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File 770‘s “White Album” Is it any wonder people suspect File 770 of being a hoax when I'm sending out the April issue in May? But I don't want to waste Alan White's tremendous "April Fool" cover. Another famous fannish White — File 770:138 is edited by Mike Ted — contributed an excerpt from Glyer at 705 Valley View Ave., Art Credits his Corflu report. Then, Alan White Monrovia CA 91016. Alan White: Cover, 2,3, 7, 8 comes back with an article File 770 is available for news, 11, 15, 16, 19 describing the way he produces the artwork, arranged trades, or by Kurt Erichsen: computerize fan art published in File subscription. Subscriptions cost $8 Joe Mayhew: 7, 15, 23 770. Each man also wrote a meaty for 5 issues, $15 for 10 issues, Brad Foster: 9 letters of comment, making this mailed first class in North America or Ray Capella: 4 truly the "White Album" issue of File surface mail rates overseas. Bill Rotsler: 2, 24, 25, 26 770. x . Air printed matter rate is $2.50. Teddy Harvia: 4, 5 , 12 Freff: 14 (from Vanamonde 415) CONTACT FILE 770 Julia Morgan-Scott: 6 Telephone: (626) 305-1004. Grant Canfield: 21, Back Cover E-Mail: [email protected]

The People Speak: File 770, Not Frohvet, Is The Hoax! Editorial Notes by Mike Glyer

E. B. Frohvet is his own man, whoever he is. wise have never heard of, then they’re both And whoever he is, he’s not Moshe Feder. right, he’s not really a “hoax.” (Their letters My zealous effort last issue to unmask the lead off The Fanivore.) “Frohvet hoax” and “blame” him on Feder did By then, Feder’s copy of File 770 had not come across to everyone as the intended reached him: joke, though some got it: John Hertz called me Moshe Feder: When I got home later, I immediately after reading his copy to say that found that the issue had arrived and was the reference to Feder was hilarious, because able to read the piece myself. In context, he knew it was impossible. On the other hand, I think tire reference to me does come this thunderbolt from Feder came whizzing across as a joke, though perhaps not a through e-mail after someone asked him about very funny one. (On the other hand, I’m the story: slightly pleased to be thought still in­ Moshe Feder: Greg Benford happened to volved enough in fanac to have my name call Tor for David Hartwell, and since DH used this way.) is out sick, I answered the phone. We chat­ I honestly thought the piece was funny ted a bit and he took tire opportunity to tell when I wrote it, though once I saw it in print me that in the current issue of File 770 you it seemed to reek of neglected-newzine- claim to have discovered that I’ve been editor-with-big-ego -- therefore, probably too maintaining a hoax persona under the much like the truth to be taken for a joke! name Frohvet, and that apparently you Other readers pointed out my error in base this conclusion on his sharing an old identifying Joseph T. Mayhew as someone opinion of mine. That’s awfully flimsy who met Frohvet at Chicon 2000. Yes, that evidence, far beneath what I thought were was a mistake - after all, I was calling Fro­ your journalistic standards. In fact, this Poumelle deduct his rifles as a research ex­ hvet a hoax, not a ghost. (Joseph T. Major claim is complete nonsense... By Roscoe’s pense (so he always says.) met him at Chicon.) mighty tail - first Martin Tudor libels me Frohvet’s own letter soon followed, deny­ So, in the grand tradition of File 770, I in his TAFF report, and now this! ing that he’s a hoax at all. He’s simply a pen will spend the next several issues explaining While Feder was talking to Benford, he en­ name. Ted White also sent an e-mail, suggest­ (and probably getting the correction wrong) lightened Greg about what I do for a living. ing the proper comparison is to David McDan­ that E. B. Frohvet is not a hoax and also is (Talk about libel!) I wonder if Benford was iel, the pro pen-name of LASFSian Ted not Moshe Feder. I hope you won’t get so horrified to learn that I work for the IRS - I Johnstone. Applying the one-fan one-fanac confused you’ll have to check a photo ID realize it’s not exactly the most libertarian principal (which I just made up), I suppose if before you shave yourself. Especially if entity in America.... But we did let Jerry Frohvet is a nom de plume of a fan we other­ you’re a woman! April 2001 3 Corflu 2001 excerpts from a report by Ted White

[[Ted kindly permitted File 770 to run the following excerpts of a full-length report that will appear in Sandra Bond’s fanzine QUASIQUOTE. Contact her via e-mail at [email protected]. co. uk]]

