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8 have been better done. (Contradiction, please! By its very nature, an interview with such a rare fan cannot b well done!) That reminds me of something. I'm in a bit of a daze about this Pogo biography. Do I, for some quite obscure reason (just a whim?), get an extra ish of Madge from a young lady? What an odd world. Never let it be said that JCM faltered, though. So look: send me two anniversary issues ... and the day they arrive, I'll despatch to Pogo a copy of the special JULY-August, 1935 issue of Phantagraph. One good turn deserves another, huh, Pogo? Thanks a lot for this unprecedented generosity ... and just one more thing. What does HPFF stand for. I have belabored my weary brain searching for an answer, but I'm as dumb as ever. Only one that has occurred to me is 'hassenpheffer.' It should be spelt REMOTELY like that. (HPFF: Hi Priestess FooFoo) ~~ My opinions to date about Hornig's articles can go right on being unanimous .... he's still rotten! I take back what I said about his still being a bad editor. I really think the old Wonder the best yet. But what a mess he can make of fan mags! ~~ I'm surprised that Kuttner didn;t put a girl (and a striptease?) in his article and then submit it to Marvel SS. (So-Low Science Storys will feature, in a nonexistent number, Hank's "She Stript to Conquer", described as "a saga of a solar plexus".) To think that that guy still lives after all these years. You know, I don't want to give the impression that I never read Forry's column. I don't read it only on those occasions when it's straight review. At other times I have enjoyed it a lot. It was only very mildly interesting this month. You can abolish 'Resurrection' and the muttonhead - yeah, that's what I said - who runs it, too, for all of me. I disagreed too vehemently with 'Personality Parade' to enjoy it much; and even if I had agreed, it could never have been enjoyable, 'cause it isn't that type of subject. Wollheim hasn't done anything that would make him #1 fan for the last two years, not even the FAPA make him that. Although Forrest J may be a great guy - I'm sure he is, in fact - he hasn't ever done anything either. And now he's doing less than ever. The real #1 fan, far and away, is Claire Beck. He's done more this year than everyone else together. What do you think? And where was Henry Hasse, Jack Darrow, Oliver Saari, etc? ~~ Twice Told Tales was interesting. I suspected something of the kind without even reading the original tale. Somehow it's a source of never-ending astonishment to me that there are people who think Bradbury funny. Puns are the lowest form of humor, and his stuff is the lowest form of puns! Sorry, Bradbury, that you were wrongly accused of writing 'Who is DAW?'. I know now who the sophist sap is, and I hope some one exterminates him. But you, B., should be sorry for some of the low stuff you stooped to. I still dislike book reviews - or any kind of reviews. 'Grafologyarns' was better, and in all fairness, I must confess that it sounded like the good Doctor. After reading Doc's tale in the current MSS, I'm inclined to think he may have something in the ball after all. But, oh lordy, that last one of his in WT! 'Ether Eeries' (I'm glad to learn it isn't a Series) is still rotten ... it's a review, isn't it? That accounts for it. I just this very second woke up to the fact that it wasn't 'HAROLD HERSEY' who wrote that article, but some one burlesquing him. It wasn't very good anyhow. I thought it odd that he'd poke fun at himself, but I didn't look closely. Just took it for granted. ~~ Incidentally, the cover is pretty good. What is it? A character study of the author of 'Dead Reckoning' or just a member of the chapter posing? (That was no drawing, that was a magic mirror, revealing your true nature, Miske) Another incidentally is that the mimo-ing wasn't very good. ~~ Imagi-nik-nax was a flop for me. I think that the Voice gave me more enjoyment than anything else. But gosh, you never should have taken up half of it with letters from me. I feel like a hog - no, friends, I don't look like one. Not noticeably, anyhow. Ack, I apologize about that crack; but I think you, or maybe Madge's staff, should apologize to Wollheim - even if he is awfully dumb these days. I think mags should be chocolate-coated. Especially WT when it pictures a ghoul on the cover, cause it's so convenient for them to work from the inside out. You shouldn't even have bothered to print Michel's letter. He'll keep up his silly line of rot forever if permitted. Keep the stuff out of Madge. Only a few kids in New York think they care about it anyway. (Contradiction, please!

