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Scientifiction 58 SCIENTIFICTION New Series #58 SCIENTIFICTION “Membership Dues” Issue AN IRISH WORLDCON NOW SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR (AUGUST 15-19, 2019) THE 2019 FIRST FANDOM AWARDS * First Fandom Hall of Fame Award * Posthumous Hall of Fame Award * Sam Moskowitz Archive Award Members are asked to nominate candidates and provide a reason for each nomination. Guests of Honour include YA author Diane Return completed forms by March 1st via Duane, screenwriter and Hugo winner Ian e-mail ([email protected]) or mail them McDonald, game designer Steve Jackson via the USPS to 4813 Lighthouse Road, and editor Ginjer Buchanan. Science Guest Orlando, FL - 32808. (See attached form.) of Honour will be Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Fan Guests of Honour: Bill and Mary Burns. From Dublin2019 Chairman James Bacon: (From their website) “We are honoured by “Dublin 2019 will be the first Worldcon held the huge support and friendliness we have in Ireland and we will celebrate the many received around the world and we all look Irish contributions to the SF&F genres and forward to warmly welcoming thousands of fandoms. The First Fandom Awards and fans and professionals to a fantastic five day Big Heart Award are usually presented at weekend at our fabulous venue: The the Hugo Award Ceremony, and we expect Convention Centre in the heart of Dublin.” to continue that tradition. The organizers “will be building an exciting Dublin will be presenting both Retrospective programme covering all aspects of science Hugo Awards for 1943 works and Hugo fiction, fantasy and horror in all media, Awards for 2018 works. including prose, comics, art, film, cosplay, We intend to present the First Fandom science, television to name a few in what will Awards and Big Heart Award at the be a fabulous celebration in Dublin, Ireland.” combined Retro Hugo and Opening For more info, visit https://dublin2019.com. Ceremony on the Thursday evening of the Convention. Our current thinking is that ___________________________________ Dublin's Guests of Honour will be the presenters at the ceremony.” TABLE OF CONTENTS ___________________________________ P. 2: President’s Message; Calendar P. 3: Obituary Notices CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE P. 8: First Fandom in the News P. 9: STF-Related News; CAPA Ends James Bacon, Les & Es Cole, Doug Ellis, P. 10: Letters to the Editor; Birthdays Fanac.org, Mike Glyer, Mark Hickman, Ted P. 11: A Review; Treasurer’s Report Krulik, LibertyCon 32, National Fantasy Fan P. 12: Membership Dues Status Federation, Christopher M. O’Brien, George P. 13: Midwestcon Photo Gallery Phillies, Keith W. Stokes and Jon D. Swartz. SCIENTIFICTION New Series #58, page 2 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE FIRST FANDOM MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY The most current First Fandom membership IN MEMORIAM directory was distributed last month via e- We sadly acknowledge the recent passing of mail. Jon D. Swartz has provided the funds friends: Bill Crider, Stan Lee, Pat Lupoff, needed to print and mail paper copies of the Gary Nelson, Fred Patten and Lottie Robins. latest directory to all dues-paid members. If Please see their obituary notices on pp. 3-7. you have updates to the directory, please forward them to [email protected]. MEMBERSHIP DUES STATUS MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY UPDATE The only requirement for a person to be considered a genuine member of First Stephen D. Korshak Fandom is that they can demonstrate fan 950 South Winter Park Drive, Suite 290 activity prior to July 1939 (the era of the first Casselberry, FL 32707 Worldcon). That’s it. They don’t have to join Tel: (407) 855-3333 an organization or pay membership dues or do anything else. By virtue of that activity, FIRST FANDOM CALENDAR the First Fans are recognized as members. March 1: Return completed First Fandom There are other fans that were not active awards nominations to John L. Coker III. before that date but still wish to associate with the real First Fans. They can apply for March 15: Deadline for members to submit membership in the organization of First material for 1Q2019 newsletter (STF #59). Fandom to become Associate Members. To become an Associate Member of First April 15: 1Q2019 newsletter (STF #59) and Fandom, a candidate must demonstrate awards ballots distributed to the members. continuous fan activity in the SF field for a period of at least thirty years, and they must May 15: Return completed First Fandom pay annual membership dues. To remain awards ballots to John L. Coker III. an Associate Member of the organization of First Fandom, they are required to pay June 15: Deadline for members to submit annual dues of $15. All members receive material for 2Q2019 newsletter (STF #60). copies of the quarterly newsletter and can nominate and vote for our annual awards. July 1: Members