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Fantascience Digest, v. 2, issue 4, May-June 1939

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FANTASCIENCE DIGEST                      Page 27 

   JOHN GIUNTA: The bset thing in the current issue was Sam Moskowitz's "Grand Old Fan" and, of course, I know who he was referring to as the Grand Old Fan. Which makes it all the more enjoyable. I have read it twice allready and I would like to congratulate am on a beauty of a story-article. Your editorial; good as usual. Same for the readers' department; keep it as large as it is, or you can enlarge it a little more. I did not care for Rothman's "Jack Williamson's Valhalla"; not interested in such stuff, I suppose. 
   Harry Warner's article was interesting, but nothing new. Your "Science Fiction Spotlight" was very good, but some of the items are stale. However, keep it up; it's swell. Fischer's "Those Were the Days" I enjoyed plenty. Reinsberg's "Amazing News" this issue is so-so. "The Strange Case of Mr. Geech---" PUTRID! Why do you insist on publishing such stuff? (Now, now, Johnny. Kuttner's humor-yarns are extremely popular with the readers of FD; you being about the only kicker. Consequently, I'm afraid I'll print many more Kuttner humor-yarns in the future, providing Hank writes them, of course-RAM) Rothman's article again was not so hot. The second best thing in the issue was "Davud V. Reed's Hoax" by John Bristol. "My Favorite science fiction story" is a good department. Hope I will be able to tell mine soon. "The Eternal Wanderer" not so hot this time. Tell Train to brush up a little. He has been doing an admirable job, but now......Well, I guess it's not his fualt. Fred W. Fischer made me change a smile into a laugh with his "Genius Bursts in Bloom". You have a good catch there; hold on to him. His poem and article are among the wittiest things I have ever read. If he writes any more like them, grab them up. (Fischer will appear quite consistently in FD. How do you like his article in this issue?--RAM)

   JOHN F. BURKE: Quite honestly, I think FD is far better than the old FANTASY MAGAZINE - your set-ups, material, and the terrific personality about the whole magazine amaze me. I have been loaning my copies all over the place in the hope of getting you new subscribers; this because without sufficient backing any fan-mag will fold up, and I couldn't bear to think of the Digest flitting off to the Never-Never Land.

   Generally speaking - I marvel at the perfection of your duplicating. As Harry Warner says, you have just the right amount of ink on every page - it's wunnerful!
   Cover - quite good, but a little Flash Gordonish, don't you think? I prefer symbolical covers myself, or at least some general scene. This one looks as though it might be from a story inside, and I spent quite a time looking through the issue for the feature it was supposed to illustrate.
   "Grand Old Fan" - very hackneyed. Make the fan a theatrical producer, and this story appears about three times a month in our "20-Story Magazine." The style is quite good, though.
   Williamson's Valhalla - I am definitely a Wagner fan, but never thot of this parallel, which is very interesting. I think I'd better try plagiarising Lohengrin - or has someone else started on it by now?
   Harry Warner writes facts that we all know, but he puts them together well, and I always enjoy this sort of article - probably because I know what it's all about, and don't have to think too hard.
   Oh no - I can't answer those questions, and I'm not going to make a fool of myself trying.
   The Spotlight is excellent - where do you get all your news? I receive regular letters from Margulies giving advance line-ups of TWS, STARTLING, STRANGE, etc., but I've usually read the stuff in

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FANTASCIENCE DIGEST Page 27 JOHN GIUNTA: The bset thing in the current issue was Sam Moskowitz's "Grand Old Fan" and, of course, I know who he was referring to as the Grand Old Fan. Which makes it all the more enjoyable. I have read it twice allready and I would like to congratulate am on a beauty of a story-article. Your editorial; good as usual. Same for the readers' department; keep it as large as it is, or you can enlarge it a little more. I did not care for Rothman's "Jack Williamson's Valhalla"; not interested in such stuff, I suppose. Harry Warner's article was interesting, but nothing new. Your "Science Fiction Spotlight" was very good, but some of the items are stale. However, keep it up; it's swell. Fischer's "Those Were the Days" I enjoyed plenty. Reinsberg's "Amazing News" this issue is so-so. "The Strange Case of Mr. Geech---" PUTRID! Why do you insist on publishing such stuff? (Now, now, Johnny. Kuttner's humor-yarns are extremely popular with the readers of FD; you being about the only kicker. Consequently, I'm afraid I'll print many more Kuttner humor-yarns in the future, providing Hank writes them, of course-RAM) Rothman's article again was not so hot. The second best thing in the issue was "Davud V. Reed's Hoax" by John Bristol. "My Favorite science fiction story" is a good department. Hope I will be able to tell mine soon. "The Eternal Wanderer" not so hot this time. Tell Train to brush up a little. He has been doing an admirable job, but now......Well, I guess it's not his fualt. Fred W. Fischer made me change a smile into a laugh with his "Genius Bursts in Bloom". You have a good catch there; hold on to him. His poem and article are among the wittiest things I have ever read. If he writes any more like them, grab them up. (Fischer will appear quite consistently in FD. How do you like his article in this issue?--RAM) JOHN F. BURKE: Quite honestly, I think FD is far better than the old FANTASY MAGAZINE - your set-ups, material, and the terrific personality about the whole magazine amaze me. I have been loaning my copies all over the place in the hope of getting you new subscribers; this because without sufficient backing any fan-mag will fold up, and I couldn't bear to think of the Digest flitting off to the Never-Never Land. Generally speaking - I marvel at the perfection of your duplicating. As Harry Warner says, you have just the right amount of ink on every page - it's wunnerful! Cover - quite good, but a little Flash Gordonish, don't you think? I prefer symbolical covers myself, or at least some general scene. This one looks as though it might be from a story inside, and I spent quite a time looking through the issue for the feature it was supposed to illustrate. "Grand Old Fan" - very hackneyed. Make the fan a theatrical producer, and this story appears about three times a month in our "20-Story Magazine." The style is quite good, though. Williamson's Valhalla - I am definitely a Wagner fan, but never thot of this parallel, which is very interesting. I think I'd better try plagiarising Lohengrin - or has someone else started on it by now? Harry Warner writes facts that we all know, but he puts them together well, and I always enjoy this sort of article - probably because I know what it's all about, and don't have to think too hard. Oh no - I can't answer those questions, and I'm not going to make a fool of myself trying. The Spotlight is excellent - where do you get all your news? I receive regular letters from Margulies giving advance line-ups of TWS, STARTLING, STRANGE, etc., but I've usually read the stuff in