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Voice of the Imagination, Denvention Special, 1941
Page 17
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VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION 17 grown to a 30-page volume, with photos & drawings as well! So--there go the plans for SPECTRA; but the material I got back from all these prominent fans is certainly worth publishing. (Incidently, 4e, I understand that this little venture of mine cost you 36c in postage. But--this is to the other correspondents--Fojak got even on the sticker proposition. Where other fans simply plastered ten or twelve stickers, you enclosed a copy of the Chicon sticker book! That puts you several thousand % ahead of the rest.) '''' SPECULA is going to take a tip from Pohl's mags and skip a month in its dating. This'll still make 6 issues in 1941, and will get it back on the beam--almost. June (formerly May) ish is almost ready for stenciling (18 Jun) except for 2 pics. Following issues should get back on schedule as all SPECTRA material will be transferred to them. And--this is to placate worried correspondents of mine--there will positively be no more additions to the ASTRA PUBS chain. ''' Well, have I taken up enough space and time? Just think, if all your readers read this, they will have wasted collectively between five and eight hours, depending on how fast the reading average is among VoM's readers. (I hope they're not all like Perdue, or I'll only have succeeded in wasting an hour or so.) '''' Until I rouse out of my lethargy again, I remain," [Signed Henry Hasse] (also an Angeleno): "What's this I hear about Clifton's cafeteria going scientifictional at last in a big way? I understand they're serving 'Slan' malted milks now. No kidding! It seems that Ed Chamberlain very innocently procured a malted milk last Thursday, carried it upstairs, placed it on a table, sat down, leaned over it -- and the damn thing waved a dozen tendrils at him! He furthermore swears that the thing actually read his thoughts! He could just feel it reading his thoughts! (If this is true, the poor thing must have been startled at his thoughts, for Ed immediately put them into action by drinking it.) '' Now I can't swear as to the truth of all this. I arrived a little after it had happened, and I didn't get to see that Slan malted milk; but those members who were present were all agog over it. Hornig and Hoffman and a few others vouch for it. Chamberlain is still speechless. Yerke was so startled by the sight that he dropped a plate of watermelon the floor. Hoffman I understand drew a doodle picture of it, which I hope you may print in VoM as proof. Personally, I've got to see one for myself. I intend to ask for a 'Slan' malted milk next Thursday. And if the answer is, 'Listen, don't slander our malted milks,' I'll settle for strawberry." [Illustration of a snake rising out of a glass with a bottle of spilled ink, a fountain pen, and a note that reads "Out to lunch (signed) Secy".]
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VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION 17 grown to a 30-page volume, with photos & drawings as well! So--there go the plans for SPECTRA; but the material I got back from all these prominent fans is certainly worth publishing. (Incidently, 4e, I understand that this little venture of mine cost you 36c in postage. But--this is to the other correspondents--Fojak got even on the sticker proposition. Where other fans simply plastered ten or twelve stickers, you enclosed a copy of the Chicon sticker book! That puts you several thousand % ahead of the rest.) '''' SPECULA is going to take a tip from Pohl's mags and skip a month in its dating. This'll still make 6 issues in 1941, and will get it back on the beam--almost. June (formerly May) ish is almost ready for stenciling (18 Jun) except for 2 pics. Following issues should get back on schedule as all SPECTRA material will be transferred to them. And--this is to placate worried correspondents of mine--there will positively be no more additions to the ASTRA PUBS chain. ''' Well, have I taken up enough space and time? Just think, if all your readers read this, they will have wasted collectively between five and eight hours, depending on how fast the reading average is among VoM's readers. (I hope they're not all like Perdue, or I'll only have succeeded in wasting an hour or so.) '''' Until I rouse out of my lethargy again, I remain," [Signed Henry Hasse] (also an Angeleno): "What's this I hear about Clifton's cafeteria going scientifictional at last in a big way? I understand they're serving 'Slan' malted milks now. No kidding! It seems that Ed Chamberlain very innocently procured a malted milk last Thursday, carried it upstairs, placed it on a table, sat down, leaned over it -- and the damn thing waved a dozen tendrils at him! He furthermore swears that the thing actually read his thoughts! He could just feel it reading his thoughts! (If this is true, the poor thing must have been startled at his thoughts, for Ed immediately put them into action by drinking it.) '' Now I can't swear as to the truth of all this. I arrived a little after it had happened, and I didn't get to see that Slan malted milk; but those members who were present were all agog over it. Hornig and Hoffman and a few others vouch for it. Chamberlain is still speechless. Yerke was so startled by the sight that he dropped a plate of watermelon the floor. Hoffman I understand drew a doodle picture of it, which I hope you may print in VoM as proof. Personally, I've got to see one for myself. I intend to ask for a 'Slan' malted milk next Thursday. And if the answer is, 'Listen, don't slander our malted milks,' I'll settle for strawberry." [Illustration of a snake rising out of a glass with a bottle of spilled ink, a fountain pen, and a note that reads "Out to lunch (signed) Secy".]
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