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285 Summer 2008 SFRA Editors a Publication of the Science Fiction Research Association Karen Hellekson Review 16 Rolling Rdg
285 Summer 2008 SFRA Editors A publication of the Science Fiction Research Association Karen Hellekson Review 16 Rolling Rdg. Jay, ME 04239 In This Issue [email protected] [email protected] SFRA Review Business Big Issue, Big Plans 2 SFRA Business Craig Jacobsen Looking Forward 2 English Department SFRA News 2 Mesa Community College Mary Kay Bray Award Introduction 6 1833 West Southern Ave. Mary Kay Bray Award Acceptance 6 Mesa, AZ 85202 Graduate Student Paper Award Introduction 6 [email protected] Graduate Student Paper Award Acceptance 7 [email protected] Pioneer Award Introduction 7 Pioneer Award Acceptance 7 Thomas D. Clareson Award Introduction 8 Managing Editor Thomas D. Clareson Award Acceptance 9 Janice M. Bogstad Pilgrim Award Introduction 10 McIntyre Library-CD Imagination Space: A Thank-You Letter to the SFRA 10 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Nonfiction Book Reviews Heinlein’s Children 12 105 Garfield Ave. A Critical History of “Doctor Who” on Television 1 4 Eau Claire, WI 54702-5010 One Earth, One People 16 [email protected] SciFi in the Mind’s Eye 16 Dreams and Nightmares 17 Nonfiction Editor “Lilith” in a New Light 18 Cylons in America 19 Ed McKnight Serenity Found 19 113 Cannon Lane Pretend We’re Dead 21 Taylors, SC 29687 The Influence of Imagination 22 [email protected] Superheroes and Gods 22 Fiction Book Reviews SFWA European Hall of Fame 23 Fiction Editor Queen of Candesce and Pirate Sun 25 Edward Carmien The Girl Who Loved Animals and Other Stories 26 29 Sterling Rd. Nano Comes to Clifford Falls: And Other Stories 27 Princeton, NJ 08540 Future Americas 28 [email protected] Stretto 29 Saturn’s Children 30 The Golden Volcano 31 Media Editor The Stone Gods 32 Ritch Calvin Null-A Continuum and Firstborn 33 16A Erland Rd. -
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. -
1: for Me, It Was Personal Names with Too Many of the Letter "Q"
1: For me, it was personal names with too many of the letter "q", "z", or "x". With apostrophes. Big indicator of "call a rabbit a smeerp"; and generally, a given name turns up on page 1... 2: Large scale conspiracies over large time scales that remain secret and don't fall apart. (This is not *explicitly* limited to SF, but appears more often in branded-cyberpunk than one would hope for a subgenre borne out of Bruce Sterling being politically realistic in a zine.) Pretty much *any* form of large-scale space travel. Low earth orbit, not so much; but, human beings in tin cans going to other planets within the solar system is an expensive multi-year endevour that is unlikely to be done on a more regular basis than people went back and forth between Europe and the americas prior to steam ships. Forget about interstellar travel. Any variation on the old chestnut of "robots/ais can't be emotional/creative". On the one hand, this is realistic because human beings have a tendency for othering other races with beliefs and assumptions that don't hold up to any kind of scrutiny (see, for instance, the relatively common belief in pre-1850 US that black people literally couldn't feel pain). On the other hand, we're nowhere near AGI right now and it's already obvious to everyone with even limited experience that AI can be creative (nothing is more creative than a PRNG) and emotional (since emotions are the least complex and most mechanical part of human experience and thus are easy to simulate). -
SHAMAR's WAR the STAR KING OH, to BE'a-Btubel JACK VANCE
FEBRUARY SHAMAR’S WAR THE STAR KING OH, TO BE'A-BtuBEL by by by KRIS NEVILLE JACK VANCE PHILIP K. DICK A New Complete Novelette 1964 GRANDMOTHER A New EARTH Complete by J. Novelette T. MdNTQSH DON’T CLIP THE COUPON- — if you want to keep your copy of Galaxy intact for permanent possession!* Why mutilate a good thing? But, by the same token... if you're devotee enough to want to keep your copies in mint condition, you ought to subscribe. You really ought to. For one thing, you get your copies earlier. For another, you’re sure you'll get them! Sometimes newsstands run out — the mail never does. (And you can just put your name and address on a plain sheet of paper and mail it to us, at the address below. We’ll know what you mean... provided you enclose your check!) In the past few years Galaxy has published the finest stories by the finest writers in the field - Bester, Heinlein, Pohl, Asimov, Sturgeon, Leiber and nearly everyone else. In the next few years it will go right on, with stories that are just as good ... or better. Don’t miss any issue of Galaxy. You can make sure you won’t. Just subcribe today. *(lf, on the other hand, your habit is to read them once and go on to something new - please - feel free to use the coupon! It’s for your convenience, not ours.) U GALAXY Publishing Corp., 421 Hudson Street, New York 14, N. Y. (50c additional per 6 issues Enter my subscription for the New Giant 196-page Galaxy foreign postage) (U. -
