SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41

SCIENTIFICTION A publication of FIRST FANDOM, the Dinosaurs of

New Series #41, 3rd Quarter 2014 WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION and a history of St. Fantony. There In this issue, readers will be able to was also a gallery of material about get a sense of the incredible events the early days of Fandom and copies that made up the recent in of Conrad H. Ruppert’s photographs London! We extend special thanks to from the 1939 World SF Convention! Keith W. Stokes for his excellent Publications for the Worldcon photographs and convention report! David A. Kyle contributed an article The First Fandom Awards for 2014 about the first worldcon to be held John Clute was elected to the First outside of North America, entitled Fandom Hall of Fame. Mike Ashley “London in 1957.” (See pages 6-7.) received the Sam Moskowitz Archive John L. Coker, III prepared a photo Award “for excellence in collecting.” essay about the first Worldcon and Early fans John “Ted” Carnell and 1939 World’s Fair in New York City. Walter H. Gillings were inducted into NECROLOGY the Posthumous Hall of Fame. Mike We sadly note the passing of some Ashley kindly accepted these awards long-time dear friends: Daniel Keyes, on behalf of the recipients. William C. Martin, Ph.D, Frank M. Presentation of the Awards Robinson, and Stanley C. Skirvin. Steve Francis served as the Master of Bill Martin was a Solar Scout. Frank Ceremonies for the presentation of Robinson was a resident of the First Fandom’s awards during the Shack. Stan Skirvin was present at Retro Hugo Awards Ceremony. the gathering at “Doc” Barrett’s in Steve and Sue Francis kindly stood in 1958 when the organization of First for David A. Kyle (the “Man in the Red Fandom was conceived. Daniel Jacket”) and presented the Big Heart Keyes and I met in NYC years ago. Award to Vincent Docherty. All will be remembered and missed. Many people commented that it was CLOSING very nice to have the First Fandom The October-December birthday list awards back at the Worldcon again. was summarized from information originally compiled by Andy Porter. First Fandom’s Worldcon Display Our traditional display was set up in Members who attended the NASFiC the Exhibit Hall by Keith W. Stokes in Detroit are asked to kindly send with assistance from Steve and Sue. their convention reports and photos so we can publish them next issue! It consisted of the lists of the Hall of Fame Awards, the Big Heart Award All best wishes, John L. Coker III

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CONVENTION REPORT: LONCON3 - during the day and hosted their THE 2014 WORLD SF CONVENTION parties in the evenings. The space (PREPARED BY KEITH W. STOKES) also had a snack stand, a long bar All of Loncon3 took place in the with beer, cider and liquor, and some enormous (1/3 mile long) ExCel activity tents. The Exhibits Hall, Centre. The attendee lodging was which also housed the "Dealers scattered across many hotels and Zone" and art show was under the other parts of the city, but we were same ceiling, up a level to the west. able to get into the Aloft, the closest This year's site selection was hotel to the Convention Centre. It is between Kansas City and a nearly located on the end of the building last minute bid from Beijing, China. where the Worldcon took place. Kansas City's double sized tent was on the edge of “The Green," near the center of the village. The Green was used for various activities from armed combat to Quidditch to Tai Chi. Most panels were on a third level above the village, and big events like the Hugo Awards were held across the way.

ExCel London Exhibition and Convention Centre Most UK science fiction conventions are a little different from those in the U.S. Instead of room parties or a hospitality suite they have a cash bar with a wide selection of beers on tap. Loncon 3 compromised with a large space in the Convention Centre which was called the "Fan Village." Kansas City BBQ (Midamericon II) All food and beverages for the parties had to be purchased through the Convention Centre's caterers, which made things expensive and the parties were running out of supplies by midnight. Kansas City primarily provided BBQ. The bid had located a Kansas City style BBQ restaurant based in London and

arranged those meats through the Loncon3 Fan Village caterers. A variety of sauces from KC They added some character to the had been brought from the U.S. The space by putting up tents which did meat was actually pretty good. The double duty. They housed the tables line waiting for the BBQ often where fan groups and convention stretched halfway across The Green. bids maintained promotional tables SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 3

