The Committee for Boston in 1980 is bidding to hold the 1980 Eastern Zone Worldcon in Boston, Massachusetts. We feel that we offer the most capable committee and the best facilities and we hope that, after reading this flyer, you will agree. You can join us as a Pre-Supporting member by sending $1.00 or more to us at Post Office Box 714, Boston, MA 02102. (We are also accepting Pre-Opposing memberships for $2.00 or more.) Pre-Supporting and Pre-Opposing members of Boston in 1980 will get a dollar credit toward registration at the 1980 Worldcon if we win.

Our Philosophy How To Vote We believe that the Worldcon belongs to the fans, The site and committee of the 1980 World Science not to the Con Committee, and that the Committee Fiction Convention will be chosen two years in advance holds the Convention in trust for fandom. This imposes by the members of Iguanacon, the 1978 Worldcon, which certain unwritten obligations on the Committee: the will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, over Labor Day traditions must be followed and innovations should be weekend. made only to enhance — not disrupt — the Convention. You can become a Supporting Member of Iguana- In short, the Committee is responsible to fandom for con by sending $7.00 to running the Worldcon right. Iguanacon Now, every fan has his or her own definition of P. O. Box 1072 what “right” is. We don’t feel that the Committee should Phoenix, AZ 85001 select one or another, but should try to encompass all of This entitles you to receive their publications and to these feelings of what a Worldcon should be. In partic­ nominate and vote for the Hugo awards. ular, there should be no attempt to exclude any aspect of If you can travel to Phoenix and want to attend fandom. And in order to be responsive to the needs of the festivities in person, you have to pay a little more to fandom, it is essential that the Committee maintain become an Attending Member. Attending Membership prompt and open communications with the Convention rates are $15.00 until the end of 1977, $20.00 in 1978, and membership. will be higher if you join at the convention itself. This is the kind of Worldcon we want to put on for You must be either a Supporting or Attending you. We have enjoyed running Worldcons and Regionals Member of Iguanacon in order to vote for the 1980 site in the past, and we believe we have demonstrated our selection. Voters have the choice of sending in a mail enthusiasm and ability. Of course we will make mis­ ballot or voting in person at Iguanacon. At the time that takes — that is inevitable. But we can admit our mis­ you vote, you will also be required to pay a small amount takes and work to correct them. With fandom’s help, to be credited toward your membership in the 1980 con­ we’re willing to do our damnedest to make the 1980 vention, whichever committee wins. Worldcon the best ever. We’ll be working/or you — and with you. August 1977 The HOTEL difficulty.) The Massachusetts Turn­ BOSTON pike (1-90) passes under part of the Pru­ Our hotel is the Sheraton-Boston, Boston, founded in 1630, has pres­ dential Center and has an exit right erved many of its older buildings and is the flagship hotel of the Sheraton chain. there. The hotel provides reduced-rate Since it hosted Noreascon, the 1971 a fine city just to walk around in. A 25science fiction conventions. Paul Revere House, the old and new center and only three miles from the State Houses, Faneuil Hall, and the Because of this past experience, we hotel. Limousines run between the know that the hotel staff enjoys work­ Granary and Copp’s Hill Burial Grounds. hotel and the airport every half hour For culture, pick up a copy of the ing with fans and is familiar with the and the current fare is $2.50. There is needs of a science fiction convention. weekly Real Paper, and check out the also a convenient public transportation scores of listings each week of legit­ They know what a Worldcon is all about system that will get you from the air­ and are looking forward to hosting imate, repertory, and college theatre, port to a subway stop by the hotel for concerts, lectures, poetry readings, and another one. only 50Fantasy during cons. The Hynes has an auditorium that Book Store and the Million Year Picnic Although we expect that the Sher­ seats 5,161 people along with an addi­ for comics. Bookstores abound in the aton will provide enough sleeping rooms tional 120,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space. It Boston/Cambridge area, and there are for all attendees, any overflow can has 23 permanent or modular meeting many long-established used book stores easily be accommodated in the 1,300 rooms, plenty of utilities, and a floor such as George Gloss’s Brattle Book additional sleeping rooms to be found loading capacity that would allow a Shop. In addition to Newbury Street in other hotels within a two-block huckster to have five tons of books at already mentioned, shopping oppor­ radius. his table. Both the Hynes and the tunities include downtown Boston’s Sheraton have convenient off-street department stores and Filene’s Base­ Getting There loading docks for hucksters and ex­ ment (scene of carnage, death, and hibitors, and one of the Hynes ele­ super bargains), the Charles Street The hotel is in the Prudential antique shops, and the newly-renov­ Center in Boston’s Back Bay area, and vators, with a 48' by 14' 8" platform, would accommodate the biggest elevat­ ated Quincy Market near Faneuil Hall is convenient to all the usual forms of or party ever. (where the Walrus and the Carpenter transportation. (Fans arriving on horse­ serves the freshest oysters in town). back or by space shuttle may have some Just beyond the Quincy Market is the Near The Hotel un-renovated Haymarket, where meat The Sheraton-Boston Hotel and markets and pushcart produce vendors What is a Worldcon? the Hynes Auditorium are located in are thronged every Friday and Satur­ the Prudential Center — a modern day. The market area also contains the Once a year, thousands of complex of stores, offices, and apart­ famous Durgin-Park restaurant, which science fiction fans gather at a ments with its own underground park­ offers huge portions of plain New World Science Fiction Convention ing garage. The Pru also contains a 24- England food served family-style by where they get to know each hour supermarket, a liquor store, bran­ absolutely unbelievable waitresses. other, meet the professionals in ches of Brentano’s Book Store, Saks Nearby is the North end, a very ethnic the field, hear talks and panel dis­ Fifth Avenue, and Lord & Taylor, Italian neighborhood with many fine cussions, give out the Hugo awards, twenty-two other stores, a 50-story- restaurants. And don’t forget China­ watch movies, wear costumes, buy high observation deck, and an excellent town! The waterfront is another inter­ books and art, and a hundred other multi-media show called “Where’s Bos- esting area with an excellent Aquar­ things — but most of all, they have tonn?”. ium, a replica of the Boston Tea Party fun. In contrast to most regional On Boylston Street, which borders ship, the real U.S.S. Constitution, and science fiction conventions, which the Pru, you will find lots of eating lots of old wharfs to explore. You can are run by local groups and are places ranging from Jewish delis to take a harbor cruise that stops at usually held in the same area each Chinese cafeterias to creperies — plus George’s Island, a state park with a year, the World Science Fiction book stores, movie theatres, camera Revolutionary War fort. If you like Convention changes its site each stores, the Jazz Workshop, and the parks, you could visit the Boston Com­ year so that fans everywhere will Institute for Contemporary Art. Boyl­ mon, ride the Swan Boats in the Public have a chance to participate. The ston Street is the axis of Boston’s Back Gardens, watch the sailboats from the rules governing the Worldcon Bay, with its elegant Newbury Street Charles River Esplanade, or venture specify that it will generally rotate shops, art galleries, fine restaurants further to the Fenway, where Boston­ through three North American (like the Cafe Budapest, The Hermit­ ians have been farming in community zones (Western, Central, and East­ age, and Casa Romero), the Boston “victory” gardens since World War II. ern), but that sites outside of North Public Library, Trinity Church, the Boston has an incredible array of America are also eligible to bid for Christian Science Mother Church, Sym­ restaurants — from excellent seafood the Worldcon in any year. phony Hall, the YMCA, and the Back places (hint: the freshest seafood is Bay Railroad Station. found at the least pretentious restau­ England SF Association. George vali­ rants — like the “No Name” down on dated the Hugo nominations for Sun- Fish Pier), to a wealth of ethnic cuisines Con along with Drew Whyte and Jerry The — Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Boyajian. In mundane life he’s a chem­

