cover is clever, funny, and beautiful (and gives me a chance to see what Elaine looks like). Both Elaine’s fractal graphics are lovely too (I bet they are stunning in colour). What is it about fractals that makes them so beautiful? Is it partly the idea that there is pattern underlying everything? (Very magical.) Is it because the patterns are self-referential but not identical repeats (either because of variation of scale, or because there’s a complex call-out sequence where pattern A calls B calls C calls A . . .)? Is that fractal-drawing program horribly expensive? I used to have (on my old computer, which only had a monochrome most of my previous interests. I have commenced work on monitor, bless it) a copy of something called Fractint, which my army memoirs, The Horsed Vassell. was apparently downloadable for free from the Internet, but The front and back covers of SFC 77 are particularly the ‘new computer’ (which is, let’s face it, a exceptional, well worth framing. g-g-g-grandmother in modern IT terms) has a colour I was in Aussieland in March–April 2000 to visit my son monitor, and I’m suddenly hungry for fractals again . . . I and family near Gundaroo, north of Canberra. He has a goat wouldn’t have any means of printing them out (unless I farm, which is actually his hobby, as a rest from make friends with a colour printer owner, which is not computerising. impossible) but it would still be nice to see them again. (Late November 2001) (7 December 2001) John has sent me, for TMR, an entertaining article about I’ve already explained to Sue that she can get a copy of his most recent visit to Australia — but I’ve told him that DJFractals directly, and for free, from its author, Dick Australian fans would really like to meet him next time he Jenssen ([email protected]). Dick is willing to pass on his visits. John Berry (usually known as ‘the English John own pieces of computer art to fanzine publishers who want Berry’) is famous for being a member of Irish Fandom snazzy covers. during the early 1950s. We’ve now lost all the other famous members of IF — Walt Willis, Bob Shaw, George Charters, ROBERT MAPSON and James White — except for Madeleine Willis. 33 Westfield Road, Kelmscott WA 6111 If you are interested in illustrations for zines, you MARTIN MORSE WOOSTER might like to consider the attached thumbnails [see graphic above]. I’ve always had a certain artistic bent (but bent PO Box 8093, Silver Spring MD 20907, USA I have been a silent reader of SFC for decades. I was a what?), which can now find some expression with the advent subscriber in the late seventies and early eighties (when of 3D modelling packaging and accessible reasonable Hank Luttrell was your North American agent). In the past computing power. decade, Patrick McGuire has been kind enough to lend me his (8 December 2001) copies of SFC and Metaphysical Review. I suspect your best correspondence will continue to come JOHN BERRY from people who receive your zine in the traditional way. 4 The Chilterns, South Hatfield, You mention that you’ve posted and sent SFC in a .PDF Herts AL10 8JU, UK format, to which very few people responded. I think that Re your observation that I am the remaining member of Irish even technophiles don’t like receiving lengthy publications Fandom extant — exactly one year ago I almost joined them electronically. I have had email for nearly a year, and read in Celestial Irish Fandom. I visited the doctor to complain online. But I have little patience reading anything about chest pains, which I mistakenly thought were electronically that’s longer than one page. Moreover, a .PDF incipient indigestion. He called paramedics from the local file, however well designed, loses all the touches that make hospital. He later told me that I would have died if I had SF Commentary worth keeping permanently as part of a made an appointment to see him ten minutes later. I had a collection. When I read your issue (which, of pacemaker fitted, and also suffered a severe attack of course, is a book in disguise) I put it on my shelf, along shingles, plus PHN, plus fluctuating hypertension. For several with other serious works of SF criticism. I wouldn’t have months I was inactive, not even opening mail. Recently I done that if I had received the zine as a bunch of loose have made an excellent recovery, and have now returned to pages that I would have to collate and staple.

71 There you are: looks as if I’ll have to keep facing bankruptcy Mostly criticism, though, of late for me. Just finished each time I want to publish a fanzine. I had hoped that 5000 words called ‘The Outrageousness of Melville’s within five years I could send every issue by .PDF, save myself Moby-Dick; or, The Whale’ for talks at the university here and a fortune on printing and postage, and return to monthly in Braunschweig, and I’m enclosing my thoughts on issues. But paper rules! Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars, as well as a review/essay on Tom Tykwer’s Lola rennt, a German film you may have seen. But if you want to save space in the future, may I SF? Well, the Encyclopedia Mouse keeps me reading up on suggest trimming the space you give to Colin Steele? What quantum and cosmological matters, among other things, and do you see in his work? He strikes me as a very glib reviewer, I finally read all of Russell M. Griffin’s novels, all four of who probably gets given a thousand words once a month to them. The Blind Man and the Elephant is still my favourite; report on as many titles as he can. But I don’t find his work next would be Century’s End. An overlooked writer, as most particularly insightful, and the lack of publication dates writers are. further reduces the value of his work. I had no idea, for (27 November 2001) example, that D. G. Compton was at all active in the 1990s, and would have liked to know when his novel appeared. The day that I typed this letter I walked into Reading Matters, the secondhand bookshop at the south end of Colin Steele is the only regular newspaper reviewer of SF in Smith Street, and found a copy of the British edition of Australia (weekly, in The Canberra Times). Others, such as Griffin’s Century’s End. It was only $3.50. ‘Hmmm,’ said the Van Ikin (Sydney Morning Herald) and (The bloke on the desk, ‘that’s the cheapest book I’ve sold for a Australian) receive spots irregularly. (I don’t see Van’s long time.’ Which means, I suppose, that it’s been sitting columns, but Terry seems to have been cut down to every there forever. As you did, I found The Blind Man and the two or three months.) Colin is the only person in the Elephant one of the best SF novels I’ve read in the last 30 country who sees everything (although often by extracting years. After I had bought a couple more novels by Griffin, I books from publishers only with extreme difficulty), and he heard that he had died of a heart attack at the age of 43. has to cover as much as possible in as few words as possible. Which I think he does remarkably well. No matter how slight a coverage he devotes to a particular book, he always ANDY SAWYER gives me some idea of whether or not I would enjoy reading 1 The Flaxyard, Woodfall Lane, Little Neston, it. He sent me copies of his columns regularly for nearly ten South Wirral L64 4BT UK years, hoping against hope I would get around to publish- SFC 77 was waiting for me when I got home Tuesday night. ing them. I did so in SFC 77, but now I want to get away from It was interesting to discover that big article on Disch, short short reviews. I trust Colin will keep sending me because yesterday I took part (as internal examiner) in the longer articles he thinks might fit SFC or Steam Engine Time. assessment of a PhD thesis on Disch from Elliot Atkins here at Liverpool. A very good assessment of his fiction it was Devote more space to your own writing, including a more too, particularly of his Gothic/‘Supernatural Minnesota’ stuff. lengthy explanation as to why you chose the books on your Once we’d gone through all the formalities and assured him Ten Best lists, and why in some years you expanded the list of our decision, I pulled out SFC and said ‘something you to 12 books or 14. In fact, you could produce a very might be interested in . . .’ Fortunately, I’d checked his interesting chapbook by publishing your Ten Best lists from bibliography and he had seen it (and other stuff that the 1960s onwards in one place. Then you could a similar appeared in SFC). publication for your film list (unless you save that for The (15 November 2001) Metaphysical Review). (26 November 2001) I’ve just come back from seeing the Harry Potter film. I am not a big Potter fan, thanks, I think, to my first exposure to Be careful, Martin. Massed armies of SFC readers out there the phenomenon being through a gushing review in the will reach for their vomit bags if you suggest that I publish Guardian about this children’s book with an amazingly more lists. Lovely idea, though; something to do in my original concept and a wonderfully imaginative use of retirement, which I will never be able to afford to take. language. It’s quite clear, now, that the woman who wrote this hadn’t a clue what she was writing about, but if you TOM WHALEN strip away the sheer silliness of the way adults who should Hasenbergstr 15, 70178 Stuttgart, Germany know better (including, I was going to say, members of the SF Commentary 77 made it to my new German address. I’m 2001 World Convention, but I’ll nip that train not sure how, but I’m glad it did. Especially glad to see the of thought in the bud straight away) have gone overboard Sladek article. And all the lists and short reviews. A.I. I for J. K. Rowling, the very effective marketing campaign, and found quite interesting. Spielberg’s intelligence may be the quite natural way people who obviously haven’t read artificial, but somehow Kubrick’s cold inhuman humans many books at all have become extremely enthusiastic when managed to drive a stake through Spielberg’s kitsch heart. they find something that speaks to them, we get — what? I retired from teaching (29 years is enough) and moved Something that still stands up in way that earlier writers of back to Germany ten months ago. My wife Annette Wiesner books that children have taken to their heart (Roald Dahl, (MA on Nabokov) works in the IT field here for Trados, a for example) stands up. Which is a kind of evasive way of translation software company. I tend house, write, read, saying that I was very impressed by the film, although I was watch movies, and travel. In late September I finished Tales prepared to be less so. The script and acting were excellent from the Hybrid Pool, book four in ‘The Encyclopedia Mouse (the only thing that grated on me was the announcement Quintet’. Book 3, Candelabra, I finished two years ago. I that the ‘Sorting Ceremony’, in which the new recruits to hope to start the last one, The Straw That Broke, early next Hogwarts School are allocated their houses, would take place year. ‘momentarily’. In fact, it took an appreciable amount of

72 time. I know we have the American market in mind, but appeared. All science fiction aspires to the condition of there are numerous words that mean ‘in a moment’ or, , perhaps? better, ‘immediately’. The public-school elements, of course I was interested to see the reviews by Colin Steele, (much of the early part of the film is taken up with Harry’s somebody I seem to remember from other issues of SFC, but preparation for school and his settling in there), are as for some reason I never connected him with the Colin Steele much, if not more, than the wizardry: magic is so who gave the Follett lectures. I rarely go to academic library often a ‘given’ in children’s literature that it is almost conferences, and never, so far, to international ones (it’s mundane; simply, another vocabulary for stating what might tough enough keeping up with all the sf conferences/ be said, but perhaps with some difficulty, in realistic conventions I need to go to) but if I do move in such language. The settings are sumptuous, the special effects rarefied circles I’ll keep an eye out. Damned if I know how good, and I get the distinct impression that the original was he keeps up with academic librarianship, IT and science taken seriously and the relationship the audience has with it fiction. If he has a secret, maybe he could pass it on. was not treated with condescension, as is so often the case. I liked the picture of your book mountain on page 14. I The actors were allowed to act and (‘momentarily’ apart) like the neat piles. Mine is more like mounds of scree. Every given lines that didn’t insult them. The only part I thought so often there’s an avalanche and something gets lost. In didn’t work (which I don’t think works in the book) is Harry’s fact, it’s more normal that I can’t find a book than I can relationship with his appalling foster-parents, who are too (look, I’m a professional librarian at work, OK; at home I’m a like the caricature-parents Roald Dahl did so much more slob like anyone else). In the course of writing this letter I successfully. phoned my daughter to see if she had my copies of the first two Harry Potter books. ‘I think they’re in the cupboard We DVD addicts, who never get to the cinema, haven’t upstairs on the landing,’ she said. ‘Which cupboard?’ I asked watched Harry Potter yet because it was released in Australia (because I thought I’d looked in the one she meant). ‘The in pan-and-scan (4:3) ratio, not in widescreen ratio. The cupboard where we keep books,’ she replied testily, as you ‘Special Edition’, wide screen and all, was released here do when dads are slow on the uptake. But this house is full recently. of cupboards and there are books in most of them . . . (And yes, they were there, next to the Lindsay Davies and Doris Lessing books. There is probably a classification scheme Sladek on Disch made me realise how little of Disch I’d there, if I could think of it.) read. The Gothics, such as Clara Reeve (which I read only in (3 December 2001) the process of assessing the dissertation) and the later ‘Supernatural Minnesota’ tetralogy (of which I’d only read part, and not really considered as a series of linked works) Book avalanches are common around here as well. Not to show how much he plays around with ideas of genre and mention CD avalanches, which damage to the plastic sub-genre (and probably even sub-sub-genre), while covers. I get red in the face and invent new swear words revisiting 334 only made it clear that it’s one of SF’s classics, when this happens. Polly hides under the couch, but Sophie a book that does fascinating things with the utopian/ just ignores me, as usual. dystopian idea. Delany’s An American Shore, a tour de force analysis of ‘Angouleme’, just one short section from 334, RALPH ASHBROOK may have made people wary about lengthy works on Disch, 303 Tregaron Road, Bala Cynwyd PA 19004, USA but reading the whole novel made me consider one aspect of On the assumption that something extraordinary happened Disch’s work that he does particularly subtly, the matter of in the SF of the late forties through the sixties, I am ‘historical’ references. I use the quote marks because these exploring the possibility of a high school curriculum based are the cases where a writer invents history stemming from thereon. That imagined world has crept in on little mouse his present: things that have happened to actual buildings, feet: ubiquitous PCs, emails, hyperlinks, Mars, cell phones, compositions by contemporary artists, etc. An odd thing MP3 packets. It should be worthwhile for kids to read these happens when we read these texts, and I don’t think too extrapolations to find patterns of divergence and much attention is given to it. convergence, as well as having the fun we did. Encouraging Considering that we are now living in the future, in some the class to suggest current production would allow the cases beyond the time in which these texts are meant to be program to jump outside of its own system. set, we need to be careful when rereading them that we The Dick-based film, Impostor, came and went. Clever and don’t overlook the ‘invented’ history. I have to admit that fun, but thin. Minority Report promises to be more ambitious. there are aspects of Disch’s future New York that I do not (5 February 2002) know are fictional. I know that there is no day-long opera of