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Horizons, v. 7, issue 4, whole 27, June 1946

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a quite sensible publication, as publications of its sort go. Not  that there is any danger of Shaver's having hit on the right answer; I'm willing to grant that some of the pehnomena [sic] which he has turned up may exist from other causes. The Timebinder: Should there be a hyphen in that name, Everett? There is in the text, but not on the cover; remember how Taurasi used to say that it didn't matter whether you put the hyphen between the words i Fantasy News? This issue is something of a disappointment, though. The stuff by Tripoli is good--I don't think most of us realize just what it takes to bring one's inmost feelings out into the glare of public scrutiny like this. However, "The Road" is just another of those unsatisfactory attempts to reason by an analogy which breaks down at the first tests, Yerke says nothing new in entirely too big words, Florence Anderson though obviously sincere writes what I read in Sunday school booklets a dozen years ago, and Ronald is, to put it frankly, a bore. Raym shouldn't put too must trust in that statement that compulsory service makes men hate militarism. They're anxious enough to get rid of such thing while in the service, and for a few years after discharge, but the American Legion and other veterans' organizations are the most vocal groups lobbying for peacetime conscription, and were among the first to urge passage of a draft act that fateful summer of six years ago. Mesle says "To control the mass is NOT the difficulty--controlling the malcontented minority IS." Ask someone who has been lynched about that.  Blitherings: Quite glad to see it returned. I got the send more money puzzle in just half the allotted time, and while listening to Col. Robert McCormick to boot, which is something to be amazed at.  However, I guessed a couple of times after making the obviously logical start; was that fair? I've yet to see a convincing reason why the moon wouldn't come in handle as an artillery base in case of war. " Though it's very late to be doing so, I must also express my pleasure at The Ting, as fine a first issue as any fanzine has ever seen. Keep it coming; I hope to write one or other of the editors personally shortly.

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a quite sensible publication, as publications of its sort go. Not that there is any danger of Shaver's having hit on the right answer; I'm willing to grant that some of the pehnomena [sic] which he has turned up may exist from other causes. The Timebinder: Should there be a hyphen in that name, Everett? There is in the text, but not on the cover; remember how Taurasi used to say that it didn't matter whether you put the hyphen between the words i Fantasy News? This issue is something of a disappointment, though. The stuff by Tripoli is good--I don't think most of us realize just what it takes to bring one's inmost feelings out into the glare of public scrutiny like this. However, "The Road" is just another of those unsatisfactory attempts to reason by an analogy which breaks down at the first tests, Yerke says nothing new in entirely too big words, Florence Anderson though obviously sincere writes what I read in Sunday school booklets a dozen years ago, and Ronald is, to put it frankly, a bore. Raym shouldn't put too must trust in that statement that compulsory service makes men hate militarism. They're anxious enough to get rid of such thing while in the service, and for a few years after discharge, but the American Legion and other veterans' organizations are the most vocal groups lobbying for peacetime conscription, and were among the first to urge passage of a draft act that fateful summer of six years ago. Mesle says "To control the mass is NOT the difficulty--controlling the malcontented minority IS." Ask someone who has been lynched about that. Blitherings: Quite glad to see it returned. I got the send more money puzzle in just half the allotted time, and while listening to Col. Robert McCormick to boot, which is something to be amazed at. However, I guessed a couple of times after making the obviously logical start; was that fair? I've yet to see a convincing reason why the moon wouldn't come in handle as an artillery base in case of war. " Though it's very late to be doing so, I must also express my pleasure at The Ting, as fine a first issue as any fanzine has ever seen. Keep it coming; I hope to write one or other of the editors personally shortly.