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Erebus, issue 4, 1943
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He brought it on himself, as Phineas Q. Demon said to Aloysius Z. Demon when they learned that the name of the new arrival in their particular corner was Claude Degler. I refer to your friend and mine, the peepul's choice, Bob Tucker. Turn now to Le Zombie number 53. Therein, Tuck has written a very entertaining piece giving his own ideas about the architecture and management of every fan's dream, Slan Shack. He says, in part: "Rooms 1 thru 10: The top ten fans, (according to poll to be taken at that time) will occupy these rooms according to their popularity. It will be noted that the room size shrinks accordingly." So. A lovely idea -- maybe. The fiftyfourth Lez, however, brings to light a new problem. In that issue, Art Widner brings to light the final results of his fan poll. Very interesting is the order in which ye fifteen top fans are piled up. Tucker (himself) netted 153 votes; Ackerman ran off with 148. But in his analysis, Yhos says: "Just the same, this poll indicates that stforry is no longer predominately first, if he is first at all, but rather shares the top spot with Tucker." Again, so. And exactly where does that leave our beloved Hoy Ping Pong? I'll tell you where. If by some chance his idea of Slan Shack becomes a reality before another poll is taken, that leaves Tucker sharing a room with Ackerman! Now, I have never had the misfortune to share a room with Ackerman, but you can easily imagine what it would be like. I can only think of one thing worse, and that is sharing a room with Tucker. There is no truth to the rumor that Shaw plans to publish a fanzine printed on ten dollars bills immediately preceeding the next Widner poll.... Does anyone in the audience want another reason for buying War Bonds? I have a honey, consisting simply of a picture of the proposed post-war typewriter. This has been circulated in advertising of Durex Plastics and Chemicals, Inc., and is the brainchild of industrial designer Dave Chapman. Mr. Chapman's description of his ideal typer is quoted as follows: "This particular design is based upon electrical operation. Thus the travel of the keys would be a scant eighth of an inch. Ask any girl, who really has to pound a typewriter all day, what this saving in effort and energy would mean to her efficiency. The carriage, spacer, and cap key are also electrically operated. And the machine is lighted from within so that the vagaries of office lighting do not have to be depended upon. The housing and keys, as well as many working parts, would be molded of Durez plastics. Any why? First, THE STF DOGHOUSE by Larry Shaw they offer substantial reductions in weight. Second, Durez plastics are non-reverberating so that they will not transmit noises in operation. And third, they offer the manufacturer real mass production economies." Ah me, what a vision. And here I sit, pounding on a tinny, stubborn Corona portable which would be bad enough even if the spacing wasn't way out of whack. Oh well, if the Shaw finances aren't given a going over along with everything else in the post war world, he won't be able to afford one of the super machines anyway. So, so what? The pocket size Astounding is all Campbell said it would be, plus. Which is more than I could say when he switched to the large size, tho I liked the large size very, very much. The convenience of the new format is, truly, astounding. The durn thing actually inspires me to read the contents right away quick. An illustration on the first page of each story, or the page next to it, is much nicer than the way it was for several months (a small cut above the title is preferable to Shaw -- notice the one for "Recoil"). The roto section is the cat's spacesuit, even tho it was ruined in the November issue by the pix of Westinghouse tubes right
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He brought it on himself, as Phineas Q. Demon said to Aloysius Z. Demon when they learned that the name of the new arrival in their particular corner was Claude Degler. I refer to your friend and mine, the peepul's choice, Bob Tucker. Turn now to Le Zombie number 53. Therein, Tuck has written a very entertaining piece giving his own ideas about the architecture and management of every fan's dream, Slan Shack. He says, in part: "Rooms 1 thru 10: The top ten fans, (according to poll to be taken at that time) will occupy these rooms according to their popularity. It will be noted that the room size shrinks accordingly." So. A lovely idea -- maybe. The fiftyfourth Lez, however, brings to light a new problem. In that issue, Art Widner brings to light the final results of his fan poll. Very interesting is the order in which ye fifteen top fans are piled up. Tucker (himself) netted 153 votes; Ackerman ran off with 148. But in his analysis, Yhos says: "Just the same, this poll indicates that stforry is no longer predominately first, if he is first at all, but rather shares the top spot with Tucker." Again, so. And exactly where does that leave our beloved Hoy Ping Pong? I'll tell you where. If by some chance his idea of Slan Shack becomes a reality before another poll is taken, that leaves Tucker sharing a room with Ackerman! Now, I have never had the misfortune to share a room with Ackerman, but you can easily imagine what it would be like. I can only think of one thing worse, and that is sharing a room with Tucker. There is no truth to the rumor that Shaw plans to publish a fanzine printed on ten dollars bills immediately preceeding the next Widner poll.... Does anyone in the audience want another reason for buying War Bonds? I have a honey, consisting simply of a picture of the proposed post-war typewriter. This has been circulated in advertising of Durex Plastics and Chemicals, Inc., and is the brainchild of industrial designer Dave Chapman. Mr. Chapman's description of his ideal typer is quoted as follows: "This particular design is based upon electrical operation. Thus the travel of the keys would be a scant eighth of an inch. Ask any girl, who really has to pound a typewriter all day, what this saving in effort and energy would mean to her efficiency. The carriage, spacer, and cap key are also electrically operated. And the machine is lighted from within so that the vagaries of office lighting do not have to be depended upon. The housing and keys, as well as many working parts, would be molded of Durez plastics. Any why? First, THE STF DOGHOUSE by Larry Shaw they offer substantial reductions in weight. Second, Durez plastics are non-reverberating so that they will not transmit noises in operation. And third, they offer the manufacturer real mass production economies." Ah me, what a vision. And here I sit, pounding on a tinny, stubborn Corona portable which would be bad enough even if the spacing wasn't way out of whack. Oh well, if the Shaw finances aren't given a going over along with everything else in the post war world, he won't be able to afford one of the super machines anyway. So, so what? The pocket size Astounding is all Campbell said it would be, plus. Which is more than I could say when he switched to the large size, tho I liked the large size very, very much. The convenience of the new format is, truly, astounding. The durn thing actually inspires me to read the contents right away quick. An illustration on the first page of each story, or the page next to it, is much nicer than the way it was for several months (a small cut above the title is preferable to Shaw -- notice the one for "Recoil"). The roto section is the cat's spacesuit, even tho it was ruined in the November issue by the pix of Westinghouse tubes right
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