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Fanfare, whole no. 10, December 1943

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"Her Serpentine Highness, Adana,* requests your presence at a ping-pong festival, February 31, 2756, in honor of her millionth birthday."
   "How are we going to get there?" inquired Alicia. "Surely February 31st can't be right.   & 2756!"
   "Don't worry," said Rap cheerily. "Verne can fix up worse things than that. Look at that trip of Servadac's.** There's management for you! Besides, Wells has a copy of the Yu-Atlanchi Times for the next day (found it in his mailbox, he says) & we were all there."
   "Will Ray Cummings be there? The poor man has lost his atom, & he's all broken up over it. Do you suppose Mr Wells would fix up his time machine for him?"
   "Might," admitted Rap doubtfully. "We'll worry about that later. Come have a look at the scenery."
   He led her over to a huge plate-glass window. Outside, the luminosity of the sea-floor lit up a weird scene. A city of marble pyramids & black granite columns was drifting by. Seaweed grew in its streets, & its flat roofs were littered with refuse.
   "Atlantis," explained Rap. "The liners will have to be more careful with their garbage when Nemo gets his tours organized. Look at that!"
   A statue of Poseidon came inot view, standing in a chariot drawn by winged horses. His uplifted trident speared a half-grapefruit, & a double strand of Franco-American (advt) spaghetti was knotted under one ear.
   "Disgusting!" agreed Alicia. "But I thot Atlantis was in the vibrations, or up in the stratosphere, or somewhere."#
   "Don't be foolish!" said Rap testily. "That was just a fad. Some new writer trying to be smart. After Plato lost it, Capt Nemo was the first to find it & it's still here." He seized her arm, & cried, "Look! There's the best part of the whole show. The Three Silent Ones, They have stone hearts, they're all deaf & dumb. Look - they're tearing down one of them."
   Sure enuf, a swam of soal-men, fish-men, lizard-men, & other kinds of men were toppling it from solid gold pedestal.## ("A shame!" thot Alicia.   "He looks)
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*ie, The Snake Mother.                   **Off on a Comet.
# see Thru the Vibrations & Cleon of Yzdral by PSMiller.
##Harry "?-Man" Bates of Clayton Astounding.

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"Her Serpentine Highness, Adana,* requests your presence at a ping-pong festival, February 31, 2756, in honor of her millionth birthday." "How are we going to get there?" inquired Alicia. "Surely February 31st can't be right. & 2756!" "Don't worry," said Rap cheerily. "Verne can fix up worse things than that. Look at that trip of Servadac's.** There's management for you! Besides, Wells has a copy of the Yu-Atlanchi Times for the next day (found it in his mailbox, he says) & we were all there." "Will Ray Cummings be there? The poor man has lost his atom, & he's all broken up over it. Do you suppose Mr Wells would fix up his time machine for him?" "Might," admitted Rap doubtfully. "We'll worry about that later. Come have a look at the scenery." He led her over to a huge plate-glass window. Outside, the luminosity of the sea-floor lit up a weird scene. A city of marble pyramids & black granite columns was drifting by. Seaweed grew in its streets, & its flat roofs were littered with refuse. "Atlantis," explained Rap. "The liners will have to be more careful with their garbage when Nemo gets his tours organized. Look at that!" A statue of Poseidon came inot view, standing in a chariot drawn by winged horses. His uplifted trident speared a half-grapefruit, & a double strand of Franco-American (advt) spaghetti was knotted under one ear. "Disgusting!" agreed Alicia. "But I thot Atlantis was in the vibrations, or up in the stratosphere, or somewhere."# "Don't be foolish!" said Rap testily. "That was just a fad. Some new writer trying to be smart. After Plato lost it, Capt Nemo was the first to find it & it's still here." He seized her arm, & cried, "Look! There's the best part of the whole show. The Three Silent Ones, They have stone hearts, they're all deaf & dumb. Look - they're tearing down one of them." Sure enuf, a swam of soal-men, fish-men, lizard-men, & other kinds of men were toppling it from solid gold pedestal.## ("A shame!" thot Alicia. "He looks) ____________________________________ *ie, The Snake Mother. **Off on a Comet. # see Thru the Vibrations & Cleon of Yzdral by PSMiller. ##Harry "?-Man" Bates of Clayton Astounding.