Orfeo, because Delany says so. I would be quite capable of Aronofsky’s Pi reminded me of early Jeunet (City of Lost reading ‘Angouleme’ and taking this reference as fact. Children and Delicatessen) and Being John Malkovich — what Reading a story written in, say, 1970, which refers to has come to be called Phildickian. I see mainstream (albeit interplanetary space flight in, say, 1990, is one thing. But a independent) cinema catching up with the worlds that SF more naturalist story referring to, say, a bridge that has writers explored, starting in the late forties. Even some been built, a bank in a location where at the time of writing mainstream fiction is testing the same waters: House of there was no bank, a fictional make of car by a real car Leaves (Mark Danielewski) and Center of Things (Jenny manufacturer or work of art by a real artist, along with McPhee). references to the real geography or culture of the time of (26 February 2002) writing is bound to confuse. The point at which the reader realises the nature of the difference between the world the When Cronenberg slips into many of his films the visual writer has extrapolated from the then present and the equivalent of thank-you notes to Philip Dick, and Being John extrapolation we live in will be different for each reader, and Malkovich is several degrees more surreal than any Phil Dick certainly different from that of a reader when the story first novel, and Sixth Sense and Fight Club are also very

73 Phildickian, it seems as if the spirit of PKD is invading A sense of their unreality can be gleaned from the fact American cinema. When will some film or TV production that a conference was held on 18 and 19 May 1996, called company call itself Palmer Eldritch Productions? ‘Reconsidering the Postmodern’. More telling was a gathering at the University of Chicago on 14–16 November 1997 titled ‘Conference on After Postmodernism’. Apparently the newer FRANK C. BERTRAND academic fads are not lasting very long. As Walter Laqueur 50 Lowell Street, Manchester NH 03101 explains, it’s actually been since the middle 1980s that USA ‘postmodernism has been in slow decline; its advocates have been unable to agree on many things. Its effect outside the So there I recently was, perusing SF Commentary No. 77 university, to the extent that it had one, has been the (November 2001), one of but several items in a marvellous opposite of what was intended’ (in Derek Maus (ed.), fanzine package that finally caught up with me, and in the Postmodernism, San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001, p. 161). ‘Pinlighters’ section came across a letter by moi dated 11 And long after all of them have faded away, I’ll still be February 1994 (page 30)! While not exactly finding myself in able to read, reflect upon, and discuss the pivotal and lithe a PhilDickian ‘time-slip’, I did experience a bit of ‘conceptual early works of Phil Dick, especially The Man Who Japed and dislocation’ — to use a PKD phrase from a letter of his dated Time Out Of Joint. More than these, I continue to be 14 May 1981. I mean, that’s only a time-slip of some seven thoroughly intrigued and fascinated by his first published years, which in fanzine time is nothing to sneeze at. short story, ‘Beyond Lies the Wub’. Within it can be found But upon re-reading my letter, and your appended embedded many of the ‘philosophical seeds’ that later comments, I would like to wax metaphysical for a bit — or germinate into his dominant themes and motifs, one such perhaps several bits. And that’s because, sad to say, the being, as Ralph Ashbrook notes, the ‘oddness of morality’ situation I delineated has not changed for the better. As you (his letter of January 1994, also SF Commentary 77). In fact, aptly note, PKD’s ‘strange exegetical writings’ have become the Wub eloquently sums up what I’ve been trying to wax ‘more important for some critics than the lithe, brilliant metaphysical about here: ‘But how can any lasting contact earlier writings’, then and now. It’s as if Dick’s oeuvre be established between your people and mine if you resort to consists of just the so-called ‘VALIS trilogy’ and the only such barbaric attitudes?’ important part of his life is the so-called ‘pink beam’ (23 March 2002) experience. (Yes indeed, it is time for a new edition of Electric Shepherd, or another ‘PKD special issue’ of SF Commentary!) STEPHEN THOMPSON I’m sure Phil’s strong satiric/‘black humour’ sensibility 26 Mitchell St, West End QLD 4101 would find this hilarious, if it wasn’t so tragic. Such a Vision magazine was initially the writers’ group’s newsletter narrow, selective approach by the critical/academic (still is), but it came out sporadically and only as a community does not bode well for him, or any writer, photocopied paper copy, stapled in the corner. In the middle especially when most of it comes after the writer has died of last year I became interested in editing and publishing and cannot respond. (I mean, wasn’t it Nietzsche who wrote (rather, I decided to do something about my interest). So I somewhere in his The Antichrist (1888) that some persons took over the newsletter and set about expanding it and are born posthumously?) And Phil did write, in a 1980 book making it more interesting. review of Patricia Warrick’s The Cybernetic Imagination in Essentially it still is about writing, but it also now Science Fiction (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1980), that: ‘This book occasionally includes articles about fannish things. I have to praises me by terming my writing important but it arrogates admit to not being into fan stuff; my connection to the to itself the role of arbiter of viewpoint and proper concern. genre is purely through writing. It’s only through my Viewpoint and concern in SF are a transaction among author, publishing interest that I decided to drop in on fan sites, editor, and reader, to which the critic is a spectator. Don’t therefore I found the eastcoastsf list. dignify us. Our power to stimulate human imagination and to The zine comes in hard copy for financial members of the delight is intrinsic to us already. Quite frankly, we were Vision group, and arrives by email for the rest of the world. doing fine before you came along’ (The Shifting Realities of My budget is very small, giving me just enough dough to get Philip K. Dick, pp. 97–8). 30 copies printed for members. Because of the budget Or, does this point to, instead, the ‘rise and fall of the constraints (and the need to get it printed from disk), the critical/academic empire’? (a subject we very much need a zine isn’t very big — 12 pages per issue. Recent issues modern Gibbon for!) True, they did creatively try their best feature Mr Dalrymple, Robert Hoge, Julian Warner, and Cat to adopt Phil Dick as a ‘postmodernist poster child’. But, as Sparks, all from the eastcoastsf email group. Sokal and Bricmont nicely state it, in Fashionable Nonsense (18 April 2002) (NY: Picador USA, 1999), ‘not all that is obscure is necessarily profound’ (p. 186). Why would any writer want this kind of attention or ‘fame’? (see especially: David Lehman, ‘The Questions of Postmodernism’, I Also Heard From www.zip.com.au/~jtranter/jacket04/lehman-postmod.html) Sarah Marland, who sent a postcard from Japan in October It’s much more likely that the critical/academic acolytes 2001. With Andrew Macrae and Audrey the cat, she has struggling to win publish-or-perish tenure points are using hosted several meetings of the Nova Mob (Melbourne’s SF Phil Dick, and ‘postmodernism’, to fabricate their own special discussion group) this year. She played drums in Andrew’s brand of narcissistic fame. As Professor Leo Braudy incisively band at his birthday party last year. states it: ‘Many seek fame because they believe it confers a Matthew Davis has been a great help in arranging pub- reality that they lack. Unfortunately, when they become lication of John Crowley’s article in this issue and tracking famous themselves, they usually discover that their sense of down the Yale Review version. Matthew’s main interest is the unreality has only increased’ (The Frenzy of Renown: Fame work of Tom Disch. and Its History, NY: Oxford University Press, 1986, p. 589). Jeanne Mealy keeps sending me books and articles from

