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MOSCON VII JOHN VARLEY, RICK STERN­ BACH, RICHARD WRIGHT, GROVER KRANTZ

Table of Conten·ts: Page Chairman's Message ••.••...••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2 Voice of the Vice Chair •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2 Hotel Map •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2

GUESTS OF -HONOR John Varley -­ biography by B cky Bryant ••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Rick Sternbach biography b y Asenet h Hammond ••••••••••••••••• 3 Richard Wright biography by Judy Suryan ••••••••••••••••••••• 4 Dr. Grover Krantz autobiography by Grover Krantz, Ph.D •••••• 5

SPECIAL GUESTS Verna Smith Trestrail -- bio by Beth Finkbiner ••••••••••••••••• 6 John Dalmas -- autobiography by John Dalmas •••••••••••••••••••• 6 A.J. Budrys -- biography by Mike Finkbiner ••••••••••••••••••••• 7 Michael and Lynne .Anne Goodwin -- autobio by Goodwins •••••••••• 7 F.M. Busby -- biography.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••8 Wi 11 i am R • Warren , Jr • - - biography • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8

SPECIAL FEATURES Beauty, Gender, and Pretense -- by George Barr ••••••••••••••••• 9 The MosCon Towel Strikes Again •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 11 Swecon '85 Report -- by ill Johns •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 11

DEPARTMENTS Programming ••••• • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 13 MosCon Momentoes, Hospitality ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 15 Be Kind to the Hotel •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 15 Operations •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 16 Gophers and Security, Art Show and Auction •••••••••••••••••••• 17 Writer's Workshop, MosCon VII Da es •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 17 Weapons Policy •••••••••••••••••• •• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 17 Dealers' Rooms, Video Room, Masquerade •••••••••••••••••••••••• 18 Trivia Contest •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 19 Fannish Armada •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 20 Restaurant Guide••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••20 Idaho's Drunk Driving Laws •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 22 In Memoriam: Ellen Marie Dyke ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 23 Our Members (to Date) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 23 Special Thanks To: •••• • • ••••••••••••••••••••••• Inside Back Cover Art Credits ••••• • • • ••• • • ••••••••••••••••••••••• Inside Back Cover

Co nts of t he MosCon VII Program Book are Copyright 1985 by Moscow Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., and may not be reproduced without written permission. Copyrights are returned to the individual contributors. Chairman's Hotel Map Message by Jon What's-His-Name Welcome to MosCon VII. When we started all 4 this in... 1979? good grief!... we had no idea that we would not only be having seven conventions, but would in fact be planning Programming for a tenth anniversary con! It is as much a Upper Level surprise to us as, I am sure, it is to many ------of you. After all, Moscow, Idaho, is not ex­ actly what one would think of for the loca­ 6 tion for a science fiction convention. 5 Be that as it may, I think MosCon will be one of our best conventions ever. With guests Programming such as John Varley, Rick Sternbach, Richard Wright, and Dr. Grover Krantz, a splendid (if somewhat small) con hotel, and a great con­ committee .•• well, how can anything go worng? And with the special guests we have, such as authors Algis Budrys, John Dalmas, Dean Wes­ ley Smith, N. K. Hoffman, and M.J. Engh, and artists like Steve Gallacci and William R. Warren, your weekend is a guaranteed success. This is meant to be a convention for both learning and relaxing, so be sure to do plen­ ty of both. Welcome. 1 Voice of the Vice 7 Chair Chris Nilsson Hello to fandom and con .•. goers. There are a couple of things that, because of my posi­ tion (in charge of vice--a rather lofty posi­ tion at a Moscon) I feel I must comment upon...... First of all, in order to make your con­ =0 vention pleasant, we have several vices re­ CJ..- Rooms 102-104: Art Show presented: Rooms 105-107: Dealers -The jacuzzi is available for warm water Rooms 202-203: Hospitality a nd friendly company, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. (or so). The official White Tie and Towel party is Friday night at 8:00 p. m., with "ties" available in the hospi­ t a lity suite on Friday. 11 -The hospitality suite, with both smok­ 10 ing a nd non-smoking a reas: for hospitali­ Lower ty, conversation, munchies, and drink. Level -Two (count them two!) dances. One on Friday night-a sock hop, and one on Satur­ day night after the masquerade. -We have a video room that will be open long hours and have~veral movies and TV episodes playing. See the schedule posted MAP LEGEND: on the door for which movies are playing when. 1. Registration 12 2. Stairs to Convention Center Lower We also condone, if not sponsor, room par­ 3. East Entrance Level ties throughout the course of the convention. 4. Lewis Room Unfortunately, there are those among us 5. Clark Room 19 ...,...... ,...... ,....._. who put a damper on good feelings and simple 6. No-host Bar (Masquerade) vices. We have had, in the past, real prob­ 7. Restaurant lems with one or two couples being too obvi­ 13-17 ous in their affection for each other. In 8. Stairs to Ground Floor other words, please do not have sex in the 9. Stairs to Second Floor jacuzzi. There will be an active Cold Water 10. Hotel Lobby Patrol carefully asking people to please ad­ 11. Film Room journ to a hotel room. Please keep such ac­ 12. Jacuzzi tivities in private. 13- So much for unpleasant topics. Have a won­ 17. Various Levels­ derful convention! Hospitality ~ Art. Dealers Chris Nilsson (Kitten) 18. Outside Door 2 19. Stairs to Guest Rooms OUR GUESTS OF · HONOR:

o! his release at hand. He learned quickly, and he learned well, to use this new Gift in a way unsurpassed by those Jho had developed it. He soon became the most highly acclaimed story-teller in all of Conland. As the residents of Con land . •dispersed, they spread their tales of enchantment and their Gift of Writing to other lands and other peoples. But they don't forget the great ones. They come together frequently in gatherings large and small, to celebrate their special Gifts, and those Specially Gifted among them, of whom John Varley is the greatest.

John Varley grew up in Texas. He has lost more Hugo and Nebula awards tan anyone but Robert Silverberg. However, he won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for h is novella, "The Persistence of Vision", the Hugo for "The Pusher", and the Nebula for "Press Enter. " His hobby is reading. He has held about four jobs in his life, none of them interest­ ing, and never for more than 3 months. A writer is all he has ever wanted to be. He currently lives in Eugene, Oregon, hav­ JOHN VARLEY: ing never been a logger or shipped out on a tramp steamer or spent a year on the Greek Islands. He likes to read and write and tra­ ·A Poetic vel when possible. He is the author of THE OPHIUCHI HOTLINE, THE PERSISTENCE OF VISION, MILLEN I UM, PICNIC and Possibly True ON NEARSIDE (formerly titled THE BARBIE MUR­ DERS), and the popular trilogy, TITAN, WIZARD Biography -- AND DEMON. by Becky Bryant

