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Shangri-la, issue 7, July-August 1948

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two questions about sex and one of those was redundant, so no logical comparison exists. I'm getting some fine information on fandom, though. A finer bunch of jerks never existed.///For instance: One chap isn't sure whether he dates or not; another does not date but records sex activity; another enjoys street-walking as a hobby; another demands that I take a poll of fan-homos and publish their habits; there is another who wants to know into what subdivision I fit answers of single men who are shacking up steady; another one does not indulge in 'the act, but enjoys sophisticated dalliance'; a surprising percentage believe in Shaver and deros; and so forth. The returns are so readable that I'm making plans on publishing a booklet, similar to Fantasy Advertiser, giving data, charts, and graphs. (After the Convention.)///P.S.---Would appreciate more information on the bust-up of Slan Shack Pro-Tem. When &  why? Where are they now and are addresses available?" ((Thanks for your letter, Mr. Tucker. As long as you write letters to the editor, he'll send you the magazine, and consider himself well-paid. After all, letters are the only pay an editor gets, really. "Shangri-La" has a large circulation for a fanzine, but it doesn't make money for anybody. And all fandom will be looking forward to that booklet---don't fail to deliver it!))

TE WATKINS, 1605 Wood AVe., Kansas City 2, Kansas, sends a buck and a letter of comment. He's coming back into the fantasy fold after a long absence, he says, and he finds the magazine called SHANGRI-LA a fount of information about s-f and fantasy fan matters. He likes "Just A Minute" and "Green Water," particularly.

DAVID H. KELLER, 55 Broad St., Stroudsburg, Penn. wrote two letters. Notes from them: "Thanks for including CALIFORNIA FANTASKES in "Shangri-La." If I had the time, I would search diligently through Lower California for one fan, even if I had to subsidize him, just to show that you are wrong. Of course, the word 'lower' instead of 'Southern' has undesirable connotations.///I dug down into the barrel and found Glass Windows, which is socialistic but not communistic." (Thanks to you, Doctor. In a future issue, DHK will present a bibliography of his contributions to non-professional publications.))

EDWARD L. ZIMMERMAN, 146 East 12th Ave., Eugene, Oregon, writes: "Enclosed is $1.00 to keep the magazine coming. The literature (GREEN WATER) was well-written and unusual---I rather liked the style. It could even have been turned into a novel with the present story as a basis. Concerning the book review, may I refer you to what seems to be a fairly accurate picture of the attitude of the majority of the English people on the present "Labor' government in OUR LONDON LETTER by W. Dennis Way in 'The Western Stamp Collector,' published in Albany, Oregon. (The letters are excellent---even better than a lot of those that appeared in VOM.)"  ((Thankee, Sir. How about a postal of comment on each issue?))

F. LEE BALDWIN, Box 187, Grangeville, Idaho, types a card of comment. Likes the mag, of course. I trying to find the 39 vol. set of Bancroft's HISTORY OF THE WEST COAST, pub. about 1880.

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two questions about sex and one of those was redundant, so no logical comparison exists. I'm getting some fine information on fandom, though. A finer bunch of jerks never existed.///For instance: One chap isn't sure whether he dates or not; another does not date but records sex activity; another enjoys street-walking as a hobby; another demands that I take a poll of fan-homos and publish their habits; there is another who wants to know into what subdivision I fit answers of single men who are shacking up steady; another one does not indulge in 'the act, but enjoys sophisticated dalliance'; a surprising percentage believe in Shaver and deros; and so forth. The returns are so readable that I'm making plans on publishing a booklet, similar to Fantasy Advertiser, giving data, charts, and graphs. (After the Convention.)///P.S.---Would appreciate more information on the bust-up of Slan Shack Pro-Tem. When & why? Where are they now and are addresses available?" ((Thanks for your letter, Mr. Tucker. As long as you write letters to the editor, he'll send you the magazine, and consider himself well-paid. After all, letters are the only pay an editor gets, really. "Shangri-La" has a large circulation for a fanzine, but it doesn't make money for anybody. And all fandom will be looking forward to that booklet---don't fail to deliver it!)) TE WATKINS, 1605 Wood AVe., Kansas City 2, Kansas, sends a buck and a letter of comment. He's coming back into the fantasy fold after a long absence, he says, and he finds the magazine called SHANGRI-LA a fount of information about s-f and fantasy fan matters. He likes "Just A Minute" and "Green Water," particularly. DAVID H. KELLER, 55 Broad St., Stroudsburg, Penn. wrote two letters. Notes from them: "Thanks for including CALIFORNIA FANTASKES in "Shangri-La." If I had the time, I would search diligently through Lower California for one fan, even if I had to subsidize him, just to show that you are wrong. Of course, the word 'lower' instead of 'Southern' has undesirable connotations.///I dug down into the barrel and found Glass Windows, which is socialistic but not communistic." (Thanks to you, Doctor. In a future issue, DHK will present a bibliography of his contributions to non-professional publications.)) EDWARD L. ZIMMERMAN, 146 East 12th Ave., Eugene, Oregon, writes: "Enclosed is $1.00 to keep the magazine coming. The literature (GREEN WATER) was well-written and unusual---I rather liked the style. It could even have been turned into a novel with the present story as a basis. Concerning the book review, may I refer you to what seems to be a fairly accurate picture of the attitude of the majority of the English people on the present "Labor' government in OUR LONDON LETTER by W. Dennis Way in 'The Western Stamp Collector,' published in Albany, Oregon. (The letters are excellent---even better than a lot of those that appeared in VOM.)" ((Thankee, Sir. How about a postal of comment on each issue?)) F. LEE BALDWIN, Box 187, Grangeville, Idaho, types a card of comment. Likes the mag, of course. I trying to find the 39 vol. set of Bancroft's HISTORY OF THE WEST COAST, pub. about 1880. (18)