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Leprechaun, v. 1, issue 3, Summer 1942
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10 LEPRECHAUN and expends them in some type of chamber, and discharges them through a jet so designed as to convert the heat and pressure energy into kinetic energy of fast motion." Doesn't a jet propulsion ship do essentially the same thing? It takes in air at the front, and either by compressing it or heating it, or both, forces it out the rear of the ship, etc. Naturally such a ship won't function at all in space, or very well in the stratosphere, because it must take in its fuel from the medium through which it is traveling. But by the Holy Klono it's still a rocket, Palmer and all his statements to the contrary be hanged! Maybe he thinks AMZ will suffer when rockets stop spitting flame and smoke, huh? Speaking of Palmer, we can't help noticing that while most fans condemn him, no one seems to have taken advantage of the many opportunities he has offered to fandom, such as the fan page that was to appear if there were enough contributions, the offer to print the best fan illustrations in Discussions, etc. And we seem to remember that many of today's top fans were quite enthusiastic about AMZ at one time. So -- we give you Raymond A. Palmer, a swell guy who got a dirty deal from fandom. Monthly Puzzle We have recently started to ponder over a most confoosin' problem, to wit; what has been happening to the new mags that are -- or rather were -- hitting the stands. COMET, STIRRING, and COSMIC all appeared and disappeared rather suddenly. Prolonged consideration of the matter brings us to the conclusion that the field has reached its saturation point, and any new mag must either fail because of lack of purchasers or displace an established mag. Somehow, we just can't picture the latter happening. Mr. Wollheim, who predicted an influx of new magazines early last year, seems to have made a rather rash statement. Etcetera Fandom seems to be pretty well agreed that it has reached adulthood. Big things are due to come when everybody starts cooperating. We think fandom itself is going to present the main drawback, because a lot of individuals are going to object strenuously to submerging their identities for the collective good of the fan world. Fandom's history is full of cases where groups have disagreed over major issues to the point of "severing relationships". Perhaps many of the fans who were not at Denver and had no connection with the launching of the NFFF will resent such taking over of the reins and form an opposing faction of their own. We realize that this statement will undoubtedly bring many howls, but past happenings seem to warrant such a warning. Fandom can't afford a splitting of its forces, which are weak enough as it is. We have a little space left that has to be filled somehow, so we might as well offer a few excuses and alibis. First, any mistakes in spelling, grammar, stenciling, wavy right margins, etc., are not Shaw's fault (provided he does use this stencil and not another one he cut himself). We cut this in a hurry after the typer had been out of action for about two weeks. We had no correction fluid, and some parts were stuck in and some ripped out after we dummied this and started stenciling. But we mean well, honest we do, so just say we aren't too bad and maybe Shaw will let us show up again -- maybe. Won'tcha huhwon'tchahuhwon'tchahuh Won'tcha huhwon'tchahuhwon'tchahuh Won'tcha huhwon'tchahuh
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10 LEPRECHAUN and expends them in some type of chamber, and discharges them through a jet so designed as to convert the heat and pressure energy into kinetic energy of fast motion." Doesn't a jet propulsion ship do essentially the same thing? It takes in air at the front, and either by compressing it or heating it, or both, forces it out the rear of the ship, etc. Naturally such a ship won't function at all in space, or very well in the stratosphere, because it must take in its fuel from the medium through which it is traveling. But by the Holy Klono it's still a rocket, Palmer and all his statements to the contrary be hanged! Maybe he thinks AMZ will suffer when rockets stop spitting flame and smoke, huh? Speaking of Palmer, we can't help noticing that while most fans condemn him, no one seems to have taken advantage of the many opportunities he has offered to fandom, such as the fan page that was to appear if there were enough contributions, the offer to print the best fan illustrations in Discussions, etc. And we seem to remember that many of today's top fans were quite enthusiastic about AMZ at one time. So -- we give you Raymond A. Palmer, a swell guy who got a dirty deal from fandom. Monthly Puzzle We have recently started to ponder over a most confoosin' problem, to wit; what has been happening to the new mags that are -- or rather were -- hitting the stands. COMET, STIRRING, and COSMIC all appeared and disappeared rather suddenly. Prolonged consideration of the matter brings us to the conclusion that the field has reached its saturation point, and any new mag must either fail because of lack of purchasers or displace an established mag. Somehow, we just can't picture the latter happening. Mr. Wollheim, who predicted an influx of new magazines early last year, seems to have made a rather rash statement. Etcetera Fandom seems to be pretty well agreed that it has reached adulthood. Big things are due to come when everybody starts cooperating. We think fandom itself is going to present the main drawback, because a lot of individuals are going to object strenuously to submerging their identities for the collective good of the fan world. Fandom's history is full of cases where groups have disagreed over major issues to the point of "severing relationships". Perhaps many of the fans who were not at Denver and had no connection with the launching of the NFFF will resent such taking over of the reins and form an opposing faction of their own. We realize that this statement will undoubtedly bring many howls, but past happenings seem to warrant such a warning. Fandom can't afford a splitting of its forces, which are weak enough as it is. We have a little space left that has to be filled somehow, so we might as well offer a few excuses and alibis. First, any mistakes in spelling, grammar, stenciling, wavy right margins, etc., are not Shaw's fault (provided he does use this stencil and not another one he cut himself). We cut this in a hurry after the typer had been out of action for about two weeks. We had no correction fluid, and some parts were stuck in and some ripped out after we dummied this and started stenciling. But we mean well, honest we do, so just say we aren't too bad and maybe Shaw will let us show up again -- maybe. Won'tcha huhwon'tchahuhwon'tchahuh Won'tcha huhwon'tchahuhwon'tchahuh Won'tcha huhwon'tchahuh
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