If the omens were to be believed, this year’s Corflu was going to be a disaster. Ominous rumors were floating about: the hotel was terrifically overpriced, and had no amenities (no restaurant - not even a coffee shop). day. I wish I could find my copy of the highlight? ‘You missed our Practical Time Publicity from Bob Webber, the con-chair, “program” sheet, but it seems to be mis­ Travel Workshop. At 2:00 AM we all joined was conspicuously absent - no Progress Re­ placed. I found I was on the first item when hands and shifted forward an hour into the ports were ever published and the first on­ Bob asked me to be. Since it had to do with future.’” Yes, Daylight Savings Time went line information was not posted to the fan- the intersection of one’s fannish and profes­ into effect during the Major Party of the con­ nish lists until late last fall, after some pub­ sional interests, I felt well suited to be on it. vention, suddenly depriving us of an hour of lic grumbling had made itself heard. “Is any­ I shared the panel with Deb Geisler and Prime Party Time. This has never before one going?” was a common question. Sharon Sbarksy, with Bob moderating and occurred at a Corflu - and I can only hope it But Sheila Leightsey canvassed the area Deb and I did most of the talking, as it never will again. (It won’t next year, be­ around the hotel and reported on the many turned out. cause Corflu will be in February....) restaurants within walking distance, aided I missed the next item (spouses of faneds Perhaps for that reason, people turning and abetted by George Flynn, and she asked or somesuch) while Frank and I went out to up for the Sunday banquet at noon looked a me for suggestions on consuite munchies. explore the other main direction in which bit bleary-eyed and seemed subdued. The And it was Sheila who arranged for the Sun­ we’d heard there were restaurants. It had Sunday banquet is the best of the Corflu day banquet to be catered by a local restau­ stopped raining, but was cold and windy. traditions - established at the very first Cor- rant at the hotel. As the convention grew Back at the convention, it was soon time tlu in 1984 - and is included in the member­ closer it began to seem more solid, more for the fanzine auction. Dan Steffan had ship fee. This year we had the best of both real. given me a box of fanzines to take up to be worlds: an in-hotel banquet catered by a lo­ The MidTown Hotel turned out to be auctioned for TAFF and they included some cal restaurant - the Dixie Kitchen, a Cajun more of a motel - only two stories high, with Real Gems, like QUANDRY #13 - the restaurant. All credit to Sheila: the food was ample parking underneath. I drove up to QUANNISH - and bidding was occasionally excellent, and well-catered by the Dixie Boston with rich brown and ended up park­ spirited. Kitchen staff. ing almost directly opposite the lobby en­ Following this was to be the rehearsal - Then it was time for the GoH presenta­ trance, an ideal spot. The hotel was, in fact, well, read-through - of Andy Hooper’s new tion. a close cousin to the “Tudor Nightmare Vil­ fannish play, “HOMICIDE: The Book of the Nic Farey had been careening around the lage” hotels of several past, and fondly re­ Fuggheads,” in which I had the part of “Ted convention all weekend in a state which con­ membered, Corflus - lacking only eating White, a big-name science fiction fan.” vinced some people that his stint as GoH facilities. (It did have a “coffee shop” - but Andy Hooper is the Unsung Hero of mod­ would be a disaster. When queried, he’d roll it served only breakfast and was open only em Corflus. He has more than once single­ his eyes and act convincingly like a bad acci­ until 11:00 AM.) handedly produced entire programs for sev­ dent waiting to happen. But “crazy like a It was at some point Friday night that Nic eral Corflus and I believe his suggestions fox” is a phrase coined to describe Nic. He Farey’s name was pulled from the hat as provided most if not all of this year’s pro­ began by saluting everyone there by first Corflu’s Guest of Honor. It’s uncanny how gram. The play was clearly the highlight this name, running down the list of 40-odd peo­ these things work out. year - as his plays have been in past years. ple (no puns needed here, by this point we I had gotten almost no sleep the night It’s been several years since the last new were all a bit odd) and concluding, after a before driving up, but I’ve learned the secret play Andy presented, and I think his take on brief pause, with “and...Ian.” (Much laugh­ of sleeping in con-hotels: ear-plugs. Thus Homicide (the TV show - recently can­ ter.) He finished with “a brief thought,” equipped, I got a decent night’s sleep - my celled), ranks among his best. which he kept to himself. first in a couple of days. The party that night was genuinely As usual, we had an election of the fwa The food laid out in the lower consuite unique. As Bob Devney described it in the past-president (for 2000). The fix was in. provided an adequate breakfast and I was one-shot, “Ian Sorenson filled me in on what This year people had been coming up to me ready to be on the first program item of the happened after I left the party last night. The throughout the convention with the same 4 File 770:138

