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BSFG News 354 March 2001 MARCH 2001 Issue 354 Brum Honorary Presidents: BRIAN W ALDISS Group HARRY HARRISON Committee: News Chairman: Vernon Brown Secretary: Vicky Cook The Free Monthly Newsletter of the Treasurer: Alan W oodford BIRMINGHAM Newsletter Editor: Rog Peyton SCIENCE FICTION GROUP + Steve Jones & William McCabe NOVACON 31 Chairman: Tony Berry Friday 9th March PETER WESTON will be giving an illustrated talk "JOHN W CAMPBELL and the ASTOUNDING days of SF Peter Weston edited his own authors whose careers were launched in science fiction fanzine SPECULATION the 40s and 50s owed much to John W from the mid-sixties, and for many years Campbell and his own particular brand of it was considered to be the best fanzine science fiction. in the US or UK for serious SF fans. His Come along and listen to a man love of the Campbell era and the years whose involvement in the science fiction that he edited ASTOUNDING SF (now field has encompassed editing his own retitled ANALOG) is well known. fanzine, chairing an Eastercon and not Illustrated with slides from his large one, but two World SF Conventions, collection, Peter will be talking about one editing a trio of original anthologies of the most important eras in the growth entitled ANDROMEDA and was a of science fiction - the era that gave us co-founder of the current incarnation of Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, A E van the Birmingham SF Group. Vogt, Hal Clement, Poul Anderson and H You will not be disappointed. Beam Piper to name but a few. Many RGP Peter Weston will be giving his talk in the usual place at the usual time. Which is in the Lichfield Room on the second floor at the Britannia Hotel, New Street (entrance in Union Passageway opposite the Odeon). The talk will commence at 7.45pm so please arrive early, get your drinks from the bar and be seated in plenty of time. Non-members always welcome. I FORTHCOMING EVENTS Jun 28-Jul 1. 2001: A CELEBRATION OF BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION at March 9-11. MECON DELTA at the Foresight Centre, University of Queen’s University, Belfast, N Ireland. Liverpool, Liverpool. Guests of Honour - Guests of Honour are Michael Sheard, Ian Brian Aldiss, Stephen Baxter, Nicola McDonald, Dave Lally. Membership £17. Griffith, Gwyneth Jones, Ken MacLeod, Info from 24 Malton Court, Upper Malone John Clute. Guest Artist Judith Clute. Road, Belfast BT9 6HB Membership (including meals) £130. Authors April 4. Robert Rankin will be signing at and students £72. Info from Dr Farah ANDROMEDA BOOKSHOP (2-5 Suffolk Mendlesohn, Middlesex University, White Street, Birmingham) at noon. The new Hart Lane, London N17 8HR. e-mail Andy hardcover is WEB SITE STORY and the sawyer at [email protected] new paperback is WAITING FOR website www.liv.ac.uk/ — asawver/200.html GODALMING. Phone 0121 643 1999 to November 9-11 NOVACON 31 - the reserve your signed copy. (And how many Birmingham SF Group’s own annual of you spotted the deliberate mistake in the convention. Guest of Honour will be last newsletter? Robert Rankin did NOT Gwyneth Jones (who also writes as Ann write PAINT YOUR DRAGON. Tom Holt Halam). Venue to be announced. Details was the author of that one. Nobody pointed from Steve Lawson at the address above. it out to me so no prizes this month. Sorry). STOP PRESS - we have been told by April 13-16. PARAGON - the British NOVACON 31 chairman that they have now National Science Fiction EasterCon. This booked a venue! It will be in Walsall - full year the venue will be the Hanover details next newsletter. International Hotel, Hinckley. Guests of Birmingham SF Readers Group meets Honour are Michael Scott Rohan, Stephen at 6pm on Thursdays in the Shakespeare Baxter and Lisanne Norman. Fan Guests of Memorial room at the Central Library. Honour are Claire Brialey and Mark Books shown are for discussion that night. Plummer. For details of prices, etc., contact Mar 15 - NORTHERN LIGHTS by Phillip Steve Lawson, 379 Myrtle Road, Sheffield S2 3HQ. Tel: 0114 281 1572. E-mail him at Pullman. Apr 19 - CAVES OF STEEL by steve. paragon@ keepsake-web .co.uk Isaac Asimov. May 17 - FLOWERS FOR or check out the website at ALGERNON by Daniel Keyes. www. keepsake-web. co. uk/paragon Although details are correct to the best May 25-27. ECLECTICON 21 at the of our knowledge, we advise contacting Holiday Inn, Leicester. Guests are Storm organisers before travelling. Always enclose Constantine, Gareth Thomas, Jacqueline a stamped, self-addressed envelope when Pearce, Ed Bishop, Frank Maher. writing to any of the above contact Membership £50. Info from 47 Bennetts