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The Alchemist, v.1, issue 3, Summer 1940

Page 67

----- THE ALCHEMIST ----- Page 67
'Kindred Spirit'. I enjoyed this more than any other verse I've read for a long while. Were did you find her?
     Other material: still poor to very good. Don't tell me the 'T' in Wm. T Bell stands for Temple! ((No, it doesn't. It was a typographical error--the Wm I mean. Whle in a daze I unconsciously changed the W to William while typing the contents pane. It is the same W. T. Bell that has the cover on the latest Comet))
     Illustrations: your artist needs a couple decent styli & some more practice.
     Paper: phooey. Get some mimeo paper.
     Back cover: I have an annoyingly elusive memory of having seen the foreground figure somewhere else. Am I right? ((Hunt says you are not))
     Best of luck.

SAM MOSKOWITZ, editor of NEW FANDOM, advances an interesting, but highly inacurate theory of the co-editors))
     In your first issue I thought the art work, particularly the cover to be of remarkably character, both in ability and imagination. Your artist, I say without hesitation, is well trained enough to illustrate for 90% of the pulps--now all he has to do is get the job.
     The hektographing was quite good for a starter and the material interesting for a staff written magazine.
     You will have to excuse me if I severly doubt the existence of Charles Ford Hansen, Lewis B. Martin, and Roy V. Hunt. The foundation for this skepticism lies in one apparently innocent looking but potent line in the "Science Fictioneers" department of the May, 1940 issue of "Super Science Stores." I quote: "Olon F. Wiggins, 3214 Champa St., Denver, Colorado, is anxious to organize a branch in his city. He and Karl Roehm, of the same city, are engaging in a furious hunt through Denver to

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----- THE ALCHEMIST ----- Page 67 'Kindred Spirit'. I enjoyed this more than any other verse I've read for a long while. Were did you find her? Other material: still poor to very good. Don't tell me the 'T' in Wm. T Bell stands for Temple! ((No, it doesn't. It was a typographical error--the Wm I mean. Whle in a daze I unconsciously changed the W to William while typing the contents pane. It is the same W. T. Bell that has the cover on the latest Comet)) Illustrations: your artist needs a couple decent styli & some more practice. Paper: phooey. Get some mimeo paper. Back cover: I have an annoyingly elusive memory of having seen the foreground figure somewhere else. Am I right? ((Hunt says you are not)) Best of luck. SAM MOSKOWITZ, editor of NEW FANDOM, advances an interesting, but highly inacurate theory of the co-editors)) In your first issue I thought the art work, particularly the cover to be of remarkably character, both in ability and imagination. Your artist, I say without hesitation, is well trained enough to illustrate for 90% of the pulps--now all he has to do is get the job. The hektographing was quite good for a starter and the material interesting for a staff written magazine. You will have to excuse me if I severly doubt the existence of Charles Ford Hansen, Lewis B. Martin, and Roy V. Hunt. The foundation for this skepticism lies in one apparently innocent looking but potent line in the "Science Fictioneers" department of the May, 1940 issue of "Super Science Stores." I quote: "Olon F. Wiggins, 3214 Champa St., Denver, Colorado, is anxious to organize a branch in his city. He and Karl Roehm, of the same city, are engaging in a furious hunt through Denver to