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16 That's about all we can say about Hank. He doesn't like New York because it's too dirty, noisy and big. He dotes on Thorne Smith. Rite [sic] now he's trying to crash Argosy with a story—and in the future you can expect some big things from this quiet author.

Oh, yes, and is it true what they say about Kuttner?

No, he doesn't use dope to get the effect in his stories. He has a massive painting of Art Barnes on his desk and when he prepares to write he squints once and once only at that painting to get gruesome atmosphere. Then he starts typing!

Take a bow, Mr. Kuttner.

(Jus bend over a little more, Hank! A:K' BARNES)

WHUMP!

Ouch! (KUTTNER)

FROM J CHAPMAN MISKE: Pretty snappy cover on the 1st issue of FuFa. At least I like it. Simple stuff looks best on mimeod covers. By the way, what, I'd like to know, is the sex of that Bokian creature? WHY*MR'MISKE WE THOT U ABHORED SEX! TSK' TSK! I'm for Technocracy. Personally I suspect Reynolds of being Kuttner. NOPE..TRY AGAIN, JACK. Your poetry not so hot. U wandered a bit and were melodramatic."

DALE HART POSTS: Bok cover good. Yerke and Reynolds interesting. Forrie's story unique. Yur [sic] poem full of thot but it didn't scan very well. MAYBE IT'S BECUZ I'M MORE BRITISH THAN I AM SCAN -DIN-AVIAN' (BRAD) How about an increase in pages—this issue much too small. HOPE YU LIKE THIS BIGGER SIZE, DALE'

GERTRUDE HEMKEN MUMBLES: Cover startling, technocracy article sounds sensible, ron reynolds satire amusing and contains a few kernels of logic, at that. And where hav I red 4S J's RECORD bee4? (WE Wonder ) HENRY HASSE TYPES: "Hans Bok steals 1st honors 4 his cover. Hope yu can get Hans to do all yur illustrations each month. YES; HENRY, WE'LL HAVE BOK ON THE COVER EVERY ISSUE FROM NOW ON' EVEN THO HE'S BUSY IN NEW YORK WITH HIS PANTINGPAINTING [sic]'—SINCE THE EDITORIAL FOR FUFA WAS STENCILED THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF WEIRD TALES HAS APPEARED ON THE STANDS ALL OVER AMERICA WITH ITS COVER DONE BY BOK. IT WAS FUTURIA FANTASIA'S PLEASENT DUTY, THIS SUMMER; TO BRING ABOUT THAT DEAL BETWEEN BOK AND WEIRD AND WE ARE JUSTLY PROUD OF HANS AND HIS SUCCESS. HERE'S HOPING HE HITS ASTOUNDING NEXT. HASSE CONTINUES: "Best written feature was yur poem, Brad. Next is Reynolds piece and the one by Ackerman." DUE TO LACK OF SPACE IN THIS ISSUE WE ARE CONDENSING THE ABOVE LETTERS. IN THE WINTER EDITION THERE WILL BE A BIGGER LETTER DEPARTMENT—THAT IS, IF YU WRITE IN. WE'RE ANXIOUS TO KNOW HOW YOU LIKED OUR SPECIAL the pendulum . UNTIL THEN. FU, FAREWELL!