Long ago, in a faraway land, a child was born to a man known as Varley, a son named John. This was not an ordinary child, but one RICK ERNBACH granted a marvelous Gift, that of imagination and story-telling. But, as is the way with by Asenath Hammond Gifts, it you receive a special one, then one is taken away. The Gift taken from this child was the Gitt of Gab. This was a sorry plight The first time I met Ri ck Sternbach, he !or a storyteller, as he had many wonderful stepped on me. It was the beginni ng of a visions to relate but no way to tell them. beautiful relationship. For despite h i s prac­ But, nonetheless, John was a happy child. tical talents--gourmet cooking, underwater He had imaginary friends (by the score) to photography and dishwashing, to name a few-­ keep him company. He frolicked the green Rick's head is frequently in the clouds. fields of his homeland with colourful, song­ Rick was raised in Connecticut, where he filled centaurs and, as he grew, he enter­ used to hang out at the local train station. tained visions of beautiful, heroic maids. When he was four, a passing adult asked him Time passed, and the quiet child grew to if he liked the nice choo-choo. "That's not manhood. But he yearned to share the wonder a choo-choo," sneered the young artist. he had held inside these many years. So he "Tha t's a GP-40 Diesel Traction Unit." Even left Texarse, his beloved homeland, and ven­ a t tha t tender age, he had developed a pas­ tured forth to discover a way to communicate sion for technical a c uracy. his delightful tales. Rick at tended the ' i versi ty of Connect i­ After searching for many years, John dis­ cut (Storrs), and t ~i er School of Art. He covered a new land. Known as Conland, it was majored in art and m 1e biology, a combina- populated by a marvelous people who suffered tion which has provec ful, given his habit the same curses as John. And among them, of painting dolphins s pacesuits. His style those who also lacked the Gift of Gab had has been described a s ystic realism." Ref­ created a new Gift, to relate to others the erences have been made i n the past to "Stern­ magic and delights hidden within them, a Gift bach purple," a colour Rick maintains is only they called Writing. John's heart filled with dioxazine or purple lake ••• joy and tears. At long last, he had the means 3 Life with Rick is--well , interesting. He has a garageful of model airplanes, which he is hoarding in case of a plastic shortage. He has been known to complain about the colour RICHARD WRIGHT values of his dinner, and, after a particu­ larly "good" party, has attempted to retouch the night sky. He has ridden in the Goodyear by Judy Suryan blimp and would trade not only his airbrushes but his wife & the family cat for a seat on JUDY: "Just can't keep your hands out of space shuttle. Future scholars may shake the con-com cookie jar, can you? Just can't their heads sadly at his personal correspon­ stay clean?" dence, especially those letters he exchanged RICHARD: "Who me? Well. .. I..I..I tried." with Joe Haldeman. JUDY: "Yah, I know. I guess its the addic­ tion. With some it's drugs or chocolate or booze. With some people like us it's running cons." That was a brief part of a phone conversa­ tion I had with Richard Wright a few weeks ago. I had called him to get some biographi­ cal information for the Moscon VII program book. It all started very innocently when Rich­ ard was born on May 26 in El Paso, Texas and raised as a farm boy (believe it or not) in New Mexico. He attended high school and jun­ ior college at New Mexico Military Institute where he majored in chemistry. (I can believe that after tasting some of his experimental casseroles.) He then moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington. Unfortunately, at the UW, he majored in playing bridge and did not complete his education in chemistry. ( I can believe that after tasting some of his experimental casseroles.) Shortl~ afterwards, Richard went to work for Boeing as a material controller. Sometime later he wandered into the computer section and said, "Wow, this is neat stuff!", and stayed. During his spare time he worked as a pro­ ducer of musical comedies at places like the Moore Theater and also produced rock and roll shows. Being vice-president and general man­ ager of the Armed Forces Spectacular, helping to found the Rain Country · Players in Lake Forest Park and building an award-winning float for the SeaFair Parade were all spare In 1977, just before the worst winter in time activities. Richard also likes to party eleven years, Rick went west. He paused in a lot. California upon realising that he'd forgotten Richard continued through all of this his scuba gear. Having heard that Hollywood while engaging in one of his secret, relaxing was full of stars, he got involved in films & hobbies: reading and enjoying SF & F (Don't TV. Since then, he has worked on a variety of worry, a few books won't hurt you, you won't projects, including THE BLACK HOLE, STAR TREK get hooked.), which he started as a child -TMP, HALLOWEEN II, THE LAST STARFIGHTER, with the Oz books and Tom Swift, Jr. This OTHERWORLD, and WEIRDSCIENCE. In 1981, he re­ quiet, relaxing pastime was soon to stop be­ ceived an Emmy Award for "outstanding indi­ ing quiet and relaxing and slowly become ..•.• vidual achievement" for his work on COSMOS The Addiction! (not, as has been rumoured, for his imitation --The downhill road started with PSST Con I of Carl Sagan). The Emmy sits on our mantel in 1975, where he promptly volunteered to with his two Hugos, some volcanic rock, and a work a security shift. Like the dangling car­ statue of a gryphon clutching a teddybear. rot in front of a rabbit's nose, Kitty Can­ Oh, yes--the teddybears. Eightytwo at last terbury had Richard signed up as a member of count. And a spacesuit in the hall closet. the Puget Sound Star Trekkers the very next Presently, Rick is staff illustrator in day. the Computer Graphics Department of Universal He was further induced into this filthy Studios. He spends much of his free time habit in the hospitality room at SeaCon 77 by hunched over our own computer, designing pusher Elizabeth the Dragon Lady. "Hey fella, graphics programs and saving the Earth from you need a drink? Bring any booze? No? Here, invasion. have some of mine. Read any good science fic­ Rick's art has appeared everywhere from tion books lately? By the way, I got a friend ANALOG to SCIENCE DIGEST to VOGUE to THE NA­ doing an SF mural in the Art Show room. TIONAL STAR (don't ask). If you catch him at You'll love it! His name is Bill Warren." the Jacuzzi, he may draw on your towel. After being dazzled by the Dragon Lady's snappy repartee and Bill's skillful talent, P.S: Rick is about to become a father. This he met the mean man, the big cheese, the top should explain the occasional glazed expres­ dog •.• the Head Junkie, Greg Bennet. Before sion. Of course, it might be the beer •.. 4 poor Richard knew what hit him, he was run- Copyright 1985 by Bill Warren

GROVER KRANTZ by Grover Krantz, Ph.D.

My official line is physical anthropology: human evolution and things relating to that. ning the SeaCon computer room with his own My unofficial line is sticking my nose into computer! any other scientific discipline that happens He became member #42 of the newly formed to strike my fancy. Northwest Science Fiction Society and busi­ I suppose the Sasquatch (Bigfoot) properly ness manager of the Seattle in '81 WorldCon comes under wildlife biology, informed specu­ bid. After the loss of that bid, he was bus­ lation, or fantasy (depending on your person­ iness manager and vice-chair of Norwescon 2. al viewpoint). Until a specimen is brought in When Greg moved to Texas, Richard became for study, it is certainly not physical an­ chairman of NWSFS and later sunk to the thropology. depths of chairing Norwescon 6, 7, and 8. Without intending to, and mainly by de­ He thought he would have a chance to go fault, I have become the leading scientific cold turkey and come clean when, after 10 expert on Sasquatch. My formal academic years of this habit, he moved back to the training (B.A., M.A. Berkeley; Ph.D. Minne­ Southwest in April of '85, where he is now sota) was not much help for investigat~ng un­ working as a Computer Products Consultant for known animals. A natural curiosity and rel­ the Dallas Boeing Info Mart. ative disregard for authority are the requi­ It almost worked too. But alas, he saw an site traits, but there is no record of where article in a Dallas newspaper: 'Dallas Fanta­ I learned these. sy Fair - this weekend'. (Well, just walking in and looking around won't hurt, will it?) At the fair, Richard met a member of the NASFiC con-com. She saw the look in his eyes, the sweaty palm, the tic in his cheek, and constant licking of dry lips. It did not take her long to identify Richard Wright for what he really is ... a con-com junkie. Within o nly a few hours of their meeting he had the title of Assistant Programming Division Manager in charge of main track programming. Yes Richard, you're hooked •.• for life. Oh, by the way, he still likes to party a lot.

:! : . . ::::: r)· Copyright 1985 by Bill Warren 5 ·'.. JJ.s t; Fortunately, there are a few others in academic circles who also investigate animals that are unknown to science, but are reported by more normal people. Some of us have formed the International Society of Cryptozoology (=hidden animals) in an attempt to legitimize ourselves and to provide a journal that will publish unorthodox work along this line. The public is certainly curious about Nessie, Congo dinosaurs, sea serpents, and the like, so we prey upon it for subscribers to keep the society and its publications functioning. My own special monster is the hairy biped that supposedly roams the forests of the Pa­ cific Northwest. Back in 1970, I would have given odds of 10 to 1 against any such thing being real. But I pursued the subject rather dilligently "because it was there." That Sas­ quatch might be related to my official line, if real, was an added incentive. It was the physical evidence of footprints that finally convinced me that the creatures were real. I've published four articles describing these tracks, and a few more articles on the sub­ j ect in general. This kind of activity is not c onducive to advancement in the scientific "establishment," but it does provide a mea­ sure of self-satisfaction. Verna is Doc Smith's daughter. She teaches school in Indiana and frequently lectures on Doc and science fiction. Most recently she attended WorldCon to discuss the development of Doc Smith's Lensman books into a series of major motion pictures. Verna is easy to find at MosCon. This year she will be presenting an overview of Doc Smith's life and work. She will be presenting the Lensman Awards. You will find her on sev­ eral panels. Edward E. "Doc" Smith was one of the pio­ neers of science fiction as we know it. He was the first to take us out of the solar sy­ stem in fiction. His books have been contin­ uously in print for over 60 years. He gradu­ ated from the University of Idaho (one of his classmates was named Virgil Samms ••• sound familiar?). He was chosen this year as a re­ cipient of the U of I Distinguished Alumnus Award. We honor him each year as our Patr n Saint and present the Lensman Awards each year to honor artists and authors for their contributions to SF and Fantasy in his tradi­ tion of high adventure and high technology.

