Wanted badly: second hand copy
of Tucker's THE DOVE cheap.!
It is with considerable pride that we note the obvious endevors of several prozine editors to win our favor. The enthusiasm has pleased us. Gentlemen, we observe your efforts and appreciate them. Firstly, you, Mr. Gold. It was in our June issue that we criticized your bacover displaying a nude (or so we assume) girl and advertising a book about the education of a French Model. Immediately your July issue came out without that bacover, and you have not used it since. We are proud of you, Mr. Gold.
In the Quannish which was mailed in August we commented on the covers of aSF. It was our opinion that Mr. Campbell needed a new tin of ink ... some other color ... we were beginning to get very tired of pale blue covers. Well, the September issue of Astounding came out with a green and orange cover, the October issue with a traditional blue background but a brilliant orange BEM on it. And undoubtedly our readers have seen the November issue with its orange and yellow cover. We appreciate your enthusiasm, Mr. Campbell, but we didn't realize you'd go this far. But we aren't quite sure we like this new cover. We'll have to wait and see some more of them before we decide. Besides, Mr. C., doesn't it make your mag look just a wee bit like a certain other prozine on the stands now? Oh, yes, you can use blue if you want to. Don't throw it out altogether just because we were a little tired of your monochromatic covers.
Herewith a noteworthy comment by Alan Hunter: "I hope you thoroughly enjoyed the NOLACON. And I am sure your "secret" did not last long there. Judging by some of the American fanzines I have seen lately, even fans still have sharp perceptions for things like that."
Concerning back issues of Q, we have about half a dozen copies of #14. This is the issue full of Nolacon li'l peepul. Fifteen cents a copy while they last. The mag which we recently publushed for the Nov FAPA mailing isn't for sale. There just weren't enough copies to distribute outside FAPA except for a couple of special copies.
On the subject of FAPA, if you are interested in publishing ... not merely the egoboo that comes to a fanzine publisher ... but actually the publishing itself, why don't you write Charles Lee Riddle for information? (Charles Lee Riddle, PN1, USN Fleet All Weather Training Unit, Pacific, c/o FPO, San Francisco, Cal.) You don't have to have a duplicator, either. It isn't hard to find a fellow member who'll print your material or mimeo (or ditto) your mag for you. Minimum requirements are $1.50 and 8 8½ x11 pages a year. In return you receive quarterly mailings containing publications by many of fandom's leading publishers. There will be more info on FAPA in a coming issue of Q.
We want old fanzines. But we can't afford to pay ridiculously exorbitant prices for them. We can't even afford reasonably low prices. But we will gladly trade you ad-space and/or copies of coming Qs for them. If you're willing to make a trade please let us know.
Concerning the Nolacon; if after reading the accounts in Q you are wondering what happened in N.O. send 15¢ to Bob Tucker - Box 260 - Bloomington, Ill. for the current SFNL. It contains a very good straight account of the official proceedings, also photos, Tucker-comments, book news, etc. Better yet, send Tuck a buck for the next 7 issues and keep abreast with the news in fandom. (British subbers: 7s/6d to Ken Slater)
Over the Falls in '52!
P.S. Quandry is one of the only items now for
sale for Confederate money. Write for prices.
The South Shall Rise!
Data entry by Judy Bemis
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