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Voice of the Imagination, whole no. 24, August 1942
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8 [[begin underline]] VOICE OF THE [[end underline]] organization, and the nasty cracks he's been making about fans who want to unite? I quite agree that it's high time Fortier stop changing his mind with the temperature or stock market or whatever. It's ridiculous to alter opinions just for the sake of variety every week or two, as he does, and he's easily the worst offender in fandom when it comes to announcing magazines that never appear, changing titles without good reason, discontinuing publications after an issue or two, and similar antics." A "half asleep" RON HOLMES rote us from 32 Rockfield Rd, Liverpool 4, Eng, on 19 May: "Here I crawl out of my shell again, this time to give Forry, George Medhurst and the readers of Vom a lecture, I hope they take it in good part and due tolerance, cause, by gosh don't I have to tolerate a lot from them: Starts with a criticism of past covers, complimenting Wright on the original Tomaiden, only really good cover Ron's seen on Vom; while brother Wiedenback suffers again for his offering on our New Yr No. 4e breaking in here to explain to Ron what he & some other readers never seemd to understand, namely that Mother & Dawter Time were not improperly proportioned in relation to one another, Dawter being too diminutive: tho smaller female figure was sposed to be symbolic of the New Yr, & incidently giving U 2 Vomaidens for the price of one, rather'n an actual baby. One the subject of fantasy nudes, Ron wonders why Forry & Friends produce the things, for they obviously are not art. Alternately, my sense of art must be misplaced or me & my contributors are "just plain letchers (I think that is the US term)." If the latter, Ron's sorry we're so darned proud of it, for it puts us in a very poor position in his eyes. To which I reply-- & speaking for it puts us in a very poor position in his eyes. To which I reply --& speaking for Morojo also -- Honest to Truth, Ton, the last thing we want thot of use is that we're the smirky sort where sex is concernd, pornografy peddlers in stfans' clothing. That element in LA fandom was one we always regretted, but fortunately now it is only an unpleasant memory. Vomaidens innocently were inaugurated with the now famous gatefold, the "Repre¿Adele" of the original of the fantasy nude espeshly drawn fro me by a former Ampas acquaintances , Pauline Hirst (Paulo), about which Angeleños had raved (the pic--not Paule. . .but only bcuz none of "em ever met her); & was followd by others-- in particular sevral Portfolios, including one fantasy nude of my own conception, & alwasy where possible with the "realistic touche". I personaly had thot our fans were pretty shockproof & sensible & woud be pleased to receive in one their own mags what tabu-bound pulps & convention-shackled other sources don't supply. Do U noe that the Canadian edition of Weird Tales featuring "The Blue Woman" denyd that a woman has breasts by retouching the cover so that the girl had a chest in the masculine sense? That silly sort of shame robs veauty from life. What we sometimes get--& yet run bcuz, like many a letter not so hot, Vom is a mirror of fandom, good bad or indifrent--& what we'd like to give U, are, to rework an oldy about horses of difrent colors, "femmes of difrent forms". We'd like to give U Finlay unfetterd, Bok unabasht, Wright unrestaind, Turner unrethoucht: Norhalas & Santhus from Merritts's imagination, Minga maids by Moore! Are we lecherous, lousy, lewd, looney? The defense begs the indulgence of the court for consuming so much space, & rests its case. . . STOPRESS! The sun shines brite, the world's alryt again, bcuz: "Will you please announce in VOM that I have decided to re-enter fandom. (P.S. the girl on the back is a witch!)