Neither Rain, Noir Murder... 04
Bill Bowers 6000 Townevista Dr Apt 114 Cincinnati OH 45224-1762
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Please note the new address. Oh, how easily the phrase rolls from the fingertips … now! As hinted at in the final paragraphs of NRNM03, written long ago on my 60th B'Day -- although the process wasn't quite as quick, nor as 'easy', as I'd hoped… I have relocated … body, soul, possessions (most), and all. Having my Social Worker replaced just as things were starting to gel was not helpful, and then totally freaking when first shown what was to be available to me in a city/county operated "Senior" apartment [my SW laughed at me in the parking lot afterward: I had asked the guide, in all sincerity, "Are you sure this is a one-bedroom, and not an efficiency…?"] -- I was thisclose to simply giving it up until I no longer could manage the stairs at all…. But then a (literal) Miracle gave me a reasonable, hell, an almost-adequate option! The movers first came to Glenway on Friday, October the 3rd, to transport the Essentials -- me; the electronics, what furniture I was taking, and as many boxes as I thought would fit -- to the new apartment. In addition to bringing back a car trunk-load almost every time I went back, there were two more full-fledged moves toward the end of De- cember … mainly to the 10 x 10 self-storage locker I'd rented, about half a mile from here. And on Thursday, February 26th (has it really been that long!?), I hired them for one Final Final Trip …taking the long buried Basement Treasures to the storage locker. I'd moved into the house on Glenway just before Thanksgiving of 1988, and pretty much filled it up then. And de- spite much of the furniture, electronics and "media" having been liberated by the da EX in the early 90s, I'd managed to eliminate the vacuum -- and then some, by last Fall. Fifteen years there … longer than I've resided at one address in my entire life … and, despite the traumas, enough Good Memories to make me forever Nostalgic, I suspect. Nevertheless, as a result of the last move-of-choice I am ever likely to make, I am now officially down-sized to a one-bedroom apartment. Plus the storage locker. I had tremendous help and support, from both ever-so-patient friends and the HMO staff. It was also slightly ex- pensive, since I was (in essence) paying rent on two places for five months, but that's the way it had to be done.
Where I've ended up -- the "miracle" mentioned above -- a six+-story, 150 apartment HUD-friendly building -- goes by the moniker "Booth Residence". Those of you familiar with Yuletime kettle-ringers will recognize the name of the founder of the Salvation Army. The facility is run by a Lady "Soldier", and my apartment looks out to the base of a very steep hill surmounted by another S.A. building containing a Chapel (there is an enclosed walkway from the fifth floor of this, to the first floor of that one) -- but no one pushes any religious, or political, agenda. I chose to accept it simply as the Salvation Army's Good Deed -- and to be damned grateful for the stroke of luck that landed me here. [I'm working on getting 200 miles UpState to see my (as of this Saturday) 94-year-old Mother the end of April, but other than that, and MidWestCon 55 (June 24 - 27; see http://www.cfg.org/midwestcon/index.htm ) -- if any of you want to see me, you'll simply have to Come Visit. My Travelin' Daze are, realistically, over.] I am still recouping & regrouping -- and have only just begun unpacking / unwinding (not to mention selling off enough 'collectibles' to pay down the debt), but, apart from the always fluctuating energy levels that are an inescap- able reality of my "health", my quota of "reasons" for not resuming publishing fanzines seems to be diminishing. I'll still grump and procrastinate, but, hopefully the Members of both DAPA-Em and FAPA will see me just a wee bit more frequently. Not that I'm making any rash promises, you understand! --- Bill <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> Rain-drenched Splatter
This 'title' -- so far -- doesn't seem to be generating nearly the percent- Then again my affection for, and appreciation of that method just age-of-(non-apa)-response -- specifically in the form of LoCs -- in re- might be influenced by the way it was configured at Christ Hospital: lation to the number of 'copies' distributed -- that Xenolith does. Part as I lay on my side, and after the Tech wandered away, as the camera of it is because, as I've observed before, mystery fans don't seem to be tracked above me, I had a clear line of vision to the monitor. Let me hard-wired (for any number of logical reasons) that way; certainly tell you, it is both Weird and Awesome to watch the layers of your not to the extent (to use an euphemism) sf fans are. body being wiped away, until only the skeleton -- your skeleton -- re- Another factor of course, is that -- as has been discussed A Time mains. or Two on several Mailing Lists -- a primarily electronic platform of I hadn't felt that nakedly exposed since the last time I'd attempted distribution beings along its own set of baggage... to reread one of my more angst-ridden 70s apazines! But -- candidly -- the fault is primarily my own: The sporadic publishing schedule -- and the last-minute rush-jobs when I do manage -- doesn't help. But, in the end, it's up to *me* to produce Comment Hooks suffi- Richard E. Geis
