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Harian Eilison Has Roy Tackett Recovering Heart Surgery From Stroke

On Friday, April 12, Harlan Ellison experienced chest pains Roy Tackett, long-time publisher of Dynatron and a GoH of but ignored them for awhile. They got worse, so he went next year’s Worldcon in San Antonio, suffered a stroke in into the doctor, thinking the doctor would schedule him for January and has been recovering in a Veterans Administra another angioplasty. Instead, the doctor informed Harlan tion Hospital. The stroke affected his left side and his he'd had a small heart attack and hospitalized him on speech. Sunday, April 14 for a quadruple bypass operation. Ellison has been recovering in Cedar Sinai hospital. Eleen Tackett reports that Roy is making steady progress. She told Chad Lundgren, editor of the Albuquerque SF Ellison’s heart surgery understandably compelled Susan Society clubzine, that Roy has done a little bit of walking Ellison to cancel his appearance at Albacon ’96 in Glasgow with a cane, and his left side is strong, the control pathways the weekend of July 15. (The committee promptly offered just need re-establishing. The goal Roy and his therapists membership refunds and will evaluate whether to go ahead have is for him to be able to walk by his birthday, May 8. with the con — even though they still have Terry Pratchett Roy would also like to make it to Leprecon, May 17. as the other guest of honor!) Lundgren adds there has been one unfortunate develop ment, Roy has been "colonized" by VRE (vancomy cin-resistant enterococci), an antibiotic-resistant bacte 1996 DUFF Winner Elected ria. "Right now, this is only a threat to people with weakened immune systems, which Roy does not have a problem with, so it’s mainly a hassle with everyone Perry Middlemiss has been declared the winner of the wearing gloves and such." Down Under Fan Fund by Australian administrator Alan Stewart and North American administrators Pat and Roger Eleen Tackett has been married to Roy for about four Sims. Pat and Roger report, "Email allowed us to total the years. Lundgren credits her with helping Roy to recover vote on both sides after mail was received at the Sims’ faster, both because she helps motivate him and be home on April 22. Perry will be attending L.A.con III in cause she’s raising hell at the VA hospital to get them Anaheim, California. to give him enough therapy. "We have a great big thank you for all who voted both ’ Good here and Down Under. Also a very special thank you to Occasionally There s News those voters who sent more than the required amount. Early next month we will do a mailing of our DUFF Alexander Lawrence Meltsner was bom to Janice Walk-About, with information about the 1997 DUFF race Eisen and Ken Meltsner on March 26 in the Memorial to send a fan Down Under to the 1997 Australian Medical Center at Johnstown, PA. At birth, Alexander National Convention in Melbourne, Australia. The results weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and he was 20 inches are as follows: long.

Australia US Tot Diana Harlan Stein, three time fan-artist Hugo nomi nee, art information pusher, Dorsai Irregular and real Perry Middlemiss 21 42 63 charmer, and husband David M Stein, Michigan fan, Danny Heap 18 26 44 information junkie, Dorsai Irregular and man about the Stephen Dedman 3 6 9 world would like to inform everyone that Diana’s 7.5 No Preference 0 9 9 month pregnant, heading for a June 18 due date. Write-In 0 0 0 Mother and future fan doing well. [[Report by David Hold Over Funds 1 0 __0 Total 43 83 126 M. Stein]]

Insufficient Funds 0 1 1 Stop the Presses! Well, not exactly. When the DUFF Postmarked After 15th 0 3 3 news release shows up in e-mail the day after work on 1 __1 Unable to Be Counted 0 the issue is finished, today’s fanzine editor with lead Grand Total 44 87 131 ing-edge technology runs into the pressroom, shouts "So there it is! One visit and one race down. A trip report "Tear up the masters!", pauses to realize he’s alone in to finish and one more race to go!" the room, then sits down at the computer to yank another illo out of the layout so the final item will fit. April 1996 3

File 770:113 is edited by Mike Dateline L.A.con ill: 0: So, kimo- Clyer at P.O. Box 1056, Sierra sabe, how do you explain this Madre, CA 91025. Telephone biweekly publishing pace? Don't number: (818) 355-3090. E-mail: you have a worldcon to work File [email protected] on, or something? File 770 is available for news, A: You'd be surprised how it artwork, arranged trades, or by speeds the production of this 770 subscription. Subscriptions cost zine when the news and kind $8.00 for 5 issues, $15 for 10 is the text we have to produce for sues, mailed first class in North the con the same thing. See you America or surface mail rates in another two weeks! (Wow, overseas. Air printed matter ser look how my nose grows every 113 vice is available for $2.50 per is time I say that...) sue.

