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Aurora 25 Bogstad & Gomoll 1986-Wi Issue No 25 Humor & SF Vol. 10 No 1 Winter 1986-87 ISSN 0275-3715 Issue No 25 Humor & SF Vol. 10 No 1 Winter 1986-87 ISSN 0275-3715 Features Subscription Information 2 In tro d u c tio n : On Femi A th re e -is s u e su b sc rip tio n to Aurora nism, S cience F ic tio n , and Humor Diane M artin Is a v a ila b le fo r $10 w ith in the US, 4 Dear E d ito r ia l Horde (L e tte r s ) You Folks or $13 o u tsid e the US. A ll su b scrip ­ 36 C o n trib u to rs ' G a lle ry Themselves tio n s requested a t former ra te s w ill be c re d ite d a t c u r r e n t r a t e s . An Is s u e returned to you because you Articles f a ile d to n o tify us of your change 7 An Open L e tte r to Joanna Russ Jeanne Gomoll o f address reduces your su b sc rip tio n by one iss u e . 11 Humor In S ta r Trek Susan B a ilie tte 2 Back issu e s of Aurora a re a v a ila b le 4 A B rie f Survey of Women In Comics Hank L u ttr e ll fo r $3.50 each, w ith these ex cep ­ tio n s: Issu e #12/13 o r photocopies Reviews of Joanna Russ’s Books of #s 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, and 21 cost $5. Back iss u e s o f WisCon program 13 Ifegic Hamas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans & Perverts Hank L u ttr e ll books 3-10 a re a v a ila b le fo r $2.50 14 Con R eport: A Review o f Joanna R u ss's The Female Man P h ilip Kaveny each. Place a l l o rd ers a t the ad­ 15 On Strike Against God Ja n ic e Bogstad d ress below. In clu d e $1.50 p er order fo r shipping. 15 The Zanzibar Cat P h ilip Kaveny 15 The Two of Them Diane M artin Why You Got Thia Issue I s s u e s d e liv e r e d by m all have a l e t t e r code on the m ailing la b e l. Other Reviews H ere’s what i t means: C-you c o n trib ­ 16 Rapunzel's Revenge: Fairytales for Feminists A ttic P ress Judy Goldsm ith u te d ; M-you were m entioned o r r e ­ 16 Something Shady by Sarah D reher viewed; R -please review Aurora; S- Diane M artin you sub scrib e and your l a s t issu e is 17 A Feminist Dictionary by C herls Kramarae & Paula A. T re lc h le r in d ic a te d by the num ber; X-some Diane M artin o th e r reaso n . 24 The Needle on Full: Lesbian Feminist Science Fiction by C aro lin e Forbes Publication Information Judy G oldsm ith Aurora is p u blished by the SF Pub­ 28 Role R e v e rsa ls in 3 New N ovels: Ja n ic e Bogstad lic a tio n s com m ittee. Typing f o r #25 Double Nocturne by C ynth was done by Ja n ic e Bogstad, Michael ia F e lic e DuCharme, Diane M artin, and P eter A Door into Ocean by Joan Slonczew skl Wlnz. Layout by Diane M artin, w ith Ibis by Linda S te e le ad v ise fro® Jeanne Goraoll and a s s i s ­ 29 Barbary by Vonda N. M cIntyre tance by Ja n ice Bogstad, Susan Ko­ Ja n ic e Bogstad vacs, Hank L u t t r e l l , Laura S p iess, 29 Downtime by C ynthia F e lic e Ja n ic e Bogstad and Martha Stephenson. Other a s s is ­ 30 Age of Wonders by David H artw ell P h ilip Kaveny ta n c e by P h ilip Kaveny and John 3 Snead. P r in tin g by I n s ty P r i n t s , 0 The Coming of the Quantum Cats by F re d e ric k Pohl P h ilip Kaveny U n iv ersity Ave, Madison, WI. A ll of 30 The Proteus Operation by James P. Hogan P h ilip Kaveny the opinions in Aurora are those of 30 The Scientific Romance in Britain, 1890-1950b y B rian S ta b le fo rd th e ir au th o rs a n d /o r a r t i s t s and are n o t n e c e s sa rily r e fle c tio n s o f the P h ilip Kaveny p o lic ie s or o p in io n s o f the p u b lish ­ 31 Aliens: P e rv e rsio n of M otherhood, Parody of B irth Ja n ic e Bogstad e r . Any resem blance of any f ic tio n a l 32 Dorothea Dreams by Suzy McKee Charnas Ja n ic e Bogstad c h a ra c te r, w ritte n or d e p icted , to any r e a l person, liv in g or dead, is 32 The Handmaid's Tale by M argaret Atwood Ja n ic e Bogstad c o i n c i d e n t a l . The Aurora and SF3 33 Wizard of Pigeons by Megan Lindholm Ja n ic e Bogstad logos a re re g is te re d tradem arks of SF J . A ll r ig h ts r e v e r t to the o r ig i­ n a l a r t i s t s and a u th o rs. Fiction 18 Bad F r u it A llan M orris 25 F e lin e Eyes Paul G russendorf Poetry 3 Over Your Shoulder P at S tew art 10 The M irro r's T ale P at S tew art 12 The L i t t l e Green M artian 'a re C arol P o ste r Brad W. F o ste r FC, 2, 18 Women: A Pictorial Archive from 19th Steven Fox FC, BC, 2, 5, 11, 12, 18 Century Sources s e le c te d by Jim H a rte r 3 Jeanne Gomoll 4, 7 (Dover, 1982) 10 SF Joan Hanke Woods FC, 6, 27 Harter's Picture Archive for Collage David Johnson 16 & Illustration e d ite d by Jim H a rte r Box 1624 R obert K ellough FC, 31, 33 (Dover, 1978) 3, 10 Madison, WI M ockingbird, S te lla 12 Picture Sourcebook for Collage & De­ Joe Pearson 23 coupage 53701-1624 e d ite d by Edmund V G illo n , J r o Greg Rlhn 14 (Dover, 1974) 3 1 Introduction: On Feminism, Science Fiction, and Humor (and Madison Fandom) by Diane Martin I remember when we s t a r t e d p u b lic iz in g th a t J a n u s (and l a t e r A u ro ra ) was a f e m i n is t s c ie n c e r a r e . For th o se o f you who a r e re a d in g t h i s now, f i c t i o n f a n z i n e . We f e l t we had to e x p l a i n p r e p a rin g to w r ite l e t t e r s of comment, s a y in g , o u r s e lv e s . And ( r e ) d e f i n e n o t o n ly fem in ism , b u t "B u t w hat a b o u t ___ ? Or ?" Go ahead! a l s o s c ie n c e f i c t i o n and f a n z in e . And e x p la in the We'd lo v e th e In p u t. c o n n e c tio n a s w e ll. T h in g s a r e l i t t l e e a s i e r now. You may have n o tic e d , In g la n c in g a t th e ta b le I t ' s 10 y e a r s l a t e r . The i d e a t h a t SF i s o f c o n te n ts , t h a t t h i s is s u e a ls o f o c u s s e s on p a r t i c u l a r l y w e l l - s u i t e d to women w r i te r s b ec au se Joanna R uss.
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