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Kate Wilhelm (nee Meredith) got Damon Knight discovered science fiction married soon after high school. In the at 11, in Hood River, Oregon; he was im- mid-50's, living in Louisville, Kentucky mediately hooked, corresponded with other with two smal! children and a husband fans, and edited a fanzine. At 19 he was who never read anything, she checked invited to join the Futurians, a New York eight books a week out of the public fan club that included Pohl, Kornbluth, ‘ibrary, science fiction along with Asimov, blish, Merrill, and Wollheim. everything else. !n 1956 she wrote a (See his entertaining memoir, The Futur- science fiction story, rented a ians.) typewriter to type it out, and mailed it to ASTOUNDING. The check from John W. Out east he became an SF illustrator, Camobei! let her buy the typewriter. did short stints of magazine editing, (She has described her decade as a and worked for a literary agency. He housewife, not writing, as ''lost' years started to sell his own stories in the - but those experiences gave her an 40's. In the 50's he became one of the understanding of ordinary people and mainstay writers of H.L. Gold's bright, their problems that she's used sassy magazine, ''Galaxy''. In the 50's, effectively ever since.) She kept too, he became the finest reviewer/ selling short stories, then a novel, and critic that SF has had. (Anybody who married Damon Knight in 1963. Kate and thinks literary criticism has to be Damon have been co-instructors at annual dull hasn't read his delightful book, SF writing workshops for over 20 years. IN SEARCH OF WONDER.)

Wilhelm was always a good craftsman. Knight translated French SF, helped By the early 1970's she had evolved into found the Milford and Clarion writing an artist, her work growing broader, workshops, and was founder and first deeper, and more resonant. Who can | president of the Science Fiction Writers compare her to? Le Guin, because of America. they're both elegant and humane; Sturgeon and Shirley Jackson, because In the 60' and 70's he became a first Kate's writing is that strong, her rate editor, both of reprint antholo- people are that real, and her comedy gies like A Science Fiction Argosy, and mingles with her nightmares; Dick, of the Orbit anthologies of original because she knows that reality is a fiction. wider, stranger thing than most people - even most SF writers - are willing to Now he's back in Oregon, writing again. acknowledge. Extraordinarily versatile, His own fiction is everything SF should she has probably denied herself the fame be: concise, well-told, imaginative, and fortune that could be hers if she morally serious, and great fun. wrote the same book over and over. Nobody said the high road was easy. \f he sounds Olympian, remember that this guy once said, "We should absolutely wear propellor beanies to all official functions,'' and ''How about an HP Lovecraft ice-cream eating contest?"

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One evening Geri Sullivan and Eileen published when Sturgeon was Pro GoH at a Lufkin turned up on the door step and Minicon. Denny acted the part of asked to speak to Denny. ''Step right Anti-fan in MIDWEST SIDE STORY, played in,'' | said. After a while | peeked out in a local production of THE MIMEO MAN, and there was Denny, with Geri and Eileen and can be heard variously as Death or on their knees in front of him. ''Whoops,' an executioner in local radio broadcasts of CEREBUS THE AARDVARK. He has written | thought, ''Must be asking him to run for fanzines like YANDRO, CRY, DYNATRON, parties, or something.'' SCIENCE FICTION COLLECTOR, AMRA, RUNE, in a few minutes they called me in QUINAPULUS, SUCH ARE LEGENDS MADE, and and announced that Denny had agreed to be the WSFA JOURNAL. Hacking in apas has Fan GoH at the next Minicon. Denny included Minneapa, Anzapa, Spinoff, and looked considerably dazed but agreed Stipple-Apa, of which he is current cO-Off Cra Koolar ders that it was true. That very night he took a solemn vow to never again agree to anything without first declaring that he Until this past year Denny was the needed a day or two to think about it. Chair of the Minneapolis in '73 Bid | am happy to say that he has not kept Committee, selling memberships for minus this vow in all matters. 1] cent by giving the new member a 1973penny. While president of MinnSTF he instituted the fine old tradition of having the president 'assasinated'' by the incoming president and our interesting form of Australian Ballot for voting on board members and Minicon Guests of Honor. Scott Imes and several! others claim that while Denny was secretary of MinnSTF, he wrote the ‘ funniest, most interesting minutes of all time, and they wish he would take it up again. (see ''Again, Dangerous ieFil EPR ul PULL MinnSTF Minutes,'' and ''The Last Dangerous MinnSTF Minutes, Rune 43 - oe 75.) He has also run the hucksters' room at several Minicons, Alone roving security, helped out at Worldcons, run the loading dock at Denvention, parties at Plergbcon, and generally made himself useful.

Denny stands above most crowds. This In living with Denny for the past is because he is 6'4" tall, and so it three years, I've learned more about isn't surprising. Other distinguising fannish and SF history than all of the marks are muttonchops whiskers, dark, rest of the years | have spent in heavily framed glasses, and a brimmed fandom, including the time | worked at a cap. science fiction bookstore.