Hungarian — even Russian and Kor­ ist, co-author of one published textbook Committee ean. And those among you not intox­ and another coming out Real Soon icated by the city can choose from Now. elegant lounges to sing-along Irish Treasurer Jill Eastlake entered pubs. The current legal drinking age is fandom with the Newton South High 18 and drinks may be served on Sunday, School SF Club in 1969. She joined the

although package stores must be closed

New England SF Association in 1970 for then. Enjoy, enjoy. and has served as its Treasurer, Clerk,

Sales Chairman, Archivist, and Librar­ Boston New England ian. She was in charge of the publica­ If you have a day or two to spend in tion of two Boskone Books, Homebrew Boston before or after the con, there by Poul Anderson and Viewpoint by

Ben Bova. Jill has worked on Boskones

are many nearby towns you can ex­ in 7 through 15, serving as head of

plore. To the north, Rockport and Gloucester are picturesque fishing ports registration for 8, head of Logistics for 9, 1980 and summer artists’ colonies, and in Treasurer of 10, Co-Chairman of 11, Co­ Treasurer of 12, chief of headquarters

Salem you can visit the House of Seven Gables and the Witch Museum. To the for 13, and Chairman of 15. Her normal occupation is operating computers at ★

west, Concord and Lexington offer the Digital Equipment Corporation’s In­ Minute Man National Historical Park, Post the Old North Bridge, Walden Pond, formation Processing Center, making and the Emerson House. Two excellent her a Spacehound of IPC.

