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Falling Petals, issue 2, Summer 1946

Inside back cover

       THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE

  From Mrs Harold A Anderson, St. George, Utah:
  "Falling Petals" I did enjoy..very much. I think it is a good and original idea. I like the idea of the little quotations strung through it. I thought your POETIC TITLES very good and couldn't help wondering if they were suggestive titles for future issues.. or for titles of poems you wanted in "Falling Petals."
  I let may sister-in-law read it and she said to tell Raymond L Hayes "to hang on. Life really isn't all as bad as he seems to think."
  Will there be other issues of "Falling Petals"? I surely hope that there will be.
  (Answer. "The Poetic Titles" were names of stories, with the exception of two or three such as "Ebony and Crystal," which is the title of a book of semi-fantasy verse by Clark Ashton Smith, and "Dark of the Moon," which was the title of a fantasy Broadway stage play this past season and also the name of an exquisite collection of lyrics by Sara Teasdale, many of which deal with the romance of astronomy. The Editors.)

  From John M Cunningham, Beaumont, Texas:
  Comments, suggestions, criticism.
  Name FALLING PETALS. First criticism is lack of stapling to bind pages together... the stencilling could have been better done, especially page -4-... The last and final criticism is against "wasted space," 2-3-4-5-6-7- pages no mimeo on back. I can only figure you feared a "smeary" result if both sides were used.
  Taken in all around deduction- Falling Petals was excellent. Commenting on past efforts of yours, I have always found them a source of superior quality and quantity to most of other FAPA mailings. I was not overly impressed with Raymond L Hayes' attempt at poetry, his PAST being best. With this exception, the fmzine was a treasure in miniature.
  (Answer. I hope that you find the present issue an improvement in the above respects. The first issue was typed and mimeographed at a trade school in downtown San Francisco, after hours from Army duties, and poor as the job might seem I really felt elated at the time that the idea had taken shape at all. The present issue is being typed on Ye Olde Underwood which typed out the ten issues of GOLDEN ATOM, but the circumstances of my new employment prohibit an almost all-encompassing interest in stf as the GOLDIE ATOMIC venture proved to be until the war changed all that. LBF.)

ANSWERS TO QUIZ ON PAGE THREE, "DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT STORY?"

  1. "The Girl in the Golden Atom," by Ray Cummings, All-Story, 1919.

  2. "A Crystal Age," by W H Hudson.

  3. "The Mask," by Robert W Chambers (original printing), from Chambers' book, "The King in Yellow."

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THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE From Mrs Harold A Anderson, St. George, Utah: "Falling Petals" I did enjoy..very much. I think it is a good and original idea. I like the idea of the little quotations strung through it. I thought your POETIC TITLES very good and couldn't help wondering if they were suggestive titles for future issues.. or for titles of poems you wanted in "Falling Petals." I let may sister-in-law read it and she said to tell Raymond L Hayes "to hang on. Life really isn't all as bad as he seems to think." Will there be other issues of "Falling Petals"? I surely hope that there will be. (Answer. "The Poetic Titles" were names of stories, with the exception of two or three such as "Ebony and Crystal," which is the title of a book of semi-fantasy verse by Clark Ashton Smith, and "Dark of the Moon," which was the title of a fantasy Broadway stage play this past season and also the name of an exquisite collection of lyrics by Sara Teasdale, many of which deal with the romance of astronomy. The Editors.) From John M Cunningham, Beaumont, Texas: Comments, suggestions, criticism. Name FALLING PETALS. First criticism is lack of stapling to bind pages together... the stencilling could have been better done, especially page -4-... The last and final criticism is against "wasted space," 2-3-4-5-6-7- pages no mimeo on back. I can only figure you feared a "smeary" result if both sides were used. Taken in all around deduction- Falling Petals was excellent. Commenting on past efforts of yours, I have always found them a source of superior quality and quantity to most of other FAPA mailings. I was not overly impressed with Raymond L Hayes' attempt at poetry, his PAST being best. With this exception, the fmzine was a treasure in miniature. (Answer. I hope that you find the present issue an improvement in the above respects. The first issue was typed and mimeographed at a trade school in downtown San Francisco, after hours from Army duties, and poor as the job might seem I really felt elated at the time that the idea had taken shape at all. The present issue is being typed on Ye Olde Underwood which typed out the ten issues of GOLDEN ATOM, but the circumstances of my new employment prohibit an almost all-encompassing interest in stf as the GOLDIE ATOMIC venture proved to be until the war changed all that. LBF.) ANSWERS TO QUIZ ON PAGE THREE, "DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT STORY?" 1. "The Girl in the Golden Atom," by Ray Cummings, All-Story, 1919. 2. "A Crystal Age," by W H Hudson. 3. "The Mask," by Robert W Chambers (original printing), from Chambers' book, "The King in Yellow."