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Milty's Mag, June 1944

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MILTY'S MAG

Cpl. Milton A. Rothman .... Co. C, Reception Center, Ft., Lewis, Washington.
a TS Publication
For the Fantasy Amateur Press Assotiation
June, 1944

Stencilled  16 Apr. 1944
Stuff Dept:

    Don't tell me. The last issue of this thing stank. There are the usual excuses: Lousy stencils, and lousy typerwriters. The second excuse is not valid for this machine. The orderly room here at Ft. Lewis has four new standard typers.

   For those interested, my stay at Ft. Lewis is only temporary; for the purpose of reclassification and reassignment after graduating from the ASTP. That diploma from Oregon State sure looked good ... even though I had to listen to my own graduation on the radio. It was pretty dull.

Sick Call Dept:

    Even though the discomfort of a stay in the hospital, a person interested in the workings of his body can find many phenomena to observe that are of great fascination.

     It began one morning in March with a headache, a visit to the college infirmary, a period of blankness, and an awakening in an army hospital, to find subsequently that I had spinal meningitis. The headache was something intense, unceasing, and mind-occupying to the exclusion of all else. They gave me codeine to take care of it.

    Then began the dope dreams, or visions. It did not matter whether I was asleep or awake. I had but to close my eyes, and the pictures would instantly appear as though projected on a screen. Their subject and action were unresponsive to volition, being free train of thought and free association in the purest sense of the words.

     Several qualities distinguished then from ordinary drems: their clarity, texture, and motion predominating.

      The clarity was almost tangible, and so pronunced that I could recognize people by their faces. There was also an eidetic quality to the pictures. On several occasions I was able to scan the picture, looking for details. This x scanning was conscious, although the action of the picture itself was not volitive. This feeling of conscious watching of unconscious pictures prevailed thruout.

    Most interesting was the texture. The pictures did not attempt to copy reality, but instead imitated drawings or paintings. At various times there were black and white etchings, pen and ink drawings, water colors, oil paintings, and other techniques not as yet discovered.

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MILTY'S MAG Cpl. Milton A. Rothman .... Co. C, Reception Center, Ft., Lewis, Washington. a TS Publication For the Fantasy Amateur Press Assotiation June, 1944 Stencilled 16 Apr. 1944 Stuff Dept: Don't tell me. The last issue of this thing stank. There are the usual excuses: Lousy stencils, and lousy typerwriters. The second excuse is not valid for this machine. The orderly room here at Ft. Lewis has four new standard typers. For those interested, my stay at Ft. Lewis is only temporary; for the purpose of reclassification and reassignment after graduating from the ASTP. That diploma from Oregon State sure looked good ... even though I had to listen to my own graduation on the radio. It was pretty dull. Sick Call Dept: Even though the discomfort of a stay in the hospital, a person interested in the workings of his body can find many phenomena to observe that are of great fascination. It began one morning in March with a headache, a visit to the college infirmary, a period of blankness, and an awakening in an army hospital, to find subsequently that I had spinal meningitis. The headache was something intense, unceasing, and mind-occupying to the exclusion of all else. They gave me codeine to take care of it. Then began the dope dreams, or visions. It did not matter whether I was asleep or awake. I had but to close my eyes, and the pictures would instantly appear as though projected on a screen. Their subject and action were unresponsive to volition, being free train of thought and free association in the purest sense of the words. Several qualities distinguished then from ordinary drems: their clarity, texture, and motion predominating. The clarity was almost tangible, and so pronunced that I could recognize people by their faces. There was also an eidetic quality to the pictures. On several occasions I was able to scan the picture, looking for details. This x scanning was conscious, although the action of the picture itself was not volitive. This feeling of conscious watching of unconscious pictures prevailed thruout. Most interesting was the texture. The pictures did not attempt to copy reality, but instead imitated drawings or paintings. At various times there were black and white etchings, pen and ink drawings, water colors, oil paintings, and other techniques not as yet discovered.