The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack Is Copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press LLC
Contents COPYRIGHT INFO . 3 A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER . 6 . THE MEGAPACK SERIES . 9 INTERVIEW: DAN SIMMONS, conducted by Darrell Schweitzer . 16 . THE SPIRES OF DENON, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch . 30 AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT A HOUND DOG, by Brenda W . Clough . 128 FOR I AM A JEALOUS PEOPLE! by Lester del Rey . .139 . LUVVER, by Mack Reynolds . 187 FROG LEVEL, by Bud Webster . 202 CAPTAINS CONSPIRING AT THEIR MUTINIES, by Jay Lake . 224 . SHIFTING SEAS, by Stanley G . Weinbaum . 264 . THROUGH TIME AND SPACESample WITH FERDINAND file FEGHOOT: 8, by Grendel Briarton . 290 ROCK GARDEN, by Kevin O’Donnell, Jr . 291 THE GENOA PASSAGE, by George Zebrowski . 308 . EIGHT O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING, by Ray Faraday Nelson . 321. I AM TOMORROW, by Lester del Rey . 327 WHEN THEY COME FROM SPACE, by Mark Clifton . 370. THE SEALED SKY, by Cynthia Ward . 532. METEOR STRIKE! by Donald E . Westlake . .538 . WAITING FOR THE COIN TO DROP, by Dean Wesley Smith . 575 . Contents | 2 BEYOND THE DARKNESS, by S . J . Byrne . 587 THE SMALLEST GOD, by Lester del Rey . 670 THE SCIENCE FICTION ALPHABET, by Allen Glasser . 710 . CANAL, by Carl Jacobi . .713 . THE LOCH MOOSE MONSTER, by Janet Kagan . 729 MY FAIR PLANET, by Evelyn E . Smith . 763. BEFORE EDEN, by Arthur C . Clarke . 780 SEQUENCE, by Carl Jacobi . 793 PREFERRED RISK, by Frederik Pohl and Lester del Rey . 800 . INTEVIEW: FREDERIK POHL, conducted by Darrell Schweitzer . 969 . ABOUT THE AUTHORS . 979 Sample file Contents | 3 COPYRIGHT INFO The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press LLC . -
Conference Program
Thirty-Ninth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts ConferenCe Program No taping of sessions may take place without signed permission from an elected officer of the IAFA Executive Board and from all individuals participating in the session. Wednesday, March 14 11:00am-6:00pm 9:00am-6:00pm Registration Desk IAFA Book Exhibit and Sales Main Floor Augusta A/B Coordinator: Karen Hellekson Director: Mark Wingenfeld Audio-Visual Acrobatics coordinated by the incomparable Sean Nixon 2:30-3:15 p.m. Pre-Opening Refreshment Ballroom Foyer 3:30-4:15 p.m. Opening Ceremony Ballroom Host: Donald E. Morse, Conference Chair Welcome from the President: Sherryl Vint Opening Panel: Mary Shelley’s Legacies Moderator: Gary K. Wolfe Nike Sulway, John Kessel, Fred Botting Wednesday, 4:30-6:00pm Sessions 1-11 C 1. (IF/SF/VPAA) Magic and Science Fiction from the Perso- 2. (FTFN/CYA) Constructing Identity in Wonder Tales P O Arabic World and Lovecraft Chair: Linda J. Lee I V N E Chair: Debbie Felton University of Pennsylvania E University of Massachusetts-Amherst Navigating Enfreaked Disabilities in the Realms of Victorian Orange Princesses, Emerald Sorcerers and Dandy Demons: Fairy Tales The Fantastic in Persianate Miniature Painting and Epic Literature Victoria Phelps Zahra Faridany-Akhavan Saginaw Valley State University Independent Scholar With Eyes both Brown and Blue: Making Monsters in Lost Girl The Vault of Heaven: Science Fiction’s Perso-Arabic Origins Jeana Jorgensen Peter Adrian Behravesh Indiana University/Butler University University of Southern Maine The Dark Arts and the Occult: Magic(k)al Influences on/of H. -
JUDITH MERRIL-PDF-Sep23-07.Pdf (368.7Kb)
JUDITH MERRIL: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND GUIDE Compiled by Elizabeth Cummins Department of English and Technical Communication University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65409-0560 College Station, TX The Center for the Bibliography of Science Fiction and Fantasy December 2006 Table of Contents Preface Judith Merril Chronology A. Books B. Short Fiction C. Nonfiction D. Poetry E. Other Media F. Editorial Credits G. Secondary Sources About Elizabeth Cummins PREFACE Scope and Purpose This Judith Merril bibliography includes both primary and secondary works, arranged in categories that are suitable for her career and that are, generally, common to the other bibliographies in the Center for Bibliographic Studies in Science Fiction. Works by Merril include a variety of types and modes—pieces she wrote at Morris High School in the Bronx, newsletters and fanzines she edited; sports, westerns, and detective fiction and non-fiction published in pulp magazines up to 1950; science fiction stories, novellas, and novels; book reviews; critical essays; edited anthologies; and both audio and video recordings of her fiction and non-fiction. Works about Merill cover over six decades, beginning shortly after her first science fiction story appeared (1948) and continuing after her death (1997), and in several modes— biography, news, critical commentary, tribute, visual and audio records. This new online bibliography updates and expands the primary bibliography I published in 2001 (Elizabeth Cummins, “Bibliography of Works by Judith Merril,” Extrapolation, vol. 42, 2001). It also adds a secondary bibliography. However, the reasons for producing a research- based Merril bibliography have been the same for both publications. Published bibliographies of Merril’s work have been incomplete and often inaccurate. -