74 Minneapolis newspapers about Garrison Keillor and A cally, except for people such as me (we’re both members of Prairie Home Companion. She (and Melbourne fan Murray ANZAPA): ‘Now I’m not working, the cost of producing and McLachlan) also sent me an article from National Geographic mailing 300 copies of four minimum-weight fanzines a year by Garrison Keillor. It is the best article about the art of would be half my annual income.’ fiction that I’ve read for a long time. The article includes Curt Phillips is one of many people I’ve met through the photos of the original locations for what became Lake Internet lists during recent years. To the packet I sent him, Wobegon. In Australia, weekly episodes of A Prairie Home he replied: ‘You’ll be glad to know, I think, that SFC 76 has Companion are still not played on radio. I keep meaning to caused me to search out some more George Turner books. see whether CDs of the programs are available, but never Beloved Son currently awaits my attention on the to-be-read quite get around to surfing the Net to find them. Thanks, stack.’ Drowning Towers would be a better start, Curt, but I’d Jeanne, for the gifts, and apologies for not replying ade- be interested to hear what you make of Beloved Son. quately until now. Ahrvid Engholm sent me a copy of a very enthusiastic Michael Waite and Tim Marion each produce fabulously review he wrote about SFC 77 for a Swedish fanzine. One expensive, well-produced fanzines for FAPA, and they are thing that worries me: he mentions that the table of con- kind enough to send us copies as well. Both have adopted tents was missing. Several other people have mentioned this Australian fandom as a special interest; you could, for as well. It seems that in several copies, page 2, which in- instance, read Dick Jenssen’s ConVergence report in cluded the ToC and Ditmar’s explanation of the cover art, Michael’s Trial and Air long before you read about the same was not printed. Sorry about that. I was in too much of a convention in my report. hurry stuffing copies in envelopes to check each copy. Michael Waite is a busy man, so I don’t know where he Bob Tucker, who celebrated his eightieth birthday re- finds the time for Trial and Air. Nevertheless, he’s sent us cently, received SFC 77: ‘Now I have this trove to read this some wonderful books, including H. G. Wells’s An Experi- winter, I may reach page 82 by next March or April.’ ment in Autobiography, which I’d never seen before. He is also David Cake sent greetings from Western Australia. He a music fan: ‘I listen to music all day while I’m at work. At offered to write book reviews for me, but I’ve been so the moment I’m listening to Mozart’s Horn Concertos overwhelmed by incoming reviews recently that I haven’t (Dennis Brain/Herbert von Karajan: EMI). I can think of yet taken him up on his offer. no other horn player who compares to Dennis Brain. The Arthur D. Hlavaty enjoyed SFC 77: ‘Delightful, particu- sound he creates transports me to another world. He is larly Sladek on Disch. He even makes The Genocides sound unique. What a tragedy he died so young.’ Michael put me interesting. Along with Michael Dirda, I wonder why the back in touch with Robert Sabella (now trading copies of Serious Lit/Avant Garde establishment hasn’t noticed that Visions of Paradise), who was an SFC subscriber in the 1970s. Sladek is one of theirs.’ Tim Marion is beset by problems, which this year have Jan Stinson keeps me sending me Peregrine Nations, but included the loss of three of his cats to various diseases. has now been forced, because of a lack of a cash, to distrib- We’ve lost two cats in less than twelve months, so we sympa- ute it only on eFanzines.com. I still haven’t sent her the thise greatly. bundle of Gillespiezines I promised her about a year ago. Ken Bailey sent me from Alderney, Channel Islands, two Jenny Bryce is not an SF fan, but she always says hello collections of his works, The Vortices of Time and The Sky when Elaine or I send her fanzines: ‘I leave in five minutes Giants. ‘The Vortices of Time is a miscellany of haiku, senryu, for Canberra. But just wanted to say thank you for SF triolets (a favourite form) and other verse, much it sfnally Commentary: it looks terrific, especially the front cover (I’ve oriented. Steve Jeffery did the cover illustration.’ Ken is one barely got past it)!’ of the amazingly erudite people I’ve met through Acnestis, Judith Buckrich enjoyed SFC so much that she arranged the English apa with the eternal waiting list. He’s written a a Morning Coffee of Comment: ‘Marc Ortlieb’s review [of sublime article on Coleridge that I would love to reprint in George Turner: A Life] was fine. I kind of dread reviews of the Metaphysical Review just as soon as I can revive that magazine. biography these days. But his was not a bad one. And you During the last couple of years, Bill Burns has been the are always recommending that people read it. Thank you.’ benefactor of many fanzine editors. He hosts the electronic Judy has recently had two launch parties for her book The version of our fanzines on eFanzines.com. Check it out. Long and Perilous Journey: A History of the Port of Melbourne Also check out the monthly fanzine reviews posted by (Melbourne Books 1-877096 00 8; 240 pp.; A$24 hb), which Ted White on eFanzines.com. Thanks, Ted, for the gener- includes lots of wonderful pictures as well as a lively account ous March review of SF Commentary 77. of the history of Melbourne. Dwain Kaiser enjoys SFC, and sends as a trade his own Paul Anderson from Adelaide sends regular emails to fanzine. keep me up with news of his family and my old Adelaide The overseas mailout of SFC 77 led to a discussion about friends, who are now scattered throughout Australia. Both non-cancelled stamps. Rich Lynch: ‘The stamps on the copy Paul’s parents have now died; I remember them fondly we received were not cancelled, and I guess could be soaked from the times I stayed at their place in Hawthorndene in off and reused, if you’d like them back again. (Assuming it’s the seventies. legal and ethical to do so in Australia.)’ It turns out it’s Rowena Cory Lindquist, mentioned in my piece on neither legal, ethical nor practicable. The stamps have been Wynne Whiteford (p. 7), was at ConVergence (see photo in electronically cancelled by Australia Post, whether or not *brg* 33), and is married to Darryl Lindquist, a bloke I first the cancellation shows. met in 1969 in Ararat. Rowena wrote: ‘Haven’t had a chance Bill Bowers, on the other hand, seemed picked out for to have a good look at the SFCs yet, but Daryl picked them Special Treatment by the post office: ‘What else would up and smiled and said, “I remember when these were explain why the envelope containing my welcomed copy of roneoed off!”’ SFC 77 (how’d the hell did he get ahead of me in issue Robert Lichtman, chatting about this and that, re- numbers?) did indeed warrant postal cancellation?’ minded me that I haven’t yet run off extra copies of The Eric Lindsay’s Gegenschein is now only available electroni- Great Cosmic Donut of Life, my Acnestis fanzine. I haven’t run