Denny's "Fannish Education", as he Denny's favorite sport is moving calls it, started with his first SF book parties, which is Minneapolis fandom's ever read, which was Heinlein's GREEN favorite warm weather sport, as well. HILLS OF EARTH. He received his first As a book collector, Denny's other fanzine in the mail in 1961, and by 1963 favorite sport (of course a person can had produced a one-shot fanzine called have more than one favorite!) is used FIASCO. book hunting. He makes lists. He makes lists of almost everything: his mail, Denny is co-author (with Susan the books he's read, the books he's Waller) of the fannish musical MIDWEST bought. He takes care of me when !|'m SIDE STORY, and co-compiler of MATURITY, sick. He listens to me and to other a collection of three stories by and a people. He empties the mousetrap and he bibliography about Theodore Sturgeon, holds me when it thunders. Lien, continued on page 16 ca

New Orleans—the homeof Mardi Gras—opensits f heart to the universes of science fiction—and bids for the 1988 world sciencefiction convention— NOLACONII! i)

Thesanaworldcon you love—filled with the traditionaleee ac- \: NOLACONII will hail both New Orleansheritage tivities you have come to expect—wrapped within the : : :: and sciencefiction tradition. A Mardi Gras theme na—hedoe the City will infuse all worldcon activities with the Carnival at Care Forgot— : colors: purple, green and gold. Thetraditional worldcon in New Orleans garb, New Orleans music, : : New Orleans food, New Orleans fun. And when Room—2,929 sleeping roomsalready booked, with NOLACONII takesto thestreets for its own Mardi another 2,000 close at hand—295,000 squarefeet of Gras parade—you'll learn what it means to catch a function space already signed up—roomforthe en- doubloonin New Orleans! tire science fiction community,all within one block in the most amazingcity on any world—New Orleans. Every Mardi Gras parade, every Carnival ball, has a : theme.So will NOLACONII. All fandom owesits ex- The Marriott—1,354 rooms, 67,000 square feet of GC istence to a bandof teenagers in the 1930’s-young space. The Sheraton—1,200 rooms, 54,000 feet of men and womenwith a vision oftomorrow.Welive space. The International—375 rooms, 15,000 feet. in their future—wewill honor their dreams. Dozens of elevators and convenient access to all floors. And at the hub of NOLACONII, The Rivergate Convention Center—159,000 square NOLACONII will have as its theme: homage to feet of space. All within 5 minutes’ stroll in the Cres- First Fandom. cent City—New Orleans.

The founders of s.f.dom will get top treatment at Andat a discount,too! NOLACONII has secured a (A) NOLACON II. Preferred seating—prominent huge percentage break on room prices atall ofits programming—anda special place in the uniquely hotels. Roomscosting $90-$120 now would gofor $55 New Orleans jazz march which will open the con- single, $60 double. By 1988, the price maychange— vention and the Mardi Gras parade which will but the discountwill not! You will pay lessin the city highlight it. First Fandom will follow the band and that knowshowto treat its guests—New Orleans. ride the floats and win moreofthe special recogni- tion it uniquely deserves! Thisis a city of delight—a 24-hour-a-daytown!All day, every day, 365 days a year (366 in 1988)—the But the rest of fandom will find New Orleansa con- taverns, the restaurants, the jazz halls stay open. genial host, too! Film tracks highlightingrarities and NOLACONII will be right on the edge ofthe fabulous retrospectives—video and specialty rooms in every French Quarter, where the party never stops. The hotel—a variety of programmingon every aspect of legal drinking ageis 18. And each of our hotels has the s.f. experience, from the works of Philip K. Dick agreed to keep a food facility open ’round the to the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, from L-5 clock—just for NOLACONII! colonies to feminism to fanzines—NOLACONII has room for all, and will make time for all. The world : ae : : g science fiction convention belongsto all of science Thisis a city of tradition. Riverboatsstill ply Mis- fiction—so will NOLACONII. sissippi waters as they did in the days ofMark Twain. Cruises will tour plantation homes, the mysterious bayous, take you to the fantastic Audubon Zoo, en- NOLACONII—New Orleans in ’88—will be the trance you with moonlightconcerts on the Marvelous greatest worldcon of all. We need your help. Mighty Muddy. Our famous streetcar line celebrated its 150th birthdayin 1985.'Filksong par- ties will clang and sing their way along New We need your membership. Weoffer two basic Orleans’ finest avenues in reservedcars. kinds. 14

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$5.00—the standard pre-supporting fee. A subscrip- tion to The Con They Call the City of New Orleans,our bidzine/progress report, is yours. Once New Orleans wins the ’88 worldcon,should you have a pre-supporting membership and should you have voted—youwill have a full attending membership in NOLACONII. Without the pre-support, you'll pay more.

$100.00 Associate Memberships win prime status at NOLACON II. Preferred seating—banquet tickets—cruise tickets—rides on parade floats—the works! Dealers buying Associate Memberships will havefirst choice of table site in our 95,000 square foot dealers room!

We need your vote. Only members of Confedera- tion, the 1986 worldcon, may help choose the 1988 site. Join Confederation by writing 3277 Roswell Rd., Suite 1986, Atlanta, GA 30305. Watchfor the mail-in ballots—or cast your votes there. /) Frolich —

t We need your work. NOLACONIIwill be a New As A uniquecity—a unique worldcon. The grandest time Orleans convention, guided by New Orleanspeople, you will ever have. motivated by loveof science fiction—andofour city. But nocity can put on a worldconbyitself. We need your questions, your suggestions. . . your help. (2) Catch a Doubloon—New Orleansin ’88!

