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Voice of the Imagination, whole no. 24, August 1942

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organization, and the nasty cracks he's been making about fans who want to unite?  I quite agree that it's high time Fortier stop changing his mind  
with the temperature or stock market or whatever. It's ridiculous to alter opinions  just for the sake of variety every week or two, as he does, and he's easily the worst offender in fandom when it comes to announcing magazines that never appear,  changing titles without good reason, discontinuing publication after an issue or two, and similar antics." 

A "half asleep" RON HOLMES wrote us from 32 Rockfield Rd, Liverpool 4, Eng, on 19 May: "Here l crawl out of my shell again, this time to give Forry, George Medhurst and the readers of Vom a lecture, I hope they take it in good part and due tolerance, cause, by gosh don't I have to tolerate a lot from them!" Starts with a criticism of past covers, complimenting Wright on the original Tomaiden, only really good cover Ron's seen on Vom; while brother Wiedenback suffers again for his offering on our New Yr No.    4e breaking in here to explain to Ron what he & some other readers never seemed to understand, namely that Mother & Dawter Time were not improperly proportioned in relation to one another, Dawter being too diminutive: the smaller female figure was supposed to be .symbolic of the New Yr, & incidentily giving U 2 Vomaidens for the price of one, rather'n an actual baby. On the subject of fantasy nudes, Ron wonders why Forry & Friends produce the things, for they obviously are not art. Alternately, my sense of art must be misplaced or me & my contributors are "just plain letchers (I think that is the US term)." If the latter, Ron's sorry we're so darned proud of it, for it puts us in a very poor position in his eyes. To which I reply—& speaking for Morojo also—Honest to Truth, Ron, the last thing we want thot of us is that we're the smirky sort where sex is concerned, pornography peddlers in stfans' clothing. That clement in LA fandom was one we always regretted, but fortunately now it is only an unpleasant memory.    Vomaidens innocently were inaugurated with the now-
famous gatefold, the "Repre-Adele" of the original of the fantasy nude espeshly
drawn for me by a former Ampas acquaintance, Pauline Hirst (Paule), about which
Angelenos had raved (the pic—not Paule...but only bcuz none of 'em ever met her);
& was followed by others—in particular several Portfolios, including one fantasy nude of my own conception, & always where possible with the "realistic touch". I personallv had thot our fans were pretty shockproof & sensible & would be pleased to receive in one their own mags what tabu-bound, pulps & convention-shackled other sources don't supply. Do U noe that the Canadian edition of Weird Tales featuring "The Blue Woman" denied that a woman has breasts by retouching the cover so that the girl had a chest in the masculine sense?    That silly sort of shame robs beauty from life. What we sometimes get—& yet run bcuz, like many a letter not so hot, Vom is the mirror of fandom, good, bad or indifrent—& what we'd like to give U,
are, to rework an oldy about horses of different colors, "femmes of different forms".
We'd like to give U Finlay unfetterd, Bok unabasht, Wright unrestrained, Turner un-retoucht: Norhalas & Santhus from Merritt's imagination, Minga maids by Moore! Are we lecherous, lousy, lewd, looney? The defense begs the indulgence of the court for consuming so much space, & rests its case...

STOPRESSI    The sun shines
brite, the world's alryt again, bcuzs "Will you please announce in VOM that I have decided to re-enter fandom.    (P.S. the girl on the back is a witch!)"—Tucker

