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Corflu Valentine, held February 14–17 in flatable musical instruments. John Harvey Annapolis, Maryland was small but success- and Ian were the Brothers, and Eve Harvey ful. CORFLU 2002: captured at least part of the performance on a With an attendance of around 40, this was video cam. Moshe Feder and Frank Lunney the second small Corflu in a row, but that were the only Americans in the performance. didn’t seem to bother any of the rather di- “Feel The Love!” I think it was at Saturday night’s party verse group of fans who were there. There that Max told me, “I didn’t come to Annapo- were close to a dozen Brits there, lending a by Ted White lis. I came to Corflu. I’m here for the con- transatlantic fannishness to the con. They vention, not the city.” That sums up my own included Eve and John Harvey, Peter Wes- point of view as well. I was there for the ton, Clair Briarly, Mark Plummer, Mike convention, which meant the people, the Scott, Debbi Kerr, Yvonne Rouse, Ian parties – and the fanzines. Sorenson and Max (who goes by that name They started with the Corflu Program alone in fandom). Book , which, if you believed Dave Hicks’ And there was con chairman, Nic Farey – title logo, was really NIC FAREY AND HIS a transplanted Brit who has held onto his HOWLING CONVENTION – Hicks did a accent and his ties to UK fandom despite his great cover, which probably didn’t hurt his ongoing sojourn in southern Maryland. Nic standing in the FAAn Awards. There was has perfected his act and carried it off splen- Pete Young’s Zoo Nation #1, Lilian Ed- didly at Corflu, but it was clearly obvious wards’ Floss! , Tony Keen’s The Convertible that the Blessed Bobbie deserved most of the Omnibus , Lilian Edwards’ & Victor Gon- behind-the-scenes credit, along with volun- zalez’s Gloss #3 (Young, Edwards and Keen teers like Tracey Benton, Bill Bodden (by no were, unfortunately, not at Corflu but were coincidence next year’s Corflu hosts), Jae represented by their zines), Max’s The Cos- Leslie Adams, and various others. mic Hairdryer #2, Mike Scott’s Plokta #25, a (I was sitting in the smoking consuite single-page Corflu Brain-Teaser from Pete Sunday around 12:30 in the afternoon when a Weston, Steve Stiles’ Stallions Over the hotel guy stuck his head in the open door and Pacific , Debbi Kerr’s Long-Legged Tramp , said, “Hey, this room is supposed to be va- Ian Sorenson’s Snapshot (“The fanzine that cated now.” It turned out that he was wrong – asks the question ‘Why don’t Japanese cam- it was booked through the next day – but eras go Crick !’”), and Nic Farey’s Yield It . A within only a few minutes the half-dozen fair number of these fanzines – most of people in the room had totally cleaned it up which are unnumbered – proclaim them- and packed up the remaining non-hotel items selves to be published specifically for Corflu. in the room. We were all volunteers when it It was impossible to read all these fanzines in served the purpose.) the middle of the convention, and yet diffi- The convention began on Thursday night cult not to at least egoscan a few of them, in what would become the next day the non- which made it all too easy to get sucked into smoking consuite (the smoking consuite reading a zine completely. directly above and convenient to a flight of Sunday was the day of the banquet. We stairs, would not open until Friday after- assembled at 1:00 p.m. and found plenty of noon). The Brits were there and so were fans both tables and food awaiting us. The buffet from San Francisco and Seattle. Fanzines offered everything from breakfast fruit and were passed around and conversations food to several full-course dinners, including quickly joined. freshly-sliced roast beef. Topping off the The convention was Officially Opened on food display was a carved watermelon. Friday night with the traditional Drawing of Standing on end, with part of it cut away, it the GoH from the Hat. Sheila Lightsey held had been lightly carved on its green skin to the hat, into which at least theoretically all reveal the portrait of a beautiful southern the attendees’ names had been placed. (I lady of a century earlier. The style resembled offer the qualifier because in recent years a Fortunately, they were back in time