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TWILIGHT ECHOES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOE FORTIER FAPA FALL 1944 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TWILIGHT ECHOES........ Probably that's unique as a titular greeting, perhaps it's not; this is merely a lazily prepared letter to the FAPA membership. I'm writing this in hopes that I may inveigle some unwary editor into publishing sameL what will be said, I don't know, for I've planned nothing and am rattling this off as though it were a ltter to a close friend, not an article for publication. During my stay in the army, I've come to know th FAPA as the shining light of all stfandom. I've kept in touch with one inactive fan and one former fan, respectively Everett Wyers and Tom Wright. I've read no more than half-dozen of the pulps; I've received maybe 25 fanmags at the most; fandom and I have become two entities apart. Yet, even had I been in constant touch with stf, both professional and amateur, I'm sure that the FAPA would remain the greaterst source of satistfaction, for it has risen far in the past two years. Remember however, that I have been away, not by choosing but by necessity; therefore my idiom may be faltering and my vernacular far from timely. Tonight (27 June, 1944) I feel somehwat touched by sentimentality, a fool's tool by all means but a pleasant heart-warming one, brought out mainly by Bruce Yerke's (the former "Tubby") Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan. Bruce, you're far from superfluous, I assure you that, and though I once considered you a boor I realize now you have that needle for the oversize bubble of egotism. I wasn't an active participant in fandom in 1937 and '38, but the recounts foster pleasant reminiscences. Tales of teh old LASFL leave me with more enthusiasm for the rest of the series than most of the presentday serials in magazines. "Heck", rest assured you've put another fantasy devotee on the trail of William Hope Hodgson. And that takes care of that. Quite, and my most sincere best wishes for the by-now Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Chauvenet. I mean that, mightily, for even now I'm contemplating the same step. Inspiration ended one evening's reading of FAPA literature. Bridges. Florida. Yea, MacDill and I flung down the magazine to grasp hurriedly, excitedly, hopingly for the organ, and there it was, Bridges' address at MacDill Field. Expectantly I rushed to shower, shave, whathastthou, and then search for Lynn. But not ! It was to no avail and the next day I wrote him a letter. Perhaps soon he will contact me, for I remember only a week ago when an unidentified sergeant came searching for me and learning of my whereabouts, remarked: "No ! Not the great Fortier himself on KP?" Yesm dear friend, yes--quite often. Star-Stung was the most valuable publication for this mailing, ---1---
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TWILIGHT ECHOES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOE FORTIER FAPA FALL 1944 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TWILIGHT ECHOES........ Probably that's unique as a titular greeting, perhaps it's not; this is merely a lazily prepared letter to the FAPA membership. I'm writing this in hopes that I may inveigle some unwary editor into publishing sameL what will be said, I don't know, for I've planned nothing and am rattling this off as though it were a ltter to a close friend, not an article for publication. During my stay in the army, I've come to know th FAPA as the shining light of all stfandom. I've kept in touch with one inactive fan and one former fan, respectively Everett Wyers and Tom Wright. I've read no more than half-dozen of the pulps; I've received maybe 25 fanmags at the most; fandom and I have become two entities apart. Yet, even had I been in constant touch with stf, both professional and amateur, I'm sure that the FAPA would remain the greaterst source of satistfaction, for it has risen far in the past two years. Remember however, that I have been away, not by choosing but by necessity; therefore my idiom may be faltering and my vernacular far from timely. Tonight (27 June, 1944) I feel somehwat touched by sentimentality, a fool's tool by all means but a pleasant heart-warming one, brought out mainly by Bruce Yerke's (the former "Tubby") Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan. Bruce, you're far from superfluous, I assure you that, and though I once considered you a boor I realize now you have that needle for the oversize bubble of egotism. I wasn't an active participant in fandom in 1937 and '38, but the recounts foster pleasant reminiscences. Tales of teh old LASFL leave me with more enthusiasm for the rest of the series than most of the presentday serials in magazines. "Heck", rest assured you've put another fantasy devotee on the trail of William Hope Hodgson. And that takes care of that. Quite, and my most sincere best wishes for the by-now Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Chauvenet. I mean that, mightily, for even now I'm contemplating the same step. Inspiration ended one evening's reading of FAPA literature. Bridges. Florida. Yea, MacDill and I flung down the magazine to grasp hurriedly, excitedly, hopingly for the organ, and there it was, Bridges' address at MacDill Field. Expectantly I rushed to shower, shave, whathastthou, and then search for Lynn. But not ! It was to no avail and the next day I wrote him a letter. Perhaps soon he will contact me, for I remember only a week ago when an unidentified sergeant came searching for me and learning of my whereabouts, remarked: "No ! Not the great Fortier himself on KP?" Yesm dear friend, yes--quite often. Star-Stung was the most valuable publication for this mailing, ---1---
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