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Fanfare, whole no. 10, December 1943

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Her feet struck bottom. She stood up. A gigantic black monster rose from the deep, lifting her above the water. A hatch opened. A man looked out, bearded, ascetic, with soulful eyes.
   "Captain NEMO!"* Alicia shouted, as she scrambled for the hatch.
   Inside the Nautilus, Alicia took stock of her surroundings. The room in which she found herself, luxuriously furnished, was much larger than the entire submarine. Three archways led to other rooms. Along one wall stood a long line of distinguished-looking men; Capt Nemo, fumbling with his necktie, Ned Land,* parting his marceled locks with a harpoon, the entire Gun Club, Doctor Ox, Robur....**
   Down at the end of the line she spied a little fat man with a walrus mustache. H G Wells!
   "What are you doing here?" she demanded sternly. 
   He squirmed like an embarrassed bunny. His nose oscillated. 
   "I-I had a vacation," he said in a small voice. "I had so many Utopias, *** & I thot I would like to see how the boys were coming on. They are so much nicer than the highbrow crowd I have to put up with."
   "Heavens!" exploded Alicia, "Why can't you authors stick to your own characters? I suppose Jules Verne has gone swimming with that mermaid of yours?"#
   "As a matter of fact," said a familiar voice at her shoulder, "he has picked up Cosmo Versal## & they are taking Lur & Norhala to the Snake Mother's ping-pong party."
   She spun around. There stood Rap, grinning like a Pepsodent ad (advt).
   "Hiya, kid?" he greeted her cheerily. "Thot I'd lost you. Here," he handed her a card. "Here is your invitation."
   She looked at it. Engraved on a thin sheet of emerald were the words:
______________________________________
*from "20,000 Leagues", of course.   ## of 2nd Deluge. 
**Verne characters from Earth to Moon, Purchase of the North Pole, Dr Ox's Experiment, Robur the Conqueror, etc.
*** Men Like Gods, The Dream, The Sleeper Wakes, etc.
# This allusion has us stumped. Can anybody help?

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14 Her feet struck bottom. She stood up. A gigantic black monster rose from the deep, lifting her above the water. A hatch opened. A man looked out, bearded, ascetic, with soulful eyes. "Captain NEMO!"* Alicia shouted, as she scrambled for the hatch. Inside the Nautilus, Alicia took stock of her surroundings. The room in which she found herself, luxuriously furnished, was much larger than the entire submarine. Three archways led to other rooms. Along one wall stood a long line of distinguished-looking men; Capt Nemo, fumbling with his necktie, Ned Land,* parting his marceled locks with a harpoon, the entire Gun Club, Doctor Ox, Robur....** Down at the end of the line she spied a little fat man with a walrus mustache. H G Wells! "What are you doing here?" she demanded sternly. He squirmed like an embarrassed bunny. His nose oscillated. "I-I had a vacation," he said in a small voice. "I had so many Utopias, *** & I thot I would like to see how the boys were coming on. They are so much nicer than the highbrow crowd I have to put up with." "Heavens!" exploded Alicia, "Why can't you authors stick to your own characters? I suppose Jules Verne has gone swimming with that mermaid of yours?"# "As a matter of fact," said a familiar voice at her shoulder, "he has picked up Cosmo Versal## & they are taking Lur & Norhala to the Snake Mother's ping-pong party." She spun around. There stood Rap, grinning like a Pepsodent ad (advt). "Hiya, kid?" he greeted her cheerily. "Thot I'd lost you. Here," he handed her a card. "Here is your invitation." She looked at it. Engraved on a thin sheet of emerald were the words: ______________________________________ *from "20,000 Leagues", of course. ## of 2nd Deluge. **Verne characters from Earth to Moon, Purchase of the North Pole, Dr Ox's Experiment, Robur the Conqueror, etc. *** Men Like Gods, The Dream, The Sleeper Wakes, etc. # This allusion has us stumped. Can anybody help?