PO Box 656, Washington, DC 20044 - (202) 232-3141 - Issue #104 - Nov. 1998 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: http://members.aol.com/lambdasf/home.html LSF Party at Darkovercon (Nov. 28th, 8 PM)

* * * * * For the umpteenth year in a row, a sizeable contingent of LSFers will be journeying out to Timonium, MD, over Thanksgiving weekend to attend the Darkover Grand Council Meeting (aka “Darkovercon”) - and, on Saturday night (Nov. 28th), LSF will once again host a another con,” because you’ll find lots of room party for lesbian/gay/bisexual/ familiar faces there that you’ll also see at transgendered fen (and their friends). Gaylaxicons. The LSF room party will begin at This year’s Darkover Grand 8 PM on Saturday night (Nov. 28th) and Council (as in previous years) will be held last until....? Signs will be posted in the at the Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore North hotel lobby announcing the room num- (Timonium, MD), from Nov. 27th through RODDY MCDOWALL ber. LSF members are requested to bring Nov. 29th. The Author Guest of Honor 1928 - 1998 munchies, soft drinks, and finger foods as this year is Adrienne Martine-Barnes, with a contribution to the party. You don’t Special Guests Katherine Kurtz (all the have to be a registered member of the Con way from her home in Ireland) and Marion Roddy McDowall, star of the to attend the LSF party - but then you’d Zimmer Bradley (health permitting), and “Planet of the Apes” movies, died Satur- miss out on all the other fun! with Clam Chowder as the Musical Guests day, October 3rd, at the age of 70. McDowall In case you haven’t heard about of Honor and Artist Guest of Honor Halla. had suffered from cancer for some time, the Darkovercon, it’s a mid-sized (approx. (continued on page 3) but he kept it secret until two weeks before 600 attendees), fan-run convention his death. primarly (but not exclusively) dedicated NOVEMBER McDowall was a child actor from to the works of authors Marion Zimmer the age of 8; and he acted on stage, screen, Bradley and Katherine Kurtz. LSFers who LAMBDA SCI-FI MEETING and television. His genre roles included have attended previous Darkovercons * * * * the villainous “Bookworm” on the Batman have consistently reported having a won- The next Lambda Sci-Fi meeting will be TV series, a vampire-hunting talk-show derful time - it’s a small enough conven- held on Sunday, Nov. 8th, at James host in the film Fright Night, memorable tion that you’ve got a decent chance to Crutchfield's apartment: 1414 17th St., turns on The Twilight Zone and Night actually meet and talk with some of your NW, Apt. 413 (near Dupont Circle) - 1:30 Gallery, and (of course) the intellectual favorite authors. Darkovercon has also PM for business meeting; 2:00 PM for chimpanzee Cornelius and his rebel-leader consistently been very friendly to mem- social meeting. Please bring munchies son Caesar in the “Apes” films. bers of the Alternate Sexuality Commu- or soft drinks if you can. Hope to see you nity - in fact, Darkovercon has often been there! referred to as a “mini-Gaylaxicon within WHAT'S INSIDE? The "Put Up or Shut Up" Minutes of the Oct. LSF Meeting (pg. 2); Jack London: F&SF Author (book review - pg. 3); Blue-Light Specials (pg. 4); The 100 Best Fantasy Films (pg. 5); Updated Membership Directory Planned for January, 1999 (announcement - pg. 5); Information about Lambda Sci-Fi: DC Area Gaylaxians (pg. 6); Con Calendar (pg. 6)

