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Fanfare, v. 1, issue 1, December 1939

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                  MORE ERA'S
                           by
                     Bob Tucker

     All the more prolific and controversial fan writers today are fighting with pen and machine over era's trends, after this and that date --what?, and so forth.  All of them filling a required amount of space with nice personal droolings about themselves mainly.
     And so, stepping out into a nice, fresh field, let me point out a few era's and trends in a place where most of them never think to look, but should, for after all it is the parent body around which the fans are SUPPOSED to revolve:  the professional magazines.  They have definite era's, too, you know, and I don't mean in popularity, etc
  When I first came into the fan field, one certain "era" was in full sway.  You couldn't get away from It!  The moment you plunged your clean or otherwise nose into a fantasy, weird, or science fiction magazine, it caught you in a damnable Web and held you until you screamed for mercy.  But still it pounced at you!  That was the "era" of down-into-the-small stories.  Gads!  I couldn't sleep nights!  Every magazine one picked up contained more than it's right-

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MORE ERA'S by Bob Tucker All the more prolific and controversial fan writers today are fighting with pen and machine over era's trends, after this and that date --what?, and so forth. All of them filling a required amount of space with nice personal droolings about themselves mainly. And so, stepping out into a nice, fresh field, let me point out a few era's and trends in a place where most of them never think to look, but should, for after all it is the parent body around which the fans are SUPPOSED to revolve: the professional magazines. They have definite era's, too, you know, and I don't mean in popularity, etc When I first came into the fan field, one certain "era" was in full sway. You couldn't get away from It! The moment you plunged your clean or otherwise nose into a fantasy, weird, or science fiction magazine, it caught you in a damnable Web and held you until you screamed for mercy. But still it pounced at you! That was the "era" of down-into-the-small stories. Gads! I couldn't sleep nights! Every magazine one picked up contained more than it's right-