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SF/SF Science Fiction/San Francisco the Nothing Special, Sorta Weekly News Zine for the San Francisco Bay Area SF/SF Science Fiction/San Francisco The nothing special, sorta weekly news zine for the San Francisco Bay Area. Issue 6.1 August 24, 2005 email: [email protected] Editor: Jack Avery TOC of “My zine, my rules.” But also, I get listings to just include events due before the the impression that Americans are much next (planned) publication date. Whereas eLOCs ............................................1-4 more prepared to travel longer distances with an electronic zine, optimized for on- NASFiC GOH................................... 4 than we Brits, so events 100 miles away screen reading, you can just keep repeating LOTR Trillogy Charity Showing .....5-7 might well be of interest. As the saying events every time until they actually SF Browncoats ..............................8-12 goes, “In America, 100 years is a long happen. This makes the whole thing more Cosplay Winners.............................. 12 time. In England, 100 miles is a long comprehensive – and useful. SCA Demo .................................13-14 way.” And this is before we even get to Of course, you are probably looking Water Wars..................................15-19 your rationale of trying to encourage at this letter now and going, “Well, duh, BASFA Minutes ............................... 20 similar events closer to home. yes, that’s how I planned it.” And of course Schedule......................................21-40 It’s only just occurred to me (slow, there are people like Chris Garcia who ruin I know) why SFSF only makes sense in your Cunning Plan(TM) by printing the eLOCs its current format as an electronic zine, thing off anyway. rather than a traditional paper effort. Will anybody be reporting back for Peter Sullivan writes: The first part is obvious – the weekly SFSF from the Scotty/James Doohan frequency. If you were on paper, you’d memorial event at the Edinburgh Castle Thanks for SF/SF #5 – I hope that probably have to shoot for something pub? I don’t know if it’s made the news the weekly frequency isn’t stretching you closer to the 6 to 8 weeks frequency media in the US, but there’s a bit of a too much. I suppose there’s always your that Lloyd Penney is considering for his spat developing over here between various “week 13 vacation” to look forward to! Canadian version. Scottish municipalities over putting up a I think it’s fair enough for you to But there’s a more subtle reason as “memorial” plaque for the Montgomery extend the boundaries of “Bay Area” as well. If you were on paper, you wouldn’t Scott character. (“Memorial” is really the you do. Firstly, there’s the basic principle want to keep repeating the events every wrong word for someone who isn’t due to be (dear to the heart of every fanzine editor) issue. You’d probably need to restrict the born for another 200 years and is fictional 1 anyway, but you know what I mean.) At the And you don’t seriously think I plan anywhere else I can think of. last count, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Elgin and anything around here do you? I’m just flying I have to say to Lloyd: Yes, I CAN LoC Linlithgow were all trying to claim Scotty this ship by the seat of my pants. If something every issue I manage to get ahold of. And if as a “native-to-be-born son.” works, it’s by accident. Far too little thought you do make your once every 6 or 8 week Best wishes, went into this thing before I launched it. Canadian Newzine anytime soon, I’ll be I think they called the Scotty event a there with LoCs! After driving more than 200 miles on “tribute” so that avoids the whole “memorial You should make SF/SF on a schedule. Saturday to attend events and meet people, for somebody not yet born” issue. I hope to You do ten issues (or twelve or whatever) I can tell you that 100 miles is a long ways have a report on it next issue. and then you take a week and come back in America too. I started out by driving from with a vengeance. That’s a really good idea. Santa Rosa, which is about as far north as Chris Garcia writes: I take mini-vacations from The Drink Tank. you can get and still be in the Bay Area, down I sometimes don’t write anything for three through Marin County, across the Richmond/ Why do your issues always look so much or four hours at a time! San Rafael bridge to El Cerito in the East Bay better than mine? I’m guessing it’s some As far as doing an Asian Film Festival, where I stopped off at the SCA’s Pitchfork War. sort of Voodoo curse that’s been placed on I’m not quite ready for the task. Let me Then I drove further down the east side of the me. start my Short Film Festival and get that Bay to Castro Valley where I took some photos To answer Peter Sullivan’s question, working like a machine then I’ll work on it! at the Further Confusion picnic, then down to yeah, I think there’s a higher level of Fan Until then, you should try to enjoy the SF San Jose to stop off at a book store, then back activity in the BArea, but I think that’s not Asian Film Fest and try and catch the Asian up the peninsula to attend the PenSFA party for any reason other than the fact that there films at SF International and Cinequest. in Redwood City, then back up through San are so many folks that have been drawn Genevieve was very excited with this Francisco and across the Golden Gate Bridge here from around the world to work in issue since it was the first she had heard and eventually home. I’m still tired. I had fun, the computer industry. I think someone of Terry Pratchett making his BArea but I don’t think I’ll try that every weekend. once did a look and found that 50% or so appearances. He’s her favourite author While it doesn’t cost me anything to run of folks in BArea fandom were employed and she’s positively buzzing! I’ve made her the complete calendar listing each issue, I’ve in the computer industry and an equal promise to send a report the minute she been thinking that once I finish building the number were originally from somewhere gets back from the events. calendar, I should only run the entire thing else. We’ve got a highly active SCA scene Another great issue with that amazing once a month or so, and only run the next here, two fan clubs of considerable size, calendar. You’re going to end up costing a few weeks’ events in each issue. I wonder if two big cons, a few small cons with staying lot of us a lot of sleep due to knowing what the length of the thing is too unwieldy for my power, and more signings and screenings really going on! readers. of stuff of fannish interest than almost Chris 2 Thanks for the nice compliment on my name: “The Elves, Gnomes, and Little Men Coronet and The Alexandria, while the layout. Since I’m a typesetter by profession, I Science Fiction, Chowder and Marching Four Star has a wispy lifeline at best and hope that I’ve learned a trick or two over the Society”. This group dated back to the 50s could be yanked any day. years about layout and design. In designing and perhaps even earlier, and while I saw Killer Klowns From Outer Space is really the zine, I tried to make my layout as simple, no marching or chowder, there was plenty quite good, considering it was produced clean and readable as possible. I try to keep in of enthusiasm and a good deal of informal with a miniscule budget. Truly earnest mind that most of my readers are only going fun. Meetings were held monthly at various camp is personified by a film likeShowgirls to read it on-screen. That’s why I use really members’ home (Alva Rogers, Ben Stark which graced The Bridge last week. I can’t easy to read fonts. My body copy is in 14-point and Poul Anderson, all gone now) and I wait until Alexander becomes a midnight Adobe Garamond, larger than I’d use for a hung around for a few years, before losing movie staple, which it is clearly destined print zine. I use a landscape format so that interest and detaching myself. for. people can see the whole page on their monitor I don’t know if they are still active. at the same time and so that they don’t have All of which proves there has always Best, to scroll down and back up to read the next been a solid fanbase within San Francisco column. Other than the BASFA minutes, and the surrounding Bay Area. Perhaps Mike Deckinger which are a special case, I try to not have the archetype regional group is LASFS, jumps to other pages. The black bar I use as a residing in the southern part of the state. Mike: header for articles is there to make it easy to If someone wanted to go to the immense Sadly, the Little Men’s seems to be no more. tell where a new article starts when skimming effort, I’m sure a similar core could be They haven’t had a meeting in years.
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