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Spaceways, v. 3 issue 3, whole no. 19, March 1941
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SPACEWAYS 21 THE READERS ALWAYS WRITE written, had a strong ending, where so many good weirds all fall down.....'''''In the absence of any reliable indication of the person who wrote it, "One Man's Viewpoint" is of little value. The author is certainly not as unacquainted with fandom as he pretends to be, but knows it considerably less than he thinks he does. Some of his complaints, such as the one about illiteracy in fandom (tho I affirm the situation there to be not so bad as in the population at large), I can underwrite, but others fall down completely. And he appears to forget that there is scarcely a fan left (besides me) who is not breaking into the pros..... '''''Tarr's condemnation of a magazine because it has "always published a majority of poor stuff" calls for some comment that I won't trouble to make.'''''Maybe nobody objected to so much pro stuff in the fanzines till Lizzie brot it up, but the disliked was long a-brewing.'''''Rajocz seems to have misunderstood the title of Campbell's article. At least, I took it to mean art as contrasted with hard work, like Edison's famous inspiration and perspiration.'''''Unger's "...and we always keep our promises" is another line that should be preserved somewhere. Mrs. F. T. Sykora explodes: Point,..Point..Point..Can any Science Fiction Fan tell me why they always point the finger of suspicion before they hear both sides of a story? Well!--Answer!'''''I wonder if you all heard the whole story of the rumpus of the January meeting of the Queens Science Fiction League. Well, I'll tell you.'''''Here's the set-up, boys:'''''A wonderful meeting was arranged by Hyman, chairman, and Scott Feldman, secretary. An attendance of 60, which is the biggest and best meeting ever had in Fandom, was there, when two Futurians came to the meeting room and refused to leave. They wanted to know why they could not stay and be visitors. Everything was answered as best it possibly could. They then demanded a vote by the majority of the meeting on whether or not they could remain. Ha! -Ha! Excuse me for laughing, but I guess the boys didn't know that one No vote would bar them from the meeting. Well, here is my vote--NOW! That was agreed on if they would please step outside and wait until we took the vote. They promised to wait outside, but went unwillingly.'''''Our meeting was called to order. The minutes were read. Then the next thing should have been a recess for dues. But it was put off because some of the guests said they would have to leave early.'''''That saying about three non-members throwing the Futurians out is not true. IF the dues would have been collected by the usual procedure, they would have been reinstated as active members without fail. They were all ready to pay back their due, and two of them had missed only two meetings, and the rule is you must miss three meetings before you are suspended. The guests were called upon one by one and each spoke for only a few minutes except for Arthur J. Burks.'''''Suddenly there was a phone call for my husband and he left the meeting room to answer it. While he was out of the room the two Futurians had the nerve to come back into the room. What kind of fellows are they if they don't keep a promise? They promised they would stay out until a vote was called, but they did not keep their promise. When my husband returned he again asked them to stand outside but this time they refused. They demanded the vote right away, but they did not realize it was up to the chairman or the Secretary to call the vote and not anybody else. Well, that could not be helped, because neither the Chairman nor the Secretary was smart enough to do so. So what did the Futurians do? When my husband and Jimmy started to usher them out, they began to punch and kick and throw chairs on the floor to block the door. And naturally if anyone kicked you, would you just look at that person and do nothing? If you would, I'd like to kick you just for the fun of it.'''''By the way, one of the fellows owes me a new pocket book. I broke the strap on it when I hit him over the head after I saw him hit my husband. (In case you're wondering, this is in reply to the note in Stardust last issue about the recent turmoil at a QSFL meeting. HW) Bob Jones remarks: Jenkins' front cover goes for a five. It didn't quite register on this side of the Appalachians. The Mantle of Graag was quite soul-stirring and all that. Good enough for a 7. Why was the word other always underlined? It could have been spelled with capitals, you know. (In print, it'd
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SPACEWAYS 21 THE READERS ALWAYS WRITE written, had a strong ending, where so many good weirds all fall down.....'''''In the absence of any reliable indication of the person who wrote it, "One Man's Viewpoint" is of little value. The author is certainly not as unacquainted with fandom as he pretends to be, but knows it considerably less than he thinks he does. Some of his complaints, such as the one about illiteracy in fandom (tho I affirm the situation there to be not so bad as in the population at large), I can underwrite, but others fall down completely. And he appears to forget that there is scarcely a fan left (besides me) who is not breaking into the pros..... '''''Tarr's condemnation of a magazine because it has "always published a majority of poor stuff" calls for some comment that I won't trouble to make.'''''Maybe nobody objected to so much pro stuff in the fanzines till Lizzie brot it up, but the disliked was long a-brewing.'''''Rajocz seems to have misunderstood the title of Campbell's article. At least, I took it to mean art as contrasted with hard work, like Edison's famous inspiration and perspiration.'''''Unger's "...and we always keep our promises" is another line that should be preserved somewhere. Mrs. F. T. Sykora explodes: Point,..Point..Point..Can any Science Fiction Fan tell me why they always point the finger of suspicion before they hear both sides of a story? Well!--Answer!'''''I wonder if you all heard the whole story of the rumpus of the January meeting of the Queens Science Fiction League. Well, I'll tell you.'''''Here's the set-up, boys:'''''A wonderful meeting was arranged by Hyman, chairman, and Scott Feldman, secretary. An attendance of 60, which is the biggest and best meeting ever had in Fandom, was there, when two Futurians came to the meeting room and refused to leave. They wanted to know why they could not stay and be visitors. Everything was answered as best it possibly could. They then demanded a vote by the majority of the meeting on whether or not they could remain. Ha! -Ha! Excuse me for laughing, but I guess the boys didn't know that one No vote would bar them from the meeting. Well, here is my vote--NOW! That was agreed on if they would please step outside and wait until we took the vote. They promised to wait outside, but went unwillingly.'''''Our meeting was called to order. The minutes were read. Then the next thing should have been a recess for dues. But it was put off because some of the guests said they would have to leave early.'''''That saying about three non-members throwing the Futurians out is not true. IF the dues would have been collected by the usual procedure, they would have been reinstated as active members without fail. They were all ready to pay back their due, and two of them had missed only two meetings, and the rule is you must miss three meetings before you are suspended. The guests were called upon one by one and each spoke for only a few minutes except for Arthur J. Burks.'''''Suddenly there was a phone call for my husband and he left the meeting room to answer it. While he was out of the room the two Futurians had the nerve to come back into the room. What kind of fellows are they if they don't keep a promise? They promised they would stay out until a vote was called, but they did not keep their promise. When my husband returned he again asked them to stand outside but this time they refused. They demanded the vote right away, but they did not realize it was up to the chairman or the Secretary to call the vote and not anybody else. Well, that could not be helped, because neither the Chairman nor the Secretary was smart enough to do so. So what did the Futurians do? When my husband and Jimmy started to usher them out, they began to punch and kick and throw chairs on the floor to block the door. And naturally if anyone kicked you, would you just look at that person and do nothing? If you would, I'd like to kick you just for the fun of it.'''''By the way, one of the fellows owes me a new pocket book. I broke the strap on it when I hit him over the head after I saw him hit my husband. (In case you're wondering, this is in reply to the note in Stardust last issue about the recent turmoil at a QSFL meeting. HW) Bob Jones remarks: Jenkins' front cover goes for a five. It didn't quite register on this side of the Appalachians. The Mantle of Graag was quite soul-stirring and all that. Good enough for a 7. Why was the word other always underlined? It could have been spelled with capitals, you know. (In print, it'd
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