Copyright 1985 by Gary Davis John Dalmas by John Dalmas

John grew up in the Midwest: Indiana, Ill­ inois, Minnesota, and (mostly) rural Michi­ SPECIAL GUESTS: gan. He discovered SF in 1938, when he dis­ covered Burrough's Mars books in the Linden, Michigan village library. He's worked at a lot of different jobs. Those of signifigant duration include farm Verna Smith Trestrail worker, creamery worker, parachute infantry­ man, army medic, stevedore, merchant seaman, by Beth Finkbiner logger, smokejumper (out of Nine-Mile, Mon­ tana), mover, administrative forester, tech­ nical writer, and free-lance editor. For 16+ Verna Trestrail has been a well-known fix- years, he was a research ecologist for the ture at Moscone since the beginning. She was U.S. Forest Service in Colorado and Arizona. Guest of Honor at the very first MosCon held His first published story, THE YNGLING, was in 1979 and she has lent us her enthusiastic serialized in John Campbell's Analog in 1969, support and presence ever since. 6 with a Kelly Freas cover; the first install- for!! SF. If you are among that number and read!!:!£!, Rogue Moon, Some Will Not'ogo and others. You too wITi" probably wish thie we could inject selected authors with ess at of Asimov and crank up their output. ence Those of us who were involved with Mose 5 will always have a special place in 0~~ hearts for AJ Budrys. You may recall that h had planned to merely drop in and visit While he was in the area, mainly to see Kelle Freas. Well, when Fritz Leiber was unable t~ come due to health problems, AJ stepped in and did a beautiful job. We were left, at the end of the convention, with the feeling that we had been very lucky indeed. Well, we are very lucky indeed again this year. AJ agreed to come back, not to work hard, but to have fun as he had originally intended. He will undoubtedly charm all of the women and refuse to translate the words to hi~ Lithuanian love songs as he did last year. I just hope that more of you get a chance to meet him this weekend. The more friends he makes out here, the more likely he 1s to be back, often.

Michael and Lynne Anne Goodwin ment earned the highest reader rating of any story over a 20-issue span, and has since been published in paperback by Pyramid (1971, by Michael and 1977) and Tor (1984). From 1971 to 1982, he did little writing and sold nothing. In 1982, he began to write Lynne Anne Goodwin again, and to sell regularly; since mid-1984, he's been writing full time. Besides THE YNGLING and assorted shorter SF and myster­ ies, he's now had five novels published: THE VARKAUS CONSPIRACY, HOMECOMING, SCROLL OF MAN, FANGLITH (scheduled for release in Sep­ tember), and, with Carl Martin, TOUCH THE STARS: EMERGENCE. Novels sold and awaiting publication are THE WALKAWAY CLAUSE (Critics Choice) and THE REALITY MATRIX (Baen). Nov­ els underway are THE REGIMENT and, with Rod Martin, PLAYMASTERS. He claims that if you can do it, writing for a living beats the hell out of working. John is married, has two grown children and two grandsons. He enjoys recreational running, wilderness hiking, and watching sports from baseball to ice hockey. He will move from Hollywood to Spokane in August. Michael and Lynne Anne Goodwin make up a unique art team. While Michael does science fiction paintings, Lynne Anne does fantasy. In their shared studio, dragons meet space­ ships. A.J. Budrys Michael is an illustration graduate from Utah State University. He has done astronom­ ical art for planetariums and museums around by Mike Finkbiner the West on a full-time and freelance basis. He currently works as an editorial illustra­ Algis Budrys is one of those names in the tor for a daily newspa per. science fiction field that most people have For a year he did a daily cartoon strip heard. Unfortunately, most of us would be entitled MY STARS! for the Deseret News Fea­ hard pressed to name more than one or two of tures Syndicate. His cartoons have been col­ his works. I suppose this has come about be­ lected in WHO WAS THAT MONOLITH I SAW YOU cause he has in recent years been more active WITH? and MY STARS! He was a featured car­ in such things as the Clarion Writers Work­ toonist in Playboy Paperback's STARTOONS. He shop and writing a respected review column 7 has recently published a personalzine titled THE STARRY NIGHT which contains his final se­ The perennial F.M. Busby is always a popu­ quel in the cartoon series, TRIPPING THE lar person at MosCon. His published works in­ LIGHT FANTASTIC. clude RISSA KERGUELEN, THE DEMU TRILOGY, and Michael was the art director of two Ace numerous shorter works. Science Fiction books: DRAGONS OF LIGHT and He grew up in eastern Washington (which DRAGONS OF DARKNESS, a twin fantasy collec­ might explain why he can't resist MosCon) and tion of stories and art about dragons. He has has worked at the obligatory list of incon­ recently finished an illustrated concordance gruous jobs. He is a regular attendee of many of Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Commonwealth Un­ Northwest conventions, and was the author GoH iverse series, A GUIDE TO THE COMMONWEALTH. at MosCon last year. He can often be spotted His general art work has appeared in fan in the company of his charming wife, Eleanor, publications such as CLAVIUS, WARPED SPACE, a writer in her ·-own right. If you haven't DATAZINE, and PANAZINE, and most recently on met him before, walk up and say "Hi". He's a European SF book covers. His commercial art neat person. work has aided many convention committees in the design of logos, cartoons, advertising art, flyers, posters, and program books. His vivid astronomical illustrations, and reali­ stic renderings of media-oriented subjects have amused and delighted fans for many years. WILLIAM R. WARREN With Michael's encouragement (re: nagging) Lynne Anne began doing fantasy art about _sev­ en years ago just for fun. Since then her work has appeared in many fanzines and con­ vention program books and, most recently, in FANTASYBOOK, SORCEROR'S APPRENTICE, and DRA­ GONS OF DARKNESS. Renaissance Cards has is­ sued some of her designs as greeting cards. Her unique and often amusing fantasy prints and brilliantly colored fantasy illu­ strations have won praise and awards at con­ ventions around the country. Lynne Anne is currently doing art only occasionally - about two paintings per year, but she plans to write and illustrate her own children's fan­ tasy and perhaps produce a fantasy coloring book. Even though their art styles are very dif­ ferent, Michael and Lynne Anne enjoy sharing the~r ideas with each other. They live in Roy, Utah with their son, Robert Craig, who, right now, prefers trucks and tractors to pencils, paints, and brushes. They also are the owners (re: property) of the famous tabby cat, Tigger Tybalt.

William R. Warren is a well-known Seattle fan and artist. He is also noted for his filk F.M. BUSBY songs and his ability to party (aided and abetted by his wife, the Dragon Lady •.• some­ times also known as Liz). As if this were not enough, he has just graduated to the ex­ alted rank of professional artist. Watch for the January ANALOG, which will have a cover illustration of his, as well as several in­ terior ones.

