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Arthur C. Clarke: Guest of Honor I HE J OLKA Al THE JOURNAL o f the World Science Fiction Society & P.O.Box 272, Radio City Station, New York 19, N.Y. H PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR: Larry Shaw -• EDITOR: Ron Smith ART EDITOR: Cindy Smith ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: Lin Carter Ss. Cover by Alan Hunter: LANDING ON JUPITER V 3 s * ARTHUR C. CLARKE: GUEST OF HONOR.........by Bill Donaho ' 5 ARTHUR C. CLARKE: AN APPRECIATION......... by James Blish • 9 THE BILTMORE......... ....................... 11 WHY THE BILTMORE........................................ 12 CONVENTION MEMBERS...................................... 13 an eye on the future........................... Illustrations by Terry Jeeves, Dan Adkins and Neil Austin A Footnote On Fun The 1956 Convention in New York is going to be the biggest and most exciting gathering that science fiction fandom has* ever had. That’s not a promise— that’s fact in the making. We in New York have been working on the convention for r over a year now, long before we were even chosen at the Cle- vention in 1955. Representing as we do the heart of science fiction professional activity, our potential is tremendous. Our plans, therefore, are ambitious and complex. The basis for all our plans, however, is simple: let's have fun. No matter how idealistic or pretentious some of our motives for a convention might sound, there’s no denying that the principal reason for the gathering is to have a good time. And that’s what we're doing our best to guarantee you. The first step was to find the best facilities to make the affair friendly and enjoyable. The second was to give you a weekend in New York at low cost. The Biltmore answers both requirements. In addition, however, the Biltmore will fulfill our intangible but important desire for "class" or "respec­ tability". This convention is not only going to be plenty of fun, it7 s going to be something each one of us will be proud of. Our plans are continuing to take form. You can be certain that each of us will do our best to make your convention a success— an outstanding success. All we need now is your enthusiasm. Put a red circle around the Labor Day weekend date on your calendar. Look forward to those days as one of the best vacations of your life. Urge your friends to be there. Write letters and talk it up. It? s going to be a real party and we want you all to be there! — David Kyle, Chairman A rth u r C. Clarke Guest of Honor o h a n o d l l i b CLASS OF snivict SYMBOLS This is ■ full-rate DL-Day Letter Telegram or Cable- WESTERN T T ( 2 5 ) « ..( 9 1 4 AM JAN 28 56) symbol above ot pre' iDARD TIME at point of destination »=SYB 009 BA145 B CDU502 2 4 PD IN T L-C D COLOMBOPO V IA WUCABLES 2 8 1 120s IW P D M POTSDAM ( NY )■ IN V IT A T IO N ACCEPTED WITH GRATITUDE LETTER FOLLOWS IF I SURVIVE TOMORROWS F IR S T INTRODUCTION TO CEYLONESE SHARKS: ^ARTHUR CLARKE; 4 BILL DQNAHO Arthur C. C larke i s one o f the m ost popular s c ie n c e f i c t i o n w r it e r s . Not o n ly d oes h is v e r s a t i l e w r itin g command wide r e s p e c t, but he i s a ls o p e r s o n a lly lik e d throughout fandom. Whatever p a r t o f th e cou n try he i s in , i f he i s among oth er fa n s , th e r e alw ays seems, to be a p a rty goin g on. And on. And on. H is p u b lish e d works in c lu d e : ( n o n - f ic t io n ) INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT, THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE (a B ook-of-the-M onth Club s e l e c t i o n ) , THE EXPLORATION OF THE MOON, and THE YOUNG TRAV­ ELLER IN SPACE; ( s c ie n c e f i c t i o n ) PRELUDE TO SPACE, THE SANDS OF MARS, EXPEDITION TO EARTH, and EARTHLIGHT; (fa n ta s y and/or mood p ie c e s ) AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT and many s t o r ie s in a n th o lo g ie s ; ( o f f - b e a t n o v e l) CHILDHOOD'S END; ( j u v e n ile ) ISLANDS IN THE SKY; (sc h e d u le d fo r p u b lic a tio n t h is y e a r ) THE COAST OF CORAL ( n o n - f ic t io n ) , THE CITY AND THE STARS, and REACH FOR TOMORROW. B e sid e s a l l t h i s th e r e are numerous papers on e le c t r o n ic s , a p p lie d m ath em atics, astronom y and a s tr o n a u tic s w hich have appeared in such p e r io d ic a ls as W ir e le ss World. E le c tr o n ic E n g in e e r in g , Wlj.£l.?gg. E n g in eer, Journal o£ th e B r it is h A g r o ­ nom ical A s s o c ia tio n , Journal' o f th e B r it is h In te r p la n e ta r y S o c ie t y . Tha A erop lan e, and F l i g h t . In a d d itio n , Mr. C larke has p u b lish e d about 100 a r t i c l e s and sh o r t s t o r i e s in P ic tu r e P o s t. C o llie r ’s . Seventeen, I l l u s ­ t r a t e d , E verybody' s . L i l l l p u t . A rgosy. Saturday R ev iew rH o I- id a y . New York Tim es. D a lly T eleg ra p h . R eader' s D ig e s t, e t c . And, as i f t h is were n o t enough fo r one man, he has w r it­ ten and appeared in about 50 ra d io and TV program s, has had two p la y s t e le v is e d and one s to r y film e d . What s o r t o f a background has en ab led a (ahem) lo w ly B r it is h e r to a cco m p lish a l l th is ? Arthur C. C larke was born December 16, 1917, a t K inehead, S om erset, E ngland. He a tte n d e d M ulsh's Grammar School in Taunton and K in g 's C o lle g e in London. In 1936 he en te r e d the C iv il S e r v ic e and sp en t f i v e y e a r s as an A uditor in His Maj­ e s t y ' s Exchequer and A udit D epartm ent. From 1941 to 1946 he was in th e R .A .F . where he was te c h n ic a l o f f ic e r in charge of th e f i r s t ex p erim en ta l Ground C o n tr o lle d Approach radar dur­ in g i t s t r i a l in E ngland. F o llo w in g the w ar, Mr. C larke g o t h is d eg ree in p h y sic s and pure and a p p lie d m a th em atics, w ith f i r s t c la s s h on ors. A fte r h is g ra d u a tio n he was on the s t a f f o f th e I n s t it u t io n o f E le c t r ic a l E n gin eers as A s s is ta n t E d itor o f S c ie n c e Ab­ s t r a c t s u n t il in 1951 he became a f u l l tim e w r ite r . There i s a ra th er f u l l l i s t o f o u ts id e a c t i v i t i e s to o . He was Chairman of th e B r it is h I n te r p la n e ta r y S o c ie ty in 1946-7 and 1 9 5 0 -3 , Chairman o f th e I n te r n a tio n a l A str o n a u tic a l Fed­ e r a tio n C ongress in London in 1951, and Chairman and o rg a n izer of th e Third Symposium on S p a c e -F lig h t sponsored by the Hay­ den P lan etariu m and American Museum o f N atural H isto ry in New York in 1954.
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