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Scientifiction 40 Martino 2014-Sp SCIENTIFICTION New Series #40 SCIENTIFICTION A publication of FIRST FANDOM, the Dinosaurs of Science Fiction New Series #40, 2nd Quarter 2014 The World Science Fiction Conventiom Father of Science Fiction, the new Free memberships are available for version of the magazine will continue members of the 1939 and 1957 the tradition of publishing both big Worldcons. For more information: names and newcomers to the genre. http://loncon3.org/members_from39a This magazine presentation of Amazing Stories nd57.php. follows its January 2013 return as a multi-author blog The First Fandom Awards will be featuring commentary, reviews, presented on August 14th during the interviews galleries and essays. Retro Hugo Awards Ceremony. Fiction and non-fiction will be Remembering Frederik Pohl published during the month of April with a new story or article appearing “Elizabeth Anne Hull has announced approximately every three days. At that a memorial service will be held the end of the month, the contents on August 2 for family, friends and will be bundled together, formatted fans to celebrate the life and career and offered as an E-zine in a variety of Science Fiction Grand Master of popular formats. If reception of Frederik Pohl (1919–2013), award- the new issue proves to be popular, winning author, editor and fan writer; the publishers contemplate making a influential literary agent; futurist; special print edition available.” lecturer, and member of First Fandom, whose career began in the Necrology Pulp Era and continued until his We are saddened to report the death last year. The free event will recent passing of some friends: Fred be held at the Wojcik Conference D. Brammer, Richard Coogan, Al Center, William Harper Rainey Feldstein, H.R. Giger, Peter Ruber, College (1200 W. Algonquin Road, Hilbert Schenck, Lorenzo Semple Bldg. W, Palatine, IL 60067), and will Jr., Lucius Shepard, Mary Stewart. include a program of speakers with a reception to follow. For details, visit Seventy-Five Years Ago this Summer www.thewaythefutureblogs.com.” In this issue we celebrate one of the most important events in the history The Return of AMAZING STORIES of science fiction fandom: the 1939 Steve Davidson of Amazing Stories World Science Fiction Convention! writes: “The world’s first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, Closing makes a triumphant return on April We are seeking your letters, book 1st with a special 88th anniversary reviews, photographs, articles, news issue. Founded in 1926 by Hugo items and convention reports to Gernsback, the man known as the publish in future issues. Thank you! SCIENTIFICTION New Series #40, page 2 Remembering 75 Years Ago: The First Ray Bradbury World Science Fiction Convention! “I had heard of the convention Forrest J Ackerman coming up, and I went to Forry and said, “I’d love to go to that “It had never occurred to me that at a convention and meet all of those World Science Fiction Convention famous people, but I can’t afford the everybody wouldn’t come as future Greyhound bus.” He loaned me men from Frank R. Paul paintings or ninety dollars and I headed out for vampires or something. The science New York. I traveled for four days fiction lady fan of the day who used and four nights cross-country with no the name “Morojo” in Esperanto, air conditioning and no toilets. I made a futuristic costume for me. It arrived in New York City where I was like Clark Kent when he steps stayed at the YMCA for five dollars a into the telephone booth and comes week. It took me a year and a half out as Superman. When I got into to pay back the money that Forry that costume, I walked the streets of had lent me. Being at the New York with little children crying Convention was tremendously out that it was Flash Gordon or Buck exciting. I got to meet Edmond Rogers. Hamilton, Jack Williamson, John W. Campbell, and Mort Weisinger (who bought my second story).” Front, L-R: Ray Bradbury, Leo P. 4SJ Ackerman Margulies. Rear, L- R: Manly Wade (Photograph provided by Robert A. Madle) Wellman, Mort Weisinger, Erle M. Korshak I went out to the World’s Fair, and I (Photograph by Conrad H. Ruppert) had never spoken on a microphone, David A. Kyle particularly in public. But, there was a platform and they were inviting “It was Sam’s youthful enthusiasm people to address the world in their that helped put together New native language. So I went up to the Fandom, which made possible the microphone and, in Esperanto I bid for the 1939 Convention. Sam explained that I was a time traveler knew that it was essential to from the future, where