Views and Reviews in PDF

Ted White points out, "A few months ago I began doing fmz reviews specifically aimed at clubfans to pull them into fanzines." Currently these re­ views (600 words an installment) are appearing in six clubzines in the US and Canada, including LASFS' De Profundis and The WSFA Journal. Bill Burns is posting them on his eFanzines site at: http://efanzines.com/ Fanzines/ Burns' site is also home to downloadable Adobe PDF ver­ name and I recognized the absolute rightness was delighted to meet Murray Moore, for sions of eight fanzines edited by of that name Indeed, I wondered in retro­ example, and it was good to see fans like Arnie Katz {Corflatch, Jackpot!), spect why he’d never been suggested be­ Ron Salomon and Ed Meskys again after Marty Cantor {No Award), Ron fore - after all, he, like me, had been to every many years. Although some of my favorite Clarke {The Mentor), Erika Maria Corflu to date. He was the oldest fanwriter in west-coasters (like Lichtman) did not show Lacey {Sardine Tin Gods), Joyce the room, once a Boston native, and he surely up, Lenny Bailes, Randy Byers, Andy Worley Katz {Smokin' Rockets), deserved the “honor.” I’m speaking of Art Hooper, Carrie Root, Catherine Crockett, Michael J. Lowrey {Vojo de Vivo), Widner, of course. Two others were nomi­ Colin Hinz, Victor Gonzalez and Art Widner and Bill Bowers {Xenolith). nated (before one of the plants in the audi­ did. Jean Weber and Eric Lindsay were Or eFanzines.com can link ence could move the nominations be closed), there on what amounted to the first leg of you to other sites containing An- but Art was the overwhelming choice of the their GUFF trip (but Eric has been to enough sible (Langford), Bento (Levine Corflu attendees, as the vote clearly indi­ Corflus already that I almost think of him as and Yule), Covert Communica­ cated. a Corflu regular). Dick & Leah Smith were Then, finally, the FAAN Awards. Once back for their first Corflu in half a decade. tions From Zeta Corvi (Andrew again the indefatigable Andy Hooper con­ And we had a smaller contingent of Brits this Murdoch), Dynatron (Roy Tack­ ducted the Awards (which also meant that he year, but it was great to see Allison Freebaim ett), eFNAC (John Foyster), Fan- counted no votes for himself - which I think and Yvonne Rowse and... whatsisname?...Ian thology '87 (Richard Brandt), Ge­ additionally skews the voting), and he made again. And Linda Bushyager surprised every­ genschein (Eric Lindsay), Gloss his announcement of the Awards from hastily one with her announcement that she and Ron (Lillian Edwards and Victor Gon­ scribbled vote tallies upon which he'd still are moving soon to Las Vegas - although that zalez), Groggy 2000 (Eric been working that morning. Here are the re­ did not really make up for the absence of the Mayer), It Goes on the Shelf sults, as reported in the one-shot: there were Katzes or the Formans. I was handed copies (Ned Brooks), Light in the Bushel 45 ballots. of eleven different fanzines, which I fully (Richard Brandt), Mimosa (Nicki Best New Fanzine Fan: Sheila Lcightsey intend to read Any Day Now. and Richard Lynch), Plokta (who handed out copies of the second issue Next year: Annapolis. Y’all come. (Alison Scott, Steve Davies, Mike of The Accidental Fanzine, the first issue was Scott), Squib (Victor Gonzalez), distributed at last year’s Corflu). Best Let­ ++ Ted White and This Here (Nic Farey). terhack: Robert Lichtman. Best Fan Artist: Steve Stiles. Best Fanwriter: Victor Gon­ zalez (Nic Farey and I were tied for second place only a few points behind). Best Fanzine: Idea. The #1 Fan Face category awaits Andy's tabulation of the total votes in all categories, but he believed it would be either Victor Gonzalez or Robert Lichtman. Actual certificates were handed out this year (and for the two previous years as well) with art by Stu Shiftman. I brought Steve Stiles’ back with me to give to him. So what’s left to be said about this Cor­ flu? Although attendance w'as lower than that of all but the Panama City Corflu (and maybe El Paso’s), there was a good mix of fans. I April 2001 5

2001 Hugo Award Nominees

The Millennium Philcon© announced Best Dramatic there were 495 total nominating ballots. 178 of those ballots were The Hugos are li+erary awards. The Presentation submitted electronically. There were media should feel thankful we con­ (279 nominating ballots, 151 an additional 29 paper ballots, and 15 descend to give them even one rocket. nominees): electronic ballots that were received, that were marked ineligible for What are you trying to Chicken Run various reasons. do? Win the award for Best Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Dogmatic Presentation? Frank Herbert’s Dune Best Novel Frequency X-men (381 nominating ballots, 205 nominees): Best Professional Editor A Storm of Swords by George R.R. (288 nominating ballots, 77 Martin, (Voyager; Bantam nominees): Spectra) Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer Ellen Datlow (Tor) Gardner Dozois Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire David G. Hartwell by J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury; Stanley Schmidt Scholastic/Levine) Gordon Van Gelder Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson (Warner Aspect) Best Professional Artist The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod (246 nominating ballots, 145 nominees): Orbit 1999/Tor 2000) Best Short Story (295 nominating ballots, 248 nominees). Jim Bums Best Novella Bob Eggleton (229 nominating ballots, 50 nominees; “Different Kinds of Darkness” by David Frank Kelly Freas Langford (F&SF Jan 2000) ’ six nominees due to a tie): Donato Giancola “Kaddish for the Last Survivor” by Michael Michael Whelan “A Roll of the Dice” by Catherine Asaro A. Burstein (Analog Nov 2000) Best Fan Writer (Analog Jul/Aug 2000) “Moon Dogs” by Michael Swanwick (Moon (201 nominating ballots, 134 nominees): “Oracle” by Greg Egan (Asimov's Jul 2000) Dogs, NESFA Press Feb 2000; Asimov's “Radiant Green Star” by Lucius Shepard Mar 2000) Bob Devney (Asimov's Aug 2000) “The Elephants on Neptune” by Mike Mike Glyer “Seventy-Two Letters” by Ted Chiang Resnick (Asimov's May 2000) Dave Langford “The Gravity Mine” by Stephen Baxter (Vanishing Acts: A Science Fiction Evelyn C. Leeper Anthology, Tor Jul 2000) (Asimov's Apr 2000) Steven H Silver “The Retrieval Artist” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Analog Jun 2000) Best Related Book Best Sentiprozine “The Ultimate Earth” by Jack Williamson (213 ballots, 86 nominees): (241 nominating ballots, 56 nominees): (Analog Dec 2000) Concordance to Cordwainer Smith: Third Interzone edited by David Pringle Best Novellette Edition by Anthony R. Lewis (NESFA Locus edited by Charles N. Brown (237 nominating ballots, 131 nominees): Press) New York Review ofScience Fiction edited Greetings from Earth: The Art of Bob by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and “Agape Among the Robots” by Allen Steele Eggleton by Bob Eggleton, Nigel Kevin Maroney (Analog May 2000) Suckling (Paper Tiger) Science Fiction Chronicle edited by Andrew “Generation Gap” by Stanley Schmidt Putting It Together: Turning Sow's Ear I. Porter (Artemis Spring 2000) Drafts Into Silk Purse Stories by Mike Speculations edited by Denise Lee and “Millennium Babies” by Kristine Kathryn Resnick (Wildside Press) Susan Fry; published by Kent Brewster Rusch (Asimov's Jan 2000) Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion “On the Orion Line” by Stephen Baxter by James Gifford (Nitrosyncretic Press) Best Fanzine (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2000) Terry Pratchett: Guilty ofLiterature ed. by (194 nominating ballots, 90 nominees): “Redchapel” by Mike Resnick (Asimov's Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Dec 2000) Farah Mendlesohn (The Science Fiction Challenger edited by Guy Lillian ID Foundation) File 770 edited by Mike Glyer 6 File 770:138

