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Sun Spots, v. 7, issue 1, whole no. 27, Spring 1946
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Spring, 1946 SUN SPOTS Page 8 THE TRASH BASKET-- MANLY WADE WELLMAN, of Westwood, well known author of weird and scientific fiction, has been awarded the first prize of $2,000 in the initial short story contest sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. The story, "A Star for a Warrior", introduces not only a new detective, but a new type of detective -- an American Indian. Judges for the contest were Christopher Morley, Major Howard Haycraft and Ellery Queen. "A Star for a Warrior" will be only the first of a series of tales dealing with the American Indian detective....Sam Moskowitz announces that he has rented the Slovak Sokol Hall on Morris Avenue near Springfield Avenue in Newark for a major Eastern conference to be held on March 3. The affair is being sponsored by the newly-formed A-Men, an informal group of New Jersey and New York fen. All fans in this area are invited to attend the conference and an attendance of at least 35 or 40 is anticipated. For further particulars write Moskowitz, 446 Jelliff Ave., Jewark 8, N.J. or George R. Fox, 460 Orchard Street, Rahway, N. J.....S/Sgt. Robert C. Peterson reported en route to Lowry Field for discharge from Army. His civilian address is as yet unknown....Sykora won't do printing job on "Skylark of Space" after all. The Southgate Press of Providence will now handle the reproduction....Sgt. Charles Beling, former editor of Fan-Atic and associate editor of Sun Spots, expects his discharge from the Air Corp in the near future. It is improbable that he will resume fan activity... Topping the recent fanzine arrivals is the "Fantasy Review of 1945", published by Joe Kennedy, 84 Baker Avenue, Dover, N.J. This is a worthy a project as we have seen in quite a while. The contents include a thorough review of the books, magazines, and fanzines published during the last year. The booklet is mimeographed on grey paper with heavy blue covers and runs 48 pages. It sells for 25[[cent symbol]] a copy and is a bargain at that....Another item issuing tops all previous numbers. Its 38 pages are well stocked with interesting articles and departments by Bob Tucker, Fran Laney, Ben Indick, George Fox, Lloyd Alpaugh and others. This mag can be procured for 10[[cent symbol]] a copy....Van Splawn and Fritz Hoffman have come up with a new fanzine, Star Rover, which replaces Phoenix. Its ten pages are mimeoed in red ink. The contents are rather weak and that is a pity for the makeup is quite neat and shows plenty of promise. It sells for 5[[cent symbol]] a copy from 5201 Enright, St. Louis 8, Mo. Ron Christensen, 1870 E. 33rd Street, Brooklyn 10, N.Y. has published the first issue of The Grotesque. Aside from some spotty mimeographing, "Groggy" looks like it may have a good future. Chris is also suffering from lack of material. it's worth 5[[cent symbol]] a copy, anyway. Jack Speer's Stefnews has taken up the slack left by the unexplained disappearance of Fanews. Speer, although limited in news, is doing a steady job of bring his fanzine out on a weekly schedule. It's a freezine, tho, and has a limited circulation.
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Spring, 1946 SUN SPOTS Page 8 THE TRASH BASKET-- MANLY WADE WELLMAN, of Westwood, well known author of weird and scientific fiction, has been awarded the first prize of $2,000 in the initial short story contest sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. The story, "A Star for a Warrior", introduces not only a new detective, but a new type of detective -- an American Indian. Judges for the contest were Christopher Morley, Major Howard Haycraft and Ellery Queen. "A Star for a Warrior" will be only the first of a series of tales dealing with the American Indian detective....Sam Moskowitz announces that he has rented the Slovak Sokol Hall on Morris Avenue near Springfield Avenue in Newark for a major Eastern conference to be held on March 3. The affair is being sponsored by the newly-formed A-Men, an informal group of New Jersey and New York fen. All fans in this area are invited to attend the conference and an attendance of at least 35 or 40 is anticipated. For further particulars write Moskowitz, 446 Jelliff Ave., Jewark 8, N.J. or George R. Fox, 460 Orchard Street, Rahway, N. J.....S/Sgt. Robert C. Peterson reported en route to Lowry Field for discharge from Army. His civilian address is as yet unknown....Sykora won't do printing job on "Skylark of Space" after all. The Southgate Press of Providence will now handle the reproduction....Sgt. Charles Beling, former editor of Fan-Atic and associate editor of Sun Spots, expects his discharge from the Air Corp in the near future. It is improbable that he will resume fan activity... Topping the recent fanzine arrivals is the "Fantasy Review of 1945", published by Joe Kennedy, 84 Baker Avenue, Dover, N.J. This is a worthy a project as we have seen in quite a while. The contents include a thorough review of the books, magazines, and fanzines published during the last year. The booklet is mimeographed on grey paper with heavy blue covers and runs 48 pages. It sells for 25[[cent symbol]] a copy and is a bargain at that....Another item issuing tops all previous numbers. Its 38 pages are well stocked with interesting articles and departments by Bob Tucker, Fran Laney, Ben Indick, George Fox, Lloyd Alpaugh and others. This mag can be procured for 10[[cent symbol]] a copy....Van Splawn and Fritz Hoffman have come up with a new fanzine, Star Rover, which replaces Phoenix. Its ten pages are mimeoed in red ink. The contents are rather weak and that is a pity for the makeup is quite neat and shows plenty of promise. It sells for 5[[cent symbol]] a copy from 5201 Enright, St. Louis 8, Mo. Ron Christensen, 1870 E. 33rd Street, Brooklyn 10, N.Y. has published the first issue of The Grotesque. Aside from some spotty mimeographing, "Groggy" looks like it may have a good future. Chris is also suffering from lack of material. it's worth 5[[cent symbol]] a copy, anyway. Jack Speer's Stefnews has taken up the slack left by the unexplained disappearance of Fanews. Speer, although limited in news, is doing a steady job of bring his fanzine out on a weekly schedule. It's a freezine, tho, and has a limited circulation.
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