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Take-Off, v. 1, issue 1, circa 1944
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Page 2 TAKE-OFF 3 February, 1944 Dear Raym, After a forced silence of several weeks I've decided that it is time to drop you a line or two. I would have written sooner but we were in combat and the conditions for writing were not so good. Another year brings us a little closer to that post war world. Ah, yes, the post war world. It seems that everyone has ideas about it. Nearly all the learned men want a different kind. Hell, all I want is a post war world. Space limitations force me to omit the last parapraph, which dealt with mental telepathy. LeRoy's interest in fandom and scientifiction has not lessened--in spite of his all-time occupation. His library was unfortunately lost, given away, but he intends to build a new and greater one after the war. You can help him by sending him your fanzines. If you wish, he'll pay you when he returns home. Meanwhile, he'd very much appreciate some letters, and will try to answer each one. His address: Pfc LeRoy Tackett, H & S Co., 7th Marines, c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. (This plug is spontaneous and paid for by no one.) ---------------------------- PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT HELL By Mary Helen Washington Some people think Hell is a torture of flame and fire. Others think it is of pain and horror. Still, some think that it is the Devil that pokes you with his pitchfork when you're dead. Yet children think he is a bad boogey-man, which their mothers teach them when they're little to scare them into behaving. And some imagine the Devil as horns, a tail, red, and a pitchfork. But that's not so; we do not even know what the Devil looks like. We call him red because that is our opinion of fire, but, he could be just any color as well as red. Well, let's leave the colors now and get down to serious business. Now, I'm writing a short article to tell you what I think Hell is. My opinion of Hell is Conscience, and when you committed a sin, and the Devil begins to grin, you lie there forevermore, thinking of how dirty you've been in your last lifetime. Now you may call my opinion silly, but, I believe it is more than any opinion you've ever said. Now those of you that can read this, do not get mad, I am just trying to state a fact that is the truth. There is a certain racket of science fiction, I hear. My brother happens to be one of them, and as for you, you'd better read this article very carefully. For you'll be prepared when your time comes. Well, friends, that is my opinion of Hell. You may think it wasn't worth your time reading it, but I bet it's worth
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Page 2 TAKE-OFF 3 February, 1944 Dear Raym, After a forced silence of several weeks I've decided that it is time to drop you a line or two. I would have written sooner but we were in combat and the conditions for writing were not so good. Another year brings us a little closer to that post war world. Ah, yes, the post war world. It seems that everyone has ideas about it. Nearly all the learned men want a different kind. Hell, all I want is a post war world. Space limitations force me to omit the last parapraph, which dealt with mental telepathy. LeRoy's interest in fandom and scientifiction has not lessened--in spite of his all-time occupation. His library was unfortunately lost, given away, but he intends to build a new and greater one after the war. You can help him by sending him your fanzines. If you wish, he'll pay you when he returns home. Meanwhile, he'd very much appreciate some letters, and will try to answer each one. His address: Pfc LeRoy Tackett, H & S Co., 7th Marines, c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. (This plug is spontaneous and paid for by no one.) ---------------------------- PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT HELL By Mary Helen Washington Some people think Hell is a torture of flame and fire. Others think it is of pain and horror. Still, some think that it is the Devil that pokes you with his pitchfork when you're dead. Yet children think he is a bad boogey-man, which their mothers teach them when they're little to scare them into behaving. And some imagine the Devil as horns, a tail, red, and a pitchfork. But that's not so; we do not even know what the Devil looks like. We call him red because that is our opinion of fire, but, he could be just any color as well as red. Well, let's leave the colors now and get down to serious business. Now, I'm writing a short article to tell you what I think Hell is. My opinion of Hell is Conscience, and when you committed a sin, and the Devil begins to grin, you lie there forevermore, thinking of how dirty you've been in your last lifetime. Now you may call my opinion silly, but, I believe it is more than any opinion you've ever said. Now those of you that can read this, do not get mad, I am just trying to state a fact that is the truth. There is a certain racket of science fiction, I hear. My brother happens to be one of them, and as for you, you'd better read this article very carefully. For you'll be prepared when your time comes. Well, friends, that is my opinion of Hell. You may think it wasn't worth your time reading it, but I bet it's worth
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