for scratchboard, with the lightly cut away por- secondary tradition has sprung up: members the evening program, because many of them tions showing a brighter green against the may offer a bribe – now up to $20 – to have were in that program. Past Corflus have oc- dark green of the uncarved skin. The artist their name removed from the hat.) As usual, casionally featured plays by Andy Hooper, turned out to be the meat carver. Several of the Hat made an excellent choice: Moshe but this year Andy couldn’t make it and Nic the fanartists present went over to him to Feder. imported Ian Sorenson, whose musicals have congratulate him on the piece and a number The Saturday programming started in the been hits at British cons for years. The result of fans took photos of it. morning , to my stunned amazement, but was The Booze Brothers , rather loosely mod- Nic had asked me, as Corflu’s “Eminence most of the program turned out to be ski- eled on The Blues Brothers , and incorporat- Grise,” to run the show at the banquet, so pable. Now, I know that many fans think that ing at one point a delightful skit based on after everyone had eaten all they could hold, of most convention programming but Cor- Yes, Minister (starring a cherubic Mike I introduced Nic, who Officially Thanked a flu’s programs are supposed to be different. Scott). The production was hampered by a large portion of the convention. I introduced They’re supposed to be Too Good To Be totally inadequate sound system, which failed Bill Bodden, who made a Special Presenta- Skipped. As it happened, a good chunk of the to do justice to Ian’s prerecorded – on CD – tion to GoH Feder – a remarkable red felt hat British contingent spent the afternoon explor- backing music and vocals, but the Troup which resembled a Very Large Crab. Moshe ing Annapolis. overcame this with panache and several in- gave a solid GoH speech (which is now 10 File 770:141 online at the Corflu Valentine website, http:// bairn for Fan Writer and Wabe for Fanzine. Drive, Madison, WI 53705. Include your full come.to/corflu). I conducted the nomination With no competition, Madison, Wisconsin name and address, and please add your email and voting for the Past President of the Fan was awarded next year’s Corflu, and Bill address in order to receive electronic pro- Writers of America (fwa) – the Past Presi- Bodden and Tracy Benton immediately be- gress reports. dency for 2001 went by immediate acclama- gan selling memberships. Right now and When I left at 3:00 a.m., Monday morn- tion to Eve and John Harvey. Victor Gon- until July 1, the cost of a membership is $35 ing, the party was still going and I didn’t zalez – subbing for Andy Hooper – presented (which includes the Sunday banquet), which want to leave, but I had to be at work that the FAAn Awards. They went to Lloyd Pen- is a real bargain. It will go up. Checks should afternoon. Good convention – as usual. ney for Letterhack, Max for New Fanzine be made to Tracy Benton and mailed to Cor- Fan, David Hicks for Fan Artist, Alison Free- flu c/o Tracy Benton, 108 Grand Canyon Csbe!Gptufs!Xjot!3112!Sputmfs!Bxbse!
Brad Foster won the 2001 Rotsler Memorial Fanzine Artist Award, presented at Loscon 28. Sponsored by the Southern California Insti- tute for Fan Interests (SCIFI), the Rotsler Award honors the lifetime work of outstanding fanartists and the memory of esteemed fanartist William Rotsler. Foster received the award in recognition of his current fanac as well as his outstanding contributions to fan art over the last few dec- ades. He is generous in sharing his art, and uniquely talented. His work is insightful, humorous, versatile, and exquisitely drawn. He is one of the best and most prolific of the current generation of fan art- ists, a worthy successor to Rotsler’s legacy. Brad won the Best Fanartist Hugo five times between 1987 and 1994, and continues to be a frequent Hugo nominee. Brad replied, when notified of his selection: “I am indeed aware of the award, and thought it was really nice that fans though enough both of Bill and the whole idea of the ‘fan artist’ to decide to put together this award. And I had hoped that maybe in ten years or so, after a lot of other artists received it, I might be lucky enough to be added to the list. So, it really was a very big surprise to hear I had been selected this year.” The annual award consists of $300 cash and an award plaque. Mike Glyer, Richard Lynch, and Geri Sullivan served as this year’s award judges. Brad already knew how he and his wife would celebrate: “When I called Cindy at her Dad’s and told her about this, she said that this would go: ‘Brad Foster, you’ve just won the 2001 Rotsler Award! would help to pay for our trip to Disney World early next year [our What are you going to do?’ ‘We’re going to Disney World!’ Again, 10th anniversary present to each other.] I guess if this was football, it many thanks to everyone involved for this honor!”
Philly or Leeds? The Debate Resumes — Response by Lew Wolkoff Lew Wokoff: Both of the obituaries File 770 printed for Milt Rothman made plans for larger, future gatherings. Then John took a number of mention that the meeting held in Philadelphia in October 1936 was the people to his house and showed them his printing rig. They came back first SF convention. The meeting held three months later in Leeds, Eng- to Milt's, and the entire group walked back to the train station singing land makes the same claim, and its supporters may write to argue the early Futurian filksongs. With the exception of three years during point. World War II, meetings (Philcons) were held every year since 1936 to John Michel published a description of what happened at the Philly the present, with the 1936 meeting being counted as the first and this meeting about a month after it happened, and I have a copy of that first year's worldcon as the latest. con report. I've also read the description of what happened in Leeds Leeds followed the model of a public meeting. They advertised the published some 20 years later. site and took reservations. People gathered and listened to speakers. Here are summaries of both. Some telegrams were read, and the group voted to create the British Philly followed the model of the political convention, and delegates Science Fiction Society. They adjourned and, so far as I know, no fol- from both clubs met at Milt Rothman's house, not needing a hall. They low-up meetings were ever held. looked at Milt's collection and his lab. They played some craps in the The modern SF con evolved from a merger of the two models, but lab, then walked en mass to Independence Hall, where one of their the Philly meeting sounds as much -- if not more -- like a modern con number, Herb Goudket took some photographs. The walked back to than the Leeds meeting. Leeds seems to rest its claim solely on the fact Milt's house, joined by John Baltadonis, who had come late. They held that they advertised. I don't recall advance publicity being a primary a business meeting, electing Milt Chair and Fred Pohl Secretary, and component of anything other than a for-profit media con. March 2002 11
Remember Theses Classmates? Locate all the alumni of the University of Loscon online at www.lasfs.org Fandom’s Tangled Web RemarQ Settles With Ellison fanzines. The result is an excellent resource fun at the same time. To make sure the “fun” The copyright infringement suit Harlan Elli- for Hugo buffs. The URL’s are: quotient remains high, an even larger battery son filed against Critical Path and its subsidi- Best Fan Artist: of girls goes over all of the articles and fea- ary RemarQ Communities over unauthorized http://web2.airmail.net/tharvia/ tures before they appear and girls write most posting of copyrighted stories on the RemarQ fan_artist_hugo.html of them. service has been settled. Critical Path will Best Fan Writer: AGW’s features include articles and inter- develop software allowing Ellison to delete http://web2.airmail.net/tharvia/ views with women in exciting and profes- unauthorized posting of his works, and will fan_writer_hugo.html sional occupations, giving girls an idea of the also appoint an employee to be available to Best Fanzine: heights they can achieve and that their op- Ellison as a back-up measure. The settlement http://web2.airmail.net/tharvia/fan_artists/ tions aren’t limited by their gender. There are includes no admission of liability. fanzinehugo.gif also games, puzzles, and contests; a PenPal Ellison noted, “I am pleased to have set- Club with over 20,000 members, an on-line tled this case with Critical