S67-00104-N218-1995-07 08.Pdf
Issue 1218, July/August 1995 IN THIS ISSUE: SFRA INTERNAL AFFAIRS: President's Message (Sanders) 3 Minutes of Meeting Between Members of SmA and IAFA at the Annual ICFA (Gordon) 3 Corrections/Additions 4 SmA Members & Friends 5 Editorial (Sisson) 5 NEWS AND INFORMATION 7 SPECIAL FEATURE: "The Worlds of David Lynch": Lavery, David (Ed). Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to 7Win Peaks. (Davis) 11 Gifford, Barry. Hotel Room Trilogy; and Lynch, David. David Lynch's Hotel Room. (umland) 13 SPECIAL FEATURE: "Lovecraft the Man": Lovecraft, H.P. (S.T. Joshi, Ed). Miscellaneous Writings. (Anderson) 17 Squires, Richard D. Stern Fathers 'neath the Mould: The Lovecraft Family in Rochester. (Bousfield) 20 Barlow, Robert H. and H.P. Lovecraft (S.T. Joshi, Ed). The Hoard of the Wizard Beast and One Other; and Joshi, S.T. & David schultz (Eds). H.P. Lovecraft Letters 7b SaJIlJel Loveman & vincent Starrett (Kaveny) 21 REVIEWS: Nonfiction: Barron, Neil (Ed). Anato~ Of Wonder, 4th Edition. (Kaveny & Bogstad) 23 Heller, Steven and Seynour Chwast. Jackets Required: An Illustrated History of American Book Jacket Design, 1920-1950. (Barron) 27 Kessler, carol Farley. Charlotte Perkins Gilman: her progress toward utopia with selected writings. (Orth) 29 Korshak, Stephen D. (Ed). A Hannes Bok Showcase. (Albert) 34 McCarthy, Helen. AniIoo J : A Beginner's Guide to Japanese Animation. (Klossner) 35 SFRA Re\liew#218. July/August 1995 Scheick, william J. (Ed). The Critical Resp:Jnse to H.G •. ~lls. (Huntington) 36 Schlobin, Roger C. and Irene R. Harrison. Andre Norton: A primaIy and Secondary Bibliography (Bogstad) 38 silver, Alain and Janes Ursini. -
22 Tightbeam
22 TIGHTBEAM Those multiple points of connection—and favorites—indicate the show’s position of preference in popular culture, and Tennant said he’s consistently surprised by how Doctor Who fandom and awareness has spread internationally—despite its British beginnings. “Doctor Who is part of the cultural furniture in the UK,” he said. “It’s something that’s uniquely British, that Britain is proud of, and that the British are fascinated by.” Now, when Tennant is recognized in public, he can determine how much a fan of the show the person is based on what they say to him. “If someone says, ‘Allons-y!’ chances are they’re a fan,” he said. Most people say something like, “Where’s your Tardis?” or “Aren’t you going to fix that with your sonic screwdriver?” There might be one thing that all fans can agree on. Perhaps—as Tennant quipped—Doctor Who Day, Nov. 23 (which marks the airing of the first episode, “An Unearthly Child”) should be a national holiday. Regardless of what nation—or planet—you call home. Note: For a more in-depth synopsis of the episodes screened, visit https://tardis.fandom.com/ wiki/The_End_of_Time_(TV_story). To see additional Doctor Who episodes screened by Fath- om, go to https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Fathom_Events. And if you’d like to learn about up- coming Fathom screenings, check out https://www.fathomevents.com/search?q=doctor+who. The episodes are also available on DVD: https://amzn.to/2KuSITj. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on Netflix Review by Jim McCoy (I would never do this before a book review, but I doubt that the people at Netflix would mind, so here goes: I'm geeked. -
The Multidimensional Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Twentieth Century, Volume 1
THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL GUIDE TO SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, VOLUME 1 EDITED BY NAT TILANDER 2 Copyright © 2010 by Nathaniel Garret Tilander All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means—whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic—without written permission of both publisher and author, except in the case of brief excerpts used in critical articles and reviews. Unauthorized reproduction of any part of this work is illegal and is punishable by law. Cover art from the novella Last Enemy by H. Beam Piper, first published in the August 1950 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, and illustrated by Miller. Image downloaded from the ―zorger.com‖ website which states that