Mimosa ed. by Nicki and Richard Lynch (Astounding SF Nov 1949-Jan 1950) Plokta edited by Alison Scott, Steve “The Dreaming Jewels” by Theodore Davies and Mike Scott Sturgeon (Fantastic Adventures Feb STET edited by Dick Smith and Leah 1950) Zeldes Smith “The Last Enemy” by 11 Beam Piper (Astounding SF Aug 1950) Best Fan Artist “The Man Who Sold the Moon” by (l 27 nominating ballots, 81 nominees): Robert Heinlein (Shasta Publishers) “To the Stars” by L. Ron Hubbard Sheryl Birkhead (Astounding SF Feb-Mar 1950) Brad Foster Teddy Harvia Best Novelette Sue Mason (73 nominating ballots, 32 nominees): Tarai Wayne “Dear Devil” by Eric Frank Russell John W. Campbell Award (Other Worlds May 1950) (201 nominating ballots, 100 nominees): “Okie” by James Blish (Astounding Science Fiction Apr 1950) James L. Cambias (1st year of eligibility) “Scanners Live in Vain” by Cordwainer Thomas Harlan (2nd year of eligibility) Smith (P'antasy Book #6) Douglas Smith (2nd year of eligibility) “The Helping Hand” by Poul Anderson Kristine Smith (2nd year of eligibility) (Astounding SF May 1950) Jo Walton (1 st year of eligibility) ‘The Little Black Bag” by C.M. Kombluth (AstoundingSF Ju\ 1950)

1950 Retro Hugo Best Short Story (100 nominating ballots, 64 nominees): Award Nominees (Scribner’s) First Lensman by Edward E Smith, Ph D. “A Subway Named Mobius” by A. J. Deutsch There were 130 total nominating ballots. 48 (Fantasy Press) (Astounding Science Fiction Dec 1950) ballots were submitted electronically. One Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov “Bom of Man and Woman” by Richard additional paper ballot was received that (Doubleday) Matheson (F&SF Summer 1950) was marked invalid. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by “Coming Attraction” by Fritz Leiber C.S. Lewis (Geoffrey Bles) (Galaxy Nov 50) Best Novel “The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out” (111 nominating ballots, 31 nominees): Best Novella by Reginald Bretnor (P&SF Winter- (73 nominating ballots, 18 nominees): Spring 1950) The Dying Earth by Jack Vance (Hillman) “To Serve Man” by Damon Knight Parmer in the Sky by Robert A Heinlein “And Now You Don't” by Isaac Asimov (Galaxy Nov 1950)

2001 Hugo Award 1950 Retro Hugo Nominee Voting Summary Nominee Voting Summary

Category Ballots Votes Nominees Range Category Ballots Votes Nominees Range Novel 381 1189 205 56-28 Novel 111 324 30 54-28 Novella 229 615 50 45-33 Novella 73 141 19 44-9 Novelette 237 734 131 32-21 Novelette 73 299 32 67-18 Short Story 295 864 248 31-21 Short Story 100 327 64 54-22 Related Book 213 478 86 35-25 Related Book* 9 14 10 2-1 Dramatic Pres. 279 876 151 105-46 Dramatic Pres. 88 252 30 72-18 Professional Ed. 288 786 77 129-61 Professional Editor 64 193 21 55-11 Professional Art. 246 669 145 127-30 Professional Artist 49 151 31 29-11 Semiprozine 241 537 56 88-46 Fan Writer 38 133 29 27-7 Fanzine 194 481 90 54-30 Semiprozine* 4 8 8 1-1 Fan Writer 201 498 134 41-23 Fanzine 36 98 26 19-7 Fan Artist 127 316 81 42-16 Fan Artist 30 82 20 19-4 Campbell Award 201 449 100 29-19 ♦Category not on final ballot Counting software developed by Jeff Copeland. 130 total nominating ballots April 2001 7

