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The Science Fiction Fan, v. 4, issue 8, whole no. 44, March 1940
Page 19
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FAN...........................................19 rejected, including Merritt's "Good Mule", Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries", and a set of free dishes. You also do what no other dead man has ever done -- you autograph every Volume, thus sending the value up tremendously. When the postal authorities are knocking at your door you pull the "coup de gras." You let out the greatest scoop of all times; in your regular column you announce your own death! (I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS DARN STRAIGHTJACKET BOTHER ME ONE BIT) Thousands of fans announce their intentions of attending your funeral -- to make sure, and simultaneously you announce (under a psuedonym) that there will be a Science Fiction Convention held the same date in your city. The effect is stunning. Transportation is positively tied up for miles around your house as fans gleefully munch pop-corn while viewing your dead body. YOUR BODY? Oh yes, I forgot to mention: YOU CAN'T LET ALL THOSE FANS DOWN AFTER THE BIG BUILD-UP, AND THEY'D KILL YOU ANYWAY IF THEY EVER LAID EYES ON YOU! So I'd advise taking poison and forgetting the whole damned business! It all comes out fine in the End. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Reinsberg was found dead the day after we received this manuscript. My first reader got to him before I could. Ah! well now I can marry his sister and take over his S-F collection. *************************************************** Cont'd. from Page 15. - Dracula. and letters been flat and lifeless, the effect would be ruined. Sometimes it helps to be a little careless, like that. The motion picture made of the book-- "Dracula" -- followed it to a great extent. At least, very little was added, and while for the
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FAN...........................................19 rejected, including Merritt's "Good Mule", Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries", and a set of free dishes. You also do what no other dead man has ever done -- you autograph every Volume, thus sending the value up tremendously. When the postal authorities are knocking at your door you pull the "coup de gras." You let out the greatest scoop of all times; in your regular column you announce your own death! (I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS DARN STRAIGHTJACKET BOTHER ME ONE BIT) Thousands of fans announce their intentions of attending your funeral -- to make sure, and simultaneously you announce (under a psuedonym) that there will be a Science Fiction Convention held the same date in your city. The effect is stunning. Transportation is positively tied up for miles around your house as fans gleefully munch pop-corn while viewing your dead body. YOUR BODY? Oh yes, I forgot to mention: YOU CAN'T LET ALL THOSE FANS DOWN AFTER THE BIG BUILD-UP, AND THEY'D KILL YOU ANYWAY IF THEY EVER LAID EYES ON YOU! So I'd advise taking poison and forgetting the whole damned business! It all comes out fine in the End. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Reinsberg was found dead the day after we received this manuscript. My first reader got to him before I could. Ah! well now I can marry his sister and take over his S-F collection. *************************************************** Cont'd. from Page 15. - Dracula. and letters been flat and lifeless, the effect would be ruined. Sometimes it helps to be a little careless, like that. The motion picture made of the book-- "Dracula" -- followed it to a great extent. At least, very little was added, and while for the
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