A.Bertram Chandler Dies suddenly at 72 George Turner Wins second Ditmar Award YESTERDAY'S MEN won George Turner his second AUSTRALIAN SF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for the BEST NOVEL, at EUREKAOCN, held at Easter in Melbourne. Turner has won two WILLIAM ATHELING AWARDS for Criticism, and the BEST NOVEL AWARD previously for RET OVED SCN. The WILLIAM ATHELING AWARD was not presented this year, because not enough nominations were received. The BEST INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY AWARD was abandoned due, we believe, to the confusion over what was, or what was not, eligible. An amendment ’ has been made to the Awards constitution, which will prevent this (infusion in the future. The winners this year were: BEST AUSTRALIAN ICNG SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY: YESTERDAY'S MEN by George Turner BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY: "Above Atlas His Shoulders" ___ by Andrew Whitmore BEST AUSTRALIAN FANZINE: Rataplan /Omithopter edited by Leigh Edmonds BEST AUSTRALIAN FAN WRITER: Leigh Edmonds BEST AUSTRALIAN SF OR BEST AUSTRALIAN SF OR FANTASY ARTIST: Nick Stathopoulos FANTASY EDITOR:

BEST AUSTRALIAN SF OR FANTASY CARTOONIST: John Packer (For a report on EUREKAOCN and KINKCN, and the GOLDEN CATERPILLER AWARDS see inside. )

Norsrrilia Press publish q non-fiction book by George Turner IN THE HEART OR IN THE HEAD, sub- titled "An Essay In Time Travel", by George Turner, was published by Norstrilia Press in July. The first part of this auto­ biographical work gives a picture JACK CHANDLER, or BERT as many of his Australian friends knew him , died on of Turner's growing up and the influences that made him an award­ June 6th in a Sydney hospital. His wife winning mainstream novelist, Susan, found him in his flat in a coma followed by how he became on June 6th. He was taken to hospital, interested in Science Fiction. but he never recovered. In accordance with his wishes, a small private crem­ The second part is about his ation ceremony was held on June 8th. involvement in the science fiction field in Australia, and his view Bert Chandler migrated to Australia from of it. England in the late '50s. He was well known in the sf world as the writer of A third part deals with the future a number of short sf stories published and science fiction's role in exam­ in Astounding and other magazines, and ining it. as the creator of John Grimes and the Rim Worlds. A ships officer himself, retiring in 1975 as Captain, his Rim World stories featured a space navy and IN THIS ISSUE: his character, John Grimes, was no doubt, his alter ego, as an officer in that THE NEBULA AWARD WINNERS; navy. A whole series of Rim World novels THE HUGO AWARD NOMINATIONS; was published, first by Ace Books and more recently DAW. The last published DETAILS ON NEW BOOKS BY Rim Worlds novel is the LAST AMAZON, from DAW, while last year, Penguin GORDON R.DICKSON, URSULA K. Books in Australia, published KELLY COUNTRY. LE GUIN, HARLAN ELLISON, An alternative history novel, set in Australia, which is probably his best JACK CHALKER AND OTHERS; work. FILM REVIEWS AND INFORMATION Captain A. Bertram Chandler will be sorely missed by his many friends and . ON NEW FILMS INCLUDING DUNE AND SPACE ODYSSEV TWO; fans in Australia, England, Japan, the CONVENTION REPORTS AND FUTURE CONVENTION LISTING; USA and all over the world. BOOK REVIEWS AMD OUR OTHER USUAL FEATURES. SCENCE FICTION Galaxy CHRONCLE BOOKSHOP

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Robert Silverberg titles due from them include, WORLD OF A THOUS­ AND COLORS, LORD OF DARKNESS, THE NEBULA AWARDS # 18, VALENTINE PONTIFEX and TO OPEN THE SKY, all between June and WSI December this year. The "Gandalara Cycle' title, THE SEARCH FOR KA, by Randall as a room party back at Eurekacon, before Garrett and Vicki Haydren, is due out in 8 one of its splinters finished up carousing August in the U.S. Other new Bantam | at Jenny and Russell's decadent St Kilda titles include: THE SEARCH FOR KA, the abode until 6.00 am on Easter Sunday. latest Gandalara Cycle novel by Randall Garrett 6 Vicki Ann Heydron, MIDWAY * A bunch of seedy thespians followed up at BETWEEN by Warren Norwood, UTOPIA Eureakcon on the Sunday afternoon with HUNTERS by Somtow Sucharitkul, and a scripted version of scenes from I TRANSMITTERS. This seemed to be well JITTERBUG PERFUME by Tom Robbins. ■ received by an audience in search of REBEL'S QUEST, another new F.M.Busby | something amusing for its jaded appetite, title, has also been bought by Bantam, Dianne Hawthorne tends the meat. and sales of TRANSMITTERS responded announced along with the last in the Top: Jenny Blackford, Damien Broderick encourageingly. "Gandalara Cycle", THE RIVER WALL, by and Russell Blackford. Jenny and Russell Blackford. Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron. Another new purchase by Bantam is HEART OF THE COMET, by Gregory Benford and DUNE IS COMING David Brin. Reported to be a hard core sf novel, by two scientists, about The film of Frank Herbert's DUNE, is due for release in living on a comet. December this year. Unlike many authors in the past, Herbert is quite happy with the film treatment of his CASTLES by Alan Lee and David Day will novel. It leaves out a little of the story, but the cast be a Bantam hardcover produced under the is great and it is true to the idea of the book. A wide guidance of Ian and Betty Ballantine, range of publications are due to be published by Putnam and released in October in the U.S. in the USA to coincide with the film. All Herbert's Other news from Bantam is that they Dune and other novels are being reissued, plus THE paid $100,000 for a new horror novel MAKING OF DUNE, THE ART OF DUNE, a DUNE CALENDAR, a by Ted Klein, THE CEREMONIES. Viking number of juvenile titles including a DUNE STORY BOOK will publish the hard cover in 1984 and various activity books. The DUNE ENCYCLOPEDIA was and Bantam the paper back in 1985. published in hard cover and trade paperback by Putnam in June. Corgi will publish this title in the UK. It Bantam are reprinting a number of their looks like everybody is expecting DUNE to take up where Star Trek titles including PERRY'S STAR WARS left off. PLANET by Jack C.Haldeman II in Septem­ Universal films have joined with Learning Systems, to ber, SPOCK MESSIAH by Theodore Cogswill release a teaching kit for schools, called THE WORLD OF and Charles R.Spano, STARLESS WORLD by DUNE. Most of the film associated books are not due to Gordon Eklund, TREK TO MADWORLD by be published until December '84. The Gollancz hard cover Stephen Goldin, WORLD WITHOUT END by edition of HERETICS OF DUNE, distributed by Hutchinson, Joe Haldeman, VULCAN and DEATH'S ANGEL has sold out in Australia, and the N.E.L. paperback by Kathleen Sky, SPOCK MUST DIE by James edition will not be distributed by Hodder and Stoughton Blish, PRICE OF THE PHOENIX by Sondra in Australia until February '85. MARSHAK and Myrna Culbreath and FATE OF THE PHOENIX. All of these Star Trek FRANK HERBERT attended the ABA conference held in titles we expect to be available in Washington in May, to publicise HERETICS OF DUNE. He Australia from Corgi-Bantam. was not recognised by many attendees, because he has shaved off his beard. Publisher's Weekly featured a GORDON R.DICKSON'S new "Childe Cycle" photograph of Herbert with Bob Woodward (All The Pres­ novel is at last in view. Completed by ident's Men), and Raquel Welch, with whom he shared the him some time back, publication has been speaker's platform at the ABA. Herbert's next project delayed, but it is now coming from TOR is three novels, which he intends to write in colabor­ books, in hard cover in October. THE ation with his son Brian. FINAL ENCYCLOPEDIA features Hal Mayne and the great orbital library and RUSSELL HOBAN IS PRESENTED WITH research institute, that is the key to HIS DITMAR AWARD the survival of the human race. Arbor House have announced the first RUSSELL HOBAN was in Australia a few three titles in their Robert Silverberg months back, as guest of the Adelaide Science Fiction Selection. THE CYBERNETIC Festival and to promote his books in SAMURAI by Victor Milan, THE MEMORY WITNESS Pan/Picador for William Collins. While by Kim Stanley Robinson, and SCHISMATRIX in Sydney, he was presented with his by Bruce Sterling. All due for publication trophy as winner of the Australian SF in March 1985. Achievement Award (Ditmar),for Best International SF or Fantasy, for his British, publisher Chatto and Windus novel RIDDLEY WALKER. The award was are to publish some sf books, under presented to Mr Hoban by the Chairman the control of Roz Kaveny, formerly of SYNCON '83, Jack R.Herman. with Interzone magazine. RUSSELL HOBAN Photo Catherine McDonnell WARNER BOOKS publishers are launching McMillan publishers in Britain, are to BRIAN ALDISS has finished the draft for a new science fiction imprint in January publish a horror novel titled THE WASP the last part of his "Helliconia novel", 1985. A group of four people will edit, FACTORY. The manuscript was discovered HELLICONIA WINTER. He answers some of to give a broader range of interests. in the slush pile. It deals with a 16 his critics in an article in the May Kathy Maliy - fantasy, Nancy Nieman and year old insane boy, who breeds wasps. issue of Locus, and explains some of Jim Frost - science fiction, and Brian Futura will publish the paperback, of his motives and ideas in the "Helliconia" Thompson - horror and books in a humor­ this particularly horrifying story. story. He saw the three books rather ous vein. than four for the four seasons, as a Doubleday publishers have bought VIRGIL Warner was originally Paperback Library, sort of Holy Trinity. A fourth book, and they have now taken over Popular IN AVERNO, a sequel to THE PHOENIX IN additional to the narrative of the first Library. They will be reprinting some THE MIRROR by Avram Davidson, NIGHT OF three, books may be done, as there are of the Popular Library sf in the new THE RTPPER by Robert Bloch, and lots of places on Helliconia he would series. New titles on the list include HALLOWEEN HORRORS, an anthology edited like to write about. He also added that "The Fires of Windameir", a new series by Anal Ryan. an encyclopedia, explaining the history by Neil Hancock, new trilogies by Glen and geography of the planet, among other Cook and Jacqueline Lichtenberg, and things, would be nice. first novels by Cathryne Lance and AUTHORS & Other Aldiss has compiled a collection of Michael Jan Friedman. non-sf stories for Cape called SEASONS Gollancz have purchased IAN WATSON's People tn the HCWS IN FLIGHT, to be published late '84. THE BOOK OF BEING and JOHN SLADEK's He did a story as part of a four page ZAMITHU. The Watson title is the third advertisement, illustrated by David in a trilogy, and Granada will do the Hockney, for Volvo cars. They were so paperbacks.Gollancz will also publish happy with it, that they have asked him M.JOHN HARRISON'S non-sf title, THE to do another one. The payment was very ROCK GARDEN./ J.G.BALLARD's new book, good at £10,000. he was quite upset it EMPIRE TO THE SUN, is a non-sf book seems, when a project to make a film based on his experiences as a child in from one of his stories, was cancelled Shanghai and in a Japanese prison of by Stanley Kubrick, and the writing of war camp. HELLICONIA WINTER was delayed. Some readers and critics have said that Both THE ADVERSARY and THE NON-BORN "Helliconia" has too much of a fantasy KING by Julian May, reached number three element and is too downbeat, but he on the bestseller list in Britain. They said that he is trying to be different have also sold well in Australia in the and introduce an amount of mysticism in­ Pan editions. Houghton Mifflin are to to his writing. He added that he enjoys do a signed, boxed edition along with writing very much. a fifth book, of the whole series. TERRY DOWLING and HARLAN ELLISON Aldiss also reported in Ansible that his DAW books are redesigning their logo and This photo was taken last July 1983 SF QUIZ BOOK, being published by Wieden- making some changes in their cover design. when they visited the natural wonder. feld and Nicolson is being done on cas­ The yellow spines will be dropped and The Twelve Apostles. sette by Acomsoft, and released as a some wrap-around cover illustrations will Grandmaster Quiz entitled briefly, BRIAN be used. HARLAN ELLISON has recently completed ALDISS SCIENCE FICTION QUIZ FOR THE BBC four books. AN EDGE TO MY VOICE, 90,000 MICROCOMPUTER AND ACORN ELECTRON. The McMillan Publishing Company of New words of columns, is to be published by A novel extended from his "Mythago Wood" York has bought Charles Scribner's Sons, Donning; a two-volume, 380,000 word story, has been sold by ROBERT HOLDSTOCK and Atheneum, which merged with Scribners collection, is to come from Berkley; to Gollancz, and to Berkley in the USA. in 1982. Another subsiduary is Rawson and MEDEA, an anthology of stories Associates, who do not publish any fgsf. The Gollancz edition is due to be pub­ based on a specific world, is to come lished in July. Atheneum publish the odd adult sf such from Bantam. Harlan's own contribution as Brian Aldiss' HELLICONIA books, but to the anthology will also appear in Omni. MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI has been working on an their juvenile range includes about a He has also taken over from Baird Searles ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY, covering fantasy, dozen books a year, which usually end as film reviewer for fssf magazine. horror and the supernatural, running to up being published as adult titles in Australian writer, Terry Dowling, is some 600,000 words. Allen and Unwin is paperback. Scribner's output of sf rec­ co-editing an anthology by Australian a possible publisher, but unconfirmed at ently has been very limited, although writers, with Harlan. Terry gave full this time. Jakubowski is also doing an they did publish most of Robert Heinlein's details on the anthology, DOWN DEEP, in "authorised" biography of Philip K.Dick. juvenile titles some years ago. There a letter in our last issue. is not likely to be any major changes DOUGLAS ADAMS reports that his new book in the "Hitchhiker" series may not be in things for the time being, but in Other new books to come from the Ellison called SO,LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE the long run,that will remain to be word machine are SLEEPLESS NIGHTS IN FISH. The plot concerns A.Dent's quest to seen. THE PROCUSTEAN BED, a non-fiction col­ find God's Final Message To His Creation, lection of twenty articles, from Borgo TOR books have instituted a new way of which will apparently be revealed on the paying royalties to their authors, be­ Press, and from ACE, CHILDREN IN THE final page. DA's agent wants him to call ginning with Greg Benford for ARTIFACT. STREETS, which is a reissue of the '61 the book GODS FINAL MESSAGE.... but he Under this plan, which is not entirely title THE JUVIES, but with four stories is looking for an alternative, possibly new, the author will recieve royalties dropped and ten added. It is a non-sf/f a quote from the first book. As of for his book on publication, within collection. February, he had not started on the new thirty days of it being printed. It IAN WATSON has now completed his "Book" book, and was working on another project. seems that higher purchase amounts are series, with the third, BOOK OF BEING, likely to be paid on this scheme, that recently being bought by Gollancz, who FREDERIK POHL has finished and delivered has been introduced by agent Richard published the first, THE BOOK OF THE his sequel to THE SPACE MERCHANTS, to Curtis, but royalty rates are cut in RIVER, recently, and will publish the StMartin's Press. THE MERCHANT'S WAR half. Curtis claims this system will second, THE BOOK OF STARS, soon. will probably be published in 1985. It simplify the rather confusing way roy­ takes up the story thirty years after alties have been paid, and make it better British author/editor, MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI, the first book. The new book is mainly for all concerned. Some publishers and who helped found the new publisher about the evils of political advertising. agents are very wary, but TOR are con­ Zomba Books, has become editorial director Another new book, tentatively titled vinced it will work well. of Rainbow books, who are a rather DEATH GLASS, has been sold to Del Rey. Following the popularity of the Robert sophisticated producer of quality books. The story takes place '100 years after a Asprin "Mythadventure" series, a mag­ SAMUEL DELANY has finished the third nuclear war, when the People's Republic azine called just that, is being published and final book in the "Neveryon Saga”, of China is is the only world power. Pohl, jokingly said, that it is his answer devoted to the series. It will be illus­ titled FLIGHT FROM NEVERYON, which will to the IRS (Tax Dept.), for auditing his trated by Phil Foglio and will feature be published by Bantam. stories from the series. trip to China last year. e ROBERT ADAMS is doing a fantasy series STEPHEN KING has bought a small radio JAMES WHITE has sold a new, sixth book for TOR, and the first title is STAIR­ station in his home town, Bangor, Maine. in the "Sector General" series to Del WAY TO FOREVER. He has also contracted He is trying to keep rock and roll alive Rey. tfhite said that he had tried to with NAL for two more "Horseclans" on AM radio, and his station, formerly finish off the series before, but this novels, and a third "Castaway" novel. WACZ, but now called WZON in honor of one is the last, and it is a good end JACK CHALKER has sold a third title in his novel THE DEAD ZONE, will play his to it. his "Dancing Gods" series to Del Rey, favourite heavy-metal hard rock. and a horror novel, THE MESSIAH CHOICE, King has been working on two new novels GWYNETH JONES fantasy novel DIVINE to Bluejay. A board game based on the after finishing his part of THE TALISMAN, ENDURANCE, was published in hard cover "Well World" novels is being produced and handing it over to PETER STRAUB to by Allen § Unwin, early this year. She by TAG