1996 HUGO AND CAMPBELL AWARD NOMINEES

Released by David Bratman cord, California. 94527-1986, or faxed "A Woman’s Liberation", by Ur L.A.con Hl Hugo Co-Administrator to (707) 745-0729. Until July 31, L.A. sula K. Le Guin (Asimov's, July 1995) con memberships are available for $130 "Bibi", by Mike Resnick and Susan L.A.con III, the 54th World Science attending or $30 supporting from L.A. Shwartz (Asimov's, Mid- December Fiction Convention, has released the con III, c/o SCIFI, P.O. Box 8442, Van 1995) nominations for the 1996 Hugo Awards Nuys CA 91409. "The Death of Captain Future", by and John W. Campbell Memorial Allen Steele (Asimov's, October 1995) Award. This year’s Hugos, the 43th Plans are pending at press time to make No Award annual awards, will be presented at a as many nominees as possible available ceremony in the Anaheim Convention on L.A.con Ill’s World Wide Web site, BEST NOVELETTE Center, Anaheim, California, on http://lacon3.worldcon.org/ "Luminous", by Greg Egan (Asimov's, Sunday, September 1, 1996. September 1995) BEST NOVEL "TAP", by Greg Egan (Asimov's, The nominees that follow were chosen The Time Ships, by Stephen Baxter November 1995) by popular vote by 442 members of (HarperPrism) "Think Like a Dinosaur", by James L.A.con or Intersection who submitted Brightness Reef, by David Brin Kelly (Asimov's, June 1995) valid nominating ballots. In some cate (Bantam) "When the Old Gods Die", by Mike gories more than five nominations ap The Terminal Experiment, by Rob Resnick (Asimov's, April 1995) pear due to tie votes. ert J. Sawyer (HarperPrism; "The Good Rat", by Allen Steele (Ana- serialized as Hobson's Choice, The nomination ballots were counted Analog, Mid-December 1994- and verified by the L.A.con III Hugo March 1995) Administrators, David Bratman and Seth The Diamond Age, by Neal Steph tfts lifts Goldberg. The final ballots will be sent enson (Bantam) to L.A.con members in a special mail Remake, by Connie Willis ing in early May. Only attending and No Award supporting members of L.A.con III are eligible to vote. Ballots must be postm BEST NOVELLA arked by July 31 and received by "Fault Lines", by Nancy Kress August 7 to ensure that they will be (Asimov’s, August 1995) counted. They must be mailed to: 1996 "A Man of the People", by Ursula Hugo Awards, Seth Goldberg, Voting K. Le Guin (Asimov's, April Administrator, P.O. Box 271986, Con 1995) 4 File 770:113

log, Mid-December 1995) Kindersley) Sokolow, screenplay "Must and Shall", by Harry Turtledove Alien Horizons: The Fantastic Art of 12 Monkeys (Universal) Charles Roven, (Asimov's, November 1995) Bob Eggleton, by Bob Eggleton (Dra producer; Terry Gilliam, director; No Award gon’s World/Paper Tiger) David and Janet Peoples, screenplay To Write Like a Woman: Essays in No Award BEST SHORT STORY Feminism and Science Fiction, by "TeleAbsence", by Michael A. Burstein Joanna Russ (Indiana University Press) BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR (Analog, July 1995) No Award Ellen Datlow "Life on the Moon", by Tony Daniel Gardner Dozois (Asimov’s, April 1995) BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION Scott Edelman "A Birthday", by Esther M. Friesner Apollo 13 (Universal) Brian Grazer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Fantasy and Science Fiction, producer; Ron Howard, director; Stanley Schmidt August 1995) William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert, No Award "The Lincoln Train", by Maureen F. screenplay McHugh (Fantasy and Science "The Coming of Shadows" (Babylon 5) BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST Fiction, April 1995) (Warner Brothers) J. Michael Strac Jim Bums "Walking Out", by Michael Swanwick zynski, Douglas Netter, John Cope Thomas Canty (Asimov's, February 1995) land, producers; J. Michael Strac Bob Eggleton No Award zynski, screenplay; Janet Greek, Don Maitz director Michael Whelan BEST NON-FICTION BOOK "The Visitor" (Star Trek: Deep Space No Award Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Nine) (Paramount Television) Rick Letters, by Isaac Asimov, edited by Berman and Ira Steven Behr, execu BEST ORIGINAL ARTWORK Stanley Asimov (Doubleday) tive producers; Michael Taylor, Cover of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Spectrum 2: The Best in Contemporary screenplay; David Livingston, director October-November 1995 (illustrating Fantastic Art, edited by Cathy Burnett Toy Story (Buena Vista) Ralph Guggen "Dankden" by Marc Laidlaw), by Bob and Amie Fenner (Underwood) heim and Bonnie Arnold, producers; Eggleton Science Fiction: The Illustrated John Lasseter, director; Joss Whedon, Cover of Analog, January 1995 (illus Encyclopedia, by John Clute (Dorling Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec trating "Tide of Stars" by Julia Eck-

1996 Hugo and Campbell Award Nomination Statistics

The chart below shows, for each Hugo category, the total number of ballots marked, the total number of votes cast, the number of different candidates nominated, and the range of votes received by the finalists. The first two columns were calculated on raw eligible ballots, the third after reassigning scattered votes for single candidates to the most appropriate category, and the last on the nominees actually appearing on the ballot in each category.