re-creations of early American village Tony Lewis, Fellow of the British Office life are Old Sturbridge Village in south- Interplanetary Society, has been a central Massachusetts and Plimouth member of the Science Fiction Book

Plantation just an hour’s drive south of Club since 1952. In 1957 he joined the Boston. MIT SF Society and served as Onseck Box If a somewhat longer time is at and First of Libcomm for many years.

your disposal, there are many beautiful He was one of the founding members of 714 vacation areas in New England: Cape the New England SF Association and

Cod National Seashore, the islands of served as its first President. (He has

Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, also been its Clerk and is the magazine ★

Acadia National Park on the rugged compiler for The NESFA Index.) He Maine coast, the lake district of New chaired Boskone 7 (1970) and Boskone Boston, Hampshire, the Green Mountains of 14 (1977), arranging for it to snow on Vermont, and the Berkshires of Massa­ Sunday each time. He also edited chusetts. Stroon, was active in TAPA, and helped

We hope you will have a chance to organize the Houston SF Society in Massachusetts visit some of these fascinating places 1968. Tony also found time to be US when you come to Boston in 1980. Agent for EuroCon I and the Britain in ’79 bid. He chaired the 29th World The COMMITTEE Science Fiction Convention (Noreas­ con) and was a leading light of the High- Chairman Leslie Turek has been more in ’76 bidding committee. active in fandom since 1965, having worked on Boskones every year since Harry Stubbs was a founding mem­

ber of the New England SF Association Boskone 1. In 1966 and 1967, she was co­ 02102 editor of the MIT SF Society’s fanzine, and is the Lord of the Wings for their Twilight Zine, in 1969 she was chair­ Aerospace Cadets. He is a member of man of Boskone 6, and she worked on First Fandom and was in the Strangers

Noreascon in 1971. Between 1973 and Club. Harry served as Treasurer of the ★

1975 she ran the Boskone Art Show and Noreascon committee until his novel, Star Light, was nominated for the transformed it from its modest begin­ United nings into the largest and most popular Hugo. Under his pen name, Hal east coast art show. Her most recent Clement, his accomplishments are too fannish project was editing and produc­ numerous to mention. ing The Noreascon Proceedings. In real

Ann McCutchen joined the New States life, Leslie is a computer programmer England SF Association in 1972, only at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory and has fifteen years after discovering Science numerous hobbies, including horse­ Fiction. She was its Treasurer for two

back riding, gardening, and cooking

years and ran its Sales Committee for of and eating good food.

