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Futurian War Digest, whole no. 15, June 1941
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10 fix a bayonet, how to obey signals in the field and to fall flat on my face in a foot of mud at the correct signal, how to walk in the most difficult way imaginable, the "slow march", how to be an efficient infantryman in all ways, and now they are teaching me what I was enrolled for - a signalman. ' ' Army life isn't so bad if you decide not to worry about anything and so far my indifference cultivated by an asiduous study of the past and future of our race has brought me through smiling. The only grouse I've got is that I cant set any science-fiction. Food and drink are plenty of, but the third stay of life seems to have disappeared. I managed by scrounging round a Welsh town i was staying in last week to find a copy of "Unknown" bearing C.L. Moore's "Fruit of Knowledge" and DeCamp's overworked "Wheels of If" etc. I read the whole darned thing, including Gold's story with the muddled beginning "Warm Dark Places," in one evening. i am now in a much larger town but they don't seem to have heard of America or its magazines." Evans[hand-written] of AUSTRALIA[underlined] (David R, at 130 Brook St, Coogee, NSW) pens a personal bit[underlined]: "I am not really an Australian; I left my home in Wales in 1929 at the age of 19 years. That makes a little sum for u 2 work out if u r interested in learning my age. Quite an older codger, are'nt I? ' ' Please say hello to all the guys in America for me, and I would appreciate a letter...from any of the gang. Who knows? You may yet see me on the contents list of Weird Tales some day, for, like Jules Do Grandin, "I'm a devilishly clever fellow". And I sometimes worship at the shrine of Bacchus. I like the good stuff that Jules De Grandin drinks. ' ' I do not know what fascination I hold for bats but rarely does a night pass with- 3 or 4 fluttering in through my open window. They are rather troublesome tonight and keep flying into my face; my attempts at brushing them away seem to be to no avail. So I will have to bid you cheerio..." GET YOUR LETTERS IN EARLY, GUYS, FOR OUR NEXT NUMBER-- THE DENVENTION SPECIAL[underlined]--WHERE WE CAN PROMISE U THE COMPANY OF "DOC" LOWNDES, TED CARNELL, GRAPH WALDEYER, VOL MOLESWORTH, ET AUTRES... And now--to the Sono Section Harry Warner[underlined]: ...two more phonograph records came about two or three weeks ago from the LASFS...consist mostly of plugs Polaris and Specula and a description of your seances...don't know whether they weren't so hot when you turned them out, or whether somone en routeplayed them too well rather than wisely, but in any event, parts are virtually inaudible. Jack Speer[underlined]: Principal useful comment that mite be made...is that the speeches that were planned ahead of time carried most of the interest; the unplanned remarks were just voices, and voices show too little variety to be teddibly interesting in themselves as a usual thing. But something to say, said in this new medium, is definitely something. Bob Tucker[underlined]: Taking Damon's advice I used cactus needles, on our combination radio-phono, and the results were so wonderful that one could detect Bradbury's epiglotis vibrate as he yelled, Yeah, I used cactus needles, but I still removed the steel needle alloted me off the list of names. Couldn't let that get away. Something for nothing! J "rv" Haggard[underlined] (940 - 5 St, San Bernardino Cal): ...I find myself in possession of recording apparatus which produces 'understandable' lingo, although the 1st time I tried it the result sounded like Ackermanese. -- But be it hereby known that any science fiction fiend who possesses like paraphernalia would be answered orally and almost immediately if he directs his electrical transcription of comments in my direction. [line indicating page break] You don't know all about science fiction. If you want[underlined] to know all about science fiction, its past, present and future, someone who knows all about science fiction will have to tell you. There's no such person. But there are a lot of people who know a lot about science fiction. And a lot of them[underlined] are members of the New York Futurians. And a lot of THEM have helped to write the articles, features and columns in THE FUTURIAN REVIEW[handwritten]==which is a 40 page mimeographed magazine, with a silk screen cover, published by the New York Futurians. It's valuable to the fan and in[underlined]valuable to the fantasy writer. Try a copy and see. All you have to do is send 15c to: Jack Gillespie, Editor/and we'll do the rest. It's published quar- 89 Wadsworth Terce,NYC/terly. A year's sub (you save a dime) 50c,