The Chinese bid for 2016 consisted of parties nightly. Other groups and bids several young people who were held parties just one night. Next thrilled to be at their first convention. year's Worldcon (Sasquan, which will They maintained a table part-time and be held in Spokane) used the KC tent had basically nothing to serve at the on Saturday evening when the KC "party" which they hosted one night. group took one night off. They say they will bid for future years Thursday evening was the Retro until they win. The KC people Hugo Awards. The World Science encouraged them and helped them Fiction Convention has been taking understand the procedures. place since 1939, but the Hugo Awards were not introduced until the 1950s and skipped a couple of years even then. If a current Worldcon is held in the 50th, 75th or 100th year since a year in which there was a Worldcon which did not give out the award, they may vote on and present awards that might have been given that year. China 2016 - Worldcon bid for Beijing The first Worldcon was hosted in New Kansas City won the right to host the York City in 1939, so this year's 2016 convention with 90% of the vote. Convention gave awards for the best Midamericon II will be held August 17- works from 1938. The awards were 21. Guests of Honor will be Kinuko Y. preceded by presentation of the First Craft, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Fandom Awards, Big Heart Award, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Tamora and a Special Committee Award. Pierce and . (who was Robert Heinlein's guest liaison at Midamericon I) will be Toastmaster. Attending memberships are $150 until the end of this year.

Curt Phillips, Linda Stokes The Retro Hugo Awards ceremonies tend to be more creative than the current year ceremonies and this one certainly did not disappoint. The ceremony was part of a "radio" broadcast which had an Sasquan, 2015 Worldcon orchestra and some presenters in There are four bids for the 2017 period clothing. It opened with the WorldCon and some of them hosted orchestra accompanied by co-host, SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 4

Mary Robinette Kowal singing the The evening also featured the song "Retro Hugos," to the tune of Chesley Awards and a reception that "Anything Goes." Kowal had an followed, both of which were effective period look, but the only presented by the Association of words we could make out were the Science Fiction and Artists. repeated "Retro Hugos." The radio broadcast was sponsored by "Cold Be Gone" which was guaranteed to deal with all your con-crud needs! The awards program was repeatedly interrupted with news reports that alien invaders (much like those who landed in New Jersey during a radio show in 1938) had landed in London and were nearing the Docklands and our Convention Centre. It concluded near the end of the ceremony when Chesley Award for Jim Burns we were told that the aliens had Saturday's night's big event was the succumbed to con-crud just outside Masquerade and Sunday night was the Convention Centre. the 2014 Hugo Awards Ceremony.

Loncon3 Art Show Worldcon Philharmonic Orchestra Steve Francis' microphone was not Friday night's big event was a working at the beginning of the performance by the Worldcon presentation of the First Fandom Philharmonic Orchestra, assembled Awards. Mary Robinette Kowal with 86 musicians from the London stepped up to him and said, "Speak Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and into my bosom" (lapel microphone). London Philharmonic Orchestras. At the 2014 Hugo ceremony, Bryan The concert included music from Talbot's microphone wasn't working Holst's The Planets, Dvorak's ‘Song and co-host Geoff Ryman stepped to the Moon', Stravinsky's Firebird forward and said, "Here, just speak Suite, Shimomura's Kingdom Hearts into my chest." soundtrack, and John Williams' Star Loncon 3 had a total membership of Wars Suite. We attended only part of 10,826 with over 7,000 onsite. There the performance, but it was very good were 3,587 valid final and I was gratified to see that the ballots, which was 70% more than auditorium was packed. that of any previous year. SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 5

PHOTO GALLERY FROM LONCON3 (COURTESY OF KEITH W. STOKES)

Steve & Sue Francis, Keith W. Stokes First Fandom’s Display - Exhibition Hall

John Clute, Hall of Fame Award The Memorial Bench

Mike Ashley, Sam Moskowitz Award The Hugo Award Statues

Presenters, Recipients and Acceptors

To see more of Keith’s pictures, please visit: Vincent Docherty, Big Heart Award www.midamericon.org/photoarchive/loncon3 SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 6