Path and RemarQ, Willson and Weber babysitting class; and advice columns with and believe we have taken a step forward for Make It A Girl’s World questions from the site’s readers and answers writers everywhere in their efforts to protect provided by other readers (and vetted by the Karen Willson and Chris Weber, developers site’s consultants) on topics including par- copyrighted works.” A Critical Path spokes- of L.A.con III’s “Adventurers Club” kids person also expressed satisfaction with the ents, school, and boys. Six books filled with program, are the founders and operators of the advice from this feature have been pub- settlement. the extremely popular A Girl’s World inter- Ellison's infringement action against lished by a division of Random House and net site, (http://www.agirlsworld.com). A are available from Amazon.com and at all America Online was not included in the set- Girl’s World (AGW) is the most popular tlement. “Barring delays (which we antici- major book stores. internet site for girls that isn’t owned by a pate), we will be going to trial against AOL toy company. According to Alexa, the web in late March-early April,” Susan Ellison information company that maintains archives wrote in HERC #29 . and activity logs on the millions of websites SFWA has granted money from its Legal on the internet, AGW is in the top one-third Fund to Ellison's suits. Donations to the con- of one percent (0.33%) of the internet in tinuing lawsuit can now be made to: Trust of terms of popularity, receiving approximately Kulik, Gottesman & Mouton, and sent to 6 million hits per month. KICK Internet Piracy, P.O. Box 55935, The mission of AGW is to encourage and Sherman Oaks, CA 91413. empower 7-17 year old girls and to respond
to girls’ needs by being girl powered, written Harvia Posts Complete List and designed for girls, by girls. AGW has of Fan Hugo Nominees received extensive media coverage and rec- “After looking for years at fragmented text- ommendations from publications including New Homepage Pays Tribute only lists of Best Fan Artist Hugo Nominees USA Today , the New York Times and Par- and Winners,” explains Teddy Harvia, “I ents Magazine . Zealous about internet safety to Canadian SF Writers finally decided to attempt to create a com- and privacy for the kids who take part in their Made in Canada is “the homepage for Cana- plete illustrated list.” site, AGW was a presenter, along with Nick- dian Science Fiction,” located at: Teddy is a history and art buff and “I elodeon, Fox and Disney at the Federal Trade www.geocities.com/canadian_sf think others in fandom share my interest in Commission’s “Kids’ Privacy Compliance The site includes links to seven Canadian the history of fan art and artists. Seeing it Training for Website Operators” workshop, authors’ web pages: might even inspire new fan artists.” He plans November 2000. Robert Charles Wilson to add photos, samples of nominated fan While Willson and Weber coordinate the (www.robertcharleswilson.com) artists' work, and links to more of their art. extensive material on the AGW site, they are John Clute, leading critic and author The momentum from his fan artist project assisted by a battery of consultants including (www.johnclute.co.uk) carried him into fields beyond, and Teddy curriculum designers, psychologists, scien- Douglas Smith, 2001 Campbell Award ultimately created web page lists of all fan tists, and educators in order to make AGW nominee (www.smithwriter.com) Hugo-nominees: fan artists, fanwriters and an enriching educational experience that is Isaac Szpindel, short story author and 12 File 770:141 screenwriter(www.geocities.com/ What Should You Nominate for Encyclopedia (Clute & Nicholls) and The En- canadian_sf/szpindel/) cyclopedia of Fantasy (Clute & Grant), Rob Stephanie-Bedwell Grime, novelist and Best Website? Hansen's in-progress history of British fandom short story author (www.geocities.com/ ConJosé, the 2002 Worldcon, has distributed and other interesting material. canadian_sf/bedwell/) Hugo nomination ballots and now is the time On-Line Fanzines: (Note: Omitted here, as Beverly J. Miencke, short story author for voters decide what to write down for Best presumptively ineligible, are sites that simply (www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/meincke/) Web