1 The “Put Up or Shut Up” can Library Association (which we’ll be great, rarely-seen, older episodes. Minutes of the handing out at the LSF booth next Pride In movie news, Peter and Rob October LSF Meeting Day) - featuring Xena, Gabrielle, the Voy- reported on the wonderfully-done alter- ager crew, and (still on back-order) the nate timeline story, Sliding Doors. (While by Rob cast from Buffy the Vampire-Slayer. He not big on special effects, a genre staple also passed around a couple of items weaves through the film’s story, which is For whatever reason, LSF old- which can be purchased from the U.S. well-acted, well-scripted, and well-filmed. timers have been crawling out of the wood- Post Office: bookmarks based on last Of particular note are the great transitions work recently; and this meeting was no year’s James Gurney dinosaur stamps; between the two versions of the main exception - with the return of Bob and new panoramic sci-fi/space 32¢ characters’ life.) Also, a few people re- Summersgill from “exile” in New Mexico. stamps. ported on What Dreams May Come - visu- [Ed. note: Just our way of saying: ally interesting, with good effects, but “Welcome back, Bob!”] fairly lacking in story. The business portion of the In book news, Pat Cadigan’s meeting was all “Rob” - with a call for LYF newest book, Tea From an Empty Cup, assistance in putting together and distrib- has hit the stands. Also, watch for a great uting the Press Release for the Gaylactic first novel by Carolyn Ives Gilman, Half- Network Awards. Anyone with sugges- way Human, with lots of gender and sexu- tions on where to promote the award - or Peter passed around some mate- ality issues. A few people also recom- anyone interested in helping in any way - rials from the LSF P.O. box, including (I kid mended books by Susan Matthews: Ex- should contact Rob. He also asked (actu- you not) a brochure for a Florida retire- change of Hostages and Prisoner of Con- ally, begged) for assistance with the LSF ment community for gays and lesbians, a science. Website. With the registration of LSF’s video catalog from a new gay video ven- In “LSF events” news, we went new domain name (www.lambdasf.org), it dor, a flyer from the Dugout Sports Club over a list of upcoming LSF events. Nan will be easier for others to be involved. in Rockville (talking about their new gay and Kay are organizing a trip to see Antz Rob pointed out that the Website needs ownership and pushing for gay clientele), on Saturday, Oct. 17th. The LSF (almost more involvement to stay timely and to and a hilarious mock photo of the Friends annual) trip to the Maryland Renaissance grow; and he and Nan offered to shepherd cast (if Friends were filmed in Tennessee). Festival is set for Sunday, Oct. 18th. Fi- and teach “web page creation stuff” to Peter also passed around a few issues of nally, the outing to see our own Joe Parra anyone who wants to help. After a few the latest Toyfare magazine and the new star in Mousetrap (Wayside Theatre, Win- people suggested talking about what they “Borg Queen” action figure. Tim reported chester, VA) is set for Saturday, Oct. 24th. wanted to see on the Website, discussion tha the “Elvira” action figures w1ll be out was stopped by the declaration (by Rob) ASAP. that he didn’t particularly care what any- In television news, mention was one wanted to see unless they were will- made of the new Fantasy Island (okay, ing to actually do the work. A number of but not great), Cupid (genre premise, but volunteers stepped forward; and Rob and not very genre in production - still, rather Nan will be checking in with all of them good), War Planets (from the creators of soon. If anyone else is interested in help- Reboot - very Babylon 5-ish, and wonder- ing with the Website, contact Rob or Nan. ful so far), Brats of the Lost Nebula (the Finally, Rob mentioned the recent addi- new Henson production - okay so far, lots LYF tion of the LSF discussion e-mail list and of promise), 7 Days (which is unlikely to the fact that the manual, announcement- last that long), and Monkey Magic (com- only list would continue to be maintained. puter-animated cartoon - mixed comments). If a man cannot explain With Rob’s business out of the In addition, upcoming premieres include (in terms that any reasonably way, we moved on to the social part of the Nightman (Rob’s comment: “How that well-educated person meeting. The usual name circle was done, series survived to a 2nd season while can understand) with its usual strangeness. Joe R. re- something like My So-Called Life died is what he is talking about, ported on his upcoming trip to see the way beyond me!”), Star Trek: Voyager there is an excellent chance John Glenn launch; and we all wished him (5th season, can you believe it?), Deep that he himself does not know. well. Tim reported on the upcoming “Fall Space 9 (with a new Dax), and Earth: In,” a wargaming convention he’s helping Final Conflict (with Boone, the main char- -- L. Sprague de Camp -- to run. Carl passed around newsletters acter, getting offed). Finally, Peter re- from the Niagara Falls and San Francisco ported that Maryland Public Television is excerpted from Science Fictionisms, Gaylaxian chapters; and he showed off once again showing Dr. Who episodes in compiled by William Rotsler the newest bookmarks from the Ameri- their entirety and in order, including some (Gibbs-Smith, 1995)