-- Tucker. JOHN CUNNINGHAM (nufsed) 2050 Gilbert St, BeaumonTexas: "Cover looks like ROUGES gallery-from FBI files than a fmgzine cover---Most sensible face on the whole page was of course: Anglofan #1, John Michael Rosenblum. . . a nice look ing chap if I ever saw one. . . true blue Britisher, could easily pass as sonme USA Business man -- of high importantance etc. H.C. Koenig,,, looks to be like Nelson Eddy, tho a scientist of a sort. ECCO-intelligent, systematic, Stylish. Gus Willmorth-Regular fellow, sorta Like Bing Crosby in a way-- dresses as he pleases, don't give a damn what others things, and is all around friendly. Damon Knight-Nostro-Demus, be he his elected folloer? Jenkins&Gilbert--pack up UR fmgzine interests and send them to em. . .Those guys are issuing to many fmgzine they are causing a fmgzine INFLATION-in capital L. Gert Kuslan: Stfandom could use more faminie supporters and followers of her type, as alo the Finns' Doldi? Len Moffatt, the little guy-who is unjustly criticized. Phour, Elmer Perdue-fan-a-la-experts--EEEEvans, just as U said- a right guy, and a square dealer-next president of NFFF. . Hurrah-- hes a grand old leader -- he is. ' ' Pah, all this autrocious dribble (babish)talk by 4E, on being notified that Use have #1A rating. Think what the fans will be thinking, if that guy can get such a rating, then what chance have the Morons for exemption? The battlescene will be a formation of apes versus--babbling humans--etc. . sall in fun tho, to think thus--as the rest do--or is it? ' ' Art Windersheen's Leter: Very fine-thorough, liked his description of Tigrinn'Silly Girl, etc. Say-Art could pass as a philospoper any day-- just hope he don't ty to analize me by letters IVE wrote him etc." Approves Klingbieletter & suggests stfandom could use a lil more "Lectric Juice of true action" & less "daubling around". ' ' Requests less of "Tigrinia (boresome) art, and more that super lossal-prozineish, the type of nude a saint would like, drawing of Turnder instead. I could look at Turner's pic Phtholognyrrh, all day -- and still not get enough joy outa it to satisfay. It is a masterpiece worthy of highest merit and wuality. I have spoken SALAM!" An avarice Hansom of 95 Mere Rd, Leicester, Eng. on 25 May was stimulated to rite by "the shock of seeing myself peering out between Ken Chapman & Les Johnson on the February cover. It was the first time I've seen that 'photo which I fancy was taken at the general gathering in London last September. Taken, incidentally, in Regent's Park--just across the road from where Wells lives when he's in town. ' ' I could say a lot about the magazine but it would boil down to the fact that it suits me fine since it gives a pretty good picture of American fans being in the main frivolous, occasionally serious & at all
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8 [[begin underline]] VOICE OF THE [[end underline]] organization, and the nasty cracks he's been making about fans who want to unite? I quite agree that it's high time Fortier stop changing his mind with the temperature or stock market or whatever. It's ridiculous to alter opinions just for the sake of variety every week or two, as he does, and he's easily the worst offender in fandom when it comes to announcing magazines that never appear, changing titles without good reason, discontinuing publications after an issue or two, and similar antics." A "half asleep" RON HOLMES rote us from 32 Rockfield Rd, Liverpool 4, Eng, on 19 May: "Here I crawl out of my shell again, this time to give Forry, George Medhurst and the readers of Vom a lecture, I hope they take it in good part and due tolerance, cause, by gosh don't I have to tolerate a lot from them: Starts with a criticism of past covers, complimenting Wright on the original Tomaiden, only really good cover Ron's seen on Vom; while brother Wiedenback suffers again for his offering on our New Yr No. 4e breaking in here to explain to Ron what he & some other readers never seemd to understand, namely that Mother & Dawter Time were not improperly proportioned in relation to one another, Dawter being too diminutive: tho smaller female figure was sposed to be symbolic of the New Yr, & incidently giving U 2 Vomaidens for the price of one, rather'n an actual baby. One the subject of fantasy nudes, Ron wonders why Forry & Friends produce the things, for they obviously are not art. Alternately, my sense of art must be misplaced or me & my contributors are "just plain letchers (I think that is the US term)." If the latter, Ron's sorry we're so darned proud of it, for it puts us in a very poor position in his eyes. To which I reply-- & speaking for it puts us in a very poor position in his eyes. To which I reply --& speaking for Morojo also -- Honest to Truth, Ton, the last thing we want thot of use is that we're the smirky sort where sex is concernd, pornografy peddlers in stfans' clothing. That element in LA fandom was one we always regretted, but fortunately now it is only an