Industries. complete, IT and THE TOMMYKNOCKERS. has sold paperback rights to TOR in the USA. JANET MORRIS has sold a new book, THE Scottish author ALASDAIR GRAY, has sold They are "both very, very long", King 40 MINUTE WAR, to Baen Books. IAN WATSON a collection to Penguin, UNLIKELY STORIES said. has sold volume two of his "The Black MOSTLY. A new novel, JANINE, will be Donald M.Grant publishers did a second Current Trilogy" to Gollancz. published by Jonathan Cape. The author 10,000 copy edition of Stephen King's describes this novel as a sado-maso­ THE GUNSLINGER. It sold out before pub­ CHRISTOPHER PRIEST has sold his new chistic fetishistic fantasy. lication or soon after, and it has novel, THE GLAMOUR, to Jonathan Cape. been announced that there will never be DOUGLAS ADAMS received the Golden Pan Doubleday paid $82,000 to publish it in Award from Pan Books, for topping one a paperback edition. We can only hope the U.S.A. He has really broken the U.S., that somebody changes their mind about million sales of THE HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE barrier this time. Chris has become a literary that, or may be a British publisher TO THE GALAXY. The award takes the form agent. After offering to try and sell might do an edition. of a gold statuette of the god Pan. a book for American author Howard McGhan, and being sucessful, he went to the U.S., Artist ALICIA AUSTIN had the unenviable where a lot of other authors said they experience, of having to recreate forty needed British representation. Best of illustrations for Larry Niven's new luck Chris, in this new venture. anthology, MORE MAGIC, for Berkley. There was a fire in the art department Very promising new author R.A.MacAvoy, whose TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON has at Berkley, and all the illustrations been nominated for various awards, has were destroyed, or near enough to it. sold a new novel to Bantam titled THE Luckily she had photocopied them all, but still had a lot of work to do BOOK OF KELLS. Bantam have published again on the ones that had halftones. DAMIANO and DAMIANO'S LUTE in a medieval fantasy series by McAvoy, with a third, Artist CHESLEY BONESTALL lives in Carmel, RAPHAEL, due for publication in August. California, where a recent earthquake reached 6.2 on the scale. This was noth­ ANNE McCAFFREY's novelette, "The Girl ing new, as he lived through the 1906 Who Heard Dragons", has been bought by earthquake in San Francisco, which also limited edition publisher, Cheap Street, reached 6.2. A book about the work of for publication in 1985. Bonestall, who turned 96 on January 1st, A.e. and LYDIA VAN VOGT Photo C.N.Brown this year, was recently published by British artist JIM BURNS, who won the Donning. WORLDS BEYOND: THE ART OF New publisher Baen Books have announced top award for his cover paintings for CHESLEY BONESTELL, edited by Ron Miller that they will publish ten books by A.E. Coronet's editions of Jack Vance's and Frederick C.Durant III, contains VAN VOGT. SWANCON, the 1986 National "Durdane" trilogy, in the art show at reproductions of the wide range of art Australian SF Convention, have announced AUSSIECON I, in 1975, is having a very by the artist, the majority of which is that Van Vogt is their GoH. good run at present, with publishers on some of the finest astronomical work both sides of the Atlantic using his ever done. ISAAC ASIMOV and ARTHUR C.CLARKE joindd work. He has done a lot of work for scientists in debunking pseudo-sciences, Bantam, with covers for QUIET OF STONE A report in SF Chronicle quoting from an at a special session of the American by Stephen Leigh and STARTIDE RISING interview in Mother Jones Magazine, says Association for the advancement of by David Brin, for example, plus some that URSULA K. LE GUIN will not be writ­ Science's annual meeting. Asimov described of the Robert Silverberg new editions. ing more sf that takes place out of creationism as having ideas which "explain He said that he likes "to imagine I'm Earth's atmosphere. "Space was a metaphor nothing and unexplain everything", while pleasing the man who wrote the books. for me," Le Guin reportedly said "until former UFO-believer Clarke,called supposed I love straight illustration, absolute it ended quite abruptly after 'The sightings the modem equivalent to reports integrity and honesty to the story. I Dispossessed'. I had a loss of faith. I of canals on Mars. think you owe a story that." It is a simply - I Can't explain it. I guess I pity that more artists do not feel the don't want to explain it. I don't seem ARTHUR C.CLARKE is writing a sequel to same as Jim Bums. We hope he gets a to be able to do outer space anymore." 2010:0DYSSEY TWO, but it cannot be com­ lot more work. pleted until the late 1980s. He needs Le Guin's current novel in progress takes accurate information on Jupiter's moons, DAVID HARTWELL has been very busy, since place in Northern California, "sometime which he can only obtain from a space leaving his old job as editor of TIME­ in the near future, after earthquakes and probe, that will be launched in 1986. SCAPE books. As a small publisher, continental shift have destroyed San The probe will not reach the Jovian Dragon Press, he has published a book Francisco, sunk Bakersfield and given the of critical essays by Samuel Delany, Humboldt River in Nevada an outlet to system until August 1988, with visual STARBOARD WINE, and he is publishing the sea." contact being made with the moons of Jupiter in the following months. IN MILTON LUMPKE TERRITORY by Philip K. ALLAN ELMS, Department of Psychology, Dick. He spent three months helping University of California, Davis, CA 95616 CURT SIODMAK has completed a sequel to the bookshop chain, Waldenbooks, set up is researching a biography of Paul his novel DONOVAN'S BRAIN, which was their small press operation, which has Linebarger, who wrote as Cordwainer Smith. first published in 1942, and later made given a shot in the arm to all the into a film. small specialist f§sf publishers. He RACHEL HOLMAN, one of Charles Brown's is editing hardcover reprints for the major assistants at Locus, left the JACK CHALKER has completed the third Gregg Press. magazine in May. She planned a trip book in the "Flux and Anchor" series for east, then a new career with a west TOR. The first in the series is selling As an author, he has done AGE OF WONDERS, coast publisher, it was reported. very well, and the second is due out in a book about sf, for Walker publishers, August. A second "Dancing Gods" book -is due and he is preparing a book on sf awards ROBIN BAILEY, the author of FROST, has from Del Rey. Tor will also do a time for Facts on File. He has helped produce sold two new novels to TOR. SKULL GATE travel book, DOWNTIMING THE NIGHTSIDE, one issue of the prestigious literary and DARK ANGEL. FROST was published by and a prequel to the "Flux and Anchor" journal The Little Magazine, and he is Timescape in the U.S. and Allen 8 Unwin/ series. Both board games and role play­ preparing another issue. Unicom in the U.K. ing games based on the "Well World" 6 series are also due out. As consulting editor for TOR books, he has just about re-established TIMESCAPE. in seven years, is about a circus. NIGHTS 1984 ANNUAL WORLD'S BEST SF ed, Donald He has bought two Gene Wolfe novels, AT THE CIRCUS is being published by Chatto A.Wollheim, THE LAST AMAZON by A.Bertram including FREE LIVE FREE and another, and Windus. It boasts a magnificent cast Chandler, THE RING OF TRUTH by David J. which Wolfe will not talk about yet; of larger than life characters, on tour in Lake, DOWN TO A SUNLESS SEA by Lin Gregory Benford's ARTIFACT; James Imperial Russia./ Arthur Clarke's ASCENT Carter, THE MAN OF GOLD by M.A.R.Barker, Tiptree's GREEN,GO; a new Michael Bishop TO ORBIT, A Scientific Autobiography, was DEMON IN THE SKULL by Frderik Pohl, title produced by Paul Preuss, FATAL published by John Wiley in June. They pre­ FORTY THOUSAND IN GEHENNA by C.J.Cherryh, ERROR; two new books by Justin Leiber, sumably have world rights./ Viking are ISAAC ASIMOV PRESENTS THE GREAT SF STORIES including THE SWORD AND THE EYE; and now publishing in the UK. Amongst their #12 ed. Issac Asimov 8 Martin H. Greenberg, novels by Nancy Springer and Robin first announcements is Richard Adams new THE COLOUR OUT OF TIME by Michael Shea, Bailey. He will be editing these and novel, MAIA, set in the same land as DUMAREST OF TERRA #30;SYMB0L OF TERRA by SHARDIK, The Belkan Empire. This epic buying many more books for TOR in the E.C.Tubb. DEL REY: INCARNATIONS OF future. novel will be published in September. THE IMMORTALITY Book Two: BEARING AN HOUR­ TALISMAN by Stephen King and Peter Straub, GLASS by Piers Anthony HC, DEMONS OF THE WALTER TEVIS, author of THE MAN WHO is also coming from Viking UK, in October. FELL TO EARTH, MOCKINGBIRD and other DANCING GODS by Jack L.Chalker, THE HOUSE works, insisted in a radio interview New Allen 8 Unwin fantasy titles in their BETWEEN THE WORLDS by Marion Z.Bradley, in the U.S., that all his books marketed Unicorn series include THE FISHERS OF CODE OF THE LIFEMAKER by James P.Hogan, as SF, are really psychological fiction DARKNESS by Roger Eldridge, THE CASTLE OF WHO NEEDS ENEMIES? by Alan Dean Foster, about alcholism. DARK by Tanith Lee, BEYOND THE LANDS OF INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY Book One: NEVER edited by Maxim Jakubowski, THE ON A PALE HORSE by Piers Anthony, VOYAGE 1984 is a good year for turning 50. Your CHILDREN OF THE WIND, Seven Citadels:2 TO THE CITY OF THE DEAD by Alan Dean editor MERV BINNS did it in July, HARLAN by Geraldine Harris and JURGEN by James Foster, TOM PAINE MARU by L.Neil Smith, ELLISON will be celebrating it at LA-CON, Branch Cabell. THE CRUCIBLE OF TIME by John Brunner, but his actual birthday was back on the EXILES OF RYNTH by Carole Nelson Douglas, 27th of May, and JOHN BRUNNER is doing it in May releases fron Granada included THE THE PELBAR CYCLE 6: THE SONG OF THE AXE style at the Hotel Calgary, in Italy on WINDS OF CHANGE, a collection by Isaac by Paul 0.Williams, THE BELGARIAD Book 4: the Adriatic coast. Brunner has invited Asimov, and CONVERTS by Ian Watson. CASTLE OF WIZARDRY by David Eddings, THE one and all to book into the hotel and Star/Target are publishing the movie novel MEMOIRS OF ALCHERINGA by Wayland Drew, help him celebrate, on September 22nd. of THE LAST STARFIGHTER. In the same month, THE GIRL FROM THE EMERALINE ISLAND by And last, but not least, that evergreen May, they published a large format story Robert S.Blum. HARCOURT BRACE: CHAIN OF film personality DONALD DUCK, also was book of THE LAST STARFIGHTER, and DR WHO: CHANCE by Stanislaw Lem. IMAGINARY fifty this year. THE DOMINATORS by Ian Marter. Star them­ MAGNITUDE by S.Lem HC. HOUGHTON-MIFFLIN: selves- published Brian Herbert's SIDNEY'S HOW TO BE YOUR OWN LITERARY AGENT : THE In the last issue we reported that GEORGE COMET the same month. They also published BUSINESS OF GETTING YOUR BOOK PUBLISHED TURNER'S literary memoir was to be pub­ SPLASH, the novel of the movie about a by Richard Curtis (HC1 HOLT RINEHART AND mermaid. Another Target SF/TV tie-in is lished soon by Norstrilia Press, and WINSTON: THE CONTINENT OF LIES by James AUTOMAN, published in June. gave the title as "Fancy Bred", The Morrow (HC), IS THAT WHAT PEOPLE DO? correct title is IN THE HEART OR IN THE The Selected Short Stories of Robert HEAD: An Essay in Time, as mentioned on Recent U.S. Releases Sheckley (HC). our front page. NAL/SIGNET: ISAAC ASIMOV'S WONDERFUL Major releases by American pb and other WORLDS SF SF # 2:THE SCIENCE FICTIONAL publishers recently included: ACE: OLYMPICS ed, Isaac Asimov,M.H.Greenberg, PUBltSHCftS YENDI by Steven Brust, NEUROMANCER by and Charles G.Waugh, THE BEST OF TREK William Gibson, CENOTAPH ROAD #5: FIRE #7 ed. by Walter Irwin § G.B.Love, ISAAC ANNOUNCIMCNTS AND FOG by Robert Vardeman, FUZZIES AND ASIMOV'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF FANTASY 2: OTHER PEOPLE by H.Beam Piper, ANOTHER WITCHES ed. by Isaac Asimov, M.H.Greenberg, JAMES HERBERT'S new horror thriller, FINE MYTH by Robert Asprin, WORLDS APART and C.G.Waugh, GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME DOMAIN is being published by New English by Joe Haldeman, PALIMPSETS by Carter TWO:THE SWORD AND THE CHAIN by Joel Library in hard cover in July, in the UK. Scholz 6 Glenn Harcourt, THE DIGGING Rosenberg, BLANK SLATE by Mark J.McGarry, HARRY HARRISON'S big novel, WEST OF LEVIATHAN by James P.Blaylock, FIRST AND THE ALIEN TRACE by H.M.Major. POCKET: EDEN, is a hard cover publication from FINAL RITES by Sharan Kewitt, TIME WARS THE FINAL REFLECTION (ST) by John M. Book #3: THE PIMPERNEL PLOT by Simon Granada, in late July U.K./ ARTHUR C. Ford, THOSE WHO FAVOUR FIRE by Marta Hawke. AVON: THE CHOROSOMAL CODE by CLARKE'S latest non-fiction work, 1984 Randall, NIGHT SONGS by Charles L.Grant, Lawrence Watt-Evans, THE PRISONER OF SPRING: A CHOICE OF FUTURES was published STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK by by Granada in hard cover in June./THE BLACKWOOD CASTLE by Ron Goulart, BIO OF Vonda N.McIntyre, THE NIGHT CHURCH by A SPACE TYRANT Volume 2: MERCENARY by GREENING OF MARS by Michael Allaby and Whitely Streiber, THE WAR AGAINST THE James Lovelock, was published by Andre Piers Anthony. BANTAM: NOMADS by Chelsea CHTORR Volume One: A MATTER FOR MEN by Deutsch in June. It deals with the poss­ Quinn Yarbro, DAMIANO'S LUTE by R.A. David Gerrold, MY ENEMY, MY ALLY by Diane ible terra-forming and colonization of MacAvoy, ALIEN DEBT by F.M.Busby, THE Duane (ST). TEMPO/MAGICQUEST: THE RIDERS OF THE SIDHE by Kenneth C.Flint, Mars./ RAYMOND BRIGGS' new graphic story SEVENTH SWAN by Nicholas Stuart Gray, book, THE TIN-POT FOREIGN GENERAL ANDTHE BELOVED EXILE by Parke Godwin, FAR STARS POWER OF THREE by Diana Wynne Jones, OLD IRON WOMAN, is a satire based on the AND FUTURE TIMES Book Two: FLIGHT OF THE MAGIC THREE OF SOLATIA by Jane Yolen. Falklands conflict. Briggs' comic strip HONOR by Richard McEnroe, TSUNAMI by TOR: THE INHERITOR by Marion Zimmer style bestsellers have included FUNGUS Crawford Kilian, JITTERBUG by Mike McQuay, Bradley, SOLITAIRE by Graham Masteron, THE BOGEY MAN, and WHEN THE WIND BLOWS./ THE GANDALARA CYLE Book 5: THE SEARCH CONAN THE MAGNIFICENT by Robert Jordan, A science fiction book for people who FOR KA by Randall Garret 8 Vicki Heydron. THE MONITORS by Keith Laumer, THE BLACK do not read science fiction, is THE BERKLEY: STALKING THE NIGHTMARE by Harlan COMPANY by Glen Cook, HOKA by Poul CHROMOSOME GAME by Christopher Hodder- Ellison, THE OLD GODS WAKEN by Manly Wade Anderson G Gordon R.Dickson, MALLWORLD Williams. A June publication from Mithras Wellman, YOUNG RISSA and RISSA AND TREGORE by Somtow Sucharitkul, BLOOD ON THE MOON Publishing Limited in London./ Allan by F.M.Busby, BLUESONG by Sydney J.Van by Barney Cohen, CAST A COLD EYE by Alan Lane published MACHINES THAT THINK, Scyoc, THE LONG VIEW by F.M.Busby, Ryan, THE DARK ANGEL by Meredith Ann edited by Isaac Asimov, Patricia Warrick ORA:CLE by Kevin O'Donnell, PICNIC ON Pierce, CONAN KING OF THIEVES by Robert and Martin H.Greenberg./ Granada paper NEARSIDE by John Varley. BLUEJAY: Jordan, THE HELIX AND THE SWORD by John backs published Rudy Rucker's non-fiction WONDERS CHILD by Jack Williamson TPB, C.McLoughlin, A VISION OF BEASTS #1: book INFINITY AND THE MIND in April. / THE WORLD OF STAR TREK by David Gerrold CREATION DESCENDING by Jack Lovejoy, THE INTEGRAL TREES by Larry Niven is TPB, ALIEN CARGO by Theodore Sturgeon, SOUL RIDER II: EMPIRES OF FLUX AND ANCHOR coming from MacDonald in England in August./ HC, RIDING THE TORCH by Norman Spinrad by Jack L.Chalker, THE GATE OF WORLDS by TPB, ELLISON WONDERLAND by Harlan Ellison Robert Silverberg, CASTLE CRESPIN by This year's Tolkien Calendar is an original TPB, PLANET OF WHISPERS by James P.Kelly Allen Andrews, THE THIRD BOOK OF SWORDS British publication , with artwork by Inger HC, THE PEACE WAR by Vernor Vinge HC, BY Fred Saberhagen. WARNER: THE CREATURE Edelfeldt. Ballantine will publish the same THE BEAST THAT SHOUTED LOVE AT THE HEART FEATURE MOVIE GUIDE by John Stanley, calendar in the US./ The novel of the new OF THE WORLD Harlan Ellison TPB. DAW: ANCIENT EVENINGS by Norman Mailer, THE Star Trek movie, Pocket in the USA, will JALAV-AMAZON WARRIOR III: CHOSEN OF MIDA PENDRAGON by Catherine Christian. be published by Granada in June in the by Sharon Green, SWORD AND SORCERESS ed UK./ Angela Carter's new novel, her fitst Marion Zimmer Bradley, STAR-ANCHORED, STAR-ANGERED by Suzette Haden Elgin, THE 7 Australian actor, MAX PHIPPS, who first SUPERGIRL is due for release very soon, Finn neiusv came, to prominence as Dr Frankenfurter if not out already, but no local date is a REVIEWS in the Melbourne stage production of yet known. The film stars a relatively THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, and has since new actress, Helen Slater. She is sup­ appeared as Prime Minister Gough Whitlam ported by Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow, in the TV special, THE DISMISSAL, in Simon Ward and Faye Dunaway. The screen­ MAD MAX, and THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN play is by David Odell (THE DARK STAR), INVINCIBLE, is currently working on John and is directed by Jeannot Szwarc. The Lamond's film, SKY PIRATES. This comic- distributors, Warner Brothers, say that strip-adventure style movie, is aimed at the film is more like the first SUPERMAN the "Indiana Jones" market. film than the last. BRIAN MAY, composer of music for films Variety reported early this year, that Giergio Moroder (film music composer) such as MAD'MAX II, has been captured has almost completed a project to put out of 35 films due for release in '84, by Hollywood. His work is highly regarded 19 are fantasy. A trend that we believe was together a complete version of the in the tinsel capital and we can ex­ silent German sf classic film, METROPOLIS. quite predictable. Five of the films pect to hear it on American film sound­ mentioned, DUNE, SUPERGIRL, GHOSTBUSTERS, He has included some footage found in tracks in the near future. Australia, which we presume has come and INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM , from the National Library Collection. Filming will commence on 2010: ODYSSEY are all costing between $27 and $40 The Library received a donation of films TWO, in December '84. The author of the million. from the estate of the late Australian book, Arthur C.Clarke, has a very small L.Ron Hubbard's BATTLEFIELD EARTH is film collector, Harry Davidson, who was cameo part as a bum on a park bench in slated to become two films. William well known to members of Melbourne sf fan­ front of the White House. Keir Dullea Immerman, a former Fox executive, will dom for some years before his death. An is to appear in 2010 and Douglas Rain produce both films, with Ken Annakin almost brand new copy of METROPOLIS was will again do the voice of Hal. directing. included in the Davidson collection. The De Laurentiis film organisation MAGNUM star, Tom Sellick, is to star in Moroder is adding a soundtrack to the wrecked about a dozen 1958 red, white- an sf movie as a robot repairman, who film and has had it tinted. Songs by top, two door Plymouth Furys during the gives chase to evil mechanical men in contemporary popular singers are included filming of Stephen King's CHRISTINE. RUNAWAY. Cynthia Rhodes (FLASHDANCE) and in the soundtrack, to supply plot bridges. Now they need another one for CATS EYE, Kirstie Alley (STAR TREK) will also star. One wonders what Fritz Lang would think which recently began production. They about that, or for that matter what his are also looking for someone to'play RED STAR TREK III was due to open in the old friend Forrest J. Ackerman thinks SONJA, the red haired comic strip heroine, USA in June, and it was rumoured that of the idea. Moroder is looking for a friend of CONAN, in a movie they are the filming of STAR TREK IV was to start distributer. One almost hopes he does planning. filming in May. not find one, but we may be doing him Amongst 20th Century Fox projects is an injustice. A third MAD MAX film is due to be made, COCOON, which will be directed by Ron but it will most likely not star Mel The BBC has produced a six part radio Howard, after Robert Zemeckis had to Gibson. serial called SPACEFORCE. It is written withdraw, due to commitments on ROMANCING by a writer who fans of a decade or THE STONE. The studio has another sf We have had supercars and super heli­ two back will remember, as the writer adventure in progress, ENEMY MINE, based copters on TV, and the next up is a super­ of another radio sf serial, JOURNEY on Barry Longyear's novel, a horror motorcycle. Among the pilot shows for the INTO SPACE, Charles Chilton. The thriller, and two fantasy adventures 1984-85 season is a show called SHADOWHAWK. old serial ran to more than sixty epi­ planned. The titles are LEGEND, THE We have not heard if ABC are going on sodes between 1953 and 1958. The new MARVEL OF HAUNTED CASTLE and an untitled with it. CBS has produced a pilot for next serial stars Barry Foster, Nigel Stock, horror movie with a $7 million budget. season called ANOTHER WORLD, which is a and Nicky Hensen. fantasy series produced by Phil De Guerre, A new British film company, the board of who does SIMON § SIMON and WHIZ KIDS, Universal are already interested in which includes among others John Hurt, about a group of young crimefighters and the Stephen King and Peter Straub collab­ Glenda Jackson, and Albert Finney, their computer. COBRA, is a futuristic oration THE TALISMAN, which will be pub­ announced that playwrite Harold Pinter detective series from ABC. lished by Viking in November. It may be will do the script for a film of Russell Empire pictures have announced five Hoban's TURTLE DIARY. a Steven Spielberg project. The German films including: SWORDKILL, a sword and group Tangerine Dream, who have already sorcery tale; RAGEWAR, an episodic col­ done soundtracks for THIEF, SORCERER A film of the best selling novel CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR, by French authoress Jean lection of adventures using different and THE KEEP, are providing the music for directors for seven aidventures; JOURNEY'S the movie of Stephen King's FIRESTARTER. Auel, is to be made in Canada starring Daryl Hannah, who starred in BLADERUNNER THROUGH THE DARK ZONE; TROLL; ELIMINATORS; John Carpenter's next film is STARMAN, and SPLASH. The latter, a new Disney and finally, a film that was shelved starring Jeff Bridges. It is about an Studios fantasy comedy, about a mermaid, for some time, the stop motion animation alien stranded on Earth. Michael Douglas has been doing much better than some film made by David Allen, THE PRIMEVALS. was to star, but will now only be execut­ other recent Disney live action films. ive producer. Douglas is starring in the A number of small disasters delayed the film, ROMANCING THE STONE. His brother A new animated film in the works at filming of the supernatural film ALWAYS, Peter is writing the script for a remake Disney Studios is THE BLACK CAULDRON, at Twickenham Studios in London. Shelley of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. Their based on the Lloyd Alexander book. Winters caught the 'flu, first time director Tony Richmond cut an artery in father, Kirk, has appeared in a number of THE LAST STARFIGHTER is the first film his arm, and the sight of all the blood fantasy and sf films including THE FURY to really make use of computer special caused his wife and star of the film and SATURN 3. effects. Unlike TRON, which actually had only a limited use of computer work, Jacelyn Smith, to faint. The film also Kirk Douglas also intends to do a remake stars Claire Bloom and Nigel Terry. of SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, in which he starred STARFIGHTER has a lot, created by a in 1964. Rod Serling is reported to have large Cray supercomputer. The Lorimar BBC-TV have made a film based on Robert written the story, but although he may film distributed by Universal, has Ron O'Brien's novel Z FOR ZACHARIAH. It have done the screenplay, Fletcher Kneble Cobb as designer for both live action stars Ann Burden as the main character, wrote the book. and special effects. Robert Preston, is Pippa Hinchley, who learns to survive well cast, as an intergalactic con-man after a nuclear war, while Anthony Filming began in February at the Thom- and army recruiter. Andrews (BRIDESHEAD REVISITED) plays EMI Elstree Studios in London, on Walt another survivor, who Pippa meets. The LADYHAWKE is a film about a woman who is Disney Pictures film, RETURN TO OZ. A film is directed by Anthony Gamer. a hawk by day and a human at night, ten year old American girl, Fairuz Balk, and a guy who is human by day and a Anthony Phillips, ex-member of the rock is playing Dorothy , with Nicol Williamson wolf at night. The film stars Matthew group Genesis, is producing a musical as the Gnome King, and Jean Marsh in the Broderick (WARGAMES), Rutger Hauer version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Adapted dual role of Princess Mombi and Nurse (BLADERUNNER) and Michelle Pfieffer. by Richard Scott, who also wrote the Wilson. The director is Richard Donner. lyrics, the rock musical was set to 8 open in March. INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, I did not enjoy "Temple of Doom" as wreck. A very slick and flashy film, from has been breaking box office records on much as I did "Raiders of the Lost Ark". the type of story at which King excels. its U.S. release. It took the most money The scene was not as colourful and for Unlike many horror films today, it does ever for the first six days following some reason I cannot explain, this not seem to concentrate on gore for gore's its release and the highest ever for rather drab and grotty Indian landscape sake. one single day. The young star of the put me off a little. There are some The other film, DEAD ZONE, is the more film, Ke Hung Quan, was in Australia in great things in the movie such as the serious type of horror-occult film, that July to promote the film and appeared on banquet, where some rather exotic dishes if they are well made, as this is, I can TV programmes and so forth. William Collins such as chilled monkey's brains are con­ enjoy. The main character, played by will distribute the novel published by sumed, the obligatory sacrifice scene, Christopher Welkin (BRAINSTORM), developes Sphere Books, and the story books and and the most original and spectacular precognition following a car accident, activity book titles, published by Random chase scene I have ever seen, which and a year or so in a coma. His power House in the U.S. The "Collector's Album" takes place in careering rail trucks in enables him to not only forsee the will be published by Horwitz Books. the tunnels of a mine. future, but change it, or to be specific, Other "Temple of Doom" subsiduaries in­ TV Channell 0/28 screened the Russian film manipulate the probabilities. Highly clude toys, board games, video games, that has been hailed as a milestone in recommended. records and of course, comics. Russian film making, THE STALKER. I A film I murdered six dollars on, was GEORGE LUCAS and STEVEN SPIELBERG were personally found it very obscure and METAL STORM, but I will let Bruce Barnes immortalized in cement, when they left very hard to follow. Set in a desolate tell you about that one. their handprints and sneaker prints, in future world, with scenes that could be the famous Chinese Theater's footpath, past, present, or future, it never the in Hollywood. less manages to create a foreboding METALSTORM — THE DESTRUCTION OF JARED RETURN OF THE JEDI made almost as much atmosphere of mystery and desolation. SIN money on its first run, as STAR WARS I freely admit I found the story line and EMPIRE STRIKES BACK have made rather hard to follow, but I feel that In the first place Jared Sin does not (individually) with further releases. the final scene, which reveals the get destroyed. He heads off in search of a What will Lucus's next project be? developing ESP of a young girl, is the sequel instead. In the second place there crux of the whole movie. Bearing in is nothing one would call a metalstorm... A film of Harry Harrison's THE STAINLESS mind the Russian involvement with ESP unless it is the cosmic cyclone wire fen­ STEEL RAT, for which he has written the at the present, this is probably correct. cing flown through near the ending. (You'll script, will be directed by Piers Haggard. THE STALKER is based on a story by Boris know what I mean when you see it.) and Arkady Strugatsky. Perhaps one should A further note on the film of 2010,is Most people who see this movie think it read this story before watching the film. that it has a budget of $25 million and is a MAD MAX ripoff. It is not. They are was due to start filming last February, being fooled by the prescence of Mike The Tarzan movies starring Olympian after nine months pre-production. There Preston, the use of technology, and the have obviously been some delays. Johnny Weismuller, made in the 30s and grotty vehicles and rough clothing. The early 40s, were enjoyable, but owed flick is actually a CONAN THE BARBARIAN Films already on release in the USA and very little to Edgar Rice Burroughs due here include: GREMLINS, ROMANCING ripoff, with machines and lasers instead original novels. Never the less, they of horses and swords. THE STONE, STAR TREK III, THE LAST STAR­ were great fun. Most of the other Tarzan FIGHTER, and INDIANA JONES AND THE films made since, especially the one Jared Sin is a wizard out to dominate TEMPLE OF DOOM . The latter is a July starring Bo Derek as Jane, were just plain everything he can lay his hands on. This release and we should see the others here bad, without the style and fun of the is a lot, especially when he uses a before Christmas. Other films out or in Weismuller films. One film director how­ crystal in which he collects the souls of production overseas besides DUNE, include ever, was determined to do it properly, his victims. SHEENA, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE; ELECTRIC and his presentation, GREYSTOKE, almost Sin strikes problems when the Marshall-- DREAMS; RED DAWN; CONAN THE DESTROYER; but not quite does it right. THE NEVER ENDING STORY; and THE PHILA­ the good guy -- puts in an appearance. DELPHIA EXPERIMENT, to mention a few. Hugh Lambert, director of the Academy (I forget his name, but he does have one.) Award winning CHARIOTS OF FIRE, has given The good guy and the heroine (I forget A British-Canadian company have bought us a spectacular and beautiful film, shot her name too) make a formidable team "game park rights" to Malcolm Edwards in a magnificent jungle setting, with against Sin's power, so Sin kidnaps her and Robert Holdstock's illustrated book very realistic apes. Obviously, this'real' right at the beginning of the movie. He TOUR OF THE UNIVERSE. They intend to version of Tarzan of the Apes, has had to teleports her out from under the Marshall's have a 40-seat space-flight simulator, wait until the cinema technology, in the nose. Why sin can't teleport the Marshall and will present tours of 75 minutes form of costume design and special effects, is never explained. Sin can merely do duration. The first will be set up in could create the realistic animals needed. things like sicking an electrical demon Toronto, Canada, but the intention is And they are very realistic and completely on our hero. (Quite literally, honest.) to eventually franchise them in other believeable. Along with the apes, the The Marshall must track down Sin, rescue major cities around the world. This is jungle setting and the Greystoke mansion the girl, and save the universe, making the first time the builders of the in England, the scene is almost perfect, various friends and enemies along the way. simulator, Rediffusion Simulation, have but overall, the movie just lacks that This movie has the best 3D I've seen in moved into the entertainment business. final touch needed to make it great. any 3D movie. The tendency for things Pop Star Michael Jackson's videocassette, Sir Ralph Richardson, as the ageing Lord like stray bits of brightness in the back­ THE MAKING OF "THRILLER" sold 50,000 Greystoke, Tarzan's grandfather, is ground, floating into the foreground, almost copies on release last December, and was the'star'of the film, in his last role. never occurs. Most of the rough edges are immediately certified platinum. THRILLER He died before the film was released. in the special effects sequences — such has been a top selling video in Christopher Lambert as Tarzan was quite as the shot where one flying bike chasing Australia. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was ok, but I guess it is hard to shake off another, looks like a huge bike following the top selling video in January, and the image created by Weismuller, Buster an incredibly tiny one. Crabbe and others both before and after that has been top also in Australia. On the whole, I recommend this movie. them. Andie MacDowell who plays Jane,is Not exactly the most intellectually quite adequate, but wasn't Jane a blonde? FILM REVIEWS AND COMMENTS stimulating experience of one's life, A film that is certainly worth seeing,but but entertaining. I even found it fun. I have seen a number of fantasy and sf slightly unsatisfying. A sequel*seems It could have been a lot worse, and there films since the last issue of the NEWS, possible, and that could capture some of are plenty which are worse. YOR, for not the least in importance being the the romance that GREYSTOKE lacks. example. new Stephen Spielberg effort, GREMLINS. This will not be released here until I saw two films in May, based on Stephen Reviewed by Bruce Barnes. King's novels. CHRISTINE is a tongue in late in the year, so the distributors I think Bruce must have seen a different have asked us not to review it yet. The cheek effort involving a haunted car, movie to me, as I found it completely and new "Indiana Jones" film, THE TEMPLE OF that truly does some amazing things, such absolutely, to have no redeaming features as reconstituting itself, after being DOOM, is due for release soon so I can what so ever. give you my opinions on that. smashed up and after becoming a burnt out Merv Binns. 