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Phanny, v. 3, issue 4, Spring 1945

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admirably, but I wonder if books of such little worth really merit a review of this sort? With so many worthwhile volumes to choose from, it seems that such as these might be dismissed with a few lines, using, say, a page for four such stinkers.
MILTY'S MAG. "Ripening" is a fine piece of writing; not polished, as Milty might have polished it in his civilian days, but still superior to most carefully polished work of many of us. It is auto-biographical, I presume; but whether it is or not, it presents a realistic picture of the change which has taken place in many young men in the last three years. A change which too many of them have missed, however; missed, because they never dreamed the far-reaching dreams or experienced the furious thought--the prerequisites of the "ripening" process. -- "Poet's Corner." What Beauty! What Ecstasy! What....?
BROWSINGS. This is a notable issue. I heartily approve the suggestion for the democratization of the Page-Per-Book Reviews. The entire issue is enjoyable, but seems to offer little for comment. I like the "Rubaiyat" fine; thanks very much for reprinting it. The fact is that I like it much better than Omar's effort. At various times, I've owned sundry books containing divers complete renditions of the easy-going Tent-Maker's verses, but I've never yet read the complete poem in any one such translation, although I think I've probably read all the individual stanzas in one form or another. But Youd's parody got pr ompt amd complete reading. Draw your own conclusions; they'll probably be right.
FAPA VARIETY. -- Ulp; and I accepted Al's "clsest star" answer as true, too; but don't feel too badly, Bob; some of the answers listed were right. -- Dope on bi nding interesting, but I got inertia. -- Bob, if the pic of Mari Beth has the same deceptive appearance as the celebrated Denvention version of the Widner bathing-suit pic, the principals in your little photographic trick pic have grounds for manslaughter. Poetry? see comments on Milty's Mag.
TAG-LINE MUSINGS? -- Your poetry mag doesn't need a defense; why should it? And you can't explain the unexplicable, so why try? Anyway, this little bit is both "confoosin' and amoosin'", I'd say. You insist on using your own definitions, which is your right, since definitions in poetry are necessarily largely personal. As for climbing over on your side of the fence--shux, Willie, that argument carries no weight at all; complete understanding (is it possible in this case, I wonder?) implies general agreement per se. Thinking required to enjoy the more obscure bits in SAPPHO? Day-dreaming is a better word, I think. All the writer can hope to do with those glittering word-montages, is to start the reader dreaming; that the resulting dream shall in any way resemble the thoughts in the writers' minds must be sheer coincidence, and scarcely ever happens. That isn't true of SAPPHO in general, of course, but it is true often enough. So it says here. In any case, I like SAPPHO. 
PHANTAGRAPH (May and October). -- I wish DAW would combine his various publications and issues of the same into one quarterly publication; but since he won't, I'm combining the best of the current crop here. The tenth Annish is memorable for "Annals of Arkya;" I get no feeling of horror or terror, but I do find myself drifting dreamily away each time I re-read it. And "The Haunted Parlor" is wonderful, especially with dedication, with which I certainly agree.
TWILIGHT ECHOES. -- This is neat, and the comments are apt. I enjoyed the history of Reitrof-Fortier. This throws some light on the causes of Reitrof's being, and accounts for the difference between Reitrof and the Fortier I met at the Denvention; a difference which always amazed me.
THESE AMAZING AMENDMENTS. -- While there are some amusing flights of fancy in this (and where, if not in a FAPA publication, would you look for flights of fancy?) it is, on the whole, a reasonable and careful summary of the curious and contradictory features of the Lowndes Amendments, one of which I was silly enough to vote for. Send in those signed petitions!

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5 PHANNY 5 admirably, but I wonder if books of such little worth really merit a review of this sort? With so many worthwhile volumes to choose from, it seems that such as these might be dismissed with a few lines, using, say, a page for four such stinkers. MILTY'S MAG. "Ripening" is a fine piece of writing; not polished, as Milty might have polished it in his civilian days, but still superior to most carefully polished work of many of us. It is auto-biographical, I presume; but whether it is or not, it presents a realistic picture of the change which has taken place in many young men in the last three years. A change which too many of them have missed, however; missed, because they never dreamed the far-reaching dreams or experienced the furious thought--the prerequisites of the "ripening" process. -- "Poet's Corner." What Beauty! What Ecstasy! What....? BROWSINGS. This is a notable issue. I heartily approve the suggestion for the democratization of the Page-Per-Book Reviews. The entire issue is enjoyable, but seems to offer little for comment. I like the "Rubaiyat" fine; thanks very much for reprinting it. The fact is that I like it much better than Omar's effort. At various times, I've owned sundry books containing divers complete renditions of the easy-going Tent-Maker's verses, but I've never yet read the complete poem in any one such translation, although I think I've probably read all the individual stanzas in one form or another. But Youd's parody got pr ompt amd complete reading. Draw your own conclusions; they'll probably be right. FAPA VARIETY. -- Ulp; and I accepted Al's "clsest star" answer as true, too; but don't feel too badly, Bob; some of the answers listed were right. -- Dope on bi nding interesting, but I got inertia. -- Bob, if the pic of Mari Beth has the same deceptive appearance as the celebrated Denvention version of the Widner bathing-suit pic, the principals in your little photographic trick pic have grounds for manslaughter. Poetry? see comments on Milty's Mag. TAG-LINE MUSINGS? -- Your poetry mag doesn't need a defense; why should it? And you can't explain the unexplicable, so why try? Anyway, this little bit is both "confoosin' and amoosin'", I'd say. You insist on using your own definitions, which is your right, since definitions in poetry are necessarily largely personal. As for climbing over on your side of the fence--shux, Willie, that argument carries no weight at all; complete understanding (is it possible in this case, I wonder?) implies general agreement per se. Thinking required to enjoy the more obscure bits in SAPPHO? Day-dreaming is a better word, I think. All the writer can hope to do with those glittering word-montages, is to start the reader dreaming; that the resulting dream shall in any way resemble the thoughts in the writers' minds must be sheer coincidence, and scarcely ever happens. That isn't true of SAPPHO in general, of course, but it is true often enough. So it says here. In any case, I like SAPPHO. PHANTAGRAPH (May and October). -- I wish DAW would combine his various publications and issues of the same into one quarterly publication; but since he won't, I'm combining the best of the current crop here. The tenth Annish is memorable for "Annals of Arkya;" I get no feeling of horror or terror, but I do find myself drifting dreamily away each time I re-read it. And "The Haunted Parlor" is wonderful, especially with dedication, with which I certainly agree. TWILIGHT ECHOES. -- This is neat, and the comments are apt. I enjoyed the history of Reitrof-Fortier. This throws some light on the causes of Reitrof's being, and accounts for the difference between Reitrof and the Fortier I met at the Denvention; a difference which always amazed me. THESE AMAZING AMENDMENTS. -- While there are some amusing flights of fancy in this (and where, if not in a FAPA publication, would you look for flights of fancy?) it is, on the whole, a reasonable and careful summary of the curious and contradictory features of the Lowndes Amendments, one of which I was silly enough to vote for. Send in those signed petitions!