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Science Fiction Collector, v. 5, issue 1, May 1939
Page 27
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Third Anniversary Issue -- Page Twenty-Seven In Advance of a Broader Fandom Jack Speer Mr. Koenig and his allies have been assuming that any fan is a cowardly rat who doesn't become a scientist. Mr. Wollheim and his er friends have been saying that any fan who doesn't work for the realization of the destiny of the working class is an escapist. But, whether fans are interested in science as a career or not, they have a better knowledge of and a deeper Interest in it than the average person. As a minimum requirement that seems to me to be enough; and if some wish to go beyond the minimum, to take up science as a career or as a hobby, that's their business. Similarly, I think that, at the least, it is enough for fans to discuss social and international problems as much as other intelligent people, giving it their personal slant. If some want to join the YCL, it's none of my business. You see, readers of science fiction take various avenues beyond It when simply reading the stories no longer completely satisfied them. The president of the Outsiders' Club when I spoke of my preference for science fiction rather than weird, said I would outgrow that. I was moved to say that I might or I might not. For any fantasy devotee to say, "You must inevitably take
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Third Anniversary Issue -- Page Twenty-Seven In Advance of a Broader Fandom Jack Speer Mr. Koenig and his allies have been assuming that any fan is a cowardly rat who doesn't become a scientist. Mr. Wollheim and his er friends have been saying that any fan who doesn't work for the realization of the destiny of the working class is an escapist. But, whether fans are interested in science as a career or not, they have a better knowledge of and a deeper Interest in it than the average person. As a minimum requirement that seems to me to be enough; and if some wish to go beyond the minimum, to take up science as a career or as a hobby, that's their business. Similarly, I think that, at the least, it is enough for fans to discuss social and international problems as much as other intelligent people, giving it their personal slant. If some want to join the YCL, it's none of my business. You see, readers of science fiction take various avenues beyond It when simply reading the stories no longer completely satisfied them. The president of the Outsiders' Club when I spoke of my preference for science fiction rather than weird, said I would outgrow that. I was moved to say that I might or I might not. For any fantasy devotee to say, "You must inevitably take
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