OLIEn WORLDS

EDITED AND PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA BY PAUL COLLINS. Featuring original stories by such authors as A.BERTRAM CHANDLER,DAVID LAKE,JACK WODHAMS,WYNNE WHITEFORD,JOHN CLARK,CHERRY WILDER,ROB GERRAND and others. This is the third collection edited by Paul Collins following ENVISAGED WORLDS, and OTHER WORLDS.We will be featuring a full review next issue of ASFN, but our sources report that this is an even better collection that the previous two volumes. Publication is scheduled for May 1979. RRP $11.95

THE LUCK OF

Edited by Paul Collins Including original science fiction by Australia’s top writers....

THE LUCK OF BRIRS FIUE

BY CHERRY WILDER was published this month in both cased and limp editions ,by Angus and Robertson in Australia.The author was born in New Zealand but spent most of her life in Australia .She is now living in West Germany with her husband Horst Grimm and her two daughters. The novel is one of those written with children in mind ,but will also be read and enjoyed by adults , as so often happens in the science fiction and fantasy field.An interesting alien environment is the setting for an adventure featuring a space explorer from Earth who crash lands his spaceship on the planet Torin and is befriended by some of the children of the planets natural inhabitants. Cloth edition:$9.95 Limp edition:$5.95 'GANDALF' BOOK LENGTH FANTASY

THE COURTS OF CHAOS - Roger Zelazny (Doubleday, Faber) GLORIANA by Michael Moorcock (Allison The following items will appear on the PROFESSIONAL ARTIST 44-71 and Busby,Avon,Fontana) final Hugo ballot for material published SAINT CAMBER by Katherine Kurtz in 1978.Counting and verification were VINCENT DI FATE (Del Rey) performed by David Pringle of the Science STEPHEN FABIAN THE STAND by Stephen King (Doubleday Fiction Foundation in England.473 ballots DAVID HARDY New English Library) were recieved ;the spread of nominations BORIS VALLEJO THE WHITE DRAGON by Anne McCaffrey are shown after each category . MICHAEL WHELAN QDel Rey,Sidgewick and Jackson) Voting forms are on their way to members PROFESSIONAL EDITOR 52-150 (The WHITE DRAGON in my opinion should of The 37th WORLD SF CONVENTION-SEACON not be on the Fantasy list, and the now. If you are not a member but wish to JAMES BAEN (Ace Books,Destinies) neadens who nominated -it should leann vbte for the HUGOS,you can become a non­ BEN BOVA (Analog,Omni) the diffenance between SF and Fantasy. attending member for $10.Australian agent TERRY CARR(Universe,The Year's Best SF, By alt definitions WHITE DRAGON is Robin Johnson P.O.Box A491,Sydney South, (Year's Finest Fantasy) definitely SF and not F. N.S.W. 2000. EDWARD FERMAN (F&SF) GEORGE SCITHERS (Isaac Asimov's SFM) The nominations othenwise hold no NOVEL 61-90 gneat suApnises .but I pensonaity hoped FANZINE______26-71 and thought, that CHRIS FOSS would make BLIND VOICES by Tom Reamy (Berkley - the best antist ZZdi.M.B.) Putnam) JANUS ed.Jan Bogstad & Jeanne Gomoll DREAMSNAKE by Vonda McIntyre (Houghton MAYA ed.Rob Jackson The SEACON Hugo Subcommittee urge all Miflin.Gollancz) MOTA ed.Terry Hughes members to get their votes in and make THE FADED SUN: KESRITH by C.J.Cherryh SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW ed.Richard E. this a truly representative vote ,for (DAW,SFBC,Galaxy Feb-May) Geis the most popular people .stories and UP THE WALLS OF THE WORLD by James FAN WRITER 24-61 publications. Tiptree Jr (Berkley/Putnam , (I feel that I must make one comment on Gollancz) RICHARD E.GEIS WORLD CONVENTION non-attending member­ THE WHITE DRAGON by Anne McCaffrey LEROY KETTLE (Del Rey .Sidgewick & Jackson) ships.For the last two or three years I DAVE LANGFORD have paid a non-attending membership for BOB SHAW the dubious privilige of voting for the NOVELLA 31-182 D.WEST HUGO AWARDS.I did not even recieve copies of the programme booklets.The least a ENEMIES OF THE SYSTEM by Brian Aldiss ' FAN ARTIST 24-64 (F&SF,June ,J.Cape) con-com can do is provide a booklet, otherwise I think non-attending members FIRESHIP by Joan Vinge (Analog Dec) JIM BARKER are just being ripped -off.M-b') THE PERSISTANCE OF VISION by John HARRY BELL Varley (F&SF,March,Hal 1 of the ALEXIS GILLILAND Martian Kings-Futura) BILL ROTSLER THE SCI-FI CONTROVERSY SEVEN AMERICAN NIGHTS by Gene Wolfe STU SHIFFMAN (Orbit 20 ed.Damon Knight:Harper Those are the ten categories of the An old (>fuie.nd of nine fnom Bangon Pa.,USA, and Row) HUGO AWARDS proper.Charles Brown said Vn Remsen T. Schenck, sent me the following THE WATCHED by Christopher Priest that LOCUS was to be treated as a clipping fnom the Miami Henald of the (F&SF,April) professional magazine otherwise it 2Sth of, FebnuaAu 1979.1 night add that as NOVELETTE 34-57 would have appeared on the Fanzine list. much as I agn.ee with the Idea that science The following awards are not part of fiction fandom should encourage a little THE BARBIE MURDERS by John Varley the Hugos ,but are administered by mone sophisticated image of the genn.e,the (IASFM,Jan/Feb ) SEACON. fuss oven, this tenm Is quite hilanious .1 hope you agn.ee with me. M.8. THE DEVIL YOU DON'T KNOW by Dean Ing THE JOHN W.CAMPBELL AWARD 15-54 HUNTER'S MOON by Poul Anderson THE BODY sociologic is reduc­ (Analog ,Nov) This award is given in Honour of the ible to two kinds of persons: Those