Category Ballots Votes Nominees Range Novel 330 991 210 76-27 Novella 222 610 68 39-31 Novelette 224 651 129 45-18 Short Story 237 686 201 35-18 Nonfic. Book 150 291 40 72-16 Dram. Pres. 299 917 131 122-30 Prof. Editor 227 564 54 113-35 Prof. Artist 201 576 138 80-24 Orig. Art. 100 270 113 25- 8 Semiprozine 187 450 38 99-30 Fanzine 194 459 100 49-20 Fan Writer 165 423 148 39-13 Fan Artist 148 403 95 45-23 Campbell 139 260 73 39- 8 April 1996 5

iar), by Bob Eggleton BEST FAN WRITER File 770 received enough votes to be Dinotopia: The World Beneath, by Sharon Farber nominated for Best Fanzine, but was James Gurney (Turner) Andy Hooper ruled ineligible because its editor, Mike Cover of Analog, March 1995 (illustrat Dave Langford Glyer, is a member of the Hugo Awards ing "Renascence" by Poul Anderson), Evelyn C. Leeper subcommittee and had already with by George H. Krauter Joseph T. Major drawn from contention. Linda Nagata Cover of Fantasy and Science Fiction, No Award received enough votes to be nominated January 1995 (illustrating "Tea and for the John W. Campbell Award, but Hamsters" by Michael Coney), by BEST FAN ARTIST was ruled ineligible due to professional Gary Lippincott Ian Gunn publication of fiction in the science No Award Teddy Harvia fiction and fantasy field prior to 1994. Joe Mayhew BEST SEMI-PROZINE Peggy Ranson Crank'., edited by Bryan Cholfin William Rotsler Interzone, edited by David Pringle No Award The White Papers Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown The New York Review of Science A Guest of Honor book for James Fiction, edited by David Hartwell, White will be published by NESFA Ariel Hame'on. and Tad Dembinski JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD Press under the auspices of LACon III, Science Fiction Chronicle, edited by For Best New Science Fiction Writer, to be available at the Worldcon. Plans Andrew Porter sponsored by Dell Magazines are to include some of James’s profes No Award Michael A. Burstein (1st year of eligi sional writing, plus some of his fan bility) writing, and some appropriate reference BEST FANZINE David Feintuch (2nd year of eligibility) material, in a book of approximately Ansible, edited by Dave Langford Felicity Savage (2nd year of eligibility) 400 pages. There will be a limited Apparatchik, edited by Andrew Hooper Sharon Shinn (1st year of eligibility) edition (boxed, signed and numbered) and Victor Gonzalez Tricia Sullivan (1st year of eligibility) and a regular edition. No advance No Award Attitude, edited by Michael Abbott, orders can be taken but the book will be John Dallman, and Pam Wells available at the L.A.con III Gift Shop "The Fall of Night" {Babylon 5) re FOSFAX, edited by Timothy Lane and and at the NESFA Table in the Dealers ceived enough votes to be nominated Elizabeth Garrott Room. Lan's Lantern, edited by George "Lan" for Best Dramatic Presentation, but the Laskowski producers declined its nomination in Mimosa, edited by Richard and Nicki favor of "The Coming of Shadows", the Lynch other Babylon 5 episode nominated. No Award

1946 RETRO-HUGO AWARD NOMINEES

Released by David Bratman ry by retrospectively giving out the L.A.con or Intersection who submitted L.A.con III Hugo Co-Administrator Hugos that would have been presented valid nominating ballots. In some cate at Pacificon I if they’d been invented. gories only 4 nominees appear, as no L.A.con III, the 54th World Science (The first Hugos were presented in other eligible candidates appeared on at Fiction Convention, has released the 1953.) least 5% of the ballots cast in that cate nominations for the 1946 Retrospective gory, as required by Section 2.6 of the Hugos, or Retro-Hugos. L.A.con III The awards will be presented at a cere WSFS Constitution for 4th and 5th marks the fiftieth anniversary of the mony at L.A.con III on Friday, August nominees. The categories "Best Non- first Los Angeles area Worldcon. Pacifi- 30, 1996. Fiction Book", "Best Original Artwork", con I in 1946. and the committee has and "Best Semi-Prozine" on the nomi been authorized by the World Science The nominees that follow were chosen nating ballot had very few nominations Fiction Society to honor this anniversa by popular vote by 111 members of and were eliminated from the ballot. 6 File 770:113

