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This is the December, 1944, issue of Horizons, regardless of whether the proposed change in mailing dates succeeded; its editor and publisher, Harry Warner, Jr., 305 Bryan Place, Hagerstown, Maryland, cannot let a transitory thing like a few Futurians and Larry Shaw upset the course of something that goes on forever, like the just referred to publication, Horizons. This is volume 7--no, sir, it's volume 6; maybe by volume 7 I'll have some correction fluid; number 2, FAPA number 15, whole number 21, published on Doubledoubletoilandtrouble Mimeograph.

In the Beginning

Norman Stanley postalled that "You will have your hands full if 65 fapa members all write in to you and insist that you send each of them complete, unread and recent issues of Horizons." That, of course, was inspired by my words about the top lines on each page which I incautiously typed too high on the stencil. Here and there on an occasional copy of one or two pages, a sort of ghost thereof may be glimpsed, but their actual content will remain locked in my heart eternally hence. I haven't the ambition to try the experiment again.

This, I must regretfully announce, marks the end of an era. With his issue of Horizons, one of the oldest and best-founded traditions in fan publishing is closed, and no more Warner publications will appear with three staples to hold them together, barring a sudden brightening in the military situation or information on where staples to fit my antiquated stitcher may be obtained. My carefully hoarded stock is more than 50% depleted at this writing, and must be made somehow to last for the duration.

"...words of learned length and thundering sound..."

I fear the worst for the length of these reviews, shall do my best to hold them down, and reiterate that the amount of space I spend on any given publication is no criterion of its merit.

Twilight Echoes: Joe sounds like a better fellow now, and real activity on his part should be a definite advantage to the FAPA. It's still very amusing, though, how proud he is of that famous "misspent youth". My apologies, incidentally, for mixing up the Philly fanne, Jean Bogert, with whom I had such a ridiculous conversation, with Joe's fiancee. Banshee: Both issues superlative. Larry has come a long, long way in the last year and presently stands as one of the most valuable fans in the country, which I hope his return to school doesn't affect. It's significant, though, that he has shown his intellectual powers only since graduating from high school. In the June issue, Spence's item is a dandy--first real surprise ending I've ever seen in fan fiction--and the final two lines of "Darkness of the Pit" redeem its mediocre remainder. Speer poll valuable for the suggestion that nominations or lists to choose from be provided in the future. The FAPA Forum is badly dated, and in certain cases brings up unwelcome subjects already disposed of. I don't know what Cabell meant by "desiderate" and "mundivagant", but suspect that they defined obscure ideas of little use to the average person. My own idea was for brief words that are really needed, like the already explained brickle. French, for instance, has single words to describe a one-eyed man and the act of blowing one's nose, that could be converted into English; and the Gernam verb, "wahnen", can be translated only through three or four English words. Spencer again stars in this September issue; his Slan Shack tale is the best thing since Widner stopped taking trips and writing about them. Very violently protest against the Speer idea of voting on waiting listers. It would very strongly tend to petrify the FAPA's nature, and increase the danger of cliques, since concerted favor or disfavor on the part of the Futurians, Brain Trusters, or LASFS group could pretty definitely determine the acceptance or rejection of an individual. More important, however, is the fact that there is no way of telling the FAPA potentiality of a non-member. Stanley and Searles, for

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This is the December, 1944, issue of Horizons, regardless of whether the proposed change in mailing dates succeeded; its editor and publisher, Harry Warner, Jr., 305 Bryan Place, Hagerstown, Maryland, cannot let a transitory thing like a few Futurians and Larry Shaw upset the course of something that goes on forever, like the just referred to publication, Horizons. This is volume 7--no, sir, it's volume 6; maybe by volume 7 I'll have some correction fluid; number 2, FAPA number 15, whole number 21, published on Doubledoubletoilandtrouble Mimeograph. In the Beginning Norman Stanley postalled that "You will have your hands full if 65 fapa members all write in to you and insist that you send each of them complete, unread and recent issues of Horizons." That, of course, was inspired by my words about the top lines on each page which I incautiously typed too high on the stencil. Here and there on an occasional copy of one or two pages, a sort of ghost thereof may be glimpsed, but their actual content will remain locked in my heart eternally hence. I haven't the ambition to try the experiment again. This, I must regretfully announce, marks the end of an era. With his issue of Horizons, one of the oldest and best-founded traditions in fan publishing is closed, and no more Warner publications will appear with three staples to hold them together, barring a sudden brightening in the military situation or information on where staples to fit my antiquated stitcher may be obtained. My carefully hoarded stock is more than 50% depleted at this writing, and must be made somehow to last for the duration. "...words of learned length and thundering sound..." I fear the worst for the length of these reviews, shall do my best to hold them down, and reiterate that the amount of space I spend on any given publication is no criterion of its merit. Twilight Echoes: Joe sounds like a better fellow now, and real activity on his part should be a definite advantage to the FAPA. It's still very amusing, though, how proud he is of that famous "misspent youth". My apologies, incidentally, for mixing up the Philly fanne, Jean Bogert, with whom I had such a ridiculous conversation, with Joe's fiancee. Banshee: Both issues superlative. Larry has come a long, long way in the last year and presently stands as one of the most valuable fans in the country, which I hope his return to school doesn't affect. It's significant, though, that he has shown his intellectual powers only since graduating from high school. In the June issue, Spence's item is a dandy--first real surprise ending I've ever seen in fan fiction--and the final two lines of "Darkness of the Pit" redeem its mediocre remainder. Speer poll valuable for the suggestion that nominations or lists to choose from be provided in the future. The FAPA Forum is badly dated, and in certain cases brings up unwelcome subjects already disposed of. I don't know what Cabell meant by "desiderate" and "mundivagant", but suspect that they defined obscure ideas of little use to the average person. My own idea was for brief words that are really needed, like the already explained brickle. French, for instance, has single words to describe a one-eyed man and the act of blowing one's nose, that could be converted into English; and the Gernam verb, "wahnen", can be translated only through three or four English words. Spencer again stars in this September issue; his Slan Shack tale is the best thing since Widner stopped taking trips and writing about them. Very violently protest against the Speer idea of voting on waiting listers. It would very strongly tend to petrify the FAPA's nature, and increase the danger of cliques, since concerted favor or disfavor on the part of the Futurians, Brain Trusters, or LASFS group could pretty definitely determine the acceptance or rejection of an individual. More important, however, is the fact that there is no way of telling the FAPA potentiality of a non-member. Stanley and Searles, for