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(C) 1978 by Random House, Inc. Introduction: "The Dean of Science
A Del Rey Book - Published by Ballantine Books Copyright (c) 1978 by Random House, Inc. Introduction: "The Dean of Science Fiction" Copyright (c) 1978 by J. J. Pierce All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Ballantine Books of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, Canada. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 78-52210 ISBN 0-345-25800-2 Manufactured in the United States of America First Edition: April 1978 Cover art by H. R. Van Dongen ACKNOWLEDGMENTS "Sidewise in Time," copyright (c) 1934 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., for Astounding Stories, June 1934. "Proxima Centauri," co~yright (c) 1935 by Street & Smith Pub.. lications, Inc., for Astounding Stories, March 1935. - "The Fourth-dimensional Demonstrator," copyright (c) 1935 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., for Astounding Stories, December 1935. "First Contact," copyright (c) 1945 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., for Astounding Science Fiction, May 1945. "The Ethical Equations," copyright (c) 1945 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., for Astounding Science Fiction, June 1945. "Pipeline to Pluto," copyright (c) 1945 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., for Astounding Science Fiction, August 1945. "The Power," copyright (c) 1945 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., for Astounding Science Fiction, September 1945. "A Logic Named Joe," copyright (c) 1946 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., for Astounding Science Fiction, March 1946. "Symbiosis," copyright (c) 1947 for Collier's Magazine, January 1947. "The Strange Case of John Kingman," copyright (c) 1948 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., for Astounding Science Fiction, May 1948. -
To Sunday 31St August 2003
The World Science Fiction Society Minutes of the Business Meeting at Torcon 3 th Friday 29 to Sunday 31st August 2003 Introduction………………………………………………………………….… 3 Preliminary Business Meeting, Friday……………………………………… 4 Main Business Meeting, Saturday…………………………………………… 11 Main Business Meeting, Sunday……………………………………………… 16 Preliminary Business Meeting Agenda, Friday………………………………. 21 Report of the WSFS Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee 27 FOLLE Report 33 LA con III Financial Report 48 LoneStarCon II Financial Report 50 BucConeer Financial Report 51 Chicon 2000 Financial Report 52 The Millennium Philcon Financial Report 53 ConJosé Financial Report 54 Torcon 3 Financial Report 59 Noreascon 4 Financial Report 62 Interaction Financial Report 63 WSFS Business Meeting Procedures 65 Main Business Meeting Agenda, Saturday…………………………………...... 69 Report of the Mark Protection Committee 73 ConAdian Financial Report 77 Aussiecon Three Financial Report 78 Main Business Meeting Agenda, Sunday………………………….................... 79 Time Travel Worldcon Report………………………………………………… 81 Response to the Time Travel Worldcon Report, from the 1939 World Science Fiction Convention…………………………… 82 WSFS Constitution, with amendments ratified at Torcon 3……...……………. 83 Standing Rules ……………………………………………………………….. 96 Proposed Agenda for Noreascon 4, including Business Passed On from Torcon 3…….……………………………………… 100 Site Selection Report………………………………………………………… 106 Attendance List ………………………………………………………………. 109 Resolutions and Rulings of Continuing Effect………………………………… 111 Mark Protection Committee Members………………………………………… 121 Introduction All three meetings were held in the Ontario Room of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. The head table officers were: Chair: Kevin Standlee Deputy Chair / P.O: Donald Eastlake III Secretary: Pat McMurray Timekeeper: Clint Budd Tech Support: William J Keaton, Glenn Glazer [Secretary: The debates in these minutes are not word for word accurate, but every attempt has been made to represent the sense of the arguments made. -
Fanscient 17