The nomination ballots were counted 271986, Concord, California, 94527— (Astounding, October 1945) and verified by the L.A.con III Hugo 1986) or send e-mail to retro.- Animal Farm, by George Orwell (Seek Administrators, David Bratman and Seth [email protected]. er and Warburg; Harcourt Brace; etc.) Goldberg. The final ballots will be sent / Remember Lemuria, by Richard S. to L.A.con members in a special mail BEST NOVEL Shaver (Amazing, March 1945; ing in early May. Only attending and "The Mule", by Isaac Asimov (Astound Venture Books) supporting members of L.A.con III are ing, November-December 1945; also No Award eligible to vote. Ballots must be post published as Part II of Foundation marked by July 31 and received by and Empire) BEST NOVELETTE August 7 to ensure that they will be "Red Sun of Danger", by Edmond "Pi in the Sky", by Fredric Brown counted. They must be mailed to: 1946 Hamilton (writing as Brett Sterling; (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter Retro-Hugo Awards, Seth Goldberg, Startling Stories, Spring 1945; also 1945) Voting Administrator, P.O. Box271986, published as Danger Planet, by Brett "Into Thy Hands", by Lester del Rey Concord, California, 94527-1986, or Sterling) (Astounding, August 1945) faxed to (707) 745-0729. Until July 31, That Hideous Strength, by C.S. Lewis "First Contact", by Murray Leinster L.A.con memberships are available for (Bodley Head; Macmillan; etc.) (Astounding, May 1945) $130 attending or $30 supporting from Destiny Times Three, by Fritz Leiber "The Piper’s Son", by Lewis Padgett L.A.con III, c/o SCIFI, P.O. Box 8442, (Astounding, March-April 1945; (Astounding, February 1945) Van Nuys CA 91409. Galaxy Novels; Dell) "The Mixed Men", by A.E. van Vogt The World ofNull-A, by A.E. Van Vogt (Astounding, January 1945; revised for Due to the rarity of the original publica (Astounding, August-October 1945; book publication in The Mixed Men tions, additional information on reprints revised for book publication by (Gnome); cut version titled Mission to of the fiction nominees will appear on Simon and Schuster, etc.) the Stars) the ballot. Plans are pending at press No Award No Award time to publish a collection of circa— 1945 works by the Fan Writer and Fan BEST NOVELLA BEST SHORT STORY Artist nominees and selection^ ftom the "Dead Hand", by Isaac Asimov "The Waveries", by Fredric Brown Fanzine nominees. For further informa (Astounding, April 1945; also pub (Astounding, January 1945) tion, write to the balloting address lished as Part I of Foundation and "Uncommon Sense", by Hal Clement (1946 Retro-Hugo Awards, Seth Gold Empire) (Astounding, September 1945) berg, Voting Administrator, P.O. Box "Giant Killer", by A. Bertram Chandler "Correspondence Course", by Raymond

1946 Retro Hugo Nomination Statistics

Category Ballots Votes Nominees Range Novel 94 223 17 66- 5 Novella 72 190 8 39-11 Novelette 58 160 22 76-19 Short Story 84 252 26 35-18 Nonfic. Book 12 14 6 Dram. Pres. 55 146 36 23-10 Prof. Editor 85 151 13 84- 7 Prof. Artist 55 164 23 41- 7 Orig. Art. 3 9 9 Semiprozine 1 1 1 Fanzine 45 118 25 21-11 Fan Writer 55 153 30 31- 9 Fan Artist 27 61 10 19- 5 April 1996 7

F. Jones (Astounding, April 1945) Voice of the Imagi-Nation, edited by "The Ethical Equations", by Murray Forrest J Ackerman FA AN Awards Leinster (Astounding, June 1945) No Award "What You Need", by Lewis Padgett At the Corflu banquet on March 17th (Astounding, October 1945) BEST FAN WRITER the Fanzine Activity Achievement No Award Forrest J Ackerman Awards were presented. Best Fanzine: Charles E. Burbee Apparatchik, edited by Andrew P. Hoo BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION Francis Towner Laney per. Best Fan Writer: Andrew P. Hoop Blithe Spirit (United Artists) Noel Bob Tucker er. Best Fan Artist: D. West. (Talk Coward, producer; David Lean, Art Widner about things that never happen: Did the director; Noel Coward. David Lean, No Award stars start blinking out one by one when and Anthony Havelock-Allan, Apparatchik won the FAAN and got a screenplay BEST FAN ARTIST Hugo nomination in the same year?) The Body Snatcher (RKO) Vai Lewton, Joe Gibson producer; Robert Wise, director; Philip Lou Goldstone, Jr. Janice Murray will administer the FAAn MacDonald and Carlos Keith, Alva Rogers Awards again for next year’s Corflu in screenplay William Rotsler the Bay Area. To join, send $45 payable The Horn Blows at Midnight (Warner Jack Wiedenbeck to David Bratman, 1161 Huntington Brothers) Mark Hellinger. producer; No Award Dr., San Jose, CA 95129. Raoul Walsh, director; Sam Hellman and James V. Kern, screenplay Many stories received nominations in NeoCon Canceled House of Dracula (Universal) Paul more than one fiction category. All Malvern, producer; Erle C. Kenton, votes were combined into the proper director; Edward T. Lowe, screenplay category by the story’s word-count (for Following the untimely death of its The Picture of Dorian Gray (Metro- example, Animal Farm by George Or chairman, Brad Beeson, NeoCon (held Goldwyn-Mayer) Pandro S. Berman, well was nominated almost exclusively in Wichita, KS) has been postponed for prod.; Albert Lewin, dir., screenplay as Best Novel, but by length is decided a year. For future information, write to No Award ly a Novella), except for "The Waver- NeoCon Inc., P.O. Box 48122, Wichita, ies" by Fredric Brown, which received KS 67201 or e-mail [email protected] BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR the bulk of its nominations as Best com. [[Source: Manifest Destiny 3]] John W. Campbell, Jr. (Astounding Short Story. Though over 7,500 words, Science Fiction) it falls within the relocation option zone Sam Merwin, Jr. (Thrilling Wonder defined by Section 2.2.1 of the WSFS Changes of Address Stories, Startling Stories) Constitution (as revised by the 1995 Raymond A. Palmer (Amazing Stories) Business Meeting), and was placed in Donald A. Wollheim (Portable Novels Best Short Story in accordance with the David and Diana Stein, 3665 North of Science) voters’ preference. Adams, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304; No Award Phone; (810) 585-7462; E-mail: I Remember Lemuria by Richard S. Dave, [email protected]; BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST Shaver was nominated in fiction catego Diana, [email protected] Earle K. Bergey ries and as Best Non-Fiction Book. Hal and Ulrika O’Brien, 123 Melody Hannes Bok Ruled ineligible in the latter (due to not Lane, Apt. C, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Edd Cartier being published in book form until Virgil Finlay 1948), it was placed in Best Novella by Frank R. Paul wordcount and because it was written as No Award fiction "based on" fact (regardless of the actual truth of the facts in question). BEST FANZINE The film The House of Frankenstein The Acolyte, edited by Francis Towner received enough votes to be nominated Laney for Best Dramatic Presentation, but was Chanticleer, edited by Walt Liebscher ruled ineligible due to having been Fantasy Commentator, edited by A. releasedin 1944. Langley Searles Shangri L 'Affaires, edited by Charles E. Burbee and Gerald Hewitt 8 File 770:113

