From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Re: Re: The Fannish Inquisition
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:04:08 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry L. Newton" <bnewton at ashcomp.com>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 1:10 PM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Re: The Fannish Inquisition

> Interestingly, Ted White said:
>
> >As I thought.  You know nothing about the main tradition in fanzines.
> >
> >--Ted White
>
> Ted, this is unnecessary and unappreciated by anybody save (perhaps)
> yourself.  Get a life.

It's a shame that WSFA, once founded by fanzine fans and long a force in
fanzine fandom, is now populated mostly by people who think the current
WSFA JOURNAL epitomizes fanzines and remain ignorant of what fanzines are
actually about.   For nearly three years I supplied a fanzine review column
to the WSFA JOURNAL in hopes of opening a few eyes.   It was an entirely
futile task.  *Not one* WSFAn ever requested a copy of any of the fanzines
I reviewed as a consequence of reading those reviews.  (A possible
exception might be MIMOSA -- but I think Rich made them available at
meetings himself.)

That Lee Strong speaks in nearly total ignorance when he speaks of fanzines
(he thinks they're clubzines and exist to print book and movie reviews), is
a fact that I observe.  It's a shame if you feel the need to see this
ignorance perpetuated, but I'll live with it quite easily.   WSFA figures
minimally in my life.

--Ted White