THE MAN WHO HAD NO IDEA by Thomas M. famous editor of ASTOUNDING/ANALOG , who use the term ’sci-fi" when Disch(F&SF,Oct) who did more to help and encourage speaking of science fiction and those MIKAL'S SONGBIRD by Orson Scott Card new writers than any other editor.Thus who do not. The term first popped up (Analog,May) this award is given to new writers in in the early 1950s or thereabouts as the field. sort of a goof on ’hi-fi', which was SHORT STORY______30-50 STEPHEN DONALDSON (The Chronicles of then coming into some currency, and Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever:Holt, CASSANDRA by C.J.Cherryh (F&SF,Oct) was quickly renounced by everyone Rinehart & Winston,Ballantine,Fontana COUNT THE CLOCK THAT TELLS THE TIME except Joe Dumb, the same individual CYNTHIA FELICE ("Longshanks":Galileo by Harlan Elision (Omni,Dec.) who refers Co San Francisco as Jan 77;Godsfire,Pocket Books) STONE by Edward Bryant (F&SF,Feb) "Frisco". Persons who say 'sci-fi1' JAMES P.HOGAN (Inherit the Stars:Del THE VERY SLOW TIME MACHINE by Ian reveal themselves to be half-wits Rey ) Watson (Anticipations,edited by who do not belong in your home and BARRY LONGYEAR ('The Tryouts":Future Christopher Priest:Faber, social set. The correct diminutive, Scribner's) Pastimes ed Scott Edelstein; of course, is either ’sf’ or ’SF’, A Different Light:Berkley) VIEW FROM A HEIGHT by Joan D.Vinge each of which is pronounced ’ess-eff’ CHARLES SHEFFIELD ("What Song the Sirens (Analog,Sep) as opposed to ’sssf’ . Hie class Sang": Galaxy .April 77;etc) struggle against persons who say DRAMATIC PRESENTATION 62-137 Owing to a tie in nominations,six names ’sci-fi’ goes on to this day, most appear in this list instead of the recently via the editor of OMNI, the HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY new science fact-and-fiction magazine. (BBC:Radio 4) usual five. BEN BOVA is his name, and he has just THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 'GANDALF' GRAND MASTER of FANTASY written an entire article on the (United Artists) subject and sold it to a main-stream LORD OF THE RINGS (United Artists) RAY BRADBURY publication in order to educate the SUPERMAN (Columbia-EMI-Warner) URSULA LE GUIN proletariat. The magazine thanked WATERSHIP DOWN (Cinema Internat Corp.) MICHAEL MOORCOCK Bova very much and sent him a check JACK VANCE marked for ’sci-fi article.’ 2 ROGER ZELAZNY ERSTEREON 1979

EASTERCON '79 was held at the Sheraton MB ROBIN JOHNSON and A.BERTRAM CHANDLER Hotel in Melbourne over the weekend of April 13th to 16th .The Guest of Honour was CHRIS JOHNSTON Artist Captain* A. BERTRAM CHANDLER , and the Fan Guest KEITH CURTIS. night,was the screening of one of the worst The program got under way with a slide show films I have ever seen , and one of the very of sf fans and previous convention scenes, few I have walked out of before it was over, presented and narrated by John Foyster.I THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. did not see much of it myself ,but judging SATURDAY started off with a GUFF Slave from the roars of laughter the item was a MB Auction which raised only about $10,and very popular one. this is not surprising when you consider One of the highlights of the EASTERCON This was followed by the Guest of Honour that John Foyster,John Alderson and was the panel on WOMEN IN SCIENCE FICTION Captain Chandler being introduced and Paul Stevens masquerading as Eric Lindsay The panel included Helen Swift,Christine interviewed by Robin Johnson .In amongst were the auctioned .The book auction was Ashby,Adrienne Losin.Jean Webster,Valma the inevitable humorous anecdotes ,we a great success for DUFF and GUFF,and I Brown and the lone male Marc Ortleib. heard how the theme of the Grimes series believe about $300 was raised for the fan. They observed that women have been treat­ came into being ,and details of recently funds altogether over the con.Bi11 ed very poorly .being plot devices rather completed and future projects . Rotsler's name tags sold very well. than main characters ,and achieving very little accept gaining the male. The work of one of the most colourful and ELIZABETH and PETER DARLING conducted a popular writers in the sf field,JACK VANCE discussion on SF on TV .illustrated by Even the women authors themselves inclu­ was discussed by a panel including the drawingsby Elizabeth,and based on the ding top names like LeGuin.have done died in the wool Vance addict Rob Gerrand, comments and questions of her students.This little to broaden the role of women in Bert Chandler, and John Foyster. In sharp item reaffirmed my opinions on most of the their stories.David Grigg told the panel contrast to his writing,Jack Vance was rubbish dished up to us on the box ,and made that he believes that male authors find reported to be rather conservative .whose me realise that children can be much more it hard to produce believable female pursuits included carpentary and yachting. critical than adults.The producers of TV characters .Literature in general does He has consistanly remained one of the top programs try to tell us that they are only not help very much as most of this is writers and his current works such as WYST making what they have proved that people male dominated. ALASTOR .continue to meet his high standards want to see.It seems to me that