FIRST FANDOM HALL OF FAME AWARD THE SAM MOSKOWITZ ARCHIVE AWARD “John Clute is a Canadian novelist “Mike Ashley was a fan of science and Sf critic who has lived in the UK fiction long before he started since 1969. His SF criticism collecting. In 1963, inspired by has appeared in many various seeing two of Sam Moskowitz's journals, most recently Strange anthologies and stumbling across his Horizons. These reviews and essays first issue of NEW WORLDS, Mike have been assembled in several began to collect and seriously collections, the most recent of these research. In the fifty years since then being Stay (2014). Primarily for his he’s amassed a collection of 30,000 critical work, he received a Pilgrim books and magazines which has Award in 1994, the IAFA Award as allowed him to produce and Distinguished Guest Scholar in 1999, contribute to many reference works and a Solstice Award (SFWA Grand and compile over fifty anthologies. Master Award) in 2012.” He has published over a hundred “Clute served as Reviews Editor of books. The first was also the first Foundation 1980-1990, and was a volume of the History of the Science founder of Interzone in 1982. He was Fiction Magazine series in 1974. Associate Editor of the first edition of More recently, he has been updating The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and expanding that series and has (1979) which won a Hugo Award, and now brought the history up to 2001 in co-editor of the second edition for four or quite possibly five volumes. which he shared

Michael Raymond Donald Ashley John Frederik Clute (Photograph by Judith Clute) Mike undertook in-depth research into the life and publications of Hugo 1994 Hugo and Locus awards with Gernsback for The Gernsback Days Peter Nicholls. The current third and wrote a biography of Algernon edition won a Hugo as Best Related Blackwood in The Starlight Man. For Work in 2012. Over his career, he the past fifteen years he has been has published several SF stories and able to research and write full time. two novels.” John Clute has been This included producing the book to described as "an integral part of accompany the British Library science fiction's history." exhibition on science fiction, Out of (Modified from the Encyclopedia of This World. In 2002, Mike received Science Fiction) the SFRA’s Pilgrim Award." SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 7

POSTHUMOUS HALL OF FAME AWARD POSTHUMOUS HALL OF FAME AWARD “Ted” Carnell was a British science Walter H. Gillings was a prominent fiction editor known for editing NEW British enthusiast, fanzine publisher, WORLDS in 1946, then from 1949 to correspondent, journalist and editor. 1963. He also edited SCIENCE He was a columnist for Fantasy FANTASY from the 1950s. After the Magazine and a regular contributor to magazines were sold to another Novae Terrae. Gillings delivered the publisher, Carnell left to launch the first talk of the day at the first British New Writings in Science Fiction SF Conference (1937). He published anthology series, editing 21 issues a printed fan magazine, Scientifiction: until his death in 1972. His the British Fantasy Review, featuring publications played a role in starting news columns, book reviews, and the the careers of , continuation of the popular Fantasy Brian W. Aldiss, James White, J.G. Magazine column, “The Science Ballard, and Michael Moorcock.” Fiction Eye.”

Edward John “Ted” Carnell (1949) Walter H. Gillings (1937) (Photograph by Don Ford) (Photograph by Harold Gottliffe) In the mid-1930s, Carnell was a Gillings was a founding member of regular columnist with Novae Terrae the Science Fiction Association, a and Science Fiction News. He also board member of Nova Publications, delivered a speech at the first British and editor for the first two issues of SF Conference on January 3, 1937. Science Fantasy, which appeared in Ted Carnell was widely-known by his 1950 as a companion to New Worlds. activities and well-liked by many of his He’ll probably best be remembered American counterparts. He was the as the editor of all sixteen issues of Fan Guest of Honor at the 1949 Tales of Wonder (1937-42), the first Worldcon (Cincinnati) and Chairman professional British science fiction of the 1957 Worldcon (London). magazine. (From The Immortal Storm and Wikipedia) (From The Immortal Storm and Wikipedia) SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 8

THE FIRST LONDON WORLDCON choose the 1957 site, I had already (BY DAVID A. KYLE) been working for a year on the idea “In the spring of 1955, I had been in that London was a logical place for England and met with some of the people to vote for. fans in London. Ted Carnell was one of the British fans that the Americans knew because he had been coming to the . Ted was very much a fan and an important professional as editor of Other Worlds. Another prominent fan was Walter Gillings, a collector and fanzine publisher who had been active for a long time. Dave and Ruth Kyle’s Wedding Day I told them that New York was planning a worldcon bid for 1956, and I married Ruth Landis, whom I met at that I’d like to see as many English the Worldcon two years before in fans get there as possible. And, I said Cleveland, and who was secretary that the time was ripe for the during my time as chairman for the convention to leave America and go New York Convention. I figured out to some other place in the world. It how much everyone--including Ruth had gone to Canada but it had never and I--would need to pay so that the left North America. I told them that I cost would be equal for everyone for was going to work for that. Ted and I the round-trip flight. I packed the talked about having a world airplane with science fiction people. convention in London. At the Cleveland bidding, I told them that if New York got the convention in 1956, the New York bidding committee would work hard for a bid to go overseas the following year. In the spring of 1956, I went back to England and said that one of the things that I would work for would be and Edmond Hamilton to get a chartered plane to take (Photograph by Ben Jason) people there. So, if they voted for The last month or so before the trip, I New York and the bid went to New received word that Edmond Hamilton York, they could anticipate that New and Leigh Brackett, husband and York would be working to try to get wife, would be unable to go because fans to go to England. Leigh had a Hollywood commitment Ted Carnell was to be chairman of the to write the script for Rio Bravo. I filled Convention in 1957. The London the vacancies by getting my parents fans were able to put out in their to buy the two seats. publicity that American fans were On September 2, 1957, a chartered going to attend their Convention. DC-4 Skymaster of the KLM Royal When the meeting took place to Dutch Airlines left International SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 9

