Science Fiction/San Francisco Issue 82 Editors: Jean Martin, Chris Garcia March 11, 2009 Copy Editor: David Moyce email: [email protected] Calendar Editor: España Sheriff Compositor: Tom Becker The Floating World photo by Lucy Huntzinger Contents News and Notes................................................................................ Chris Garcia..................... ........................................................................................ 2 Letters of Comment......................................................................... Jean Martin....................... ........................................................................................ 5 Editorial............................................................................................ Chris Garcia..................... ........................................................................................ 7 Browncoat Fanboys (and Girls) on an Outing.............................. Jean Martin....................... Photos by Thad Gann and Jean Martin.......................... 9 This Old Fanzine: Locus – The Early Years.................................. Chris Garcia..................... ...................................................................................... 11 Weird Romance, a Science Fiction Musical................................... Howeird............................ ...................................................................................... 13 The Night the Lights Went Out in San Ramon............................. Baron Law........................ Photos by Baron Law................................................... 14 Gallifrey One Times Twenty........................................................... España Sheriff.................. Photos by Andrew Trembley....................................... 17 Potlatch In Extremely Brief............................................................ Chris Garcia..................... Photo by Chris.............................................................. 21 Potlatch 18 – The Cat’s Meow......................................................... España Sheriff.................. ...................................................................................... 22 BASFA Minutes: Meetings 967-969................................................ .......................................... ...................................................................................... 26 Bay Area Fannish Calendar............................................................ España Sheriff.................. Photo by Lucy Huntzinger........................................... 29 Art Credits: Page 4 Kate Kelton Page 22 Allen Baum Pages 8, 23 Tom Becker Page 23 NASA Page 12 Lucy Huntzinger Page 25 Michael McLaughlin Science Fiction/San Francisco is the twice-monthly news zine for the San Francisco Bay Area. All issues can be found at www.efanzines.com. Except as noted, all articles and photos are copyright 2009 by the original creators. Used with permission. 1 News and Notes By Christopher J. Garcia The busiest weekend in recent fannish real introduction of sexuality into science Editor memory happened the opening weekend of fiction in a legitimate way with his story “The It’s Cinequest week, and thus I’ve been in Cinequest. There was Potlatch, taking place in Lovers.” His works include legendary shorts Downtown San Jose since the 25th of February. the lovely Domain Hotel in Sunnyvale. I wish I like “Mother” and “Riders of the Purple Wage” It’s been a good year for genre films at CQ. I’ve could have gone, but you know. I hear that as well as classic novels like Dare, A Woman A seen many great films, including Corpse Run, a there was great fun and we’ve got great Day, Flesh, A Feast Unknown and many others. film that takes a look at hard core MMORPG coverage! There was a lovely WonderCon. I’m His Riverworld saga and World of Tiers are all players and their lives. Brea Grant, who’ll be in hoping to get to both next year, though there’s much-loved series. He was my favorite living the Halloween remake, is incredibly hot in the always Cinequest getting in the way. science fiction novelist, ever since the death of role of Liberty, quite possibly the most smokin’ Kurt Vonnegut. I love his stuff and I’m MMORPGer I’ve ever seen. Shockingly, the rereading a few of his stand-alone novels. He SplatterPunk Samurai film Samurai Avenger: was in his 90s, which is a good long run for a Blind Wolf got nothing but cries of awesome writer. He was active since the 1950s, and had and invited comparisons to Evil Dead: The won three Hugo Awards, one for Most Musical. Promising New Writer, and one each for To The Stars Don’t Twinkle in Outer Space had Your Scattered Bodies Go and “Riders of the a