the average However a change of attitude,in particular box watcher accepts what is dished up Vonda McIntyre's latest novel DREAMSNAKE to the political and sociological problems because he does not know there is, or there is the best example of a female character of the world , is quite evident according could be, anything better . who acts and thinks like a women,but to the panel. He has developed a universe few other books treat women as women. BRUCE GILLESPIE and CHARLES TAYLOR spoke of human colonised world of infinite var­ Most readable sf has no particular about SF worth reading.The merits of the iety .with very successful results . regard for the roles of women or men . various leading authors were discussed , Few deliberately are sexist with intent, Bert Chandler pointed out that it was from and some idea was given as to why these but the John Norman 'Gor' series is no the authors point of view a good idea to authors are so popular.Notable ommisions doubt the most blatent. develope a theme such as Vance has done from a top ten list were argued about , with the 'Alastor'series, and he himself which pointed out that it is very hard to Bert Chandler finally summed up with a has done with 'Grimes' series.The only time agree on a top ten . question , that shouldn't we treat women he has attempted to break away,with the People do tend to find an author and follow as they are? Think about that one. BITTER PILL for instance ,the results have through on all his writing ,but in so doing not been a great success. He is still miss some of the best stories, because they LEE EDMONDS and PAUL STEVENS got together very keen to write an alternative world will not bother reading a new story by an and reminisced about'their' Melbourne novel featuring a war of independance in author they read and previously disliked. SF fandom.The early days in the 1950's Australia .with Ned Kelly as the leader/ Few conclusions were reached by this disc­ were ignored in this supposed history of Melbourne Fandom ,and it was evident that figurehead.He is currently researching ussion,but one obvious point was that any only what happened from 1966 on was of the subject in detail,and was very pleased recommended reading list should be approached any interest to anybody.Apart from that, to score a biography on Ned Kelly in the from the point of view of individual stories, Paul Stevens was at his Tunny' best and convention auction later on. rather than authors. the audience enjoyed this trip into JACK HERMAN by the way is conducting d PAUL STEVENS was next up on the program 'Some of Our Yesterdays'. survey of the Sydney Science Fiction speaking about science fiction films.A Foundation on this very subject, and talk which developed into a discussion on SUNDAY morning started off with the would be very pleased to receive letters the various plots for sf films,and the ways Auction conducted by Keith Curtis.The from interested people listing your that they could be made. carefully selected items included a choice of the following: number of rare items; books,magazines, MARC ORTLEIB followed with a discussion on 10 Most favourite authors fanzines,artwork,some rather question­ fanzines , which was presented in a highly 10 .. sf novels able glossy magazines,John Alderson's humorous way and went down very well. 10 .. fantasy novels wine for GUFF of course,and some very 10 .. stories In the evening the STAR TREK fans conducted beautifully painted round stones 5 .. series a panel game which everybody appreciated. depicting small dragons emerging from This was followed by the PAUL STEVEN'S Jack Herman's address is: eggs.The Anne McCaffrey fans eagerly SHOW which I think the less is said about 7b Kingsbury St.,Croydon Park.N.S.W 2133 bid for them I found out afterwards, the better.The finish of a personally dull having missed on buying one myself j have mental capabilities that we have The FANCY DRESS PARTY was held in the not yet learned how to use.In other evening .It was dominated by the young words we do not need an evolutionary fans .particularly from STAR TREK and change,but we do needto learn how to DR WHO FANDOM . A 'Dalek' and quite use how brain to its fullest extent. elaborate costunes on the Dr Who group, I should mention here that we had plus the costumes and presentation of expected to be interviewing the man who the Star Trek Feds and Klingons .made wrote,acted in and did the special it one of the best costume parties effects for the movie DARK STAR, Dan we have seen. Numerous room parties Obannion.However he was taken violently followed . ill on his trip down to Melbourne from ELIZABETH DARLING started the ball Sydney .with an old friend Pat Wooley rolling on Monday morning with a some­ of 'Wild and Wooley Publishers' ,and what humorous view of ACADEMIA IN THE after treatment by a local Doctor SF COMMUNITY. She pointed out that in flew immediately back to Sydney.At this the years to come we are all going to time we have not heard anything further be exposed,when researchers get into from Pat as to his later condition,but the Ron Graham collection at Fisher we hope by now that he has fully rec­ Library .We will just have to be more overed. He has been involved with the careful what we write in fan material film ALIEN and we believe that he has from now on.Elizabeth further pointed Kitty