that are not tied up with small household tasks and a bit of fic- I don't recall having "read" anything by Willeford -- I'll have to tion writing I kid myself into thinking is viable. I think that take the page I printed out up to the library -- or, come to think sentence needs deconstruction. of it, I think I can hunt the library online! -- and see if they have So far I've read half of Neither Rain... 03 and will get any if his works on tape. through it eventually. Thanks for sending it. Summer finally hit and there have actually been a few days [Mon, 28 Jul 2003] without rain! I fell off a ladder yesterday -- no harm done...or at least not much -- it was a short ladder! I thought I was on the I suspect my Life needs "deconstruction" far more than does your sen- bottom rung and stepped down blindly and -- wham! I gotta tence Dick! But I'm glad to know that you are still there, as indomita- admit that it is much nicer to fall on grass than onto a hard floor ble as ever! -- if you have to fall. Had a bone density test run -- last year it was normal -- so I get to see if it still is without any specific meds -- I really LOVE the chocolate calcium supplement -- not difficult to re- Scott Ponton
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ListMania 2003
CONVENTIONS ATTENDED [1]
206 MidWestCon 54 [33]
FANZINES PUBLISHED [4]
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SHORT FICTION READ [14]
Haldeman, Joe - Giza [IASFM 2003 03] Biggle, Jr., Lloyd - The Pristine Planet [Analog 2003 03] Resnick, Mike - Unsafe at Any Speed {article} [Analog 2003 03] Resnick, Mike - Here's Looking at You, Kid [IASFM 2003 04] Sheckley, Robert - Legend of Conquistadors [f&sf 2003 04] Sheckley, Robert - The Refuge Elsewhere (novelet) [f&sf 2003 05] Malzberg, Barry N. - Tripping With the Alchemist (nf) [f&sf 2003 06] Kessel, John - Of New Arrivals, Many Johns, and the Music of the Spheres [f&sf 2003 06] Dern, Daniel P. - For Malzberg It Was They Came [f&sf 2003 06] Malzberg, Barry N. - A Short Religious Novel [F&SF 2003 06; from f&sf 1972 09] Pronzini, Bill & Barry N. Malzberg - A Clone at Last [f&sf 2003 06] Levine, David D. - The Tale of the Golden Eagle [f&sf 2003 06] Killheffer, Robert K.J. - My Week as a PoD Person (nf) [f&sf 2003 07] Eklund, Gordon - Sense of Wonder (novella) [Trap Door 22; 2003 05]
FILMS VIEWED [80]
Monsters, Inc. [2001] [1:32] Dream with the Fishes [1997] [1:37] Pavement [2002] [1:31] Chicago [2003] [1:40] theater Sopranos [Complete 4th Season] Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? [2000] [1:43] Die Another Day [2002] [2:12] Theater Badlands [1973] [1:33] Metropolis [1927; 2002 Restored Version] [2:04] Identity [2003] [1:27] theater Lara Croft - Tomb Raider [2001] [1:40] Welcome to Collinwood [2002] [1:26] Quest For Fire [1981] [1:40] (3) Pitch Black [1999] [1:52] Far From Heaven [2002] [1:47] Theater Dash and Lilly [1999] [1:34] Dark Blue [2002] [1:58] Theater The Piano [1993] [2:01] Taken [2002] [Runtime: 90 Min (10 Episodes)] The Singing Detective [BBC 1986; 6 ep.; 7:30] Two Weeks Notice [2002] [1:41] Theater The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [03][2:00] Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone [01] [2:32] Hit Me [1996] [2:08] Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets [02][2:41] (Jim Thompson's novel A Swell-Looking Babe) Daredevil [2003] [1:43] Theater Joe [1970] [1:45] Reign Of Fire [2002] [1:42] The Hitch-Hiker [1953] [1:11] Donnie Darko [2001] [1:52] A Mighty Wind [2003] [1:31] theater LoTR: The Two Towers [02] [1:59] Theater The Monkey's Mask [2000] [1:31] Cruel Intentions [1999] [1:36] 28 Days Later... [2003] [1:53] + alt ending The Hours [2002] [1:54] Theater Insomnia [1997] [1:37] Adaptation [2002] [1:54] Theater Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle [03] [1:46] Paranoid [2000] [1:33] Matrix, The [ [2:16] (2) Phone Booth [2002] [1:21] Theater Matrix: Reloaded [2003] [2:18] Star Trek: Nemesis [2002] [1:54] Animatrix [2003] [1:29] Salton Sea, The [2002] [1:43] Bend It Like Beckham [2003] [1:53] theater Feeling Minnesota [1996] [1:39] Empire Records [1995] [1:31] State And Main [2000] [1:46] Winged Migration [2001] [1:33] Chasing Amy [1997] [1:53] Blow-Up [1966] [1:51] Original Sin [2000] [1:58] The Killer is Loose [1956] [1:13] Intolerance [1916] [2:58] The Unsuspected [1947] [1:44] (2) The Asphalt Jungle [1950] [1:52] The Case of the Black Cat [1936] [1:05] The Gangs of New York [2002] [2:44] theater A Shot In the Dark [1941] [0:57] The Swap [1969 'Sam's Song'; reshot 1979][1:25] Portrait of Jennie [1948] [1:25] (2) Leaving Las Vegas [1995] [1:52] Cat People [1942] [1:12] (2) Down With Love [2003] [1:35] theater The Curse of the Cat People [1944] [1:10] Goodbye Lover [1998] [1:41] The Glass Key [1942] [1:25]( ) Winter People [1988] [1:51] Dangerous Female [1931] [1:20] X-Men [2000] [1:44] {orig. The Maltese Falcon} Bride of the Wind [2001] Bowling for Columbine [2002] [2:00] The Big Squeeze [1996] [1:47] Waiting for Guffman [1996] [1:24] X2: X-Men United [2003] [2:14] theater Baby Doll [1956] [1:55] Tuck Everlasting [2002] [1:28] Diabolique [1955] [1:56] Sex and the City: First Season [5:00] Jewel Robbery [1932] [1:10] Secretary [2002] [1:51] Whale Rider [2003] [1:41] <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <-> <->