75 them off for Irwin Hirsh, either. Ray Nelson, whose 1960s Elizabeth and Peter Darling?’, they tell us in a more-than- short story inspired the title of the fanzine, got in touch, so usually newsy Christmas card that in 2001 Elizabeth ‘cele- I must run off a set for him as well. As soon as I find the brated her sixtieth birthday by staging her second [art] time. exhibition (after a gap of 38 years)’ and Peter ‘almost Tom Disch liked the reprint of the Sladek article about managed to keep his resolution to work less than 40 hours his SF novels (SFC 77) so much that he arranged with John per week (not counting work around the farm)’, despite the Crowley to reprint the article that begins this issue. I have fact that he officially retired a year or so ago. What used to one question: does anybody know John Crowley’s snailmail be the barn at the Pondarosa (the farm near Kyneton, address, so that I can send him a copy? Victoria, where Peter and Elizabeth now live) was turned Damien Broderick sent lots of nice bits and pieces into ‘Pondarosa Galleries’, the site of Elizabeth’s work in throughout the year, including photos, and arranged with water colours and mixed media. Meanwhile, Elizabeth’s John Romeril to write the review that appears in this issue. cartoons about Australian fandom have recently begun to Many thanks, Damien. appear in John Foyster’s eFNAC. Peter has been working on Paul Collins and Meredith Costain held the New Year’s several major projects, travelling to Europe, and chairing Eve party, 2001/2, that was the last time I saw Wynne convention sessions. Whiteford. Paul and Meredith also bought the Clifton Hill John Light (Photon Press, 37 The Meadows, Berwick- house that I lusted after on page 14 of SFC 77. I was upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1NY, UK) offered to disappointed to find they have not filled the nine-room list my magazines for free in his annual catalogue Light’s List house with books and CDs, as Elaine and I would have done. 2002. He supplies the following details: ‘Light’s List of Liter- Paul writes: ‘Life here is great: it’s like a country property ary Magazines 2002 contains the names, addresses, price, with all mod cons. Certainly the centre of the universe so frequency, page count and a brief note of interests (for far as public transport is concerned, what with trains, trams example, ‘Traditional: poems to 30 lines, fiction to 2000 and buses all within ten minutes’ walk. We have Jack the words, reviews, artwork’) of over 1500 UK, US, Canadian, kelpie, Harriet the bitsa pussycat, four goldfish called Geor- Australian, European, African and Asian small press maga- genella (we had two, George and Ella — one died but we zines publishing creative writing and artwork in English. didn’t know which one, so we called the survivor Geor- 17th annual edition: £2.50 including postage (US$6 sur- genella — now we have four, we figured it easier to call all face; US$7 air); cheques payable to John Light. Email: of them Georgenella), and four chooks, Sibyl, Henrietta, [email protected].’ Agnes and Doris.’ Robert Day sent a very long letter of comment to the Jerry Kaufman, who has just returned to fanzine publish- most recent issue of Metaphysical Review, plus some scanned ing, received his SFC 77 ‘just in time to take it along on photos, but since then he has been Busy. ‘Highlights of the another long drive. This time I took it as car and breakfast year: my first professional sale (an article on an Austrian reading to Orycon, an annual convention just outside Port- rural railway), a new relationship, a holiday in Vienna. land, Oregon. ‘Lovely cover graphics by Ditmar. I assume Lowlights: work, and a burglary at home. I was at an SF he’s the inspiration for the name of the Australian SF convention when I was burgled. Have these people no Achievement awards? I’m glad you explained the front decency?’ cover’s meaning, as I would never guessed it. Furthermore, I didn’t hear from long-time Sydney reader and sup- I would have been left in the embarrassing position of porter Annette Carter during Christmas 2000–2001, but the thinking that the shushing figure might be Ditmar, not end of 2001 brought news of a change of address and Elaine!’ Fortunately, there are plenty of pictures of Ditmar moving house. Alex Skovron, and we are still in the ConVergence Report that accompanies this issue. hoping that we can resume our dinners with her. ‘Despite having read Sladek’s piece on Disch before (many David Russell sent his usual fascinating letter of com- years before), I still found it the liveliest and most interest- ment (as well as the unusually fascinating parcel he sends ing piece in the issue. I felt like I might want to tackle some me on my birthday). He had hoped to catch me out by of those Disch books again, especially Camp Concentration sending a letter before he received his copy of SF Commen- and 334.’ tary. He borrowed the Melbourne Science Fiction Club’s Moshe Feder, in his capacity as an editor at Tor Books, copy, which I had handed to Alan Stewart. A mutual friend last year did me an enormous favour, which saved me well had seen David at the Club, so I was not surprised by his over $A2000, so he’s been placed on the Gillespie Lifetime letter. He read my short review of Anne Tyler’s Ladder of Subscription list. (I don’t offer such subscriptions officially, Years, then bought a remaindered paperback: ‘Reading but some people are on the list anyway.) your zine, Bruce, causes me to read that which I would not Michael Levy thanked me for the magazines I sent. normally read: mainstream fiction’. I could run a long list Ian Sales has recently returned to Britain from Abu of books that David should read now he’s broken the Dhabi, where has been working for some years. ‘Can’t say I drought. Instead I sent him my favourite (non-SF) book of agree with all the book reviews’, but Ian and I enjoy dis- the last few years: Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures agreeing with each other’s reviews in Acnestis. of Kavalier and Clay. Sherry Thompson recently retired, but is still finding it Ron Clarke didn’t make it to Aussiecon III in Mel- hard to find time to write letters of comment: ‘I’m glad I’m bourne, although I did mention him in my Fan GoH speech not one of those people whose career defines them and as one of the people who should have been standing there their lives, and who becomes terminally bored upon retire- instead of me. Ron’s The Mentor, if it’s still officially being ment. I might add that I’ve never understood that kind of published, is 40 years old this year (makes SFC seem like a a mindset. If a person is reasonably healthy and has enough toddler). Of SFC 77, he writes: ‘I really enjoyed the lead income to cover basic expenses, how can they possibly be article about Thomas M. Disch. Sladek really gets into bored or have time on their hands?’ I have all my retirement Disch’s head for his works. The details of Disch’s life were activities planned out, but cannot ever afford to retire. an additional bonus.’ For those who are wondering ‘Whatever happened to Last Christmas Susan Batho, long-time Sydney fan and

76 A. Bertram Chandler Award winner, who was once married Jerry Davis sent me money after he received the most to Ron Clarke, sent us one of those round-robin Christmas recent SF Commentary, despite declining vision. He ends his letters that tells us all the things we would never have letter, as we all should: ‘Well, I had better feed the cat.’ thought to ask, because we don’t know any members of the Early this year, Mary Sheridan and Lister Matheson from Batho extended family other than Susan. She’s very, very the Clarion Workshop at Michigan State University at East busy at the moment, but I look forward to her next elec- Lansing toured Australia, hoping to find people who would tronic fanzine. I caught up with her at ConVergence in help them set up Clarion South. Looks as if this will happen June. in Brisbane in 2003 or 2004. Lister and Mary sent me the Heather Johnson sent a card on behalf of her daughter Clarion Newsletter (No. 21, Summer 2002). Karen and son Greg. Karen never quite takes a long-hoped- Vanessa Jacobsen received her copy of SFC 77 just before for trip to America, but she continues as a member of she took the bus to Melbourne from Canberra for ConVer- ANZAPA. Heather attended ConVergence, but I didn’t get gence. ‘I’m most interested in having a chat to you re fan to sit down and talk. Heather would be Melbourne’s most history.’ This didn’t happen, as Vanessa and I said about active fan if she had the time. two words to each other during the convention (‘Hi!’ ‘Hi!’). Adrienne Losin sent some of her drawings, although not I didn’t even get to talk to Cat Sparks at the convention: in a reproducible form, and a round-robin letter in which ‘I seemed to spend the whole four days yabbering with she says she has started selling her art overseas. Adrienne people, not that I can clearly recall anything much that was used to call in occasionally at the Friday night group when discussed!’ Thanks again for the CD of convention photos, it met at the Myer cafeteria, but perhaps she hasn’t found Cat. ‘I would also be keen to contribute artwork to SFC at us since we moved to the Australia Arcade basement. some stage. I seem to be overburdened with work this year, I’ve been swapping books with Lizbeth and Paul Billin- probably because I decided to do a Uni course as well as ger — or rather, sending them enough books to justify a Agog! Press and a host of other things for other people’s continuing subscription to the British Science Fiction Asso- projects.’ ciation (whose quarterly package includes Vector and other Alison Barton was also kind enough to send some photos goodies). I sent them the latest Kate Grenville novel the from ConVergence. So was Rose Mitchell. After surviving week she won the Orange Prize in Britain, and they did me ConVergence, they sound as if they want to keep organising the favour of turning me on to the novels of Christopher conventions. That’s a worse addiction than fanzine publish- Brookmyre. ing. I had a very short note from Colin Steele, which ended: I’d lost track of Gary Farber, but it seems he’s been ‘My wife is getting a bit uptight re boxes of books on floor!’ hiding out in Boulder, Colorado, and keeping a weblog (or So’s mine, Colin. My mighty collection of boxes of books ‘blog’). He tried to explain weblogs to me — daily fanzine stays right there on the floor, threatening to topple over, entries accessed through one’s Web site — but I couldn’t until we solve the Extra Room Problem (Titanic Deck Chairs work out why anyone would want to write so much so often Problem). I’ve been suggesting that the Canberra fans get about one’s own life. I’ll stay with the glacial art of the paper in touch with you for advice about running conventions, fanzine. since you ran the Canberra Word Festival successfully for Lenny Bailes is, like many of the people mentioned here, many years. someone I met only because of the Internet. His fanzine William Brieding has sent me several encouraging notes, Whistlestar is recommended. some American folding money, and his fanzine Books Read, Gerd Maximovic (Am Wall 183, 28105 Bremen, Ger- 2001. If I reprinted it as a contribution to SFC, it would take many) would like to publish fiction in Australian magazines up 10 packed pages. I’ll merely note that William reads or anthologies, regardless of whether payment is offered. I widely and wisely. Better, he alerts me to books I haven’t sent him the addresses of the usual suspects (including the heard of and would order if the house were not already full; magazines and anthologies launched at ConVergence). for example, Wallace Stegner’s The American West as Living Garry Dalrymple is famous for trying to organise non- Space (‘speeches at U. of M. at Ann Arbor, dealing with organisable Sydney fans, especially through Freecons. human culture as affected by the lack of water and the Some of his ventures work, and others don’t. I was inter- endless open spaces of the West’), James Sallis’s The Long- ested in the results of a survey he did among people who Legged Fly (‘triumph of construction, literate, melodra- attended the recent Canberra regional convention. matic, post-modern, and gloomy’), and a book I really Fiona Kelleghan is Book Reviews Editor of the Journal of should have known about and bought before writing my the Fantastic in the Arts. Thanks to John Bangsund, she got recent article about SF novellas: The Arbor House Treasury of in touch with me to write a book review. It sounds as if she Great Science Fiction Short Novels, edited by Silverberg and would like to see other fanzines about science fiction and Greenberg. Bill is probably out of copies of this year’s list, fantasy (Otto G. Richter Library, University of Miami, but you could write to him for next year’s: PO Box 1901, Florida 33124-0320, USA). Tucson AZ 85702, USA. In an earlier note, William praises both SFC 76 and 77, — Bruce Gillespie, 22 October 2002 and writes: ‘I had a chance to meet Paul Kincaid early this year and really enjoyed the brief moments we had together And suddenly it’s Christmas (26 December 2002): standing about at the Potlatch parties. I also met Jae Leslie Thanks for all the cards from readers, especially those Adams. Of course, I am very shy, so they probably were containing letters or (even) money. (Yes, thanks, Gian puzzled’. Paolo Cossato. May the floodgates of Venice be kind to Erika Maria Lacey keeps in touch from Brisbane, al- you.) Some have had uppish years (including David, Sue though she hasn’t done much fannish during the last year and Kathryn Grigg, and Sally Yeoland) and some downish or so. She promises to get back into action soon, and might (thanks for the personalised card, Leigh and Valma). May even rejoin ANZAPA. things be better in 2003.

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A. Bertram Chandler Award 7 Banks, Iain: Excession 68 Abacus, The 19 Cochrane, Elaine: ‘If You Do 77 Barnes, Rory 20 Brookmyre, Christopher 77 Not Love Words . . .’ 24 Abbott, George and Donen, Barton, Alison 77 Brosnan, John 56–7 Cockayne, Steve: Wanderers and Stanley (dirs): The Pajama Batho, Susan 76–7 Brosnan, John: Scream 56 Islanders 66 Game 13 Baum. L. Frank: Wizard of Oz, Brown, Valma 58 77 Coen Brothers (dirs): O Brother! Abu Dhabi 76 The 67 Browning, Guy 3 28 70 Where Art Thou? 65 Ackroyd, Justin 12 Baxter, John 56 Brunner, John: Sheep Look Up, Cohen, Leonard: Ten New Songs Acnestis 67 75 Baxter, Stephen 55 The 63 64 Adams, Jae Leslie 77 Beagle, Peter S. 51 Bryce, Jennifer 75 Cole, Nat King 4 Age 52 Beagle, Peter S.: Last Unicorn, Bryning, Frank 7 Collette, Toni 56 Agog! Press 77 The 67 Buckrich, Judith 59 75 Collins, Paul 7 9 76 Alderney 75 Bear, Greg 59 Buckrich, Judith: Long and Conan Doyle, Arthur 33 Aldiss, Brian W. 50 55 61–2 Beelzebub 13 Perilous Journey: A History of the Conference on After Aldiss, Brian W.: Cluster of Small Beerbohm, Max 36 Port of Melbourne, The 75 Postmodernism 74 Stories, including ‘Never’, A 62 Benford, Gregory 49 50 Buckrich, Judith: George Turner: Constantine, Storm: Hermetech Aldiss, Brian W.: I Went to the Bennet, Mark 53 A Life 75 46 House of the Sun 62 Beresford, J. D.: Hampdenshire Buffy the Vampire Slayer 44 55 ConVergence 2002 10 11 75 77 Aldiss, Brian W.: Secret of This Wonder, The 68 Bujold, Lois McMaster: The Cory & Collins 7 22 Book, The 50 Berry, John 71 Curse of Chalion 66 Cory, Rowena see Lindquist, Aldiss, Brian W.: Supertoys Last Berry, John: Horsed Vassell, The Bulmer, Kenneth (ed.): New Rowena Cory All Summer Long 62 71 Writings in SF 41 Cosmos Books 70 Altman, Robert (dir), Gosford Bertrand, Frank 74 Burke, Solomon: Don’t Give Up Cossato, Gian Paolo 77 Park 13 Bester, Alfred: Demolished Man, on Me 65 Costain, Meredith 9 76 Anderson, Paul 56 75 The 64 Burns, Bill 75 Coverdale, Tom 68 Anderson, Poul 10 Bester, Alfred: Stars My Byrd, Jerry: ‘Memories of Maria’ Cowper, Richard 56 Andrews, Allen: Castle Crispin 63 Destination, The 6–5 64 Cramer, Floyd: ‘Heartless Andrews, Allen: Pig Plantagenet, Between the Covers 67 Byron Bay 56 Heart’ 64 The 63 Beyond Bedlam 56 Cake, David 75 Cronenberg, David 73 Ansible 41 54 56 71 Big Engine 70 Camilleri, Andrea 64 Crossley-Holland, Kevin Arthur: Anthony, Patricia 44 Billinger, Lizbeth 77 Campbell Jr, John W. 42 Seeing Stone, The 66 Anthony, Piers 4 Billinger, Paul 77 Campbell, Stephen 59–60 Crowley, John 14 68 74 76 Anthony, Piers: Prostho Plus 41 Binns, Helena 9 11 Camus, Marcel: Myth of Sisyphus, Crowley, John: Little, Big 14 Apted, Michael (dir): Enigma 13 Binns, Mervyn 11 The 37 Crowley, John: Translator, The Ararat 58–9 Bixby, Jerome: ‘It’s a Good Life’ Canavan, Trudi: Magicians’ 14 45 Arkham House 33 56 Guild, The 40 Cunliffe, Barry: Facing the Ocean: Aronofsky, Daniel (dir): Pi 73 Blackford, Jenny 25 Canberra 31 A New History of the Atlantic Arthur, Erik 4–5 Blackford, Jenny and Blackford, Canberra Times 58 72 and its Peoples 55 Ashbrook, Ralph 73–4 Russell: Foundation 78 22 Capra, Frank (dir): It’s a Dahl, Roald 72–3 Ash-Tree Press 31–34 Blackford, Russell 9 22 Wonderful Life 15 Dalrymple, Garry 75 77 Asimov, Isaac 59 Blackford, Russell; Ikin, Van; ‘Carnegie fandom’ 13 Danielewski, Mark: House of Asimov, Isaac: End of Eternity, and McMullen, Sean: Strange Carnell, E. J. (ed.): New Worlds Leaves 73 The 67 Constellations: A History of 