2 Jack London: This dystopian story verges on being a socialist manifesto. F&SF Author “The Unparalleled Invasion” a book review by Carl Cipra (1910): This is a “yellow peril” story about the Chinese bid for world conquest. (Lon- don was a war correspondent during the Fantastic Tales, by Jack London Russo-Japanese War, 1904.) It also envi- (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1998) sions the possibilities of biological war- trade paper, $11.00 fare. The Scarlet Plague (1912): This Yes, that’s right - Jack London post-Apocalypse story is set amid the (1876 - 1916) wrote fantasy and science ruins of civilization, after a worldwide fiction! I never knew that until I happened though most of them, of course, could plague has all but exterminated humanity. to stumble across a copy of Fantastic now be considered by the modern reader (The flashbacks which depict the onset of Tales in the shelves at Olssen’s. This is as “alternate history.” I was surprised at the plague reminded me of Daniel Defoe’s the same Jack London who wrote The Call the breadth of SF themes represented in Journal of the Plague Year. In fact, Lon- of the Wild (1903), The Sea Wolf (1904), these stories. Here are some examples. don is said to have based this novelette in and White Fang (1906) - those classic (The dates following each title are the part on his own experiences in the San American tales of life on the open sea and dates of first publication.) Francisco earthquake of 1906.) life in the great Northern wilderness. “A Thousand Deaths” (1899): “The Red One” (1918): An ento- Fantastic Tales is a collection of On a tropical island, a mad scientist per- mologist discovers an interstellar object 15 of London’s shorter F&SF works, drawn forms a long series of (successful) revivi- (an artifact?) deep in the uncharted jungles from the complete range of his writing fication experiments on his son. of a South Seas island; it’s worshipped as career (1895 - 1916). Prior to this collection “The Rejuvenation of Major a god by a primitive tribe. (originally published in 1975 as Curious Rathbone” (1899): This story depicts the Quite a collection, isn’t it? As I Fragments), many of these stories had problems inherent in concentrating on the said, I really enjoyed it, especially the seldom (or never before) been reprinted physical rejuvenation of a very old man. science fiction stories. In fact, I’m now since their original appearances in such “A Relic of the Pliocene” (1901): looking forward to locating copies of some magazines as Conkey’s Home Journal, A mountain man encounters a living mam- of London’s longer F&SF works: The Iron The San Francisco Evening Post Maga- moth in the Alaskan wilderness. Heel (1908) and The Star Rover (1915). zine, Collier’s Weekly, or Cosmopolitan. “The Shadow and the Flash” Wish me luck! The stories collected in this slim (1903): Two hyper-competitive scientists volume reflect a wide range of standard come up with not one but two practical fantasy and science fiction themes; and I methods for achieving invisibility (each enjoyed them all. However, I found the with its own unique problems). science fiction stories particularly fasci- “The Enemy of All the World” nating, in that they really are “science (1908) and “Goliah” (1908): Both stories fiction,” having as much or more of a feature a scientific genius who uses “su- “scientific basis” as any of H.G. Wells’ or per science” to take on the World Powers, Jules Verne’s works. Many of them are set one successfully and one not. (I couldn’t in what was for Jack London “the future,” help but think of Verne’s Nemo and Robur.) anywhere from the 1920’s onwards - al- “A Curious Fragment” (1908): LYF