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Imagine yourself a non-humanoid alien ••• totally unfamiliar with Earth, its inhabi­ tants, cultures, or customs ••• visiting our world on a zoological expedition to collect specimens. What would you choose? Which ani­ mals would you find worthy of showing? Iaagine that the zoo in which these repre­ sentative specimens are to be housed is e­ quipped to keep them alive and healthy inde­ finitely ••• perhaps eternally. What diff­ erence does that make? Well, for one thing, you don't have to breed your animals in or der to insure that you can continue to exhibit the■ • Mated pairs are not necessary. What­ e v you choose you will have permanently. Yo re going to select for beauty, for im­ pr siveness, oddity •• ~ and unless the differences i n the sexes are spectacular, a single speci men of a species will do. Some things spring immediately to mind: an elephant for its size and strength. A bull elephant probably; they're larger and have ■ore i ■pressive tusks. A rhinocerous: male, for the same reasons. Certainly a gorilla: · a silver-back male, Copyright 1985 by Gary Davis the biggest and most muscular of the anthro­ poids. A giraffe. Again the male is the biggest. A peacock for its incredible tail and gor­ are generally worn by the female of the spe­ geous colors. The peahen ls just a large cies. The lips are reddened, the eyelids and brown bird. lashes darkened, the cheeks subtly colored A male lion, majestic with its dark mane and shaded. But these are not a part of the framing a powerful head. organism itself in the way that are antlers, And so it goes through the list of Earth's feathers, or fur. In almost all instances, inhabitants. In some of the lower forms what initially attracts the eye of the human you'd encounter females large r and more im­ male to the female is either completely arti­ pressive than their mates, or different e­ ficial or artificially enhanced, In the ab­ nou~h to be worth collecting. But in almost sense of prospective mates, such display all of the higher orders if you chose on the would be of no importance. So the choice of basis of size, strength, and beauty, your which animal to keep in the zoo would have to collection of animals would be almost entire­ be made on the basis of the physical attri­ ly male. butes o f the organism itself, unornamented by But what about a human being? Certainly clothing, jewels, or cosmetics. you must take at least one. It is the domi­ The females in general appear to have nant life form, after all. slightly longer hair on their heads and often Re■ember: you're a non-humanoid. What take considerable pains to twist or curl it. you base your choice on will have nothing at But given time the male's hair will grow just all to do with sexual attraction because you as long, and he also has considerably more in won't feel any ••• any more than a human the way of facial and body hair than the fe­ being would for an especially beautiful Tri­ male. The male is usually taller, more mass­ ton snail. ively built, stronger, and more agile, occa­ The human being is an animal which tends sionally possessed of impressive musculature. to wrap itself in a variety of coverings, ap­ The female is smaller, softer, and -- like parently for a number of purposes. It has various other mammals, most notably cattle thin skin and sparse body hair, so it keeps and goats -- often displays considerable de­ itself warm and protected by covering most of velopement of the mammary glands. The se are itself with other substances. Also, appar­ larger in proportion to body weight t an in ently, some of its coverings are in the na­ any other of the anthropoids. ture of a courtship display: things put on Ignoring what attracts (or we ass at- to attract a suitable mate. There's no stand­ tracts ) the males and females of this s ~c ies ardization of this sexual advertising; it to each o ther, using the same criter a of varies from region to region, from season to of judgement as when selecting the rest of season, and generation to generation. the speci ns, you must pick the male of the The temperatures and environments in your human spec es as the larger, more impressive, zoo are strictly controlled. These coverings and more beautiful. If space permitted and would not be needed tor warmth or protection. interest were sufficient, you might take a­ And when in a few years they deteriorated, along a female to display the odd emphasis of ther e ' d be no way to replace them authenti­ the mammaries. But, for all other aspects cal17 . you'd logically and naturally prefer the The more elaborate and colorful displays 9 male. So what's this all about? An elaborate science-fictional premise for a put-down of women? No, rather a put-down of a silly pre­ tention on the part of an awful lot of men. A woman can admire a beautiful horse, and a man will agree with her ••• without the horse's gender having anything at all to do with it. The same with a dog, a trout, a sailboat, or a sunset. They can agree on the intrinsic beauty of almost anything ••• un­ til the woman says: "That man is incredibly handsome, don't you think?" In that situation, I've seen ordinarily self-possessed men cough, shuffle their feet uncomfortably, then say something like: "I don't know. I can't tell whether men are good-looking or not. I never notice. I guess I don't have the glands for it. Ha ha." Somehow a man, in order to retain his mas­ culinity, cannot admit to thinking another man is beautiful. He'll admit --if pressed-­ that it's likely ••• if the concensus of opinion seems to point that way, but will Copyright 1985 by Nina K. Hoffman seldom if ever offer that opinion himself. And he'll usually insist on a different ad­ jective. A stallion can be "beautiful." A Spanish to select the male of the species cannot be fighting bull can be "beautiful." A peacock seen EL that species as attributes of beauty can be "beautiful." A bird of paradise, a even though those same qualities: perfect cock pheasant, or a Siamese fighting fish can physique, sleek skin, glossy hair, clear be "beautiful." But a human male? Never! eyes, and strong teeth, make an absolutely "Beautiful" is an adjective reserved for gorJeous horse. Call a man "beautiful" and things ••• furniture, animals, pictures ••• he' 1 be insulted. Use the word to refer to and women. Somehow, for some reason, when another man, and he'll claim not to be aware the word is applied to a h\l.lllan being it takes ot It. on an effeminate quality, and a man cannot be Usually, he'll maintain adamantly, as beautiful without somehow being less manly. though his normalcy depended upon it, that he Even to say that a man is "handsome" usually is physically, mentally, and emotionally implies that he is not quite as rough and unable to tell whether or not a man is rugged as a real man ought to be. These very beautiful, and would never even think of it qualities which would cause our alien hunter it someone didn't call attention to it. Do they really expect anyone to believe that there is this inexplicable blind spot in their conciousness, that a man capable ot go­ ing into ecstacy over the lines of a new car, who can rhapsodize about the beauty ot the sailfish trophy mounted on the wall of his den, cannot differentiate between Robert Red­ ford and Ernest Borgnine? What is wrong with our society that a man must make himself a party to such utter fool­ ishness? Is one's masculinity so fragile an attribute that it will disappear it he allows himself to be aware of and appreciate the looks of another man? It seems the only time he can admit to having even noticed the fact that another en is good-looking is it he is putting him down for that very quality, calling him a "Ladle's Man" or a "Gigolo." Those terms, though any­ thing but complimentary, do carry the unspo­ ken acknowledgement that the man so described is better looking than the average. Even so, the opinion will be voiced most cautiously lest the speaker be suspected ot paying undue attention to the appearance of other men.

I think this elaborate fiction may be one of the reasons why artists are generally con­ sidered by . most people to be just a little bit ••• weird? That's a polite way ot say­ ing queer. Artists, you see, can tell that men are good-looking. They may not voice that opinion, but they know it. They must, or they couldn't paint the handsome heroes they do. They not only are aware of other men's looks, but have obviously spent enough time Copyright 1985 by Wendy Pini 10 looking to be able to draw every feature of of their faces ••• and their well-muscled bodies, too. Maybe this is part of why artistic abili­ ties are usually thought to be feminine and artistic people effeminate. (That does make me wonder, though, why the majority of artists throughout history have not been wo­ men. Musical interests also are often belittled with the term "effeminate." Ask any boy who plays the piano or the violin. So why, if such abilities are more feminine than masculine, aren't all of the world'd greatest pianists and violinists women? Discrimina­ tion? But I'm getting off my subject. That deserves an article of its own.) In order to be an artist and retain the respect of the truly macho man, (and in this society does anyone else's opinions matter?) one can go the Petty/Vargas route and paint only nubile young women • •• no backgrounds, as few clothes as possible, and no more than the absolute minimum in props ••• a tele­ phone, perhaps. In our field, one can do the Frazetta bit and paint men as such animalis­ tic brutes that no one would ever call them handsome, or choose the Chesley Bonestall so­ lution and avoid painting people at all, if possible. Was the Greek culture decadant because it glorified masculine beauty? Or is something dreadfully amiss with ours because we daren't admit to even being aware of its existance? Let Freedom Ring! MosCon Towel Strikes Again

\ SWECON '85 or Having Fun in the Land of the Grim Men of the North by Bill Johns

Well, we've experienced our first Swedish Con. It was almost as bad as I had feared, but not quite. This is THE big CON of Scandi­ navia. There were very few panels for a major con. The more important ones were in English. Total attendance was 271. There were lots of movies so Gretchen had something to occupy her for a good share of the time. Things that I missed were: 1. organization--nothing was on time. 2. hard core science--! was it with the shuttle pies. 3. hugs--nobody hugs at cons--more on this later. 4. costumes--lots of folks were dressed ~? I mean suits a nd ties for Chris­ sake. Copyright 1985 by Gary Davis Over in the Clover". Have you ever heard 40 drunk Swedes sing "Roll Me Over in the Clo­ ver" at 3 a.m.--anywhere? The hotel booted us out in the street and there we were. Stockholm is dead at 3:30 (it took them 30 minutes to catch us all). It was reasonably warm, all the lights were on and th~re were ~eople wandering around everywhere --Just nothing was open. This is supposed to be a capital city too. We (six of us) ended up at the apartment of one of the fans and sat arou?d drinking l~me and lager (really) and telling truths. With no sleep, Jim and I managed to get back to our place, shower and then get back to the CON. We sat around talk­ ing with folks about the CON and life in Swe­ den in general. I learned a lot about Swedes and all I can say is it isn't what you think. Yes, the ladies go topless at the beaches and all, _but this is not a fun country. The per­ ception that most Americans have about life in Swede? is r~markably wrong. They really are a grim, serious lot. There are no smiles in the streets, . no chatter on the buses, no hugs at CONs. Jim and I were finally asked to participate in a panel to suggest ways to im­ prove SWECON. Jim really jumped on them (the hotel guard confiscated his bottle of booze) and we both questioned them about why there weren't more fun things. Finally, one of the older, more respected gentlemen of the group got up and simply told us that Swedes have a pat~ological fear of having fun. They, as a nation, never wish to appear foolish--a fear based on the potential inability to regain composure. Really. I have talked to a lot of Swedes trying to figure this place out and everyone tells me the same thing. The problem 5. no masquerade. is a CON is supposed to be fun. Oh Well. I 6. no dance. am an ad hoc SWECON concom member and I'll be 7. no hall or room parties. trying to give them a few tips on how to have 8. no alcoholic beverages allowed in the fun at a con. hotel area beyond what they sold in the lounge area. 9. 79.5% male, 20% female, drunk (you realise I didn't actually miss this item. For info only.). 10. no art auction.