Site. It’s an experimental category added reproduce the contents of a printed zine. Those Ken Basarke, short story author for 2002 only. Material displayed on the World belong in the Best Fanzine category.) (www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/basarke/) Wide Web in 2001 by any web site primarily Emerald City , edited by Cheryl Morgan, Made in Canada and The MiC Newsletter related to the fields of science fiction, fantasy, has nothing to do with Oz; the editor just liked are created, designed, maintained and edited is eligible. the name. The site is very attractive and well- by Don Bassie. There seem to be no end of eligible web designed. Content consists primarily of sites. How to choose? Tom Veal, Chicon 2000 Cheryl's book reviews and convention reports. chair, has posted an article on his own web site The PoV is that of the Cosmic Hyper-Left, but Rotsler.com to help fans sort the gold from the dross, re- A Bill Rotsler-tribute website created by if you like that sort of thing, this is the sort of printed here with his permission. thing that you will like. Michael R. Bernstein had its launch party at Loscon over Thanksgiving Weekend. File 770 : While most of the content of this Rotsler.com is growing as contributions of Candidates for Best SF Web Site site finds its way into the printed zine, its ini- Bill’s artwork and writing come in. Hugo by Tom Veal tial publication on the Web may be sufficient Bernstein requests faneditors who have ConJosé, the 2002 World Science Fiction Con- for Hugo eligibility. File 770 , edited by Mike Rotsler artwork already have scanned in to vention, has taken advantage of its right to Glyer, has long been one of the leading sources send copies to him to add to the site. He’d create a one-off Hugo Award category by an- of news about fandom. Issues have recently also like to have copies of by or about Bill nouncing that it will give an award for the best been thicker and more frequent, contrary to the Rotsler to post, or at least link to. Web Site related to science fiction or fantasy. typical trajectory of faneds. If you’re going to scan illos specifi- In an effort to help nominators, I have gathered Gegenschein , edited by Eric Lindsay, began cally to send to his archive, Bernstein is a list of sites that impress me as both eligible life in 1972 as a mimeographed genzine. It is encouraging people to scan them in full for the award and worthy of consideration. The now a personalzine consisting of pithy com- (24-bit) color, and to save the images in groups into which I have divided the candi- ments on a variety of subjects and a large num- an uncompressed or lossless-compression dates are, I hope, self-explanatory. If they ber of very short book reviews. The editor is file format such as *.bmp, *.tif, *.tga, or aren't, it doesn't matter. Within groups, the gradually adding an archive of back issues. As *.png. He’d also like the images scanned listing is alphabetical - not in order to be fair of this posting, he has worked his way back- in at 300 pixels per inch. but just because it's easiest that way. A site's wards as far as 1990. More information is at: inclusion on this list is not necessarily a ring- SF Crowsnest , edited by Stephen Hunt, http://www.rotsler.com/contribute/ ing endorsement, but I have tried to limit the calls itself "Europe's most visited SF/F site". It He’d also like to know where the im- selection to those with primarily stfnal content, includes publishing and media news, book, ages were published, if applicable, as well an acceptably pleasing appearance and fre- video and Web site reviews, and articles on as any hint fans might have as to when quent updates. Some sites that might have been such topics as vanity publishing and "Is Buffy they were drawn. included proved to be inaccessible to less-than- a succubus?" Free "subscriptions" (an e-mail state-of-the-art browsers. I take it that their summary of each issue when it's posted) are creators aren't interested in low-techs like me available but turn out to be an opt-in to junk e- Remember the N3F! mail lists. The National Fantasy Fan Federation’s new and have left them out. Also out are sites whose servers don't reliably respond and those SFRevu , edited by Ernest Lilley, covers