Vigo,David Grigg and Sue Pagram a few harsh words to say about certain out that sf is currently being taught aspects of it.Adverse criticism of the in schools without enough background These Dragon's Eggs were painted by as yet un-released film from such as and experience on the part of the Marilyn Pride. John Brosnan .have also been noted. teachers .I would refer readers to the The next item on the EASTERCON program article by Noel Gough further on in In the afternoon Dr Dick (Ditmar)Jensen was 'Sunday Conferance' which was this issue .If there is a problem and of the Melbourne University Meteorology hasted by Peter Darling ,who asked I have little doubt that there is,quite Department spoke about the weather of John Foyster and George Turner 'If SF a lot can be done about it.There are the future.He explained how weather and Takes an Optimistic View of the Future'. numerous courses in the U.S.A, which climate has effected civilization ,and As I was not present at this discussion local teachers could attend,including how Small average temperature changes I am unable to say if the question was an Annual Conferance On Teaching SF , over a year can effect food production. resolved .In my opinion however I think the fourth of which was held in April The science of meteorolgy has become that sf takes both views of the future, this year.Experienced people from the much more precise and accurate with and as much as I like to see the sense U.S.A could also be brought over the the proving of new theories,and the of wonder encouraged and an idealistic teach the teachers here .Of course I help of computers to handle the huge view of great things to come ,sf can am not aware of the problems part from amounts of information needed.The also take a leading role in pointing the expense that might be involved in satellites have also made possible the out the bad trends and developments such ventures.Author DAVID LAKE I accurate prediction to a much closer in our society . believe will also be speaking on this degree than ever before. subject at PULPCON here in Melbourne The trends at the moment are quite early September. PAUL STEVENS then interviewed writers un-nerving when you look at them.The The last item on the program was on and publishing relating to SF publish­ worlds temperatures are reaching more BIOLOGY and S.F. With all the talk extreme points,due to the pollution of ing in Australia,George Turner and about biological engineering .cloning the atmposhere and denuding of the Lee Harding spoke about their efforts.' and associated scientific gimickry , surface and destruction of natural George has not had his sf published in in the media these days,this was an resources. The ice caps will melt and Australia .Faber published BELOVED SON appropriate subject for discussion.The this will cause a general lowering of in England .SPHERE is doing it in U.K. people on David's panel; George Turner, the temperature world wide,thus possibly also , and POCKET BOOKS in the U.S.A. Nick Holmes,Jeff Harris and a lady bringing about a new ice age.Not all Lee has been doing quite well recently named Barbara, whose surname I regret meteorologists agree with this theory, but he feels that there is no more I missed,quickly dispelled all these but the way Dr Jensen explained it I room for anthologies at the moment. fanciful ideas that the press has been am sure most of the convention audience There is just not enough good material cooking up. There again sf is quite were convinced. being written fast enough.Everybody often way behind the actual scientific paid tribute to Paul Collins for the marvels being performed.T he environment The future will bring even more accur­ job he is doing for Australian authors ate prediction of weather conditions, is the key to any changes that may occur with his anthologies-ENVISAGED WORLDS, in the human body.We are already cyborgs with 90% accuracy probably by 2000.Only OTHER WORLDS, and the forthcoming limited sucess in controlling the in the sense that we rely on artificial ALIEN WORLDS .Paul would have benefited aids like glasses,false teeth,heart weather is forseen in the near future. by the contact with his readers and Further pollution and destruction of pace makers,and artifical limbs .It is writers,but regretfully he did not a big step to such as the 'Martian' resources will definitely effect the attend the convention. weather ,and we are due for further construct in Fred Pohl's MAN PLUS. fluctuations which will bring more GEORGE TURNER spoke to CAREY HANDFIELD Jack Herman. Photos M.Binns extreme conditions.Anyone for Venus? and ROB GERRAND about NORSTRILIA PRESS. They pointed out they had been moder­ The next item was DAVID GRIGG on The. ately sucessful but they had not made Future of Intelligence.David pointed any profit,and the returns for their out that the size and capabilities of efforts was small but encouraging.The the human brain had altered little in sale of rights on ALTERED I to BERKLEY recorded history.That there was little was a handy shot in the arm.They are likelyhood of any major physical changes now concentrating on novels .although or mutations.However I feel that he did Rob is putting together an anthology over look a couple of things .Adverse TRANSMUTATIONS ,for joint publication conditions as Dr Jensen pointed out,in with OUTBACK