7–8 Dark Dreams 33–4 Astounding Science Australian Science Fiction 22 Carnell, E. J. (ed.): New Writings Darling, Elizabeth 76 Fiction/Analog 51 53 57 Blackman, Honor 6 in SF 41 Darling, Peter 76 Atkin, Mark (dir): The What If Blasters: Complete Slash Carnell, E. J. (ed.): Science Davidson, Avram: Adventures of Man 57 Recordings 65 Fiction Adventures 7 Doctor Eszterhazy The 64 Atkins, Elliot 72 Blind Boys of Alabama: Spirit of Carpenter, John (dir): Ghosts of Davies, Robertson: What’s Bred Atwood, Margaret: Alias Grace the Century 65 Mars 72 in the Bone 59 51 Blish, James: Case of Conscience, Carr, Bob 19 Davis, Jerry 77 Audrey 74 A 50 Carroll, Jonathan 44–5 Davis, Matthew 14 74 Aurealis 34 Bloomington IL 60 Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures Day, Robert 76 Aussiecon I 61 Books Read 2001 77 in Wonderland 67 de Wetering, Jan Willem: Aussiecon III 2002 57 60–1 76 Bouchercon 2001 57 Carroll, Lewis: Through the Amsterdam Cops: Collected Aussiefan films 61 Bounds, Sydney J. 64 Looking Glass 67 Stories, The 64 Austen, Jane: Emma 35 Bowers, Bill 53–4 75 Carter, Annette 76 Deamer, Adrian 59 Australia Food Hall 13 77 Bowers, Bill (ed.): Outworlds 58 CBC Radio 67 Delany, Samuel R. 5 Australian 72 Box, David: ‘I’ve Had My Chabon, Michael: Amazing Delany, Samuel R.: American Australian and New Zealand Moments’ 64 Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Shore The 73 Amateur Publishing Boyce, Chris 55 The 76 Delany, Samuel R.: Triton 47 Association (ANZAPA) 61 75 Bradbury, Ray: Dandelion Wine Chandler, A. Bertram 22 Derleth, August 33 77 67 Charters, George 71 Dick, Philip K. 44 49–50 59 Australian Aviation 58 Bradbury, Robert J. 21 Chesterton, G. K. 41 Dick, Philip K.: ‘Beyond Lies Avengers, The 6 Brain, Dennis 75 Chesterton, G. K.: Man Who Was the Wub’ 74 Bailes, Lenny 77 Braudy, Leo: Frenzy of Renown: Thursday, The 67 Dick, Philip K.: ‘Impostor’ 73 Bailey, Ken 75 Fame and Its History, The 74 Ciao 13 Dick, Philip K.: Man in the High Bailey, Ken: Sky Giants, The 75 Braum, Lilian Jackson 64 Clancy, Tom 69 Castle, The 5 67 Bailey Ken: Vortices of Time, The Brialey, Claire 4 12 Clarion Workshop 77 Dick, Philip K.: Man Who Japed, 75 Brieding, William 77 Clarke, Arthur C.: Against the The 74 Ballard, J. G. 5 50 British Science Fiction Fall of Night 67 Dick, Philip K.: Martian Ballard, J. G.: Drowned World, Association (BSFA) 54 77 Clarke, Arthur C.: Childhood’s Time-Slip 5 The 7 Broderick, Damien 76 End 46 Dick, Philip K.: Three Stigmata of Ballard, J. G.: High Rise 63 Broderick, Damien: Last Mortal Clarke, Arthur C.: City and the Palmer Eldritch, The 5 Band, The: Last Waltz, The 65 Generation, The 19 Stars, The 62 64 Dick, Philip K.: Time out of Joint Bangsund, John 10 56 59 77 Broderick, Damien: Spike, The Clarke, Ron 76 74 Bangsund, John (ed.): 19 Clooney, George 50 Dick, Philip K.: Valis 51 Australian Science Fiction Review Broderick, Damien: Clute, John 42 Dick, Philip K.: ‘Valis’ trilogy 74 5 6 58 Transcension 19–23 Cochrane, Elaine 3 7 9 10 13 Dirda, Michael 67 75 Banks, Iain 68–9 Broderick, Damien: White 24 44 48 59 70–1 76 84 Disch, Thomas M. 14–18 60–1

78 65 67 70 72 74 76 Flewelling, Lynn: Bone Doll’s Harding, Lee: ‘Pressure’ 7 13 35–7 70–1 75–6 Disch, Thomas M.: Amnesia 14 Twin, The 38–9 Hargrave, Leonie: Clara Reeve John Paul II, Pope 14 Disch, Thomas M.: Flewelling, Lynn: Luck in the 14 73 Johnson, Greg 77 ‘Angouleme’ 73 Shadows 38 HarperCollins Voyager 38–9 Johnson, Heather 77 Disch, Thomas M.: Brave Little Flewelling, Lynn: Stalking Harris, Ed (dir): Pollock 13 Johnson, Karen 77 Toaster, The 14 Darkness 38 Harris, Jeff 56 Johnston, Chris 59 Disch, Thomas M.: Businessman: Flewelling, Lynn: Traitor’s Moon Harrison, Harry 56 Jones, Diana Wynne 66–7 A Tale of Terror, The 14 18 38 Harrison, Harry and Aldiss, Jones, Diana Wynne: Dark Lord Disch, Thomas M.: Camp Ford, Ford Madox: Good Soldier, Brian (eds): Year’s Best SF of Derkholm, The 66 Concentration 5 14 76 The 35 45–6 Jones, Diana Wynne: Year of the Disch, Thomas M.: Cardinal Forge Books 67 Harrison, Joan 56 Griffin 66 Detoxes, The 14 Fosse, Bob 13 Harrison, M. John: Viriconium Jones, Gwyneth: Bold As Love Disch, Thomas M.: Dreams Our Fowles, John: Magus, The 67 68 45–6 Stuff Is Made Of, The 60–1 Foyster, John 5 10–12 49 56–8 Harry Potter 72–3 Jones, Gwyneth: Castles Made of Disch, Thomas M.: Echo Round 67 69 76 Hartwell, David G. 20 67 Sand 45–6 His Bones 63 France, Vicki Lee 44 Harvia, Teddy 70 Jonze, Spike (dir): Being John Disch, Thomas M.: Genocides, Frankenheimer, John (dir): Hauser, Eva 69 Malkovich 73 The 54 75 Gypsy Moths, The 13 Haydon, Elizabeth: Destiny Journal of the Fantastic in the Disch, Thomas M.: Mankind Frayn, Michael: Tin Men, The 39–40 Arts 77 Under the Leash 63 67 Haydon, Elizabeth: Prophecy 39 Joy, Bill: Why the Future Doesn’t Disch, Thomas M.: M.D., The Freecon 77 Haydon, Elizabeth: Rhapsody Need Us 21 14–16 18 Frost, Terry 7 39–40 Kaiser, Dwain 75 Disch, Thomas M.: On Wings of Frow, Ruth and Eddie 69 Heinlein, Robert A.: Puppet Kandel, Michael 50 62 Song 14 Garner: Owl Service, The 63 Masters, The 53 Kaufman, Jerry 54 76 Disch, Thomas M.: Priest: A Gegenschein 69 75 Heinlein, Robert A.: Stranger in Kavan, Anna: Ice 14 Gothic Romance, The 14 16–18 Geis, Richard E. 57 a Strange Land 67 Kay, Guy Gavriel 39 Disch, Thomas M.: Puppies of Gelb, Janice 12 Hendrix, Jimi 45–6 Kay, John: Heretics and Prophecies Terra, The 14 Ghost Story Society 34 Herald Sun 65 64 Disch, Thomas M.: Sub, The 14 Gibson, William 49 Herbert, Frank: Dune 63 67 Keillor, Garrison 75 Disch, Thomas M.: 334 14 59 Gibson, William: Idoru 70 Herman, Jack 11 Kellaghan, Fiona 77 65 73 76 Gibson, William: Neuromancer 59 Hertz, John 64 Kelly, Paul 65 Ditmar 1–3 70–1 76 see also Gill, Brendan: Many Masks: A Hewitt, John 56 Kennett, Rick 31–4 Jenssen, Dick Life of Frank Lloyd Wright 4 High, Philip 64 Kennett, Rick: ‘Gnarly Ship, 10 76 Gillespie, Bruce (ed.) Philip K. Hirsh, Irwin 6 76 The’ 34 DJFractals 70–1 Dick: Electric Shepherd 50 74 Hirsh, Wendy 6 Kennett, Rick: ‘Keeper of the Doblin, Alfred: Mountains, Gillespie, Mrs Betty 13 14 Hlavaty, Arthur D. 75 Minter Light, The’ 34 Oceans and Giants 63 Gillespie, Fred 6–7 Hodgson, Bessie 33 Kennett, Rick: ‘Roaring Donald M Grant 33 Gillespie, Jeanette 3 7 13 Hodgson, William Hope 32–4 Paddocks, The’ 34 Dorfman, Ariel: Death and the Gillespie, Linda 6–7 Hodgson, William Hope: Boats Kennett, Rick: ‘Silent Garden, Maiden 51 Glicksohn, Mike 53 of the Glen Carrig, The 32 The’ 33–4 Dowling, Terry 72 Gold Awgie Award 19 Hodgson, William Hope: Kennett, Rick and Kidd, A. F.: Driftwood Manuscripts 25 Golding, William: Lord of the Carnacki the Ghost-Finder 31–4 ‘Steeple Monster, The’ 33–4 Duncan, Dave: Gilded Chain, The Flies, The 63 Hodgson, William Hope: ‘Find, Kew, Derek 54 66 Goldstein, Lisa: Alchemist’s Door, The’ 33 Keyes, Daniel: ‘Flowers for Dunn, Stephen: New and Selected The 46–7 Hodgson, William Hope: Ghost Algernon’ 64 Poems 1974–1994 13 Gollancz 4 23–30 39–40 45–7 Pirates, The 32 Kidd, A. F. (Chico) 31–4 Dylan, Bob 65 Grant, Hugh 56 Hodgson, William Hope: Kidd, A. F.: ‘Arkwright’s Tale’ Dylan, Bob: Love and Theft 64–5 Grass, Gunther 63 ‘Haunted Jarvée, The’ 32–4 34 Dyson, Freeman 21 Graves, Robert: Goodbye to All Hodgson, William Hope: ‘Hog, Kidd, A. F.: ‘Case of the Grey Eastern Inn 7 That 61 The’ 32–3 Dog, The’ 34 Eastern Writers Group 7 9 Graves, Robert: Seven Days in Hodgson, William Hope: Kidd, A. F.: ‘Darkness, The Edmonds, Leigh 10 58 77 New Crete 61 ‘Horse of the Invisible, The’ (The Black Veil)’ 34 eFanzines.com 48 75 Great Cosmic Donut of Life 75 32 Kidd, A. F.: ‘Immortal, Invisible’ Effinger, George Alec 10 56 Green, Terence 67 69 Hodgson, William Hope: House 33 eFNAC 10 57 76 Green, Terence: Shadow of on the Borderland, The 32 Kidd, A. F.: ‘Matherson’s Egan, Greg 57 Ashland 67 Hodgson, William Hope: Inheritance (The Noving Egan, Greg: Diaspora 57 Green, Terence: St Patrick’s Bed Masters of Terror, Vol. 1 33 Fur)’ 34 Egan, Greg: Distress 57 67 Hodgson, William Hope: Night Kidd, A. F.: ‘Psychic Doorway, Egan, Greg: Permutation City 57 Green, Terence: Witness to Life, Land, The 32 The’ 34 Egan, Greg: Schild’s Ladder 22–4 A 67 Hodgson, William Hope: Kidd, A. F.: ‘Sigsand