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Fantasite, v. 1, issue 6, November-December 1941
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certain that if Sam continues his literary efforts, and we hope he does, that his stories will soon see print. Though he really has such intentions, he rarely discusses them -- another famous Russellism. And his vocabulary is as inexhaustive as his dignity, the latter being one of his better contributions to the society, though it can break, suddenly and completely in the face of a Saari joke or some Blakely antic at the recording mike. Though a gentleman of the first and last order, he can let his hair down. And what's more, Squanchfoot could have told you long ago that Sam Russell was going to be the next director of the MFS. That's just what happened. Congratulations from Squanchy, Sam! ----------- ------------------------------------- MFS NOTES By John Chapman September 21 will be remembered as one of the most successful MFS meetings. It not only marked the first regular fall season, but as well it brought back to local fan circles a perennial favorite of science and weird fiction -- Donald Wandrei. Wandrei needs no introduction to dyed-in-the-tool fandom. His place among the better writers of fantasy was established several years ago, along with the appearance of well-remembered stories like "A Race Through Time", "Farewell to Earth", "Colossus", "Life Current", and others. Of late Mr. Wandrei has devoted his time to plays, though occasionally he turns out a weird story and could no doubt be persuaded to give us something in science fiction. In the past four or five years, his fantasy efforts have been confined to Unknown and Weird Tales, along with the appearance of a few mystery tales in Esquire. Wandrei's speech to the society was an extremely interesting account of his association with fantasy notables since he first began writing in 1927. And he left no stone unturned. We have yet to hear a more amazing description of Lovecraft, whom Wandrei knew well during the earlier Weird days. His experiences with HPL, Clark Ashton Smith, Farnsworth Wright, Harry Bates, August Derleth, and countless others, contributed towards the most entertaining session the MFS as yet seen. It was our very good fortune that Morris Dollons was on hand with his either suit-cases of recording equipment, thus providing the group with a complete waxwork of Wandrei's talk. Right now it's the prize possession of the MFS, nine double-sided records in all. Quality of this particular recording amazed everyone, including Wandrei. And the record itself is more than a speech, for Morrie was still cutting some time after the the talk was finished. The result was an excellent two-sider of business proceedings, casual conversation, and a few interesting remarks by Simak, Wandrei, and Saari. The possibility of a few re-makes of the speech lies in one lone factor; whether or not some other fan group would be interested in having a copy. If so, Dollens assures us that a complete duplicate could be made, with, of course, Wandrei's approval. ********************************* The MFS loses another valuable member this month in the person of Doug Blakely, who's sampling army life at Camp Callan in California. All of which arouses a big problem: Who's going to replace Doug in the MFS dramatic department? Since that's too big an order for the present membership, we're afraid Sam Russell will have to carry all burdens. Doug's presence at MFS meetings will be missed. He was always the sparkplug, even in the old SFL days 'round these parts.
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certain that if Sam continues his literary efforts, and we hope he does, that his stories will soon see print. Though he really has such intentions, he rarely discusses them -- another famous Russellism. And his vocabulary is as inexhaustive as his dignity, the latter being one of his better contributions to the society, though it can break, suddenly and completely in the face of a Saari joke or some Blakely antic at the recording mike. Though a gentleman of the first and last order, he can let his hair down. And what's more, Squanchfoot could have told you long ago that Sam Russell was going to be the next director of the MFS. That's just what happened. Congratulations from Squanchy, Sam! ----------- ------------------------------------- MFS NOTES By John Chapman September 21 will be remembered as one of the most successful MFS meetings. It not only marked the first regular fall season, but as well it brought back to local fan circles a perennial favorite of science and weird fiction -- Donald Wandrei. Wandrei needs no introduction to dyed-in-the-tool fandom. His place among the better writers of fantasy was established several years ago, along with the appearance of well-remembered stories like "A Race Through Time", "Farewell to Earth", "Colossus", "Life Current", and others. Of late Mr. Wandrei has devoted his time to plays, though occasionally he turns out a weird story and could no doubt be persuaded to give us something in science fiction. In the past four or five years, his fantasy efforts have been confined to Unknown and Weird Tales, along with the appearance of a few mystery tales in Esquire. Wandrei's speech to the society was an extremely interesting account of his association with fantasy notables since he first began writing in 1927. And he left no stone unturned. We have yet to hear a more amazing description of Lovecraft, whom Wandrei knew well during the earlier Weird days. His experiences with HPL, Clark Ashton Smith, Farnsworth Wright, Harry Bates, August Derleth, and countless others, contributed towards the most entertaining session the MFS as yet seen. It was our very good fortune that Morris Dollons was on hand with his either suit-cases of recording equipment, thus providing the group with a complete waxwork of Wandrei's talk. Right now it's the prize possession of the MFS, nine double-sided records in all. Quality of this particular recording amazed everyone, including Wandrei. And the record itself is more than a speech, for Morrie was still cutting some time after the the talk was finished. The result was an excellent two-sider of business proceedings, casual conversation, and a few interesting remarks by Simak, Wandrei, and Saari. The possibility of a few re-makes of the speech lies in one lone factor; whether or not some other fan group would be interested in having a copy. If so, Dollens assures us that a complete duplicate could be made, with, of course, Wandrei's approval. ********************************* The MFS loses another valuable member this month in the person of Doug Blakely, who's sampling army life at Camp Callan in California. All of which arouses a big problem: Who's going to replace Doug in the MFS dramatic department? Since that's too big an order for the present membership, we're afraid Sam Russell will have to carry all burdens. Doug's presence at MFS meetings will be missed. He was always the sparkplug, even in the old SFL days 'round these parts.
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