PRESS. They are very the past seemed to coincide with major happy to have secured Keith Antil's evolutionary changes,as indicated by novel MOON IN THE GROUND .which they the study of mans ancestors .Could this will be publishing in the near future. happen again if we experience a new ice The third member of the NORSTRILIA age and civilzation isdestroyed? And team,Bruce Gillespie is fully occupied what effect will the increased level of typesetting work for Hyland House,Paul radiation have on future generations? Collins and other publishers as well The major point that can be made at the as their own work.This is necessary moment is that current investigations however to justify the cost of the into the paranormal,indicate we may composer they have leased. Other aspects of biology covered also SCIENCE FICTION & THE ACADEMEIA included the effect of radiation, and To quote:"... there is a flash forth alien biology.The latter is a big Further to Elizabeth Darling!s comments from your correspondence lines--paragraphs enough field for a whole afternoon's and the article by Noel Gough in the --insights--unique and brilliant.Some­ discussion in itself . last issue of the NEWS,there was anotice times only a stop-you-dead word,sometimes in LOCUS of interest...... a stylish mini-masterpiece.Manifestations The official program finished there,but pot qnly of objective value,but priceless some attendees went along to SPACE AGE Dr Marshal B.Tymn,English Department, irreplaceable to any who would know you for coffee and hot cross buns in the Eastern Michigan University,Ypsilanti, as a person or as a writer.I will not afternoon, and inspected the Art Gallery. MI 48197 U.S.A. Phone 313-487-0155, destroy life.So relent;think of the far- Conventions are to me mainly people, is holding an SF Seminar at the Univers­ off Phd candidate,reverently turning your and it is great meeting fans from other ity College,London, and The University yellowed pages with green furry fingers, areas who you do not see very often.It of Sussex .preceding and during the and feeling you live in the facets of is a bonus when the program is also good World SF Convention at Brighton.Perhaps her huge nocturnal eyes." he could be induced to organise some­ as this one was. Congratulations to That says it all. Christine and Derek Ashby and helpers, thing similar in Australia.! would be for a job well done. pleased to publish correspondence on this GUFF REPORT subject , and I will be happy to supply KEITH CURTIS did a great job with the any information I can to people who are The fan fund organised to send an auction as usual ,and a considerable interested in the subject of TEACHING SF. Australian fan to the World Convention amount of cash was raised for DUFF and in England this year,was won by John GUFF.Keith's Fan Guest of Honour speech Another aspect of Elizabeth Darling's Foyster with 65 votes.He was followed I regret I missed .Keith incidently is talk, was the possibility of students and by John Alderson with 44 and Eric one of the active fans in Sydney who is researchers going through the Ron Graham Lindsay with 18.A really tremendous organising SYNCON '79 and the bid for collection at Fisher Library,or similar response was recieved for this fund the WORLD SF CONVENTION in '83.He is collections, and the fact that we will with approximately $1600 being raised one of our most knowledgeable people have to be careful what we say in our in total.300 pounds from the U.K. is on rare books in the f and sf field. fanzines and correspondence.A letter to included in this total which we think LOCUS from JAMES TIPTREE JR. (Alice is absolutely tremendous. Sheldon) highlights what can happen. FURTHER COMMENTS ON EASTERCON AND ...... Leigh Edmonds ,who organised GUFF wishes to thank everybody who helped. T|he majority of Science Fiction conventions After apparently deciding to*gafiate,she In a circular he recently distributed held in Australia, and in Melbourne in ' asked a friend to take away all her to all the voters and others,he forgot particular ,have been held over the Easter letters,fanzines .books; the lot.They to mention the special efforts made holiday weekend. It looks like being a are now safely stored away to be later by John Alderson with donations of regular event from now on.Everybody(well given to Bowling Green University Archive: fanzines and wine,not to mention all almost everybody) agreed it was one of the However word got around somehow that all that he lost in a fire as well. best conventions they had attended.UNICON the material was already on display at Our best wishes to John Foyster and 6 organised by the MONASH UNIVERSITY S.F.A Bowling Green, which was not the case. our commiserations to John and Eric . will be on next Easter, with Joe HALDEMAN You can imagine the reaction from her friends and correspondents.Many asked for as Guest of Honour, and the following year CHANGE OF ADDRESS:Fans interested in their letters and such to be destroyed, Paul Stevens and yours truly will be hold­ STAR TREK and DR WHO etcetera,please but in her letter to LOCUS she flatly ing EASTERCON '81 .which we hope will be note that NIKKI WHITE is now to be refused, and I for one entirely agree. the Australian National Convention. contacted at Unit 19,"The Hermitage" Medley St., Chifley.A.C.T 2606 * Getawayfromitall.