FIRST ISSUE SEPTEMBER _____ 1947 FAHSCIEHT ^?RTLAND __ The FANSCIFNT In each issue, your editor will sound off here on whatever occurs to him. Tho at the front of the booK, it’s actually the last thins written. First of all,I’d like to take this opportunity to thunk A. E. van Vogt for bus wholehearted co-opera tion in providing the material which appears here. Thanks also to all who gave material, cash and time, As I write, it’s all stencilled, The Fhilcm Mem ory Book Edition is done and when 5 more pages are mimeoed we’ll be thru(except for stapling, folding, wrapping and addressing)(How did I get into rhis?) To make the Philcon Book, we had to get this out a good month before we intended. As a result, we hud to do 4 months work in 1. 'Corking in this for mat was all new to us and all the details had to be thrashed cut. On the whole, we're pretty well sat isfied dvr a first issue. VA hope you are too. On locking over this is"ue,I find we haven’t said much about The PORTLAND SClENCE-FANTASY SOCIETY. Our News Bulletin is mostly about the club, but I guess we’re entitled to a bit cf a brag about the newest' but ere of the most active major fan clubs the country. We haven’t got authors or prominent fen but there’s plenty you’ll get to know. Ralph Rayburn Phillips' work in several fanzines has al ready made ham well known (see Back Cover). -
Program Book
GREETINGS to The 2 1st WO RETD SCIENCE E I C T I O KT C CONVENTION Th.e 2 1st 'WOFiLTD SCIENCE FICTION C ONVENTION VPtz shinqton, <DC 31 August 1 September 1 q e 3 2 September 'y am Cammittee: CRAFTY CHAIRMAN .................................... George Scithers TACHYLEGIC TREASURER ....................................... Bill Evans DESPOTIC DIPLOMAT .......................................... Bob Pavlat EXTEMPORANIZING EDITOR .................................... Dick Eney FLAMBOYANT FOLIATOR .................................... Chick Derry RECRUDESCENT RELIC ....................................... Joe Sarno MEMORIALIST of MISDEEDS.................................... Bob Madle TARTAREAN TABULIST .................................... Bill Osten PUBLICISTEAN PHOTOGRAPHIST .............................. Tom Haughey _A.n Appreciation of Murray £ein$ter It was in the year 1919 or '20, when I was fifteen and every fine fantasy story I read was an electric experience, that I read "The Mad Planet". It was a terrific nightmare vision and instantly I added the name of Murray Leinster to the list that already held A. Merritt, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and a few others. I have been reading and admiring his stories ever since, and I hope they go on forever. Mr. Leinster is a professional, in the finest sense of the word, meaning that he has the skills of his profession at his fingertips. And his profession is that of a master story-teller. His stories take hold of you from the first page and build with a sheer craftmanship and econ omy of effort that are the envy and despair of anyone who has ever tried to do the same thing. In science-fiction, imagination is even more important than writ ing skill, and the boldness of his imaginative concepts is one big rea son why Murray Leinster’s name has been up there in the bright lights for so long. -
Forte JA T 2010.Pdf (404.2Kb)
“We Werenʼt Kidding” • Prediction as Ideology in American Pulp Science Fiction, 1938-1949 By Joseph A. Forte Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts In History Robert P. Stephens (chair) Marian B. Mollin Amy Nelson Matthew H. Wisnioski May 03, 2010 Blacksburg, VA Keywords: Astounding Science-Fiction, John W. Campbell, Jr., sci-fi, science fiction, pulp magazines, culture, ideology, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, A. E. van Vogt, American exceptionalism, capitalism, 1939 Worldʼs Fair, Cold War © 2010 Joseph A. Forte “We Werenʼt Kidding” Prediction as Ideology in American Pulp Science Fiction, 1938-1949 Joseph A. Forte ABSTRACT In 1971, Isaac Asimov observed in humanity, “a science-important society.” For this he credited the man who had been his editor in the 1940s during the period known as the “golden age” of American science fiction, John W. Campbell, Jr. Campbell was editor of Astounding Science-Fiction, the magazine that