one year. In addition to working on Secretary George Flynn has been each Boskone Art Show for the past America in fandom since 1969. Currently he is a five years, she was Treasurer of Bos­ moderately active fanzine letterhack, kone 11, Co-Chairman of Boskone 12, is in four apas, and gets to all the cons he and in charge of at-the-con registration can afford. He worked on Boskones 11 at Boskone 14. She will be Treasurer for through 14, was Treasurer of the last Boskone 15 as a change of pace. two, and is also Treasurer of the New Jim Hudson entered fandom at 1978 MiniCon and is a little, brown, John Houghton was co-chief of Noreascon in 1971. He was Co-Treasur- designing female for a well known headquarters for Boskone 10 and in er of Boskone 12, Co-Chairman of Bos- Boston publishing company. charge of Logistics for Boskones 11 and kone 13, Treasurer and Clerk of the Spike MacPhee ownes and manag­ 12. He is a former Top Dog of the IPC New England SF Association, and is es the Science Fantasy Book Store Spacehounds. John was Chairman of now its President. He is interested in all (Boston’s SF Store) and Paratime Press, Lexicon 3 and is a member of the sides of convention running, particul­ publishers. He has worked on several Appalachian Mountain Club. arly in doing things efficiently, since Boskones and was a co-winner of the Paula Lieberman is an active con that’s less work in the long run. In real Bill Rotsler Award (which he blames attendee and was in charge of registra­ life he does research on garbage and on David Stever) at the TorCon II sewage, paid for by your tax dollar. tion for Boskone 11. She is now a lieu­ masquerade. tenant in the US Air Force. Paula is one Bill Carton has run well-received Seth Breidbart has been attending of the two members of the Committee film programs at the last three Bos- cons since 1969. He has been in charge to live outside the east Worldcon rota­ kones and served as Co-Chairman of of discussion groups at Boskone and tion zone, in Colorado Springs, Color­ Lexicon 5 and 6. He is Technical Direc­ worked on Boskones, Disclaves, Tor- ado, and is one of our more secure tor for the New England SF Associa­ Con II, DisCon II, Big MAC, etc. Seth members, being stationed inside Chey­ tion’s audio-visual projects, has been actually reads science fiction and has enne Mountian. their Vice-President for two years, and been doing so since discovering it in is a licensed projectionist. While at the Donald Eastlake was Co-Chairman first grade. He is authorized to run of Boskone 11 and three-term Presi­ Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Bill franchised Sleezycon parties and now started the annual TechniCon series of dent of the New England SF Associa­ lives in Santa Barbara, California, tion, of which he is now Clerk. He has conventions now in their fifth year. He making him one of the two Committee is presently an electronic designer in been in charge of its Sales Committee. members outside the east WorldCon He works as the Operations Manager the Semiconductor Testing Division of rotation zone. Teradyne in Boston. for Computer Corporation of Amer­ Ellen Franklin is a Tru Fan — she ica’s Sponsored Research Division. Suford Lewis has read andcollect- hasn’t started reading science fiction John Spert has worked on The ed SF from the age of 9 and been in fan­ yet but concentrates on mysteries and NESFA Index and Boskones for several dom since the early 60’s when she was a romances. As a costume, art, and cat years. He will be co-chief of Logistics member of LASFS and minor fanzine fan, Ellen has been active in the New for Boskone 15. He is a former Top Dog letterhack. In the Boston area for col­ England SF Association and Boskone of the Spacehounds of IPC. lege, she joined the MIT SF Society and since 1971. She was in charge of head­ was on hand for the formation of the Kath Horne, who started reading quarters for Boskone 12, co-chaired science fiction in second grade, was Co- New England SF Association as well as Boskone 13, and was program manager the bidding for Noreascon on which she Chairman of Lexicon 5 and 6. She was for Boskone 14. Ellen also worked on in charge of pre-con registration for worked. She is a founding member of last year’s BaltiCon Art Show. She “organized” Georgette Heyer fandom Boskone 14, worked on the Art Show at rides in Gharlane of Eddore’s own Boskone 11, and was Assistant Manager and a costume fan. She is enough of a Boskonian Cavalry and played a major Trekkie to write for Spockanalia and of the Art Show at Boskone 12. In real role in the creation of Marshmallow life, Kath is into computers and man­ enough of a comics fan to collect Fandom. Spiderman. Suford has been Clerk, ages to work on needlecraft projects in Vice-President, and President of the David Stever has been active in her “spare time”. New England SF Association. She is a MinneAPA,APA-45, and A PA:NESFA. Jerry Boyajian, AKA The Mad member of cat fandom and horse fan­ He has been editor of Proper Boskon­ ian, was co-chief of the Boskone 12 Armenian, has worked on The NESFA dom, chaired Boskone 10 and the Art Index and Boskones for many years. He Shows at Boskone 13 and 14. headquarters crew, and in charge of helper recruitment and assignment for was a Hugo awards nomination validat­ or for SunCon. He has been active in Drew Whyte is the anthology com­ Boskone 14. David was Co-Chairman of piler and annotator for The NESFA Wintercon 2, writes Iocs and an occa­ APA:NESFA and is presently in Minni- Index. He was a Hugo awards nomin­ sional fanzine article, and is a Space­ APA. Jerry is a Spacehound of IPC in ation validator for SunCon and has hound of IPC. the “real world” and works part-time compiled bibliographical information as Manager of the Science Fantasy for Boskone program books for many R. Terry McCutchen was Co-Chair­ Bookstore. man of Boskone 12 and ran Wintercon 3. years. Some of his work as an encyclo­ Mike Saler is the Collator of APA: pedic student and indexer of the SF and He has been Chairman of the New Eng­ NESFA, a member of the Rhode Island land SF Association’s Index Production Fantasy field is seen in Galileo mag­ SF Association Players, and founder of azine. Committee for three years. He was in the New England SF Association’s charge of films for Boskone 11 and Log­ John Turner was co-chief of head­ Navy. He also served as Chairman of istics for Boskones 13 and 14. He will be the Concord, MA in 1980 Committee, quarters for Boskone 10, hotel liaison co-chief of Logistics for Boskone 15. for Boskone 11, in charge of registration and learned the ins and outs of World­ Terry worked on art show hangings con bidding through putting on a suc­ for Boskones 12 and 13, and in charge of and was in charge of computer games at headquarters for Boskone 14. He is an DisCon II. cessful presentation at the Alternative avid listener for short wave radio and Worldcon seminar at Boskone 14. works in distress analysis for Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. Krissy still reigns as the New Eng­ land SF Association’s Feline Deity. Her vast amounts of fannish ambition are sometimes matched by equal amounts of laziness. Krissy was Co-Chairman of BOSTON IN 1980 Wintercon 2, did the book design for A Time When by Anne McCaffrey, and Post Office Box 714 ★ Boston, Massachusetts 02102 massacred The HAB Theory (see S. F. R. 21'). Krissy will be toastmaster at the * United States of America ★