Party at Darkovercon continued from page 1 Directions: The Holiday Inn to bring your Matrix stone!) Select, Baltimore North, is located at 2004 Other announced guests (thus far) are: Greenspring Dr., Timonium, MD, just north Lisa Barnett, Nancy Janda, Jacqueline of Baltimore (ph. # 410-252-7373). Take I- Lichtenberg, Scott McMillan, Myfanwy, 95 North to I-695 West, towards Towson. Don Sakers, Melissa Scott, and Hannah (This is the “Baltimore Beltway”.) Exit Shapero. The con will feature discussion from the Beltway at Exit #24 onto I-83 panels, a video room, a costume competi- North (towards York, PA). Take the first LYF tion on Friday night, huckster’s rooms, an exit from I-83 (Exit #16) onto Timonium art show, a Regency Ball, musical pro- Road. Then turn right at the first light and gramming and filking, and the Saturday right at the 3rd driveway (access for the night poolside “Halleluia Chorus” sing- Holiday Inn parking lot). along. See you there!(And don't forget 3 Blue-Light Specials hundred bucks (at the very least) for an loaded in.” (Right now, you can down- by Chris Lee electronic delivery device designed to load books free of charge from a couple of replace one that’s user-friendly, conve- Web sites. For example, the Web site nient and cheap? The answer appears to www.gutenberg.net posts books with ex- [Ed. note: The following was ex- be that e-books will allow you to do any pired copyrights that e-book owners will cerpted from an editorial in the Octo- number of cool things: You can (electroni- be able to download.) ber 1998 issue of Training magazine. cally) dog-ear a page! You can underline! I’ve begun to wince at the off- A neo-Luddite like me just couldn’t You can make notes with a stylus! handed way that developers and market- pass it up!] True, you might want to avoid ers of the latest transmission and storage reading in the bathtub or absent-mindedly devices dismiss the importance of “con- I was about to make a run to the leaving your spendy e-book on an air- tent” and “content providers.” Perhaps bookstore to buy a week’s supply of ap- plane. You’ll have to forgo the small that’s because I am one. You may be one, propriately steamy vacation reading when pleasure of settling in for a read with feel too, since the term includes everyone who Fortune magazine announced, “Electronic of paper rather than keys beneath your creates messages designed to inform, books are coming at last!” fingers. But surely these are small incon- educate or entertain. If the medium is the High time, I say. Why should I veniences to trade for the advantages, message, the message is that “content” continue to pay $8.95 for a paperback that which are... let’s see... doesn’t matter much. is portable, legible, and easy to operate, Ah, yes: Assuming e-books But maybe I’m worrying need- when I can invest in yet another electronic become cheap enough, slim down enough, lessly. Somehow, I doubt that download- appliance that will be obsolete before I can and offer screen resolution as readable as ing “content” into a plastic box will ever get it out of its package? Why glue my printed text on paper - none of which are replace a pursuit as satisfying as strolling eyeballs to a glowing screen only during yet realities - I can see some advantages. the aisles of the local bookstore, browsing work hours, when all my reading can now E-books will let you touch a word and look the discount shelves, and settling in to an be digitized? up its meaning in the internal dictionary. overstuffed chair to be delighted by an Electronic books have long been That’s a nice time-saver. They’ll allow undiscovered author. The message just a figment of science fiction imaginations. you to search text. That could be handy. wouldn’t be the same. The gadgets have appeared in works rang- They can store 50,000 pages of text, so ing from Buck Rogers to The Hitchhiker’s college kids can haul around one bulky e- Guide to the Galaxy to “Star Trek.” But book instead of several bulky textbooks. now they’re on the verge of becoming Then students can downsize their back- reality--and not a moment too soon, see- packs. More improtant, they’ll never have ing as the e-book has been part of “the to enter a bookstore or a library again - collective consumer unconscious” for they’ll simply download this semester’s years, if you believe Fortune’s pro- texts, overwriting last semester’s, of nouncement. (And I thought the only course. T thing rattling around in my consumer un- Important benefits all. But worth conscious was the fantasy of finding, one the lavish price? And what about the day, a reasonably priced pair of elegant - possibility that you might want to keep a Improvements, inventions, yet comfortable - black shoes.) permanent copy of some books? and startling discoveries These soon-to-be must-have Did I mention that the $300 to will so crowd and super- electronic accessories are scheduled to $1,600 asking price just covers the gadget sede one another in the hit the marketplace soon. A couple of itself? If you want to read something on next century that our companies are planning to introduce elec- an e-book, you’ll have to get yourself limited human ken cannot tronic books in the last quarter of this year: some “content” - a term that seems to be today grasp them all. SoftBook Press of Menlo Park, CA, will late-20th-century marketspeak for any sell a 2.9-pound notebook-sized “book” message delivered via any medium, elec- -- Mary E. Lease -- for $299, and NuvoMedia of Palo Alto, tronic or otherwise. You’ll have to pur- (reformer) CA, will sell a paperback-sized Rocketbook chase your “content” (a novel or a text- for around $500. Both will have black-and- book, for example) for an additional charge, white screens, at least initially. Another although Fortune speculates that con- excerpted from company, Everybook of Middletown, PA, tent for e-books will soon cost less than Will Man Fly? and Other Strange & Wonderful plans to introduce a version with a backlit what you pay now for the paper variety. Predictions from the 1890s, color screen. The likely asking price: a Indeed, the magazine quotes one booster compiled by Dave Walter mere $1,600. of the e-book predicting the advent of a (American & World Geographic Why are these people confident “paperback-sized text reader you can buy Publishing, 1993) they can convince us to cough up a couple at Kmart for $20, with 200 books already 4 The 100 Best Fantasy Films by Joseph Parra

