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Science Fiction Collector, v. 5, issue 6, whole no. 30, Winter 1941

Page 4

Page Four  -- Science Fiction Collector--

On The DIfficulties
of
Conversion

by 
Joseph Gilbert

I HAD JUST finished my lunch and was ready to go back to work in nthe ice cream parlor where I worked last summer. Picking up a copy of the fifth New Fandom which I had been glancing through, I started to toss it under the counter, when Silverburg, the owner of the parlor, caught slight of the cover. 

"You're a communist!"

I naturally denied the charge angrily.

"Let's see the cover of that magazine again."

I showed it to him and his face changed.

"Oh, I thought it said New [[underline]]Free[[end underline]]dom!"

He apologized, a bit sheepishly, but I resigned not long after.

That is an extreme case, and rather off the subject of this article, but it serves to illustrate the point that a science fiction fan must be prepared to endure more than a little misunderstanding when he sallies out to co[n]vert, or rather, attempt to convert, his friends.

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Page Four -- Science Fiction Collector-- On The DIfficulties of Conversion by Joseph Gilbert I HAD JUST finished my lunch and was ready to go back to work in nthe ice cream parlor where I worked last summer. Picking up a copy of the fifth New Fandom which I had been glancing through, I started to toss it under the counter, when Silverburg, the owner of the parlor, caught slight of the cover. "You're a communist!" I naturally denied the charge angrily. "Let's see the cover of that magazine again." I showed it to him and his face changed. "Oh, I thought it said New [[underline]]Free[[end underline]]dom!" He apologized, a bit sheepishly, but I resigned not long after. That is an extreme case, and rather off the subject of this article, but it serves to illustrate the point that a science fiction fan must be prepared to endure more than a little misunderstanding when he sallies out to co[n]vert, or rather, attempt to convert, his friends.