addresses. Court, Bristol BS37 4XH. e-mail Any information about forthcoming SF/ [email protected] or see website Fantasy/Horror events are always welcome - www.eclectic21.co.uk. please send to me at rog@andromedabook .co.uk, tell me about it May 25-27. SECCOND at the De Vere in the shop or phone me at the shop on 0121 Hotel, Swindon. Guest of Honour Paul J 643 1999. McAuley. Info from 19 Hill Court Road, Cheltenham, Glos GL52 3JJ. e-mail [email protected] website www.seccon.org.uk 2 SWAP & BUY BOOKS. “Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on Discworld that Yes, YOU can bring books to the is the job of the Monks of History, who Brum Group and make a profit from your store it and pump it from the places where sales. Our beloved chairman actually it’s wasted (like underwater - how much brought a small number of unwanted books time does a codfish need?) to places like to sell and was seriously injured in the cities, where there’s never enough time. The stampede to buy his pristine unread copies full supporting cast includes Ronnie, the (actually items he had mistakenly purchased fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse (who left twice!). People throwing metal money at before they became famous)” him made his plight even worse. A well-bandaged Mr Brown was reported as Who’d have thought it - Terry saying, with a smile on his face, “Gosh, I Pratchett writing a time-travel novel? didn’t know it was so easy to make money - Does this mean I’ll have to read it? Well, I took £4 tonight!” I’ve got to start somewhere - haven’t I? Bring a few books with YOU next ..... Horror writer Simon Clark turns month to supplement your meagre income. to SF for his next book due out in June - There’s no charge for the facility - all you an authorised sequel to John need is a mug with money... Wyndham’s classic DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS with the title - you guessed it LAST MONTH'S MEETING... - NIGHT OF THE TRIFFIDS. I’m The February meeting with Graham trying to organise a signing at Higgins came as a complete surprise. I’d ANDROMEDA and also get him to do obviously seen his name on the Pratchett a talk to the Group. Watch this space..... graphic novels but did not know who he was The new Jonathan Carroll book, or that he was from Birmingham! THE WOODEN SEA, is one of the best His memories of working on novels he has written - it reads like GUARDS! GUARDS! were fascinating and Philip K Dick on speed! It’s got the lot when he recounted the meetings at the - aliens, time travel, God, and the usual publishers without naming names, I found mix of Carroll’s weird characters and his descriptions so good, I recognised settings. Just out in the US from Tor everyone he spoke about! with a tremendous cover, it is due for Altogether a very good meeting and one that I’m pleased I did not miss. UK release from Gollancz in June, but RGP hopefully they will cancel the proposed cover - it is appalling! ....The February NEWS IN BRIEF. issue of FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION included no less than 26 short Terry Pratchett surprises us with short stories by Harlan Ellison, one yet another Discworld novel - the 26th - for each letter of the alphabet ..... following hot on the heels of THE HarperCollins are issuing Tolkien’s TRUTH. Titled THIEF OF TIME it is THE LORD OF THE RINGS in yet due out in May from Doubleday UK. another format - paperbacks with covers This probably means we’ll get two based on Tolkien’s original designs. The Discworld novels this year - May and much anticipated film version of RINGS November. The blurb for THIEF OF is due later this year and HarperCollins TIME reads:- will be doing yet another issue, this time 3 with movie tie-in covers ..... The Barry US); MIDNIGHT ROBBER by Nalo Levin Most Collectable Author of the Hopkinson (Warner US); ONLY Year Award went to Britain’s own J K FORWARD by Michael Marshall Rowling. Last year it was Peter F Smith (Bantam US/Voyager UK); Hamilton. Isn’t it strange that every BROKEN TIME by Maggy Thomas year the winning author is the one whose (Roc US); EVOLUTION’S DARLING books have sold for the biggest amounts? by Scott Westerfield (4 Doors 8 The cynic in me is positive he’s only Windows US); THE BRIDGE by interested in the profits his company Janine Ellen Young (Warner makes. It’s certainly not for the literacy - US/Earthlight UK). Only the Smith and his advert in LOCUS spells Anne Young titles have been published in the McCaffrey incorrectly - McCaffery. It UK. My money goes on Nalo could be just the typesetter (I suppose!) Hopkinson, about whom I keep ....
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