we all spoke convince the professionals and this international language. As long magazine editors that there was a as I was in that futuristic costume I group who was capable of holding had enough nerve to perform.” this convention. Sam needed their SCIENTIFICTION New Series #40, page 3 support and needed professionals to it could likely attract enough visiting attend. There was fragmentation fans in among that invading horde to among fans in the Metropolitan area, constitute what would surely be the and many of them didn’t get along. It hugest and farthest-flung sf was due to Sam’s persistence that convention ever imagined---even the first World Science Fiction one that could rightfully be called the Convention was held and was first-ever World Science Fiction successful. This was one of Sam’s Convention.” biggest contributions to the field. Sam Moskowitz “Initially, we were going to hold the Convention on the grounds of the World’s Fair. But they said that anyone who was going to attend would have to pay seventy-five cents admission for each day that they attended. The guest of honor at the World Convention was an artist, Frank R. Paul. It is unusual, when L-R: Ed Hamilton, Otto Binder, Oswald you stop to think about it, that of all Train (behind Hamilton is David A. Kyle) the famous authors alive at that time (Photograph by Conrad H. Ruppert) we selected an artist as the guest of I went to the 1939 World’s Fair in honor. It was unanimous. Frank R. New York City that summer many Paul epitomized everything about times. I was working for several science fiction.” weekly newspapers in upstate New Lloyd A. Eshbach York, and I had a press pass. A central attraction that stimulated my “I remember getting to meet Forry imagination was the General Motors Ackerman, who came from California Futurama. It was a marvelous in his futuristic suit. Conrad H. experience, like being transported by Ruppert took a picture of me walking a time machine into a future that down the street in New York with existed, and that is why it was so Manly Wade Wellman. I recall that immensely popular.” at the Convention there were a great Frederik Pohl many speeches being made. I had the guts to stand up and say that I “In the late 1930s, Donald Wollheim came here for science fiction and not took notice of the fact that New York a political rally, and they shut up.” City was planning a great World’s Erle M. Korshak Fair for the year 1939. His genius was to realize that, among those “In 1939, we were young at heart, millions of invading mundanes, there young in body as well as in mind. surely would be a tiny, but priceless, We had come from various parts of fraction of fans. Donald pointed out the country, however we could. I that if only New York fandom could had come from Chicago. Several of get itself together long enough to put us, including Morojo, Ray Bradbury, on some kind of a con that summer, Mark Reinsberg and me went with SCIENTIFICTION New Series #40, page 4 Forry to meet some editors and Sprague de Camp being stopped by famous people in the field. We went a seventeen-year-old kid who had to the offices of The American the nerve to ask for their autographs. Weekly, and A. Merritt was very gracious. We also went to the offices of Weird Tales, and met the editor, Farnsworth Wright. He took us into his office and let us sit down. Ray then brought out the portfolio of drawings by Hannes Bok that he had carried all the way from the west coast. This resulted in the career of L-R: Jack Darrow, Forrest J Ackerman one of the most famous and finest (Behind Forry’s chin is Mark Reinsberg) artists that ever graced this field.” (Photograph by Conrad H. Ruppert) I didn’t attend the last day of the Convention because Mort Weisinger, Otto Binder and I took off and went to Yankee Stadium. A very special thing happened that afternoon: Lou Gherig announced his retirement from the game of baseball. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house. It’s something I will never forget.” Coney Island – Rear, L-R: V. Kidwell, Robert A. Madle, Erle M. Korshak, Ray Jack Williamson Bradbury. Front, L-R: Mark Reinsberg, Jack Agnew, Ross Rocklynne. “Convention management, including (Photograph provided by Robert A. Madle) maybe Sam, had left out the Futurian group. I spent the morning with Julius Schwartz them across the street. I met people “One of the things that I was looking like Fred Pohl, Cyril Kornbluth, Don forward to at the first World Science Wollheim and others. I had a good Fiction Convention was the meeting time with them, and found them between two prominent letter writers.
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