Airport, New York with 55 members of BIRTHDAYS the World Science Fiction Society October aboard. The occasion was the first 1 – J. Allen St. John, Martha Beck, fan flight whose purpose was to transport a group of Americans and Donald. A, Wollheim, Mike Ashley Canadians to the 15th World Science 2 – Alex Raymond, Willy Ley Fiction Convention in London. KLM 3 – Ray Faraday Nelson (dubbed “Kyle/Landis Marriage” by 4 – Earl Binder, Al Ashley Forry Ackerman) arranged for a 9 – Harry Bates special blue and white wedding cake 11 – Gay Haldeman for us, and there were photos made. 15 – James H. Schmitz, E.C. Tubb The flight originated in New York, and 20 – Erle M. Korshak touched down in Newfoundland, 21 – Ed Hamilton, Ursula K. Le Guin Greenland and Iceland, as we made 23 – Roy Lavender our way across the ocean, going 28 – Fredric Brown close to land. 30 – Walt Willis 31 – Art Saha November 1 – Gordon R. Dickson 2 – Sue Francis, Carol Resnick 4 – Wendayne Ackerman 5 – H. Warner Munn 6 – Catherine Crook de Camp 8 – Bram Stoker, Ben Bova (Illustration by David A. Kyle) 9 – Alfred Coppel, Larry Shaw The Convention hotel was intimate 11 – Howard Fast, Mack Reynolds and old-fashioned, and we had the 15 – William Hope Hodgson run of the hotel. The cost per night 17 – Raymond F. Jones, John Trimble was two and a half pounds, including 20 – Len J. Moffatt breakfast. The hotel’s bar was kept 23 – Nelson Bond, Wilson Bob Tucker open just for us. There weren’t any 24 – Forrest J Ackerman real outsiders around, just science 25 – fiction people. And, about a third of 26 – Fred Pohl the attendees were Americans. It 27 – L. Sprague de Camp was an opportunity for American and 30 – E. Everett Evans, Milton Rothman British fans to be together. Many of them had not met before and had only December known of each other through 2 – Jerry Sohl correspondence and fanzines. The 7 – Leigh Brackett 1957 Convention was also one of the 9 – Margaret Brundage last moments from the early days 16 – Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick when fans and pros were able to 18 – , Walt Daugherty mingle as equals. It was a different 19 – Harry Warner, Jr. mix then, a different feeling.” 23 – David H. Keller 24 – , Ray Beam SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 10

NECROLOGY Ackerman" due to his fantastic Daniel Keyes (b.1927) collection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror books and space toys. “Author Daniel Keyes died on June 15. Keyes was the author of the Hugo Dr. Martin was a living time capsule of Award-winning short story “Flowers information about the history of for Algernon,” which was expanded to science fiction, fantasy, and horror. the - winning novel of He was a member of First Fandom the same title and made into the film and the Science Fiction Research Charly, which won an Oscar for star Association. Bill first became a Cliff Robertson. member of a fan club around 1934. His pulp magazine collection went back to the first issue of Amazing Stories, and his book collection contained most important SF books published 1890-1960, as well as most major books published since. An original Buck Rogers Solar Scout in the 1930s "Golden Age" of SF, he was excited to be the special guest at Daniel Keyes the Spook Show’s presentation of the (Photograph courtesy of H. Keyes) 1939 classic Buck Rogers in the 25th In addition to his career as an author Century serial in 2009 during the and teacher, Keyes served as editor Plaza Theatre's 70th anniversary of Marvel Science Fiction in 1951, celebration and received a standing and worked as associate editor for ovation after sharing his memories. Atlas under Stan Lee. He also wrote for EC Comics. His book THE MINDS OF BILLY MILLIGAN won the Kurd Laßwitz Award and was nominated for the Edgar. In 2000, he was named Author Emeritus by Science Fiction Writers of America.” (From SF Site News Diary and SFWA)

