THE DUPER IS UNDER THE POTATO SACKS NOW...I
AM, APPARENTLY, STUFF--WAVICLES, SUBMICRO-
SCOPIC PARTICLES, WAVE PATTERNS, STRESSES
IN SPACETIME, IN A UNIVERSE WHICH IS FILLED
WITH THE SAME STUFF. THERE ARE OTHER PORT-
IONS--YOU, WALT, EVEN DEREK PICKLES, AND WE
CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER IN A LIMIT-
ED FASHION. WE CAN EVEN ISOLATE BITS OF STUFF
AND SAY LOOK! THE TAJ MAHAL OR AH! TRIPE AND
ONIONS!....GOOD OLD NEBULA!...ANOTHER TRUE
FAN PROSTITUTES HIS GENIUS...SHE HAS I GO
POGO TATTOOED ACROSS HER STOMACH, JUST OVER
A PORTRAIT OF BERT CAMPBELL...WAIT A MINUTE
I THINK GHOD IS ON THE LINE...RELIGIONS RE-
PRESENT PRIMITIVE STRUCTURAL RATIONALIZATIONS
....WOULDN'T IT BE BORING TO BE PARTHOGENETIC
....HE HAS LOST HIS INTEREST IN FLYING SAUC-
ERS AND WOULD LIKE INSTEAD TO SEE SOME REL-
IGIOUS CONTROVERSY IN FANZINES....NOTHING
LEGENDARY HAS HAPPENED FOR A LONG TIME...
WHO PUT THE SHUTTLECOCK IN THE MILK?...I
LEFT PHILADELPHIA AN OLDER AND PERHAPS WISER
FAN...THINK WHAT ACCLAIM, WHAT ACKNOWLEDGE-
MENT, WHAT TREMENDOUS POWER OVER FANDOM SUCH
A MAGAZINE WOULD HAVE....HE'S AN UNETHICAL
LITTLE BASTARD WITH NO SENSE OF PUBLISHING
ETHICS....HE'S PRETTY WELL KNOWN OVER HERE
NOW, NOW IT'S THE WORLD'S TURN TO HEAR...
WHO'S DOSTOEVSKI?...MY NAME STINKS IN THE
NOSTRILS OF DECENT FEN...I WILL LET PEOPLE
QUOTE THEMSELVES INTO TROUBLE...THEY WILL,
I CONTEND, BLOW FANDOM WIDE OPEN....WE ARE
CALLING IT GERANIUM BECAUSE IT CAME FROM A
SLIP...DO YOU THINK FANDOM IS THE FOUNTAIN
OF YOUTH?...WHEN BETTER FEMALE FANS ARE MADE
NYDAHL WILL MAKE THEM...MY CHIEF GRIPE AG-
AINST DIANETICS IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO
NEW VAN VOGT STORIES FOR THREE YEARS. ITS
CHIEF BLESSING IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO
NEW HUBBARD STORIES FOR THREE YEARS...THIS
IS SO SODDEN...YOU WILL RECEIVE NOT ONE BUT
TWO MAGAZINES!...ON THE WAY DOWN AN ANGEL OF
THE LORD TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULDER...OLD
RIGHT ARMS I HAVE IN ABUNDANCE...THAT FLASH
OF SANITY KNOWN AS GAFIA...HE WALKED AROUND
ON HIS KNEES FOR A WHILE...I'M ONLY A PSEUDO
FUGGHEAD REALLY...DO YOU REALISE I'M THE
ONLY LONDON FAN WHO ACTUALLY PUBLISHES ANY-
THING?...HE'S A NICE LAD, BUT A BIT TOO IN-
TELLIGENT...YOURS FOR MORE CULTURAL HERIT-
AGE...YOU'RE SLIPPING INTO PERFECTIONISM
AGAIN...I AM THE VICTIM OF A VAST INTERNA-
TIONAL CONSPIRACY THE RAMIFICATIONS OF
WHICH ARE BEYOND MY FEEBLE COMPREHENSION.
harris-clarke-shaw-white-ish-calkins-thorne
-morse-elsberry-ellison-cole-nydahl-mccain-
palmer-duncombe-ryan-robinson-willis-etc.
(data entered by Judy Bemis)
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