Kansas City Drops would overlap ours and there we sat, 1999 Worldcon Bids unable to make any commitment until 2000 Worldcon Bid 1997." Battle Indifference As Race Nears End The bid committee decided from the MiniCon was abuzz with news that Jim beginning that if by the spring of 1996 L.A.con III will soon mail site selection Satterfield and the KC-in-2K crew had there were not enough hotel rooms in ballots inviting voters to choose be dropped out of the race for the year existence or being constructed to com tween officially filed bids from Austra 2000 Worldcon. I checked with Jim and fortably support the Worldcon they lia and Zagreb, usually the signal that learned: would drop the bid rather than try to the last and most intense season of spread everyone out over a larger area, campaigning is about to begin. But at "Unfortunately it’s true. We’ve always in excess of 10 or more blocks. The the moment both bids are mired in intended to be picky about doing this alternative plan would have forced KC apathy, whether that of their country right and some things haven’t worked Worldcon organizers to use more shuttle men or of the world in general. out as far as hotels go. It wasn’t 100% buses than they originally planned. They certain what would happen and we felt felt the convention would be spread The latest Australian fanzines are dotted that the likelihood of things not working over too large an area and too much with comments from balky fans suspi out looked pretty ’good’ so to speak." time would be spent commuting, incon cious that a Worldcon is being imposed veniencing the attendees and complicat on them by overseas smofs (despite the When Kansas City fandom began bid ing the work of the committee. true origin of the bid in the efforts of ding, the city’s Bartie Hall convention Australians Lindsay, Weber, et al). facility was being expanded. That pro Thinking about what might have been, Although the Las Vegas in ’99 bidders ject was completed. The expansion was Jim Satterfield concludes, "One of the didn’t officially file, therefore are not to coincide with the building of a brand most frustrating things is that it is en on the site selection ballot, they’re still new 1000 room hotel at the south end tirely likely that something might be campaigning and supplying a badly- of the complex, but that plan fell built just in time for the Worldcon. But needed boogie man for Aussiecon 3 through. The Perot group of investors we can’t count on maybes and have bidders to use in frightening complacent who were to finance the construction of already been burned once by an unbuilt Australian fans into active support, jan the new hotel backed out. building on what seemed like a safe howard finder warned readers in the plan. In point of fact the CEO of AMC March issue Thyme, the Australian Jim Satterfield mused, "The corporation Theatres has proposed a huge entertain- newzine, that there was a Las Vegas bid decided that in spite of owning that land ment/shopping complex for downtown party at Arisia in Boston. Australia in (which still sits mostly vacant) if the that would probably include a 400 '99 organizer Eric Lindsay attacked a city wasn’t going to help finance the room-plus hotel. They even announced nonchalant bid critic in the same issue: great majority of the expense of build today that they have already decided ing the hotel they weren't going to that they want to expand it another "Terry Frost appears very certain that build it. We could live with that be block in the direction of the convention Australia will win the Worldcon in cause there were plans for two smaller center. It might happen, but then 1999. Such confidence in a person who hotels waiting in the wings if that one again... And they say that if the city hasn’t presupported the bid, and is in no fell through. Weil, only one of the approves it and the financing goes position to vote for it! Maybe Terry can smaller hotels got built. Sigh. With a through (etc.) it would open in 1999. tell us why he is just so confident that single simple point-to-point shuttle to They’re talking about a 30 screen movie no USA bid could beat us? It certainly the two Crown Center hotels we could megaplex, Planet Hollywood, Hard can’t be direct knowledge. Terry seems still do it. Then another hotel was Rock Cafe, assorted shops, etc. It would sure Zagreb is the competition. It wasn’t bought out and announced a complete be nice. Looking at that, who knows, and never was. The competition is who renovation. Fine, until they announced we might just be back in a few years." ever can offer the people attending that the renovation involved adding L.A.con III a cheap USA Worldcon. A suites and enlarging rooms so that the Meantime, the KC-in-2K bid committee bid from Las Vegas, despite being run total room count dropped by 100 rooms. will say goodbye and thank you to its from Chicago, and being against the Needless to say, by this time we were supporters at two parties, one at L.A.- wishes of Las Vegas fandom, could getting nervous and very unhappy. The con III on Thursday evening and one in offer precisely that cheap alternative. final straw was a letter from the Con San Antonio next year. How many potential voters do we have vention and Visitors Bureau informing in Australia? About 50 Australia fans us that the one of the Crown Center have joined L.A.con. True, we have a hotels was getting inquiries from a lot of US support, over 800 of them. company about a get-together that April 1996 9