JOHN CUNNINGHAM (nufsed) 2050 Gilbert St. Beaumont, Texas: "Cover looks more like
ROGUES gallery-from FBI files than a fmgzine cover---Most sensible face on the whole page was of course: Anglofan #1, John Michael Rosenblum... a nice looking chap if I ever saw one...true blue Britisher, could easily pass as some US Business man—of high importantance etc. H.C. Koenig,,,looks to be like Nelson Eddy, tho a scientist of a sort. ECCO-intelligent,  systematic, Stylish. Gus Willmorth-Regular fellow, sorta Like Bing Crosby in a way—dresses as he pleases, don't give a damn what others thinks,  and is all around friendly. Damon Knight-Nostro-Demus, be he his elected follower? Jenkins & Gilbert—pack up UR fmgzine interests and send them to em...Those guys are issuing so many fmgzine they are causing a fmgzine INFLATION--in capital L. Gert Kuslan: Stfandom could use more feminine supporters and
followers of her type, as also the Finns' Doldi? Len Moffatt, the little guy-who is unjustly criticized. Phour, Elmer Perdue-fan-a-la-experte—EEEEvans, just as U said- a right guy, and a square dealer-next president of NFFF... Hurrah—he's a grand old leader—he is.    
      Pah, all this atrocious dribble (babish) talk by 4E, on being notified that Use have #1A rating. Think what the fans will be thinking, if that guy can get such a rating, then what chance have the Morons for exemption? The battlescene
will be a formation of apes versus-- the babbling humans-- etc... sall in fun tho, to think thus--as the rest do--or is it? 
       Art Widnersheen's Letter: Very fine-though, liked his description of Tigrina Silly Girl, etc. Say-Art could pass as a philospher any day--just hope he don't try to analyze me by letters IVE wrote him etc."   Approves Klingbieletter & suggests stfandom coud use a lil more "Lectric Juice of true action" & less "daubling around".   
     Requests less of
"Tigrinia (boresome) art, and more of that super colossal-prozineish, the type of nude
a saint would like, drawings of Turner instead. I could look at Turner's pic Phtholognyrrh, all day—and still not get enough joy outta it to satisfy. It is a
masterpiece worthy of highest merit and quality. I have spoken SALAM!"

? of 95 Mere Rd., Leicester, Eng. on 25 May was stimulated
to rite by "the shock of seeing myself peering out between Ken Chapman & I.es Johnson on the February cover. It was the first time I've seen that photo which I fancy was taken at the general gathering in London last September.   Taken, incidentally, in Regent's Park—just across the road from where Wells lives when he's in town. I could say a lot about the magazine but it would boil down to the fact that it suits me fine since it gives a pretty good picture of American fans being in the main frivolous, occasionally serious & at all

