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Shangri-la, issue 7, July-August 1948

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PHIL FROEDER, 448 Demarest Avenue, Closter, N.J. sent a long letter, part of which follows: "Have just finished reading the new Shaggy during my two periods of 'Physical Education' at school. Hah! and my fannish friends have asked me in amazement how I managed to actually fail gym...Tho at first I may have been overcome with sorrow at the loss of Burb's Shaggy, this has now passed. Your editorship is swell, and I hope you remain the editor.///I took a liking to 'Green Water' and was set at ease. But I didn't like the way it ended. The 'Just a Minute' notes were well-handled and are now of more interest to most non-LASFS members.///For a club that holds weekly meetings, I think its organ should come out at least monthly." ((You make me happy, Phil. However, you may like the new editor as well as the man who followed Burb. Subtle humor, huh?))

M. DINER, 445 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Westmount, Montreal 6, Quebec, Canada, wrote a long letter. Part of it herewith: "The minutes are especially welcome---they often contain news well in advance of any other 'zine. The letter section was especially good this time. Story wasn't bad. If you can't get serious stuff, I'd urge you to include stuff by Ashley, Burbee, and ---dare I say---Laney....I write, even if only to get the booby prize in your contest." ((Pro and con, pro and con. Nobody disliked the story but two out of five thought the letter section slipped. You thot it didn't slip, I see. And so it goes. But, about this issue---it's full of serious stuff, this being my experimental issue as well as my last."))

TO TUCKER AND FANDOM AT LARGE: Slan Shack Pro-Tem broke up because the property was to be converted to commercial from residential property. The inhabitants scattered. Ashley doesn't want his present address known; at least, I don't think he does. If anybody wants to reach them, write to me, and I'll pass the word to them---"them" meaning Myrtle Douglas, Al Ashley, Walter Liebscher, and Jack Widdenbeck. Lee Budoff is somewhere in the state of Arizona. And everybody knows Wilmorth's address.

THE RESULTS OF THE LETTER CONTEST: M. Diner won, never fails to record his reactions to each issue. He says: "#6 was no let-down. Though you haven't made any distinct improvements as yet, you are maintaining a good magazine, affording quite common interest. GREEN WATER was a fair piece of fiction. I still maintain that THE WIND IS BLOWING ON MY EYE is the best I've seen in fiction for S-L's part so far." ((All I gotta say is: I liked TWIBOME, too.))

RICK SNEARY, 2962 Santa Ana St., South Gate, Calif. sends some of his inimitable observations: "Cover good. Con is quite promising, I think. Just a Minute---uproarious. Green Water---stuff like this could compete with The Gorgon. Well, almost."

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PHIL FROEDER, 448 Demarest Avenue, Closter, N.J. sent a long letter, part of which follows: "Have just finished reading the new Shaggy during my two periods of 'Physical Education' at school. Hah! and my fannish friends have asked me in amazement how I managed to actually fail gym...Tho at first I may have been overcome with sorrow at the loss of Burb's Shaggy, this has now passed. Your editorship is swell, and I hope you remain the editor.///I took a liking to 'Green Water' and was set at ease. But I didn't like the way it ended. The 'Just a Minute' notes were well-handled and are now of more interest to most non-LASFS members.///For a club that holds weekly meetings, I think its organ should come out at least monthly." ((You make me happy, Phil. However, you may like the new editor as well as the man who followed Burb. Subtle humor, huh?)) M. DINER, 445 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Westmount, Montreal 6, Quebec, Canada, wrote a long letter. Part of it herewith: "The minutes are especially welcome---they often contain news well in advance of any other 'zine. The letter section was especially good this time. Story wasn't bad. If you can't get serious stuff, I'd urge you to include stuff by Ashley, Burbee, and ---dare I say---Laney....I write, even if only to get the booby prize in your contest." ((Pro and con, pro and con. Nobody disliked the story but two out of five thought the letter section slipped. You thot it didn't slip, I see. And so it goes. But, about this issue---it's full of serious stuff, this being my experimental issue as well as my last.")) TO TUCKER AND FANDOM AT LARGE: Slan Shack Pro-Tem broke up because the property was to be converted to commercial from residential property. The inhabitants scattered. Ashley doesn't want his present address known; at least, I don't think he does. If anybody wants to reach them, write to me, and I'll pass the word to them---"them" meaning Myrtle Douglas, Al Ashley, Walter Liebscher, and Jack Widdenbeck. Lee Budoff is somewhere in the state of Arizona. And everybody knows Wilmorth's address. THE RESULTS OF THE LETTER CONTEST: M. Diner won, never fails to record his reactions to each issue. He says: "#6 was no let-down. Though you haven't made any distinct improvements as yet, you are maintaining a good magazine, affording quite common interest. GREEN WATER was a fair piece of fiction. I still maintain that THE WIND IS BLOWING ON MY EYE is the best I've seen in fiction for S-L's part so far." ((All I gotta say is: I liked TWIBOME, too.)) RICK SNEARY, 2962 Santa Ana St., South Gate, Calif. sends some of his inimitable observations: "Cover good. Con is quite promising, I think. Just a Minute---uproarious. Green Water---stuff like this could compete with The Gorgon. Well, almost." (19)