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Fantasite, v. 2, issue 5, whole 11, May-June 1943
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THE FANTASITE ..... 33 "Br-r-rack!". By the way, those little cartoons were amusing, contrary to tradition, and the note about Ludowitz was pleasant to read. There is nothing like learning you have misjudged someone and that they are much better than you thought they were. R.R. 1, Box 175, Toledo, Oregon. SGT. LYNN BRIDGES Seems funny to be commenting on an August-September issue of a fanzine on Thanksgiving Day, but I just got the mag yesterday. It had to go all over the southeast before it finally caught up with me. Fantasite is the first subscription magazine I've seen for some time, and one of the best. Hope you can continue it without too much trouble. With the exception of the FAPA, the fanzine business seems to be about finished. That Dollens cover is as good a piece of work as I've ever seen on a fanzine. It's somewhat reminiscent of those symbolical covers on the old Amazing--early '33, I think--but in my opinion is a much better job than any of them. For that matter, the artwork throughout Fantasite is excellent, and there should be more of it. So far as the material goes, it's entirely adequate, quite a bit above average. There's nothing which can be really called outstanding, but there's nothing which isn't good either. One trouble--a lot of the stuff contained in the columns is considerably out of date. It may be that I received my copy late or you were just that much delayed in finishing the issue. ((A little bit of both, no doubt. Eds.)) Best liked were the regular features such as "Among the Hams and Pros", and "Fanta-Notes". But the rest of it wasn't bad either. It was more than welcome to one who's had little contact with fandom for months. Sorry I missed seeing you fellows at the Midwest Conference a couple of months ago. I was at the first one of those meetings, of course, and I'd have liked to have been at this one, with fandom, but there are few facilities and practically no time available. I'm attempting to continue my FAPA mag at least, and managed to get a page or two in the last mailing. Any future fan work, of course, is doubtful; but I'm going to do my best. 873rd Chemical Co., Herbert Smart Airport, Macon, Georgia. JOE FORTIER The latest Fantasite is a mighty fire fanmag, well-worth the classification as one of the two bests. Which is best, I do not now, but I do know that Tycho may someday crowd into this holier than holy circle of fanmags including thou and Nova. ((Are you listening, Editor Gergen? Eds.)) Ah! a very nice cover as far as mimeograph covers go. This Osterlund is one imaginative guy and whoever cut the stencil did a better-than-average job. Those little cuts in green all the way through the issue: I do hope you perpetrate many more of these annoying little things. The rest of the art for December rates just so-so. Yerke's fiction, despite the fact that I wish to compliment Tubby in some fascinatingly insidious manner doe snot raise the level of Fantasite one whit. Tucker's reviews were a bit more intriguing than usual. You know, I don't really dislike book-reviews; it's just that I'm annoyed by the lengthy run-of-the-mill. I believe that a review can be distinctly fascinating and can be told in approximately one or two hundred words, all to distinct advantage. Blakely's "Take a Break" was cleverly written, but he failed to put across very much that hasn't been expressed many times past--and to better advantage. Incidentally, we've missed Doug at our latest G.G.F.S. meetings. His plugs for the M.F.S. were so inspiring in the midst of heavy business sessions! Some later date, at some later place, I'm going to take this monstrosity of evolution called Dickson, place him firmly in the clutches of my infernal machine, and then dissect him bit by bit to see what makes him tick--thereby creating a hell of torture for what I consider to be the worst columnist since Schmarje! ((You and MFS fan Sheldon Araas should get together! Eds.)) "Via StfNash". Ah! Hurrah! A thousand Gabrielistic huzzahs. Praise the Lord and make the first edition. Bronson made it and did a remarkable job. Such a time as was pictured. This article brought back certain undying memories of the Denvention. To have been there, just to have been there, that's the idea the write-up aroused. Best of the issue and one of the very est of the yeat, that's "Via StfNash". ((If you could see me now, with a modest blush and a coy smirk adorning my features. PRB)) Squanchfoot interesting again. Brazier
