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19 April 2009 WCSFAzine The Fannish E-zine of the West Coast Science Fiction Association Dedicated to Promoting the West Coast Science Fiction Community #19 April 2009 \ Faned: Benoit Girard. Cover art by Philippe Labelle. Logo by Ian Gunn. CONTENTS: 03………. Credits & Editorial. FANDOM NEWS & NOTES: 04………. Local Fans Needed for TV Broadcast: And by Ghu, they showed up! 04………. 2009 CUFF Nominations Open: Amazing possibilities for lucky winner! 05………. More Info on 2009 CUFF: The fund is in better shape than we thought! 05………. Legendary Canadian Fan Passes On: His influence spanned decades. 06………. 2009 FAAn Awards: Complete voting results including ALL nominees. 08………. Aurora Fanzine Nominees, Then and Now: Decay exaggerated? FANDOM HISTORY: 09………. Clippings From Canada: 1940s news column by legendary Canadian fan Leslie A. Croutch. 10………. Tune In, Turn On and Fall Out: Reprint of 1983 article by Taral Wayne. FANZINE FANDOM: 12………. Retro Canadian Fanzine - THE FROZEN FROG #6: edited by Benoit Girard. SUPER SCIENCE STUFF: 19………. Ask Mr. Science! The truth about Mr. Science himself! (Also the facts re Spring Fever) MEDIA MADNESS: 20………. Retro Film Review – SPACE MONSTER (1965): Classic minimalist extra-talkie flic. 25………. Upcoming Nifty Film Projects: Aliens, killer breasts, cannibals, and unspeakable horrors. CONVENTION STUFF: 27………. CONCOMCON #16 Coming to Surrey: A chance to learn all about con running! 28………. Seattle 2011 Worldcon Bid Withdrawn: Sadly, no Worldcon closeby in near future. 29………. Setback for Anticipation Worldcon: A GoH unable to attend for health reasons. 29………. Pre-Reg for VCON 34! Come on now, you know you wanna do it. Save $. Buy now! 49………. Upcoming Conventions: Norwescon 32, Sakuracon, World Horror Con, Zompire, etc… FILTHY PRO HAPPENINGS: 32………. Aurora Nominees Announced: Canada’s equivalent of the Hugos! 34………. Hugo Nominees Announced: America’s equivalent of the Auroras! 38………. Promoting ‘A Strange Place In Time’: Good reviews continue to pour in. 39………. Local Authors Happenings: Don DeBrandt, Dave Duncan, William Gibson, Matt Hughes, Spider Robinson, Paula Johanson, Eileen Kernaghan, Crawford Killian, Donna McMahon, Nina Muntineau, Spider & Jeanne Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, Alyx J. Shaw, Lisa Smedman & C. June Wolf. 44………. Nebula Awards Nominees Announced: Peer pressure awards promoted. LETTERS OF COMMENT: 46………. Steve Green, Brad Foster, Lloyd Penney, & Dave Haren. RESOURCE INFO: 49………. Upcoming Conventions / Local Events / Local Clubs / Canadian Sci-Fi Web Sites of Interest 2 IMPORTANT STUFF: 52………. Colophon: Who and what the West Coast Science Fiction Association is. 53………. Adverts: White Dwarf Books, Swiss Navy T-Shirts, huge SF book sale, &‘Strange Voyages’ CD. Note: All uncredited articles are by the Editor. ART CREDITS: ART CREDITS FROZEN FROG #6 Cover: Philippe Labelle David L. Russell: 13 Clip Art: 3, 4, 6, 11, 19, 21, 23, 31, 36 Teddy Harvia: 14 Brad Foster: 7 Craig Hilton: 16 Barry Kent Mackay: 25, 30, 37, 51 Ruth Shields: 18 Scott Patri: 26, 46 William Rotsler: 8, 10, 48 EDITORIAL Yes, I'm OK, sort of. Been suffering from extreme exhaustion and fatigue. Not sure why. Seems to have hit me like a ton of bricks since they put me on the box-making machine at work. Lots of constant repetitive movement. Leaves me so tired my wife is often unable to wake me when I take a nap. Missed quite a few suppers because of that. Only been able to do a bit of fanac on the weekends and then not very much. To put it another way, previous bouts of mental alertness and enthusiasm lasting for hours now measure only minutes in length. Suddenly I feel a lot older than I actually am. And so the March WCSFAzine comes out in April. I honestly don't know whether I can go back to a monthly schedule, or settle on once every two months, or maybe stop. Am especially frustrated I've done nothing on the Space Cadet now due. What else have I not done? No rebuilding my Canfancyclopedia site. No participation in the Aurora nominations or the FAAn Awards voting. No more loccing other fanzines. Hardly any reading. Sometimes I’m so tired even watching TV is too much effort. Anyway, I'm hoping it's just some sort of temporary glitch. I guess I'll just have to declare the frequency of publication a fannish 'soonest' for the duration and see what happens. Next issue should be ready by May 1st. If not, maybe June 1st. Many thanks to Bill Burns at < http://www.efanzines.com > for hosting. Please send me feedback! < [email protected] > FANDOM News & Notes This item is of course now out of date: 3 LOCAL FANS NEEDED For TV BROADCAST! By Valorie Hoye Hello Everyone, As many of you know, I run