the image is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain License. Additional copyrighted materials incorporated in this book are as follows: Copyright © 1949-1951 by L. Sprague de Camp. These articles originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction. Copyright © 1951-1979 by P. Schuyler Miller. These articles originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction. Copyright © 1975-1979 by Lester Del Rey. These articles originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction. Copyright © 1978-1981 by Spider Robinson. These articles originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction. Copyright © 1979-1999 by Tom Easton. These articles originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction. Copyright © 1950-1954 by J. Francis McComas. These articles originally appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction. Copyright © 1950-1959 by Anthony Boucher. These articles originally appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction. Copyright © 1959-1960 by Damon Knight. These articles originally appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction. -
Reviews: Ed Mcknight Fiction Reviews: Philip Snyder
#261 Nov.-Dec. 2002 Coeditors: Christine Mains Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard Nonfiction Reviews: Ed McKnight Fiction Reviews: Philip Snyder The SFRAReview (ISSN IN THIS ISSUE: 1068-395X) is published six times a year by the Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) and distributed SFRA Business to SFRA members.NONNON Individual issues are not for sale; however, starting with President’s Message 2 issue #256, all issues will be pub- lished to SFRA’s website no less than two months after paper publication. For information about the SFRA and Non Fiction Reviews its benefits, see the description at the Monsters from the Id 2 back of this issue. For a membership The Frankenstein Archive 5 application, contact SFRA Treasurer Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Dave Mead or get one from the SFRA website: <www.sfra.org>. Fantasy, and Horror 6 Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers 7 SUBMISSIONS Zamiatin Examined 9 The SFRAReview editors encourage submissions, including essays, review Speculative, essays that cover several related texts, Illustrated Future Histories 9 and interviews. Please send submis- sions or queries to both coeditors. If you would like to review nonfiction or fiction, please contact the Fiction Reviews respective editor and/or email A Woman’s Liberation 9 [email protected]. Coyote 11 Christine Mains, Coeditor Sorcery Rising 12 Box 66024 The Great Escape 13 Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 The Great Escape 13 <[email protected]> Dimensions of Sheckley 14 The Omega Expedition 15 Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard, Coeditor 6842 S. 40th Place The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant 17 Phoenix, AZ 85040 Leviathan Three 19 <[email protected]> Ed McKnight, Nonfiction Editor 113 Cannon Lane Taylors SC 29687 <[email protected]> Philip Snyder, Fiction Editor 109 Northumberland Road Rochester NY 14618 <[email protected]> SFRA BUSINESS 2 President’s Message Michael M. -
Vop #141 / 3 Are on My Own Recommended Reading List, So I Ordered the Following Books
Visions of Paradise #141 Visions of Paradise #141 Contents Out of the Depths...............................................................................................page 3 Favorite SF Movies ... Paperback Swap Will F. Jenkins Day..............................................................................................page 4 A celebration of the life and career of Murray Leinster The Passing Scene................................................................................................page 6 Homes ... May 2009 Wondrous Stories................................................................................................page 9 Going For Infinity … F&SF ... Deathworld ... Heat On the Lighter Side............................................................................................page 13 _\\|//_ ( 0_0 ) ___________________o00__(_)__00o_________________ Robert Michael Sabella E-mail [email protected] Personal blog: http://adamosf.blogspot.com/ Sfnal blog: http://visionsofparadise.blogspot.com/ Fiction blog: http://bobsabella.livejournal.com/ Available online at http://efanzines.com/ Copyright ©May 2009, by Gradient Press Available for trade, letter of comment or request Artwork Franz H. Miklis … Cover Terry Jeeves … p. 9 http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/leinster.html … page 4 Out of The Depths I am not a huge movie fan, partly because I don’t have a lot of available time to watch them (without depleting my limited reading time), and partly because movies rarely interest me as much as a good book does. So when I was