That spells grim.

The auctions were for donated books. Things got so dull that Jim and I went into the auctions and started goofing off and giv­ ing the guy running the show a hard time ...•• Jim who ... ? The affair wasn't a total bust in that the folks there weren't all that bad and I met a couple of really great guys. Jim Bar­ ker, artist GOH, and Christopher Priest, wri­ ter GOH. Jim is from Scotland, Chris from England. They have CONs in the UK like we do so we just tore around giving folks a hard time. Jim is one interesting person. Try to ima­ gine an intelligent, talented, polite, non­ alcoholic Art Bozlee. Really, he even looks like Art. I strongly suspect if it were not for Jim, I would not have gone back after Saturday lunch. As it was we--how shall I say--quicken'd up the pace of the CON a bit. We did organize a room party of sorts, and got 40 people into one small room on the 8th floor (no elevator). That is, I counted 40 in the bedroom. I retreated to the bathroom where there were only 8. We were finally kicked out at about 3 a.m. Maybe Jim and I shouldn't have tried to teach them "Roll Me 12 READING (Nez Perce) PROGRAMMING: Local author Dean Smith reads. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 6:00 WRITERS WORKSHOP (Nez Perce) A prepatory meeting tor all workshop 9:00 Art Show opens for delivery of art. participants. P.S. It's MANDATORY. REGISTRATION, ART SHOW, DEALERS ROOM Noon REGISTRATION & OPERATIONS open & OPERATIONS close. VIDEO room opens 8:00 WHITE TIE AND TOWEL JACUZZI PARTY 1 :00 HOSPITALITY and DEALERS rooms open. (Jacuzzi Room) We have both smoking and non-smoking As always, we will provide ties tor areas in the CON-suite. those who forget to bring their own. However, unless you are drip dry, 3:00 PEACEFUL COEXISTANCE -- FANTASY OR bring a towel. Also, there are no FANTACIDE (Lewis Room) dressing rooms or lockers, so please Would you like to strangle your leave valuables in your room. roommates at the Con? Will you after it's all over? Richard Wright, Beth SOCK HOP (Lewis & Clark) Flnkblner and David Bennett will Our theme for tonight is "Back to discuss the essentials for surviving the Future". No shoes will be al­ a convention. lowed. The dance is scheduled to end at 1:00 a.m., so get in there and INTRO TO FANWM CONS (Clark Room) dance!! This is your FIRST con, you say? Let Melanie Bennett and Chris Nilsson SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 guide you thru the trials and tribu­ lations of your first convention. 9:00 REGISTRATION, OPERATIONS, ART SHOW & READING (Nez Perce) DEALERS ROOMS open. John Dalmas reads John Dalmas 10:00 TRIVIA QUIZ PRELIMINARIES -- round , THE BUSINESS OF CONVENTIONS (Clark (Lewis Room) 4:00 and prepare to Room) Gather your wits be You've got incredible programming, stumped as Mike Harbour and Marc . fantastic G.O.H's, an~ unbelievable "Mad Dog" Cramer begin this year's parties, but the hotel hates you and trivia quiz. your bank balance ls non-existant!! WHAT DO I BUY FIRST AND HOW? (Clark Let our panelists tell you how to Room) put on a good convention that will Have you seen a piece Of art you've will return year after year. Ed just got to buy but you're not quite Beauregard will be joined by Jon sure how to go about acquiring this Gustafson, Richard Wright, and Vicki masterpiece? Join Rick Sternbach, Mitchell. Alex Schomburg, Verna Smith Tres­ READING (Nez Perce) trail, Bill Warren and Jon Gustafson A.J. Budrys reads his own. as they attempt to lead you through the maze of art shows, dealer's 5:00 OPENING CEREMONIES (Lewis & Clark) rooms, and art auctions. Join us as we welcome our guests of RITER'S WORKSHOP (Nez Perce) honor and formally launch MOSCON 7. Closed session. Workshop partici­ This year, our co-G.O.H. 's are John pants only, please. First of three Varley and Rick Sternbach. Fan Guest sessions. is Richard Wright, and Pro!. Grover Krantz, Ph.D., is this year's Scien­ 11: 00 TRIVIA QUIZ PRELIMINARIES--round 2 tist guest. (Lewis Room) COMPUTER ANIMATION (Clark Room) 5:30 THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION IS OVER ...• THEY WON! (Lewis Room) Come watch as Doug Girling presents Well folks, looks like we lost -- or an hour long show on the history and did we? Join moderator Richard state of the art of computer anima­ Wright, David Graham, Nels Satter­ tion. lund, and, if circumstances permit, 12:00 Bill Warren for a discussion of how SASQUATCH--FACT OR FANTASY? (Le\Vis Room) to deal with the problems of a com­ Is it real?? Does it exist in to­ puterized society. day's world? Find out the answers to AMATEUR PUBLISHING (Clark Room) these and other exciting questions Ever had dreams of becomming a fam­ as our expert, Dr. Grover Krantz, ous author? Want to practice before gives you the tacts. sending that manuscript off to the publishers? Well, here's your chance HOW TO SURVIVE GETTING PUBLISHED to find out how to do all that, but (Nez Perce) wait! There's more. You also can We all know it's a jungle out there learn how to publish your very own as you wait to get your story pub­ fanzine. Chris Nilsson, Amy Thomson lished. Our panel of experts will be and Jerry Kaufman will do their living proof that you will survive. best to explain it all. 13 They will also compare notes on what pitfalls they stumbled into on their Richard Meyers, John Varley, Verna journey to publication and fame. Smith Trestrail and John Dalmas dis­ John Varley, John Dalmas, A.J. Bud­ cuss what the trends are in todays rys, Dean Smith and Bruce Taylor Science Fiction. star. READING (Nez Perce) ARTISTS CRITIQUE SESSION (Nez Perce) F. M. Busby reads F.M. Busby. If you have ever wanted to ask a professional artist to take a look 6:00 REGISTRATION, OPERATIONS, ART SHOW, at your work now's your chance! DEALERS ROOMS close !or the evening. Don't be shy, as far as we can de­ termine, Rick Sternbach, Alex Schom­ 8:00 MASQUERADE (Lewis & Clark) burg and Bill Warren do not bite! Hold on to your hat (not to mention your seat) !or the 7th Annual MOSCON 12:45 A PRO IN THE FAMILY (Clark Room) Bad Jokes and Great Costumes await!! Now that the author has survived the long wait, how does his family sur­ 10:00 DANCE (Lewis & Clark) vive him? Edna Budrys will be join­ Whether you're a Dancin' Queen or a ed by Verna Smith Trestrail, F.M. Dancin' Fool, Footloose or have a and Eleanor Busby among others. touch of Boogie Fever, you won't want to miss this dancettt 1 :00 READING (Nez Perce) John Varley will read some or his 12:00 VIDEO ROOM begins Dr. Who shows. own. (They are showing Buckaroo Banzai over at the Micro.) 1:30 THE TWILIGHT ZONE (Lewis Room) MOSCON 7 is pleased to present this SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Northwest Exclusive. Richard Meyers and CBS-TV will be presenting a pre­ 9:00 ART SHOW, DEALERS, REGISTRATION and view of this classic which returns OPERATIONS open. to television one week from tonight! WRITERS OF THE FUTURE (Clark Room) 10:30 BRUNCH (Lewis & Clark) You've heard of the contest, now I! you didn't buy your ticket, you come to the panel and !ind out what are going to miss out on one o! the it is all about. Contest judge A.J. best meals on the con circuit. (No Budrys and winners Dean Smith and brag, just !act.) Nina Hoffman will give you the news. 11:00 ART SHOW closes to prepare tor auc- tion. 2:00 WHAT MAKES A STORY? (Clark Room) Is there a difference between five thousand words strung together and a 11:30 LENSMAN AWARDS (Lewis & Clark) story? Join A. J. Budrys as he trys to explain the difference. 12:00 REGISTRATION closes. READING (NEZ PERCE) 1:00 ART AUCTION (Lewis & Clark) Listen in as Bruce Taylor reads. Bring your wallets, purses and check books and get ready to bid as the 2:30 RICK STERNBACH SLIDE SHOW (Lewis & 7th Annual MOSCON Art Auction gets Clark) underway. Sit back and enjoy Rick's presenta­ tion o! his work. 2:00 WRITERS WORKSHOP (Nez Perce) Participants only please. Last o! 3:00 WRITERS WORKSHOP (Nez Perce) three. Closed session, participants only please. Second of three. FANNISH ARMADA (Jacuzzi Room) 'Nutf said. 4:00 ORION PICTURES PRESENTATION (Lewis Room) 2:30 COMPUTER ANIMATION (Clark Room) Get ready for another first !or An encore presentation !or those un­ MOSCONI Paul Sammon will be present­ lucky few who did not catch the ing trailers of Orion Pictures up­ first show. coming pictures "REMO" and "F/X". 3:30 PENGUINS, UNICORNS AND OTHER WISHFUL MARKETS -OR- NOW THAT YOU WROTE IT, THOUGHTS (Clark Room) WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? (Clark Is there too much Nutrasweet in your Room) reading diet, or do you prefer the Moderator John Varley is joined by real thing? Join Verna Smith Tres­ Dean Smith, A.J. Budrys, John Dalmas trail, Beth Finkbiner & Janna Jones and Richard Meyers will discuss the discuss whether or not "NEW" Fantasy ins and outs o! selling your manu­ is as good as "CLASSIC" Fantasy. script. 6:00 DEALERS ROOM, OPERATIONS close 'til 5:00 TRIVIA QUIZ FINALS (Lewis Room) next year. It's not over yet, folks. If you are not trivia'd out come and watch Mike 7:00 DEAD COW PARTY ..... need we say more? and "Mad Dog" put the finishing (Hospitality Suite) touch to the surviving teams. TRENDS IN S. F. -OR- DO YOU REALLY 12:00 DR. WHO FESTIVAL (Video Room) WANT TO JUMP ON THE BAND-WAGON? (Clark Room) 14 exciting things going on at the convention. But, fortunately, I realized that people MOSCON would come forward to relieve me at my post and that, even when I am present, something MOMENTOES will always be going on as most everyone at the con visits Hospitality. We will have the usual snacks and refreshments. Also, I will Chris Nilsson bring my home-made tortilla chips to Hospi­ tality. Overflowing as we are with new and innova­ Even the preparations for the suite have tive ideas, we actually accomplished one this proven interesting. I set out to determine year. Instead of the standard t-shirt or tow­ what is invol¥ed in bartending at the local el, we have, in limited supply, Team MosCon libraries. At the U of I library, I found a headbands. most interesting book, THE BON VIVANT'S COM­ We chose headbands in part to provide our PANION or HOW TO MIX DRINKS, a 1928 reprint membership with a handy place to attach their of a book first published in 1862. The au­ nametags while in the jacuzzi, and also as a thor, Jerry Thomas, ha d invented many contem­ method of identifying the Con-com. (Ours are porary drink favorites, such as the Tom and blue.) Jerry. He also invented the Blue Blazer, a The idea was inspired by the film, Bucka­ drink I will not be making as the pyrotech­ roo Banzai. The Team MosCon logo was design­ nics involved in making it might set me and ed by Jacqualynn Duram and the Japanese was the hotel on fire! caligraphed by Ellen Thisted. Due to budget constraints, I will not be The Japanese is pronounced, "Tsumetai mizu able to fix more exotic drinks, but any rea­ patororu-tai" and means "Cold Water Patrol." sonable request will be fille d and, if I get Get one quick. There will be a limited enough requests for a drink I don't have the number of them for sale at the registration ingredients for, I will make a n effort to se­ table. cure them. I think you will really enjoy the Hospitality Suite this year. Hospitality Rod · Sprague Be Kind To The