9 he received a marvellous reception. Just A. Bertram Chandler 1912-1984 last year, the ten or more Grimes novels were sold to a German publisher. Some titles were even pirated by an Israeli stories were published in Astounding, publisher. The recognition of all his but others appeared in various magazines efforts was, without a doubt,the decision under other names, including George of the 1982 World SF Convention, Chicon, Whitely. After inventing the "Rim Worlds" to invite A.Bertram Chandler to be their and his character John Grimes, most of Guest of Honor. An honor that was richly Bert's stories and in particular novels, deserved, as all his readers and many were set in that universe. friends both here and overseas, I am sure will heartily agree. The "Rim Worlds" books began to appear from ACE publishers in the early '60s. Bert was about to make another trip over­ They were taken up by DAW in the '70s. seas when he died. He wrote to me in Bert often declaimed the situation that April, as he periodically did, and his books had not been published in the gave me an update on his current book country of his birth, Britain, or only sales to publishers. This was the last in limited hard cover editions by letter I received from Bert: Herbert Jenkins and later Robert Hale. Dear Merv, Finally, Sphere books started publishing the "Rim Worlds" series in 1980 and KELLY COUNTRY has sold to DAW Books in have so far published four in the series, the U.S.A. Don Wollheim has promised but I do not know if they have more me a good cover. Also, he is reinserting planned. He wrote very little outside a short chapter that Penguin wished ex­ the "Rim Worlds" universe actually, and cised, this being the Battle of Kiel se­ one novel was only published in Australia, quence, a brief but colourful account of THE BITTER PILL. His most recently pub­ the fifty dirigible raid on the Kiel lished book is THE LAST AMAZON, from DAW, Canal during World War I, with Admiral and earlier in the year ACE published Strasser's Zepplins fighting tooth and a title set early in the Rim Worlds nail with the Allied airship fleet. The sequence, FRONTIERS OF THE DARK, which purpose of this chapter was to show how Jack Chandler, or Bert as some of his features his invention the Mannschenn the early introduction of the dirigible Australian friends called him, died in Drive, that in fact was a major influence into warfare,would have influenced the hospital on June 6th. His wife Susan in a number of the stories. Last year course of military aviation. found him in a coma on June 2nd, from Penguin Books in Australia, published which he never recovered. In accordance THE WILD ONES - yet another Grimes mis­ KELLY COUNTRY, which features the with his wishes, a small private cremation adventure - has sold to Cory § Collins. Australian bushranger/outlaw and folk ceremony was held on June the 8th. It has not yet sold to DAW books. One hero, Ned Kelly, in an alternative reason for this is that my Agent in New Australian past, where Kelly becomes the I was first introduced to Bert, as I York lost the manuscript. After weeks of successful leader of a revolution. Bert always called him and as I will always increasingly acrimonious correspondence even manages to bring 'la John Grimes" remember him, by the late Bob McCubbin, he finally admitted that, after exhaust­ into this story. one of the founders, in the early nine­ ive enquiries, he ascertained that a new teen fifties, of the Melbourne SF Group. George Turner as a reviewer and many cleaning lady had made a fantastically Bert, at that time, was a ships officer other readers also, all agree that KELLY clean sweep of his office. with the Shaw Savill Line, and frequently COUNTRY was most likely Bert's best Luckily I had a not-too-illegible cc came to Australia and occasionally novel. I know that he put a tremendous to send to New York. Melbourne. lot of time and effort into it. His re­ search included a trip to the U.S.A., to Oh, I have now seen Damien's (Broderick) Bert was Bom on March 28th, 1912, in review of KELLY COUNTRY in the AGE. It Aidershot, in the county of Hampshire, in the Library of Congress in Washington, to check certain inventions and patents looks as though Damien must have read England. He grew up in the small town of my review of VALENCIES first. What did Beccles, in Suffolk, and was educated at taken out last century. He flew from Sydney down to Melbourne, and then caught amuse me, however, was his accusing me the Peddars Lane Council School and the of not writing well when, in his review, Sir John Leman Secondary School. He left the train back to Sydney, just to travel the same route that the Kelly gang took to were at least two examples of far from school at the age of 16, to go to,sea as good writing. an apprentice with the Sun Shipping their final confrontation with the police. Company of London. After serving with The weapons and warfare described, are all With best wishes, other small shipping companies, the extrapolations of circumstances that had Bert Merchant Navy during the war, and Shaw existed in Kelly's time. Bert loved tell­ ing us about it. He had a passion for Savill, he took up residence in Australia, Bert hated the cover on the Penguin lighter than-air aircraft, and he worked and joined the Union Steamship Company edition of KELLY COUNTRY, so please them into his. stories whenever he could. of New Zealand. He retired as Ships Don Wollheim, get Kelly Freas to do THE ANARCH LORDS was another one besides Master from the latter, but was often one of the best cover illustrations KELLY COUNTRY. called upon by them to "baby sit" ships he has ever done. forced to stay in port, which regula­ tions said had to have an officer on Bert was a great story teller, despite board. He took the opportunity to catch that fact that he was hard to follow I know little of Bert's family in England. up on his writing. at times, with his slight speech imped­ I would imagine that his daughter, iment and the inevitable chuckles from his first marriage, Jenny, who Most of Bert's writing had some influence that interspersed the narrative. His is married to writer Ramsey Campbell, of his naval experience in it. His most story of eating raw fish, on a trip to saw little of her father since he moved well known character was John Grimes, Japan, is one I will not easily forget. to Australia. On behalf of all of Bert's whose career in the "space navy", para­ friends in Australia, I extend our lleled his own. Grimes was sometimes At a time when Science Fiction in Aust­ sympathies to Jenny and his wife Susan, refered to as the "Homblower of the ralia was being spelt with a very small who had been his right arm since his Spaceways". Bert was encouraged to capital sf, Bert Chandler's welcome entry move to Australia. We will all miss him start writing by John W.Campbell, when on the scene gave it a much needed lift. very much. he visited the editor of his favourite His efforts brought him at least four magazine, Astounding, in the early Australian SF Achievement Awards ■(Ditmars). MERV BINNS forties. The result was "This Means His style of science fiction was not one War", but his best known story, published that you would expect to win awards, but NEWS CREDITS: Our thanks again to by Campbell in 1945, and still his best it was enjoyed by many readers the world ANSIBLE, LOCUS and SCIENCE FICTION known and most republished, is "Giant over. He was tremendously popular in CHRONICLE, for most of the overseas Killer". In fact most of his early Japan, with entire fan clubs devoted to reoorts in this issue. 10 his writing. When he visited the country Ed. Critical Commentary On CCNVENTICMS EUREKACON and KINKON etcetera.,, By Merv Binns

There are so many conventions being held I did not see all of the programme, so to the bar. I might add here that I am in Australia now, it is difficult to get it is possible that some of the items I very much in favour of alternate pro­ to them all. Firstly, it can be a little missed were very good. Most things did gramming, but people who spend the whole expensive travelling all over the country, start on time, but there were long gaps convention watching video or playing war most fans being lucky if they can afford in between and some items like Marc games, might as well be elsewhere. One one interstate trip in a yedr, let alone Ortlieb's 'Sixty Minute Hate', in honour film I did enjoy catching up with finally two or three. Secondly, the diversifi­ of George Orwell's 1984, seemed to run was HARDWARE WARS. cation of the conventions now. being held, for only half the time it was supposed makes it obvious that all fans would not to. I did not find what there was of The business session on Sunday morning be interested in attending all conven­ the item, very good, or very funny. dealt mainly with alterations to the tions . Three conventions were held in constitution regarding the Ditmar Awards. Melbourne recently, and I was able to A good panel was "Bring On the Clones", I am not going to list all the motions attend two of them. with Martin Bridgestock, George Turner, that were put to the meeting, for changes Mark Linneman and Sue Grigg, talking Easter conventions have become something to the constitution, but the designated about bio-medical ethics. The audience categories for the awards are as follows: of a tradition in Melbourne. I simply appreciated this panel and many people hate it when there isn't one. In fact, in joined in the discussion. A discussion on BEST INTERNATIONAL SF or F the past I have put on one or two just to fanzine publishing with Marc Ortlieb. fill the gaps. Adelaide have pinched the BEST AUSTRALIAN SF or F Leigh Edmonds and Jack Herman, "The Great BEST AUSTRALIA FANZINE Easter date for their National Covention Fanzine Wars", also went well. next year, but I will forgive them this BEST AUSTRALIAN FANWRITER once, because we have the World Convention The Vogon Poetry Contest and the Fancy BEST AUSTRALIAN SF or F ARTIST, CARTOON­ IST or ILLUSTRATOR in Melbourne later in the year. The Dress Parade ( I refuse to call conven­ BEST AUSTRALIAN SF or F EDITOR Melbourne Easter convention this year tion fancy dress items "masquerades"), BEST AUSTRALIAN DRAMATIC PRESENTATION was the 23rd National SF Convention, were held Saturday night. The poetry EUREKACON, held at the scene of a number competition was small, but the poetry These categories were accepted by the of sucessful conventions, the Victoria was appropriately very bad and drew business meeting,with the proviso that Hotel. KINKON, was held also at the groans and howls from the audience. at the discretion of the convention Victoria Hotel, over the Queen's Birth­ Sue Grigg won, but the presentation by committee, the Australian SF or Fantasy day weekend in June. some other participants were also very Award may be split into the novel length Although the major emphasis on both cons good. All I can say about the fancy and short fiction sections. The committee may also create another award in the was slightly different, it is inevitable dress parade is that it was very dis­ Society's name. To be eligible for the that people who attended both would come appointing, because so few people both­ to compare them. Myself included. I enjoyed ered to enter. I have always tried to Society's Awards, a piece of fiction must have been firstly available in KINKON, but I Was disappointed by EUREKACON, encourage people to join in the fancy Australia in the year covered by the and I will try and analyse why. Basically dress shows at conventions, but I did Awards; a person must have produced work I believe it was because many of the pro­ not enter this one myself, so I cannot in that category in that year; and a gramme items at EUREKACON simply failed, complain. It is a pity though, that more and there was too much tiijie wasted in people do not join in. The judges for fanzine must have had at least an issue between, while at KINKON, the programme the Eurekacon fancy dress competition in that year. In addition, the committee moved along smoothly almost throughout were Leanne Frahm, Teresa Morris and may at the same time, and by the same the whole convention. Allan Bray, who gave the awards to methods, determine a winner for a William Jack Herman as O'Brien, Leslie Robertson Atheling Award for criticism in SF or F. The best part of EUREKACON was George as a Cyborg, Jo Toohey as a Klingon Turner as Guest of Honor. His GoH speech Princess, Stephen Bates as a Survivor, It was also decided that " if less than followed the theme of the convention, Robert Jan as one of Khan's men and Sue twenty-five percent of the Convention 'A Bad, Bad, World', which was appropriate Hryckiewicz as Janna Lindir. membership, at the close of voting for for this Orwellian year of 1984. Despite the Awards, registers a vote in any par­ his disasterous picture of our world The film programme I found imminently ticular category, No Award will be made today and the trends developing towards missable, being films in the main that in that category". Consequently, if we overpopulation, mpnetary collapse and I had seen many times before, or I did cannot encourage more people to vote the effects of pollution, he did offer not want to see again. There was a video in the Awards, the whole thing could some hope for the world. There are solut­ room, but I was not excited by what that become some what of a farce, and the ions to the problems if governments had to offer. Consequently, when I could Awards may have to be abandoned. I will and people start doing something about not bring myself to endure the current do all I can to encourage you, my readers, them, and meanwhile avoid nuclear war. programme item, I retired with a friend to both nominate and vote in all future

The TRANSMITTERS dramatic presentation ■■ here featuring Eric Harding, Peter Toluzi The contestants in the Vogan Poetry 11 Lucy Sussex, an unkown player and George Turner. MARTIN BRIDGESTOCK competition. Photos by M .Binns & others. Ditmar Awards. It was a very regrettable The Auction at Eurekacon went well and started the afternoon programme, which situation this year, that neither the both" the convention and fan funds beni- I feel, could have been a lot more inform­ INTERNATIONAL AWARD nor the WILLIAM fited from it. I found the Sunday ative. "Big Brother Is Watching" was a ATHELING AWARD, could be presented. It afternoon programme interesting, with panel that discussed the world of amazes me that only two books published panels on the use of word processors in electronic bugging. Legal man Mark outside Australia, which is the true writing, how past sf saw the future, and Linneman, assisted by Alf Katz and Jeff intention of the award designation, were a good discussion on SF and F series. Harris, presented a very interesting nominated for the INTERNATIONAL category. On Saturday night Ebony Books, the new picture of what is going on in this THE BIRTH OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF Melbourne publisher, launched their first field. The closing ceremonies followed. ANTARCTICA by John Calvin Batchelor, is publication, TRANSMITTERS by Damien In retrospect, I still must say that I without any argument an outstanding book, Broderick, at the authors home. ( See but somewhat obscure and no doubt unheard was not impressed with Eurekacon. I a report elsewhere in this•issue.) On did enjoy parts of it, but overall it of by many people reading this report. Sunday afternoon, a radio play based on It would have won, if somebody had used just seemed to lack enthusiasm. It is TRANSMITTERS, was presented, from a script nice to meet friends and just sit around a little discretion, but I would still Broderick has done for the ABC. Consider­ like to know why none of the many other and talk, and the Victoria has a nice ing that most of the cast was roped in convenient bar to do that in, although eligible books never got a mention. As on the spot, it went quite well. for the Atheling Award, we will just the area close to the main room where have to look for critical essays that can Following "the banquet that wasn't on", people congregate and talk, does cause be nominated, with more diligence next held on Sunday evening at a Chinese rest­ an annoyance to people in the main room year. aurant, the Ditmar Awards were presented. trying to listen to speakers. The point The results are given on page one of this I want to make however, is that people, Some slight alterations were also made particularly neo-fans, as well as many to the rules relating to site selection. issue. The Golden Caterpillar Awards were presented by Paul Stevens and they others, go to conventions to be enter­ I am afraid they lost me there, but the tained. All convention organisers should changes have enabled Adelaide to wrest caused the usual embarrassment to the recipients present. A "nice" award that keep this in mind. Finally, less than control of the 1985 National Convention Paul gave to TRANSFINITE fortheir contrib­ 200 people attended Eurekacon, while at away from Seattle in the United States. ution to Australian Conventions, with PHANTASTACON,(the war games con held the Personally, I do not think that there their slide-show presentations, received same weekend) , attracted around 700 people. should have been a national convention a resounding round of applause from the The ROWENY SCA Festival also held the next year, with the World con being held audience. The other awards went to Easter weekend,attracted some people ( our in Melbourne. ADVENTION '85 will be held Michael Hailstone for his letters to photographer Steve Roylance for instance), over the Easter weekend. Membership is ASFNews; John Alderson for putting the who may have attended EUREKACON. The currently $15.00 attending. As much as 1st' into sexist; Cath McDonnell for her interstate attendance did seem to be I enjoy the craziness of fandom, I did contributions to equal opportunity; down greatly, in comparison to SYNCON ' 83 think the idea of Seattle and Adelaide Daniel Heep for carrying on the tradition and TSCHAICON. They both had something in running a combined convention a little of the misuse of rubber chickens, started common that EUREKACON did not have. silly, but the situation presented did by Jeff Harris; A Common Marmoset for force us to correct another anomaly in proving that Terry Frost is worth pissing KINKON successfully combined a number of the constitution. on; and Diana Hawthorne for uncovering aspects of fantasy and sf. There was The 1985 National Convention is SWANCON on the cover. something for everybody, sf readers, II. It will be held over the Easter Room parties were pretty scarce during media fans and game players, but the Weekend in Perth. (Another Easter week­ EUREKACON, and I only dropped into the emphasis was on the visual side of sf. end pinched! Once upon a time I was in KINKON party for a short time. Kinkon was sucessful because it kept favour of all National conventions being everybody entertained most of the time. held over Easter. It looks as though On Monday morning , Martin Bridgestock Road Show Film Distributor's, Alan Finney, that wish may be coming true. Damn it!) gave a talk on Creation Science. What entertained us during two sessions, with The SWANCON II Guest of Honour is none this had to do with sf, I am at a loss to video clips from up-coming films his other than one of sf's greats, A.E.VAN work out, but never the less, he presented company will be distributing. Some of VOGT. The Fan Guest is JACK HERMAN. a very interesting exposfe of the them were even fantasy or sf. Mr Finney See the convention listing in this issue people who believe in creationism, and also organised a preview of Steven for further details. ADVENTION incidently, the incredible lengths they go to in Spielberg's new film, GOBLINS, on Sunday have not yet announced their Guest of trying to convince people of their morning at the Capital Theatre. Most of Honour and are still waiting on confirm­ beliefs. A talk on new and upcoming sf and the con attendees were there, and enjoyed ation as this report goes to press. We fantasy films by Paul Stevens and others, a combination of E.T., POLTERGEIST and will advise readers as soon as we know.