Best Related Book Best Fanzine (9 nominating ballots, 10 nominees): (36 nominating ballots, 26 nominees): Category has been dropped due to insufficient response Quandry Skyhook Best Dramatic Presentation Spacewarp (88 nominating ballots, 30 nominees): Slant Science Fiction Cinderella Newsletter Destination Moon The Fanscient Harvey Rabbit of Seville Best Fan Artist Rocketship X-M (30 nominating ballots, 20 nominees): Best Professional Editor (64 nominating ballots, 21 nominees): Jack Gaughan find it before the deadline, I had resorted to Lee Hoffman using the number on the mailing label of an Anthony Boucher Ray Nelson earlier MilPhil PR which I had located. It John W. Campbell, Jr. Bill Rotsler turns out those numbers are not the same. Groff Conklin James White Now I wonder if my electronic vote was H.L. Gold counted by Rick and Saul? J. Francis McComas Notes from the Hugo Administrators: Ed Emshwiller received enough nominations to ConJose Announces Web Site Best Professional Artist be on the ballot in the Best Professional Artist category. However, the Hugo Hugo (49 nominating ballots, 31 nominees): Committee has determined that his first ConJose, the 2002 Worldcon, will present a professional work was in 1951 and therefore special Hugo Award for Best Web Site. It Hannes Bok he’s ineligible to appear on the ballot. will be open to any web site primarily Chesley Bonestell Harlan Ellison received enough related to the fields of science fiction, Edd Cartier nominations to be on the ballot in the Best fantasy, or fandom and will be given for Virgil Finlay Fan Writer category. However, the Hugo material displayed on the World Wide Web Frank Kelly Freas Committee has determined that he did not during the calendar year 2001. The Award is have any fan writing published in 1950. being added under a WSFS rule that permits Best Fan Writer Both Bjo Trimble and Dave Kyle a committee to include an experimental (38 nominating ballots, 29 nominees): received enough nominations to be on the Hugo category. There will be a single ballot in the Best Fan Artist category. category, eligibility will not be subdivided Lee Hoffman However, the Hugo Committee has not (“professional,” “fan,” “semipro” etc.) Bob Silverberg found any work by either in 1950. Answering the question of how to judge Robert "Bob" Wilson Tucker After discussion with Stanley Schmidt of web sites with changing contents - which, James White Analog, it was decided that conducting hopefully, is most of them! — Kevin Walt Willis nominations for the Campbell Award would Standlee explained, “Just as artists often be inappropriate. produce a continuous flow of artwork, web Best Sentiprozine The software used for counting the sites quite often change over time. Just as in (4 nominating ballots, 8 nominees): nominations was developed by Jeff the Best Artist category, our basic Copeland. assumption is that Hugo voters will be Category was dropped due to insufficient making their decisions based on what they response Inside the File 770 Voting Booth: saw appear during the previous calendar Electronic Hugo voting was handicapped year. (And just like the Best Artist category, when the Millennium Philcon site went we won't quiz the voters on the specifics down a several of days before the March 31 they're using.) Luckily, many web site sites deadline. Votes cast online from March 28- provide archives or ‘issues’ so that visitors 31 might have been lost, so Hugo can examine past content.” administrators Rick Katze and Saul Jaffe ConJose Hugo Postscript: John Lorentz opened their mirror server and extended the has agreed to administer the 2002 Hugo deadline four days to allow people to re­ Awards for ConJose. He previously co­ enter votes. administered the 1998 Flugo Awards at Just the other day I found the special PR Bucconneer with his wife, Ruth Sachter. from Millennium Philcon containing the Ruth, however, expects to be a little busy in Hugo nominating ballots. The one with a 2002 as Vice Chair of ConJose.) special mailing label containing my “unique identifying number.” Having been unable to 8 File 770:138

overseas adventures. “We leave on the GUFF trip in less than a week, so we are typically totally disorganized. Our path takes us to the US East Coast for once, with a visit to Corflu in Boston, before flying to London and then the Eastercon. We do have plans to see lots of UK fans, so 1 hope we don't get too lost in making our way around the UK seeking them out. Jean has assisted this ma­ terially, by making me get rid of my old map, which apparently pre-dates the Nor­ man conquest.” They did get one thing started before leaving, a new GUFF web site: http://psiphi.serverl01.com/guff/index. htm Eric adds, “In a triumph of optimism over realism, Jean even arranged a News of Fandom ‘donations’ page there, so that, for the very first time (we think) in a fan fund,, fans can donate to the fund over the internet in any of Wedding Countdown Begins “He said it was pretty interesting, moder­ several different ways.” Guy Lillian HI and Rose-Marie Donovan ately strong and long lasting but not espe­ For the record, here are the GUFF voting will be married in Cocoa, Florida, on June cially scary." statistics: 30th. Guy boasts, “An Atlas-Agena is sched­ Bill Warren, who also is working at Boe­ Aus UK Other Total uled to be launched that very evening from ing, can be excused if he felt a little differ­ Lindsay/Weber 17 22 10 49 nearby Cape Canaveral. As Joe Major says, ently. Although his home in Tacoma Warman/Woods 19 12 3 34 a good wedding should have fireworks.” emerged essentially unscathed, his work­ place in Renton did not. He told readers of CUFF Chronicles of the Dawn Patrol: “I got a laugh out of your coverage on the Fandom Inc. Goes Bust “My building was trashed... During the Bid farewell to the company fans love to Canadian Unity Fan Fund,” wrote fund ad­ quake, our seismically-designed building — ministrator Garth Spencer. “Actually Murray hate. Debra Streicker-Fine, CEO of Fandom which I had just moved into a week earlier — Inc., announced on April 2 that the company Moore didn't unilaterally declare himself proceeded to do what any good seismically- winner. 1 had been delegated the balloting is shutting down its online operations. Crea­ designed building should do: it rocked back tion Entertainment, acquired by Fandom just this year, and Murray was the only one to and forth and flexed and didn't fall down! four months ago, has already been sold back run as nominee — getting more than enough That's the good news. Not-so-good: the nominations, in both eastern and western to founders Gary Berman and Adam Malin. building proceeded to beat itself to death on They paid a lower price to get their company Canada. I declared he was the delegate this the concrete supports for the [flight] simula­ year. In January 2001. Evidently I put every­ back than Fandom Inc. paid for it in the first tors. Part of that beating included breaking place. one on my email release list except you. the fire sprinkler system into a whole bunch Strange.” Though I don’t rule out the possibility of independently owned and operated fire that they simply pulled it out of the dump­ Check out www.v-con.org for informa­ sprinkler systems, each of which immedi­ tion on this year's VCon, doubling as this ster behind Fandom’s officers. No question ately went into competition with each other that Fandom.com’s lawyers are still in it, year's Canvention, where Murray should to see which one could turn the largest col­ appear. after Carol Burrell successfully fought their lection of posters, books, information hand­ efforts to take away her Fandom.tv domain outs, files, etc. to papier-mache first. Since a name. Carol, left with $1,500 of unpaid le­ lot of these things were on the third floor (I DUFF gal bills, hopes fans will help her out. was on the first) the upstairs got very heavy DUFF got a financial boost from the Wild [[Sources: The Hollywood Reporter, Ansi- very fast. As a result, when we all filed out Cards Consortium, which donated a com­ ble 165]] of the building in an orderly fashion (shh! plete, 15-book set of the Wild Cards (US I'm telling this!) we found out they wouldn't edition) to auction at Boskone. According to Bad Vibrations let us back in the rest of the day, so they said Janice Gelb, they were signed by most of the Seattle was hit by a 6.8 magnitude earth­ ‘go home.’ They say the 25-01 may be open writers of the series -- including the late quake on February 28, but the depth of the to Boeing folk in maybe 3 months. We got it Roger Zelazny. fault involved resulted in fewer seriously better than the Company HQ building near Marc Ortlieb reported in Australian SF damaged area than might otherwise have Boeing Field: our sprinkler system soaked Bullsheet #166 that DUFF delegates Naomi been the case. Bill and Joy Warren’s home our building and contents. At Corp HQ it Fisher and Pat Molloy visited Melbourne in in Tacoma was essentially untouched by the was the sewer system.” April, “managing to get to the Nova Mob, quake. Friday Night Gathering and The MSFC, as Jordin Kare, from California’s Bay Area, GUFF well as a visit to Healesville Wildlife Sanc­ tuary, where they weren't bitten by a wom­ was there at the time doing some consulting Eric Lindsay dropped a line while he and bat.” with Boeing. According to Mary Kay Kare, Jean Weber were packing for their latest April 2001 9