WOULDN’T YOU RATHER SEE NEW Write. Let us know what you would like to do at ORLEANS? NOLACONII. Be youa former worldcon chairman or the newest kid on the block, we are very anxious to NOLACONII * P.O. Box 8010 * New Orleans, hear from you, both now andafter the bid is won. And LA 70182 * 504/282-0443 *504/821-2362 * we expect to win. Join us. 504/861-2602 15

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He's been to Australia twice. He Veteran Minicon soft-rock band likes watching Twins baseball and pro Paralon Security returns with the ''Head wrestling on TV, beer, Australian fans of the Lizard tour, 1986,'' 10:00 PM and fandom, wombats, reading, and Friday. There will be dancing to dreaming up infamous Halloween costumes. recorded music, with a costume show at 10:00 PM Saturday. Bring costumes and | asked him once what was the most cameras. fun he ever had. He got a dreamy look on his face, and said it was the time In honor of this year's theme, we're back in July of 1965 when he happened on doing an "SF, Morals, and Calories" a find of 650 mint condition pulps at forum, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Saturday. the dizzying price of two for a quarter, Included will be the results of the bad and proceeded to spend his life savings SF writing contest in "It was a Dark and on them. Stormy Knight."

Yup, that's our Denny. Long may he Fred Haskell, local trufan, photographer, read. musician, and raconteur hosts a comfy little be-in sort of thing (rather than his usual multi-media extravaganza.) The Happy Deadwood lives on! "Da Fred IN MEMORIAM Haskell Chat, Tune, and Snapshot Show'',

Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985) Frank Herbert (1920-1986) The effects of the CHALLENGER disaster will be considered in a panel at 6:00 PM Friday evening, and a great former Minicon Guest of Honor, Theodore Sturgeon, will be commemorated at 10:00 Programming Highlights PM Saturday.

GREAT SPIDER ANNUAL SACRED HARP SING

Krushenko's coffeehouse will be open around the clock or those who think that A Sacred Harp sing will take place - anSF-fantasy convention is for talking maybe even more than one. Watch for about SF and fantasy. signs announcing when and where. lf you like unusual 4-part harmony, come Attend the ''Meet the Pros" party, and join us! All fervent Spiderists, Friday, 8:30 PM, and an artists' wayward Arachnoids, and unwilling reception, Friday, 10:00 PM. converts are welcome (religion optional).

Kate Wilhelm, Diane Duane, and Kara Dalkey will give readings from recent All The Cons a came, works. Check programming schedule for And times and places. Kate Wilhelm and oli the Fer auol FemFev Damon Knight will be interviewed (out ee Plagers... loud) at 4:00 PM Saturday. Anne Passovoy will do a filksinging workshop, Saturday, 2:00 PM. Ken Fletcher will do a cartooning workshop, Sunday at Noon. Denny Lien will present "Da Denny Lien Slide and Snide Show'! of pulp SF covers, Saturday from 11:00 AM to Noon in the Great Hall West.

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David Charles Cummer, Co-head of Parties There will be many strange liquids (recruitment) available for you to drink, such as New Blog, Diet Blog, Caffein Free Blog, and of course, CLASSIC Blog. | think we So here | sit, the day after ''Fat have Bheer, too. Tuesday" (which must make this ''Anorexic Wednesday") in front of a rubber squeaky A WORD OF WARNING!!! The State of triceratops with a computer underneath Minnesota has passed some very strict it, while trying to write something laws in regard to alcohol consumption. about the Minicon 21 Con Suite, when | One of them, THE DRAM SHOP ACT, states really should be belly dancing. that if someone gets drunk to the point of endangering themselves and/or others, | hope you appreciate this. is served alcohol, and then goes out and harms themself or someone else, the Anyway, one thing you should know is person who served them that last drink that all of us in the Parties Department is legally responsible. Needless to are here to give you a good time (or at say, we want to be able to have a party least that's what Sue says.) So, come on suite with alcohol next year, so we will up to the Con Suites. We're here on top be taking very good care of you, even if of the hotel with loads of food, pop, that means cutting off your liquor. bheer, bhlog, and a great view of the airport to the east, and the ski jump to Besides, we'd like to have you around the west. (No, the planes do not take next year, OK? off from the ski jump.) Make sure you have your badge on; you won't be able to The Bar hours will be Friday and get in without one. Saturday evenings, from 6:00 PM until...

Now, in order to give you that good A) We run out of bheer. time | promised before, we need help. LOTS of help. In response to numerous B) We run out of volunteers. suggestions (read complaints) we're making an attempt to provide food and C) We run out of patience and want to beverage in both the Smoking and go home to bed. Non-Smoking Con Suites. In order (or in chaos) to do this we need about twice as And now a word about FOOD! There will many volunteers as previously. be doughnuts and bagels (fresh every Volunteers have their choice of Con morning!!) popcorn, gorp (aka Purina Fan Suites to work in. If your favorite Chow) , and fresh vegetables. Sue's also section is closed due to lack of warm planning on instituting fruit this year. bodies, round up as many people as you (A wonderful idea, in my own humble can find, and come and talk to me. opinion!) There won't be any Kosher (1'1ll be the man underneath the green munchies this year, however, since and pink flamingo cap.) Or you could somebody screwed up and scheduled talk to the other Parties Department Passover wrong. Heads. (They'll be the ones crying in the bar.) Come on and be a bartender, a So we hope you spend lots of time sub-head, a twinkie, or whatever. We'll] here at the Con Suite, meet lottsa gneat love you 'til death (or the Dead Dog people, and have lots of fun. That's Party) do us part. what we're here for, after all. (Lord knows, its not the money!) 18 Schedule of Events Friday