PAUL and KIT STEVENS presenting the THE EMPEROR from THE RETURN OF THE JEDI JO TOOHEY as a Klingon Princess Golden Caterpillar Awards JAWS. I kid you not! The Sunday morning preview screening THE THING, the Howard Hawk's version, was more the classic type of horror film, An early panel on the programme discussed included a trailer for the film BUCKEROO that left a lot to the imagination, and books that the panelists had read recently BANZAI. It looks like an absolutely crazy and insane mixture of rock music and that is something that today's films, and in the main recommended. Jan MacDonnell be they sf or pornography, do not do. gave a'turkey'to Julian May's books. George science fiction, with a rock group Charles Laughton's only attempt at Turner recommended Alistair Gray's LANARK, being pursued by a lot of ugly green aliens, masquerading as humans and only directing, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, does a Chris Priest's THE AFFIRMATION and Gerald marvellous job of creating horror with­ Mumane's THE PLAINS, among others. John the rock group's leader can see them for out any special effects at all. Flaus Foyster spoke highly of Ted Mooney's non- what they really are. It looks insane, but could be great fun. went on to talk about the various aspects sf novel, TRAVEL TO OTHER PLANETS, Michael of film making, with reference to how Malone's DINGLEY FALLS and THE FORK RIVER Next on the programme was our old friend, this is changing and how films are being SPACE PROJECT by Wright Morris, all books film buff and lecturer John Flaus, who marketed now. If ever a speaker was that are of interest to sf readers, but proceeded to outline the development of completely wrapped in his subject, John very few would have read. Bruce Gillespie sf films and how the emphasis in them Flaus certainly is, and he has a marvellous told us that he had read 82 books in a had changed from the 1950s up to now. gift of conveying his enthusiasm to his year, and his best were Stanislaw Lem's As usual he made some interesting and audience. HIS MASTER'S VOICE, GRIMUS by Salman thought-provoking statements, such as Rushdie, and BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC OF that FANTASTIC VOYAGE marked the change A competition was held during KINKON, ANTARCTICA by JZalvin John Batchelor, from the low budget films of the l50s to with a video of 2001:SPACE ODYSSEY as which should have won the International the more sophisticated high budget sf the prize. Attendees simply had to say category Ditmar Award, if that category films of today. Although sf can be in a few words, why they would like to had not been scrapped this time around. traced right back to the early silent own a video tape of 2001. Clayton Bruce added that he could not get into days, the films made, were individual Jacobson was the lucky winner of the Gene Wolfe's "Book of the New Sun" series. and isolated. 2001 came two years after prize, provided by Publishing and Broad­ He also said that he could not find any good FANTASTIC VOYAGE, but it took some time casting Video, who released the film on sf to read and must go outside the field before the impact of what Kubrick had the Australian video market recently. to find something worthwhile. It was good done and how it would change the film to hear a straightforward discussion of making scene for all time, was realised. Lewis Morley and Marilyn Pride, gave a sf literature, instead of all the perip­ talk and slide show, about their work heral guff we tend to get at conventions on the film RAZORBACK. The building of a lot of the time. the various models of the giant wild pig and other special effects, were quite University lecturer Richard Reed, followed the screening of a STAR TREK episode I had a task, and their description of the work not seen, THE CLOUD MINDERS, with a very that was done on the film's special effects detailed critical assessment of the TV gave the audience a very interesting series. His talk/lecture started out to insight into the SFX field, and the prob­ be quite entertaining, but he went on, lems involved in film making on location and on and on and on, adinfinitum, delay­ in general. They spent six weeks near ing the auction, which when it did get on, Alice Springs, in the middle of nowhere. was more interesting at any rate. That Having since seen the film I can appreci­ was probably the low point of the con­ ate what they put up with. You do not see very much of the pig in the film, vention . as Lewis pointed out, but the excellent The Fancy Dress Competition was held on photography of the harsh outback scenes, the first night of the convention. The and the terrifying atmosphere created, prize of $300 failed to encourage many is worth the price of admission alone. more people to take part, than the number Incidently, isn't it about time that who participated at Eurekacon. However, Lewis and Nick were put into a special the overall quality of costumes and the category for fancy dress competitions? presentation was better. The six judges After all, they are professionals at the including George Turner, Ruth Murphy, game now. Teresa Bialy, Claire Andrews, Hughie Ashman, and myself, judged thirteen contestants. Lewis told me that after some initial Stephen Bates as Kinkon's Ape, turned design work for the proposed Australian up a little late, and would have made it sf film, ALIEN HUNTER, his associates fourteen. The phptographs accompanying and he have heard nothing more. This this report show‘the major prize winners, would indicate that the producers have run into some problems. Lewis Morley and Gary Armstrong, in their disgusting, prize winning costumes. Other programme items included dis­ P'NUSS, GUARDIAN OF GALACTIC MORAL DECENCY cussions on the best films, a "dirty" alias Lewis Morley. Photo by Helena Roberts

THE RANDY ROBOT alias Gary Armstrong confronts MC Angus Jan MacDonnell, George Turner, Paul Stevens, 13 Caffrey and the .Judges. Photo by Helena Roberts John Foyster and Bruce Gillespie. Photo Merv Binns slide show conducted by Paul Stevens, praises it highly. Does that make mine, fear in horror films, the worst films a lone dissenting voice? No, but I'm of all time and finally the giving out the only one honest (or game) enough to of prizes. The alternative programme say so, in print. included war games conducted by The Dragonlords, and video. Cathy Kerrigan In a final summing up of the two con­ ventions I can only add that many people World SF Meer besides me, were disappointed in EUREKACON, but I am sure many would still not have World SF, the International Association enjoyed KINKON, because it had too much of Professionals, met from Tuesday April guff about films. However, those people 17th to Friday 20th, just prior to the who enjoy all aspects of the genre, like combined Eurocon/Eastercon/SEACON, which myself, could simply appreciate the was held in Brighton, England. The con­ latter as an enjoyable weekend and the ference, held at the Metropole Hotel, former, not a complete loss, but just was attended by about 100 people from lacking "sparkle", as I heard one or two Britain, the U.S.A., the U.S.S.R., Japan, other attendees say. Germany and other countries. MERV BINNS Village Roadshow Executive and Media Personality ALAN FINNEY. Photo M.Binns The association's annual awards were presented by Brian Aldiss, after a luncheon, and speeches, by about twenty of the atten­ dees. The Karel Awards (presented in honour of Karel Capek) for excellence in translation, went to Vasily Zakharchenko from the U.S.S.R. , George Balanos of Greece, Maxim Jabubowski of England and France, and Marcial Souto of Uruguay. The Harrison Awards ( in honour of the Founding President of WSF, Harry Harrison, for Promotion of SF Internationally, was presented to Ion Hobana of Poumania and John Bush ( former managing director of Victor Gollancz Publishers) of England. Other awards went to Annemarie van Ewyck of the Netherlands for Dedicated Service. Donald A.Wollheim of the U.S.A, and Takumi Shibano of Japan, for Independence of Thought. Discussions, papers and reports relevant to writing and publishing,took up the remainder of the programme. These details taken from Elizabeth Anne Hull's report in Locus, indicate that WSF is achieving its purpose in bringing together pro­ fessional sf people from all over the world.

programme. I had been concerned when I Oh, What A Lovely War had seen the proposed programme in PR 3 (or was it 4?) . I had thought it over­ 5EACON '04 or MEDTREK '84 programmed and the timing very strange. By CATHY KERRIGAN Well, there were a lot of problems with EUROCON, held over Easter 20th to 23rd The title of this con report should the timing and the programme. One example following the WSF meeting, was very well indicate to you how I felt about Medtrek will suffice - the business session was attended by professional people, includ­ 84, the 1984 National Media SF Convention. scheduled to run from 7 to 8 on Sunday ing Roger Zelazny, Joe and Gay Haldeman, As an addicted convention-goer, I found evening. It was brought forward, put back Waldermar Kuming, Jospeh Nesvadba, John Medtrek to be disturbing in more ways and then only allowed thirty minutes. Brunner, Fred Pohl, Sam Lundwall, Pierre than one. But where do I start? Which brings me to my next complaint. Barbet, Don, Elsie and Betsy Wollheim, Atmosphere. The atmosphere at Medtrek Thirty minutes for a business session that Alim P.Keshokov, Maria Ossintseva and (and I'm not referring to when the air- was to select a constitution for the Media Eremy Pamov (USSR) and many more. Natcon, discuss and vote upon any amendments conditioning was knocked out by the Charles Brown of Locus attended and to that constitution, hear bids for the blackout on the Sunday morning) was, as found the convention very different 1985 Natcon and select the site. It goes one fan put it to me, strained. There from American conventions, and he con­ without saying that it did not get done. were a lot of political undercurrents sequently missed much of what was going A constitution was chosen, discussion of at Medtrek which were annoying, frustrating on. Highlights included speeches by amendments got bogged down and site and depressing. Another fan told me she Christopher Priest, and Brian Aldiss, selection was deferred till January next wished she hadn't come. There were a lot a performance by Hawkwind, a "scientific of disturbing rumours floating around year. lecture" by Bob Shaw, the masquerade and (such as the one about strange goings-on Was there nothing good about Medtrek? Yes, a meeting of European fans and profession­ in the literary competition, and the other there was. Bjo Trimble was a delightful als. The low point was the disorganis­ about Medtrek and other media groups lady who made herself available to the ation of the business sessions and the being blackbanned by the BBC, etc, etc) fans. Mary Webber's talk and slide show awards. The BSFA Awards were as follows: the place which didn't help. Then there on how to wound your hero convincingly, Best Novel: TIK-TOK by John Sladek, was the fan, who mentioned to a couple of was informative and amusing. And, of course, Best Short Fiction: "After Images" by other fans that she was no longer the costume parade featured some delightful Malcolm Edwards, Media Presentation: interested in Trek and certainly wasn't costumes, ranging from superheroes to ANDROID. Although Mr Brown said the interested in helping George Takei get Marvin, the Paranoid Android. A film a star on Hollywood Boulevard, and the con gave him a "Tower-of-Babel feeling", montage, courtesy of John Lewis , went we gather he enjoyed it, and he will be two fans she said this to, then turned over quite well. round and started telling people she had attending next year's Eastercon in insulted them (Love me, Love my Trek). Facts and figures? Ask around for a copy Britain, being held in York, and the of the Medtrek post-con report. If you Eurocon, which will be held in Riga, in Another thing that didn't help was the read it, you'll notice that everyone the U.S.S.R. for yourself in these pages, you have been with a capital to designate the enemy, unfortunately missed out...of course you'll the dark lord. Such capitalised pronouns find that a lot of other fans have been are only used out of reverence, when speaking given the treatment. But Broderick won't of God and certainly not when speaking of be bothered with any libel cases: wise the devil. This is a cardinal error which man. But is it an accurate picture? I I hope will be corrected in future editions. think it is, from what I personally know of thos e years and the people who made Now it's a brave girl, or a fool, who adds them. Perhaps it is too accurate. There is another book to the too long list of always the difficulty, in depicting a bore, strange parties, going forth through that one becomes boring. This is a book dangerous adventures to save the world. about hopeless shiftless people, whose But don't be deterred in this case. It is only mental effort was a wholly mistaken a good book which I enjoyed and I hope idea, that, they were thinking, when they you will too. Because it is a first novel took some foreign cliches as their own. and worth the time and effort, I wish to Their very lives were cliches, dull, go into it in some detail. To do otherwise uninteresting and second-hand. And herein would be doing the author an injustice. is the danger; will anyone outside the The writing on the whole is excellent. people concerned,find anything interesting The narrative is replete with colours, in the subjects of the book? Like its with sounds, and importantly too, the politics as pronounced by its characters, lack of them, because of the calamity dull and out of date, and believe me that has come upon the earth the wee there is nothing as dull as out of date creatures of the bush are silent. And with politics. smells, though they seem to be mainly bad. Now this is good. Frankly too much writing Of course, there are interesting and is dead and doesn't give this sort of funny passages. We,who know Broderick thing. However, the speech of the know his dry humour, though a lot of it characters is too formal and stilted, too will go over most readers' heads. much like the narrative..."Lady, be not Ihfortunate for them actually. taken in by this foul creature's words. One may well imagine bleary-eyed types See, he is black; and look at the snout, in cob-webbed ivory towers, pouring over all long and hooked. Such ones are great the book and muttering as they read ahead enemies in my land and are slain without of their finger and chuckling at the mercy." One suspects that the characters memory rising from the portrayal of old went to the same school as the author. friends or enemies. On the other hand, The characters remain stilted abstractions, collectors of Australiana perhaps ought whereas, the use of dialect and differing to snap up the book before it becomes speech rhythms, would have helped round rare, lost in those said ivory towers. them out. We know the quality of Broderick's writing. Obviously, the concern of the story is TRANSMITTERS Much better than most of the junk we with the animal kingdom saving a world import, certainly as good as the tail-end which men ruined. And this gives a clue by Damien Broderick Paul Collins' stable. So we can only wish to the ruin that faces the world and that Ebony Press, pb, 320 pp, $7.95 him the best for this strange and brave very nature may rebel against man in his If Aristotle's dictum that a story must book. As the Irish say, its like will not folly. Yet,this is all ill-digested and have a beginning, a middle and an end be seen again. somewhat hard to follow, indeed the is followed, then this is no story. This Reviewed by John Alderson rationale seems missing. Also little- or method of presenting masses of undigested unexplained events pop up to help the fact before the reader was current a AND BROTHERS ALL cause, which is very good and perhaps how couple of decades ago and it wasn't good it should be, but it is the task of the then and is now merely pretentious and by Linda Macken author to prepare the reader for these out-of-date. If one is a genius, one may Fontana/Collins, 289pp, $5.95 things. Little upsets the reader more, than of course, fly in the face of every to come upon a character and have to say convention and write a classic, but not When I be-gan this book I thought to myself: where did he come from? There is too much everybody shares Broderick's estimate of Now why has an Australian author chosen a of the deus ex machina about this. That himself. Truly, this may indeed and lion, a bear, an eagle, a dragon and a is, the story does not follow the logical probably will become a classic of Australian rabbit to forth in the shape of men (later development it should, the fundamentally science fiction fandom and if only a joined by a wolf in his own shape) to save important higher logic of the story is considerable part of local fandom laud the world? Particularly as only the rabbit missing. The novelist has to make sure this book, it will indeed have been a is very common in,Australian and whose sole that that higher logic is there. merit is being good eating, though girls noteable achievement. But Broderick will This is a tolerably-sized novel, some apparently, as does Bryeema in this book, probably be treated as Broderick has treated 150,000 words. A story of this length can find them cuddly. I blame all this on others; however,let me reverently intone, get unwieldy. Now let's not get upset Paul Stevens who told me the book was Let us now praise great men... about this, this is a first novel and we fantasy. Allegory is nearer the mark as Whilst this may certainly be a book of expect more novels and we expect them one may readily surmise from the names, better. Macken has the makings of a great local vintage, let us remember, that so Borshov the bear, Anglos the lion (and was Barrie's AULD LICHT IDYLLS. Broderick writer, and the incredible thing is that this may offend some of the unassimilated in attempting such a difficult medium has recently maintained in an interview Scots in our midst), Arias the eagle, (allegory/fantasy etc) she has done so that "any writer worth his salt will work Khan the dragon, Mub the rabbit, and well at the first attempt. Even more so, his way into the Amercian market" but his finally Ogren the wolf. conscience seems loose enough to have if she has only been writing since 1981. accepted a Literature Board subsidy for So far so good, but who the hell are they She has a splendid foundation of good the writing and publication of this work, fighting? Indeed for aught that I can writing to work on, and a conventional a committee I regret to say that leans fathom,there may be enwrapped in this novel with characters unhindered by being heavily to academics and already successful book the whole story of the Peace Movement, abstractions and a plot arising out of writers. However that advice was for others. or even a subtle hint to Bob Hawke to do their character interaction,should really as he promised and leave the uranium in be good. Until then,this is a wonderful What then is this book,which discerning the ground. I refuse to follow this sort book to chew on. critics and I consider myself in that of thing and sat down and read the book My congratulations to Linda. category, praise so highly? It is a as though it were an ordinary novel, fictional account of Australian sf fandom even throttling back my most justified and other social movements mainly centred hatred of Earth Mothers. But what I Reviewed by John Alderson around the universities during the years cannot stomach, and here the publishers 1969 to 1984. Don't now bother looking are at fault, is the use of pronouns' spelt 15 BALANCE OF POWER technology litter the landscape of all three novels and make this $8.95 by Brian M. Stableford volume worth buying. Arrow Books, 138pp, $5.50 DREAM PARK and THE DESCENT OF ANANSI I am damned if I know why Merv wanted this by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes are book reviewed. It is not that it is a poor also published by Futura and have been book let alone a bad one. It's just mentioned by me in earlier columns. Of recent science fiction and fantasy ordinary, far below the standard of the Both are worth catching up with. worst book published locally and I can't Books A new series of stories from ACE has see why space should be wasted on it. fun with the classics, in the first . By Paul J. Stevens two Simon Hawke drags the reader However it is the fifth book of the through his own version of Ivanhoe It seems to be that time of the month Daedulus mission which is seeking out old in TIMEWARS #1, THE IVANHOE GAMBIT, earth colonies and seeing if they have when I have to prowl the bookshelves in and the Three Musketeers in TIMEWARS survived Earth's neglect, and giving them order to find something to review. It #2, THE TIMEKEEPER CONSPIRACY. Whilst a leg-up if they haven't. So we get what does seem that series books are still not great science fiction, these are amounts to a re-enactment (in dead Ernest) very big, with David Edding's fantasy great fun and both original authors of Columbus's crossing of the Atlantic series, THE. BELGARIAD (the first three must be spinning in their graves. where they find something like a "Clunies- out or due from Corgi) leading the field THE PRACTICE EFFECT by David Brin Ross on the Cocos Islands" situation has as most requested. Anne McCaffrey still from Bantam is a science fiction story developed - but the Imperialists get has a very loyal and very wide readership that looks like fantasy. It has an conveniently killed off. Everything about and MORETA: DRAGON LADY OF PERN (Corgi) interesting idea that works well and this book is too convenient. is selling well, with the usual request reads well. QUIET OF STONE by Stephen for her next title. The second "Dinosaur It won't hurt your nine-year old sister. Leigh, also Bantam,is the third in a Planet" book, incidently, is finally in continuing series about a cult of Reviewed by John J.Alderson view from Futura. assassins and is slow but interesting. WOLF WORLDS by Alan Cole and Chris Bunch is a Del Rey pb and is a novel THE WINDHOVER TAPES: My favourite read for the last month Fize of the Gabriel Rachets about a team of special soldiers,who was. Piers Anthony's first title in a get handed various impossible missions by Warren Norwood new series, INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY by the galactic Emperor. Fair 'actioner'. Bantam Books, pb, 248pp, $US2.95 Book One : ON A PALE HORSE. It tells of THE FORLORN HOPE by David Drake, is yet what happens when someone accidently This is the story of a man who was used another military sf story and could shoots Death and -has to take on the role by everybody except apparently his baby be the start of a series. Tor pb. as a replacement. There is a fine mixture son. Gerard Manley, the diplomat and hero INFERNO by Larry Niven and Jerry of fantasy and imagination, and this book of the book spends a lot of time with his Pournelle, is an interesting fantasy should sell well when it is in it's baby son, who regrettably hardly becomes about an sf author, who has to paperback carnation. (Del Rey). Piers visible, and this alone makes this book journey through Hell. A Star pb rp. Anthony, incidently, is the fastest sell­ a rarity. It seems that children, and ing author at Space Age at present, and domestic bliss is anathema to science At various times, I have been wont to it is impossible to keep up with the fiction writers. However it is a ploy to hold forth on the lack of good writing demand for his titles. show just how badly the man was treated, within the pages of the Star Trek being finally betrayed, as was planned In my review pile,I have a small heap novels, being published by Pocket Books. from the beginning, by everybody including of titles that should have already been Lately,I have been able to pass this his loving wife. It is a very powerful reviewed. MAJIPOOR CHRONICLES by Robert task over to my wife, Kit, who being book, complicated to the'nth' degree with Silverberg (Pan) is a collection of tales a Star Trek fan of long standing,is a mass of baffling intrigues. It’ is a of the fabled planet first introduced to happy to read most Star Trek fiction. novel in the classic mould. us in LORD VALENTINE'S CASTLE. Jack She reports that STAR TREK 111; THE Chalker's THE RETURN OF NATHAN BRAZIL SEARCH FOR SPOCK, written by Vonda We find it intriguing that American (Penguin) was very well received by me McIntyre, is very well written,but will writers seems so interested in diplomacy, in it's US edition, and I still hold my contain a few shocks for the hardened particularly when Americans are anything good opinion of Chalker as an author. fan. THE FINAL REFLECTION by John M. but great shakes as diplomists amd their He has a number of new titles out and Ford is also very good, with an interest­ diplomat characters are usually anything coming also. BRAIN 2000 by Ernest K. ing view of the ST universe from but diplomatic...trickery and brute force Gann, I also reviewed earlier and liked the Klingon viewpoint. are not quite the same things. But that's by (Coronet). Well, that is it for now. Next issue the bye. This is quite a tolerable book. I hope to have Kit join me with a Reviewed by John Alderson Of interest to the film fan is THE HAMLYN review of VALENTINE PONTIFEX and some BOOK OF HORROR AND SF MOVIE LISTS, by more words on Star Trek. P.J.S. bronwyn's BANE Roy Pickard, with lots of lists of films, actors, directors and facts and other by Elizabeth Scarborough good stuff, but very little in the way EDITORIAL NOTE: I would like to thank Bantam, PB, 286pp, $4.95 of photos. CONAN THE REBEL by Poul again all the publishers who send us books This is the third volume of fantasy spoofs Anderson (Sphere) continues the Conan for review. Every effort is made to do set in the land of Argonia following Saga. all new titles, but reissues and reprints SONG OF SORCERY and THE UNICORN CREED. MIDAS WORLD by Frederik Pohl consists of we do not do. Some received recently six short stories and novelettes based include: BLUEJAY - A MIRROR FOR OBSERVERS Scarborough does a hilarious job of by Edgar Pangbom (an sf classic), DEATHBIRD sending up every cliche of genre fantasy, around the 1954 Galaxy story. Not bad Pohl, but nothing great. (Gollancz HC ) STORIES by Harlan Ellison. PAN BOOKS - while creating surprisingly believable TALES OF TEN WORLDS, THE WIND FROM THE SUN, characters (in both senses of the word) PROFILES OF THE FUTURE and REPORT ON PLANET and indulging in some complex plot twists. EMPIRE OF THE EAST by Fred Saberhagen is a Futura pb containing three linked THREE, all by Arthur C.Clarke. BANTAM- However, though I enjoyed the earlier THE MASKS OF TIME and DYING INSIDE by volumes, I found the joke was beginning novels which were originally publish­ ed as THE BROKEN LANDS, THE BLACK Robert Silverberg ( part of the Bantam to wear a bit thin this time. Still, programme to reprint all Silverberg's delightful reading. MOUNTAINS and THE CHANGLING EARTH, and are all good sf/fantasy and worth titles). GOLLANCZ (Hutchinson Australia) Reviewed by Jean Weber. reading. Wizards, warriors and old - BEST SCIENCE FICTION OF THE YEAR 12, edited by Terry Carr. We have finally published a second issue AUSTRALIAN SF NEWS All of these titles and others,are again of our F&SF CHECKLIST, covering books PRESENTS R S[|En[E F|(T|0n mentioned in more detail, in the F$SF published late '83 through April '84. & huithsv checklist CHECKLIST and I thank all the publishers Number three, plus a backlist, is in who send us review copies, for sending preparation. Subscription $7.50 for 4 issues. VOLUME ONE NUMBER TWO them, because they enable me to give Now Available. $2.00 post free. more and correct details, on the listings in the checklist. SUPPLIED FREE BY SPACE AGE BOCKS WITH ORDERS. Merv Binns/Editor. 16 JOHN NEWTON CHANCE obituaries J The British writer we knew as John Lymington, died about six months ago, CHARLES G.FINNEY but no further details are known. He wrote about 150 books, mostly mysteries, The author of the famous CIRCUS OF DR and 20 science fiction titles. He wrote LAO, Charles G.Finney, died in Tucson, Sexton Blake novels as J.Drummond, some Arizona, on April 16th, 1984. He was 78. juveniles as David C.Newton, and about He suffered a stroke in 1978 from which a dozen sf novels as John Lymington. His he never fully recovered. Even before 90 odd mystery novels were written under this he said he had run out of ideas his own name. His first sf novel, THE and stopped writing. During his thirty NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT (1959) was made year writing career, he managed to pro­ into a movie. Other SF novels included: duce three novels and two short story THE GREY ONES (1960), FROOMB! (1964), collections. THE NOWHERE PLACE (1969), THE SLEEPEATERS Finney was born in Sedalia, Missouri on (1973), THE NIGHT SPIDERS (1967) and December 1st, 1905. He wrote PAST THE others. END OF THE PAVEMENT, based on his child­ BEVERLY ANN HERBERT hood in Sedalia, in 1939. After univers­ ity he joined the army, and spent time The wife of author Frank Herbert, Beverly in Tientsin, in China in the late 1920s. Ann Herbert, died February 7th, 1984, His collection, OLD CHINA HANDS appeared age 57, at Maui, Hawaii. She had been in 1961. He became a newspaper man after suffering from cancer for ten years. leaving the army, and he was a copy Bev accompanied her husband on all his reader, page one editor and financial overseas trips, including to Australia editor with the Arizona Daily Star, for in 1981, when Frank was GoH of Advention. 35 years until his retirement in 1970. We found Bev a very happy and outgoing But he never wrote a word except for a person, and we know she will be missed few headlines. by all who knew her. JOHNNY WEISMULLER and CO-star MAUREEN His most successful book, THE CIRCUS OF O' SULLIVAN as Tarzan and Jane. ELIZABETH GOUDGE DR LAO, was filmed by George Pal in 1962, -and starred Tony Randall, with a JOHNNY WEISMULLER Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge died on script by Charles Beaumont. The book April 1st at the age of 83. Amongst was published in various English and The Olympic swimming champion, turned her twenty novels, and several short film star, Johnny Weismuller, died Jan­ foreign language editions. His only other stories, were a number of fantasy uary 20th in his home in Acapulco, novel, THE UNHOLY CITY, appeared in titles for children. THE LITTLE WHITE Mexico. H6 was 79. Weismuller was the 1937. It was reprinted in 1968, along HORSE, and LINNETS AND VALERIANS being best known portrayer of Tarzan, starring with "The Magician Out of Manchuria". two of them, but she brought elements in a series of movies about the Edgar A collection of stories that had appear­ of fantasy into most of her books. Rice Burrough's character. ed in various publications, THE GHOSTS She spent all her life in Salisbury,Ely, OF MANACLE, was published in 1964. ROLLY BESTER Wells and Oxford, apart from Henley, ust Finney is survived by his wife, Marie, outside London, where she more recently Roily Bester, actress and advertising settled. two daughters, and six grandchildren. executive, and the wife of author Alfred BYRON HASKIN Bester, died January 12th, of cancer. SLIM PICKENS, the American actor who She was 66. She appeared on the stage rode the atom bomb to Earth in the film Film maker Byron Haskin, died of lung and on TV in the Sid Caesar shows, DR STRANGELOVE, died late '83 or early cancer in Montecito, California on April various soap operas and many commercials. '84. 16th, 1984. His long and distinguished career in the film business, included BEST SHORT STORY "The Peacemaker", the directing of ROBINSON CRUSOE ON by Gardner Dozois MARS (1964) THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) ( Asimov's 8/83) THE NAKED JUNGLE (1954) THE CONQUEST OF GRAND MASTER ANDRE NORTON SPACE ( 1955) and THE POWER (1968). He had a long and productive relationship with George Pal. He also directed the THE PHILIP K.DICK MEMORIAL AWARD was GLASS HAND episode of the Outer Limits won by TIM POWERS, for his novel, THE TV series, which was written by Harlan ANUBIS GATES. The runner up was R.A. Ellison. He retired in 1968. MACAVOY for TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON. OLON WIGGINS NEBULA AWARD WINNERS 1983 The award was presented at Norwescon in The Nebula Awards were presented at a Seattle during the March 23rd weekend. Olon Wiggins, who was the chairman of banquet held aboard the ocean liner, A cash prize of $1000.00 went to Powers the 1941 World SF Convention, "Denven- the Queen Mary, which is now permanently and $500.00 to MacAvoy. The convention tion One", died February 4th. He was 74. landlocked at Long Beach, California, and various publishers, contributed to The convention was attended by 70 people on April 28th, 1984. The toastmaster was the fund for the award. The judges for and Robert Heinlein was GoH, and was Terry Carr. He announced the office this years award were Anthony Wolk, John held only after a lot of controversy bearers of the S.F.W.A. for the next Clute and Algis Budrys. The 1985 judges about it being held so far away from year, who were all elected unapposed. are John Sladek, Roland Green and Ted the fannish centres of the East coast. Charles Sheffield is,President Roland Michelson. Wiggins is credited with originating the Green, Vice President; C.J.Cherryh, post mailings or APAs as we call them Secretary; John Carr, Treasurer; and now.He was a member of the Fantasy Press THE HUGO NOMINATIONS 1984 F.Paul Wilson, East Coast Director. Association that was founded by Donald The guest "speaker" was Art Seidenbaum The nominations for the 1984 Hugo Awards Wollheim. His last fan appearance was of the Los Angeles Time Book Review, to be presented at LA-CON, this years on a panel at Denvention Two in 1981. who told a few jokes and then sat down. World SF Convention, have been announced as follows: SAM JAFFE The awards were given out by last year's BEST NOVEL Sam Jaffe, the man who did play Gunga Din winners, and they were: MILLENIUM by John Varley (Berkley) in the film role of that name, plus many BEST NOVEL STARTIDE RISING MORETA: DRAGON LADY OF PERN other roles in such films as LOST HORIZON by David Brin (Bantam) Anne McCaffrey (Del Rey) ('37)THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (’52) BEST NOVELLA "Hardfought", THE ROBOTS OF DAWN by Issac Asimov and Dr Zorba in the BEN CASEY TV series, by Greg Bear (Asimov 2/73) (Doubleday) died March 24th at his home in Beverly BEST NOVELETTE "Blood Music" STARTIDE RISING by David Brin (Bantam) Hills. He was 93. by Greg Bear (Analog 6/83) TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON by R.A.MacAvoy yj (Bantam) THE HUGO AWARD NOMINATIONS CONTINUED BEST FAN WRITER BEST NOVELLETTE: "Black Air" by Kim Stanley Robinson (3/83 FSSF), 2. "Blind BEST NOVELLA RICHARD E. GEIS, MIKE GLYER, ARTHUR Shemmy" by Jack Dann (4/83 Omni), 3. "Cascade Point", by Timothy Zahn HLAVATY, DAVE LANGFORD, TERESA NEILSEN- "Blood Music" by Greg Bear (6/83 Analog) HAYDEN (Analog 12/83) 45 titles nominated. "Hardfought" by Greg Bear (Asimovs 2/83) BEST FAN ARTIST BEST SHORT STORY: "The Peacemaker" by "Hurricane Claude" by Hilbert Schenck BRAD FOSTER, ALEXIS GILLILAND, JOAN Gardner Dozois (8/83 IASFM), 2. "Her (FgSF 4/83) Furry Face" by Leigh Kennedy (Mid-12/83 "In the Face of My Enemy" by Joseph M. HANKE-WOODS, WILLIAM ROTSLER, STU SHIFFMAN IASFM), 3. "Brothers" by Richard Cowper Delaney ( Analog 4/83) (3/83 FSSF). 61 titles nominated. "Seeking" by David Palmer (Analog 2/83) THE JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: RETURN OF BEST NOVELETTE JOSEPH H.DELANEY, LISA GOLDSTEIN, THE JEDI, 2. ZELIG, 3. BRAINSTORM "Black Air" by Kim Stanley Robinson *R. A. McAVOY, WARREN NORWOOD, JOEL 32 titles nominated. (FSSF 3/83 ) ROSENBERG, SHERRI TEPPER BEST PRO EDITOR-MAGAZINES: EDWARD L. "Blood Music" by Greg Bear (Analog 6/83) * First year of eligibility FERMAN, 2. SHAWNA MCCARTHY, 3. GEORGE "The Monkey Treatment" by George R.R. SCITHERS Martin (FSSF 7/83) The COMPTON CROOK/STEPHEN TALL AWARD, FERMAN ( FSSF), 2. SHAWNA MCCARTHY "The Sidon in the Mirror" by Connie for best first novel, which is presented (IASFM), 3. GEORGE SCITHERS (Amazing) Willis (Asimov's 4/83) by the Baltimore SF Society, was won by 11 nominations. "Slow Birds" by Ian Watson (FSSF 6/83) CHRISTOPHER ROWLEY. It includes a prize of $500 cash and travel expenses to BEST PRO EDITOR-BOOKS: DAVID HARTWELL BEST SHORT STORY BALTICON, as well as a Plaque. The winning (TimescapeBooks), 2. TERRY CARR (Universe/ "The Geometry of Narrative" by Hilbert novel was THE WAR FOR ETERNITY. Other Best SF Of The Year), 3. JAMES PATRICK Schenck (Analog 8/83) nominees included PARADISE by Don BAEN (TorBooks). 21 nominated. Henderson, RUMOUR OF ANGELS by M.Bradley "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois BEST PRO ARTIST: MICHAEL WHELAN, 2. Kellog, TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON by (Asimov's 8/83) BARCLAY SHAW, 3. DON MAITZ tied with R.A.MacAvoy, THE HELIX AND THE SWORD by "Servant of the People " by Frederik ROWENA MORRILL. 48 nominated. Pohl ( Analog 2/83) John C.McLoughlin, and THE BLACKCOLLAR "Speech Sounds" by Octavia E.Butler by Timothy Zahn. BEST SEMI PROZINE: SCIENCE FICTION (Asimov's mid-Dec '83) CHRONICLE (Ed.Andrew Porter), 2. LOCUS "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" by BOB SHAW won the Deuscher Science Fiction (Ed. Charles Brown S Rachel Holman), William F.Wu (Amazing 5/83) Award for his novel THE CERES SOLUTION. 3. SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW (Ed. Richard Geis). 21 titles nominated. BEST NON-FICTION The award was for the best foreign novel published in Germany in 1983. It was BEST FANZINE: FILE 770 (Ed .Michael DREAM MAKERS, VOLUME II presented to Shaw when he was GoH at Glyer), 2.IZZARD (Ed. Patrick and Theresa by Charles Platt (Berkley) Interessef convention, held in Amsterdam. Nielsen-Hayden), 3. BOONFARK (Ed. Dan THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION AND Steffan). 27 titles nominated. FANTASY, VOLUME III he by Don H.Tuck (Advent ) T LOCUS POLL BEST FAN WRITER: RICHARD GEIS, 2. THERSA THE FANTASTIC ART OF ROWENA, LOCUS runs a poll amongst it's readers NEILSEN-HAYDEN, 3. ANDREW PORTER. by Rowena Morrill (Pocket) every year, to find the best sf published BEST FAN ARTIST: ALEXIS GILLILAND, 2. THE HIGH KINGS by Joy Chant (Bantam) during the previous year. Something ASFN STUE SHIFFMAN, 3. WILLIAM ROTSLER. STAYING ALIVE: A WRITER'S GUIDE should do sometime, perhaps. The Locus by Norman Spinrad (Donning) Poll is usually a good guide to the MOST ATTRACTIVE COVERS-MAGAZINE : BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION Hugos, and this year's winners are: ANALOG SF (Ralph Rubino, Art Director), 2. FANTASY 5 SF(Edward L.Ferman Editor/Art RETURN OF THE JEDI (Lucasfilm/20th BEST SF NOVEL: STARTIDE RISING by David Director), 3 AMAZING (George Scithers Century Fox) Brin; BEST FANTASY NOVEL: THE MISTS OF Editor/Art Director). 10 nominated. THE RIGHT STUFF ( The Ladd Company/ AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley; BEST Warner) FIRST NOVEL: TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON MOST ATTRACTIVE COVERS-BOOKS: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (Disney) by R.A.MacAvoy; BEST NON-FICTION : DREAM ACE BOOKS (Gene Mydlowski, Art Director), WARGAMES (M.G.M.) MAKERS, VOLUME II, Edited Charles Platt; 2 DEL REY BOOKS (Don Munson, Art Director), BRAINSTORM (M.G.M.) BEST NOVELLA: "Her Habiline Husband" 3. TOR BOOKS (Tom Doherty, Publisher/Art by Michael Bishop; BEST NOVELETTE: "The Director). 