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Chanticleer, v. 1, issue 3, December 1945
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tucker: REVIEWS DONOVANS BRAIN I have been asked to review Donovan's brain for an alert audience of intelligent and discriminating readers. In the first place I don't believe such a group exists. If they were mentally alert they wouldn't be found in fandom. If they were intelligent they wouldn't be reading fanzines. ((Especially Lez)) If they were discriminating they certainly wouldn't touch this one. ((Professional jealousy. Reviewer Tucker is prone to judge everyone by himself.)) In the second place, I_can't review Donovan's Brain because I don't know Donovan. Is he a fan? ((Mishunary)) I have no record of a fan named Donovan. My records are pretty thorough; they date back for several years. Not recalling the name offhand, I at first searched thru my old D'Journal files. I found a fan living on Donovan street. Then I went thru the subscription files for the 1938 and 1939 Yearbooks. I found an outer-circle fan living in Donovan, California. ((You should have looked through the mailing list of CHANTICLEER. CHANTICLEER has three Donovan on it's list, plus two McGillicudys)) But no a solitary Donovan with a brain. Realizing that an impasse had been reached, I cast about for methods of overcoming the obstacle with the minimum amount of effort. In fandom, it is the custom to obey the slightest whim of an editor-creature. ((Except where subscriptions are concerned)) It is unthinkable to neglect his request for an article. With the tremendous power he wields thru his presses, he can make or break an individual. ((I prefer the former)) I must, therefore, review Donovan's brain whether I knew Donovan or not. And regardless of whether this mythical Donovan possessed a brain or not. It was written. An editor-creature had spoken. Therefore, I review Donovan's brain: ((The foregoing paragraphs can be utterly disregarded. As a matter of fact, so can the author)) Donovan's brain is a subdivision of the mechanism concerned with the conduction and interpretation of sensory stimuli, the power of thought, and the voluntary and involuntary control of the nerve systems of the body. Donovan's brain contains both white and gray matter divided into several sections. The white matter of his brain is fatty tissue, which is very likely nothing more than much-needed padding for the gray matter, which in turn is useless also.
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tucker: REVIEWS DONOVANS BRAIN I have been asked to review Donovan's brain for an alert audience of intelligent and discriminating readers. In the first place I don't believe such a group exists. If they were mentally alert they wouldn't be found in fandom. If they were intelligent they wouldn't be reading fanzines. ((Especially Lez)) If they were discriminating they certainly wouldn't touch this one. ((Professional jealousy. Reviewer Tucker is prone to judge everyone by himself.)) In the second place, I_can't review Donovan's Brain because I don't know Donovan. Is he a fan? ((Mishunary)) I have no record of a fan named Donovan. My records are pretty thorough; they date back for several years. Not recalling the name offhand, I at first searched thru my old D'Journal files. I found a fan living on Donovan street. Then I went thru the subscription files for the 1938 and 1939 Yearbooks. I found an outer-circle fan living in Donovan, California. ((You should have looked through the mailing list of CHANTICLEER. CHANTICLEER has three Donovan on it's list, plus two McGillicudys)) But no a solitary Donovan with a brain. Realizing that an impasse had been reached, I cast about for methods of overcoming the obstacle with the minimum amount of effort. In fandom, it is the custom to obey the slightest whim of an editor-creature. ((Except where subscriptions are concerned)) It is unthinkable to neglect his request for an article. With the tremendous power he wields thru his presses, he can make or break an individual. ((I prefer the former)) I must, therefore, review Donovan's brain whether I knew Donovan or not. And regardless of whether this mythical Donovan possessed a brain or not. It was written. An editor-creature had spoken. Therefore, I review Donovan's brain: ((The foregoing paragraphs can be utterly disregarded. As a matter of fact, so can the author)) Donovan's brain is a subdivision of the mechanism concerned with the conduction and interpretation of sensory stimuli, the power of thought, and the voluntary and involuntary control of the nerve systems of the body. Donovan's brain contains both white and gray matter divided into several sections. The white matter of his brain is fatty tissue, which is very likely nothing more than much-needed padding for the gray matter, which in turn is useless also.
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