Personality Parade
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| Title: | Personality Parade |
| Creator: | Dale Hart |
| Date(s): | Sept 1938 |
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| Fandom: | Science Fiction |
| Topic: | Prominent fans |
| External Links: | Hosted online. Imagination! #12 pg 10. |
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Personality Parade was a short 1938 article by science fiction fan Dale Hart that listed twenty prominent actifans of the time period.
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FORREST J ACKERMAN: Ubiquitous Und Unctuous. Vies with DAW & should soon surpass him.
JNO V. BALTADONIS: Illustrator Inimitable. Head of Comet Publications.
CLAIRE P. BECK: Phantasy's Pessimistic Peruser. Earnest expostulator of empyrean emanations. Issues most worthwhile American amateur fanmagazine extant.
LITTERIO B. FARSACI: Rochester Red-Hot. A new, very promising fan. Serious tendencys.
WALTER H. GILLINGS: Wonder Warehouse. From his "warehouse" have come the writings in the old FM, the marvelously-printed Tomorrow & the talent to become Editor of Tales of Wonder, England's first scientifiction magazine.
ROBT W. LOWNDES: Literary Lion, Serious Fan. Writes excellent material.
ROBT A. MADLE: Fantaglimmerer Fantastic. One the PSFS mems. God's gift to Gerty. A wellknown guy.
WALTER EARL MARCONETTE: Versatile Variant, A newcomer that can write, draw & publish with equal excellence. Truly a variant. Dick Wilson: "If he could only cook!"
DANIEL MC-PHAIL: Rocket's Rocketeer. An old fan who has contributed copiously to the cause, A tried & true fan.
JNO B. MICHEL: Mighty Michelist. Could be more active in the sf field. Sincere but follows the wrong path.
MOROJO (Myrtle R. Douglas): Ackerman Adherent. Prominent California devotee. One the few feminine supporters.
SAM MOSKOWITZ: Newark Nave. (Don't get me wrong. Look up that last word.) Prolific fan writer. Commendable guy.
JACK SPEER: Oklahoma’s Oracle. Candid Commentator. A promising fan. Is a punctual replier to mail.
CORWIN F. STICKNEY: Fantasy Fanner. This fellow fanned the flames of fantasy. His publication, the Correspondent, put a fine slick-paper fan-magazet within the reach of all. Many new names were introduced via Stickney. He’s a good author, too.
JAS V. TAURASI: Profuse Promulgator. One the harder working enthusiasts. Trys to aid every new movement or trend.
ROBT G. THOMPSON: Time-Travel Treatiser. A young, intelligent fan. I predict he’ll go far.
OLON F. WIGGINS: Denver Dignitary. Faithful penpal. Issues his SFFan promptly. A regular fellow.
RICHARD WILSON JR: Indispensable, Ingenuous, Innocuous. An excellent correspondent. Publishes a wkly newsheet.
DONALD A. WOLLHEIM: Purveyor of Pernicious Propaganda. America's #1 Fan.
DALE HART: ( ) Write in your own remarks about this blankety-blank personage.
Responses
I disagreed too vehemently with 'Personality Parade' to enjoy it much; and even if I had agreed, it could never have been enjoyable, 'cause it isn’t that type of subject. Wollheim hasn’t done anything that would make him #1 fan for the last two years, not even the FAPA make him that. Although Forrest J may be a great guy - I'm sure he is, in fact - he hasn't ever done anything either. And now he's doing less than ever. The real #1 fan, far and away, is Claire Beck. He’s done more this year than everyone else together. What do you think? And where was Henry Hasse, Jack Darrow, Oliver Saari, etc?Jack Chapman Miske: Letter printed in Imagination! #13 pg 10. Oct 1938.
Dale’s opinions sprisingly intristing. [sic]Jack Speer: Letter printed in Imagination! #13 pg 11. Oct 1938.