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Fantasy Amateur, v. 7, issue 3, March 1944
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Phantagraph: The contrast between cover and interior is too strong. Adlux Beskan: Nextime something like this is tried, it would be nice to double space it so we can figure between the lines. And legibility of every letter is highly desirable in a foreign-language publication. Ray: Even SusPro in its worst appearance was not mimeod like one of these. Fantasy Commentator: "Stuffiness of context is not necessarily a corollary to obedience to forms of established correctness." Maybe not, Langley, but how about giving us some proof of it? Frankly, these reviews seemed to me to fit Mark Twain's description of the Book of Mormon. And as for sentences like "The latter four are not equal in quality to those tales less briefly described herein, but they are by no means poor; indeed, to label any of the author's short stories as such would, to say the least, be inviting argument", the best thing I can say is, "Ugh." Trivial Triangle Troubadour: Another case where the authorship is in doubt. We see Suddsy's name in the top place, and a Nebula account indicates that he published this, but the typewriter and the style look like Widner. Fanfare: "Alicia in Blunderland" is the first case I know of where something has been published in a fanzine that requires explanatory footnotes thruout; it's an interesting mutation. The footnotes are among the best items in the issue. Much of the burlesque, in ads, and on the cover, is of a stereotyped sort. And I feel obliged to point out again the handicap that is placed on material by such assertions as "An All Humor Issue". Take that story of the car that was told to go to Hell: the ending is slitely amusing, the obvious; but to read the story expecting that it would be funny thruout is certain to result in disappointment. Fantasy Amateur: No comment. Beyond: No comment. Fan-Tods: The Time-Travel Symposium was worth whatever labor it took to collect it. Suggests the necessity of a considerable body of speculation on a subject before principles can emerge. I refuse to consider Pong's Phantasy Papyrus as a publication. Browsing: Good: it's expanding. Some of the comments in the Booklist are lovely; hope you didn't overlook them. British Fantasy Society Bulletin: No comment. jfs Official Editor's Message: 1. Since no one else has mentioned it, I now remind you that "Candidates whose names are to appear on the ballots shall file with the Secretary-Treasurer in writing. The ballots shall be included in the June Mailing..." which has a deadline of June 3. A word to the wise.. 2. As to the questionable juvenilia with which members have been weighting the mailings, there should be no need for an official censor--any member with even a slight concern for fapa will cooperate wholeheartedly, will not set out to see how close he can come to the verge without actual disbarment, and instead will reserve any such impressive material as he can conceive for private mailing at his own risk, even though in court some jurst might find it "emetic rather than aphrodisiac" (aside to bob t.: this is IT!).. 3. In answer to a comment the origin of which I have forgotten, any duplications in your mailings are purely accidental; extra copies are put in the official files for subsequent sale.
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Phantagraph: The contrast between cover and interior is too strong. Adlux Beskan: Nextime something like this is tried, it would be nice to double space it so we can figure between the lines. And legibility of every letter is highly desirable in a foreign-language publication. Ray: Even SusPro in its worst appearance was not mimeod like one of these. Fantasy Commentator: "Stuffiness of context is not necessarily a corollary to obedience to forms of established correctness." Maybe not, Langley, but how about giving us some proof of it? Frankly, these reviews seemed to me to fit Mark Twain's description of the Book of Mormon. And as for sentences like "The latter four are not equal in quality to those tales less briefly described herein, but they are by no means poor; indeed, to label any of the author's short stories as such would, to say the least, be inviting argument", the best thing I can say is, "Ugh." Trivial Triangle Troubadour: Another case where the authorship is in doubt. We see Suddsy's name in the top place, and a Nebula account indicates that he published this, but the typewriter and the style look like Widner. Fanfare: "Alicia in Blunderland" is the first case I know of where something has been published in a fanzine that requires explanatory footnotes thruout; it's an interesting mutation. The footnotes are among the best items in the issue. Much of the burlesque, in ads, and on the cover, is of a stereotyped sort. And I feel obliged to point out again the handicap that is placed on material by such assertions as "An All Humor Issue". Take that story of the car that was told to go to Hell: the ending is slitely amusing, the obvious; but to read the story expecting that it would be funny thruout is certain to result in disappointment. Fantasy Amateur: No comment. Beyond: No comment. Fan-Tods: The Time-Travel Symposium was worth whatever labor it took to collect it. Suggests the necessity of a considerable body of speculation on a subject before principles can emerge. I refuse to consider Pong's Phantasy Papyrus as a publication. Browsing: Good: it's expanding. Some of the comments in the Booklist are lovely; hope you didn't overlook them. British Fantasy Society Bulletin: No comment. jfs Official Editor's Message: 1. Since no one else has mentioned it, I now remind you that "Candidates whose names are to appear on the ballots shall file with the Secretary-Treasurer in writing. The ballots shall be included in the June Mailing..." which has a deadline of June 3. A word to the wise.. 2. As to the questionable juvenilia with which members have been weighting the mailings, there should be no need for an official censor--any member with even a slight concern for fapa will cooperate wholeheartedly, will not set out to see how close he can come to the verge without actual disbarment, and instead will reserve any such impressive material as he can conceive for private mailing at his own risk, even though in court some jurst might find it "emetic rather than aphrodisiac" (aside to bob t.: this is IT!).. 3. In answer to a comment the origin of which I have forgotten, any duplications in your mailings are purely accidental; extra copies are put in the official files for subsequent sale.
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