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8 VOICE OF THE organization, and the nasty cracks he's been making about fans who want to unite? I quite agree that it's high time Fortier stop changing his mind with the temperature or stock market or whatever. It's ridiculous to alter opinions just for the sake of variety every week or two, as he does, and he's easily the worst offender in fandom when it comes to announcing magazines that never appear, changing titles without good reason, discontinuing publication after an issue or two, and similar antics." A "half asleep" RON HOLMES wrote us from 32 Rockfield Rd, Liverpool 4, Eng, on 19 May: "Here l crawl out of my shell again, this time to give Forry, George Medhurst and the readers of Vom a lecture, I hope they take it in good part and due tolerance, cause, by gosh don't I have to tolerate a lot from them!" Starts with a criticism of past covers, complimenting Wright on the original Tomaiden, only really good cover Ron's seen on Vom; while brother Wiedenback suffers again for his offering on our New Yr No. 4e breaking in here to explain to Ron what he & some other readers never seemed to understand, namely that Mother & Dawter Time were not improperly proportioned in relation to one another, Dawter being too diminutive: the smaller female figure was supposed to be .symbolic of the New Yr, & incidentily giving U 2 Vomaidens for the price of one, rather'n an actual baby. On the subject of fantasy nudes, Ron wonders why Forry & Friends produce the things, for they obviously are not art. Alternately, my sense of art must be misplaced or me & my contributors are "just plain letchers (I think that is the US term)." If the latter, Ron's sorry we're so darned proud of it, for it puts us in a very poor position in his eyes. To which I reply—& speaking for Morojo also—Honest to Truth, Ron, the last thing we want thot of us is that we're the smirky sort where sex is concerned, pornography peddlers in stfans' clothing. That clement in LA fandom was one we always regretted, but fortunately now it is only an unpleasant memory. Vomaidens innocently were inaugurated with the now- famous gatefold, the "Repre-Adele" of the original of the fantasy nude espeshly drawn for me by a former Ampas acquaintance, Pauline Hirst (Paule), about which Angelenos had raved (the pic—not Paule...but only bcuz none of 'em ever met her); & was followed by others—in particular several Portfolios, including one fantasy nude of my own conception, & always where possible with the "realistic touch". I personallv had thot our fans were pretty shockproof & sensible & would be pleased to receive in one their own mags what tabu-bound, pulps & convention-shackled other sources don't supply. Do U noe that the Canadian edition of Weird Tales featuring "The Blue Woman" denied that a woman has breasts by retouching the cover so that the girl had a chest in the masculine sense? That silly sort of shame robs beauty from life. What we sometimes get—& yet run bcuz, like many a letter not so hot, Vom is the mirror of fandom, good, bad or indifrent—& what we'd like to give U, are, to rework an oldy about horses of different colors, "femmes of different forms". We'd like to give U Finlay unfetterd, Bok unabasht, Wright unrestrained, Turner un-retoucht: Norhalas & Santhus from Merritt's imagination, Minga maids by Moore! Are we lecherous, lousy, lewd, looney? The defense begs the indulgence of the court for consuming so much space, & rests its case... STOPRESSI The sun shines brite, the world's alryt again, bcuzs "Will you please announce in VOM that I have decided to re-enter fandom. (P.S. the girl on the back is a witch!)"—Tucker JOHN CUNNINGHAM (nufsed) 2050 Gilbert St. Beaumont, Texas: "Cover looks more like ROGUES gallery-from FBI files than a fmgzine cover---Most sensible face on the whole page was of course: Anglofan #1, John Michael Rosenblum... a nice looking chap if I ever saw one...true blue Britisher, could easily pass as some US Business man—of high importantance etc. H.C. Koenig,,,looks to be like Nelson Eddy, tho a scientist of a sort. ECCO-intelligent, systematic, Stylish. Gus Willmorth-Regular fellow, sorta Like Bing Crosby in a way—dresses as he pleases, don't give a damn what others thinks, and is all around friendly. Damon Knight-Nostro-Demus, be he his elected follower? Jenkins & Gilbert—pack up UR fmgzine interests and send them to em...Those guys are issuing so many fmgzine they are causing a fmgzine INFLATION--in capital L. Gert Kuslan: Stfandom could use more feminine supporters and followers of her type, as also the Finns' Doldi? Len Moffatt, the little guy-who is unjustly criticized. Phour, Elmer Perdue-fan-a-la-experte—EEEEvans, just as U said- a right guy, and a square dealer-next president of NFFF... Hurrah—he's a grand old leader—he is. Pah, all this atrocious dribble (babish) talk by 4E, on being notified that Use have #1A rating. Think what the fans will be thinking, if that guy can get such a rating, then what chance have the Morons for exemption? The battlescene will be a formation of apes versus-- the babbling humans-- etc... sall in fun tho, to think thus--as the rest do--or is it? Art Widnersheen's Letter: Very fine-though, liked his description of Tigrina Silly Girl, etc. Say-Art could pass as a philospher any day--just hope he don't try to analyze me by letters IVE wrote him etc." Approves Klingbieletter & suggests stfandom coud use a lil more "Lectric Juice of true action" & less "daubling around". Requests less of "Tigrinia (boresome) art, and more of that super colossal-prozineish, the type of nude a saint would like, drawings of Turner instead. I could look at Turner's pic Phtholognyrrh, all day—and still not get enough joy outta it to satisfy. It is a masterpiece worthy of highest merit and quality. I have spoken SALAM!" ? of 95 Mere Rd., Leicester, Eng. on 25 May was stimulated to rite by "the shock of seeing myself peering out between Ken Chapman & I.es Johnson on the February cover. It was the first time I've seen that photo which I fancy was taken at the general gathering in London last September. Taken, incidentally, in Regent's Park—just across the road from where Wells lives when he's in town. I could say a lot about the magazine but it would boil down to the fact that it suits me fine since it gives a pretty good picture of American fans being in the main frivolous, occasionally serious & at all