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Voice of the Imagination (VOM), whole no 17, August 1941

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his sanity in the face of unprecedented circumstances. The Chicon gave away a couple 100 originals but at the Denvention the lowliest illustration brot cash & bidding was the most rash these here auction-accustomd eyes ever have witnest! It no doubt will be no news to most of U but for the benefit of the few: $20 for a Finlay cover, $10 for an interior! $7.50 averages for Pauls & Boks. Yoicks! Your correspondent just sat there stund & did not purchase a single picture! Now U try hanging onto your head..!
A couple records cut during the Auction must be riots. There's one, I believ, of Robert Anson Heinlein officiating as auctioneer at an auction-after-the-auction (one where Schwartz got stuck, due to some shennanigans of Hamilton's, with Korshak's "Skull").
O yes; the Denvomdum was taken by Tripoli at something over a dollar. Morojo bought 3E's prize-winning costume & I obtaind the famous $500 one for $7.50.
That traditional fiasco, the Baseball Game, actually was playd! in part, simply Fans vs Fans & a tie score after half the innings. I personly remember Sun morning more for meeting for the firstime an old correpsondent of myn, Fred Jno Walsen of Denver, than the doin's on the diamond.
Came the concluding Business Meeting where the all-important item of location of the next convention was to be decided. Officially this was sposed to start at 1 oclock. But so few were there Kornbluth took over the chair & enjoyed a mock meeting. Tis my impression we didnt get underway actually til about 2:15. Then Frisco-Oakland, Wn/DC & Philly went on record, along with LA, bidding for the Convention of '42. No one scarcely coud escape noeing the outcome at the currentime; but for the benefit of someone possibly perusing this account yrs hence when so many cons have come & gone only fans with the keenest memorys can recall readily when & where all were held...for your benefit, person of posterity, "Los Angeles got the bid for '42". And once all the shouting had died down, quicker'n U could say 'stf' a flock of fans flew up to the desk to slap down the dough for membership in the 4TH WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION SOCIETY! Art Widner, #1!
After my experience, I deem it a privilege to have been pickt as a member of the committee examining claims for the Denvention Award. It was a difficult task to render a decision; but in Lowndes' lil cubicle, as applicant followd applicant, I gaind greater respect than ever for Doc's powers of impartial judgment, ability to consider all aspects of a situation; &, even more important, greatly bolsterd was my faith in fankind! as I heard such tales of devotion to "getting-to-the-Denvention" as made such difficultys as I had experienced seem insignificant indeed. I learned I was not uniq of the type that will quit a job to attend a convention--there's just more publicity attends such a statement on my part. I learnd of hunger & privation, cold & exhaustion; & even of one who considerd quitting the job the easy way! The 5 of U who faild to win the Award may not wish your names publicized; but 4 of U deserved special recognition, I felt, & for whatever it may be worth to U, privately I salute U! This will be indicated by the words "I salute U" being underlined in red in your copy. Mr Moskowitz, Mr Koenig, & a couple other of my critix, will react to this thus: "God, does that guy Ackerman hate himself! Building himself up to a Big Shot by bestowing his 'special salute' on people. Pfui to Pforry." My friends will noe better, I trust, & accept the sincerity of my statement in the spirit in which made...

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VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION 13 his sanity in the face of unprecedented circumstances. The Chicon gave away a couple 100 originals but at the Denvention the lowliest illustration brot cash & bidding was the most rash these here auction-accustomd eyes ever have witnest! It no doubt will be no news to most of U but for the benefit of the few: $20 for a Finlay cover, $10 for an interior! $7.50 averages for Pauls & Boks. Yoicks! Your correspondent just sat there stund & did not purchase a single picture! Now U try hanging onto your head..! A couple records cut during the Auction must be riots. There's one, I believ, of Robert Anson Heinlein officiating as auctioneer at an auction-after-the-auction (one where Schwartz got stuck, due to some shennanigans of Hamilton's, with Korshak's "Skull"). O yes; the Denvomdum was taken by Tripoli at something over a dollar. Morojo bought 3E's prize-winning costume & I obtaind the famous $500 one for $7.50. That traditional fiasco, the Baseball Game, actually was playd! in part, simply Fans vs Fans & a tie score after half the innings. I personly remember Sun morning more for meeting for the firstime an old correpsondent of myn, Fred Jno Walsen of Denver, than the doin's on the diamond. Came the concluding Business Meeting where the all-important item of location of the next convention was to be decided. Officially this was sposed to start at 1 oclock. But so few were there Kornbluth took over the chair & enjoyed a mock meeting. Tis my impression we didnt get underway actually til about 2:15. Then Frisco-Oakland, Wn/DC & Philly went on record, along with LA, bidding for the Convention of '42. No one scarcely coud escape noeing the outcome at the currentime; but for the benefit of someone possibly perusing this account yrs hence when so many cons have come & gone only fans with the keenest memorys can recall readily when & where all were held...for your benefit, person of posterity, "Los Angeles got the bid for '42". And once all the shouting had died down, quicker'n U could say 'stf' a flock of fans flew up to the desk to slap down the dough for membership in the 4TH WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION SOCIETY! Art Widner, #1! After my experience, I deem it a privilege to have been pickt as a member of the committee examining claims for the Denvention Award. It was a difficult task to render a decision; but in Lowndes' lil cubicle, as applicant followd applicant, I gaind greater respect than ever for Doc's powers of impartial judgment, ability to consider all aspects of a situation; &, even more important, greatly bolsterd was my faith in fankind! as I heard such tales of devotion to "getting-to-the-Denvention" as made such difficultys as I had experienced seem insignificant indeed. I learned I was not uniq of the type that will quit a job to attend a convention--there's just more publicity attends such a statement on my part. I learnd of hunger & privation, cold & exhaustion; & even of one who considerd quitting the job the easy way! The 5 of U who faild to win the Award may not wish your names publicized; but 4 of U deserved special recognition, I felt, & for whatever it may be worth to U, privately I salute U! This will be indicated by the words "I salute U" being underlined in red in your copy. Mr Moskowitz, Mr Koenig, & a couple other of my critix, will react to this thus: "God, does that guy Ackerman hate himself! Building himself up to a Big Shot by bestowing his 'special salute' on people. Pfui to Pforry." My friends will noe better, I trust, & accept the sincerity of my statement in the spirit in which made...