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A TICKINJC, water Bep?// SURE LX. NO Okie COULP WISH HARM TO A WOMBAT b Roj Blake is too popular a figure to cinema almost as long as anyone, and ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ kill, so instead is framed for child has been served up to a voracious molesting and exiled. public as villian,hero,lover,symbol SF & F FILM and comic foil by any film maker who The prison ship Blake is on, needs a strong character on which to attempts to salvage a Marie Celeste hang a plot. Dracula started in the of space—an enormous ship of German cinema back in the 1920's in ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ advanced design and unknown origin, Nosferatau, and moved to America Blake promptly hijacks it, assisted where he appeared in the talkies in by a few fellow criminals. Now the the guise of Bela Lugosi in DRACULA eight of them (counting the ship^s 1931. Vampires of assorted.size and Invasion of the computer] tour the galaxy----each one viciousness appeared and reappeared, with a gimmick ranging from one-way biting necks and getting staked through telepathy to a desire to commit the heart or disintegrating in the BoTURN LEFT AT THURSDAY, John Rowley, busiest with four issues of CHUNDER!, a 14 Lowalde Drive, Epping, Viet 3076/ news and commentzine which exposes the TAU CETI is the fanzine of the South Australian Star Trek group, perhaps not available for the usual/ sort of underbelly of Australian fandom and irregular/17pp. as well produced as the publications of stickes knives in it. Apart from that VOZ BOBLAR 1, Tim Dawson, 11 Murphy St., the other ST groups but the contents are CHUNDER! is mandatory reading for those Kew, Viet./available for the usual/ who wish to know what's going on in more varied and that is a real plus. Finally DATA is a Star Trek Newsletter irregular/2pp. fandom. FORERUNNER from the Sydney SF THE WASFFAN 7 & 8, Roy Ferguson, 247 Foundation has widened its scope in the which carries invaluable Information to ST fans. Gloucester Street, East Victoria Park, past few Issues and now carries quite a WA 6101/82 to non-members of WASFA or deal of interesting comment on stf as ARIEL 1, Marc Ortlieb, 8 Melanto Ave, perhaps the usual/monthly/6pp s 4pp. well as club and Sydney fan news. Marc Camden Park, SA 5038/for the usual/ THE WEST OF MINSTER'S LIBRARY, Marc Ortlieb with THE WEST OF MINSTER'S irregular?/26pp. Ortlieb, address above/for trade/4pp. LIBRARY embarks upon a fanzine reviewing ARGO NAVIS 3:3, edited by John Rowley ARENA 8, Geoff Rippington, 15 Queens venture which will be more descriptive for the LaTrobe University SF Assn, Ave, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8AY, UK/ than this column but perhaps not so SRC Box 42, LaTrobe University, $1 each/40pp. wide ranging - 23 titles are covered in Bundoora, Viet 3083/for trade or LoC this issue. SCIENCE FICTION NEWS has DEADLOSS 1, Chris Priest, 1 Ortygia or 80t per issue/quarterly/40pp. House, 6 Lower Road, Harrow, plenty of book reviews and, saldy, AUSTRALIA IN '83 1, edited by Eric obituaries - issue 58 also has several Middlesex HA2 ODA, UK/not too common/ Lindsay , 6 Hillcrest Avenue, 16pp. interesting pages on the old Sydney Faulconbridge, NSW 2776 on behalf of Futurlan Society. DE PROFUNDIS 101, newsletter of the Los the "Australia in '83" Committee/news Angeles Fantasy Society edited by The WASFFAN is the newsletter of the of the overseas publicity people but Leigh Strother-Vien, 7107 Woodman Ave., available to interested Australians Western Australia SF Association and has #10, Van Nuys, CA 91405, USA/available for contribution/2pp. mainly news of that club though it does to members of LASFS or trade with other BLACK WHOLE 5, Andrew Brown, 23 Miller have news of other stf activities in WA. clubzines/terribly regular/6pp. and it is a good way to keep up with Cres., Mt Waverley, Viet 3149/for the DNQ 13, Victoria Vayne, PO Box 156, usual or 50t/irregular?/21pp. what is happening over there. Other Stn D, Toronto, Ont M6P 3J8 and Taral, BRUCE E HARPER 2 & 3, Eric Lindsay, recent WA fanzines include the personal- 1812-415 Willowdale Ave., Willowdale, address above/5 for $l/2pp each. zine THE RAVIN' which is short and fairly Ont M2N 5B4, CANADA/3 for $1 or trade CHUNDER! 