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[email protected]. -l~i-"~~ r'~ ~i.RAi~ t newsletter The news and information bulletin of the Science Fiction Research Association. No. 31 August, '1914 SFRA ANNUAL CONFERENCE REPORT The 1974 Annual Conference of the Science Fiction Research Association \'1as held at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee on July 12-14. Notable writers c:~ttending the conference included Ursula K. Leguin, Philip Jose Farmer, Alexei and Cory Panshin, Leslie Fiedler, Gordon Dickson, Jack Williamson g and Arthur Tofte. The Sessiol1 opened Friday afternoon with two presentations: "Androgyny and the ~mage of Woman. 11 with speakers Valerie Broege. J. Max Patrick, and Carolyn Wendell, wi;~h l'emar'ks by Ms. LeGuin. Competing for the same time slot was "SF C: c Lr'ship. Prob-Iems and Proposals, II i'lith i"1icrli121 W. r~cCl intock and Dale The second Friday afternoon session o~f~red three alternatives: a panel on ';",-:;']oq SF n with Muriel Becker, Eernatd Holll';ter, and John Ower; a panel .