unpleasant memory. Vomaidens innocently were inaugurated with the now famous gatefold, the "Repre¿Adele" of the original of the fantasy nude espeshly drawn fro me by a former Ampas acquaintances , Pauline Hirst (Paulo), about which Angeleños had raved (the pic--not Paule. . .but only bcuz none of "em ever met her); & was followd by others-- in particular sevral Portfolios, including one fantasy nude of my own conception, & alwasy where possible with the "realistic touche". I personaly had thot our fans were pretty shockproof & sensible & woud be pleased to receive in one their own mags what tabu-bound pulps & convention-shackled other sources don't supply. Do U noe that the Canadian edition of Weird Tales featuring "The Blue Woman" denyd that a woman has breasts by retouching the cover so that the girl had a chest in the masculine sense? That silly sort of shame robs veauty from life. What we sometimes get--& yet run bcuz, like many a letter not so hot, Vom is a mirror of fandom, good bad or indifrent--& what we'd like to give U, are, to rework an oldy about horses of difrent colors, "femmes of difrent forms". We'd like to give U Finlay unfetterd, Bok unabasht, Wright unrestaind, Turner unrethoucht: Norhalas & Santhus from Merritts's imagination, Minga maids by Moore! Are we lecherous, lousy, lewd, looney? The defense begs the indulgence of the court for consuming so much space, & rests its case. . . STOPRESS! The sun shines brite, the world's alryt again, bcuz: "Will you please announce in VOM that I have decided to re-enter fandom. (P.S. the girl on the back is a witch!)-- Tucker. JOHN CUNNINGHAM (nufsed) 2050 Gilbert St, BeaumonTexas: "Cover looks like ROUGES gallery-from FBI files than a fmgzine cover---Most sensible face on the whole page was of course: Anglofan #1, John Michael Rosenblum. . . a nice look ing chap if I ever saw one. . . true blue Britisher, could easily pass as sonme USA Business man -- of high importantance etc. H.C. Koenig,,, looks to be like Nelson Eddy, tho a scientist of a sort. ECCO-intelligent, systematic, Stylish. Gus Willmorth-Regular fellow, sorta Like Bing Crosby in a way-- dresses as he pleases, don't give a damn what others things, and is all around friendly. Damon Knight-Nostro-Demus, be he his elected folloer? Jenkins&Gilbert--pack up UR fmgzine interests and send them to em. . .Those guys are issuing to many fmgzine they are causing a fmgzine INFLATION-in capital L. Gert Kuslan: Stfandom could use more faminie supporters and followers of her type, as alo the Finns' Doldi? Len Moffatt, the little guy-who is unjustly criticized. Phour, Elmer Perdue-fan-a-la-experts--EEEEvans, just as U said- a right guy, and a square dealer-next president of NFFF. . Hurrah-- hes a grand old leader -- he is. ' ' Pah, all this autrocious dribble (babish)talk by 4E, on being notified that Use have #1A rating. Think what the fans will be thinking, if that guy can get such a rating, then what chance have the Morons for exemption? The battlescene will be a formation of apes versus--babbling humans--etc. . sall in fun tho, to think thus--as the rest do--or is it? ' ' Art Windersheen's Leter: Very fine-thorough, liked his description of Tigrinn'Silly Girl, etc. Say-Art could pass as a philospoper any day-- just hope he don't ty to analize me by letters IVE wrote him etc." Approves Klingbieletter & suggests stfandom could use a lil more "Lectric Juice of true action" & less "daubling around". ' ' Requests less of "Tigrinia (boresome) art, and more that super lossal-prozineish, the type of nude a saint would like, drawing of Turnder instead. I could look at Turner's pic Phtholognyrrh, all day -- and still not get enough joy outa it to satisfay. It is a masterpiece worthy of highest merit and wuality. I have spoken SALAM!" An avarice Hansom of 95 Mere Rd, Leicester, Eng. on 25 May was stimulated to rite by "the shock of seeing myself peering out between Ken Chapman & Les Johnson on the February cover. It was the first time I've seen that 'photo which I fancy was taken at the general gathering in London last September. Taken, incidentally, in Regent's Park--just across the road from where Wells lives when he's in town. ' ' I could say a lot about the magazine but it would boil down to the fact that it suits me fine since it gives a pretty good picture of American fans being in the main frivolous, occasionally serious & at all
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