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SFC Update Issue 27, May 2012 SFC Update Issue 27, May 2012 Editorial: I’m sorry. I kinda had to start with that, after taking half a year off. The reality is, the way I use my free time shifted as I started dating Mandy (who’s real – Curt Phillips even met her), and every time I was just about to get back into the habit of regular updates, something came up. Switching what day I hang out at Glug’s (where I usually work on these things), convention planning, convention trips, a death in the family. The reality is, the closest I got to working on an issue was doing a month of convention write-ups in February that never turned into a zine. So I’m back, and hopefully can get the momentum going now. I have to apologize for a weaker list of conventions than I like to provide, but I hope to restore that to its previous quality as I get more issues out. The good news is, we’ve got some strong material from M. Lee Rogers and Tom Feller that I meant to publish months ago. We’ve also got a piece of Brad W. Foster art on the cover that we plan to have made into t-shirts in time for DSC 50. The letter column is fairly robust, thanks to having all that time to accumulate email. All told, this is an 18-page update, which would be pretty respectable if I’d actually done the work on it. Instead, I’m letting the SFC carry this one, and will hopefully be back to form next issue. While we’re at it, y’all are coming to DSC 50, right? If you failed to read the ad on the previous page, it’s June 15-17, at the Embassy Suites in Huntsville. I’ll be there, as will several other fans who don’t usually make it to DSC. I’ve even heard tell of Yamn Dankees coming to have a good time with us. And it should be a good one – the hotel block was extended several times until there just weren’t any more rooms to be had. It’s the first independent DSC in a decade, and it looks like our family and friends will all be there. That means you, right? Colophon: Editor & SFC President: Warren Buff [email protected] (919) 633-4993 8712 Wellsley Way Raleigh, NC 27613 USA All contents copyright their creators. This zine is free, either by direct email or www.efanzines.com. A letter of comment or other contribution will get you on my mailing list, as long as I remember to put you there. If I forget, bother me a second time, or however long it takes to add you. I haven’t been printing this one, which leaves me free to use as many pages as I wish, and do things like color. It also lets me use all the contributions I can muster, so fire away! A Call to Arms Pens! Hello, gentlefen. This is M. Lee Rogers with a status report on the SFC Handbook project and a request for help in updating this compendium of all things related to Southern science fiction fandom. The current URL for the Handbook Web site is: http://www.smithuel.net/sfc/sfchb3/toc_v3.html. We are planning to secure the rights to a more usable URL in the near future, and will announce that information once it is finalized. The long-term goal is to take Toni Weisskopf’s splendid 2nd edition of the Handbook and bring the 3rd edition into the digital age as a Web site. The most important current goal is to update the articles on regional fandoms within the SFC area. Since the last edition was published in 1997, there is a lot of ground to cover. So far, Tom Feller has contributed an update on Nashville fandom and Mike Kennedy has updated the article on Huntsville fandom. We also have notes for an update on Birmingham fandom based on material supplied by Adrian Washburn, which will be compiled into a proper article. The Handbook needs to be updated on a number of fandoms, including by state and region: Louisiana New Orleans Georgia Atlanta Tennessee Memphis Chattanooga Knoxville Florida Miami-Fort Lauderdale Orlando Tampa Kentucky Louisville Bowling Green Arkansas Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Texas Virginia We need your help. If you would like to write an article to cover the major events in an area of Southern fandom since the last edition, please contact me. If you know someone who would be a good person to write an article, let me hear from you. While I am happy to write as much of the material as is necessary, it was obvious from the start of this project that I would be more of a compiler than an originator. No one person knows everything there is to know about Southern fan history. The Handbook needs contributions from many different sources in order to be a true archive and resource for Southern fandom. We also need graphic design and artwork to help enliven