Secretary is fannish dynamo Dennis Davis. If news about science fiction publishing, TV and you’re a lapsed N3F member, expect to hear on which I happened to see excessive numbers of dead links. films. Its scope is similar to Locus and Science from Davis soon. He says, “I am planning on Fiction Chronicle . Issues are monthly; running a major membership drive. I have a Fandom: eFanzines includes a dozen fan- zines in downloadable form, links to the Web "subscribers" (no charge for subscriptions) database using FileMaker Pro that I going to receive an e-mail with a summary of the con- use with about 250 past members in it, and so sites of many others, a regular fanzine review column by Ted White, and some fanhistorical tents when each issue is posted. I hope I can get a few people to rejoin.” You Webzines: Aphelion emphasizes work by could make the first move and contact him materials. FANAC FanHistory Project : An archive of new writers. It doesn't pay them but does have by e-mail at: [email protected] editors and doesn't simply publish everything Damon Knight founded the group in 1941 fanzines, photographs and other materials re- lated to the history of science fiction fandom. submitted. Contents are fiction, plus some to unite those with an interest in science fic- poetry, a column or two and a comic strip. tion and fantasy. Many people have found New material is being steadily added. Being a (not very active) member of the sponsoring New "issues" appear monthly. their way into fandom through the N3F, and Nuketown publishes short fiction (for which the group has celebrated its survival into the organization, I have a conflict of interest but st nonetheless recommend this site highly. it pays a flat fee), all sorts of reviews (book, 21 century by launching a webpage where movie, game, Web site, etc.) and some odd members can engage in its activities online: The Fannish E-Mail Directory serves the simple, utilitarian purpose of facilitating com- items such as a column on Internet hoaxes. It http://simegen.com/fandom/n3f/ describes itself as "pro-individual, pro-reason The club also keeps up with its traditional munication among fans. It lists e-mail ad- dresses and Web site URL's for several thou- and pro-science." interest groups (“bureaus”) and services, and Planet Magazine has been posting quarterly publishes a quarterly clubzine. sand fans and fannish organizations. John Lor- entz deserves our gratitude for this labor of issues since 1994, probably making it the old- est surviving SF webzine. Contents consist of love. The UK Science Fiction Fandom Archive 's fiction, poems and digital artwork. Writers are principal attraction is a complete run of Ansi- not paid, but the zine's longevity suggests that ble . It also has updates to The Science Fiction the editor has some talent to finding semi- March 2002 13 precious stones, at least, among the OffWorld Designs: sludge. http://www.offworlddesigns.com/ Sci Fiction is a professional sci- Astronomy Picture of the Day: ence fiction outlet edited by Ellen http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ Datlow. In addition to original writ- ing by authors like Ursula K. LeGuin, Changes of Address Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress and E. Michael Blake & Lisa Golladay, Robert Reed, it reprints classic sto- E-mail: [email protected] ries. The only evidence of its owner- Marty Cantor, E-mail: hoohah- ship by the Sci-Fi Channel is its ban- [email protected] ner ads. Phil Castora, P.O. Box 5499, Pine Science Fiction Weekly , published Mountain Club, Frazier Park, CA by the Sci-Fi Channel, contains news, 92333 articles and reviews focusing on what Peggy Corrigan & Frank Gasperik, its parent regards as science fiction. 