How many will be at L.A.con? We ekeepers. Branimir Zauner, a Zagreb in since the probability of not returning is don’t know. How many voters are there ’99 bidder, has been active on Inter- high? That would ruin that country’s when there is competition? About 2000. smof, the e-mail bounce for internation reputation, and no one would do it. So How many of these fans vote at the al conrunners, defending the competence what’s the problem? You see and hear convention, rather than by mail? About of the committee and answering criti a lot of Croats talking how safe it is to 85% of them. Nothing is sure, unless cisms of Croatia as an unsafe country: be in Zagreb, and you still do not belive we have managed to bluff every poten them. What do we have to do to con tial US bid out of existence." "First, there is a question who we are, vince you that it is safe to come to and are we capable of making a world Zagreb? There is no war going on in Kevin Standlee has seen signs of life in con. Well, we are bunch of pretty seri Croatia. War was going on in neigh the Vegas bid even more recently, and ous people (although one could not say bouring country only recently. There is the signs are that it is changing into a that after our parties) who put a lot of a cease fire going on right now. I also NASFiC bid: "People who represent their resources (both physically and understand that it is also unstable situa themselves as being part of the Las mentally, not to mention material) on tion, but so is in Northern Ireland and Vegas in ’99 bid have appeared on this bid (as I belive other bidcom did as nobody ever asks about security on rec.arts.sf.fandom [an Internet news well). Our main problem is that we do British conventions. group] and announced that they are still not like to advertise what we are doing. bidding for Worldcon, planning to run We like to work in silence and to pleas "I just saw an episode from serial called as a write-in. and that they’ll run for the antly surprise people around us. That’s ’Hollywood Women’ in which one says ’99 NASFiC presuming one is re why nobody knew what was going on that her friend was pulled out of her car quired." Kevin observed, "The Las in Zagreb since Intersection, and if we in broad daylight on an intersection on Vegas bid seemed to think that the are serious enough to win their confi Melrose Avenue, shot in the head (for filing requirements for a write-in Wor dence and votes in upcoming voting in tunately she stayed alive) and a man ldcon bid were less stringent than those L.A. that did that drove away in her car. for an on-the-ballot bid. I pointed out There I also heard that it is very com that the requirements are the same, and "Well, I can say what we’ve done since mon for a woman to carry a gun for that the only difference is that the on- Intersection: Since you have to have a protection. If we do win (although the-ballot bids got their filing done at club in order to receive sponsorships many of the people from these lists give least 180 days out." and money in any other way, we found us slim chances), I can guarantee that ed a society called ’Project SF’ (ad we will not issue flack jackets as stan Dana Carson reported on GEnie that the dress: Frana Alfirevica 39, 10000 Zag dard equipment for attendees. At that head of the Las Vegas in '99 Worldcon reb, Croatia). time of the year, it is too hot to wear 26 bid told her at Intersection that "If they pounds of bulky and unnecessary piece lose the Worldcon but win the NASFiC, "Founding a society is not such an easy of clothing, since nothing harmful can the NASFiC will not be on Labor Day job to do. It took us a lot of time and happen to you wherever and whenever weekend. He is planning on going to energy to do it, and do it right, as all you fujd yourself in Zagreb and people Worldcon." So far as NASFiC selection this changes in laws happened due to will look at you as you came from goes, Kevin Standlee points out that if transition from socialism back to capi Mars. I do not belive that people from an overseas bid wins the right to hold talism.... large cities can remember when did they the 1999 Worldcon, the 1999 NASFiC last walk for an hour at 2 a.m. I will do site selection will be administered next "We even started planning programme, just that (I will not be alone since a year by LoneStarCon 2. What’s more, due to a single advantage that we do lovely lady will accompany me) after I if nobody files a NASFiC bid by the have over Australian bid. We will have finish this letter." 180-days-before-the-con deadline, or an Solar Eclipse that year visible from election is held and is won by "None of Zagreb and we plan to have medieval The Zagreb bid’s e-mail address is: the Above" then no 1999 NASFiC will tournament that day with attendees as [email protected] be held. participants (if they want to).

