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The Alchemist, v.1, issue 3, Summer 1940
Page 29
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FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD--when the young man falls in love with an ordinary scullery-maid, & promptly can think of nothing but her, breaking the delicate link with the other world, and so THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD was never written. It is too bad that Kipling did not write more fantasy along adult lines than he did, for what he did write was written as a great author would write it, and was thus some of the best fantasy ever written, comparing with even the greats who wrote fantasy almost exclusively. At the second meeting of the Eastern Mass. Fantasy Society, which was held at the home of Robert Swisher, I was amazed to find that he has an index listing the writins of fans! I looked to see if my name was there, half-expecting not to find it, but I was even more amazed to find it with half a cardfull of references. I looked up letters etc., I had written 4 or 5 years ago, and had several good laughs. I recommend this highly for sure-fire laughs to anyone who has been an active fan for a number of years. In fact there are possibilities for an entire article on that subject. I hereby nominate Francis Paro for the honorary title of "The Sleepiest Fan". He fell asleep right in the middle of the first meeting of EMFS, and again coming home from the second one, and in the hard-riding "Skylark of Foo" at that. Just now over the radio, I heard a history of women's dress, and the name of Congress man Garrot Smith was mentioned as inventing the bloomer, first worn by Amelia Bloomer, his daughter. The connection with stf. may be re
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FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD--when the young man falls in love with an ordinary scullery-maid, & promptly can think of nothing but her, breaking the delicate link with the other world, and so THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD was never written. It is too bad that Kipling did not write more fantasy along adult lines than he did, for what he did write was written as a great author would write it, and was thus some of the best fantasy ever written, comparing with even the greats who wrote fantasy almost exclusively. At the second meeting of the Eastern Mass. Fantasy Society, which was held at the home of Robert Swisher, I was amazed to find that he has an index listing the writins of fans! I looked to see if my name was there, half-expecting not to find it, but I was even more amazed to find it with half a cardfull of references. I looked up letters etc., I had written 4 or 5 years ago, and had several good laughs. I recommend this highly for sure-fire laughs to anyone who has been an active fan for a number of years. In fact there are possibilities for an entire article on that subject. I hereby nominate Francis Paro for the honorary title of "The Sleepiest Fan". He fell asleep right in the middle of the first meeting of EMFS, and again coming home from the second one, and in the hard-riding "Skylark of Foo" at that. Just now over the radio, I heard a history of women's dress, and the name of Congress man Garrot Smith was mentioned as inventing the bloomer, first worn by Amelia Bloomer, his daughter. The connection with stf. may be re
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