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Sun Spots, v. 5, issue 1, whole no. 17, April 1941
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April, 1941 SUN SPOTS Page 20 SUN SQUAWKS, OR READERS' LETTERS By our Readers Larry Shaw, 1301 State Street Schenectady, N.Y. Dear "SSpers", March issue arrived O.K. First thing, the covers upped and really smacked me down. The best you've had, by far. Gaetz especially showed a tremenjus [sic] improvement. Keep this up, it improved the looks of the mag (oops, sorry. I mean fanzine) a lot. *** One advantage of a smaller issue; there's not so much to write about. In answer to the editorial, the colored paper really makes it classy. Use brown, yellow, etc, and not too many gaudy colors. *** "Buccaneers--" is a good piece of writing so far. *** The distribution statement is a very good idea. I think everybody is interested in how SSp is growing. *** Trash Basket-- Grand news. *** The letters are all good, so I am not going to attempt to say which is best. Anyway, I'd be prejudiced in favor of H. A. Ackermann for giving my article second place in the second section. About "Weapon Needed". I admit being wrong about the snakes, but rockets fast enough to reach Mars and get back in a short time have been used often enough before, and Mars would sound more plausible (or any planet) than the Moon. ((So we were different-- eds)) Still, the first rocket ship--. Oh, well, I quit. I thought I didn't like it, but I'm getting awfully anxious to see the end. *** Who's Yehoudi? Well, it just happens that I'm one of the few people who really know. He is Professor Leonidas Q. Yehoudi, the original mad scientist. He invented a machine to transfer himself into the 4th dimension, and it really worked! But he kept going back and forth so much that the darned thing got overheated and broke down in the middle of a trip. Thus he was caught half in and half out of this dimension. He couldn't be seen, but he could make himself heard and felt. So, with a guy like that running around (and he was really mad by now), it's natural that people would begin to ask "Who's Yehoudi?" These are facts; I got them from the brother of a friend of a fellow who shines shoes in the barber shop where Yehoudie's former laboratory assistant got his hair cut. -- Now, who's Sampler? ((See damon knight's letter, below-- eds)) damon knight, 650 Marion St. Salem, Oregon Hi: I'm Yehoudi. Who's Sampler? ((Well, Larry, what do you say to this statement? It seems as if Mr. knight claims to be your mad scientist, and Mr. knight [underscored:] is visible, we understand, so till some more plausible explanation of Yehoudi's identity, the Sampler must just remain the man who writes "Samplings!" --- Editors)) Harry Schmarje, 318 Stewart Road, Muscatine, Iowa. Sun Spots: First impression of the issue: somehow the brown paper doesn't click. The drawing is O.K., though. The ish seems to be thin-- 15 pages, though still the mag is a terrific bargain at the price. *** I like the colored paper used in the mag. Yes, by all means continue the colored stuff; different colors every issue. *** Back cover of SUN SPOTS--- terrific! "Paul" Gaetz seems to provide possible competition for Mr. de la Ree. *** I'm surprised to see that Gerry has
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April, 1941 SUN SPOTS Page 20 SUN SQUAWKS, OR READERS' LETTERS By our Readers Larry Shaw, 1301 State Street Schenectady, N.Y. Dear "SSpers", March issue arrived O.K. First thing, the covers upped and really smacked me down. The best you've had, by far. Gaetz especially showed a tremenjus [sic] improvement. Keep this up, it improved the looks of the mag (oops, sorry. I mean fanzine) a lot. *** One advantage of a smaller issue; there's not so much to write about. In answer to the editorial, the colored paper really makes it classy. Use brown, yellow, etc, and not too many gaudy colors. *** "Buccaneers--" is a good piece of writing so far. *** The distribution statement is a very good idea. I think everybody is interested in how SSp is growing. *** Trash Basket-- Grand news. *** The letters are all good, so I am not going to attempt to say which is best. Anyway, I'd be prejudiced in favor of H. A. Ackermann for giving my article second place in the second section. About "Weapon Needed". I admit being wrong about the snakes, but rockets fast enough to reach Mars and get back in a short time have been used often enough before, and Mars would sound more plausible (or any planet) than the Moon. ((So we were different-- eds)) Still, the first rocket ship--. Oh, well, I quit. I thought I didn't like it, but I'm getting awfully anxious to see the end. *** Who's Yehoudi? Well, it just happens that I'm one of the few people who really know. He is Professor Leonidas Q. Yehoudi, the original mad scientist. He invented a machine to transfer himself into the 4th dimension, and it really worked! But he kept going back and forth so much that the darned thing got overheated and broke down in the middle of a trip. Thus he was caught half in and half out of this dimension. He couldn't be seen, but he could make himself heard and felt. So, with a guy like that running around (and he was really mad by now), it's natural that people would begin to ask "Who's Yehoudi?" These are facts; I got them from the brother of a friend of a fellow who shines shoes in the barber shop where Yehoudie's former laboratory assistant got his hair cut. -- Now, who's Sampler? ((See damon knight's letter, below-- eds)) damon knight, 650 Marion St. Salem, Oregon Hi: I'm Yehoudi. Who's Sampler? ((Well, Larry, what do you say to this statement? It seems as if Mr. knight claims to be your mad scientist, and Mr. knight [underscored:] is visible, we understand, so till some more plausible explanation of Yehoudi's identity, the Sampler must just remain the man who writes "Samplings!" --- Editors)) Harry Schmarje, 318 Stewart Road, Muscatine, Iowa. Sun Spots: First impression of the issue: somehow the brown paper doesn't click. The drawing is O.K., though. The ish seems to be thin-- 15 pages, though still the mag is a terrific bargain at the price. *** I like the colored paper used in the mag. Yes, by all means continue the colored stuff; different colors every issue. *** Back cover of SUN SPOTS--- terrific! "Paul" Gaetz seems to provide possible competition for Mr. de la Ree. *** I'm surprised to see that Gerry has
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