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Fantasite, v. 2, issue 5, whole 11, May-June 1943

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28.... THE FANTASITE

AMONG THE HAMS ANDN PROS
BY: MANSE BRACKNEY
RAY GRUMBO
JOHN GERGEN

HAMS
VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION, #26. Ackerman and Morojo. I dunno about any of you fellows, but these ghodawful fotografic covers are rather nauseous to me. I like to see faces as well as the next guy, but one would think that Ackerman, Morojo, or whoever perpetrates the things on fandom would have enough sense to arrange the pics neatly, and with some semblance of order. You know what the inside stuff is: general feuds and commentaries via letters. A very excellent Wright drawing inside, executed in Finlay's best manner, is an eye-catcher and very well done.

THE ACOYLTE - #2 - 10c per, 4/45c - Francis T Laney, 720 10th St., Clarkston, Washington. I think that this is undoubtedly the finest of any of the recent crop of fanzines to appear--materially, though not always formatically. At least the mimeographing is clear, and easily readable. Personally, I think that right-hand-edges would be a very worthy addition, and perhaps what could be termed a general "toning down" of the entire magazine. I delight in deep and heavy reading, just as you, but it tends to become a little boring when one has to wade through quite a few pages of such material. That is not a squawk--it's a suggestion for improvement. While material does not necessarily have to be on the definitely humorous side, it can be "light reading", which is sometimes pleasurable. The two pieces of fiction, and the long article by Laney on the Cthulhu mythology are excellent, and very well worked out. However, the six-and one-half pages of description, and general laying-out of the nature and character of the Lovecraft entities and creatures can become too heavy, all of which prompted the above remark.

FUTURIAN WAR DIGEST - Vol. 3, #2 - Rosenblum from England. The appearance of this fanzine continues to amaze me. I didn't expect an English fanzine to publish issues so often, or quite so interestingly. I think any of the US fanzines could easily take to heart the lesson of ambition, fortitude, and--uh, perseverance. This issue contained the startling news that the Britishers were planning to hold, and might have by this time, a Midlands Stf. Con. Congratulations to the fellows, if they managed to do so.
--JOHN L. GERGEN.

PROS--

FUTURE FANTASY & SCIENCE-FICTION--Feb. '43. Some of the fellows say Future is slipping, and I might agree with them just a little. However, I liked this issue a lot, with the exception of the Bok story, which I did not bother to read (and I have no intention of reading it). Pearson's and Cummings' (!) tales take the honors in the science-fiction, and "Too Perfect", and "When You Think That--Smile!", and "--Does Not Imply--" are excellent fantasies, the latter being a weird.
--John L. Gergen.

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28.... THE FANTASITE AMONG THE HAMS ANDN PROS BY: MANSE BRACKNEY RAY GRUMBO JOHN GERGEN HAMS VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION, #26. Ackerman and Morojo. I dunno about any of you fellows, but these ghodawful fotografic covers are rather nauseous to me. I like to see faces as well as the next guy, but one would think that Ackerman, Morojo, or whoever perpetrates the things on fandom would have enough sense to arrange the pics neatly, and with some semblance of order. You know what the inside stuff is: general feuds and commentaries via letters. A very excellent Wright drawing inside, executed in Finlay's best manner, is an eye-catcher and very well done. THE ACOYLTE - #2 - 10c per, 4/45c - Francis T Laney, 720 10th St., Clarkston, Washington. I think that this is undoubtedly the finest of any of the recent crop of fanzines to appear--materially, though not always formatically. At least the mimeographing is clear, and easily readable. Personally, I think that right-hand-edges would be a very worthy addition, and perhaps what could be termed a general "toning down" of the entire magazine. I delight in deep and heavy reading, just as you, but it tends to become a little boring when one has to wade through quite a few pages of such material. That is not a squawk--it's a suggestion for improvement. While material does not necessarily have to be on the definitely humorous side, it can be "light reading", which is sometimes pleasurable. The two pieces of fiction, and the long article by Laney on the Cthulhu mythology are excellent, and very well worked out. However, the six-and one-half pages of description, and general laying-out of the nature and character of the Lovecraft entities and creatures can become too heavy, all of which prompted the above remark. FUTURIAN WAR DIGEST - Vol. 3, #2 - Rosenblum from England. The appearance of this fanzine continues to amaze me. I didn't expect an English fanzine to publish issues so often, or quite so interestingly. I think any of the US fanzines could easily take to heart the lesson of ambition, fortitude, and--uh, perseverance. This issue contained the startling news that the Britishers were planning to hold, and might have by this time, a Midlands Stf. Con. Congratulations to the fellows, if they managed to do so. --JOHN L. GERGEN. PROS-- FUTURE FANTASY & SCIENCE-FICTION--Feb. '43. Some of the fellows say Future is slipping, and I might agree with them just a little. However, I liked this issue a lot, with the exception of the Bok story, which I did not bother to read (and I have no intention of reading it). Pearson's and Cummings' (!) tales take the honors in the science-fiction, and "Too Perfect", and "When You Think That--Smile!", and "--Does Not Imply--" are excellent fantasies, the latter being a weird. --John L. Gergen.