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6 PHANTEUR 6 ---------------------- BY-LAW (Speer) noted last time. QUOTE FROM SPENGLER, etc. Noted. Did Spengler write "Acetic" or "ascetic"? "Acetic" sounds a bit sour....ouch! MATH Aa -- Did the contributor have anything to do with the writing or publishing of this? HWC Jr. -- Another victim of the common notion that the 18th century terminal "S" was an "F". It wasn't; it was a skinny, long-drawn-out "s" without any cross-bar in the middle. -- Hmmm; seems to me our present civilization is a rather direct descendant of the Roman; the barbarians certainly took over much that was Roman. And the takers-over were all human! H-1661 -- "Among the Bomb Dodgers" is well handled, in the fashion chosen. I've discovered that I can make the principles "Sight Without Glasses" work up to a point; how much farther I can go I don't know just now; but I've quit using bi-focals and gone to using the glasses originally designated for "distance" for reading and fine drawing. And I've quit wearing them outside. Currently, I'm not working on the matter any further; expect to start again, though. Think I could move much faster with the help of an experienced professional in the field. As for the general problem of post-bomb survival; well, have you considered the probability that if sufficient bombs drop to destroy all major cities, radioactivity may get the rest of the population in a relatively short time, regardless of where those people may be? Cheney's suggestion that the areas populated by primitive peoples---and consequently, those people themselves---will be safest seems reasonable; a half a continent or a full-sized ocean separating them from bombed areas might mean that radioactivity of lethal concentration wouldn't reach them. If, on the other hand, a distance of some two hundred miles from a metropolitan area will be sufficient, then I'm certainly well enough off here; maybe you should all move out here and raise wheat. -- "Under the Knife" is a nice addition to the list of interesting Review columns. Keep coming. SPARX -- Quite an imposing contribution. In general, I don't care to receive via FAPA a mag I subscribe to; looks like you've lost a potential subscriber! -- I used to type stencils (cellulose) using a sheet of thin cellophane over them. Worked OK, and was almost necessary, because with this typer, I had to clean the type four or five times per stencil. But now, I'm using the post-war A B Dick 960 stencil, and getting better results without cellophane--and I can type one or two stencils without any cleaning. These stencils just don't clog the type at all, as long as I don't use correction fluid. -- "The Cold War." Very good indeed; certainly far above the level of typical "fan fiction" -- and far above a lot of pro stuff, seems to me. "People Are No Dam Good." -- I enjoy these Speerisms, even though, as somebody (Crane?) said not so long ago, he uses two pages for what could be said in two paragraphs. He states both sides so neatly. -- "Recall" -- begins to appear that Tim is writing and publishing fragments of a long story here; or perhaps, just fragments of "practice" writing. For obviously, such is this cannot be called a complete "story". At any rate, it is good writing, and I like it. -- "Tricks of the Traders" -- Another well-written fragment, with a little more suspense and, possibly, not quite such good writing. -- "Death" -- Henry, if nothing else, you've proved that it is possible to get some good fiction in a fanzine. And a novel twist to the race-consciousness theme. -- "The Frumper" -- This is great; I shudder to think what happened to "the little man" afterwards, but I reckon it was worth it. -- Book Reviews adequate; all in all a good sub-type mag. "Soipdalgeif" -- Most hurried one-shots, concocted on the spur of the moment, and run off before the perpetrators get cold feet, are relatively punk. This is not an outstanding exception. Cover is the best part, Wilson next. MI SKRIBAS -- Well, Rick, You sure are welcome among "The Old Gaurd" as far as I am concerned. (I had a hard time spelling "Guard" that way; how can you do it several times in a row?) And your Young Fandom plea is OK, as long as you don't agree to teach the newcomers spelling. -- I seem to be one of the relatively few who liked Astonishing; don't you know Heinlein is Lyle Monroe? --
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6 PHANTEUR 6 ---------------------- BY-LAW (Speer) noted last time. QUOTE FROM SPENGLER, etc. Noted. Did Spengler write "Acetic" or "ascetic"? "Acetic" sounds a bit sour....ouch! MATH Aa -- Did the contributor have anything to do with the writing or publishing of this? HWC Jr. -- Another victim of the common notion that the 18th century terminal "S" was an "F". It wasn't; it was a skinny, long-drawn-out "s" without any cross-bar in the middle. -- Hmmm; seems to me our present civilization is a rather direct descendant of the Roman; the barbarians certainly took over much that was Roman. And the takers-over were all human! H-1661 -- "Among the Bomb Dodgers" is well handled, in the fashion chosen. I've discovered that I can make the principles "Sight Without Glasses" work up to a point; how much farther I can go I don't know just now; but I've quit using bi-focals and gone to using the glasses originally designated for "distance" for reading and fine drawing. And I've quit wearing them outside. Currently, I'm not working on the matter any further; expect to start again, though. Think I could move much faster with the help of an experienced professional in the field. As for the general problem of post-bomb survival; well, have you considered the probability that if sufficient bombs drop to destroy all major cities, radioactivity may get the rest of the population in a relatively short time, regardless of where those people may be? Cheney's suggestion that the areas populated by primitive peoples---and consequently, those people themselves---will be safest seems reasonable; a half a continent or a full-sized ocean separating them from bombed areas might mean that radioactivity of lethal concentration wouldn't reach them. If, on the other hand, a distance of some two hundred miles from a metropolitan area will be sufficient, then I'm certainly well enough off here; maybe you should all move out here and raise wheat. -- "Under the Knife" is a nice addition to the list of interesting Review columns. Keep coming. SPARX -- Quite an imposing contribution. In general, I don't care to receive via FAPA a mag I subscribe to; looks like you've lost a potential subscriber! -- I used to type stencils (cellulose) using a sheet of thin cellophane over them. Worked OK, and was almost necessary, because with this typer, I had to clean the type four or five times per stencil. But now, I'm using the post-war A B Dick 960 stencil, and getting better results without cellophane--and I can type one or two stencils without any cleaning. These stencils just don't clog the type at all, as long as I don't use correction fluid. -- "The Cold War." Very good indeed; certainly far above the level of typical "fan fiction" -- and far above a lot of pro stuff, seems to me. "People Are No Dam Good." -- I enjoy these Speerisms, even though, as somebody (Crane?) said not so long ago, he uses two pages for what could be said in two paragraphs. He states both sides so neatly. -- "Recall" -- begins to appear that Tim is writing and publishing fragments of a long story here; or perhaps, just fragments of "practice" writing. For obviously, such is this cannot be called a complete "story". At any rate, it is good writing, and I like it. -- "Tricks of the Traders" -- Another well-written fragment, with a little more suspense and, possibly, not quite such good writing. -- "Death" -- Henry, if nothing else, you've proved that it is possible to get some good fiction in a fanzine. And a novel twist to the race-consciousness theme. -- "The Frumper" -- This is great; I shudder to think what happened to "the little man" afterwards, but I reckon it was worth it. -- Book Reviews adequate; all in all a good sub-type mag. "Soipdalgeif" -- Most hurried one-shots, concocted on the spur of the moment, and run off before the perpetrators get cold feet, are relatively punk. This is not an outstanding exception. Cover is the best part, Wilson next. MI SKRIBAS -- Well, Rick, You sure are welcome among "The Old Gaurd" as far as I am concerned. (I had a hard time spelling "Guard" that way; how can you do it several times in a row?) And your Young Fandom plea is OK, as long as you don't agree to teach the newcomers spelling. -- I seem to be one of the relatively few who liked Astonishing; don't you know Heinlein is Lyle Monroe? --
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