William C. Martin (b.1924) “William C. Martin, Ph.D. was a World War II veteran, respected sociology William C. Martin professor, book collector, active (Photograph courtesy of the Martin Family) member of the Democratic Party and He taught Honor Seminars in SF at a passionate advocate of civil and Georgia State University and penned human rights. He not only led an numerous professional papers on the extraordinary life but also touched development of science fiction as the and inspired many people across Literature of the 20th Century." generations. Bill Martin was fondly (Summarized from the 2007 Dragon*Con known as "Atlanta's own Forry Program Book, and A.S. Turner & Sons) SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 11

Frank M. Robinson (b.1926) Stanley C. Skirvin (b.1927) “Author Frank Malcolm Robinson “Stan Skirvin, one-time Cincinnati fan, died on June 30. Robinson wrote passed away on March 28 in several novels with Tom Scortia, Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of 86. The Glass Inferno including , which He enlisted in the Navy at 17 and The was the basis for the film served on the U.S.S. Curtiss in the Towering Inferno . They also wrote Pacific during WW II. Returning to The Prometheus Crisis The , Cincinnati, he found fandom. Skirvin Nightmare Factor Blow-Out! , and . claimed responsibility for persuading Robinson also wrote the solo novels hometown fans to name themselves The Dark Beyond the Stars Waiting , , the Cincinnati Fantasy Group (CFG). and The Donor. He also published three non-fiction works about science He edited the 56-page program book fiction, Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction for Cinvention, the 1949 Worldcon Magazines in 1998, Hugo Award- (online here), and edited a Memory winner Science Fiction of the 20th Book afterward. His account of the Century: An Illustrated History, and 1949 Worldcon, “Wha’ Happened?” is The Incredible Pulps: A Gallery of online here. He attended Philcon Fiction Magazine Art. Robinson (1953), Detention (1959) and was one recently finished his autobiography. of the founders of Midwestcon. Skirvin graduated from Ohio State. Later, as an engineer for GE in the 1960s, Skirvin helped develop nuclear-powered aircraft engines, writing software that calculated airflow through hot reactors. Moving to Schenectady, NY, then finally settling in Scottsdale, he apparently gafiated, but CFG and other fans report some 21st-century e- mail contacts.

Stan was an avid fossil hunter and Frank M. Robinson (Photo from the Collection of Walter J. Daugherty) mountain climber. “A Tribute to Stanley C. Skirvin,” by his In addition to his genre work, mountaineering buddy Don McIver, is Robinson was a speechwriter for San available in the Arizona Sierra Club’s Francisco politician Harvey Milk in the Summer 2014 issue of Canyon Echo 1970s and appeared in a cameo role (PDF File). in the film Milk.” Skirvin is survived by his wife for more Robinson was inducted into the First than 61 years, Joan, his three Fandom Hall of Fame in 2001 and he children, four grandchildren and two received the First Fandom Sam great grandchildren.” Moskowitz Archive Award in 2008. (Written by Bill Higgins and summarized (From SF Site News Diary and SFWA) from File 770 – September 4, 2014)

