WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION '82

October 29-31, 1982 — Park Plaza Hotel, New Haven, CT

PROGRESS REPORT TWO

Progress Report Two WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION '82 October 29 - 31, 1982 Park Plaza Hotel — New Haven, Connecticut Guests Peter Straub Joseph Payne Brennan Donald Maitz Toastmaster Charles L. Grant Dedicated to Mark Twain and H. Warner Munn. Convention Committee: P.O. Box 8262, East Hartford, CT 06108 Norman L. Hood, Chairman; Harold Kinney, Chairman; Dick Brisson, Art Show; Ken Avery, Dealers’ Room; Kennedy Poyser, Publications; Jim French, Program Director; Peter D. Pautz, Awards Liaison. Artwork copyright 1982 by Don Maitz. REGISTRATION AND PROGRAMMING

REGISTRATION PROGRAMMING Attending memberships are $25 until Several very special items are being September 1, 1982, and $35 afterwards. planned for programming, but it is still Supporting memberships are $ 10 at any too early to give specifics. The final time. We have a limit of 750 attending Progress Report will contain more members, so join early. The member­ details without, however, spoiling a few ship form is on page 14 of this Progress surprises. In general, my guidelines for Report. the program are that it be informative, Members will receive a confirmation different, and above all, entertaining. letter and a membership number. Our I intend to have two tracks running plan is to number the program books simultaneously. One track, devoted and badges, and to give each convention­ primarily to the actual literature of goer the program book and badge that fantasy and to the aesthetic side of corresponds to his/her membership num­ fantasy art, will include sessions on ber. In order to maintain fairness, the Mark Twain and H. Warner Munn (the numbers are assigned strictly in the people to whom the convention is order received, the lowest numbers dedicated) as well as interview/ going to the first to join. Program books dialogues with the Guests of Honor. and membership badges will be given out In selecting panels, my goal is to high­ at the preregistration booth at the con­ light the interrelation of various strains vention. Supporting members will have and genres of fantasy, although, con­ their material mailed to them, including sidering the contributions of our the 80-page program book with a full­ Writer Guests of Honor to horror fan­ color Don Maitz cover. tasy, there will be some emphasis on Our Progress Reports will probably this area. answer most of your questions about The other track I am labelling the convention, but feel free to write or “The Business and Technical Side of call if there is something we haven’t Fantasy,” a catch-phrase designed to covered. I can generally be reached for point out the extent of its difference questions about memberships at (203) from the first track. (Both are equally 289-1208 afternoons, or (203) 742-5417 important, but different.) It will mornings and evenings. feature elements on publishing and editing, agent/client relationships, care Harold E. Kinney — Co-Chairman and preservation of artwork and books, demonstrations of art techniques, and motion pictures. Concerning “special events,” I offer this hint — a film not yet released (though it will be by the time of the 1982 convention) closely connected with a well-known writer who usually attends World Fantasy Conventions — we hope 'VORto ~ to show this film in conjunction with a panel. Fa^TAsy Jim French — Program Director CONveNTION — J 155 Temple Street, New Haven, THE PARK PLAZA HOTEL Connecticut 06510 (203) 772-1700

The Park Plaza Hotel is in the Chapel ventinn hotel has sold out for the past Square Mall in downtown New Haven. three World Fantasy Conventions. The convention has blocked most of Reservation cards are enclosed in the 300 guest rooms for WFC members, Progress Reports and with membership but you should reserve early. The con­ confirmation letters.

FROM HARTFORD & POINTS NORTH. Take 1-91 Driving information south to Exit 3 (Trumbull Street). Proceed down ramp and a map (pilfered and straight on to 3rd traffic light. Take a left at light onto from the hotel bro­ Temple Street, proceed straight passing 3 traffic lights. chure) are in the next The Park Plaza entrance will be on your left. column. Travel by train is ■X; From easy, as the main New | I Hartford England commuter line runs right through Park 4^^? New Haven. Call Am­ kEXIT trak at l-8OO-523-572O/ trIum3llst for schedules. There are 20-30 flights a day to New yNew Haven, most by New- ’°A Haven air, with direct flights COLISEUM from New York City S EXIT (both LaGuardia and Newark), Baltimore, From Washington, DC, and EXIT Boston Philadelphia. Newair’s 47^. toll-free number is “ex/r 1-800-243-6570. 47/ THE SCENIC TOUR Museums, historic From A 95 sites, and about 50 NewYbrk restaurants are within a short walk or ride from the Park Plaza. FROM NEW YORK & POINTS SOUTH. Take I-95 north The libraries and col­ to Exit 47 (Downtown) onto Route 34. Take exit 1 and lections of nearby Yale proceed to first traffic light. Take a right at the light onto University are well Church Street. Take a left at the 3rd traffic light onto worth a visit. Chapel Street. Left at next traffic light onto Temple Phelps Gate marks Street. The Park Plaza Entrance will be on your left. the entry to the Old Campus where Yale FROM BOSTON & POINTS EAST. Take I-95 south to was established in Exit 47 (Downtown) onto Route 34. Take exit 1 and pro­ 1718. Free guided ceed to first traffic light. Take a right at the light onto tours twice daily. Church Street. Take a left at the 3rd traffic light onto Chapel Street. Left at next traffic light onto Temple Continued on p. 6. Street. The Park Plaza Entrance will be on your left. YOUR SCIENCE FANTASY BOOKSHOP ... IN THE MAIL