While Las Vegas has been projected by "Then there is that pain in the **** its opponents as a serious threat to win called security. I understand that Croatia the Worldcon, Zagreb bidders have has been for a looong time a bad place struggled alone for recognition as seri to be in. War was going on. Who wants ous contenders. Croatian fans have been to live in a country at war? Who sane handed the insurmountable public rela would come as a tourist to that country? tions nightmare of a regional peace that And who sane would ask people all appears to depend on international peac over the world to come to that country. 10 File 770:113

A Treaty Between Paul that had he NOT married Amy that The line by the appetizers lead Two Alien Races he was NOT allowed back in the house. by the wedding cake; a story in itself - The bride was escorted down and 1 should know - I made the cake. by Diane Miller the isle by her parents who had flown in Paul and Amy had not particu from New Jersey where they reside. larly wanted a traditional wedding cake Amy Sisson, bom in Ohio and formerly Amy carried a bouquet similar to her and when they selected Kim Poor’s employed by Locus and still residing in bridesmaids but with larger pink lilies. "Halley’s Over Antarctica" as the cover Oakland California was married April She wore a cream colored satin mid for their wedding invitation, that in 13 in Grand Forks North Dakota to Paul thigh length sleeveless cocktail dress spired the cake the guests saw as they Abell, a Canadian citizen currently with a T-strap back. Her long gloves entered the reception area. The cake was employed in Washington, D.C. Amy matched the dress. She was unable to devil’s food chocolate with chocolate and Paul met in the Space Studies wear her mother’s wedding garter since filling and buttercreme frosting. It was master’s program at the University of it showed through the dress, but with a large layered rectangle frosted to North Dakota and figured that Grand Amy’s gorgeous figure and long legs I match the wedding invitation (and dyed Forks was a suitable central location to don't think the males in the audience everyone’s tongue’s blue) with a snow celebrate their nuptials. Besides, North were complaining. field and mountain covered landscape in Dakota has no length of residency, The ceremony was going along front of a starfield with a comet streak waiting period, or blood tests required beautifully and most of the audience ing toward the horizon. Then a replic to tie the knot. The bride and groom are was starting to sniffle over the lovely of the starship Enterprise C made out oi honeymooning at Disneyworld. sentiments of friendship and love being white chocolate was suspended on an Paul and Amy have been room expressed when George the minister acrylic base off to the right edge of the mates for about four years now, but paused for dramatic effect. Beginning cake. On the snow field sat the shuttle recently Canadian and US customs have again with "Mahwidge," from The Prin "Hawkings" and two figures in Star been hassling Paul when he visited his cess Bride, it took another minute for Trek uniform explored the landscape. parents home near Winnipeg, so instead the bride and bridesmaids to quit gig Chocolate covered mints, wrapped in of the eight to ten year engagement gling and the ceremony to continue. gold foil, in the shape of the Star Trek they’d originally planned (graduate When it came to the part where Paul emblem were scattered about the table, school can take a long time), they de was to repeat the phrase "With this ring and on a plate near by. Off to the left cided to prevent further accusations of I thee wed," we couldn’t tell whether he of the rectangular cake sat a round cake Paul being an illegal alien. The couple was following the minister’s example or decorated like a moon. A black mono hopes to reside together in Ohio where if he was just nervous when he said, lith sat on this cake, inspired by Arthur Paul will be pursuing his doctorate in "With this wing I thee wed." Following C. Clarke’s 2001. geology. the exchange of rings, the couple During the time I was setting The wedding began the usual burned scrolls in the ceramic dish on up the cake and before the reception, ten minutes late, at 6:40 pm, with the table. The scrolls had their wishes the hotel staff kept sneaking in to peek George, their electronically ordained and hopes for the future written on at the cake, often making comments like minister, leading the processional with them, an idea inspired by Babylon 5. "Gee, that’s really different," or "I’ve a candle that he placed on the table There was so much smoke we were never seen anything like that before." between Amy’s stuffed Eeyore (from afraid it was going to set off the fire Shortly after the appetizers, the Winnie the Pooh) and Eeyore’s little alarm. The ceremony ended as intended buffet line opened with salad, augratin brother, the couple’s surrogate children. with the bride and groom kissing. And potatoes, green beans almandine, baron On the table were two scrolls and a the building did not bum down, which of beef, Swedish meatballs, roast chick ceramic dish. was a good thing since after the reces en and sliced ham. If anyone left this The four bridesmaids wore sional, we formed a reception line into reception hungry it was because they black cocktail dresses and carried bou the next room to sign the guest book were anorexic. quets with white asters and mums, pur and greet the newlyweds. The staff came around and ple stasis and pink lilies. The grooms Directly from the receiving made sure we had champagne to toast men were Paul’s brothers and dressed line, we entered the line for hors the bride and groom and we were also all in tuxedos. The bride’s original plan d’oeuvres and began a night of celebra offered our choice of wines with dinner. was to have the groomsmen just wear tion, wining, dining and dancing. Paul’s three brothers (all younger) got suits