Scratch Pad 79 December 2011 Jennifer Bryce Ditmar Bruce Gillespie John Litchen Gillian Polack Joy Window and many others Ditmar: ‘Paradise’ Scratch Pad No. 79 December 2011 Based on the non-mailing comments section of *brg*, December 2011 mailing of ANZAPA. Written and published by Bruce Gillespie, 5 Howard St., Greensborough VIC 3088. Phone: (03) 9435 7786. Email:
[email protected]. Member fwa. 3 One ordinary editorial, with people — Bruce Gillespie 4 Fever dream from Langedoc: Gillian Polack’s British trip, July 2011 6 Five weeks in Europe — Jennifer Bryce 15 Joy’s ‘I survived America’s Deep South’ road trip — Joy Window 26 Dancing on sand, diving into life: My life and science fiction, part 4 — John Litchen 55 Letters of comment Mike Ward :: Robyn Whiteley :: Julian Warner :: Malcolm McHarg :: Lee Harding :: Tim Marion :: John Litchen :: John Bangsund :: Cy Chauvin :: George Zebrowski :: Steve Sneyd :: Tony Thomas :: Robert Elordieta :: Steve Jeffery :: Dora Levakis :: Jerry Kaufman :: Don Ashby :: Doug Barbour :: Ned Brooks :: Casey Wolf :: Andy Robson :: Tim Train :: Marty Cantor :: Robert Lichtman :: Wm Breiding :: Race Mathews :: Patrick McGuire :: & We Also Heard From Illustrations Front cover: ‘Paradise’, by Ditmar (Dick Jenssen). Back cover: ‘After Dark’ DJFractal by Elaine Cochrane. Photographs: pp 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14: Jennifer Bryce; p. 16: supplied by Joy Window, Alan Sandercock; pp. 19, 22, 24: Wikipedia; pp. 27, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, 47, 53: John Litchen (who also supplied photos of book covers); p. 66: Art Bebe Productions; pp. 71: Dora Levakis; p. 78: Helena Binns, Tim Train; p. 79: Marty Cantor. Thanks to Tim Marion for eagle-eyed proofreading assistance.