At first, I thought running Hospitality Hotel would mean I would be trapped in the Hospi­ tality Suite and I would miss out on the more Mike and Beth Finkbiner

This is the sixth year we have been at Cavanaugh's, and we would like to set a world record for tannish longevity at a single ho­ tel. This year, like last year, the staff has done everything in their power to help us with the convention, to make this con even more fun than last year's, so the least we can do is work with them. Here are some "rules of the road." First, PLEASE DON'T bring your own liquor into the lounge or the convention room areas. This is really important, not only for indi­ viduals but for the convention and the hotel (which could lose its liquor license). So please, please, PLEASE drink all you want in your rooms and on the balconies (but don't fall of! 'em, okay?), but BUY the liquor from the bar when you're in the center itself. At the masquerade and dance there will be mixed drinks, beer, wine, and a special inexpensive punch that the hotel will mix. (') Second, please make life as easy on the 0 "O staff as you can. If you have multiple '< '1 people in a room, think about the maid before i­ lJG leaving everything in the way before she has ::r ~ a chance to clean. Smears of body make-up all over the walls are another present they don't need. If you like Cavanaugh's, tell them, we want to keep coming back and they like the ego-boo. Third, the Jacuzzi needs to REST for about 8 hours out of every 24--so the Jacuzzi room room will be closed from about 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. each day for cleaning, etc. Feel free to use it any other time; the room will be 15 ope~~urth, if you run into any trouble, or a potentally hazardous situation, LET US KNOW! brand of ice-breaker (or melter?), and there If six drunk bikers are smashing cars in the are a few special rules: parking lot, or i! you hear someone ripping 1. Since there will be a large crowd, the walls down in the room next door, get a don't ask the impossible of the jacuzzi's security or concom type involved. If it's filter system. Please take a shower be­ not as immediate, still don!,t shrug it off. fore you take the plunge. There are NO We need to take care o! little problems be­ s1i'ower facilities in the jacuzzi lounge. fore they become big ones. If you aren't staying in the hotel, find a friend who is or check with the concom. The hotel is not all that large, so 2. Abandon all .glasses and glass bottles, chances are that everyone will be able to all ye who enter here. Plastic or paper find everything quite easily, but just in cups only. case, we've included a map of the hotel (par­ 3. ALCOHOL HITS HARD IN HOT WATER. We ticularly the convention areas) so you can strongly recommend no hard liquor, and locate everything. beer and wine in moderation. 4. Bring a towel -- unless you enjoy drip­ YES, WE HAVE A JACUZZI! drying. 5. Bring a robe, it's much nicer than hav­ Friday night's activities include MosCon's ing to get dressed to wander around. own, world-famous Jacuzzi Party--our very own 6. Enjoy

Remember, enjoyment means different things to different people. Communing in hot water is not a spectator sport, so be prepared to enter the pool, don't stand around ogling. Neither is it necessarily a contact sport, because not everyone loves you like your mother does. It is specifically not a full contact sport, and if you need an explana­ tion, let me know. To me, the joy of hot wa­ ter is the communion of kindred spirits, the relaxed acceptance of one another as family in the best sense. Lazing back with a plastic or metal of cold rose, surrounded by good friends, good talk and good feelings, that's the way to end a day.

PLEASE DON'T CLUTTER

The hotel lobby around the restaurant and registration desk is a busy area, and must not be blocked. Because of this we can't al­ low anyone to "set up shop" in that area. We regret the necessity for this ... but that's life.

OPERATIONS Melanie Bennett

One of the first things you will notice as you wait at the registration tables is the addition of an Operations Center. The Center, which ls located in the room just left of the registration tables, ls the place to go:

A.If you have any questions about anything that does not deal directly with regis­ tration, brunch tickets, or the purchase of one of the miscellaneous items for sale by MosCon. B.If you want to volunteer to help securi­ ty, hospitality, gophers, etc. (Consi­ der this as being written on my knees. I.E. as in pleading, begging, and other­ wise making a fool of myself.) · C.If you want or need to find someone or leave a message. D.If you have any problems.

The Operations Center will be open from 9 16 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the entire convention. Af- ter that time, operations people will still be available, just !ind someone wearing a headset and looking frazzled. Please drop in Art Show and say hello. I'll appreciate the company. Mark Jones

It's Moscon time again and that means Gophers and another (drum roll, please) Moscon Art Show and Auction. Things Will be run pretty much the same as in the past. The Show will be in Security John Potter the same place _ as previous Moscons (Rooms 102~ ~03, and 104) and will follow standard As usual, MosCon will be short of person­ policies. We ask that you don't smoke (Secur­ nel. We will need both gofers and security ity has permission to break Moscon Weapons people. In exchange for two or more hours of Policy to enforce this) and that you check your time you will receive an official MosCon bags, weapons, and cameras at the door . button (almost as good as a Flash Gordon se­ The Auction will be held on Sunday after­ cret ring) drawn by Steve Gallacci. You will noon at about 1:00 PM, and everyone is invit­ also receive our eternal, undying, everlast­ ed to come watch, bid, and buy . Payment will ing, as-good-as-super-glue thanks. be expected at the time of purchase by either cash, credit card, or personal check. All prices will be in U. S. dollars and Canadian funds will be accepted at the current ex­ change rate.