until she found out that the Abells Cheese and crackers, fruit, bacon up to offer the toast. His brother Nick all had tuxedos but didn’t have suits. wrapped scallops, very large shrimp and spoke of how happy everyone was that The groom was escorted in by his par cocktail sauce, mini-quiche, and chicken Amy was a member of the family. He ents, all looking proud and happy. His wings; I could have made a meal from also told the story of how, when Paul mother later stated that she had told the appetizers alone. was bom, his maternal grandmother April 1996 11 when she came to see Paul and his to which McCoy answered, "I'm a 1992, and served on the Board of Gov mother at the hospital had commented, Farmer, not a Doctor. I plow, I com ernors several times. He had the widest "nine months and two days, thank God." bine, 1 plant, I harvest, I don’t know range of activities of anyone in the Paul’s youngest brother Alister, who is truth serum." organization, working as an actor, writ an actor spoke next and was expected to Scotty, played by the youngest er, director, stage manager, producer joke around since he is the most boister brother, Alister, rushed in to save the and videographer. Among other accom ous of a very boisterous group of four day at this point, firing on the Klingon plishments, he produced Anti-Gravity, brothers, but instead he spoke of how from the Enterprise and speaking with one of Moebius Theatre’s excursions Paul had helped him with laundry and such a thick Scottish brogue that he was into Chicago professional theatre, direct talked him through homesickness when almost impossible to understand. He ed Four Hundred Years Out, the first they were in private school and Paul then beamed the Klingon aboard the serious drama by a troupe identified was 15 and Al was 9. ship. They did have to tell the Klingon until then as solely comedic, oversaw Bruce, the third brother, spoke to "lie down, you’re dead." Yes, that’s the contractual and logistical arrange last and said that when they began tell right, Paul’s other brother, Nick played ments for the staging of Karel Capek’s ing people that Paul was getting mar the Klingon. R.U.R. at the World Science Fiction ried, that they would be asked, "What’s The brothers and friends con Convention in Chicago in 1991, and as Amy like?" "In fact," he said, "When gratulated the Sissons and the Abells on producer and director, put orginal Moe Paul first told me that he and Amy were this union and took their bows after bius sketches into realistic settings for moving in together, I asked him, what’s which Paul and Amy went to cut the video and cablecast in Chicago. she like? And Paul said, 'She is the cake. Amy’s mother had been afraid Outside of Moebius Theatre, he direct most intelligent woman I’ve ever met, that there would not be enough cake to ed the local cable talk show Who Dealt and she’s extremely articulate, and she’s go around, so desserts were served also This Mess? and pursued a variety of beautiful, and uh, and she likes Star at this time: chocolate pudding, fruit computer animation projects, and Trek too!’" "That’s great, I replied, and cups, and cheese cake. formed in 1990 a video production what else can you tell me about her? A few more dances, and next called Cardboard Belt Productions (if Paul said, ’Well, she’s a nymphomani thing I knew it was midnight. Since I’d you’re familiar with the Mel Brooks ac.’ To which I replied. Then Marry been up since five in the morning putt film The Producers, you might catch Her!" ing finishing touches on the cake, I was the reference). Derrick was also well- The disk-jockey played a waltz afraid that I would turn into a pumpkin, known in local role-play gaming circles. for the newlyweds to start the dancing, so I said my good-byes and left just as He is survived by his parents, his three then followed with rock-n-roll for the the hotel staff was bringing in a second brothers and four sisters, and his vast next hour. At ten pm, we heard the round of hors d’oeuvres. I have never extended family, many of whom helped Star Trek theme, and saw Amy and had this much fun at a wedding before. him as his condition grew steadily Paul being lead to chairs near the bar on worse starting in late 1995. Tragically, the dance floor. After they were seated, Derrick was diagnosed as HIV-positive a friend in a Star Trek engineering just after he was married in 1990, his uniform appeared and proclaimed that wife was never infected, and in time the Federation was very pleased to OBITUARY they parted amicably. announce the joining by treaty of two In a culture ad diverse and wide-rang alien races, the Sissons and the Abells. ing as SF fandom in a large city, it Then, Paul’s brother Bruce Derrick White would seem that any change in the cast rushed in with a friend, both dressed in Former Moebius of characters could be accepted easily. command uniform. He claimed to be But Derrick was a valued friend and ad Captain Kirk and appropriately kept Theatre President mired colleague to hundreds of people playing with his hair. He explained that Report by E. Michael Blake who will feel his absence acutely. The the Klingon’s were against this treaty ship flies on because it must, but one and had declared war. He introduced his Derrick Keith White, Chicago SF fan berth will be vacant. companion as McCoy. and entertainer, died on March 24, A Klingon rushed in with phas 1996, after a long struggle with AIDS. er firing and held them all at phaser He was 35. Derrick was a graduate point. He forced Paul to drink a "truth student of Southern Illinois University serum" from the bar and asked him why with a major in television production, he had entered into this treaty. Before but while he was still in high school he Paul could answer, Kirk turned to Mc became involved with Moebius Theatre, Coy and asked him how long Paul the Chicago SF fan troupe. He was could hold out against the truth serum. president of the troupe in 1991 and