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Fandango, v. 3, issue 3, whole 11, Spring 1946
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lovely hard-boiled groove is Whitman Chambers' THIRTEEN STEPS, which is without exception the most suspenseful thing I've ever read or ever hope to. A quasi-sequel, ONCE TOO OFTEN, is also good, but scarcely in the class of the other stuff we've been mentioning. And Lynn, if you can scare up a copy of Section 1 of the WILSON LIBRARY BULLETIN Vol. 18, No. 8, April 1944 you will find an article, "The Detective Story and Academe" by James Sandoe. This consists largely of a five page bibliography of the best in detective fiction of all times, a bibliography which reflects the personal choices of such persons as Vincent Starrett, Anthony Boucher, Ellery Queen, and others. If still in print, a copy would cost 20 lcents from The H. W. Wilson Company, 950-972 University Ave., New York City 52. No one at all interested in this type of fiction can afford to be without Sandoe's bibliography. If you can't get it, drop me a card and I'll loan you my copy. ---ooOoo--- TALE OF THE EVANS My gosh, how Tempus does Fidgit!" Note, if you please, the astounding time jump in the first 3 paragraphs of Carlson's article. From the 1922 Argosy to FFM is a mere nothing for our temponaught from Moorhead. . . All right, Everett, you have published some stf now; I'll bet HCK will welcome your other stuff! For once, I can actually agree with Everett about something. (Ah, but wait 'till I get to Timebinder!) Indubitably, local fandom doesn't believe the atomic age is upon us. I had the dubious pleasure of attending the Atomicon, and it was a horrible foozle. Van Vogt gave a gerrifically clever suggested application for atomic energy. Niesson Himmel tossed out a few trenchant remarks which were allowed to die unnoticed. And Sam Russell gave an impromtu talk which stole the entire show, but which failed to elicit any real discussion. But no one seemed to have anything to say (with all due respect to the gentleman, I didn't notice Everett coming out with anything). Bob Olson did tell us about the discovery of electricity, a new force which is going to revolutionise everything. I didn't care to say anything myself, because I can see no hope whatsoever for the future. Nevertheless, i would have enjoyed tangling with someone over his dream-castles. Heck, I might have even been induced to see an optimistic side to the atomic age. As it is, I didn't even get a good argument out of it. ---ooOoo--- FAN-DANGING PROGRAM. Y'know, I had more fun with this thing than with any fanzine I've published since I hit Los Angeles. But the pink paper was unpremeditated, I assure you! ---ooOoo--- BT Do those cryptic initials stand for Beerlirium Tremens? And I demand an immediate retraction from Raymond Washington for saying that I was indirectly responsible for his inability to use correction fluid. Let this chap know, that I am working night and day to separate a new isotope of this gooey substance. I plan to send special bottles to each member of VAPA, so that each time they use the stuff and type over it, an explosion will result which will devastate 134 square miles. I plan, by this means, to do away with our rival organization and leave FAPA without competition. But there is nothing indirect about it; I'm doing it with malice aforethought. ---ooOoo--- FANTASY AMATEUR. Jack, have you noticed yet that you forgot to say what mailing this was? 34th, wasn't it? -- 4 --
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lovely hard-boiled groove is Whitman Chambers' THIRTEEN STEPS, which is without exception the most suspenseful thing I've ever read or ever hope to. A quasi-sequel, ONCE TOO OFTEN, is also good, but scarcely in the class of the other stuff we've been mentioning. And Lynn, if you can scare up a copy of Section 1 of the WILSON LIBRARY BULLETIN Vol. 18, No. 8, April 1944 you will find an article, "The Detective Story and Academe" by James Sandoe. This consists largely of a five page bibliography of the best in detective fiction of all times, a bibliography which reflects the personal choices of such persons as Vincent Starrett, Anthony Boucher, Ellery Queen, and others. If still in print, a copy would cost 20 lcents from The H. W. Wilson Company, 950-972 University Ave., New York City 52. No one at all interested in this type of fiction can afford to be without Sandoe's bibliography. If you can't get it, drop me a card and I'll loan you my copy. ---ooOoo--- TALE OF THE EVANS My gosh, how Tempus does Fidgit!" Note, if you please, the astounding time jump in the first 3 paragraphs of Carlson's article. From the 1922 Argosy to FFM is a mere nothing for our temponaught from Moorhead. . . All right, Everett, you have published some stf now; I'll bet HCK will welcome your other stuff! For once, I can actually agree with Everett about something. (Ah, but wait 'till I get to Timebinder!) Indubitably, local fandom doesn't believe the atomic age is upon us. I had the dubious pleasure of attending the Atomicon, and it was a horrible foozle. Van Vogt gave a gerrifically clever suggested application for atomic energy. Niesson Himmel tossed out a few trenchant remarks which were allowed to die unnoticed. And Sam Russell gave an impromtu talk which stole the entire show, but which failed to elicit any real discussion. But no one seemed to have anything to say (with all due respect to the gentleman, I didn't notice Everett coming out with anything). Bob Olson did tell us about the discovery of electricity, a new force which is going to revolutionise everything. I didn't care to say anything myself, because I can see no hope whatsoever for the future. Nevertheless, i would have enjoyed tangling with someone over his dream-castles. Heck, I might have even been induced to see an optimistic side to the atomic age. As it is, I didn't even get a good argument out of it. ---ooOoo--- FAN-DANGING PROGRAM. Y'know, I had more fun with this thing than with any fanzine I've published since I hit Los Angeles. But the pink paper was unpremeditated, I assure you! ---ooOoo--- BT Do those cryptic initials stand for Beerlirium Tremens? And I demand an immediate retraction from Raymond Washington for saying that I was indirectly responsible for his inability to use correction fluid. Let this chap know, that I am working night and day to separate a new isotope of this gooey substance. I plan to send special bottles to each member of VAPA, so that each time they use the stuff and type over it, an explosion will result which will devastate 134 square miles. I plan, by this means, to do away with our rival organization and leave FAPA without competition. But there is nothing indirect about it; I'm doing it with malice aforethought. ---ooOoo--- FANTASY AMATEUR. Jack, have you noticed yet that you forgot to say what mailing this was? 34th, wasn't it? -- 4 --
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