Noon: Krushenko’s opens (Atrium III). 10:00-11:00 pm Krushenko’s. SF/Fantasy coffee-house: open Panel: The Old Religion in Fantasy continuously until 10:00 pm Literature. Susan Leigh Scott, Sunday. moderator; Diane Duane, P.C. Hodgell, Patricia C. Wrede, Emma Bull, Susan pm Great Hall West. Henry. Panel: Fannish Non-Fan Cultures. Tom Digby: Moderator; Terry A. Garey, 11:O00-Midnight Krushenko’s. Elise Krueger, Jonathan Pinkerton, Discussion: Marion Zimmer Bradiey’s Matthew B. Tepper. Free Amazons. Elise Krueger, Tess Kolney, moderators. 700 pm Plaza Room. Juggling Workshop. Herman Schouten, Midnight-1:00 am Great Hall East A. Tnstructor. Belly Dancing. David Cummer, Val Lies, Sue Grandys, Karen Schaffer. 00 pm Great Hall West. Panel: SF-The Next Wave. Eric Heideman, Moderator; William F. Wu, Eleanor Arnason, writers: John W. Taylor, South Dakota University; Greg Ketter, Dreamhaven Bookstore. The State of the Art, 1986-.

:00 pm Plaza Room. Slideshow of Bluejay Book covers. James Frenkel, Bluejay Books.

:00 pm Krushenko’s. Workshop: Daughter of Psychological Survival for SF Writers. Eleanor Arnason, moderator.

:00 pm Great Hal} Center. Discussion: “Why did you smash my camera?" Bob Passovoy, moderator. erry A. Garey. Why the art show has security rules.

00 pm Great Hall Center. Discussion: Copyright Law. Robert Ihinger, Dave Wixon.

:00 pm Krushenko’s. Panel: How Does the CHALLENGER Disaster Affect NASA’s Future? Rick Gellman, moderator; Joan Verba, Curtis Hoffman, Luke McGuff, Neil Rest, Sally Morem, Kathy Ahlers.

:20 pm Great Hall West. Opening Ceremonies. Diane Duane, Toastmaster, Various notables. Radio show: Generic Movies.

8:30-9 :00 pm Great Hall East A. Photo session: The Legion of Super Davids. David S. Cargo, Head David.

8:30-10:00 pm Krushenko’s. Meet the Pro’s Party.

9:00 pm-3:00 am Great Hall West. Friday Films. (See Film schedule. ) 10:00-Midnight Great Hall Center. Reception: Meet the Artists. Erin McKee, coordinator. | CaReruL, NE 10:00-Midnight Plaza Room. Paralon Security Concert. PLAYS FOR.BLOOD Soft-rock band presents "The Head of the Lizard Tour, 1986." Michael Morley, Scott McInroy, Mark Morley, Brad Moe. 19 Saturday Schedule

8:30-9:30 am Great Hall West. Panel: How Not to be Seen. - 2:00 pm Great Hall Discussion: 10:00-11:00 am Krushenko’s. Fiction Art Diane Duane Reads (Out Loud). Erin McKee,

10:00-11:00 am Plaza Room. - 2:00 pm Great Hall Meeting: Christian Fandom. Panel: Stuf Marty Helgeson, moderator. Fandom. Ge B.Y.0.S.A. 11:00am-4 :O0O0 pm Great Hall West. FORUM: SF, Morals, and Calories. :00 - 2:00 pm Plaza Room. Presentatio Volume Thret 11:00am Panel: Skiffy - Not Just for a Breakfast Anymore. £30) - 2:30 pm Great Hall | Marianne D. Hageman, moderator; Society for! Alex Eisenstein, Gerri Balter, Mike Arts Demons? Dorn, Glen C. Cook. If "the GoTtTden Age of SF is 12," why do we still :00 - 3:00 pm Great Hall ¢ read it? Air-Brush De Steve Fastne Noon- Panel: SF - Not Just Immoral and Fattening. :00 - 3:00 pm Great Hall E Polly Peterson, moderator; Arsen Panel: The L Darnay, Rob Chilson, William F. Wu, the Acceptan John C. Rezmerski, Paul Kirst. moderator; T Is SF nutritious-- or Junk Food of James Frenke the Gods? C. Wrede, wr

1:00- Panel: It Was a Dark and Stormy Knight. :00 - 3:00 pm Plaza Room. John C. Rezmerski, moderator; Damon Filksinging Knight, Denny Lien, Tom Digby, John Ann Passovoy W. Taylor. Is bas SF a sin? Damon picks the best of the worst! :00 - 3:00 pm Great Hall Ei Panel: Men 2:00- Panel: Science Fiction and Mrs. Brown, Steven Brust Marianne D. Hageman, moderator; Kate Will Shetter Wilhelm, P.C. Hodgell, Phyllis Eisenstein, Eleanor Arnason. How does SF treat ordinary people? 100 - 4:00 pm Great Hall E¢ L-5 Society } 3:00- Panel: Fat, Feminism, and Fandom. Image: Scienc Gerri Balter, moderator; Terry A. Garey, Tess Kolney, Gerry Wassenaar. :00 - 4:00 pm Krushenko’s. Discussion: Len Wein, DC 11:00am - Noon Great Hall East B. M. Heideman, Roundtable: Fanzines - Not-for-Profit Scott, Ed Eas Publishing or Esoteric Art-form? Ken Fletcher, immoderator. :30 - 4:30 pm Plaza Room. Belly Dancing 11:00am - Noon Great Hall Foyer. David Cummer, Autograph Session: Kate Wilhelm, Karen Schaffe Damon Knight, P.C. Hodgell. :00 - 5:30 pm Great Hall We 11:00am - Noon Plaza Room. ; Damon Knight interviewed ( Presentation: "You Want What by Who from Where?" Making sure your sma Eric M. Heide tt press book can be located. James Carroll, Kansas State Library. :00 - 7:00 pm Great Hall E The U.S.S. Np Noon - 1 :00 pm Great Hall East A. Arthur Johns Panel: Mysteries and SF. Lee Reynolds, moderator; Al Kuhfeld, :00 - 7:00 pm Plaza Room. Mary Kuhfeld, Matthew B. Tepper. Massage Semin: avid E. Romm Noon - 1 :00 pm Great Hall East B. Panel: The Art Auction as Theater. :30 - 6:30 pm Great Hall Eas Bob Passovoy, moderator; Anne Passovoy, Panel: What 1 Bill Roper, E. Michael Blake. Characters Rur Kara Dalkey, n Noon - 1: ©O pm Great Hall Foyer. P.C. Hodgell, Autograph Session: Diane Duane, Steven Brust. M.A.R. Barker, Glen C. Cook. :00 - 7:00 pm Krushenko‘s. Noon - 14 :00 pm Plaza Room. Discussion: T ‘Da Fred Haskell Chat, Tune, and Fiction Snapshot Show." Sally Morem, m Eisenstein, Al we’ll go to Ma 20