NAFF Lucy Zinkiewicz of New South Wales and Sean-Paul Smith of Victoria are the first winners of the National Australian Fan Fund (NAFF). They were scheduled to attend Swancon in Perth at Easter. NAFF, announced in February; is de­ signed to assist fans to attend tire Australian National SF Convention. Fans residing in all states and territories outside the one where the Natcon will be held are eligible to be nominated for NAFF. Preference is given to fans who have (a) not attended a Natcon and/or (b) have not attended a convention in the state/territory of the current Natcon. NAFF provides the cost of airfare (or travel­ ing expenses) and convention membership. Tire first NAFF winners were selected by a committee consisting of Grant Watson (Western Australia) and Sue Aim Barber (Victoria). Future NAFF races may involve voting by the fan community. The nominees had to provide a 200-word description of what they could bring to inter­ chards for agreeing to buy it without even licensed the trademark for $100 a month to state fans and a brief description of their viewing it and, of course, Brian Robinson another company called Gothix, whose fannish history. The winner is expected to for kindly donating his collection to a good president is Gene Reynolds -- Ferry's trusted produce a trip report and engage in fundrais­ fannish cause. (Andy Richards' Cold Ton­ friend, companion and “cosmic brother,” ing to support NAFF nage Books can be contacted on 01276 according to court documents and testimony. Next year's NAFF will send a fan to Con­ 475388 or check http://www.coldtonnage. Reynolds is listed in Famous Monsters as vergence in Victoria - then, fans from Vic­ demon.co.uk). the general manager, just below Ferry's toria will be ineligible to enter. [[Source: name on the masthead. Australian SF Bullsheet #162,165]] Mockery of a Sham Ferry’s lawyers testified that they took Famous Monsters' Ray Ferry survived an­ the magazine's trademark as collateral for TAFF other day in court and avoided a conviction Ferry's unpaid legal bills. Victor Gonzalez won the TAFF race, edging for criminal contempt. On February 28 a Tom Springer in a comparatively close race. Superior Court judge in Los Angeles said Fans Want Acktion Figure But you’ll have to trust me on this, I lost the Ferry’s business dealings “bear the hall­ If s not all bad news. Fans of Forry Acker­ little piece of paper that fell out of my copy marks of a contrived sham” designed to help man have started a petition to get noted hor­ of Ansible. Oh, wait, I found it: Victor Gon­ him avoid payment of a $500,000 judgment, ror toy manufacturer SideShow to create an zalez, 56; Tom Springer, 40; No Preference, but declined to hold him in criminal con­ action figure of Ackerman. Ackerman, the 5; Hold Over Funds, 3. tempt. creator of Vanipirella and former editor of The winner traveled to the British Judge Stephen Petersen found Ray Ferry the original Famous Monsters of Filmland, Eastercon. not guilty of willfully disobeying a court is recognized as the world's foremost author­ order to refrain from selling back issues of ity on horror and science-fiction films. Fans Ancient TAFF Stuff Famous Monsters of Filmland. Ferry also can sign the petition online at: http://www. Martin Tudor (European TAFF administra­ was ruled not guilty of willfully refusing to PetitionOnline.com/Forry4e/ tor 1996-98) has recently been made aware return certain items to Forry Ackerman. Ackerman would like to see it happen. "I of what he terms “an appalling oversight” Last year a jury awarded Ackerman think I've got a good chance," he that occurred during his Administration, hi $724,500 in damages, which Petersen later said. "Better than 50/50." 1997 Paul ‘Skel’ Skelton contacted TAFF to reduced to $475,499, plus $30,000 in attor­ As of December 8, the petition had offer the donation of the book and magazine ney fees. Ackerman has not yet collected a gained 298 signatures. And a few horror collection of his recently deceased friend penny of the judgment. luminaries have even made the scene. Noted and sometime co-editor Brian Robinson. The “This just goes on and on,” Ackerman comic artist and writer Dan Brereton sale of this collection raised £1,000 which told the Los Angeles Times. “I never (Nocturnals) has signed the petition, as has went a long way towards paying off the dreamed everything could be so compli­ Chaos! Comics and EtemalToys head Brian TAFF debts generated after Abigail Frost cated, so many ways for the wrongdoer to Pulido. had stolen the TAFF fund; but somehow avoid paying what the jury awarded me.” Martin failed to record his thanks in the According to court records, Ferry as­ Hilifter TAIT newsletter. So, belatedly, Martin signed his magazine's trademark to Eske- Ben Overkamp, son of St. Louis fan Jenny would like to record his thanks to Skel and tores Systems, a corporation formed by the Overkamp, earned a spot on the U.S. Junior Cas Skelton for sorting out Brian's stuff, law firm that represented him during his World Weightlifting team over the April 21- Tony Berry for transporting it, Andy Ri­ civil trial against Ackerman, which then 22 weekend at the national championships 10 File 770:138

