius Schwartz, Otton Binder, Mort Weisinger, Jack Darrow. Seated, left to right: Forrest J. Ackerman, Ross Rocklynne, Charles D. Hornig and Ray Bradbury. 14