18 nominated. BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR Monkey Treatment" by George R.R. Martin; TERRY CARR (UNIVERSE/BEST SF OF THE YEAR) BEST SHORT STORY: "Beyond the Dead" by EDITORIAL NOTES: EDWARD L .FERMAN (FSSF) James Tiptree Jr. ; BEST COLLECTION: DAVID G.HARTWELL (Timescape) UNICORN VARIATIONS: by Roger Zelazny; It is interesting to compare the polls, SHAWNA MCCARTHY ( Asimov's) BEST ANTHOLOGY: THE BEST SF OF THE YEAR the awards, and the nominations. Some #12, edited by Terry Carr; BEST ARTIST: STANLEY SCHMIDT (Analog) things crop up in more than one place, Michael Whelan; BEST MAGAZINE: Locus ; so it is obvious that they have something BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST BEST PUBLISHER : Ballantine/Del Rey. special going for them. If you have not These results were assessed from 1000 read all the stories mentioned, you at VAL LAKEY LINDAHN, DON MAITZ, ROWENA ballots that were received. MORRILL, BARCLAY SHAW, MICHAEL WHELAN ' least know that they all must be worth chasing up. Also, it has occured to me BEST SEMI-PROFESSIONAL MAGAZINE The SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE that it is about time ASFN ran a poll of its own. Fantasy Newsletter/Fantasy Review, READER AWARDS for 1983 Robert Collins, editor. The major problem with the DITMAR AWARDS Locus, Charles N.Brown, ed. Science Fiction Chronicle conducts a is that not enough people out of those Science Fiction Chronicle poll amongst its readers, to determine eligible to vote, bother to do so. With Andrew Porter, ed. what they think are the best books and a wider range of people able to vote for Science Fiction Review, Richard E.Geis, stories published during the past year. an award, we must get a higher number of editor. The most popular were as follows: people voting. So, the first ASFN Popular Whispers, Stuart David Schiff, ed. BEST NOVEL: THE ANUBIS GATES by Time FSSF Poll will be conducted on this year's Powers (ACE), 2. THE CITADEL OF THE publications, and achievements, with nom­ BEST FANZINE AUTARCH by Gene Wolfe (Timescape), 3, inations and final voting being organised Ansible, Dave Langford, ed. HELLICONIA SUMMER by Brian Aldiss so that the winners can be announced as File 770, Mike Glyer, ed. (Atheneum) tied with STARTIDE RISING by early as possible in 1985. Everybody who Holier Than Thou, Marty 6 Robbie Canter David Brin (Bantam). 56 titles nominated. picks up a copy of ASFN will be eligible eds. to vote. Two special awards that I would BEST NOVELLA: "Her Habiline Husband " Izzard, Patrick § Teresa Neilson-Hayden like to include will be one in honour of the by Michael Bishop (Universe 13), 2. eds. late RON GRAHAM, for Outstanding Achieve­ "Hardfought" by Greg Bear (2/83 ASFM), The Philk Fee-Nom-Ee-Non, Paul J. Willet ment in the SF Field in Australia, and 3. "Homefaring" by Robert Silverberg another in memory of A.BERTRAM CHANDLER, 18 ed (11/83 Amazing.) 21 titles nominated. perhaps for the best SF Adventure Novel so till next time round, may the force comments on my letter. I was a bit of the Year. Others may include: The Most hold up your pants'. annoyed by your description of Melbourne's Popular Author of the Year; Best New public transport as "anachronistic". I Australian Author of the Year; The SF Fan Yours in S.F. think just about everyone with any sense of the Year; and the Best Australian F or Ron Putnins. now realizes that scrapping Sydney's SF Novel and Short Fiction, must be Perm Ron, tramway system was a big mistake, and included. The Most Popular F or SF Novel Thank you fot yout comments. Sotty it has probably a big con by the motor and oil Published Outside Australia, must be con­ companies to boot. You should consider sidered, but with a longer period of elig­ taken so long fjoA me to publish them. yourselves lucky in Melbourne to have a ibility than that allowed for the DITMARS, Vout ctiticiim of dupHcation of infotm- government so incredibly intelligent and to allow people more time to have read atlon Zn ASFN and Space Age Neioslettet is sensible, indeed a rarity among govern­ books from overseas that could be elig­ to a cettain degtee cotteet, although I ments, as to insist on keeping the trams. ible. have ttied to avoid too much dupHcation. The point Zi, a tot of people teceive No, it's your attitude that is anochron- Whatever, the rules and regulations per­ copies of Space Age's Newslettet, that do istic, pot the trams. taining to nominations will be kept as not subsctibe to ASFN. The opposite Zi simple and as clearly defined, as possible. also the case, but a latge numbet of Sincerely Meanwhile, I will be pleased to hear from people cettainly do teceive copies of Michael Hailstone any readers who have any suggestions, or both. Consequently the list I am doing in comments on this idea of the NEWS poll the fSST CHECKLIST is the only Hit I Veat Michael, and awards. .. _ will be doing in futute, that will give full infotmation on each title. An if Ritstly, just to add to my comments in list wM be done Zn the Newslettet, but the last issue, I am not offeting to only of the titles Space Age will have in pay fot yout ptinting of CRUX, but if you ate intetested 1 can get you a quote stock and Space Age's ptices. VupHcation on the ptinting of it. I do hope you of listing and so duplication of wotk, has BETTER been something I have been ttying to can keep it going and if my cuttent finan­ cial situation was different I cettainly avoid as long as I have been publishing would be ptepated to help you. COLUM F8SF lists. Rotate issues of ASFN will only give basic details on titles, mainly As fot the ttams, you have got me wtong. well in advance of pubHcation. I am not knocking out ttams. I love them. Some of them howevet have been on the Thanks Ron Putnins, ttacki fot many yeats and ate now being 4 Gort Avenue, Metv B. teplaced by new sttamHned models that CLAPHAM SA 5062 I hate. The libetal govetnment mete Rick Kennett always tn favout of keeping the ttams, 46 Soudan St 27th December, 1983 but decided to change the colout ftom Coburg 3058 gteen to a vety ugly btown. The new 22 February 1984 Dear Merv, labot govetnment last yeat decided Dear Mr Binns, to paint all the old and new ttams in I've just finished reading your last gteen and gold, and they ate looking A.S.F.N. and am pleased to see you Just read your editorial in the News gteat. They ate functional and most keeping your high standard of quality asking readers to tell you of any stories definitely do a good job, but I still and presentation, although a bit con­ by Australian writers they might find. say they {the old ones) look a bit old cerned to hear of your problems at Working on the if-you-don't-blow-your- fashioned. This is most definitely Space Age. I wish you and your staff own-horn-nobody-will-blow-it-for-you theit appeal howevet, especially to all the best for the New Year, and hope theory, and running the risk of looking visitoti. you manage to pull through OK next year. a little egotistical (but what writer isn't?), I'd like to inform you that I Sincetely Onto the zine, well I do think that the had a story, "Drake's Drum", published Metv B. news section is quite adequate, but is in the 19th Fontana Great Ghost Stories there a valid reason for duplicating Josephine Dorian anthology in the U.K. last Christmas. part of your Space Age newsletter new 68 Station St Another story, "The Roads of Donnington", releases? Three pages in fact, that Aspendale 3195 will be published in the 20th Fontana seem to have strolled over from the March 84 ghost book next Christmas. Also, for what newsletter sitting next to me, looking Dear Mervyn, it's worth, a re-write of one of my early very quiet and guilty. Ahem. Anyhow, ENIGMA science fiction stories, "Ace!", Hope you are now recovering from what good to see those critical reviewers will appear in, of all places, a fairly read like a nervous breakdown coming up thrashing it out with the new releases, mainstream literary journal, LINQ (volume in Feb's NEWS editorial. Don't forget the and a reminder to the other readers to 11, No 2), which originates from the fans can help if yoTJ take the help which keep sending your letters in. (Makes James Cook University in Queensland. is often offered. When you refuse we can't it look like you're interested in these do anything but suppose you are coping Yours modestly, white pages with black squiggles and alright. Also, it would help if catalogues marks on them.) Rick Kennett did arrive before the product was sold out. As a sort of reply to Shane McCormack's The Tolkien Calendar this year sold out the letter, I am sorry to hear about the Veat Rick, day my Dec. catalogue got to me. M.O.Tolkien state of Sydney's fandom. As treasurer Thanks fot yout lettet. I should have fans are rich and knowledgeable, so why of Adelaide's SASFS, however, I can only mentioned yout sales of stoties in you offended this market in favour of the admit that things are just as bad in the the Auittalian Ptofessional News column, quick shop sale, I can't fathom. I don't sunny south. Marc Ortlieb is doing fine, but I will next time. I hope othet wtitets run a shop, but I am, like most SF fans John Packer is still rattling on, and the will also keep me posted of theit success here obliged to work full time, so we do media clubs are flourishing, but S.F. in selling stoties. I would also Hke to understand your problems. But SF is no seems to be very much in the doldrums at heat ftom any teadets who notice stoties by chore. It is a delight, we try to punch the moment. Comments and/or suggestions AusttaHan authots, in any publications. it home in this difficult market. Delighted please? Not only the flsf magazines, but places like to hear Sil verberg's "Man in the Maze" on the "Woman's Weekly" ot othet odd spots. A.B.C. recently so we are getting through One final note, or a free plug as the at last. Try to let us know about items case may be, just around the corner in Metv B. to cast votes for before the day the entries '84, I'll be producing a new zine, close, or the day after, or the night predominantly into horror (fantasy 'a la Michael Hailstone before. Ever tried to read 200 items in Weird Tales, ie. C.A.Smith, Lovecraft type P.O.Box 193, one night then assess them rationally. of stuff), and I'd love to hear from any Woden, A.C.T. 2606, I liked your reply about women writers. writers and/or artists interested. Yes, 20th March 1984 I have one of Harry Harrison's early efforts you can contact me at the above address. in which he states (1948, the date) Well I guess that's all for now folks, Dear Merv, "Science Fiction is for boys." This is casting the gauntlet down to women. You Thanks for the latest NEWS and your 19 omitted Leigh Bracket in your group of As soon as we got home I was off to London R.Lhurraine Tutthast female writers - she wrote the screenplay then to New York and California -- maybe P.O.Box 432 for "The Empire Strikes Back" and "E.T." a film of the Rat books. That would be Downey, Ca 90241, U.S.A. was written by a lady whose name escapes nice. WEST OF EDEN shaping up as a best­ 25 June 1984 me. Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein" seller in the States, Bantam is spending before one man wrote one word of sf. $50,000 on advertising and printing Dear Merv, Vonda McIntyre and Anne McCaffrey write 50,000 copies hardcover.' Granada is You have been sending me your zine since more in the Fantasy line, but we are getting publishing their hardback on August 23rd Eric Lindsay introduced us at Chicon, and into the scientific side of writing. Women -- Ghu knows when you'll get your copies. I wouldn't blame you if you thought me seem more literate at times, but we are Home at last amd I found copies of the rude for not responding until now. The not all sex maniacs or whatever the bloke two volumes of the ASF Reader I promised most stormy period of my life began shortly said as you pointed out. Despite celluloidic you. Getting them off today. Also an after our meeting. Less than two months wonderment, the best sf writing is done later, I was laid off from my job at the by anyone who is competent in the use of Extra Book, very rare, to say thanks for everything you did for I and Joan during Xerox Corporation where I'd worked for the language, as much as scientific knowledge our visit there. Thanks as well to the over nine years. It was a shock; I had no and imagination. Often the best writers whole Melbourne gang. We had a tremendous idea anything like that was in the offing. are well known in other literature - H.G. time. The next Februaiy, I moved to Atherton, Wells, George Orwell, Jules Verne, R.L. California, which is near San Francisco. Stevenson, e.g. were adventure and social All the best, During the eight months or so I lived writers also. It takes time, effort and Harry. there, I was busy job hunting. Please note discipline, so the moral fibre of good my new address. Last November, I found s/f writing is excellent and enduring Dear Harry, a job near Los Angeles, where I've wanted at its best. Agatha Christie's detective Thank you {or your letter and the details to live since grade school. For several Hercule Poirot used to say "Ze exercise there in. I am glad you enjoyed your time months, I was very busy settling into a for ze little grey cells" is desperately here and that you got home sa{ely. On new place. Things were just beginning to needed. Keep fit, and I am sending an behal{ o{ us all here, I assure you the be routine when I discovered that I was order soon to the Shop as I have cleaned pleasure was all ours. I hope the deal very unhappy with my job. Now I am again out a great cupboard filled with paperbacks to {ilrn the RAT books eventuates, and busy job hunting. I hope I don't have to and I intend to refill it with new ones. that you do not su{{er the disappoint­ move again. If I do, it will be in the All the best, ment that Brian did.. Los Angeles area; I don't ever want to leave now that I'm here. Josephine Dorian Sincerely Merv When I met you, I had every hope and Deaa Josephine, prospect of going to Australia next year Nevil Angove, for the Worldcon. With the expense of Your letter is a mZxZu/te 0|$ ASFN and. c/o Australian Micro Computerworld, unemployment and moving, those plans went Space Age business, but I have published 37-43 Alexander Street, down the drain. I still hope to visit it in {all here at any rate. I am sorry Crows Nest, NSW 2065 Australia some day. you missed out on the Tolkien Calendar last yean., but it was on sale as early May '84 The latest of issue of your zine I have received is for January. This is also, as September. I do endeavour to tell Dear Merv, people as early as possible that things alas, the first time that I've had the are on sate or due, but some items will Just a line to let you know what is going time to read it thoroughly. I'm glad I be overlooked, and at Christmas, I am on. did. There's one article in particular always hard put to get the shop News­ that I enjoyed very much. That is Bruce letter out on time. This years Tolkien I have joined Computerworld as an editor Barnes's trip report. It was very (technical editor of 2 of their magazines, interesting and entertaining. Calendar by the way, is due out in in fact), but haven't managed to move to October. I will mention it {urther in Thank you for sending me your zine, and Space. Age's next list in Auoust. Sydney yet. I am living out of a suitcase at my parents house, but plan to move my I hope to be more responsive in future. MAN IN THE MAZE is one o{ those nuisance family here by the end of May. Sincerely, items that the media create at times {or us booksellers. The trouble is that they Cygnus has been in suspension since June, Laurraine. sometimes mention books that are not but I hope to resume publishing the even published yet, or only available magazine by September. The new (and Vear Laurraine, overseas, or they pick up something that current) subscription rates are $A7/4. Thank you very much {or taking the time has been out o{ print {or the last "ten" Part of the problem has been money: I to write. I send a number o{ copies o{ years. MAN IN THE MAZE was unavailable need to clear my debts, and pay the the NEWS to the U.S.A, and other parts ojJ and presumably out o{ print in both U.K. authors for the last two issues, and put the world, but I regret that I do not get and U.S. editions, but we are expecting enough aside for future issues (but with very much response {rom them, so it is copies {rom Gordon i Gotch soon in the another mouth to feed due at the end of great to hear that somebody appreciates Star edition. Following the ABC reading July, that might be difficult). Another my e{{orts. I am sorry you will not be o{ the novel, we had hundreds o{ people problem has been living in Sydney with able to come to AUSSIECON, but we are wanting to bay it. Why couldn't they all my files in Canberra, and no time to expecting a very big contingent {rom the choose a new title, that was readily answer mail. A third problem has been a U.S.A. Australia has been getting a lot available? massive load of manuscripts from overseas, o{ coverage over there recently, and I thanks to Cygnus being listed in Writers guess that did not harm our bid {or the Your other comments are noted, but Digest. I cannot discuss them in detail at this World Con and I am sure that it helped time. Finally, Michael Dutkiewicz is spending some {ans make up their mands to attend. Thanks a lot of time with the SA Arts Society, Nice to hear {rom you, Merv B. and without him pushing me, Cygnus has Regards been pushed to a backburner. PS. 1{ any other readers are cleaning out Merv B. their cupboards, Space Age is in the Life should be back to normal (if ever Other people who have written include market {or second hand books. Not that word could apply to my life) after Diane Fox, and I thank you very much Diane, magazines though, at present thanks. June. even i{ I could not use your reviews or I hope! _ , your letter, .