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10 fix a bayonet, how to obey signals in the field and to fall flat on my face in a foot of mud at the correct signal, how to walk in the most difficult way imaginable, the "slow march", how to be an efficient infantryman in all ways, and now they are teaching me what I was enrolled for - a signalman. ' ' Army life isn't so bad if you decide not to worry about anything and so far my indifference cultivated by an asiduous study of the past and future of our race has brought me through smiling. The only grouse I've got is that I cant set any science-fiction. Food and drink are plenty of, but the third stay of life seems to have disappeared. I managed by scrounging round a Welsh town i was staying in last week to find a copy of "Unknown" bearing C.L. Moore's "Fruit of Knowledge" and DeCamp's overworked "Wheels of If" etc. I read the whole darned thing, including Gold's story with the muddled beginning "Warm Dark Places," in one evening. i am now in a much larger town but they don't seem to have heard of America or its magazines." Evans[hand-written] of AUSTRALIA[underlined] (David R, at 130 Brook St, Coogee, NSW) pens a personal bit[underlined]: "I am not really an Australian; I left my home in Wales in 1929 at the age of 19 years. That makes a little sum for u 2 work out if u r interested in learning my age. Quite an older codger, are'nt I? ' ' Please say hello to all the guys in America for me, and I would appreciate a letter...from any of the gang. Who knows? You may yet see me on the contents list of Weird Tales some day, for, like Jules Do Grandin, "I'm a devilishly clever fellow". And I sometimes worship at the shrine of Bacchus. I like the good stuff that Jules De Grandin drinks. ' ' I do not know what fascination I hold for bats but rarely does a night pass with- 3 or 4 fluttering in through my open window. They are rather troublesome tonight and keep flying into my face; my attempts at brushing them away seem to be to no avail. So I will have to bid you cheerio..." GET YOUR LETTERS IN EARLY, GUYS, FOR OUR NEXT NUMBER-- THE DENVENTION SPECIAL[underlined]--WHERE WE CAN PROMISE U THE COMPANY OF "DOC" LOWNDES, TED CARNELL, GRAPH WALDEYER, VOL MOLESWORTH, ET AUTRES... And now--to the Sono Section Harry Warner[underlined]: ...two more phonograph records came about two or three weeks ago from the LASFS...consist mostly of plugs Polaris and Specula and a description of your seances...don't know whether they weren't so hot when you turned them out, or whether somone en routeplayed them too well rather than wisely, but in any event, parts are virtually inaudible. Jack Speer[underlined]: Principal useful comment that mite be made...is that the speeches that were planned ahead of time carried most of the interest; the unplanned remarks were just voices, and voices show too little variety to be teddibly interesting in themselves as a usual thing. But something to say, said in this new medium, is definitely something. Bob Tucker[underlined]: Taking Damon's advice I used cactus needles, on our combination radio-phono, and the results were so wonderful that one could detect Bradbury's epiglotis vibrate as he yelled, Yeah, I used cactus needles, but I still removed the steel needle alloted me off the list of names. Couldn't let that get away. Something for nothing! J "rv" Haggard[underlined] (940 - 5 St, San Bernardino Cal): ...I find myself in possession of recording apparatus which produces 'understandable' lingo, although the 1st time I tried it the result sounded like Ackermanese. -- But be it hereby known that any science fiction fiend who possesses like paraphernalia would be answered orally and almost immediately if he directs his electrical transcription of comments in my direction. [line indicating page break] You don't know all about science fiction. If you want[underlined] to know all about science fiction, its past, present and future, someone who knows all about science fiction will have to tell you. There's no such person. But there are a lot of people who know a lot about science fiction. And a lot of them[underlined] are members of the New York Futurians. And a lot of THEM have helped to write the articles, features and columns in THE FUTURIAN REVIEW[handwritten]==which is a 40 page mimeographed magazine, with a silk screen cover, published by the New York Futurians. It's valuable to the fan and in[underlined]valuable to the fantasy writer. Try a copy and see. All you have to do is send 15c to: Jack Gillespie, Editor/and we'll do the rest. It's published quar- 89 Wadsworth Terce,NYC/terly. A year's sub (you save a dime) 50c,
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