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We feature a full line of new Science Fiction and Fantasy books, paperbacks, and fanzines from all of the major publishers and Specialty Presses in the SF field. And, we offer a lO^o discount on orders of $25 or more! Our catalogs are issued monthly (by first class mail) and feature entertaining annotated listings. We are full-time book dealers and offer fast, friendly, reliable service. Our packers are collectors themselves and treat your order with the same care they would want shown to books they would order through the mail.

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V * ART SHOW

Our Artist Guest of Honor this year is the art show will provide the specified World Fantasy Award-winner Don space, and will conduct a written bid Maitz. He will be showcasing nearly 20 sale of the artwork and a voice auction major works, including a completely if warranted. The display fee is based new piece done especially for the con­ on the unit of a panel (4’ x 8’) or a vention program book. table (2.5’ x 6’) for 3-D items. We also Work by many other illustrators also have a scale of fees for 3-D items based will be on exhibit, so reserve early to on their largest dimensions. assure yourself a place in the show. HANGING ART 3-D ITEMS The art show rules have been edited for $20 — half panel $2 — small, 6” or less this Progress Report. Artists will re­ $40 — full panel $3 — med., 3’ or less ceive the complete set of rules from $70 — two panels $5 — large, over 3’ Dick Brisson when they request entry $40 - full table forms. In addition, we charge a 6% commis­ sion on sales, which is largely to cover BASIC RULES bank charges on credit card sales. All entries must be the artist’s original The display fee plus the 6% commis­ work on a horror, fantasy, or heroic­ sion should lead to an average fee of fantasy theme, submitted by the artist about 10% of sales. or his/her agent. Payments to Artists: Checks will be All 2-D entries must be matted, mailed to artists within two weeks mounted, or framed. following the convention. Once entered, no artwork may be withdrawn from the show, nor may the WHAT YOU ARE SELLING condition of sale be changed. Not-for-sale artwork is allowed in Rights: Buyers do not receive profes­ the show, and is eligible for awards, sional reproduction rights. A section on but we would appreciate it if half or the entry form, however, allows you to more of your work was for sale. assign personal-use or fan repro rights if you wish. ENTRY PROCEDURE Photography: No photography will be Please write early for entry forms. We allowed. anticipate all our space will be reserved Sketches and Prints: There will be no by September 1, 1982. NO SPACE “sketch table” and no provision for WILL BE A VAILABLE EXCEPT BY selling reproductions in the art show ADVANCE REGISTRATION. Fees room. However, if you have posters, must accompany all reservations. We prints, or reproductions of your work will send you bid sheets on receipt of your entry form and fees. available, you may post a notice that you are selling them in the dealers’ You may enter as a “professional” room, or hang a set of order forms. or an “amateur.” This determines the section of the show where your work CHECKING IN AND OUT is hung, and who you compete with for the awards. As a guideline, art is the Set-up and Check-in: Set-up will be major source of income for “profes­ from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, so sionals,” but the choice is up to you. please try to come early in the morn­ ing. If this is impossible, please send FEES AND MONEY work with an agent or by mail or UPS. The Fee Structure: For the display fee, Art Show Hours: We will attempt to have the show open by 3 p.m. Friday. MATRIX Limited Edition Prints The show will be open all day Saturday, and as late as possible on Sunday. Check-out: Check-out will follow the Awards Banquet on Sunday.

SELLING YOUR WORK Depending on bidding activity, we will have acutions on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The show will be closed during the Sunday morning auc­ tion. After the show reopens, pieces may be picked up by the high bidders, and pieces with no bids may be pur­ chased for their minimums. This is important: If no one bids on a piece prior to the Sunday auction, it may be sold afterward FOR THE MINIMUM BID.

AWARDS Works by professional and amateur artists will be hung in separate areas, arid will be voted on separately by the On the Wall of Roses — by Leia convention members for all awards. Dowling. 1000 signed & numbered Don Maitz, our guest artist, has gen­ 12 x 17 color prints. $10 erously donated a piece of original art to be raffled off using the ballots signed by convention members. The award categories are: Best Artist Best Fantasy Best Color Best Heroic Fantasy Best B&W Best Horror Best 3-D Best Humor

SECURITY The door of the room will be guarded while the show is open, and locked at other times.