to send their annual dues checks of $15 (payable to Keith W. Stokes). A dues status report for all members of First Fandom appears on Page 12. If you have July 15: 2Q2019 newsletter (STF #60) any questions about your status, contact distributed to the members. Keith W. Stokes at [email protected]. If the paying of annual dues is a hardship for September 15: Deadline for submitting anyone who wishes to remain an Associate material for 3Q2019 newsletter (STF #61). Member, contact [email protected]. October 15: 3Q2019 newsletter (STF #61) Annual membership dues are $15 for the distributed to the members. new fiscal year, which started on July 1st. Send checks (payable to Keith W. Stokes) to December 15: Deadline for submitting 14305 W. 83rd Place, Lenexa, KS – 66215. material for 4Q2019 newsletter (STF #62). SCIENTIFICTION New Series #58, page 3 OBITUARY NOTICES (Temple Books, 1990), Mustketeer: A Wishbone Book (Big Red Chair Books, 1997), Mike Gonzo and the Sewer Monster Bill Crider (1941 - 2018) (Minstrel, 1996), Mike Gonzo and the Almost Invisible Man (Minstrel, 1996), and Mike Allen Billy (Bill) Crider, born July 28, 1941 Gonzo and the UFO Terror (Minstrel, 1997) in Mexia, Texas, was an author of crime, – winner of the 1997 Golden Duck Award for mystery, spy, western, horror, and science Best Juvenile SF Novel. fiction (SF) novels. He was also a poet and critic. In addition, he was an avid collector Crider died of cancer on February 12, 2018, of paperback books, especially the noir at his home in Alvin, Texas. His wife Judy novels of the 1940s-1950s. In the 1970s- had died three years earlier. He and Judy 1980s, he wrote about these writers and had a daughter Angela and a son Allen. their books for the journal Paperback (Prepared by Jon D. Swartz, Special Features Ed.) Quarterly, for which he was also an editor. He did his undergraduate work at The (Editor’s note: In conjunction with their 50th University of Texas, then received a anniversary, the Committee for Bouchercon master’s degree from the University of North 2019 will honor the widely-regarded author Texas. He later taught English at Howard and reviewer by establishing the Bill Crider Payne University for twelve years, before Prize for Short Fiction in the Mystery Genre. earning a Ph.D. at The University of Texas Bouchercon 2019 will be held in Dallas, TX at Austin, where he wrote his dissertation on October 31 – November 3. For information, the hardboiled detective novel. He then please visit: www.bouchercon2019.com.) moved with his wife to Alvin, Texas, where he was Chair of the Division of English and Stan Lee (1922 - 2018) Fine Arts at Alvin Community College. He retired in August, 2002, to become a full- With his father chronically unemployed, time writer. Manhattan-born Stanley Martin Lieber He was the author of the Professor Sally worked various jobs in his teens before Good and the Professor Carl Burns landing at Timely Comics, the newly formed mysteries, the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series, comic book division of pulp publisher Martin the Truman Smith P. I. series, and he wrote Goodman, who was married to one of three books in the Stone: M.I.A. Hunter Lieber's cousins. Marvel Science Stories series under his Jack Buchanan Vol. 1. No. 1. (August 1938) was the first of pseudonym. Over his career he used other Goodman's publications to employ the word pseudonyms, including Cliff Banks, Jack "Marvel." Lieber went from contributing text McLane, and K.C. McKenna. pieces (where he first employed the nom de plume "Stan Lee") to full scripts before His horror writing, all written under his Jack finding himself behind the editor's desk McLane pseudonym, included Keepers of when Captain America creators Joe Simon the Beast (1988), Goodnight, Moom (1989), and Jack Kirby left the company over a Blood Dreams (1989), Rest in Peace (1990), dispute with Goodman. and Just before Dark (1990), all published by Zebra Publishers. Entering the US Army in 1942 and desig- nated a "playwright" Lee served in the His SF writing was mostly for young readers, Signal Corps scripting training films and and included A Vampire Named Fred instructional cartoons while continuing to SCIENTIFICTION New Series #58, page 4 mail in comic book scripts to Timely, to continuing to tirelessly promote both the which he returned after his discharge editing company and the comic book field itself in and writing the majority of the comics line in college lectures and media appearances. various genres -- Western, War, romance, After supervising CBS TV prime time funny animal, humor, SF and horror as adaptations of The Incredible Hulk and Goodman seemed content largely to imitate Spider-Man, in 1980 Lee relocated to Los whatever was selling well at the competition Angeles following the purchase of animation en vogue and cash in on whatever was at company DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and the time.
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