Greetings, oh rubbers-of-lamps (and other things)! Over the next few issues, I’ll be listing the films I feel qualify for the designation of “the 100 best films” in the categories of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror. Why, you ask? Well, why the hell not - the AFI did it and nobody asked them to, either! I’ve annotated some films with a date; this is to differentiate them from other films/versions with the same title that I don’t feel qualify for the “best of” list. Those films followed by “(n/a)” are not yet available on home video. Those films followed by an asterisk (*) are, of course, Walt Disney releases. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Excalibur A Nightmare Before Christmas The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad* Fantasia* The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Field of Dreams On Borrowed Time Alice in Wonderland (1933) Flesh and Fantasy One Touch of Venus Alice in Wonderland* For Heaven’s Sake (n/a) Orlando Angel Levine Fun and Fancy Free* Our Town Angel on My Shoulder Gabriel Over the White House Outward Bound (n/a) Angels in the Outfield (1951) Gay Purree Peter Ibbetson Anna to the Infinite Power The Glass Slipper Peter Pan* The Arabian Nights The Gnome-Mobile The Phantom Tollbooth Bambi* Gulliver’s Travels (1939) Pinocchio* Baron Munchausen Harvey The Return of Peter Grimm Beauty and the Beast (1946) Hercules (1957) Robin Hood* Beauty and the Beast* Here Comes Mr. Jordan Sinbad the Sailor Between Two Worlds I Married a Witch Sleeping Beauty* Beyond Tomorrow The Incredible Mr. Limpet The Snow Queen (1960) The Bishop’s Wife (1947) It Grows on Trees Snow White and the Seven Dwarves* The Black Cauldron* Its a Wonderful Life Splash Black Orpheus Jack the Giant Killer The Sword in the Stone* The Blue Bird (1940) Jason and the Argonauts The Thief of Baghdad (1924 & 1940) The Canterville Ghost (1944) A Kid for Two Farthings The Three Worlds of Gulliver Casper The Lion King* Tom Thumb A Christmas Carol (1938 & 1951) Luck of the Irish The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad Cinderella* The Magic Sword Song of the South* Clash of the Titans The Man Who Could Work Miracles The Sword and the Dragon Darby O’Gill and the Little People March of the Wooden Soldiers, Toy Story The Dark Crystal aka Babes in Toyland (1934) Willow Dragonheart A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Witches (1989) Dragonslayer Mighty Joe Young The Wizard of Oz (1939) Death Takes a Holiday (1934) A Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 101 Dalmatians* The Devil and Daniel Webster Montana Mike 1001 Nights Dumbo* Mr. Bug Goes to Town The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T Edward Scissorhands Mysterious Island (1961) LYF The Enchanted Forest Night Life of the Gods (n/a)

Updated Membership Directory Planned for January, 1999 EXTRA EXTRA from Peter Knapp (and ghostwriter)

With the influx of new LSF mem- Enclosed with this newsletter, additions, or deletions no later than bers since Worldcon - and because I don’t you will find a printout of your current Thanksgiving (Nov. 26th). You can send want to publish just another supplement membership entry in the database, with you changes by e-mail to to the 9th LSF directory - I will be publish- the information you have labelled “confi- [email protected] or by snail-mail to ing the 10th edition of the LSF Member- dential” crossed out. Please take a mo- the LSF P.O. Box (see newsletter mast- ship Directory in time for January’s meet- ment to review this information, and then head). LYF ing. let me know in writing of any changes,

5 * * INFORMATION ABOUT LAMBDA SCI-FI: DC AREA GAYLAXIANS * * Lambda Sci-Fi is a Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror fan club for Gay people and their friends. Annual membership fees are $15, for which you will receive this monthly newsletter and a membership directory. Newsletter submissions are always welcome. Meetings are generally held on the second Sunday of each month at a private residence. The next Lambda Sci-Fi meeting will be held on Sunday, Nov. 8th, at James Crutchfield's apartment: 1414 17th St., NW, Apt. 413 (near Dupont Circle) - 1:30 PM for business meeting; 2:00 PM for social meeting. Please bring some munchies or soft drinks if you can. Hope to see you there! Lambda Sci-Fi: DC Area Gaylaxians is an affiliate of the Gaylactic Network, an international organization for gay people and their friends who are interested in science-fiction and fantasy.