CORRESPONDENCE Direct requests for entry forms (SASE with two stamps, please) and inquiries regarding the art show to: Dick Brisson, c^> The Medicine Shoppe 173 Rockdale Avenue South Dartmouth, MA 02748 The Night All Magic Went Awry — Telephone: (617) 996-3778 by Victoria Poyser. 1000 signed & Mon—Thurs: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. numbered 11 x 14 prints. $10 Fri: 9 a.m. to noon. Sat: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sun: Never on Sunday. Order from: Kennedy Poyser, 42-77 Crommelin St., Flushing, NY 11355

10 DEALERS' ROOM

The dealers’ room is located in the 3900- Ralph Kristiansen — Boston, MA square-foot Plaza Room, across a large Rare and o.p. books foyer from the art show and the ball­ The House on the Borderland — rooms. Pelham, NH ALL TABLES ARE NOW SOLD. Used and rare books Prices were $30 for the first table and $40 for the second, with a limit of two Carl Lundgren — New York, NY per dealer. Prices did not include mem­ Art prints bership. For information, or to inquire Stuart Schiff — Binghampton, NY about a waiting list, contact: Whispers Press. Specialty hardcovers, original artwork. Whispers publications Ken Avery P.O. Box 8262, East Hartford, CT 06108 Alicia Austin — Canoga Park, CA Art prints The following dealers will attend Cheap Street — New Castle, VA World Fantasy Convention ‘82. Any Specialty press books, o.p. books, changes in the list will be noted in the Cheap Street publications next Progress Report. Fantasy Archives — New York, NY The Bookie — East Hartford, CT Rare and o.p. books New books and magazines, rare and Nicholas J. Certo — Middletown, NY o.p. books, pulps New and used books, original artwork Chimera Publishing — Farmington, CT Sleeping Dragon — New Hyde Park, NY Fine art prints, rare and o.p. books Fantasy and SF sculpture The Pendragon Gallery — Annapolis, MD Roy A. Squires — Glendale, CA Sculpture Don Stark — Ft. Ritchie, MD Rare books, ephemera, and autographs Capes and costumes Frederick J. Mayer — Sacramento, CA Andrew Porter — New York, NY Outre House. Specialty press books SF Chronicle, Starship, Algol Press Phyllis White — Colorado Springs, CO Nova Enterprises — Bellmore, NY Jewelry, sculpture, hand-carved boxes Bayla B. Fine — Rehaboth, MA Merlin’s Closet — Providence, RI Greg Ketter — Si. Paul, MN Victoria Poyser — Flushing, NY Art Mitchell Botwin - Middletown, RI Alternities — White Plains, NY Dragon’s Hoard Alternities Publications Jay Hutschnecker — Moonachie, NY Rit Palanik- Plantsville, CT Jewelry, occult and SF books, games Pulps, used and rare books Ina N. Cooke — Kingston, RI Curious Used Book Shop — East O.p. books and paperbacks Lansing, MI. New and used sf/fantasy Jaick Gonzalez — Oneida, NY Ziesing Bros. Book Emporium — Rare and o.p. books Willimantic, CT. New & old sf/fantasy

Writers — Dealers — Collectors: I am currently at work on an annotated, anec­ dotal bibliography of the fantasy and science fiction specialty press publishers of the ‘40s and ‘50s. This is not a history, although historical anecdotes may be of use to me. The section that is now primarily getting my attention is that relating to Arkham House, although I can use similar information about any of the other specialty publishers. What I seek are short anecdotes, little-known facts, unusual occurrences, or anomalies connected with the writing, publishing, or collecting of specialty press titles, particularly Arkham House. Full acknowledgement will be given for every contributor and, in some instances, with permission, contributions may be liberally quoted or included verbatim. Please direct your anecdotes to: Sheldon R. Jaffery, 23834 Wendover Drive, Beachwood, Ohio 44122. MEMBERSHIP

