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Mother Celko JANUARY ASFOAWN CALENDAR JANUARY ASFOAWN CALENDAR artshow, auction and all that good GROUP: Atlanta Science Fiction (dis)Or- stuff. ganization (ASFO). CONTACT: Joe Celko, Box 10558, Atlanta, GROUP: Druid Hills High School SF&FS GA 30310. Phone: (404) 588-9193 CONTACT: Jill Donley, 405 Emily Dr NE, WHEN & WHERE: 1983 Jan 23 at 13:00 Hrs. Atlanta, GA 30307; 377-1139. Faculty 402 Lakeshore, Atlanta. This is a house Advisor: Mrs. Jeanette Butler, 2217 off of McLendon Avenue and Ponce de Leon Fairway Cir, Atlanta, GA 30319; 634- (see map). 1063. WHAT: Combination sunday brunch and WHEN & WHERE: ?? housewarming at Celko's new place. WHAT: ?? Eggs, food and booze. If you want to bring something, do it. GROUP: Milton High School SF Group ASFO has no regular officers; any­ CONTACT: Lesli & Kelly Mitchell, 915 body who wants to do a program, does Hembree Rd, Roswell, GA 30076; 475-9195. one; various people take care of WHEN & WHERE: ?? bringing the refreshments. He tends to WHAT: ?? bring table wines and booze. We do ask for a donation of about a dollar per GROUP: ATLANTA FANTASY FAIR meeting after your first (which mostly CONTACT: Atlanta Fantasy Fair, Box 566, covers refreshments, rarely this news­ Marietta, GA 30061. Sena self addressed letter). stamped envelope for further infor­ mation. Progress report issued in early GROUP: ATLANTA SF CLUB (ASFiC) 1983. WHEN & WHERE: 1983 August 5 thru 7 CONTACT: Angela Howell, 959 Waverly Ct at the Omni. #A, Norcross. GA 30071 ; 925-1843 OR Sue COST: $13 until Feb 28, $16 until Jun Phillips, 1596 Collingwood Dr. Marietta, 30, and $19 at the door. Price includes GA 30067; 953-0613. VISIONS #5. Club rates for memberships WHAT: ?? are available. WHEN & WHERE: 1983 Jan ?? 20:00 Hrs at WHAT: Atlanta's largest mixed media Peachtree Bank Chamblee-Dunwoody Dr. convention. Confirmed guests are Forry Ackerman, Chuck Jones, and Richard & GROUP: THE ALTERNATIVE FACTOR Wendy Pini. CONTACT: Damon Hill (acting president), The hotel rates are a flat rate $44 3261 Circle Oak Dr NW, Atlanta, gA with 1,2,3 or 4 people per room. There 30339; 432-0245. Becky Wiiliams must be at least one roommate 18 years (.secretary-treasurer) 589 Bonaventure of age or older, however. Ave #B, Atlanta. GA 30306: no phone. WHEN & WHERE: 1983 Jan 16. GROUP: PSI PHI (Emory Univ SF&F Club) WHAT: Media SF & Fantasy group meeting CONTACT: PSI PHI (put no other name on on third sunday of each month, at a address), Box 21205 Emory University, members home. No dues until third Atlanta. GA 30322; 633-9251 meeting attended. Dues are $12 per WHEN & ^HERE: ?? year. Star Trek, Star Wars, Japanese WHAT: Emory University SF Group, but animation, Elfquest, D&D and many other open to guests. interest. Visitors welcome. GROUP: Space Atlanta GROUP: ATLANTA STAR TREK SOCIETY CONTACT: Calvin Bobbitt, 2947 Main St, CONTACT: Owen Ogletree Jr, Rt 4 Box 426, East Point, GA 30344 McDonoughjGA 30253; 957-3522. WHEN & WHERE: Last Thursday of each WHEN & WHERE: ?? month (Oct 28) at the Georgia Tech Lib­ WHAT: ?? rary, Room 107 at 1900 hrs. WHAT: One to two hour meetings on space GROUP: PSI PHI (Emory Univ SF&F Club) exploration. CONTACT: PSI PHI (put no other name on address), Box 21205 Emory University, GROUP: BARONY OF SOUTH DOWNS (Atlanta) Atlanta, GA 30322: 633-9251 of the SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM, WHEN & WHERE: 1983 Jan 19, at 1900 to Inc. 2200 hrs in White Hall room 207. CONTACT: Rhonda Johnson, 965 Alloway Pl WHAT: Emory University SF Group, but SE, Atlanta, GA 30316; 627-4444 from open to guests. 1730 to 2300 hrs weekdays or "keep trying" on weekends. GROUP: CHATTACON WHEN & WHERE: Regular weekly meetings CONTACT: Chattacon, Box 921. Hixson, TN are every Wednesday 1930 hrs (officially 37343 2000 hrs) on the third floor (usually WHEN & WHERE: 1983 Jan 14-16, Read house room 316, but ask the guard if in doubt") Hotel at M.L. King Blvd and Broad of the Georgia Avenue Community Center Street, Chatanooga, TN. on Hill St. COST: $16 membership, and $13 banquet. WHAT: On alternate weeks there are busi­ WHAT: First Southern con of the year. ness meetings plus a class. Other weeks Jerry Pournelle is guest of honor, Wil­ are "Arts & Sciences." They also have son "Bob" Tucker is Master of Cere­ "events" which tend to be at campsites. monies. Robert Adams is the special Their local newsletter is $5 per year guest. Other guests are Jerry Page. from Wilho N. Suominen Jr, 1617 Bussell John M. Ford, Doug Chaffee, and Brad Place, Norcross, GA 30093; 449-1469 OR Linaweaver. Masquerade, banquet, 24 Nancy Fabian, 