Codex, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Greenland, Colin 56 ‘Searcher of the End House, The’ 34 42 Grenville, Kate 77 The’ 32 Kidd, A. F.: ‘Witch’s Room, Engh, M. J.: Arslan 62 67 Griffin, Russell M.: Blind Man Hodgson, William Hope: The’ 34 Engholm, Ahrvid 75 and the Elephant, The 72 ‘Whistling Room, The’ 32 34 Kidd, A. F. and Kennett, Rick: Erg 51 Griffin, Russell M.: Century’s End Hoge, Robert 75 No. 472 Cheyne Walk: Carnacki: Eschbach, Andreas: 72 Holland, Cecilia: Pillar of the Sky The Untold Stories 31–4 Haarteppisrhuipfer 63 Grigg, David 77 63 Kincaid, Paul 48 77 Eveleigh, Nash 33 Grigg, Kathryn 77 Hornby, Nick: High Fidelity 67 Knight, Damon 10 Extrapolation 62 Grigg, Sue 77 Horwood, William: Skallagrigg Knight, Damon: Why Do Birds? Fantasy Amateur Press Grimwood, John Courtenay 55 63 64 Association (FAPA) 75 Grimwood, Ken: Replay 67 Hubbard, L. Ron: Ole Doc Knight, Harry Adam: Bedlam 56 Farber, Gary 77 Gross, Roslyn Kopel 28 66–7 Methuselah 41 Knight, Harry Adam: Slimer 56 Farmer, Philip José: Guardian 72 Hurley, Elizabeth 56 Koopmann, Werner 50 ‘Riverworld’ series 67 Guillemette, Aurel 69 Huxley, Aldous: Brave New World Kubin, Alfred: Other Side, The 70 Fears for Ears 70 Haefs, Gisbert 63 62 Kubrick, Stanley 62 72 Feder, Moshe 67 76 Hailstone, Michael 58 Ikin, Van 22 72 Kubrick, Stanley (dir): 2001: A Fincher, David (dir): Fight Club Haldeman, Joe: Forever War, The Illumination 1992 43 Space Odyssey 5 73 67 Interzone 55 Lacey, Erika Maria 77 Finder, Jan Howard (Wombat) Hall, Alexander (dir): Here Irish Fandom 42 71 Lafferty, R. A. 24 60–1 Comes Mr Jordan 15 Jackson, Peter (dir): Fellowship of Lake, David J. 2 5059 61 First German Fantasy Club 48 Hamilton, Peter (ed.): Nebula the Ring, The 61 Lake, David J.: Lusts and Loves Fischer, Bernd 64 64 Jacobsen, Vanessa 77 51 Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Handsome Family, The 65 James, Henry: Portrait of a Lady, Lake, David J.: Man Who Loved Bovary 35 Haney, Carol 13 The 63 Morlocks, The 59 Flaubert, Gustave: Sentimental Hanna, Judith 54–5 Jeeves, Terry 51 Lamar, Barbara 20 Education 63 Harbottle, Phil 64 Jeffery, Steve 44 67–8 75 Langford, David 41 43 58 70 Fleder, Gary (dir): Impostor 73 Harcourt 49 50 Jenssen, Dick (Ditmar) 2 3 10 Langford, David: Complete

79 Critical Assembly, The 70 Macintyre, Stuart: Concise History Nietzsche: Antichrist, The 74 Fortunes of Richard Mahoney, Langford, David: Leaky of Australia, A 58 Niven, Larry: Destiny Road 64 The 63 68 Establishment, The 70 McIntyre, Vonda 7 Niven, Larry: Fallen Angels 64 Rigg, Diana 6 Langford, David: Let’s Hear It for McKillip, Patricia: Stepping from Niven, Larry: Gripping Hand, Roberts, Adam: On 47 the Deaf Man 70 the Shadows 67 The 64 Roberts, Adam: Salt 47 Langford, David: Maps 48 McLachlan, Murray 69 75 Niven, Larry: Integral Trees, The Roberts, Adam: Stone 47 Langford, David: Up through an MacLeod, Ken 55 70 Robinson, Brian 53 Empty House of Stars 70 McMullen, Sean 22 Niven, Larry: Ringworld 67 Robinson, Frank M.: Science Larkin, Philip: ‘Aubade’ 4 McNamara, Peter 10 Niven, Larry: Ringworld Throne Fiction of the 20th Century: An Lasswitz, Kurt: Auf der McNamara, Peter and Winch, 64 Illustrated History 61 Sciefenblase 63 Margaret (eds): Alien Shores 57 Nix, Garth: Lirael 65 Robinson, Kim Stanley: Green Lasswitz, Kurt: Auf Zwei Planeten McPhee, Jenny: Center of Things Nix, Garth: Sabrael 65 Mars 59 63 73 Norstrilia Press 7 22 Robinson, Kim Stanley: Pacific Last Record Store 64 Macrae, Andrew 13 74 Nova Express 22 Edge 59 Le Guin, Ursula K. 47 61 Malice Domestic 57 Nova Mob 7 10 24 67–9 74 Robinson, Kim Stanley: Red Le Guin, Ursula K.: Always Mandala of Sherlock Holmes, Novacon 2001 70 Mars 59 Coming Home 30 The 64 NSW Premier’s Play Prize 19 Romeril, John 19 76 Le Guin, Ursula K.: ‘Earthsea’ Mann, Thomas: Doctor Faustus O’Brian, Patrick 54 Romeril, John: One Night the series 67 16 O’Donnell, Elliot: Screaming Moon 19 Le Guin, Ursula K.: Dispossessed, Mapson, Robert 3 70–1 Skulls 31 Rothwarf, Allen: Aether Model of The 47 67–8 Marion, Tim 75 O’Leary, Patrick 67 the Universe, An 21 Le Guin, Ursula K.: Lathe of Marland, Sarah 74 O’Leary, Patrick: Impossible Bird, Rottensteiner, Franz 48–50 62 Heaven, The 51 Maroochydore 13 The 44 67 64 Le Guin, Ursula K.: Left Hand of Martin, George R. 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K. 54 72–3 Lehman, David: Questions of Mathews, Race 13 69 Ortlieb, Cath 3 12 Russell, David 52 76 Postmodernism, The 74 Matrix 54 Ortlieb, Marc 12 75 Russell, Mary Doria: Sparrow, Leinster, Murray 41 Maus, Derek (ed.): Ortygia House 56 The 50 Lem, Stanislaw 49–50 64 Postmodernism 74 Orwell, George: Nineteen Eighty Sabella, Robert 75 Lem, Stanislaw: Microworlds Maximovic, Gerd 77 Four 63 Sales, Ian 76 49–50 Mealy, Jeanne 74–5 Orycon 2001 76 Sallis, James: Long Legged Fly, Lem, Stanislaw: Science Fiction Meara, Mike 53 Oscar 9 10 The 77 and Futurology 49 Melbourne Science Fiction Oxford Classical Dictionary 61 Sanderock, Alan 55–6 Lem, Stanislaw: ‘Science Club 11 76 Paperback Inferno 55 Sawyer, Andy 72–3 Fiction: A Hopeless Case: Melbourne University SF Pascal, Blaise 52 Schepisi, Fred (dir): Last Orders With Exceptions’ 50 Association 24 Peake, Mervyn: ‘Gormenghast’ 13 Lem, Stanislaw: Solaris 50 67 Melson, Joe 64 trilogy 67 Science Fiction Audiences 69 l’Engle, Madeleine: ‘Time’ Melville, Herman: Moby-Dick 35 Pears, Iain 54 Science Fiction Research quartet 67 Meme England 68 Penney, Lloyd 69 Association Conference 2001 Levinson, Barry (dir): Wag the Mentor 76 Penney, Yvonne 69 61 Dog 51 Merril, Judith 69 Peregrine Nations 75 Science-Fiction Studies 62 Levy, Michael 61 76 Merritt, Abraham: Metal Phillips, Curt 75 Scortia, Thomas M. and Lewis, C. 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S.: Till We Have Faces The 35–7 Pinkwater, Daniel Borgel 67 SF Chronicle 57–8 67 Metaphysical Review 54 75–6 Pioneer Award 61 SF Commentary 1 5 Lewis, Matthew Gregory: Monk, Michigan State University East Piper, Cathy 4 6 SF Commentary 76 67–8 71 75 The 14 18 Lansing 77 Piper, Clare 6 77 Lewis, Sinclair: Babbitt 15 Miéville, China 55 Piper, David C. 4–6 54 SF Commentary 77 14 52–7 59 Lichtman, Robert 53 75–6 Miller Jr, Walter 50 Piper, Sara 6 61–2 64–5 67–8 70–7 Light, John 76 Miller Jr, Walter: Canticle for Plummer, Mark 4 5 12 SF Horizons 55 Light’s List of Literary Leibowitz, A 67 Poe, Edgar Allan: Purloined SFRevu 61 Magazines 2002 76 Misters in Sisters 57 Letter, The 33 Shakespeare, William 51 Linder, Mats 63 Mitchell, Robin and Grant 13 Pohl, Frederik and Kornbluth, Shaw, Bob 71 Lindquist, Darryl 75 Mitchell, Rose 77 C. M.: Space Merchants, The 67 Shayamalan, M. Night (dir): Lindquist, Rowena Cory 7 Monash University 7 Pondarosa Galleries 76 Sixth Sense, The 73 59–60 75 Mond, Ian 10 13 Poulton, Harry: Law, History and Sheckley, Robert: Citizen in Lindsay, Eric 69 75 Mooloolaba 13 Politics of the Australian Two Space 63 Lippmann, Walter 52 Moorcock, Michael (ed.) New Airline System 58 Sheckley, Robert: Notions: Liverpool University Press 50 Worlds 5 7 Powers, Tim: Declare 65–6 Unlimited 63 Local Agenda 21 55 Moorcock, Michael: Gloriana 63 Powers, Tim: Expiration Date 64 Sheckley, Robert: Pilgrimage to Loney, Mark 61 Moorcock, Michael: ‘Jerry Prairie Home Companion, A 75 Earth 63 Losin, Adrienne 77 Cornelius’ books 68 Pratchett, Terry and Gaiman, Sheckley, Robert: Shards of Space Lovecraft, H. P. 31–3 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 51 Neil: Good Omens 67 63 Lovecraft, H. 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80 Skovron, Alex 76 Human 67 Imagination in Science Fiction, Whiteford, Wynne N. 7–9 76 Skylark Award 42 Sturgeon, Theodore: Some of The 74 Whiteford, Wynne N.: ‘Bliss’ 7 Sladek, John T. 60 75 Your Blood 63 Warrnambool 59–60 Whiteford, Wynne N.: Breathing Sladek, John T.: ‘Four Reasons Suhrkamp 49 Washington Post 67 Space Only 7 9 for Reading Thomas M. Suko Thai 13 Webber, E. D. 51–2 Wickham-Jones, Caroline: Disch’ 14 48 54 56 60 61 65 Sussex, Lucy 10 76 Webber, E. D.: ‘Notes for an Historical Orkney 55 67 72–3 75–6 Swanwick, Michael: Vacuum Off-Shore Island’ 51 Wiesner, Annette 72 Sladek, John T.: Maps 70 Flowers 59 Webber, E. 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