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7:00 - 8:00 pm Krushenko’s. Center. Minnesota Imaginative Fiction

A Guide to Buying Science Writer’s Alliance Meeting: t Writers’ Organizations. , moderator; Greg Ketter. 12 OO 5 Bo 36 “pm Great: Hal ewes: Fast os. Concert: "Tales of Other Worlds." fFfed Animals: The Neglected James Alan, songwriter/singer. 2rri Balter, Herman Schouten. 8:00 - 9:00 pm Krushenko’s. Panel: SF/Fantasy Poetry. Terry A. Garey, moderator; Ruth a; A Minn-Stf Family Album, 28. David Dyer-Bennet. Berman, Tom Digby, Tess Kolney.

fjast B. 8:30 - 11:00 pm Great Halli East A. ““Creative Anachronism Martial Art Auction. stration, Erin McKee, coordinator.

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Schedule of Events Sunday

11:00am - Noon Great Hall West. "Da Denny Lien Slide and Snide Show. "

11:00am - Noon Great Hall East A. Workshop: How To Huckster. Elise Krueger, moderator.

11:00am - Noon Krushenko’s. Panel: "Liavek," Dave Lenander, moderator; Wil] Shetterly, Emma Bull, John M. Ford, Kara Dalkey, Steven Brust, -Patricia C. Wrede, Pamela Dean, Terri Windling? Nate Bucklin? Writers and editors discuss the making of a shared world.

Noon - 1:00 pm Great Hal) East A. Panel: Worlds into Books II. Jeff Berry, moderator; .C. Hodgell, Steven Brust, Patricia C. Wrede, M.A.R. Barker, Glen C. Cook.

Noon - 1:00 pm Great Hall Center. Round Table: Cartooning: Not-for- Profit Publishing or Esoteric Art- Form? Ken Fletcher, immoderator.

Noon - 1:00 pm Great Hall Foyer. Autograph Session: John M. Ford, Rob Chilson.

Noon - 1:00 pm Krushenko’s. Rivendell Group/Second Foundation Meeting: "Tales of Inner Space: he Fiction of Kate Wilhelm." Dave Lenander, Eric M. Heideman, moderators.

1:00 - 2:00 pm Great Hall West. Presentation: Computer Special Effects - The Leading Edge. Gordon Garb, Digital Productions. The State of the Art in computer animation.

1:00 - 2:00 pm Great Hall Foyer. Autograph Session: Kara Dalkey, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust.

1:00 - 2:00 pm Krushenko’s. Kate Wilhelm reads from THE HILLS ARE DAN :

2:00 - 3:00 pm Great Hall West. A Panel for Everybody Who Showed Up _at the Last Minute Wanting To Be on a Panel. Susan Leigh Scott, moderator.

2:00 - 3:30 pm Krushenko’s. second Foundation/Rivendell Grou Meeting: "Forward, Then Sideways: The Fiction of Damon Knight." Eric M. Heideman, Dave Lenander, moderators.

853025? Great Hall West. Closing Ceremonies.

After Closing Ceremonies: Great Hall West. Old-Tyme Movie Cereals. 22 OF ALL THE PLACES YOU COULD BE NOW,

less than 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of them are here on planet Earth.

L5 Minnesota would like you to visit some of the other 99.999999999999999999999999999 999999999999999999999999999%. You might not be able to go right now, but you CAN do the next best thing:

Sounds pretty tempting, doesn’t it?

L5 Minnesota (the Minnesota Society for Space Development) is an organization for perfectly ordinary (well, some of us are fairly ordinary...nobody’s perfect), morally upright (well, most of the time) people who believe that ENORMOUS habitats’ in Space, costing TRILLIONS of dollars, can be built without increasing the deficit, taxes, or inflation. (Just close loopholes, eliminate unnecessary government bureaus such as the Department of Defense, and consolodate redundant offices such as the White House and the Kremlin)

JSR 1966 a3 ‘erwingferOresthe iteso nishMonths”Communi“J GAMING AND GAME RELATED PROGRAMMING

FRIDAY, SATURDAY, and SUNDAY

Tekumel gaming in the Tekumel] Games Suite in the pool area: role playing with Professor M.A.R. Barker. itis FASA Games (Star Trek, Battledroids, Dr. Who) in the pool area: FASA staff OUR BROAD RANGE OF EXPERT SERVICES INCLUDES: will be on hand.

