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Shangri-la, issue 7, July-August 1948

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to put in the minutes. L. Ron Hubbard amused us for hours but they tell me to be very discreet in mentioning it so I can't put it in the minutes. Louise Lupeir had a sensational announcement but has aked me to delete it from these minutes till further developments. One of the younger members announced that one of science fiction's celebrities is in town, but I can't print that either since he's not supposred to know that we know it.
Dave Fox announced that there is to be a playing of Orson Welles' famed "War of the Worlds" broadcast which scared so many people out of their wits on All Hallow's Eve ten years ago. This playing was to be given by the Pacific Rocket Society at the South Pasadena Library on May 17. All members were invited to attend.
Mike Scoles entertained us with a recording of H. G. Well's "The Time Machine", presented recently over the radio. It was a nice presentation; the only trouble was the record sometimes the record sometimes the record sometimes...

May 19th; 441st Consecutive Meeting:
Forrest gave us some sad news: Everett has done it again; another magazine to which he sold a story has collapsed. New Worlds, the English science-fiction magazine, has folded. That is what Ted Carnell, its former editor, has written to him from England. The magazine didn't collapse for circulation reasons; it was doing very well. The cause was laid to other commitments made by the publishers. However, all is not lost. At the recent science-fiction convention held at the White Horse Tavern in England, which was liberally attended by such celebrities as A. B. Chandler, Walt Gillings, Ted Carnell and fifty others, it was proposed that the fans start their own publishing company and put out New Worlds themselves. This was enthusiastically received. Shares are being sold in the company--to be paid for by next fall--at a dollar a piece. Several members of this club (Everett, Bill and Jean Cox. Seth Shepard, and Louise Lupeir) decided to get in on it. Writers and artists pledged materials with the understanding that they are to paid later. Everett stated that he would pledge his story, "WAS NOT SPOKEN", which was to be published in the next issue of New Worlds, to the new magazine despite arguments from his friends that AMAZING would probably like the story better.
One of our visitors was astonished to learn that A. E. van Vo-get" is just another Henry Kuttner pseudonym. Despite this, when the meeting broke up, most of the club wandered over to a real flesh-and-blood person to hear his remarks on hypnotism. Van Vogt, an enthusiast in that field, will have an article on the subject soon in WESTERN FAMILY magazine.

May 26th; 442nd Consecutive Meeting:
A few weeks ago, I gave an account in the minutes of a report made by Fred Shroyer of a review of one of Bradbury's stories which appeared in the NEW YORK MIRROR TIMES--the review, that is, not the story. I will do now what I didn't do then,

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to put in the minutes. L. Ron Hubbard amused us for hours but they tell me to be very discreet in mentioning it so I can't put it in the minutes. Louise Lupeir had a sensational announcement but has aked me to delete it from these minutes till further developments. One of the younger members announced that one of science fiction's celebrities is in town, but I can't print that either since he's not supposred to know that we know it. Dave Fox announced that there is to be a playing of Orson Welles' famed "War of the Worlds" broadcast which scared so many people out of their wits on All Hallow's Eve ten years ago. This playing was to be given by the Pacific Rocket Society at the South Pasadena Library on May 17. All members were invited to attend. Mike Scoles entertained us with a recording of H. G. Well's "The Time Machine", presented recently over the radio. It was a nice presentation; the only trouble was the record sometimes the record sometimes the record sometimes... May 19th; 441st Consecutive Meeting: Forrest gave us some sad news: Everett has done it again; another magazine to which he sold a story has collapsed. New Worlds, the English science-fiction magazine, has folded. That is what Ted Carnell, its former editor, has written to him from England. The magazine didn't collapse for circulation reasons; it was doing very well. The cause was laid to other commitments made by the publishers. However, all is not lost. At the recent science-fiction convention held at the White Horse Tavern in England, which was liberally attended by such celebrities as A. B. Chandler, Walt Gillings, Ted Carnell and fifty others, it was proposed that the fans start their own publishing company and put out New Worlds themselves. This was enthusiastically received. Shares are being sold in the company--to be paid for by next fall--at a dollar a piece. Several members of this club (Everett, Bill and Jean Cox. Seth Shepard, and Louise Lupeir) decided to get in on it. Writers and artists pledged materials with the understanding that they are to paid later. Everett stated that he would pledge his story, "WAS NOT SPOKEN", which was to be published in the next issue of New Worlds, to the new magazine despite arguments from his friends that AMAZING would probably like the story better. One of our visitors was astonished to learn that A. E. van Vo-get" is just another Henry Kuttner pseudonym. Despite this, when the meeting broke up, most of the club wandered over to a real flesh-and-blood person to hear his remarks on hypnotism. Van Vogt, an enthusiast in that field, will have an article on the subject soon in WESTERN FAMILY magazine. May 26th; 442nd Consecutive Meeting: A few weeks ago, I gave an account in the minutes of a report made by Fred Shroyer of a review of one of Bradbury's stories which appeared in the NEW YORK MIRROR TIMES--the review, that is, not the story. I will do now what I didn't do then, (13.)