859 S. 12th St. #307, Cottonwood AZ Books are not completely ignored. The pres- tograph with a caption by a professional 86326 entation is, as one would expect, top quality. astronomer. Started in 1995, the site now Paula DiSante, Strange Horizons is a weekly zine featur- contains over 2,000 images. E-mail: [email protected] ing a mix of articles (mostly scientific popu- Glenn Glazer, 3809 Pacific Ave., Long larizations and potted history), fiction, book URL's of Tom’s Recommended Websites Beach, CA 90807-3227 reviews and poetry. It pays modestly eFanzines: Francis Hamit, P.O. Box 5499, Pine (4¢ a word for fiction). Copies are http://efanzines.com/ Mountain Club, Frazier Park, CA 92333 available for free download at Fictionwise . FANAC FanHistory Project: Eric Lindsay, Personal Sites: Bob Eggleton is a multi- http://www.fanac.org/ E-mail: [email protected] ple Hugo-winning artist. His site includes Fannish E-Mail Directory: Mia McDavid, reproductions of many of his painting and http://www.spiritone.com/~jlorentz/email/ E-mail: [email protected] sketches, and he is also happy to sell a paint- U.K. Science Fiction Fandom Archive: Marie Rengstorff, 2737 S. Kihei Rd. #212, ing now and then. http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/SF-Archives/ Kihei, HI 96753 The Worlds of Teddy Harvia is Hugo- Emerald City: Jeff Schalles, 3409 Columbus Ave. S., winning fan artist David Thayer's site for his http://www.emcit.com/ Minneapolis, MN 55407 cartoons, photographs, stories, etc. He is File 770: Pat & Roger Sims 7030 Villa Estelle posting cartoons in more or less chronologi- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/ Drive, Orlando, FL 32819 cal order, showing the development of his homepages/mglyer/f770/index.html Garth Spencer, additional E-mail address: work. Gegenschein: [email protected] Evelyn Leeper , perennial Best Fan Writer http://psiphi.server101.com/sf/index.htm Milton F. Stevens, nominee, has lots of SF book reviews, trave- SF Crowsnest: E-mail: [email protected] logues and convention reports on her site. http://www.computercrowsnest.com/ Jan van’t Ent, Vaalserberg 137, 2905 PM Her con reports are the most thorough in the SF Revu: Capelle aan den Ijssel, The Netherlands business and come close to the elusive goal http://www.sfrevu.com/ Leigh Strother-Vien, P.O. Box 5499, Pine of preserving conversation in the gross me- Aphelion: Mountain Club, Frazier Park, CA 92333 dium of print. http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/ Wilson Tucker, Steven H Silver , another Best Fan Writer Nuketown: E-mail: [email protected] nominee, presents book reviews and other http://www.nuketown.com/ writings, including a good guide to Chicago Planet Magazine: Special Bill Bowers CoA Annex: ‘Twas sightseeing (originally written for the Chicon http://www.planetmag.com/ the Thursday before Christmas when Bill 2000 progress reports) and a long list of fa- SciFiction: clicked on his mouse. Not an e-mail was mous SF authors' first stories. http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/ stirring. So he kicked his ISP out of the Commercial Sites: Fictionwise is an on- Science Fiction Weekly: house… line e-bookstore. I've written about it in http://www.scifi.com/sfw/ When its internet service failed, Bill’s Quark Watch . Strange Horizons: provider didn’t keep a promise to fix Fo'Paws Productions , operated by Scott http://www.strangehorizons.com/ things quickly: “Apparently they got a bit and Jane Dennis, sells a SF/F t-shirts and Bob Eggleton: later start than promised; and their con- amusing latex puppets modeled after dino- http://www.bobeggleton.com/ cept of ‘approximately 6 hours’ would saurs. Along with OffWorld Designs (see Teddy Harvia: probably make sense if only I had paid below), they deserve much of the credit for http://web2.airmail.net/tharvia/ attention in High School Algebra.” So Bill the high artistic quality of fannish attire. Evelyn Leeper: went to Yahoo and registered these new e- Novaspace Galleries sells astronomical http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4824/ mail addresses: and other SF art work, ranging from original Steven H Silver: Bill Bowers, E-mail: [email protected] paintings to calendars and posters. http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/ Xenolith, E-mail: [email protected] OffWorld Designs features t-shirts and art Fictionwise: Bowers’ “Evial Auction sideline”, work by Ray VanTilburg. It also sells hats, http://www.fictionwise.com/home.html E-mail: [email protected] jackets, tote bags and other merchandise, all Fo’Paws Productions: Bowers’ semi-reliable Backup Address: with SF/F themes. http://www.fopaws.com/ [email protected] Other: Astronomy Picture of the Day : Novaspace Galleries: Each day NASA posts an astronomical pho- http://www.novaspace.com/index.shtml