Other games will be posted at the .. Advice to the lovelorn registration area: see the message and forlorn board. .. Baaad ideas .. Career counseling .“. Cold & warm storage SATURDAY .. Crash space “. Creative financial planning An {lluminati Tournament: Saturday, .. Culinary instruction & beginning 11:00 AM in the game room. criticism Tekumel miniatures: morning and .. Editing afternoon sessions. Tekumel Games .. Faanish history & cultural suite. consultations .. Graphic design Costumed Tekumel reception at the .. Household relocation Tekumel Games suite: 7:00 PM, for . Housesitting the Lt. Governor of the City of .“. Interpersonal counseling Hekellu. . Library research & reference THROUGHOUT THE ARTSHOW HOURS: services .. Mpls. in '73 memberships Display of Tekumel art and artifacts, .. Obscure connections-—-people, covering the forty years of Tekumel places, things, ideas campaigns. .. Parties .. Photography Also, tours will be given of the .“. Readers advisory model of the Temple of Vimuhla, .. Real estate consultations built by Prof. Barker. .. Tailoring & fashion design .. Trip planning 800000000006 (We also feed cats)

TALES OF THE UNANTICIPATED -WATCH FOR NOT-A-D-CON A Magazine of MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND the Minnesota Science Fiction Society ‘WE SUPPORT MINNEAPOLIS is seeking *Fiction*Poetry*Cartoons* Deadline: June 1, 1986! FOR CORFLUIN ’89 Before submitting material, cal] Eric M. Heideman (612) 825-9353 or send a self-addressed

stamped envelope to: —/ P.0. Box 8036 Lake Street Station Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408 for detailed guidelines. oSxapDiss Op Tio Lim,

2H (team (‘seams PEE mM § by Herman Schouten BARBARELLA Queen of the Galaxy FRIDAY, MARCH 28 Midnight Immoral movie favorite. 9:00 PM to 3:00 AM Based on a popular French comic strip about sexy 41st century space 9:00 Cartoon (6 min) adventuress. Before Jane Fonda's 9:05 BATMAN, Ep. 1 (20 min) workout tapes there was: Barbarella. 9:27 BATMAN, Ep. 2 (18 min) 9:46 BATMAN, Ep. 3 (18 min) Time: Friday Evening - 10:05 pm. 10:05 Barbarella (98 min) 11:43 BATMAN, Ep. 4& (18 min) 12:02 BATMAN, Ep. 5 (18 min) 12:20 BATMAN, Ep. 6 (18 min) THE COURT JESTER 12:38 Cartoon (6 min) 12:44 The Court Jester (101 min) Remember ''the pellet with the poison's 2:26 BATMAN, Ep. 7 (18 min) in the vessel with the pestle, while 2:44 BATMAN, Ep. 8 (18 min) the flagon with the dragon holds the brew that is true.'' And Danny Kaye finds himself the world's greatest SATURDAY, MARCH 29 swordsman as well as: The Court Jester.

9:00 PM to 3:00 AM Time: Late Friday Night - 12:44 AM Sat.

9:00 Cartoon (6 min) 9:06 BATMAN, Ep. 9 (18 min) THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BONZAI! 9:24 BATMAN, Ep. 10. (18 min) Across the 8th Dimension. 9:42 BATMAN, Ep. 11. (18 min) 10:00 The Adventures of Buckaroo Beings from another dimension have Bonzai _ (100 min) invaded your world. You can't see 11:40 Cartoon (6 min) them...but they can see you. Your 11:46 BATMAN, Ep. 12 (18 min) only hope is the leader of a rock 12:04 BATMAN, Ep. 13. (18 min) band called the Hongkong Cavaliers. 12:23 BATMAN, Ep. 14 (18 min) And his name is: Buckaroo Bonzai. 12:40 Forbidden Planet (98 min) 2:18 BATMAN, Ep. 15 (18 min) Time: Saturday Evening - 10:00 PM. 2:36 (if requested) The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai (100 min) FORBIDDEN PLANET SF's version of Shakespeare's ''The SUNDAY, MARCH 30 Tempest.'' Before Carrie Fisher and R2D2, there was Anne Francis and After closing ceremonies (about 4:00 pm) Robby the Robot to deal with Dr. Morbius' monsters from the id. Old tyme movie cereals: BATMAN, Ep. 1 - 15 for those Time: Late Saturday Night - who missed an episode or three. 12:40 AM Sun.

BATMAN - the 15-part serial.

Adam West hasn't been the only man to don the caped cowl. Come see Batman battle diabolical enemies, electric brains, autos that vanish, and robot- like zombies. You think I'm making this up? Come and see for yourself. We will run 8 episodes Friday night, 7] episodes Saturday night, and all 15 episodes Sunday afternoon, after closing ceremonies.