launched both Asimovʼs career and the golden age, from 1938 until his death in 1971. Campbell and his authors set the foundation for the modern sci-fi, cementing genre distinction by the application of plausible technological speculation. Campbell assumed the “science-important society” that Asimov found thirty years later, attributing sci-fi ascendance during the golden age a particular compatibility with that cultural context. On another level, sci-fiʼs compatibility with “science-important” tendencies during the first half of the twentieth-century betrayed a deeper agreement with the social structures that fueled those tendencies and reflected an explication of modernity on capitalist terms. -
PROGRESS REPORT FIVE 1 Travel Information Directions for US 395 from the North
PROGRESS REPORT FIVE 1 Travel Information dire6tions 1or 7S 395 1ro( the North. Facility Locations & Phone Numbers "S $%& from the North Atlantis: Ta/e e0it &. 1or 8oana 9ane, turning right onto 8oana 3800 S. Virginia St. Reno, NV 8950 9ane. To go to the Peppermill, turn right onto Virginia ! "800# $ 3%&500 Street. For the other 1a6ilities, turn le1t. "S $%& from the South Peppermill 707 S. Virginia St. Reno, NV 8950 Virginia Street is 7S 395 :*siness. A1ter +ou ha-e ! "775) 8 &% ! ! passed through )arson )it+, when 7S 395 and 7S 395 :usiness split, si('l+ re(ain on 7S 395 :usiness. )ourt+ard: &855 S. Virginia St. Reno, NV 8951! Arriving by Air ! "775) 851%8300 The Reno terminal is -ery eas+ to *se. E-en (ore )onvention )enter *se1*ll+ 1or inco(ing 1ans, the airport is -er+ 6entrall+ .590 S. Virginia St. Reno, NV 8950 lo6ated, 3ust a 6ouple o1 (iles 1ro( the 6onvention 6enter and our 6hosen hotels. FREE airport shuttles run e-ery 30 (inutes to the Peppermill and the Driving Directions Atlantis, wit2 a tra-el ti(e o1 under !0 (inutes. Reno% I-80 from the est Sparks )ab 6an pro-ide rides to the )ourt+ard 1or Ta/e e0it !3 o11 o1 I%80, turning right onto Virginia around ;! , and 6an 5e rea6hed at "775#333%3333. Street. A1ter 3*st under three (iles, the Peppermill To orldcon by Train will be on the right. A 1ew blo6ks later, the Atlantis and <e-in Standlee 6on-ention 6enter will be on the le1t, 1ollo4ed a bit Reno "station 6ode RNO# is on the A(tra/ past 7S 395 5+ the )ourt+ard, on the right. -
Fine Books in All Fields
Sale 480 Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:00 AM Fine Literature – Fine Books in All Fields Auction Preview Tuesday May 22, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Wednesday, May 23, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Thursday, May 24, 9:00 am to 11:00 am Other showings by appointment 133 Kearny Street 4th Floor:San Francisco, CA 94108 phone: 415.989.2665 toll free: 1.866.999.7224 fax: 415.989.1664 [email protected]:www.pbagalleries.com REAL-TIME BIDDING AVAILABLE PBA Galleries features Real-Time Bidding for its live auctions. This feature allows Internet Users to bid on items instantaneously, as though they were in the room with the auctioneer. If it is an auction day, you may view the Real-Time Bidder at http://www.pbagalleries.com/realtimebidder/ . Instructions for its use can be found by following the link at the top of the Real-Time Bidder page. Please note: you will need to be logged in and have a credit card registered with PBA Galleries to access the Real-Time Bidder area. In addition, we continue to provide provisions for Absentee Bidding by email, fax, regular mail, and telephone prior to the auction, as well as live phone bidding during the auction. Please contact PBA Galleries for more information. IMAGES AT WWW.PBAGALLERIES.COM All the items in this catalogue are pictured in the online version of the catalogue at www.pbagalleries. com. Go to Live Auctions, click Browse Catalogues, then click on the link to the Sale. CONSIGN TO PBA GALLERIES PBA is always happy to discuss consignments of books, maps, photographs, graphics, autographs and related material. -
IRS for ANZAPA