{or di{{erent reasons, and Harry Harrison r Regards . Nev Angove Justin Ackroyd who has sent a postcard. He Kestrel Ridge Dear Nev, was the recipient o{ much "hate" at Marc Vale of Avoca Orttieb's“hate"session at EUREKACON, {or Co. Wicklow Congratulations on your new j'ob. I hope deserting the con and other things. Justin Ireland it goes well {or you. When you get back has been visiting conventions all over 11 May 1984 to working on CYGNUS, you apparently the place in Europe and in Britain, on Dear Merv, have plenty o{ stories to choose {rom, his trip as 19S4 GUFF Winner, and he has but I hope the Australian writers are generally been having a great time. The packages have been coming through -- still sending you lots o{ stories. many thanks. The hot jug works fine. All together now! HATE! HATE! HATE! 20 Sincerely Merv Binns/Ed. is not very good. "A Piece of the Action" Damien Broderick Calls For was predictable, Paul Collin's serial was confused, I did not attempt the Stories For A New Anthology article on relativity, so no comment; "A Perfect Day Is Easy To Take" telegraphed Damien Broderick, its conclusion in its introduction; 10 Marks Street, "On Sherman's Planet" would have been BRUNSWICK, Vic 3056 better if the ending had not driven its point home with a sledgehammer; the comics Ph: (03) 387 7694 were illegible; etc, etc. The artwork was mostly good, but the presentation was 16th July, 1984 marred by poor reproduction. Whilst I applaud Michael for publishing Australian NOOZ FLASH sf, the standard of stories published FANZINE REVIEWS will have to improve before I shell out I would like to see submissions for a BY CATHY KERRIGAN money for CRUX. But if you wish to support new all-Australian original-fiction our writers, you can send Michael $1.50 sf/fantasy anthology I'm doing. This issue, there is quite a varied to P.O.Box 193, Woden ACT 2606. The book will possibly be called selection of zines. First up is DARK The outstanding article in Jack Herman's STRANGE ATTRACTORS (don't ask... oh HORIZONS, the journal of the British WAHF-FULL, Sept 83, is "Dad" by Glen well, it comes from a branch of Fantasy Society. This is an impressive Crawford. It is the sort of writing one mathematics known as Chaos Theory, looking zine with good artwork and a looks for in fiction because it comes but that doesn't matter really, does nice layout. This ish, #26, is an all from the heart. Whilst the other articles it? Of course it doesn't). It will fiction issue. My complaint with the are good, they pale in comparison to resemble my last anthology (THE fiction contained therein is that virtually "Dad". WAHF-FULL is available for the ZEITGEIST MACHINE; Angus 8 Robertson) all of it is slanted towards horror. The fannish usual from Jack at Box 272, in its breadth of contents, though impression I had from the comments in Wemtworth Building, University of Sydney, the emphasis is strongly on original the lettercol on prior issues is that 2006. It's worth it for the cover and rahter than reprint fiction. members prefer to discuss horror fiction "Dad". One beef - I find Jack's method Rates of payment will be (I hope, if as opposed to fantasy. The zine is of paragraphing off-putting and it does we get Literature Board support) available to members of the society and nothing for the 'eye-appeal' of the zine. about equal to the standard American you may join the society by sending five pounds to The British Fantasy Society, Media zines usually have a limited appeal magazines. The publisher is Hale 8 because of the specialist nature of their Iremonger. The deadline is around c-Peter Coleborn, 72 Imperial Rd, Huddersfield, HD1 4PG, UK. contents. However, a zine has arrived on October-November. The book is to be the scene which may change that. Mary G. out in time for AussieCon 11. THE MATALAN RAVE, December 1983, is put T.Webber, a Queensland fan, has put out What I'm looking for, essentially, is out by Michael Hailstone who is also her first zine T'SALTA. The first ish good sf of the old school written with responsible for CRUX. It comes across was good enough for it to gain a nomination the panache and verve of the new. Yes, (to this reader,anyway) as confused. One for best fanzine at the recent National I suppose, what I'm after is that article is ramblings by Michael about his Media SF Con, Medtrek. Mary's zine covers old hair-stirring sense of wonder. life, another is an instalment of Michael's all aspects of media sf and more beside, And no, I haven't become a Jerry autobiographical "I want to lie on the and Mary intends that it will continue to Pournelle techie. My eye is pretty grass", a third is an item by Albert Vann. do so. Whilst most of the fiction deals thoroughly jaded. But I loved Clarke's Humour is a very individual thing and with media sf, there is also fiction about "The City and the Stars", and Bester's I, for one, do not find Albert Vann's the Professionals, a very funny book review "The Stars My Destination", and Blish's articles funny at all. The rest of the that satirises Stephen Donaldson's Thomas "Cities in Flight" and "A Case of zine is made up of the lettercol. The Covenant books, poetry that doesn't Conscience" and Heinlein's "Stranger letters all deal with Michael's pet relate to anything media and an article in a Strange Land", and still do... peeve, the English language - something by Mary called "The Facts About Fractures". which Michael also raves on about in This is the first of a two-parter explaining This book is not meant to be in direct his editorial for CRUX. Presentation? some basic medical facts to would-be competition with the anthology which Also confused. writers. Mary is a doctor, so she knows Harlan Ellison and Terry Dowling are what she's talking about when she says putting together. It's my feeling that The presentation of LAN'S LANTERN is that if you want to wound your hero sf has the capacity to be non-national not confused. Issue #12, arriving two convincingly, this is the way to do it. (and, for that matter, deeply personal), years after issue #11, was pleasant to read. For me, it was nice to read Mary makes copious reference to media sf so I'm not after any explicit Aust­ to illustrate her points most amusingly. ralian characteristics, let alone something where articles written in (As I pointed out earlier, humour is an deliberately 'mythic' ones... unless response to prior issues (which I haven't individual thing, but Mary and I have a that's what people feel impelled to read) were still comprehensible. Available similar bent when it comes to doing in write. I'm as interested in this year's for the fannish usual or $US1.50 from the heroes of Star Trek, Blake's 7,etc). Van Vogt or Algis Budrys or John Varley George "Lan" Laskowski, 652 Cranbrook Rd, I do recommend this article to would-be or Michael Swanwick as in this year's #4, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48013, USA. writers. To get it, write to Mary at Ballard, Disch or Russ (a comparison Closer to home is OBSIDIAN 1, the zine P.O.Box 137, Hamilton Central 4007. meant to imply no cultural cringe, of the Mitchell College Science Fiction Now can I have my copy of T'Salta no 2 merely some useful sf benchmarks ...) Society of Bathurst. Impressive for a please, Mary? I do not want an Aussie Piers Anthony first zine with some very good,clean or Barry Longyear. artwork and quite a reasonable layout. Reviewed by Cathy Kerrigan The usual rules apply, of course: It contains a mixture of articles, reviews submissions must be typewritten, one and fiction. The articles range from a side of the page only, decent margins survey of the work of Gene Wolfe (GoH (the editor has to scribble comments for Aussiecon 2, as if you didn't know), THE CYGNUS to the printer in there, see), and the mythology of Hoban's RIDDLEY WALKER CHRONICLER if you want the manuscirpt back you'd and the lyrics of David Bowie and were An Australian Review of Science Fiction and Fantasy be smart to include return postage; all enjoyable. Available for a dollar or send a xerox and tell me it's from SFS, Mitchell College, Bathurst, Featuring fiction from the best Australian authors, 2795. I'll be interested to see what art from the best Australian artists, plus reviews, disposable. news and letters, and regular columns on SF-related their next zine is like. themes. Damien Broderick As mentioned earlier, Michael Hailstone $ 7.00 for 4 issues MARKETS: Apart from this anthology of publishes CRUX. Issue no 5 is described The Eperex Press Damien's and the one being on the cover as a 'somewhat nordic issue' PO Box 770 put together by Harlan Ellison and Terry I can't work out why unless Michael is Canberra City ACT 2601 bowling, we know of no other markets for referring to his diatribe on the English Australia Continued page 22, column 1. language. The fiction contained therein 21 MARKETS Continued from page 21 CON AMORE A Science Fiction Media- stories in Australia at the present other FAN FUNDS Literary Convention than the small magazines. For overseas June 8th to 10th 1985. markets we suggest a subscription to SCIENCE JUSTIN ACKROYD, as reported elsewhere in GoH DAVID GERROLD. The Park Royal Hotel FICTION CHRONICLE, which periodically gives this issue, is having a great time on his Alice St., Brisbane, Queensland GUFF trip, and JACK HERMAN has not taken a full list of all U.S. publications and For further information write to: off yet on his DUFF trip to LA-CON and their requirements. P.O.Box 231, Cannon Hill, 4170, Queensland. beyond. Nominations are already coming in for the two trips to AUSSIECON II, and so far Jerry Kaufman, the 1983 DUFF AUSSIECON TWO winner, reports that MARTY and ROBBIE A3rd world sf convention CANTOR are in the race, but he expects Melbourne, Victoria, Australia other nominations soon. While in Europe, August 22nd - 26th 1985 the candidates for GUFF are ROELOF GOUDRIAAN of the Netherlands (editor of The Southern Cross Hotel S.O.B.), MALCOLM EDWARDS, EVE HARVEY, The Memberships rates for AUSSIECON 2, JIM BARKER and CHRISTOPHER PRIEST, We effective from July 1st 1984 are: will give voting details next issue. Attending: $50 Supporting: $30 Meanwhile,things are happening over in The full membership rate will remain at Kiwi-land and two fans have already $50 at least until December 1984. We nominated for FFANZ. DUNCAN LUCAS and strongly urge all readers to join now A EUREKACON item that deserved mention, NIGEL ROWE, both of Auckland, New Zealand. if you intend attending AUSSIECON 2, was Eric Harding's slide show present­ You can find out how you can vote for because the rate will most certainly ation for the SWANCON XI bid. I do not FFANZ by contacting John Newman, P.O. increase further before, and at the think that fans needed much encourage­ Box 4, Thombury, Victoria, 3071, Australia convention. The costs involved in stag­ ment to vote for Perth for the national or Tom Cardy, P.O.Box 1010, Auckland, New ing a convention of this size, either in convention for 1986, but Eric's slide Zealand. When you do vote, dont just Australia or overseas, are astronomical. show gave a pretty good indication of send the minimum voting fee/donation, We said ten years ago that AUSSIECON 1 the funtime the Perth fans have at their send double that or more. $2.00 seems was a once in a lifetime opportunity to conventions, even if he did put some of to be the going rate now, but $5.00 attend a World Convention. You now have the slides in back to front. Here's Eric sounds a nice round figure to me. a second chance. Don't blow it! It is very, with his dad Lee back in 1966. Photo taken unlikely you will ever have a chance by Dick Jenssen. again to attend a World Convention in this country. It is intended that the supporting rate be held at this rate up to the conven­ tion. A current supporting member may convert for $20. For further details on this, the second World SF Convention to be held in Melbourne, Australia, write to Box G.P.O. Box 2253U, Melbourne 3001, Victoria, Australia.

ARCANACON August 23rd to 26th '84 University High, (Royal Pde,Parkville) OVERSEAS CONVENTIONS Victoria. A Gaming Convention. For This year's World SF Convention LA-CON, details ring 458 4029 or write 105 is being held August 30th to September Cardigan St., Carlton 3053 Victoria. 3rd, 1984, at the Anaheim Convention Centre. This is quite close to Disney­ PARANOIACON September 28th to land we are told. The GoH is GORDON R. October 1st '84 DICKSON, Fan GoH Dicke Eney, Toast­ The El Toro, Oheprise Ave., Liverpool master Robert Bloch, and M.C. Jerry NSW. For details write G.P.O. Box 429, Poumelle. The attending membership is now Sydney, 2001, NSW. $75 and the non-attending is $20, which ROBIN JOHNSON and ALICIA PLOWMAN, were CONQUEST September 29th 8 30th '84 is not convertible to attending. married on the 12th of July, in Hobart. Sheraton Hotel, Turbot St., Brisbane The membership tally as of June was 5200. The best man was Mike O'Brien. Melbourne GoH George Takei. A media/Star Trek If you have not already joined and booked fans Paul and Kit Stevens and Peter and convention. For further details write your hotel room, you could be in trouble, Elizabeth Darling, were in attendance. GPO Box 1376, Brisbane, 4001, Queensland. but do not let us put you off. For more All of Robin's friends in fandom, both details on LA-CON II, write to here and overseas, I am sure will join us CIRCULATION 30th November to P.O.Box 8442, Van Nuys, CA 91409, USA. in wishing Robin and Alicia all the best. 2nd of December '84 Southside Motor Park, Canberra Ave,ACT Robin was born in Hobart, Tasmania, when World Convention Bids his father was the Governor of Tasmania's A relaxed SF convention. For details aide. The family returned home to England, contact PO Box 42, Lyneham, ACT 2602 The voting this year is for 1986, with but Robin returned about 15 years ago and bids in from ATLANTA and NEW YORK, USA. November 24th '84 has been living in various parts of the TIMELORD'S BALL The winner will be announced at LA-CON. Carrington Hotel, Main Rd., Katoomba, PHOENIX and SAN DIEGO USA, and BRITAIN, country ever since. Alicia, incidently, N.S.W. A celebration of DR WHO's 21st is Robin's Godmother's daughter. with its "Britain's Heaven in '87" catch Birthday. For details contact P.O.Box call, are all bidding for '87. Everybody Another fan wedding that was in this case C377, Clarence St., Sydney, 2001 NSW wants '88 it seems, with TULSA, ST LOUIS, kept secret, was Dave Luckett and Sally and CINCINNATI in the USA, bidding along Beasley, in Perth, on January 7th '84. ADVENT I ON April 5th to 8th 1985 (EASTER) The 24th National Australian Convention with YUGOSLAVIA. BOSTON has let it be After a meeting of all interested people Townhouse, cr Hindley 8 Morphett Sts., known that it will be bidding for 1989. held last April 6th, it was announced Adelaide, South Australia. GoH not that the long established SYDNEY SCIENCE announced yet. For further details THE WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION FICTION FOUNDATION, will continue, write to 95 Second Ave., Joslin 5070, S.A. The 1984 World Fantasy convention will "but in a new role". A new constitution SWANCON SWANCON 10, the annual Perth is to be worked out and plans for new be held in Ottawa, Canada. The 1985 Convention for 1984. Date one will be in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. activities are being discussed. For and venue not available, but it is information on the SSFF write to P.O. usually held over the Australia Day Box A491, Sydney South, 2000 NSW. weekend. SWANCON XI to be held at F&SF WRITING GROUP An F&SF Writing group meets on the 2nd ALLISON COWLING and MICHAEL DOCHERTY, Easter 1985, is the 25th National Saturday of each month, at 2PM, at the Melbourne fans, announced their engage­ Australian Convention. GoH A.E.VAN VOGT. Council of Adult Education, 256 Flinders ment recently. For further details on these conventions 22 write P.O.Box 318, Nedlands, 6009 W.A. St., Melbourne. Call 63 3827 for details. MORE EDITORIAL COMMENTS to nearby grass. "Its not easy being a and Steven Barnes. THE DESCENT OF ANANSI writer", he said. Astor took up writing and DREAM PARK. From a bookseller's The Australian Fan-newszine THYME is after "too much violin playing" landed point of view, anything of Larry Niven's still doing a good fannish job, although him in bed with a pinched nerve. is a sure seller and with good graphic its editor Roger Weddall has come in for [Locus) covers like these, how can they fail. some flack recently. Rumour has it that Also from Hodder distributors we got his British agent would not distribute British publisher-New English library, THE NARROW LAND by Jack Vance in a recent issue, because of Roger's some­ reportedly dropped publication of L.Ron Coronet, and Frank Herbert's thriller, what unsportsman-like comments on the Hubbard's giant sf novel BATTLEFIELD THE WHITE PLAGUE. The first is a col­ GUFF fan fund, which he was nominated EARTH, because they could not get on lection and the latter, is more likely for, but which was won by Justin Ackroyd. with the marketing organization Author to appeal to the general reader than Reports in THYME by different people, Services. A new publisher,formed by a Herbert's "Dune" fans. An NEL book. gave a broad assessment of EUREKACON former executive of N.E.L., Quadrant and pointed out all its good and bad Books, is now publishing the book. It is PENGUIN BOOKS have sent us THE ROBERT features, but a report on KINKON in THYME also reported that Author services asked SHECKLEY OMNIBUS, a collection of this by Peter Burns, who was there for only a a number of editors if they would edit writer's great short stories, and the first in a fantasy series, DARKCHILD few hours, gave a seemingly biased and Hubbard's new book, MISSION EARTH, then by Sydney Van Scyoc. false picture of the convention as a changed their mind and said they would whole. How he could attend a convention do it themselves. No further comments BANTAM BOOKS sent us Samuel R.Delany's for the very short time that he did, and from us, but we do hope Quadrant books EMPIRE STAR in a new reprint edition, give an opinion on the whole convention in the UK decide to split "Battlefield" and ARROW Books sent a new printing of in that time, is beyond my comprehension. into two or more books. The US paper­ James Blish's historical/fantasy novel, I will not disagree that it was basically back edition is just too big and awkward. and probably his most important book, a media con, for want of a better term, DOCTOR MIRABILIS, which is based on the but it did have a little bit of every­ life of Roger Bacon. thing and it worked well! Peter Burns MORE BOOKS RECEIVED did attend, what I have already said in my report, was the low point of the con, SPHERE BOOKS have sent us THE MISTS OF Final Word AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley, the but I consider it grossly unfair of him After agonising for two days over what to to have judged the whole convention on bestselling story of King Arthur, told through the eyes of Camelot's women. A cut out, I finally decided to put it all the few hours of programme he saw. in and here I am with 24 pages. Also, on must for all fantasy fans. Two new reassessing the costs of producing the I commend Van Ikin's and Craig Hilton's editions of Poul Anderson's popular NEWS and the fact that the circulation comments on the DITMAR AWARDS in THYME works, A KNIGHT OF GHOSTS AND SHADOWS figures are pretty well established, I #37, to all those fans who are really and THE DANCER FROM ATLANTIS. A new realise I have to increase the price. interested in seeing the awards put in horror title is TENGU, by Graham Masterton, I really cannot see it coming out more proper order. I do not agree entirely which is accompanied by a number of his often than every three months, so I will with all Van has to say. The closing earlier titles with new covers. have to keep the page count up to 20 pages date for nominations for instance, I am ALLEN S UNWIN have sent us two more at least. Consequently the new selling sure was quite clearly marked on nomin­ titles in their UNICORN Fantasy series, price is up to $1.50 and the subscription ation forms, but we are failing somewhere IN VIRICONIUM by M.John Harrison and rate is now $6.00 for 4 issues. if he and other fans in W.A. or wherever, THE SILVER STALLION by James Branch are not fully informed on nominating or I have included almost everything I wanted Cafoell. Not only are we getting some on final voting. ASFN has failed badly to, in this issue, and things are reason­ classic reprints in this series, but over the last two years, to remind people ably up to date. The next issue will be out some great new titles as well. to vote and of what is eligible for nomin­ late in October, or a little sooner. Last, ation. I will endeavour to remedy that HODDER § STOUGHTON have sent us two but not least, my thanks to Jullianne Wylie, situation next year. Not that everybody more Orbit/Futura titles by Larry Niven Cathy Kerrigan, Helena Roberts, and every- reads ASFN, but it does have a big else who contributed to, and helped get this issue out. influence. All Our Yesterdays 6 Merv B. HUGO FANZINES. As I have only seen copies of ANSIBLE and FILE 770, I could only vote for them in the first "real" Fanzine Hugo Award. I know and apprec­ iate the job both of these guys are doing, but I think that as Mike Glyer, editor of FILE 770 as been a runner up for the Hugo many times, it is only appropriate that he wins the fanzine Hugo this year. I will vote for you next year Dave. I promise! M.B. Publish anii be Baaineii: SCANDALOUS REPORTS, EMBARASSING MOMENTS, CRITICAL REMARKS and INNUENDOS in the SCIENCE FICTION WORLD U.S. author Dr Stephen Astor of Los Altos, California, wrote a novel called BABIES. It deals with the artificial insemination of women, presumably against their will, while in a Marin County hospital. Dr Astor had 3000 copies of his book printed himself, but only managed to sell 150 of them. He offered some to a local radio station for a fund raising auction, but after officials read it, they knocked it back. Dr Astor called this censorship and he attempted to make a visable protest by burning some copies of the This photo was taken at a gathering at John Bangsund’s home at that time, book in a parking lot, but the wind took which at a guess was around 1969. From left to right we have John Bangsund, hold of the burning pages and set fire Leigh Edmonds, Lee Harding, John Foyster, Tony Thomas, Merv Binns & Paul Stevens. COMING SOON!

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