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CONVENTION REPORT big. Expected to lose at most a (BY JOE MARTINO) couple percent of reflective area. One of NASA’s problems is that every ConGlomeration 2014 (April 11-13) President wants a clean sweep of This is a regional convention held in projects. If a project can’t be Louisville. Here are some highlights. completed before the next election, There Will Always Be Marines it’s likely to be canceled after the next election. In Star Trek, a spaceship is put into orbit around a planet where there’s a Space Tech on Earth problem, and a handful of people are 1 billion people on the earth have it send down to deal with it. Does this pretty good. Another 3 billion are make sense? Is it plausible that this getting there. Yet another 3 billion handful of people can solve the want to get there. Can the planet problem? Or is it necessary to put survive another 7 billion people living boots on the ground, in large as we do? Environmentalists say no. numbers? Even if a large force is But what about the 6 billion people needed, will the troops eventually be who want to join us? They won’t replaced by robots? In Iraq, robots accept the answer of the are currently “walking point.” environmentalists. To freeze the Interstellar Travel planet in the current situation would be immoral. Resources are finite. What will be required to go to the We will have problems that we can’t stars, within known physics? Ion muddle through. This would be propulsion provides about 10 times immoral too. We can’t recycle the thrust per unit of exhaust as ourselves into global prosperity. chemical rockets. Building a probe to go to 250 AU in 20 years is feasible Developing space will benefit life on with current technology, using half- Earth: essentially infinite raw megawatt nuclear plant. Solar sails. materials; planetary protection; space At earth distance from the sun, solar solar power. Convert solar radiation photon thrust is approximately 1 into microwaves at about 75% ounce per football field of reflector. efficiency. We now have solar panels Thrust is constant. For the interstellar that are about 20% efficient. Anti- probe, a reflector would have to be mortar solid-state lasers are available 500 meter diameter. Cost for the sail at 100 kw level, at wavelengths that would be in tens of millions. Launch pass through the atmosphere without from inside orbit of mercury, thrust much loss. Space solar power is ends at orbit of Jupiter, 50 km/sec. becoming more and more With a 1 km/dia sail, with mass of economically feasible. Keep-out zone 0.1g/m^2. To Alpha Centauri In 20 for aircraft would be needed around years. the ground receivers. The best thing we can do to make space solar power How does dust affect solar sails? economically feasible is get the flight Bugs on the windshield? Any particle rate up. Commercial space will help will punch through. Ripstop cords are bring down the cost of access to needed in case we meet something space. SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 13

Folklore and Mythology found evidence of a previous visit, Why do authors keep mining those would we recognize it? Or what if it sources? One reason is that we want has been subducted? One thing we the world to work in a particular way. have going for us in terms of thinking This is why the myths were created. about space exploration is an easy Using familiar bits has the advantage target, the moon. Planets without a that the reader is familiar with the idea moon may not have this attraction. and will stay with you while you put In Solar Sails your variants. The reader needs a A reflective surface generates thrust frame of reference for the story. You by reflecting photons from the sun. If can do this with myths and legends not in orbit, the vehicle can go only and belief systems. The reader has away from the sun. If in orbit, tilting a an idea of what to expect while you’re reflector can change the elements of putting in your variations. the orbit. Either spiral in or spiral out. Many of the fairy tales were originally Can also get out of the ecliptic. Have cautionary tales, intended to teach a complete control over the motion. lesson. Like, don’t go walking around Current NASA project to use solar sail in the woods at night. All writing is to approach a Near Earth Asteroid. surrounded by blanks that the reader Launch scheduled for 2017. All fills in with what he already knows. attitude control is solar. Genres help the reader fill in those Electrically powered by solar panels. blanks. They provide the reader with No expendables. Will keep going to a frame of reference. one asteroid after another until The Fermi Paradox something fails. Solar sails may be If there were ETs, where are they? the only practical way for interstellar Using technology available today, we travel. Trip times under 100 years are could build probes that could explore possible with very high power laser the entire galaxy within a million focused by a Fresnel lens far out in years. If there are other civilizations the solar system. Stop at the far end are out there, given how long the by deploying a smaller sail that galaxy has existed, why haven’t they reflects on the propulsion sail to slow visited us? We’ve seen nothing. it down, then use starlight in the inner We’ve detected no radio waves or system. found signs of a Dyson Sphere which would look like a black body. IN OTHER NEWS The dinosaurs were very successful, Outer Limits Movie Planned but it was success at being dinosaurs. “A script is planned for a feature film They never developed the ability to based on the 1960s television series create technology. Maybe on other and focusing in particular on Harlan planets they never got beyond Ellison’s “Demon With a Glass Hand” dinosaurs. Radio waves may be used episode.” (File 770 – June 20, 2014) for only a few years in the history of a race, after which they go to fiber optics or something like that. If we SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 14

