You think YOU'VE got problems!! Not to cast aspersions on some of the fine frustrations in fandom (nor their sources) but ghuuuuuuu!!! I imagine there may have been fanzines that were harder to get out than QUANDRY but I'd pity the poor publisher ... Let me elucidate ...
The first ish came out ... illegible perhaps ... but at least it came out. Now the second ish didn't come out ... it was dragged out.
First we found a mimeo we could use. That wasn't too hard. Then we scraped together enuf money for paper and we cut the stencils. All fine so far. Then, ah yes, then we went to the mimeograf. And discovered that the roller was worn. "Let's quit for today" Walt suggested. "I may be able to fix it up with masking tape tomorrow." So we quit.
Bright (the morning, that is) and early the next afternoon I lit out to town on my trusty bicycle. I planned to buy a roll of masking tape and a copy of the Avon Fantasy Reader. First I went to the mag. shop. Nobody ever heard of the A.F.R. Then I try to get the tape. All out. None of five shops had the Reader. The third shop had the tape. Oh well ... So I went over to Armstrong to use the mimeo. Now since I know nothing of Mim's, Walt was gonna come in after work and help me. While I was waiting for him I wandered down to the room in which the mim was kept. I flicked the light switch and nothing happened. Finally I decided a fuse was bad so I looked up the maid. Well, to make a long story even longer the regular janitor was on vacation and his stand-in didn't know what to do. Eventually the President of the college, the janitor and I were looking for a missing fuse box. Finally we couldn't get the lights working so the Pres. called an electrician and Walt showed up ready to start printing. We (Walt and I) dragged the mim out thru a couple of doors into some light and started printing. The roller was still worn so he built it up and still the mim didn't work right. After several hours of suffering Walt came up with a brilliant idea and talked the Dean's secretary into running the rest of the stencils off on the school's machine. You see what I mean?? Only one question ... how are we gonna get out ish three ???
Oh, yes, ... mustn't forget to give Kover Kredit to Kessel
WANTED - Avon Fantasy Readers. Write Lee Hoffman, 101 Wagner St., Savannah, Ga.
There was a little sprite
Who came out every nite
Just to scare the people ...
He'd climb up on the church
Then with an awful lurch
He'd slide right down the s
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OH, HECK !
Data entry by Judy Bemis
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