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| − | + | An [[apazine]] published by [[Bruce Pelz]] for the [[Valley Science Fiction Association]]’s [[ValAPA]], around the same time he launched the longer-lived ''[[HET BPEMЯ]]'' for weekly [[APA-L]], also named in (not quite correct) Russian. | |
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| + | It’s VALDAY, not VALDAI — and for the benefit of the rest of the crew, it is the name of a city in [[Russia]], besides being appropriate for a ValAPAzine. I wonder if I should translate "Zukunftkitsch," [[Dian Pelz|Dian]]’s art page title? | ||
| − | + | Except… well… some people just work too hard at their titles. The small town of [[wikipedia:Valday, Novgorod Oblast]], until it made headlines by the country's dictator selecting it for his dacha, had been known merely for giving its name to the [[wikipedia:Valdai Hills]] (note the inconsistency in transcription!), the only significant interruption of the flatland between [[Moscow]] and St. Petersburg. Clearly, Pelz went through a encyclopedia looking for whatever would be closest to "ValAPA", and finding a Russian place, decided to transcribe it to Cyrillic. (Who knows, he may have been studying at least elementar librarian Russian then?) However, he used the letter for Y the vowel, not the consonant – the actual Russian spelling is Валдай (capitalised ВАЛДАЙ), sometimes also transliterated ''Valdaj''; a Russian speaker would read his version close to "Vull-duh-üh". | |
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| + | (And for completeness, the art page title means "future kitsch"… except that German, when making the compound word, would use a connective/genitive -s-, ''Zukunft'''s'''kitsch''.) | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:52, 2 November 2024
An apazine published by Bruce Pelz for the Valley Science Fiction Association’s ValAPA, around the same time he launched the longer-lived HET BPEMЯ for weekly APA-L, also named in (not quite correct) Russian.
As Pelz wrote in issue 3:
It’s VALDAY, not VALDAI — and for the benefit of the rest of the crew, it is the name of a city in Russia, besides being appropriate for a ValAPAzine. I wonder if I should translate "Zukunftkitsch," Dian’s art page title?
Except… well… some people just work too hard at their titles. The small town of wikipedia:Valday, Novgorod Oblast, until it made headlines by the country's dictator selecting it for his dacha, had been known merely for giving its name to the wikipedia:Valdai Hills (note the inconsistency in transcription!), the only significant interruption of the flatland between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Clearly, Pelz went through a encyclopedia looking for whatever would be closest to "ValAPA", and finding a Russian place, decided to transcribe it to Cyrillic. (Who knows, he may have been studying at least elementar librarian Russian then?) However, he used the letter for Y the vowel, not the consonant – the actual Russian spelling is Валдай (capitalised ВАЛДАЙ), sometimes also transliterated Valdaj; a Russian speaker would read his version close to "Vull-duh-üh".
(And for completeness, the art page title means "future kitsch"… except that German, when making the compound word, would use a connective/genitive -s-, Zukunftskitsch.)
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | July 15, 1966 | 2 | |
| 4 | July 29, 1966 | 2 | |
| 5 | August 12, 1966 | 2 | |
| 6 | August 26, 1966 | 2 |
- Valday online at fanac.org
| Publication | 1966 |
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