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Voice of the Imagination (VOM), v. 2, issue 1, whole no. 5 April 1940

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"The travel but has bit me hard"--MAR continues. "Travelling 230 miles to 'Yawk convention was a mere nothing. So I look forward with the greatest of pleasure to the trk towards Chicago this fall. But Chicago -- only one third of the way across the continent. More -- more -- mein wanderlust commands me. So I would not be in the slightest surprised (life being kind to me and the fates selling a novel or so of mine) to see me in Los Angeles the following year, if the LASFL would see fit to hold their convention then and there. }} So it takes a guy from Washington, D.C., to throw the hat into the ring for teh Califunians. Do you accept the challenge? (LA is not prepared to say at this time.)  ~~  I go so far as to propose a greater challenge. So far I have attended every major convention: Philadelphia, New York, Philadelphia, Newark, Philadelphia, and New York. And now Chicago and perhaps Los Angeles. I propose to continue this tradition. From now on, where the conventions go, so go my vacations.  ~~  I just thrill with anticipation.  ~~  It always is more fun to anticipate things than to do them, to remove a leaf from the philisophy of None but Lucifer.  ~~  Speaking of philosophy, it would be well for all to take to heart the words which closed the X-act-final-word:'Don't be too intense about things.' With three wars going on our quibbles seem rather silly.   ~~  Don't look now but Daw, Lowndes, et al, are liable to get lovely martyr complexes at a moments notice.  ~~  And so to conclude chaos with further disorder, two final thoughts which ye olde brain monster has thunk:  (1)Some of the letters published in VoM would do well to say something instead of to merely jabber.  (Milt!  U split an infinitive!)  (2)Make no rules and cast no slogans; judge every individual case by every individual circumstance. Thus the problem of economics is settled. It is not: socialism is the only solution; technocracy is the true answer; revolution is the only way out. It is: in this case, taking into consideration the economic and social level of the country and the peculiar psychology of the people -- this is the logical thing to do. And the best thing.  ~~  But try and do it."

From the Desk of CHAS L BARRETT MD, 119 S Madriver St, Bellefontained, O:  "Let N.Y. stew in its own grease. Give em crosscut saws a. la. Andrew Jackson & let em duel it out.--About the time we begin to advance cooperate & get some recognition that N.Y. scrap pops up in

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8 "The travel but has bit me hard"--MAR continues. "Travelling 230 miles to 'Yawk convention was a mere nothing. So I look forward with the greatest of pleasure to the trk towards Chicago this fall. But Chicago -- only one third of the way across the continent. More -- more -- mein wanderlust commands me. So I would not be in the slightest surprised (life being kind to me and the fates selling a novel or so of mine) to see me in Los Angeles the following year, if the LASFL would see fit to hold their convention then and there. }} So it takes a guy from Washington, D.C., to throw the hat into the ring for teh Califunians. Do you accept the challenge? (LA is not prepared to say at this time.) ~~ I go so far as to propose a greater challenge. So far I have attended every major convention: Philadelphia, New York, Philadelphia, Newark, Philadelphia, and New York. And now Chicago and perhaps Los Angeles. I propose to continue this tradition. From now on, where the conventions go, so go my vacations. ~~ I just thrill with anticipation. ~~ It always is more fun to anticipate things than to do them, to remove a leaf from the philisophy of None but Lucifer. ~~ Speaking of philosophy, it would be well for all to take to heart the words which closed the X-act-final-word:'Don't be too intense about things.' With three wars going on our quibbles seem rather silly. ~~ Don't look now but Daw, Lowndes, et al, are liable to get lovely martyr complexes at a moments notice. ~~ And so to conclude chaos with further disorder, two final thoughts which ye olde brain monster has thunk: (1)Some of the letters published in VoM would do well to say something instead of to merely jabber. (Milt! U split an infinitive!) (2)Make no rules and cast no slogans; judge every individual case by every individual circumstance. Thus the problem of economics is settled. It is not: socialism is the only solution; technocracy is the true answer; revolution is the only way out. It is: in this case, taking into consideration the economic and social level of the country and the peculiar psychology of the people -- this is the logical thing to do. And the best thing. ~~ But try and do it." From the Desk of CHAS L BARRETT MD, 119 S Madriver St, Bellefontained, O: "Let N.Y. stew in its own grease. Give em crosscut saws a. la. Andrew Jackson & let em duel it out.--About the time we begin to advance cooperate & get some recognition that N.Y. scrap pops up in