... · · ··.•. .. Writers' Workshop ... . . ··· ·· ·· ...... :.·· · ·. ·.·.·.·.. ·:::-.: .. :.:.:,::.::•-::.::: . . ·.·,:,:-:-:-:-:.:-:-:-·· .·. ·.·.·.·.·.·.• .·. ·. -:-:'.:::::::::::::::-: -:-:- : ...... ·.·.·.·.·.·.·.· ······.. Mike Harbour

If you're just finding out about this now, it's too late for this year. Our workshops have developed a great reputation and we al­ ways have good participation by attending pros. Workshopping is a great way to find out where you stand re: marketability and "artis­ tic merit." If you did not submit a story this year, keep it in mind for next year . Our writer's workshops are modeled loosely after the famous Clarion workshops (from which PESFA has three graduates, by the way), in which submitted works are critiqued by professional authors and the other submit­ ters . Last year, the pros involved were Dean Wesley Smith, N.K . Hoffman, Elinor Busby, M. J. Engh , F.M . Busby, and Algis Budrys.

MosCon VII D-ances Mark Jones

Moscon will have two dances again this year . My colleague, Scott Hysmith, will be running the Dance Friday night. It will be a sock hop, so please, NO SHOES. Saturday night will be the standard Moscon Dance. It will be 120% request, with two ba­ sic guide lines: Danceable requests will get first play, and if I don't have a copy, get­ ting me one will better the chances of it be­ ing played. So come and enjoy the music and the Dance Saturday night, immediately follow­ ing the Masquerade . Weapons Policy You kill it .•. you eat it. (And, if necessary, 17 we'll feed it to you.) Dealers' Rooms Masquerade Tony Butterfield Mike Winderman

Just when you thought it was safe to take To start with, as it has been in the past, money to a con ... the Moscon masquerade will be on Saturday. It (heh) will start at 8:00 (all things and beings The Dealers are back. (Did ya seriously willing). Those going to be in the masquer­ think we'd forget 'em?) Moscon's ever-popular ade, however, should be in the Clark room at Hucksters will be set up and open for busi­ 7:00. - ness in Rooms 104, 105, and 106, on Friday Entry forms will be available at the regi­ from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and from 10:00 stration table. This will also be the place a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. for you to drop of! your masquerade !orm when Drop in and see what our erstwhile merchants completed, or to get an extra one. Other than are up to (or what you can haggle them down to.)

Video Room Bob Bezold

Science Fiction and Fantasy films will be shown in the Apaloosa Room from early in the morning until late in the evening. A schedule is posted outside the Apaloosa room along with a request sheet and an available films list. Every third film will be a request film and the one most requested will be shown. The person in charge will have the final deci­ sion. The NEW TWILIGHT ZONE SHOW will also be aired at various times in the video room (see your schedule for the times). Late night or very early morning will see the showing of various DR. WHO episodes.

Copyright 1985 by Gary Davis

that, bring your masquerade form with you to the Clark room at 7:00. The categories we will be judging are as follows:

Best Science Fiction Best Fantasy Best Children's Costume Judge's Choice Best Humor .••. and any other categories the judges decide to give a prize for.

And on with the rules •.•• . .• 1)0ne of the most important is to try and be on time. It will help make everything go smoother if you are. We will try to be the same. Copyright 1985 by Gary Davis 2)Another important rule in competing in a 18 masquerade ls make sure you know how to / ·· / . ,"' ,,/ \ ··._ ,../'/·;· ,' /..- _/ / / / ~ / ,·'/ / / ' , .... .- ·-

manage yo r props. 6)No peanut butter. (If you don't under­ 3)Edged and1 or other weapons should not be stand this one, ask Chris Nilsson.) drawn until you have reached the stage. 7)Please spare the M.C., he ls reusable. 4)No pyrotechnics. (sigh) 8)There will be no shooting of projec­ 5)No flash photography will be allowed tiles, laser beams, or liquids. during the contest. There will be plenty time after the masquerade and before the SUGGESTIONS: dance for this. 1)Stay in character from the moment anyone can see you until the masquerade ls over. The ability to be the character you are presenting wITl impress the judges more than just walking up the aisle in a fancy costume. 2)Costumes should be designed to compli­ ment your physique. 3)Please write legibly on the masquerade form. Our M.C. ls not very good at deci­ phering hieroglyphics, runes, or cunei­ form. 4)Keep your speech for the M.C. as short and concise as possible. Whether or not it is funny depends on the costume you are wearing.

Trivia Contest Mike Harbour and Marc Cramer

Not for the meek; not for the humorless. The Trivia Contest will be tough this year, so go ahead and sign up. It will be an educa­ 19 tiona l experience! Preliminar ies begin at 10 a.m . Saturday. the boat would be cheating.) Finals begin at 5 p.m. Saturday. Teams may sign up until 11 a.m., space permitting. 4. Boats may not dump chemicals or particles Teams are limited to 4 sentients . Judges are into the jacuzzi (we want to use it, too!), the final arbiters of all disputes. Survivors and must not fall apart in the water. of disputes with the esteemed judges will be disqualified . Any unsolicited participation 5. The races shall consist of heats leading (i.e. audience) will result in the eMee~~±eR up to a final race. Each heat shall consist expulsion of the unsolicited participant. of as many boats as can reasonably fit in at Rules will be available at sign-up. the starting line. Any boats that do not per­ Judges this year will be Michael Harbour, form well as a result of a correctable prob­ owner of the Attic Comic Shop, and Mad Dog, lem, or a collision with another boat or the owner of Protean Specialties. To prove we side of the jacuzzi, shall enter a later heat really are nice guys, we will give you the at their convenience. answer to one of the questions: Winston Churchi 11 . (Don't say we never gave you any­ 6. All races will start on a verbal command. thing.) 7. I, the High Admiral, will be the final judge of the rules. I will try to be fair in determining the winner, but please keep in mind the main point of the race is to have Fannish Armada fun. Rod Sprague By order of Roderick Sprague, High Admiral. Moscow-Pullman 1. The race shall be held in the hotel jacuz­ zi where the boats will race along its calm Restaurant Guide length and will be propelled by the fan'sle­ lectric variety) blowing from the end of it. Here is a simple list of the restaurants Boats may also make use of any other free en­ amd pizza parlors in the area that you might ergy available in the room. want to visit. The addresses are listed with the restaurants, but be sure to ask if you 2. Boats must not exceed 12 inches (30.480 need help. centimeters) in length. LIQUOR AND GROCERY STORES - Walk out of your 3. Boats must not use internal power of any hotel room, look across the street and to the kind: fuel, charged batteries, momentum, left. Voila! A liquor store. Buy early, as spinning flywheels, etc. Energy normally in they do not stay open late. Next door is Mod­ the room cannot be augmented by contestants ern Way Groceries. If they are closed, there (a spotlight or micrqwave beam directed at is a Rosauer's on North Main, another on the Pullman Highway near the state line, a Safe­ way at the Moscow Mall on the other end of town, and Clyde's IGA at 221 East 3rd. You (') 0 can buy beer and wine in the grocery stores. "O '< '1 i­ llQ :r Moscow Restaurants: ..+ BISCUITROOT PARK (415 S. Main)-This is a fav­ orite restaurant in Moscow. It is a bit more expensive than most, but you can still get an excellent dinner for less than $10.00 per person.

CAVANAUGH'S LANDING (If you need directions to find this restaurant .... ) - Cavanaugh's is providing a special menu with lower prices for members of Moscon. Just show your badge.

GAMBINO'S (308 W. 6th)-This is our only local Italian restaurant. They have sandwiches, Italian dinners, and great pizza.

THE NOBBY INN (501 S. Main) - The Nobby is a good, solid, all-American restaurant with a good, solid, all-American menu. It's a good place for breakfast.

ROGER'S ICE CREAM (402 S. Main)-Roger's makes its own ice cream and it is fantastic! They also serve lunches.

PANTRY (1516 Pullman Road)-The only 24- restaurant in town, TJ's serves break- fast at any hour. They're located on the MARK IV RESTAURANT (414 N. Main)-Family din­ Pullman highway, in the University Inn/Best ing. Western. Just head for Pullman; it's on the right just before the last traffic light in HOYT'S (504 s. Main) - A popular lunch spot, Moscow. they serve sandwiches, soup, and a salad bar.