BENDA TANGLE 33 ES A Worldcon unlike any other $20 Pre-supporting 43 Pre-opposing For all the facts and membership information, please write: Bermuda Triangle in ‘88 P.O. Box 268526 Chicago, IL 60626 Make checks payable in US. $ to Bermuda Triangle in ‘88 Ann Passovoy

by Dave Wixon

| have it on pretty good authority personality flaw: her two favorite foods that this is Ann Passovoy's seventh GoH seem to be chocolate and garlic (a fact appearance; but | don't vouch for that, that gives me the creeps as | wait for because | long ago gave up the notion of her to somehow combine the two flavors trying to keep statistics about her. | in a brownie). mean, why should | do all the work for whoever she appoints her official Passovoys live in Chicago, ina biographer? profusion of people and cats - if that's not redundant - that includes about it is a matter of public record, three children. (1 told you | wouldn't though, that Ann is married to Doctor keep statistics for you!) Despite Bob, who can himself be found if you those, a job as a technical writer, and simply look for the most evil-looking extensive gardening activities, Ann Klingon-type about. (You can tell both nas become one of the best-known and Passovoys are Klingons when they have most popular filk-singers in all of pointed ears and iridescent-blue fandom. She is renowned for songs like jackets, but Ann is much prettier; the "A Captain Is A Father To His Crew," other drag they both appear in now and "Harbours," ''Juan-Henry," "Lullaby," again is the uniform of the Dorsai "Vandy Vandy" - and many others. Listen Irregulars - and if you don't recognize to her sing them, and you'll hear how the reference, shame!) well she can bring you any emotion she feels herself. (If you're feeling The lady is slim, blonde - and | both brave and outrageous, ask to hear suppose she's considered good-looking, "The Chicken Song.'' She won't want to objectively speaking; it's just that do it, but egg her ona bit...) people fortunate enough to be smiled at by her can no longer be objective about It happens that my own absolute it... And since she smiles a lot, there favorite filk-song is "Mary O'Meara," as are droves of us who feel she's performed by the sweet and clear voice beautiful. (This fits very well with of Ann Passovoy. This alone could make her major personality trait: she's her never-forgotten, and it's true that perfectly able to "nice" people to death she sang it first at a long-ago Minicon. - this she does so well that the victim lf she'll sing it for us this con, you invariably thanks her for it.) may find yourself near tears; | come pretty damn close every time. She is also smart, strong, and Well-come, Ann. willful; this in turn leads to her major

g Ca Koom Sucharitkul GTepper Music 47 Diane Duane by Pamela Dean

It's customary for the person writing | was thinking then of the more the Program Book essay about the serious qualities of her work. (She is toastmaster to be acquainted with said not yet, not quite, a candidate for Toastmaster. Nobody around here knows having her feet kissed; just give her a Diane Duane, which defect we are hoping few years.) | think now of the to remedy. Her invitation to act as purposeful and lunatic wit that could Toastmaster, and this essay, are blandly send the Recreation Officer of therefore examples of her capacity for the ENTERPRISE off to find a sonic action at a distance: an appropriate screwdriver; that could slip her own skill for a Toastmaster, who may not agent's name into a list of people about WiSHh= tO°REE the obs treperous®= over =the to embark on a necessary but probably head and may be too far away to kick suicidal mission; that could insert, them under the table. into a book dealing with matters of desparate seriousness, a talking white shark namec Ed; that could create a | was introduced to Diane Duane, child whose response to the information briefly, in the aftermath of a Meet the that her sister is a wizard is, "You DID Pros party that had combined a large go to the Moon! And you didn't take ME! collection of people whose feet you felt |'M GONNA KILL YOU!" you should be kissing with a good loud band and a masquerade. | was wilted. Diane Duane was still energetic. She She can do it in person, too. | saw looked at me with a mild perplexity, her on a panel, about book covers, that because | was looking at her with my began well but floundered, probably out mouth open. I! was doing so because here of a combination of fear, courtesy, and was the author of THE DOOR INTO FIRE and prudence, for lack of horrific examples. THE DOOR INTO SHADOW, two Diane Duane suddenly came up with a beautifully-written and unconventional hilarious description of the cover on fantasy novels; of SO YOU WANT TO BE A the British edition of her first novel, WIZARD and DEEP WIZARDRY, two charming a description complete with a parallel and moving young-adult novels that structure and a reasonable explanation combine new elements with the standard of why each element of the cover was children's fantasy in a most irretrievably wrong. | have bought that satisfactory manner; and, in a genre British edition just to remind myself of that has committed just about every the occasion. Diane Duane can deal with literary, linguistic, and logical folly any toast we may choose to give her, but known to mankind, of two very fine ''Star especially with the rye kind. Trek! novels.

