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Horizons, v. 5, issue 3, whole no. 19, June 1944

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or, which is not very impressive to anyone who has had occasion to marvel at teletypes. I'm glad to see Speer using my own ' ' marks, which I first introduced in Spaceways in 1939, and no one every took up until now It was Paul Spencer, not I, who reviewed "Die Frau Ohne Schatten", and it isn't "Schatter", either. The pages on libel and obscenity are very valuable; naturally I'm particularly interested since I was the one to suggest such an article. Let us be warned, gentlemen, and give the FAPA official editor to reject or censor by clipping anything that might get us into trouble; and let us make it unlawful for an individual to mail out his publication himself and labelling it FAPA, without first passing the censor. Suddsy misses the point: the cosmic rays actually were responsible for the creation of Amazing Stories, and the decline in science-fiction which old timers tell us began with the second issue of that magazine and has continued ever since won't end until the crs resume their intensity. The picutres duly appreciated, and SP the best thing in the issue. ' ' The S-F Democrat: I lose more darned magazines when they're this small--though this one was conveniently filable by sticking it between two of the photos in SB. ' ' Matters of Opinion: The diagrams clear up for me the dimensional time points excellently; I still think, however, that a decimal system strictly adgering to this basis is not the most satisfactory thing that might be worked out. Speer's remarks on the difficulties attending larger membership are well taken--don't forget the OE's increased burden. Then there's the matter of sheer bulk: if activity could be maintained with an organization double the size of what we have now, who would find the time to read everything in the mailing? Yet knowing everything that goes on in the FAPA is half the fun, and we certainly don't want to exclude so many fans that they set up rival groups. Six months' truce from tampering with membership limits and requirements would be the safest thing at this stage I'd say. Fantasticonglomeration: Now, why can't 4e do this every time? Putting a few more clothes on the females, that is, and omitting the cartoons taht are merely stale stuff transferred to another planet. Fleeting Moments: Behold it was just one year ago that Chauvenet gave us his collected verse. Who will take the step for the March, 1945, mailing? Larry's idea of poetry just doesn't click with mine; that's shown by what I think of most of the material he used in Stars, and naturally I can't find myself in sympathy with this; most of these works seem like very excellent imitations of very bad poetry.  "Castle Chillon", the only item that deviates from the "beautiful" ideal, seems most effective. Milty's Mag: At last I've found something harder to understand than a Cunningham letter--a Milty discussion of math! The letter on Degler almost precisely hirrors my opinions, and I stick to them despite what Speer has discovered about Claude. ' ' Fantasy Amateur: Larry Farsaci has all his mailings in their original envelopes, complete; if you'll try to catch him on his next furlough home, he could probably unearth the data necessary to establish facts about the FAPA urwelt, Doc. By all means, let us make the OE a critic, too, as larry suggests. The list of members past and present brings some interesting matters to light--for instance, is it possible that Ackerman's lack of activity in the FAPA comes about because he wasn't a member no. 1? Glad to see that I'm something like no. 20, if you cancel those who have dropped out, and bound to rise up one more notch by June. The Nucleus: First thought that occurs: supposing Trudy's class got hold of a copy of this--end then too, how would the school board feel about certain of the remarks therein? The description of how fandom loses appeal when a fan discovers the great outside world doesn't fit me. That discovery has been going on for the last three years, in my case, and I'm coming to realize more and more how much more fascinating fandom is that anything else in the universe excepting the music of Beethoven, Mozart and Wagner. '  ' Forgot to mention while disposing of Speer: who originated the term "fandom"? I don't see it used elsewhere; at least, I can't recall having noticed motion picture fiends called that, although the ... like Silver Screen, Movieland, and the ... sometimes called ... magazines ... ' ' En Garde: My own ideas of ...no longer needed ...

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or, which is not very impressive to anyone who has had occasion to marvel at teletypes. I'm glad to see Speer using my own ' ' marks, which I first introduced in Spaceways in 1939, and no one every took up until now It was Paul Spencer, not I, who reviewed "Die Frau Ohne Schatten", and it isn't "Schatter", either. The pages on libel and obscenity are very valuable; naturally I'm particularly interested since I was the one to suggest such an article. Let us be warned, gentlemen, and give the FAPA official editor to reject or censor by clipping anything that might get us into trouble; and let us make it unlawful for an individual to mail out his publication himself and labelling it FAPA, without first passing the censor. Suddsy misses the point: the cosmic rays actually were responsible for the creation of Amazing Stories, and the decline in science-fiction which old timers tell us began with the second issue of that magazine and has continued ever since won't end until the crs resume their intensity. The picutres duly appreciated, and SP the best thing in the issue. ' ' The S-F Democrat: I lose more darned magazines when they're this small--though this one was conveniently filable by sticking it between two of the photos in SB. ' ' Matters of Opinion: The diagrams clear up for me the dimensional time points excellently; I still think, however, that a decimal system strictly adgering to this basis is not the most satisfactory thing that might be worked out. Speer's remarks on the difficulties attending larger membership are well taken--don't forget the OE's increased burden. Then there's the matter of sheer bulk: if activity could be maintained with an organization double the size of what we have now, who would find the time to read everything in the mailing? Yet knowing everything that goes on in the FAPA is half the fun, and we certainly don't want to exclude so many fans that they set up rival groups. Six months' truce from tampering with membership limits and requirements would be the safest thing at this stage I'd say. Fantasticonglomeration: Now, why can't 4e do this every time? Putting a few more clothes on the females, that is, and omitting the cartoons taht are merely stale stuff transferred to another planet. Fleeting Moments: Behold it was just one year ago that Chauvenet gave us his collected verse. Who will take the step for the March, 1945, mailing? Larry's idea of poetry just doesn't click with mine; that's shown by what I think of most of the material he used in Stars, and naturally I can't find myself in sympathy with this; most of these works seem like very excellent imitations of very bad poetry. "Castle Chillon", the only item that deviates from the "beautiful" ideal, seems most effective. Milty's Mag: At last I've found something harder to understand than a Cunningham letter--a Milty discussion of math! The letter on Degler almost precisely hirrors my opinions, and I stick to them despite what Speer has discovered about Claude. ' ' Fantasy Amateur: Larry Farsaci has all his mailings in their original envelopes, complete; if you'll try to catch him on his next furlough home, he could probably unearth the data necessary to establish facts about the FAPA urwelt, Doc. By all means, let us make the OE a critic, too, as larry suggests. The list of members past and present brings some interesting matters to light--for instance, is it possible that Ackerman's lack of activity in the FAPA comes about because he wasn't a member no. 1? Glad to see that I'm something like no. 20, if you cancel those who have dropped out, and bound to rise up one more notch by June. The Nucleus: First thought that occurs: supposing Trudy's class got hold of a copy of this--end then too, how would the school board feel about certain of the remarks therein? The description of how fandom loses appeal when a fan discovers the great outside world doesn't fit me. That discovery has been going on for the last three years, in my case, and I'm coming to realize more and more how much more fascinating fandom is that anything else in the universe excepting the music of Beethoven, Mozart and Wagner. ' ' Forgot to mention while disposing of Speer: who originated the term "fandom"? I don't see it used elsewhere; at least, I can't recall having noticed motion picture fiends called that, although the ... like Silver Screen, Movieland, and the ... sometimes called ... magazines ... ' ' En Garde: My own ideas of ...no longer needed ...