the local Battlestar Galactica Fan Club. We are being given a really cool opportunity. Space Channel, Canada's Sci-Fi TV channel, is considering sending one of their on- air talent out to Vancouver to join us for the broadcast of Battlestar Galactica's final episode on March 20th, starting at 6pm, and including us in a live broadcast after the show finishes at 8pm. This would be the first time Space has gone to so much effort for a Vancouver based club. This is the end of Battlestar Galactica, so we will never have another opportunity like this. Space would like a guarantee that I can get 100 people out to the event. I think we can do it, but it means we have to get the word out to all the science fiction fans in Vancouver, and get as many of them as possible to commit to coming out for the Finale Party. And we need that commitment by early next week in order for Space to go ahead with the plan. This is our chance to show Space Channel that Vancouver has a vibrant and enthusiastic crowd of sci- fi fans! Please pass along the message to anyone you know who likes Battlestar Galactica...or who you think might know someone who likes the show! Our event is FREE. The Finale airs at 6pm, on Friday March 20th. Our event is at the LaFontana Caffe in Burnaby, 3701 Hastings St in Burnaby (NE corner of Hastings & Boundary) There will be people out in costume, and lots of stuff for the camera crew to take pictures of, but anyone who attends should understand they will be seen on national television. Thank you very much! Valorie Fortunately the success of this event was not dependent on WCSFAzine spreading the word, as witness this comment by Greg Slade of B.I.F.F. (Burrard Inlet Fan Fellowship): “110 fans cheered, jeered, hissed, exulted, cried, raged, raved (and possibly even reaved, although not within my sightlines) as Vancouver fandom bid farewell to Battlestar Galactica at the joint "Frakking End" party at La Fontana. As we hoped, Space: The Imagination Station was there, so now the rest of the country has seen what real fen look like.” 2009 CUFF NOMINATIONS OPEN! By Lance Sibley, 2008 CUFF Delegate I'm writing to announce the opening of nominations for this year's Canadian Unity Fan Fund (CUFF) delegate. CUFF provides for a Canadian SF fan to travel to the current year's Canvention, or Canadian National SF Convention. This year's Canvention coincides with Anticpation, the 67th World 4 Science Fiction Convention, being held in Montreal from August 6-10. Since the Canvention is being held in the East, this year's CUFF delegate must be chosen from west of the Ontario-Manitoba border. As the 2008 CUFF delegate, the responsibility falls to me to select the 2009 delegate. I am therefore asking that you consider who from among your fannish circle may be a good delegate for this year. It could even be you! To be nominated for CUFF, the successful delegate must: provide a short biography detailing their activities in fandom. As well, nominees must show that they have the support of other Canadian fans by having their nomination co-signed by three fans from the East and three fans from the West. The successful nominee must also agree to administer the fund for 2010, including selecting the 2010 delegate. To submit a nomination, or to ask for more information, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] And please feel free to forward this email to others as you see fit, or publish it in your fanzine, clubzine or newsletter. Regards, Lance Sibley MORE INFO ON 2009 CUFF! By Murray Moore During a conversation today with Lance I learned that Lance received approximately $1,000 from Brian Davis. Lance received this money last May. The current balance in the CUFF account, including the Brian Davis money, is $2,162.03. As for the current race, recently Lance sent info about the CUFF race to 35 groups west of the Ontario border, organizations and clubs and cons and magazines Neo-Opsis and On Spec. He will follow up soon with a nomination deadline. And a race is possible this year. Lance has received two strong expressions of interest; in which case Lance will send a ballot to the same 35 groups, leading to income from the voting fee for the CUFF bank account, plus more publicity. LEgendary CANADIAN FAN PASSES ON! FROM MIKE GLYER’S FILE 770: Randy Reichardt sends word that Chester D Cuthbert passed away in Winnipeg on Friday, March 20, 2009: Chester was a member of First Fandom, and had two stories published by Hugo Gernsback in the February and July 1934 issues of Wonder Stories. Chester was good friends with Sam Moskowitz and Forry Ackerman, both of whom visited him at his home during the Worldcon in Winnipeg in 1994.
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