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THE FANTASITE ..... 33 "Br-r-rack!". By the way, those little cartoons were amusing, contrary to tradition, and the note about Ludowitz was pleasant to read. There is nothing like learning you have misjudged someone and that they are much better than you thought they were. R.R. 1, Box 175, Toledo, Oregon. SGT. LYNN BRIDGES Seems funny to be commenting on an August-September issue of a fanzine on Thanksgiving Day, but I just got the mag yesterday. It had to go all over the southeast before it finally caught up with me. Fantasite is the first subscription magazine I've seen for some time, and one of the best. Hope you can continue it without too much trouble. With the exception of the FAPA, the fanzine business seems to be about finished. That Dollens cover is as good a piece of work as I've ever seen on a fanzine. It's somewhat reminiscent of those symbolical covers on the old Amazing--early '33, I think--but in my opinion is a much better job than any of them. For that matter, the artwork throughout Fantasite is excellent, and there should be more of it. So far as the material goes, it's entirely adequate, quite a bit above average. There's nothing which can be really called outstanding, but there's nothing which isn't good either. One trouble--a lot of the stuff contained in the columns is considerably out of date. It may be that I received my copy late or you were just that much delayed in finishing the issue. ((A little bit of both, no doubt. Eds.)) Best liked were the regular features such as "Among the Hams and Pros", and "Fanta-Notes". But the rest of it wasn't bad either. It was more than welcome to one who's had little contact with fandom for months. Sorry I missed seeing you fellows at the Midwest Conference a couple of months ago. I was at the first one of those meetings, of course, and I'd have liked to have been at this one, with fandom, but there are few facilities and practically no time available. I'm attempting to continue my FAPA mag at least, and managed to get a page or two in the last mailing. Any future fan work, of course, is doubtful; but I'm going to do my best. 873rd Chemical Co., Herbert Smart Airport, Macon, Georgia. JOE FORTIER The latest Fantasite is a mighty fire fanmag, well-worth the classification as one of the two bests. Which is best, I do not now, but I do know that Tycho may someday crowd into this holier than holy circle of fanmags including thou and Nova. ((Are you listening, Editor Gergen? Eds.)) Ah! a very nice cover as far as mimeograph covers go. This Osterlund is one imaginative guy and whoever cut the stencil did a better-than-average job. Those little cuts in green all the way through the issue: I do hope you perpetrate many more of these annoying little things. The rest of the art for December rates just so-so. Yerke's fiction, despite the fact that I wish to compliment Tubby in some fascinatingly insidious manner doe snot raise the level of Fantasite one whit. Tucker's reviews were a bit more intriguing than usual. You know, I don't really dislike book-reviews; it's just that I'm annoyed by the lengthy run-of-the-mill. I believe that a review can be distinctly fascinating and can be told in approximately one or two hundred words, all to distinct advantage. Blakely's "Take a Break" was cleverly written, but he failed to put across very much that hasn't been expressed many times past--and to better advantage. Incidentally, we've missed Doug at our latest G.G.F.S. meetings. His plugs for the M.F.S. were so inspiring in the midst of heavy business sessions! Some later date, at some later place, I'm going to take this monstrosity of evolution called Dickson, place him firmly in the clutches of my infernal machine, and then dissect him bit by bit to see what makes him tick--thereby creating a hell of torture for what I consider to be the worst columnist since Schmarje! ((You and MFS fan Sheldon Araas should get together! Eds.)) "Via StfNash". Ah! Hurrah! A thousand Gabrielistic huzzahs. Praise the Lord and make the first edition. Bronson made it and did a remarkable job. Such a time as was pictured. This article brought back certain undying memories of the Denvention. To have been there, just to have been there, that's the idea the write-up aroused. Best of the issue and one of the very est of the yeat, that's "Via StfNash". ((If you could see me now, with a modest blush and a coy smirk adorning my features. PRB)) Squanchfoot interesting again. Brazier
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