THE BROILER (1516 Pullman Road)-Hidden in the MORENO'S (305 N. Main)-Hamburgers and Mexican depths of the University Inn/Best Western, food. the Broiler has an extensive wine menu and good service. The food is good, though expen­ THE NEW HONG KONG CAFE (214 S. Main) - Your sive, and there is a very good soup and salad standard Americanized Chinese food, with a bar. modest price tag and large portions.

CHANG SING RESTAURANT (512 S. Washington) BIG BELLY'S BURGERS & BREW (233 Palouse River -Here you have some fine Chinese and American Drive)-As the name suggests, they serve a big dining, Cantonese style. burger, with all the toppings available, mon­ sterous trench fries and reasonable prices. MIKEY'S GREEK GYROS (527 S. Main)-In the Pur­ You might want to ask for directions to this ple Mall (you'll understand that when you see one. it). A nice lunch place, they serve Greek Gyros, and some Mexican-style sandwiches. JOHNNIE'S CAFE (226 W. 6th) - Moscow's greasy spoon. Not a bad place for a quick breakfast. CHINESE VILLAGE (Hwy 95 S.) - Cantonese-style Chinese dinners. MERCI BEANZ (527 S. Main)-In the Purple Mall. A coffee shop with a nice selection of coffee MAIN STREET DELI (311 S. Main)-This is a fav­ and teas, a daily lunch menu and wonderfully orite breakfast, lunch, and coffee spot. They rich cheese cake. serve dell-style sandwiches, salads, a few breakfast items (7 a.m. to noon), and a su­ PIZZA PLACES perb pastry selection. KARL MARKS PIZZA (1330 Pullman Road)-Head for CHAMELEON (215 S. Main)- A modern-styled cof­ Pullman on the Moscow-Pullman highway, and it fee shop, they serve expresso, croissant is on the right, next to McDonald's. They do sandwiches, lunches, and quiche • deliver. In addition to pizza, they have a

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~ '< 0 ~ '1 '< 0 ~ < 1- Ul salad bar, sandwiches, barbecued ribs, beer THE HILLTOP (Colfax Hwy, top of the hill and spaghetti dinners. 882-7080. across from the Pullman slgn)-You passed this place if you drove ln from the west. Good DOMINO'S PIZZA (308 N. Main)-Pizza's of many steak and seafood, with prices in the moder­ varieties with delivery service. The quality ate to expensive range. is good and the service fast. 883-1555. MISFIT LIMITED (S. 170 Grand)-Features prime PIZZA HUT (1429 S. Blaine) - At the Moscow rib and a good salad bar. Prices moderate to Mall, lt has pan pizza, pasta, a salad bar, expensive. and beer. Dine in or carry out. ORIENTAL RESTAURANT (S. 300 Grand)- American­ RATHAUS PIZZA (215 N. Main) - The Rathaus has ized Chinese food, but fairly good. Prices pizza, sandwiches, salads, and draft beer are moderate. with free delivery. 882-4633. JERRY'S (S. 400 Grand)-Pullman's other speci­ PIZZA HAVEN (2124 W. Pullman Hwy)-Fast deliv­ alty burger place. Prices are more moderate ery. Located at the nearby Palouse Empire than Pelican Pete's, but the food is compara­ Mall. 883-0550. ble.

NEARBY FAST FOOD PLACES MR. STEAK (SE 1000 Johnson Ave.) - Located on the left side of the road just as you're ZIP'S RESTAURANT (1213 Pullman Road)-A good, driving into Pullman from Moscow. Mr. Steak inexpensive hamburger stop, not too far down has good, medium-priced American steak. the road from Cavanaugh's. THE HONG KONG RESTAURANT (Main St. near Sta­ TACO TIME (401 W. 6th)-A nearby Mexican-Amer­ dium Way)-Szechuan & Mandarin food advertized ican food restaurant. and the food ls a little better than the Ori­ ental; prices are reasonable. MCOONALD'S (1404 W. Pullman Road)-Yep, we got one of 'em here, too. Standard McDonald's fare ... just look for the Golden Arches. TACO JOHN'S (520 W. 3rd)-Fast food, Mexican­ IDAHO'S DRUNK style. Quite near. SKIPPER'S (828 W. Pullman Road)-Located right DRIVING LAWS across the street from Cavanaugh's, this is our local, inexpensive seafood and chowder house. There ls also a nice salad bar. (a public service

ARBY'S (150 Peterson Dr.)-Roast-beef and var­ ious other sandwiches. message) THE PALOUSE EMPIRE MALL (1850 W. Pullman Rd.) Mike Finkbiner -The Mall has assorted fast food restaurants including: Tater's, Orange Julius, King's Ta­ Idaho and Washington have both instituted ble (an all-you-can-eat buffet), Sam's Subs tough new DUI (or DWI, if you're from Cali­ and assorted candy and popcorn stores. fornia) laws. Idaho's works like this: If you are suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, the po­ Pullman Restaurants: lice officer will ask you to take a blood or breath test for alcohol concentration. If you (This ls not an exhaustive list, but just the refuse, the police will take your license or few that are particularly worth the drive permit (on the spot!) and forward it to the over.) the court. All driving privileges will be suspended for 120 days -- and that's just for THE MANDARIN WOK (N. 115 Grand)-Highly recom­ refusing to take the test! mended. Very good food at a moderate price. Upon conviction, for a first offense, you may be: sent to jail forti'p"t'o six months; Attractive decor and an impressive menu serv­ fined as much as $1,000; and/or prevented ed family style. from driving for 180 days. Further offenses are treated more seriously. PELICAN PETE'S & TOUCAN SAM'S (1100 Johnson A blood alcohol concentration of .10% Road)-Exceptlonal hamburgers and some good (that's point 2.!!! oh) is proof of DUI. munchies. Hard to find for out-of-towners, In Washington state, you will serve a one­ but if you like specialty burgers, this ls a day mandatory jail sentence (with 179 days good place. suspended) on a first conviction, plus all that other stuff. Penalties are much stiffer THE SEASONS (SE 215 Paradise)-Small but good, for repeat offenses. it's located in a converted house. A reser­ This stuff shouldn't be a problem for us. vation call might be ln order. Prices moder­ A convention is full of friends. If you're ate to expensive. somewhere besides the hotel and you think you've had a few too many, call the hotel; ALEX'S RESTAURANTE (N. 139 Grand) - Excellent ask for somebody on the concom (they'll know Mexican food and a nice lounge. Moderate who we are, even if you don't). We'll send prices. Chimichangas and margaritas are their22 someone to pick you up. specialty. IN MEMORIAM: Our Members (to Ellen Marie Dyke date):

000 E.E. "Doc" Smith 001 Rick Sternbach 002 John Varley 003 Richard Wright 004 Grover Krantz 005 Jon Gustafson 006 Mike Finkbiner 007 Beth Finkbiner 008 Julia Mueller 009 Vicki Mitchell 010 Bill Johns 011 Melanie Taylor Bennett 012 Debbie Miller 013 David Bennett 014 Donna Bailly 015 Janna Jones 016 Charlie Leaphart 017 Michael Goodwin 018 Gryphon (Jackie Duram) 019 Sue Berven 020 Scott Hysmith 021 Rod Sprague 022 Tony Butterfield 023 Jeanne Wood 024 Jerry Eveland 025 Kitten (Chris Nilsson) 026 Leroy Berven 027 Lisa Satterlund ELLEN MARIE DYKE, once a member of PESFA, 028 Patty Alexander passed away on Wednesday, October 10, 1984. 029 Ellen Thisted She was 24 years old. 030 Thom Walls Ellen was born May 13, 1960, in Seattle, 031 Becky Fallis Washington. In 1966 she and her parents mov­ 032 Steve Forty ed to Walla Walla, where Ellen attended Edi­ 033 Nels Satterlund son Elementary School, Pioneer Jr. High, and 034 Sue Ann Harfst Walla Walla High School. She was active in 035 Becky Steever the school band and was a member of the Honor 036 Ed Steever Society, and she was a recipient of a nation­ 037 Diana Moore al merit scholarship. Ellen graduated from 038 Bryce Walden Wa -Hi in 1977. She attended Washington Uni­ 039 David Bigelow versity in St. Louis, Missouri. Ellen worked 040 Betty Bigelow a s a lab assistant at the University of Ore­ 041 Carmine Penrosa gon Hospital.

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