2 for ANZAPA #247 - February 2009 "There are three basic rules for writing a novel Unfortunately nobody knows what they are." W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) Contents This Issue’s Cover................................................................................................................................................................3 Forever City .........................................................................................................................................................................4 Australia’s 2009 convention season.....................................................................................................................................4 Introducing Tim Train..........................................................................................................................................................5 Letter from Lloyd Penney....................................................................................................................................................6 Clerihew corner....................................................................................................................................................................7 Taral Wayne.........................................................................................................................................................................8 Worldcons on the horizon ....................................................................................................................................................8 -
LITERAIR MAANDBLAD VOOR SF, FANTASTIEK & HORROR Vol.1, No
LITERAIR MAANDBLAD VOOR SF, FANTASTIEK & HORROR vol.1, no.2 / februari 1973 Samensteller en uitgever : EDDY C. BERTIN Res.Murillo - tel.09/23.26.86 Dr.Van Bockxstaelestraat 80 B-9002 Ledeberg/Belgium. * gratis supplement : checklists A.E.Van Vogt & Edmund Cooper * * aspekten van de sexualiteit en erotiek in science-fiction * * had Dracula dit geweten * 2 SF-GIDS No.2 - Februari 1973 Literair maandblad voor science-fiction, fantastiek en horror. Samengesteld en uitgegeven door : EDDY C. BERTIN, Residentie Murillo, Dr. Van Bockxstaelestraat, 80 B-9002 Ledeberg/Belgium.tel.09/23.26.86 SF-GIDS(c)1973 by Eddy C.Bertin.De af- zonderlijke rechten van opgenomen arti kels behoren aan de auteurs. SF-GIDS verschijnt maandelijks, uitgezonderd in juni en december. Het laatste jaarnum mer zal een index bevatten. Prijs: 15 BF(fl.1,10)per nummer.Jaar abonnement: 120 BF(fl.9). Halfjaarsabon nement: 60 BF(fl.4,50).Stort op postre kening 520 van de Generale Bankmaat schappij,9000 Gent,België,met vermel ding "voor bankrekening PSG-290/0012982/ 05 EDDY BERTIN,abonn.SF-Gids"; of mits internationaal postmandaat of postassig natie op naam en adres van uitgever. ---------------- * * * ----------------- * * * ( )UITGEVERS: door U uitgegeven boeken worden besproken op blz ( )PUBLISHER8: your books are reviewed on following pages ( )MEDEWERKERS: Uw bijdrage of bespre- kingen staan op blz ---------------- * * * ----------------- * * * AANVULLING BIJ SF-GIDS No.1 : checklist P.K.DICK: DEATH OF AN ANTI-WATCHER(SF roman,versch.1968);P.K.DICK OMNIBUS(UK, bevat romans no.s.8/16/20;versch.1970) CORRECTIES BIJ SF-GIDS No.1: checklist DICK:rom.18(MTS)versch.1964(niet 1965) rom.25(NWFLY)vers.1966(niet 1968) TIJDMACHINE blz.7 regel 35: lees 'Mor locks' (en niet 'Eloi'). -
Artist Showcase 2011 Edited by Colin Harris and Sara Felix About Worlds of Wonder Art
Richard Hescox Vincent Villafranca Julie Dillon Julie Bell John Picacio Boris Vallejo Bob Eggleton Lance Glasser Artist Showcase 2011 Edited By Colin Harris and Sara Felix About Worlds of Wonder Art If you’ve ever picked up a fantasy or science fiction paperback because you loved the image on the cover…or decided to read a story, bought a calendar, or played a role-playing game, just because the images were so compelling…you’re going to love the art we sell! Since 1991,Worlds of Wonder has offered the very best of this special kind of art, works by award-winning, recognized artists in the field - the artists whose colorful technique, craftsmanship, and highly original styles of expression have made them nationally, and even internationally, famous. Of the more than 20 artists we represent,WE HAVE