GUESTS 43 Robert Allen LOST MEMBERS 44 Erin Olson The following people Peter Straub 45 Paul Olson Joseph Payne Brennan have moved, or their ad­ 46 Frederick Mayer dresses were registered Donald Maitz 47 Roy Carter Charles L. Grant incorrectly. They were 48 Donald Hammill members of past World 49 Crispin Burnham Fantasy Conventions, ATTENDING 50 Chet Williamson MEMBERS and are entitled to bal­ 51 Jeff Conner lots for this year's 1 Bob Leman 52 Nancy Tracy awards. If you have cur­ 2 Donald Aamodt 53 Seth McEvoy rent addresses for any* 3 Samuel Tomaino 54 Victoria Poyser one on this list, please 4 Teresa Minambres 55 Paul Wilson send them to us. Thanks. 5 Mark Leeper 56 Jill Bauman (WFC, P.O. Box 8262, 6 Evelyn Leeper 57 John Eric Holmes East Hartford, CT 7 Louise Sachter 58 Michael Barton 06108) 8 Lawrence Proksch 59 Jay Kay Klein 9 Nancy Springer 60 James Glenn Sean Bacon 10 Leo Doroschenko 61 Mark Owings Alameda, CA 11 Stuart Wells 62 Julanne Owings James Bennett 12' Andrew Porter 63 Cecilia Cosentini Baltimore, MD 13 Tex Wyndham 64 Sheldon Jaffery Alan R. Brownstein 14 Nancy Wyndham 65 Alternities Binghampton, NY 15' Michael Saler Publications 1 Grant Carrington 16 Loren Gould 66 Alternities Columbia, MD 17 Jack Gonzalez Publications 2 Ellen Caswell 18 Seth Breidbart 67 Alternities College Park, MD 19 Tom Kidd Publications 3 Vern Corelli 20 Andrea Montague 68 Doug Faunt Kansas City, MO 21 Margaret Purdy 69 Ray Walsh/ Darvula 22 Joseph Smith Curious Books Danbury, CT 23 Randall Brunk 70 Paul Kelly Sandra Desautell 24 Stuart Schiff 71 Allen Wold Lincoln, RI 25 Susan Schiff 72 Diane Wold Shirley Formac 26 Barbara Barron Vestal, NY 27 John Sidelinger SUPPORTING Florrie Frederiksen 28 Susan Dexter MEMBERS Philadelphia, PA 29 Paula Mastine Lanie Hess 30 Ralph Kristiansen 51 Richard Smith II Newark, DE 31 Fantasy Archives 1 52 John Squires/J DS Graham Holroyd 32 Fantasy Archives 2 Books Pittsford, NY 33 Andrew Smith 53 John Melville/JDS Mark Johnson 34 Lois Buhalis Books Sunnydale, CA 35 Michael Stamm 54 Brian Huges/JDS P. Kelly 36 Jan Landau O’Nale Books Fairfax, VA 37 Jeanne Youngson 55 Roland Green Jack Lane 38 James Turner 56 Floyd Lightsey Lortnn, VA 39 Jon Estren 57 Emily Egan Allan P. Lappin 40 Serge Mailloux 58 Richard Weilgosh Maplewood, NJ 41 Terry King 59 Harry Andruschak 42 Roy Squires S10 Stephen Donaldson

12 Bill Leatherman Los Angeles, CA Scott Legore York, PA Tomas F, Monteleone Columbia, MD Gene Perkins Seattle, WA Michael Rathje Falls Church, VA Pete Rems Santa Monica, CA Beth Root Bethesda, MD Louise Sachter Poughkeepsie, NY J. Vernon Shea Cleveland, OH Lee Smoire Baltimore, MD Elizabeth Stanford Alexandria, VA Alex Stevens Jamaica Plains, MA Michele Summerhof Randallstown, MD Wayne Thornton Farmington, CT Ralph Vincinanza New York, NY Richard Yeoh Philadelphia, PA tlQe neco game op fantasy & aaaenturze one to six playeRs seek tReasciRe on a stRange coorIo.-.

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21 Margaret Purdy 69 Ray Walsh/ Darvula 22 Joseph Smith Curious Books Danbury, CT 23 Randall Brunk 70 Paul Kelly Sandra Desautell 24 Stuart Schiff 71 Allen Wold Lincoln, RI 25 Susan Schiff 72 Diane Wold Shirley Formac 26 Barbara Barron Vestal, NY 27 John Sidelinger SUPPORTING Florrie Frederiksen 28 Susan Dexter MEMBERS Philadelphia, PA 29 Paula Mastine Lanie Hess 30 Ralph Kristiansen 51 Richard Smith II Newark, DE 31 Fantasy Archives 1 52 John Squires/JDS Graham Holroyd 32 Fantasy Archives 2 Books Pittsford, NY 33 Andrew Smith 53 John Melville/JDS Mark Johnson 34 Lois Buhalis Books Sunnydale, GA 35 Michael Stamm 54 Brian Huges/JDS P. Kelly 36 Jan Landau O’Nale Books Fairfax, VA 37 Jeanne Youngson 55 Roland Green Jack Lane 38 James Turner 56 Floyd Lightsey Lorton, VA 39 Jon Estren S 7 Emily Egan Allan P. Lappin 40 Serge Mailloux 58 Richard Weilgosh Maplewood, NJ 41 Terry King 59 Harry Andruschak 42 Roy Squires S10 Stephen Donaldson

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