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Voice of the Imagination (VOM), v. 1, issue 1, whole no. 1, January 1939
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VOM 7 --that is depend on a static world, which isn't so. He underrates the effect of the Michelists. Being the only group in stf that knows where it's going and what it wants and is quite certain of what ought to be the future of stf makes us, large or small, definitely potent. ~~ But for the rest, looking at his recapitulation, I agree with his first and third points, reverse his second and fourth and substitue 'michelism' where he has 'fraternity'. ~~ I love his notion of the effect of war. One effect will be , I rather imagine, fusion of LASFL and CPASF: We will hold joint meetings in Leventworth! ~~ With this happy thought." BOB TUCKER (Vulcan Pubs), Bx 260, Bloomington/Ill: ..."The special booklet containing the MADGE Prize Mss arrived..., and I suppose I must send my vote in a seperate letter to the Box 6475 eh? Oh well. Any-way, I think Jack Speer's crystal gazing was the cream! ~~ Yers trooly." Our pal PERDUE again: "Dear LASFL: Revd. your posthumous souvenir of our dear departed Madge a few days ago. After I'd read the PM pamphlet, I became reconciled. It was just as well that my little self-portrait sonnet wasn't accepted for the contest--she'd have looked pretty futile alongside of the other contributions. Rating: first, Jack Speer's Prophecy. second, Alice Featherstone's Jabberwock. third, Ted Car-nell's indictment. fourth, Bob Tucker's book of the dead. First place, to Jack Speer's prophecy of Fandom. Not for the excellent handling of the rambling style most admired by the Angelenos, (incidentally, my Mencken spells it with a tilde: An-geleno) [tilde over letter n] but because of one inconspicuous paragraph--the one containing the word, 'Star-Begotten.' I have never seen flattery so ingeniously hidden, nor so beautiful-ly done. The reader is unconscious of its being there, so well has the Gakspiro de Foo glossed it over. Virtually incomparable. Second, to Miss Featherstone's Jabber-work. Cleverly done, it is true; but the writing of nonsense, per se, so that it means something, is a ver ver difficult task, Mlle. May I recommend Carroll's own ad-vice, in the preface to his 'Hunting of the Snark?' Interesting reading. Three words of the poem stand out in particular: whiffling, snaffle, and frou-frou. Also a word of Carroll's own: chortled. Chortle--from chuckle and snort. I'd guess the following derivations for the Featherstone's excellent inventions: whiffle, from whi-stle and sniffle; and snaffle from snarl and baffle. The other, frou-frou, fits its purpose wonderfully, but it does not live outside of the poems. Those other two, tho--magnificent! Third place, to Mr. Carnell. Unfortunately, Mr. Carnell, your final paragraph was not enough to counterbalance that preceding it. And as for the whole--disconnected, having the correct slant, I will admit. But it seems just a wee bit forced to me. You did succeed in your purpose; you got my goat; but do you think that your purpose was quite worthy enough to excuse the writing of your item? I don't think so. In fact, you had my dander up to such an extent that I wanted to write you a personal letter telling you just what was what. After rereading your ar-ticle, tho, I realized that this emotion was actually a tribute to you, and had a good laugh at myself. It was beautifully done, Mr. Carnell:--I should give you first place for succeeding in your purpose; but I'm afraid you suceeded too well. My congratulations--and my sympathies. And to Bob (Lazarus?) Tucker, my regrets. I find that I've failed to send any comments on your thirteenth number. As usual, my amazed congratulations, this time for the following: the interesting 'variations on a chron-ological theme' as exemplified by the date line on each sheet; the changing of sad-dest to sadist; the spelling of fandom; the interjected comments in Marconette's let-
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VOM 7 --that is depend on a static world, which isn't so. He underrates the effect of the Michelists. Being the only group in stf that knows where it's going and what it wants and is quite certain of what ought to be the future of stf makes us, large or small, definitely potent. ~~ But for the rest, looking at his recapitulation, I agree with his first and third points, reverse his second and fourth and substitue 'michelism' where he has 'fraternity'. ~~ I love his notion of the effect of war. One effect will be , I rather imagine, fusion of LASFL and CPASF: We will hold joint meetings in Leventworth! ~~ With this happy thought." BOB TUCKER (Vulcan Pubs), Bx 260, Bloomington/Ill: ..."The special booklet containing the MADGE Prize Mss arrived..., and I suppose I must send my vote in a seperate letter to the Box 6475 eh? Oh well. Any-way, I think Jack Speer's crystal gazing was the cream! ~~ Yers trooly." Our pal PERDUE again: "Dear LASFL: Revd. your posthumous souvenir of our dear departed Madge a few days ago. After I'd read the PM pamphlet, I became reconciled. It was just as well that my little self-portrait sonnet wasn't accepted for the contest--she'd have looked pretty futile alongside of the other contributions. Rating: first, Jack Speer's Prophecy. second, Alice Featherstone's Jabberwock. third, Ted Car-nell's indictment. fourth, Bob Tucker's book of the dead. First place, to Jack Speer's prophecy of Fandom. Not for the excellent handling of the rambling style most admired by the Angelenos, (incidentally, my Mencken spells it with a tilde: An-geleno) [tilde over letter n] but because of one inconspicuous paragraph--the one containing the word, 'Star-Begotten.' I have never seen flattery so ingeniously hidden, nor so beautiful-ly done. The reader is unconscious of its being there, so well has the Gakspiro de Foo glossed it over. Virtually incomparable. Second, to Miss Featherstone's Jabber-work. Cleverly done, it is true; but the writing of nonsense, per se, so that it means something, is a ver ver difficult task, Mlle. May I recommend Carroll's own ad-vice, in the preface to his 'Hunting of the Snark?' Interesting reading. Three words of the poem stand out in particular: whiffling, snaffle, and frou-frou. Also a word of Carroll's own: chortled. Chortle--from chuckle and snort. I'd guess the following derivations for the Featherstone's excellent inventions: whiffle, from whi-stle and sniffle; and snaffle from snarl and baffle. The other, frou-frou, fits its purpose wonderfully, but it does not live outside of the poems. Those other two, tho--magnificent! Third place, to Mr. Carnell. Unfortunately, Mr. Carnell, your final paragraph was not enough to counterbalance that preceding it. And as for the whole--disconnected, having the correct slant, I will admit. But it seems just a wee bit forced to me. You did succeed in your purpose; you got my goat; but do you think that your purpose was quite worthy enough to excuse the writing of your item? I don't think so. In fact, you had my dander up to such an extent that I wanted to write you a personal letter telling you just what was what. After rereading your ar-ticle, tho, I realized that this emotion was actually a tribute to you, and had a good laugh at myself. It was beautifully done, Mr. Carnell:--I should give you first place for succeeding in your purpose; but I'm afraid you suceeded too well. My congratulations--and my sympathies. And to Bob (Lazarus?) Tucker, my regrets. I find that I've failed to send any comments on your thirteenth number. As usual, my amazed congratulations, this time for the following: the interesting 'variations on a chron-ological theme' as exemplified by the date line on each sheet; the changing of sad-dest to sadist; the spelling of fandom; the interjected comments in Marconette's let-
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