CHOSEN THE WORKS OF SIX ARTISTS TO DISPLAY AT RENOVATION. ALL are well-established professionals, illustrators with unique talents and imaginations who specialize in creating bold, exciting, compelling and provocative works of illustrative art. PAUL ALEXANDER RICHARD BOBER DIDIER GRAFFET ROMAS KUKALIS CHRIS MOORE RICHARD POWERS ESTATE Worlds of Wonder sells art via printed catalogs, and on our web site. For collectors wish- ing to see the works in person, we offer the potential of a visit, by appointment only. We offer appraisal services, and consultation on special projects. For a limited number of artists we also act as artist’s agent in the licensing and sale of reproduction rights of their images. And yes, we run sales, and are known for special offerings on eBay – join our online mailing list, to keep up! We are always interested in purchasing works of high quality, whether‘vintage’ science fiction, or contemporary. -
Australian SF News 21 Binns 1980-11
SECOND ISSUE OF NEW AUSTRALIAN A.BERTRAM CHANDLER PROFESSIONAL SF MAG PUBLISHED Chicago World Con Guest of Honor THE ORGANISERS OF THE 40TH WORLD SCIENCE ■; FICTION CONVENTION, TO BE HELD AT THE :FHYATT REGENCY HOTEL OX SEPTEMBER 2-6 '81, HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR GUESTS OF HONOR: WRITER - A.BERTRAM CHANDLER ARTIST - KELLY FREAS FAN - LEE HOFFMANN It gives us the greatest of pleasure to see Bert up there as GOH of a World con. He has a very large following throughout th'e world particularly in the USA and Japan. He is known to most fans as the creator of the "Homblower of the Space ways" John Grimes, but he has written a number of other books. THE BITTER PILL published by Wren in 1975, was the most notable departure from his usual style. He recently paid a visit to Melbourne from his home in Sydney, to do some research on a book he is writing on Ned Kelly the bushranger. Kelly becomes the leader of a successful revolution and The second issue of FUTURISTIC TALES founds a dynasty of Australian rulers, was published in November . It bears which lasts until 1980. The book will a cover date of December and features include a number of 'what if concepts, a "robot" story by Banjo Paterson and Ci that make it sound like a story very much to look forward to. an article on engineer Laurie Hogan & and his book MAN MADE MOUNTAIN. § co WILD&WOOLLEY PUBLISH RSN<QBB@LORVISON SF ART BOOK BY RON COBB Australian readers will remember particularly RON COBB'S brilliant political cartoons, most | of which originated in THE LOS ANGELES FREE I PRESS and were reprinted in local newspapers. -
Yandro That You've Been Hard at Work on Your Second U.N.C.L.E
1 The Trans-Oceanic Fan Fund has been organized to bring Japan's foremost fan Takumi Shibano, to the 1960 World Science Fic.tti.on Convention. Born October 27, 1926, TAKUMI SHIBANO got his first taste of SF at the age of 14 when he read H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds,. He graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology as a math teacher , in 1951, the same year that he sold his fisrt SF story. Until Takumi became interested in SF fandom, Japanese science fiction was almost entirely translations of stories written in other languages. Takumi decided that if he was going to be a Japanese SF fan, there would have to be a Japanese SF field to support a fandom, so he began Japan's first fanzine.UCHUJIN [Cosmic.Dus J ■ to encourage budding writers to try professional work. isn every fan who can develop a whole new branch of literature m his language just so he can be a fan of it! TOFF needs about $1000 to cover round-trip air fare from Japan and expense money here - and we need it as soon as possible! Contributors of SI.CD or comics, etc)] more [in cash or salable materials (fanzines, books, art,.mss, will receive a subscription to Maneki-Neko, the TOFF fanzine, Make all checks payable to David G. Hulan, c/c. yran5.-oceanic Fan Fund P.O. Box 422 Tarzana, Calif. 91356 A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS.. '>10 ti r. Pan-Pacificon is the name of the proposed Los Angeles-Tokyo bid for the 1968 World Science Fiction Convention.