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8 have been better done. (Contradiction, please! By its very nature, an interview with such a rare fan cannot b well done!) That reminds me of something. I'm in a bit of a daze about this Pogo biography. Do I, for some quite obscure reason (just a whim?), get an extra ish of Madge from a young lady? What an odd world. Never let it be said that JCM faltered, though. So look: send me two anniversary issues ... and the day they arrive, I'll despatch to Pogo a copy of the special JULY-August, 1935 issue of Phantagraph. One good turn deserves another, huh, Pogo? Thanks a lot for this unprecedented generosity ... and just one more thing. What does HPFF stand for. I have belabored my weary brain searching for an answer, but I'm as dumb as ever. Only one that has occurred to me is 'hassenpheffer.' It should be spelt REMOTELY like that. (HPFF: Hi Priestess FooFoo) ~~ My opinions to date about Hornig's articles can go right on being unanimous .... he's still rotten! I take back what I said about his still being a bad editor. I really think the old Wonder the best yet. But what a mess he can make of fan mags! ~~ I'm surprised that Kuttner didn;t put a girl (and a striptease?) in his article and then submit it to Marvel SS. (So-Low Science Storys will feature, in a nonexistent number, Hank's "She Stript to Conquer", described as "a saga of a solar plexus".) To think that that guy still lives after all these years. You know, I don't want to give the impression that I never read Forry's column. I don't read it only on those occasions when it's straight review. At other times I have enjoyed it a lot. It was only very mildly interesting this month. You can abolish 'Resurrection' and the muttonhead - yeah, that's what I said - who runs it, too, for all of me. I disagreed too vehemently with 'Personality Parade' to enjoy it much; and even if I had agreed, it could never have been enjoyable, 'cause it isn't that type of subject. Wollheim hasn't done anything that would make him #1 fan for the last two years, not even the FAPA make him that. Although Forrest J may be a great guy - I'm sure he is, in fact - he hasn't ever done anything either. And now he's doing less than ever. The real #1 fan, far and away, is Claire Beck. He's done more this year than everyone else together. What do you think? And where was Henry Hasse, Jack Darrow, Oliver Saari, etc? ~~ Twice Told Tales was interesting. I suspected something of the kind without even reading the original tale. Somehow it's a source of never-ending astonishment to me that there are people who think Bradbury funny. Puns are the lowest form of humor, and his stuff is the lowest form of puns! Sorry, Bradbury, that you were wrongly accused of writing 'Who is DAW?'. I know now who the sophist sap is, and I hope some one exterminates him. But you, B., should be sorry for some of the low stuff you stooped to. I still dislike book reviews - or any kind of reviews. 'Grafologyarns' was better, and in all fairness, I must confess that it sounded like the good Doctor. After reading Doc's tale in the current MSS, I'm inclined to think he may have something in the ball after all. But, oh lordy, that last one of his in WT! 'Ether Eeries' (I'm glad to learn it isn't a Series) is still rotten ... it's a review, isn't it? That accounts for it. I just this very second woke up to the fact that it wasn't 'HAROLD HERSEY' who wrote that article, but some one burlesquing him. It wasn't very good anyhow. I thought it odd that he'd poke fun at himself, but I didn't look closely. Just took it for granted. ~~ Incidentally, the cover is pretty good. What is it? A character study of the author of 'Dead Reckoning' or just a member of the chapter posing? (That was no drawing, that was a magic mirror, revealing your true nature, Miske) Another incidentally is that the mimo-ing wasn't very good. ~~ Imagi-nik-nax was a flop for me. I think that the Voice gave me more enjoyment than anything else. But gosh, you never should have taken up half of it with letters from me. I feel like a hog - no, friends, I don't look like one. Not noticeably, anyhow. Ack, I apologize about that crack; but I think you, or maybe Madge's staff, should apologize to Wollheim - even if he is awfully dumb these days. I think mags should be chocolate-coated. Especially WT when it pictures a ghoul on the cover, cause it's so convenient for them to work from the inside out. You shouldn't even have bothered to print Michel's letter. He'll keep up his silly line of rot forever if permitted. Keep the stuff out of Madge. Only a few kids in New York think they care about it anyway. (Contradiction, please!