the Handbook site. Much of the material in the current print version can be migrated into the Web site, but the current layout is somewhat spartan. I can do basic layouts but have never claimed to be a visual artist. If there is a poor soul who would like to help with the overall design, please contact me. Another goal is to take the material from the current SFC web site and incorporate it into the Handbook web site. One important section of this is the tribute to Meade Frierson that is included in the current Web site. I would like to dedicate the 3rd edition to a few people. Meade is the first of those people. Without the monumental efforts of Meade H. Frierson, III, the Southern Fandom Confederation would not exist in anything like its current form. He ran SFC by himself for many years when there was very little fandom in the South and the SFC publications were an essential resource for Southern fans. If you would like to share any remembrances of Meade for this part of the Handbook, I would love to include those memories. Finally, a project of this size cannot be finished in a couple of hours. So that everyone can see what the project plan looks like, I will put it on the site in the very near future. This will allow interested parties to see past progress and future directions. Thanks for reading. My E-mail address is [email protected]. Remember: the SFC Handbook can only be as good as you make it. Convention Calendar May 4-6: Outlantacon (Atlanta, GA. www.outlantacon.org) May 11-13: Maryland Faerie Festival (Darlington, MD. www.marylandfaeriefestival.org) May 11-12: GeekOUT (Asheville, NC. www.multiverseavl.com/forumdisplay.php?27-GeekOUT- 2012) May 17-20: Nebula Awards Weekend (Arlington, VA. www.sfwa.org/nebula-awards/nebula- weekend/) May 18-20: LouisiAnime (Lafayette, LA. www.louisianime.com) Mobicon (Mobile, AL. www.mobicon.org) Xcon (Myrtle Beach, SC. www.xconworld.info) May 24-27: Animazement (Raleigh, NC. www.animazement.org) May 25-28: Balticon 46 (Baltimore, MD. www.balticon.org) May 25-27: WonderFest (Louisville, KY. www.wonderfest.com) Timegate (Atlanta, GA. www.timegatecon.org) Oasis 25 (Orlando, FL. www.oasfis.org/oasis/index.php) NashCon (Franklin, TN. www.hmgs-midsouth.org/?page_id=53) Anime Experience (Orlando, FL. www.floridaanime.com) UltimaCon (New Orleans, LA. www.ultimacon.com) Rocket City FurMeet (Huntsville, AL. www.rcfm.net) Phoenix Festival (Birmingham, AL. www.alabamaphoenixfestival.com) June 1-3: ConCarolinas (Charlotte, NC. www.concarolinas.org) A-Kon (Dallas, TX. www.a-kon.com) Hamacon (Huntsville, AL. www.hama-con.com) June 8-10: Sci Fi Summer Con (Atlanta, GA. http://sfscon.tripod.com) OMGcon (Paducah, KY. www.omgcon.com) June 9-10: Con Kasterborous (Huntsville, AL. www.conkasterborous.wordpress.com) June 15-17: DeepSouthCon 50 (Huntsville, AL. Huntsville, Alabama – Embassy Suites. This will be the first independent DSC in about a decade, and the Moon Princesses have put together quite a crew to run it. Guests of Honor will include Lois McMaster Bujold, Howard Tayler, Travis ―Doc‖ Taylor, Larry Montgomery, David Hulan, and Dr. Demento. Larry and David ran the very first two DSCs back in the 60s, and this will be a rare opportunity to get to meet them. I’ll have more information on this con in coming issues. Attending Memberships are $50 through May 18th, or $15 for pre-supporters. Supporting Memberships are $20. www.dsc50huntsville.com) Hypericon (Nashville, TN. www.hypericon.info) MetroCon (Tampa, FL. www.metroconventions.com) Anime Blues Con (Memphis, TN. www.animeblues.com) Faerie Escape (Atlanta, GA. www.faeatlanta.com) Anime Mid Atlantic 12 (Chesapeake, VA. www.animemidatlantic.com) Delta H Con (Houston, TX. www.deltahcon.com) June 21-24: ConTemporal (Chapel Hill, NC. www.contemporal.org) June 22-24: HeroesCon (Charlotte, NC. www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/) ApolloCon (Houston, TX. www.apollocon.org) Seishun-Con (Atlanta, GA. www.seishun-con.com) Imagicon (Columbus, GA. www.imagicon.org/imagine2010/) June 29-July 2: Florida Supercon (Miami, FL. www.floridasupercon.com) June 29-July 1: FandomFest (Louisville, KY. www.fandomfest.com) BayouCon (Lake Charles, LA. www.bayoucon.net) August 30th-September 3rd, 2012: Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention (Chicago, Illinois – Hyatt Regency Chicago. That’s right, it’s a single-facility Worldcon. Guests of Honor will be author Mike Resnick, fan Peggy Rae Sapienza, astronaut Story Musgrave, artist Rowena Morrill, agent Jane Frank, and toastmaster John Scalzi.
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