3:1, 3:2, 3:3 & 3:4, John chatty, THE LEINSTER LOUDMOUTH which has or juicy news/quite regular/10pp. Foyster, GPO Box 4039, Melbourne, a couple of reviews, articles and some DON't PANIC, Graham England, 1 Fleet Viet 3001/5 for $l/monthly/12pp, fiction, THE PENRHEINER PERIODICAL which Way, Didcot, Oxon., 0X11 8BZ, UK/ lOpp, 16pp s 24pp. is similar to the previous fanzine but available for the usual or 10p/8pp. lighter in contents and THE OUTSIDER. DATA 20, AUSTREK, c/ Sue Clarke, 6 DOT 5, Kevin Smith, 7 Fassett Road, This is not a bad fanzine though there is Bellvue Road, Faulconbridge, NSW 2776/ Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, KT1 2TD, available to members of the club/16pp. a bit much fiction for me and the restau­ UK/available for the usual/llpp. DITMAR NEWSHEET 1, Peter Toluzzi, PC Box rant guide isn't much help over here FANDOM, Francis Valery, B.P. 66, 3362C 471K, Haymarket, NSW 2001/5pp. in Melbourne. The article by Roy Cavignac, FRANCE/for trade or o,5 Ferguson on computers is one of the best ERIC B LINDSAY 3 & 4, Eric Lindsay, 0,35FF/14pp. address above/5 for $l/2pp each. science articles to appear in an Austral­ INSTANT MESSAGE 248 to 251 & 253, FORERUNNER Jan., Feb. & Mar. '79, ian fanzine in the last year. newsletter of the New England SF edited for the Sydney SF Foundation by ARIEL is the newest title Marc Ortlieb is Association, PO Box G, MIT Branch Jack R Herman, 7B Kingsbury St., Post Office, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA/ using for his genzines, the format is Croydon Park, NSW 2133/12 issues for available to members of NESFA and some much the same. There is a take-off Goon $3/monthly/9pp, 8pp s 9pp. trades/too regular/50pp total. script, a couple of articles and a few GEGENSCHEIN 37, Eric Lindsay, address KNOCKERD FROM NEPTUNE 6, Mike S Pat pages of photos of fans. BLACK WHOLE from above/for the usual/16pp. Meara, 61 Barrowash Road, Spondon, Andrew Brown is a pleasing genzine too but THE LEINSTER LOUDMOUTH, Dec 1978, Bevan for the green ink which gives instant Derby DE2 7QH, UK/available to those Casey, 8, The Taffrail, Willetton, WA who send the usual/28pp. eye ache. Highlight of the issue is an 6155/for the usual?/18pp. LOCUS 217, 218 & 219, Charlie Brown, IGUANACON report of sorts. John Rowley NOUMENON 27/28, Brian Thurogood, Wilam PO Box 3938, San Francisco, CA 94119, has been busy and sent an issue of ARGO Road, Ostend, Waiheke Island, Hauraki USA/$20 per year airmail/10 issues NAVIS which he edits for the LaTrobe Gulf, NEW ZEALAND (Aust. Agent: Carey per year/20pp, 20pp s 22pp. University SF Association and TURN LEFT Handfield, Rear, 89 Carrington Road, MAD SCIENTIST'S DIGEST 5, Brian Earl AT THURSDAY which is his personal effort. Waverley, NSW 2024)/$7.50 for 10 Brown, 16711 Burt Road, Apt. #207, They are similar but the latter is more issues airmail or $5.50 surface/ Detroit, Mich. 48219, USA/available relaxed in style and the University Club monthly/40pp. for most of the usual or $l/43pp. one has a huge article on Michael Coney THE OUTSIDER Dec. 1978, Ian Nichols, MOTA 26 & 27, Terry Hughes, 4739 which is worth reading. 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Digre, 1902 S. 4th looks as though the author has for­ Ave., #1A, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA/ THE PATTERN OF EXPECTATION I. F.Clarke gotten that the work in question has (Jonathan Cape, 331 pages, 1979. available for the usual or 50$/20pp. already been mentioned, so that a book RESOLUTION 3, Jackie Causgrove, Reviewed by John Foyster. may be mentioned a couple of time 3650 Newton #15, Torrance, CA 90505, as important, with snippets of infor­ USA/the usual or for 50$/irregular/ This is a book which is at once mation being given each time and then, 35pp. exciting and frustrating. Clarke's some pages later, the book and it's RUNE 54, edited and produced by Minn-Stf earlier book, VOICES PROPHESYING WAR, author are introduced. At this point by Carol Kennedy s Lee Pelton, 1204 dealt with futuristic fantasies of a the reader, in order to make most' Harmon Place ttlO, Minneapolis, MN particular kind; here he explores the efficient use of what Clarke has 55403, USA (Aust. Agent: Leigh nature of futuristic fantasy itself. written, must now go back to the Edmonds, PO Box 103, Brunswick, Viet earlier reference in order to under­ 3056)/available for the usual or $2 The first third of the book stand the particular book in context, per year/39pp. Clarke covers work produced up to SCOTTISHE 76, Ethel Lindsay, 69 Barry (roughly speaking) 1900, in the second It may not be a serious flaw - Road, Carneustie, Angus, DD7 7QQ, UK/ third he reviews and reanalyses the this is, after all, the kind of book $1 or the usual/two issues per year/ works of this period under various one uses for reference rather than headings('Ideal States and Industrial 16 pp. just for light reading - but it does S:FILM FANTASTICA 1, Keith s Rosemary Harmonies', The Best of Worlds and take the edge of what otherwise might Walker, 2 Daisy Bank, Quernmore Road, the Worst of Worlds' and so on) and stand as a major work in the histor­ Lancaster, Lancs, UK/16pp. in the last third of the books deals iography of science fiction. with the twentieth century. 