still online. fiction fans. Bob is responsible for many of Judy Kindell says her an­ the traditions honored by thousands of sci­ nouncement drew about 4,000 ence fiction fans and writers around the comments, an unusually large world. number. “Along the way he published 60 science The Alliance for Justice is a fiction, mystery and adventure short stories national association of environ­ and novels. mental, civil rights, mental “Tucker received the 1970 Hugo Award health, women's, and consumer (presented by the World Science Fiction advocacy organizations. And the Society) for Best Fan Writer. His novel, IRS is, well, you know... Year of the Quiet Sun, won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, a nomination AntiFan Films for a Nebula Award, and a Hugo nomina­ Mark Loney has arranged to tion. In 1985, First Fandom, an organization preserve the two AntiFan mov­ of science fiction fans that have been active since tire 1930s, presented him with their Retro Hugo nominee and triple-banquet­ ies made to promote the Aussie- Flail of Fame Award. honoree — Wilson "Bob" Tucker. Photo by con (’75) and Sydney in '83 World- “At a ceremony on the Queen Mary in Keith Stokes. con bids. ScreenSound Australia will assimilate the AntiFan films 1996, Tucker was the second person hon­ into their collection, make digital tape mas­ ored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy in Shreveport, LA. He is the first St. Louis ter in betacam format for their own pur­ Writers of America as Author Emeritus. lifter to qualify for the team in more than 25 poses, and provide the donors with video “The Tucker Tribute is sponsored by the years. tape copies at cost. Loney had been taking Dawn Patrol, an international organization Hie eight-man, seven-woman squad will reservations for copies in betacam or VHS of science fiction, aviation and aeronautics compete in the Junior World Weightlifting PAL format, with an April deadline. enthusiasts. Attendance is open to the pub­ Championships in Greece in mid-June. The Whether further copies can still be ordered lic, but will be limited to 175 people. Ban­ competition is Olympic-style, which in­ is not known: he can be contacted at: quet tickets will not be available at the door. cludes the snatch and clean and jerk disci­ [email protected] PO Box 181, “The cost of the event is $25. There will plines. Campbell ACT 2612, Australia. [[Source: be a hospitality suite on Friday and Satur­ Ben made the Jr. World Squad in weight­ Australian SF Bullsheet]] day, but activities are currently planned for lifting last year and attended the Olympic Saturday only. Checks made payable to Bar­ training center last summer. Ben is presently bara Walley should be sent to Tucker Trib­ ranked number one in his age and weight Triple-Barreled Tucker Tributes ute, c/o Barbara Walley, 10202 White Ave., class. Last issue reported that Bob Tucker trimmed Kansas City, MO 64134. Fhe deadline for the list of conventions he travels to, so the registration is June 30, 2001. ditto 14 and FanHistoriCon 11 were beating Dragons Talk Back to IRS “Rooms are available at the Ramada Inn the odds by staging both cons in Tucker’s (800) 385-0000 for $59/night. Tell them that As File 770 reported last issue, when the home town —Bloomington, IL - next fall IRS decided to make rules about the way you are with the Dawn Patrol's Tucker Trib­ over the weekend of October 12-14. ute.” tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations use web Now it’s been announced that before sites, it asked for public comment. Because For additional details, see the web site: October’s double-barreled conventions, http://www.kcsciencefiction.org/tt.htm it’s a small world, who else could be the Tucker will be celebrated at an even bigger principal author of the IRS’ announcement tribute event in Bloomington. Access Denied than Judy Kindell, President of the Wash­ Keith Stokes explains: “I liked your ington Science Fiction Association? Equally comments about the Mountain going to Sincerely, Harlan Ellison interesting, another WSFA lawyer, John Bloomington. But Bloomington will host Harlan Ellison has declared war on people Pomeranz of the Alliance for Justice, was twin peaks this year. On August 4, 2001, who post his work on the Net without his assigned to look over the announcement for science fiction readers from around the permission. His targets are part of an online items requiring comment by the Alliance. United States will be gathering in Blooming­ subculture who feel that “information should Pomeranz saw the story and responded, ton, Illinois to honor Wilson and Fem be free” and create sites to distribute copy­ “Thanks for the mention of my employer, Tucker. righted fiction over the Net. People wanting the Alliance for Justice, in your story on the “Tucker Tribute, a semilbrmal banquet at to read stories by Ellison story or other sf fannish involvement in the IRS Request for the Ramada Inn, 1219 Holiday Drive, will authors (it’s happening to many, including Comments on Internet Activities by Non­ celebrate Wilson's literary contributions in Larry Niven and Roger Zelazny) simply profits. (As a result, File 770 is now' a part the science fiction and mystery fields and his download the entire text instead of buying of our official press clipping files.)” contributions to Science Fiction Fandom. the story or borrowing it from a library. The Alliance’s comments to the IRS in­ Fem is being celebrated for the love and Ellison warned some other folks who cluded some unusual exhibits: web sites for support that allowed him to accomplish the were bothering him a few years ago, in a two fictitious organizations, the 501(cX3) same. letter to File 770:112: “As those who re­ Dragon-Lovers