Con Calendar by Carl, Peter, and James November 6-8, 1998 SCI-CON 20. Holiday Inn Executive Center (Virginia Beach, VA). Guests: Will Shetterly (GoH) & Emma Bull (Special GoH), Coleen Doran (Artist GoH). Hotel rooms: $66/night (sgl. or dbl.) - for reservations(deadline 10/17/98) call 757-499-4400 or 1-800-HOLIDAY (Ask for Sci-Con rate). Membership: $30 until 10/31/98, $35 at the door. Make checks payable to "Sci-Con 20" and send to: Sci-Con 20, P.O. Box 9434, Hampton, VA 23670. E-mail: [email protected] -or- [email protected] Website: http://www.scicon.org

November 13-15, 1998 PHILCON 98. Adam's Mark Hotel (Philadelphia). Special Guests: Tom Savini, Walter Jon Williams. Membership: $40 after 10/24/98 (none after 11/3/98). Make checks payable to "Philadelphia Science Fiction Society" and send: Philcon 98 Registration, PO Box 8303, 30th Street Stn., Philadelphia, PA 19101 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.philcon.org

November 13-15, 1998 FARPOINT 98. Omni Inner Harbor (Baltimore, MD). Guests: Robert ("Gowron") O-Reilly, Stephen ("Vir Cotto") Furst, Richard ("Apollo" from Battlestar Galactica). Membership: $45 for all 3 days ($30 for Sat. only, $25 for Sun. only). Make checks payable to "Farpoint, Inc." and send (with 2 SASE's) to: Farpoint, Inc., 6099 Hunt Club Rd., Elkridge, MD 21075. For info, call: (410) 579-1257 Web Page: URL http://www.bcpl.net/~wilsonr

November 27-29, 1998 DARKOVER GRAND COUNCIL MEETING XXI. Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore North (Timonium, MD). GoH: Adrienne Martine-Barnes; Special Guests: Marion Zimmer Bradley (health permitting) and Katherine Kurtz. Hotel rooms: F $73/night (up to 4 in a room). Membership: $30 until 11/1/98 ($35 afterwards and at the door). Make checks payable to "Armida Council" and send to: Armida Council, PO Box 7203, Silver Spring, MD 20907. (This is a very les/bi/gay/trans-friendly convention. It's been called a "mini-Gaylaxicon" within another con.)

April 2-4, 1999 BALTICON 33. Baltim ore Omni Inner Harbor Hotel (Baltimore, MD). GoH: David Weber; Artist GoH: Jennifer Weyland. Hotel rates: $109 (sgl - quad); call hotel for res. (410-752-1100). Membership: $35 until 12/31/98, $40 until 3/13/99, $45 at the door. Make checks payable to "Balticon 33" and send to: Balticon 33, P.O. Box 686, Baltimore, MD 21203 E- mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.balticon.org

August 26-29, 1999 CONUCOPIA: NASFiC 1999 (since WorldCon is in Australia). Anaheim Marriott (Anaheim, CA). GoH: Jerry Pournelle; Editor GoH: Ellen Datlow. Membership: $85 until 12/31/98; $100 after 12/31/98. Make checks payable to "SCIFI" or "Conucopia" and send to: Concucopia, c/o SCIFI, PO Box 8442, Van Nuys, CA 91409. For more infol: 99.nasfic.org or, website: www.99.nasfic.org

October 8-11, 1999 GAYLAXICON 1999: THE 10TH GAYLAXICON. Washington, DC. Guest of Honor: Diane Duane; Artist GoH: Nancy Janda. Membership: $50 through Aug. 1, 1999; $60 at the door. (No mail-in registrations after Sept. 1, 1999.) Make F checks payable to "Gaylaxicon 1999" and send to: Gaylaxicon 1999, c/o Lambda Sci-Fi, PO Box 656, Washington, DC 20044. For more information, call 202/232-3141. Send e-mail to: [email protected] Also check out: http://members.aol.com/lambdasf/home.html 6