795 Lancelot Dr, Norcross, hour consuite, game room, video room, GA 30071; 443-2300) —MORE— —MORE— of these New Librarians will undoubtedly LETTERS * LETTERS * LETTERS * LETTERS be fans!)) . One other thing in this issug struck a strong reaction, Chris Mills Harry Warner, Jr. little horror story. His discovery is 423 Summit Avenue uncannily similar to what a collector Hagerstown, Maryland 21740 once told me about his efforts to locate at the Library of Congress various old x The first issue of ASFOAWN that magazines which in theory were in its I ve seen was a pleasure to read and collection. I know some variations on informative, too. It isn't easy to this sad tale of disappearing library write comments on a newszine, but I holdings. For instance, the proprietor wanted you to know I appreciated the of Hagerstown's second hand book store opportunity tq see it. heard that a public library in a Penn­ As I ve told other fans in the sylvania city a few dozen miles away was Atlanta area, any kind of tumult makes disposing of a lot of its books, and me nervous ? so the new status of the drove up to see if he could purchase worldcon bid has been welcome even to a them. As it turned out, he got them person who rarely attends worldcons, free because someone at the library had like me. I hope that the calm which has taken hundreds of its withdrawn books to returned to references to the worldcon the town dump and left them there. bidding in Atlanta-published fanzine I think such episodes have two pages is a true analog of the situation sorts of significance for collectors. in the real world. One is the natural disinclination that a At the same time, it's sort of collector is apt to have for bequeathing unnerving to read about the sums which his treasures to a library after his are needed as contributions to become a death, if he is familiar with an assort­ serious' contender for a worldcon. I ment of instances of neglect of security shouldn't be surprised, because of all or common sense by various institutions. the other ways in which the larger cons The other is the ethical problem when have become big business and profes­ you find at a flea -market or second-hand sionally oriented. But it's still hard store x a book you want and see a to adjust, particularly because of library's name rubberstamped or pasted memories of how the earlier worldcons on a flyleaf, or other evidence that it sometimes were staged in one city be­ was once the property of a library. cause no other city had serious inclin­ There is a possibility that you are ations to host them. receiving stolen property if you pur­ But even this matter is dwarfed chase it, but there.is also the chance by the astonishment with which I read that the book was disposed of by the the listing of Atlanta area organiz­ library as unwanted. I know the Hager­ ations which have one connection • or stown library stamps such books another with science fiction or fantasy. WITHDRAWN in big letters several places, I .know some of them are so fat off the but other nearby libraries do nothing mainstream of fandom that tracing a but remove the transaction card pocket connection would be as difficult as when they dispose of books. For a finding a Northwest Passage, but even if while, I didn t buy any book which you leave, them out of consideration, looked as if it might have been stolen it s amazing that so many different from a library, but after I observed the groups co-exist in one metropolitan failure of some institutions to estab­ area. If this is the situation in just lish even the most rudimentary pre­ one city, how can anyone ever dare to cautions against theft (and tne way hope that a comprehensive history of certain libraries have been getting rid fandom will ever be brought up to date? of books they should keep), I stopped You could fill a normal-sized book with feeling scruples. information on.wh^t has happened in just . ((Brad again: At this point, my one of the nation s largest cities since elitism asserts itself. A good book I broke off the narrative around 1959. that used to be part of a library col­ , . ((Editorial comment from Brad: lection is there no longer. I would Obviously no single person can even rather it come to be owned by someone consider undertaking such a task. When with a respect for its worth—who will I read your book for Fanhistorica Press, add it to a well kept collection—than A WEALTH OF FABLE, I was astonished and have it grabbed by someone who doesn't impressed by the sheer quantity of de­ give a damn what happens to the book tail you included.
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