mix-up and didn’t end up playing, but having Purple Wage.” He received the Forry Ackerman seen it a couple of times, it’s a really good short Award in 2007 and was a SFWA Grandmaster film which feels like throwback to simple and has received more recognition than most times. It’s beautiful work. Sunday Afternoon, a other authors. story about a huge increase in temperature in a The title of Chris Garcia’s Favorite Living Montreal convenience store, is one of the most SF Novelist goes to… Spider Robinson. powerful science fiction films you’ll ever see. Philip Jose Farmer with 1953 Hugo award as I’ve discovered Twitter. Johnnyeponymous The Most Promising New Talent Glory at Sea, an amazingly powerful film photo courtesy of Michael Croteau is the handle. I post too much and I often find filmed in parts of New Orleans that still have myself posting when I don’t have access to a not recovered from the Hurricanes, is one of the Of course, the biggest, saddest news of the computer since I can post from my lame old best fantasy films I’ve ever seen, bar none. I’ve week was the loss of Philip Jose Farmer. If cell phone. got to check, but if it’s eligible, I’m nominating you’ve never read any of his books, you’re Local fan and Bon Vivant Miko had her it next year for the Hugo for Best Dramatic missing out on one of the turning points Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Presentation - Short Form. towards modern science fiction. There was the (something I don’t do) debut show at 2 Disneyland. I wish so much I could have gone, a great Brad Foster cover on it. but Jo Rhett kindly Twittered the whole event. I am pleased to say that Peter Weston has Miko does amazing costumes and I hope some released Prolapse as Relapse. It’s still a day I’ll have a Miko-made over-shirt! fantastic zine with a new title. I was happy to Former Bay Area SF Bookstore owner get my copy via eMail and it’s on Charlie Cockey was in town for Cinequest, and eFanzines.com now. It’s one of the few places I’m glad to say he’s doin’ great in the Czech where you can find Michael Moorcock writing Republic. I always have a good time chatting in fanzines. with him. Speaking of Moorcock, there’s a new eI too. I got the new PLOKTA recently, which was a good thing. It’s tiny, which seems to be the images courtesy of eFanzines.com new technique for English zines. It was called the Credit Crisis Special, and sadly, I haven’t had a chance to LoC it yet. Speaking of LoCing, Kristina Kopnisky released a new Consonant Enigma. I’m all over it with recipes, an article on how to stretch your dollar and a LoC, and Lance Moore, Kristina and folks have some wonderful recipes and stories. If you compare Kristina’s take on what you need to survive on the cheap at a con and mine, they are like Night and the Surface of the Well worth reading. Sun! It’s the best BArea zine being produced in Finally, there’s Alexiad on eFanzines.com. I Portland. love the Alexiad and am glad that it’s now more Sadly, the biggest loss to fanzine fandom in publicly available. There are even back issues recent years is the announced folding of Vegas that you can go through. One of the best Fandom Weekly, recently referred to simply as LetterCols in fanzines. I can’t wait for the next VFW. It was the zine that started the phase of issue because my Butterfinger Buzz experiment weekly and bi-weekly fanzines that exploded in will be included! the 2005-06 time frame and is the reason for Bruce Gillespie, Australian Fandom’s The Drink Tank and Science Fiction/San shiningest star, and Jan Stinson, the woman Francisco. It’s really one of the most most responsible for me becoming a regular significant zines of the last decade. Arnie has fanzine fan, have put out a new issue of Steam said he’ll be bringing out a new zine shortly, Engine Time. Sadly, I haven’t gotten to spend as which is a good thing. I’ve missed VFW since much time with it as I would have liked, so I’m the schedule slowed down in late 2006. There’s 3 still waiting on a big long LoC, which it still deserves. Heath Row (which sounds like such a pseudonym!) put up a list of all the known APAs in and around fandom. There are a few I hadn’t heard of, which is a good thing. I’m only in three at the moment, but I doubt I’ll be able to keep up with all of them. It’s a tough thing. Doing an issue of The Drink Tank is easy enough, but doing APAzines takes me forever. Hey, gotta love the fact that BayCon is coming along so great. Tycho has done a great job putting it all together. I can’t wait for it to come along! Hugo nominations will be out soon, followed a week and a half later by The Drink Tank’s annual Handicapping the Hugos issue. I’m excited because it’s always one of the most fun issues of the year! I’ve got ideas, though I was shocked by