The Fan Activity Achievement Awards Announcing: FUTURES PAST - A (FAAns) for Fanzine Activity, 2014 Visual History of Science Fiction Among the FAAns presented on May Editor Jim Emerson writes: 4th at Corflu31 in Richmond, VA: “In the pages of FUTURES PAST we The award for Best Single Issue was will be covering, in detail, the birth and presented for Trap Door #30, edited development of modern science by Robert Lichtman. fiction over its first 50 years – from 1926-1975. Designed in a yearbook The Harry Warner, Jr., Memorial format, each issue of FUTURES Award for Best Fan Correspondent PAST will cover all the works, people, was presented to Robert Lichtman. organizations and events in detailed Ray Faraday Nelson received the chronological order. FAAns Lifetime Achievement Award. (Reprinted from Ansible 323, June 2014) 2014 Science Fiction Hall of Fame “Inductees have been announced: Leigh Brackett, Frank Frazetta, Stanley Kubrick, Hayao Miyazaki and Olaf Stapledon. The SF Hall of Fame honors the lives, work, and ongoing legacies of science fiction and fantasy's greatest creators.” (From SF Site News - June 27, 2014) Advent Publishers “ReAnimus Press, which is run by Andrew Burt, has just acquired Every book, every magazine, every Advent Publishers. Burt founded film, convention, and much more! ReAnimus in order to help authors get FUTURES PAST is dedicated to all their out-of-print books and short those amazing people who helped to works back into readers’ hands. shape our modern world by giving us ReAnimus Press will continue to a sense of wonder, by showing us publish Advent's titles under the possible futures and addressing Advent name. Advent was founded in social issues long before they 1956 by Earl Kemp, Sidney Coleman, touched the mainstream, and by Jon Stopa, Alex Eisenstein, Bob simply daring to ask, “what if…” Briney and George W. Price and has published books by , Our goal at FUTURES PAST is to Jerry Sohl, Norman Spinrad, Hal keep alive the people, works and Clement, Edward Bryant, Damon memories of a great genre and Knight, E.E. "Doc" Smith, and others. introduce them to a whole new For information, please visit: generation of readers, thinkers and www.reanimus.com.” dreamers.” (From SF Site News Diary - June 8, 2014) For information: www.sfhistory.net. SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 15

The Collector’s Book of Virgil Finlay A New Book: Dreamers of Wonder “The first new Virgil Finlay art book in “Beth Gwinn is trying to raise funds to twenty years will feature the publish Dreamers of Wonder, a collections of Robert Weinberg, Doug collection of SF author photos she Ellis, Glynn Crain and Robert K. has taken over the past thirty-four Wiener. Slated for release at the years. This book would be a follow- ’s Virgil up to her 2000 book Dark Dreamers. Finlay Centenary celebration on Gwinn has created a Kickstarter November 6-9, THE COLLECTORS’ campaign to finance the project.” BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY stands to (From SF Site News – July 22, 2014) be a milestone in the history of sf- fantasy art publishing. 2016 Worldcon (August 17-21) This book will be the first to have “Kansas City defeated Beijing for the Finlay art scanned in high resolution right to host the 2016 Worldcon, directly from originals. It will contain Guests of Honor: Kinuko Y. Craft, thirty-five full color paintings by the Patrick and Teresa Nielson Hayden, artist, the largest collection of Finlay’s Tamora Pierce, Michael Swanwick. color work ever assembled in print. It Pat Cadigan will be the toastmaster.” will also contain another thirteen More info: www.midamericon2.org. pages of additional color work, (From SF Site News – August 17, 2014) ranging from 2-color art pieces done Bradbury Estate Auction for the Doubleday Science Fiction Book Clubs’ solicitations to full-color “Over 400 items from the Bradbury cover roughs.” estate will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Fine Autographs & The book will be released under Bob Memorabilia at the end of September, Garcia’s American Fantasy Press including paintings by Charles imprint. For further information, Addams and Hannes Bok that hung please visit: [email protected]. on his walls, his Hollywood Walk of Lifetime Achievement Awards Fame plaque, and items from his collections of Disney animation cels, “The World Fantasy Convention has comic strips and original illustration announced its Lifetime Achievement art. For inquiries and to add yourself Award Winners for 2014 - Ellen to the mailing list for this special Datlow and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.” event, please contact (Summarized from File 770 – July 9, 2014) [email protected].” We Need New Contact Information for (Reprinted From File 770 – August 22) First Fandom Member Franz Gumme Coming Attractions Our recent correspondence with Mr. In the next issue we will feature the Franz Gumme has been returned and first instalment of a new series by marked “undeliverable.” The last John L. Coker III and Jon D. Swartz, known address that we have is: 808 entitled “Original Member Spotlight.” Delores Street, San Francisco, CA It will profile some of the original 94110. Please send updates on members of First Fandom who are Franz to John L. Coker, III. Thanks! still around today. Stay tuned for it! SCIENTIFICTION New Series #41, page 16

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