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HOWARD.Robert RED NAILS Berkley HC STOREY Margaret THE DOUBLE WIZARD Ten Years ago at a convention in SKULL FACE Berkley PB FaberSFaber HC Sydney (the talk was recently reprin­ SOLOMON KANE:Hills Of SULLIVAN Mike STATION ZER0-ZER0 ted in a Danish fanzine,CRITIFAN), I The Dead Bantam PB Major PB argued that the source of NINETEEN IVERSON Eric WEREBLOOD Belmont PB SUMMERS Ian THE ART OF THE BROTHERS EIGHTY FOUR lay in Orwell's wartime JANIFER Laurence KNAVE IN HAND Ace PB HILDEBRANDT SFBC PB JENSE Ruby SATAN'S SISTER Major PB SUSANN Jacqueline YARGO Bantam PB experiences; a good deal of evidence relating to this matter is to be JONES Diana DOGSBODY Dell PB SUVIN Darko METAMORPHOSES OF SF found in his diaries, printed in KESTEVEN G.R.THE AWAKENING WATER Yale Uni Press HC various placed at one time or another. Hastings House HC TOFTE.A. THE GHOST HUNTERS KRAHN Fernando ROBOT-BOT-BOT Dutton HC Major PB Thus, while I shall not enter into KROLL Steven SPACE CATS Holiday Hs.Hf TOLKIEN.J.R.R.THE SILMARILLION BallPB that debate here, my views obviously colour my opinion of the fictional KURTZ Katherine CAMBER OF CULDI TURNER George § PRICE Michael FORGOT- section of 1985. Del Rey HC TON HORRORS,EARLY CHIL­ LAMPTON Chris GATEWAY TO LIMBO LERS FROM POVERTY ROW Anthony Burgess is one of the D.Day HC Barnes HC few contempoary novelists whose work LEE Tanith ELECTRIC FOREST SFBC PB VALLEJO Doris THE BOY WHO SAVED THE I follow zealously (others are William LORD Jeffrey DIMENSIONS OF H0RR0R#3D STARS Starlog P. HC Gaddis,John Barth, Harry Mathews, and Pinnacle PB VALLEJO Boris THE FANTASTIC ART OF a few more) and in my eyes 1985 is McCAFFREY Anne DRAGONDRUMS AtheneumHC BORIS VALLEJO SFBC HC minor, angry Burgess - certainly MACDONALD John BALLROOM OF THE SKIES VANCE Jack THE DIRDIR C.Miller HC compared to, say, NAPOLEON SYMPHONY Fawcett PB THE PHUME C.Miller HC of ENDERBY - but something very much MANNING Laurence THE MAN WHO AWOKE VARLEY John TITAN Berkley/Putnam HC worth reading all the same. In some Ballantine PB WALKER Hugh MESSENGERS OF DARKNESS ways, the theme of 1985 is the same MATTHEWS Clyde THE IDES OF MARCH Daw PB as that of Kurt Vonnegut's 'HARRISON CONSPIRACY Arbor Hs. HC EXPEDITION VENUS BERGERON' - we must all be reduced to MILLER Ron THE SPACE ART POSTERBOOK Faber JJFaber PB the lowest level, but Burgess is mock- Stackpole Bks PB WALTON Evangeline WITCH HOUSE Ball PB serious, while Vonnegut was seriously MOORCOCK Michael MASTERS OF THE PIT WEST Carl & MACLEAN Katherine DARKWING mocking. Daw PB Atheneum HC MORRESSY John FORESTWORLD S DREAMFIRE WILLIAMS Jan^ABRASHKIN Raymond DANNY In Burgess's vision of the future Pop.Lib PB DUNNSTHE ANTI GRAVITY all the baddies -unionists,religious MURPHY Shirley THE W3LF BELL PAINT;DANNY DUNNSTHE .fanatics and so on- have taken power Atheneum HC HOMEWORK MACHINE;DANNY in a weakened Britain. They work very NIVEN Larry CONVERGENT SERIES DUNNSTHE SMALLIFYING hard at doing nasty things to the Ballantine PB MACHINE;DANNY DUNNSTHE protagonist who, after all, wants only NORMAN John BEASTS OF GOR Daw PB SWAMPMONSTER;DANNY DUNN to maintain the standards of the past EXPLORERS' OF GOR DawPB STHE UNIVERSAL GLUE; (in things like spelling). In 1985 HUNTERS OF GOR Daw PB DANNY DUNN,INVISIBLE BOY by contrast with another of Vonnegut's MARAUDERS OF GOR Daw PB DANNY DUNN ON THE OCEAN works, everything hurts. SLAVEGIRL OF GOR Daw PB FLOOR;DANNY DUNN,SCIEN­ TRIBESMEN OF GOR Daw PB TIFIC DETECTIVE;DANNY It is much easier to take this NORTON Andre HIGH SORCERY Ace PB DUNN,TIME TRAVELLER as being a less-than-serious work, STAR KA'ATS S THE PLANT Pocket Books PB's but it skates awfully close to taking PEOPLE Walker HC WILLIAMS Jay THE MAGIC GRANDFATHER itself seriously. The language and YEAR OF THE UNICORN AcePB Four Winds HC style are of the highest standards, OFFUTT Andrew THE IRON LORD Jove PB WILSON Robert TENTACLES OF DAWN as one must expect of the author, but ONOPA Robert THE PLEASURE TUBE Major PB the thought behind is all too often Berkley PB WRIGHTSON Patricia THE DARK BRIGHT reminiscent of the good boy in school ■PACKARD Edward THE THIRD PLANET FROM WATER Atheneum HC who complains about the bad behaviour ALTAIR Lippincott HC ZEBROWSKI MACROLIFE Harper HC of his fellows, both in it's depth of PRONZINI Bill 6 MALZBERG Barry NIGHT ZELAZNY Roger BRIDGE OF ASHES understanding and in it's compassion SCREAMS Playboy Pr HC Gregg Press HC for those whose world-picture is WEREWOLF! Arbor Hs. HC DAMNATION ALLEY Gregg HC different. RANDALL Marta A CITY IN THE NORTH LORD OF LIGHT Gregg HC Warner PB NINE PRINCES IN AMBER Interesting to read, but not REYNOLDS Mack EARTH UNAWARE Leisure PB Gregg Press HC challenging, and better not taken ROBINSON Nancy SPACE HIJACK! seriously, 1985 remains a significant Lothrop HC BOOKS FOR REVIEW piece of science fiction; not the sort ROBINSON SSJ.STARDANCE Dial HC My special thanks to publishers who of thing which wins Hugo nominations, SALU Mary § FARRELL Robert J.R.R. have responded to my request for infor­ only the sort of thing which ought to. TOLKIEN,SCHOLAR&STORY mation and review books.Please note TELLER Cornell U.P.HC that we will try and mention them all, fantasy,science fiction and associated SCITHERS George FUSIONgFASTER THAN but items on U.F.Os and similar items LIGHT Dale PB film or comic books will take preferance. are not really of interest to us, and M.B. 1 •