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December 1985 *« 256 pages $2.95 * 0-812-53552-9 While she still edits two books a month for Ace Books, she is a co-founder Terri Windling of the recently formed Armadillo Press, a book-packaging operation whose presence will, | tell you now, soon be noticed in the world of publishing. She TOO FEW WORDS ABOUT TERRI WINDLING loves champagne and progressive contemporary music. She will tell you by Will Shetterly she has no sense of humor, but this is only because she has a very good sense of humor and doesn't want to hurt your Terri Windling deserves a better feelings. She is a very private person write-up than | can give her. Terri - she'll be embarrassed by all of this, Windling deserves a better write-up than SO you mustn't embarrass her further by anyone can give her, so ! might as well revealing that you learned anything from say too little, too baldly. me. But if you are at al! interested in the possibilities inherent in fantasy, As far as Minneapolis is concerned, seek out one of her anthologies. Terri Terri Windling is all Pat Wrede's fault. Windling loves the genre and she thinks Pat sold her first novel to Terri, and about it; her love and her intelligence Pat's in a writing group which consists are evident in her selections. of Pat, Steve Brust, Nate Bucklin, Kara RIKKKKKKKRKHKRHKHKH Dalkey, Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, and *xahem* me. So Steve was the second to finish a novel, and he followed Pat's example. Terri bought it. Shortly John M. Ford after that, Steve, his wife, Reen, Emma, and | decided to go to the east coast. THE FILE ON JOHN M. FORD The trip had been taxing, New York was strange, and we were all] about to by Emma Bul] meet a Real Editor. What would she be? A preppy princess in a designer dress? A young exec in a dress-for-success Yes, | really do have a file on John suit? A self-styled intellectual in M. Ford. It's in an ordinary manily jeans and a sweater, a romantic in file folder. | started it with two Danskin and skirt, a free-spirit ina perposterous pieces of satirical humor peasant dress? by the fellow in question. But it's gotten out of hand. You can't just Terri shows up. Her hair's a mane collect funny Ford. You can't even the color of dandelions just before the limit yourself to fictional Ford, or wind scatters them, and she's dressed in even prose Ford. And you sure can't black leather. We think maybe she's keep the whole collection in a damn file okay. folder. It's scattered around the house, in appropriate places. The Oh, all right. You'll have to ask novels are on the library shelves - Web the rest what they thought. | fell in of Angels, Princes of the Air, The love. Dragon Waiting, (a World Fantasy Award winner), and The Final Reflection. Terri began her career in publishing (There are some things under a couple of as an editorial assistant at Ace Books, pseudonyms too, but |'1ll let you sweat.) was quickly promoted and for several His short fiction is the reason why we've got back issues of Isaac Asimov's, years was their only fantasy editor. Analog, Omni, and Amazing on the book With Mark Alan Arnold, she edited the shelves - not our usual practice. three Elsewhere anthologies (the first volume won the World Fantasy Award in 1982.) She also edited Faery! and the The role playing games are on the shelves, too. "The Sherwood Syndrome'! forthcoming Borderlands books. She is a and ''Free Enterprise'' are part of the talented artist; the illustrations in recently-released set of Star Trek Elsewhere are her work. Last year, she solitaire games; ''The Yellow-clearance was a judge for the World Fantasy Black-Box Blues'' is a module for Awards. Paranoia. The two cassettes with the synthesizer improvs and compositions-in-progress are over by the cassette deck, of course. So what's in the file folder? 30 All the other things. The poetry and The house explains a lot about Pat's the song lyrics. The comic book scripts writing, which is dense and full of and outlines, and marvelous letters, detail. Often the detail is as with the most amazing return addresses: IG incongruous as a toilet paper holder on a Victorian cabinet. Like the house,

"Caligari Institute of Hypnotherapy, F Staff Lounge (NO SLEEPING THIS AREA) ." her writing is full of history, and

"FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF TIME TRAVEL, IC humor, and a certain amount of horror. Penalty For Private Use the 12th There is more horror in her writing than Century.'' AF in Oshkosh, which ought to reassure

people from Wisconsin. Though | sense IG His middle name is NOT Michael, but in her blood and gore the influence of friends still call him "Mike." He is AE Midwestern Methodism - there is a lot of dengerously close to turning 29 even as blood in Methodist hymns - and of the you read this. He lives in IG dark side of life in Middle America. Philadelphia, in an apartment with a How many people out there remember Ed bathroom the size of some people's Gein? studios. He has a shocking addiction to ICSF late-night TV and a mania for model What else is there to say? Pat is a railroading. He listens to Bryan Ferry nice lady, and a good writer, a tad bit shy, but very worth talking to. Look and Brian Eno and Dire Straits, among DOA others. He collects TWA Frequent Flyer her up at a convention. mileage the way | collect - well, Fordiana. He is, for my money, one of the best writers in the whole wide world. Phyllis Eisenstein Anything else you want to know, you'd by Scott Imes better ask him. Then come and tell me - I've started another folder. Long time Minicon attendees will KEKEKEKKKKKKKKKK KK probably recognize Phyllis Eisenstein from some spirited discussions about mythology, anthropology, or history, PC. Hodgell which started around 2:00 AM, and went onuntil late. Others may recognize Phyllis Eisenstein from her novels: by Eleanor Arnason Born To Exile, Sorceror's Son, Shadow

of Earth, and In The Hands of Glory, or from short fiction appearing in P.C.Hodgel!l lives in the family house Science Fiction periodicals and in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The house is ant hologies. large, and old, and crammed ful! of

DEAE objects accumulated by previous Eisenstein's themes vary from generations of Hodgells. Half of the BE adventure fantasy through contemporary front parlor is occupied by a issues; her light style avoids the easy rectangular rosewood piano which was IG given to her great-aunt-the-doctor by a formulae, and prompts the quick smile grateful patient. The piano no longer 6 that comes to the reader finishing one works, but it certainly looks of her 0. Henry-type short stories. impressive. Upstairs in the bathroom is an elaborately carved Victorian cabinet APIS At ease with both the typewriter and that has to be seven feet tall. There

DE the guitar, Phyllis contributes a special is a toilet paper holder screwed on one spark to late night filksinging. end (the end closest to the toilet, of Involved in the Science Fiction subculture course.) In the dining room is a framed letter of condolence from FDR, on the for more than two decades, Phyllis helps death of an uncle in World War ||. The with both regional and world Science

WEISS uncle survived pneumonia, and falling Fiction conventions, and is a fan off a troop ship in the middle of the frequently seen at a wide variety of Pacific. He made it back to the United Chicago Fan activities. States, where he dropped a loaded rifle while on parade, and shot himself to Phyllis lives with her husband, and death. somet imes collaborator, Alex; they live in the Chicago area, alt hough we've tried for years to convince them to move to Minneapolis. 3]

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