Alliance for Research and “Wilson Tucker, known to most science member will attest, I am more than capable Education (www.dragonlovers.org) and the fiction fans as Bob, has been a science fic­ of traveling great distances to knock the 50l(cX4) Dragon-Lovers Action Fund tion reader and fan for over 70 years. One of block off evildoers... Is there anyone out (w'ww.dragonaction.org). The sites contain the best known and most popular science there who knows me at all, who doubts that 1 lots of fantasy references. They are probably would think no more about getting on a April 2001 11 plane and going to Glasgow to do such a 1929 and a serving officer until he was for a while. I found a typing table that will deed if I felt so moved, than I would about medically retired for tuberculosis in about work, and Eric and I spent the day connect­ squashing between thumb and forefinger a 1936. ing him up to his internal network. . . and 1 roach that had gotten into my cornflakes? I What fandom doesn’t know is who en­ learned more about wireless (and some sweep the crap out of my Augean stables dowed the chair, although free-lance journal­ forms of wired) networking than I really personally. I don't hire mercenaries.” Or if ist Francis Hamit twice posed the question wanted to. But it is done now.” he ever did, Harlan explained, even “the to the Academy’s press relations officer. contumacious Norman Spinrad” would not Hamit wonders if the Donor is Virginia Robert Lichtman slipped in mud and suf­ be sufficiently explosive for the purpose. Heinlein: “hi recent years, not only has fered a triple fracture of his right ankle on SFWA’s attorney, Christine Valada, ap­ Heinlein continued to be one of the most February 25. [[Source: Ansible 165]] parently is. She’s been hired to handle Elli­ popular authors in the world, but there have son’s litigation. But Stephen Robertson did­ been movie deals for works like Starship In early March, Kymm Kimpel’s wife Joei n't know that, or surely he would've been Troopers and The Puppet Masters which Kimpel suffered a stroke. She still has most more careful. Last April, Robertson, a 40- have brought in quite a bit of money.” of the movement in her right side, but has year-old motel manager in Red Bluff, Calif, The Academy states that the person hired trouble talking at times. [[Source: Chroni­ was caught uploading several of Ellison's to fill the inaugural Heinlein Chair “will cles of the Dawn Patrol]] short stories to a newsgroup where hundreds provide vision and direction for the USNA's of free — and unauthorized — digitized books astronautical engineering curriculum, its On April 11, Marty Cantor was hospital­ and stories are posted for the taking. Ellison small satellite program, and its satellite ized overnight after complaining of chest promptly nailed him with a lawsuit, which ground station.... Applicants must have a pains. X-rays revealed that his real problem Robertson ended up settling for some strong background in designing, building, was an intestinal blockage. He was treated $3,600. testing, launching, and operating spacecraft, and released in the morning Contact Mr. Ellison also targeted AOL and RemarQ, along with demonstrated research ability, a Cantor for a graphic description of what a Usenet subscription service, for providing strong commitment to undergraduate teach­ medical science proved he was full of. access to the pirated work. And Ellison ing, and excellent communications skills. An founded Kick Internet Piracy, a fund he earned doctorate is desirable, but applicants Lafferty Contact Point hopes will help defray the $40,000 he's with strong industrial/laboratory experience People interested in information about R. A. spent on legal fees so far. Mark Frauenfelder will be considered.” Lafferty should check the Internet at: reported in The Industry Standard, www.mulle-kybcretik.de/Ral “Ellison... does have some supporters. One Medical Updates It's based in Germany, and gives ad­ fan conducts online stings to identify infring­ Larry Niven fell while attending Nor- dresses where Ray can get mail: ers. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers wescon and had to have an operation on his R. A. Lafferty, c/o Franciscan Villa of America has allocated $5,000 to stop Net­ knee. Health Care Center J-54, 17110 E. 51st based copyright infringement.” Jerry Poumelle spent a day helping make Street, South Broken Arrow OK 74012. Kick Internet Piracy has received $1,300 the technical accommodations Niven needs Lafferty has had a couple of strokes and in contributions from Ben Bova, Frank M. to keep writing. Jerry explained on his web is unable to respond properly, but is doing Robinson, and at least one local sf club. page: “Due to his injury he can't climb the better than some fans had feared. The Devo­ Robin Bailey told Chronicles of the Dawn stairs at all and he's mostly in a wheelchair tional page has a couple of postings from the Patrol that the Kansas City Science Fic­ husband of the nurse who cares for Ray tion and Fantasy Society pledged a dona­ [[Source: Robert Whitaker Sirignano]] tion of $400. hi addition, they held a raf­ fle of autographed books and KC Wiz­ ards’ soccer paraphernalia, netting $254. The Road to Everywhere Bailey planned to personally deliver the Bruce and Elayne Pelz went on a 65-day cruise up the coast of Africa and around donations to Valada at the Nebula week­ the Mediterranean, to places most of us end in LA. Anyone who wishes may also send have only heard about in Elope and Crosby pictures. Luckily, we didn’t have checks directly to Ms Valada. Those to wait for them to return to read about checks should be made out to -- Law Office of Christine M. Valada and the trip - Bruce has taken advantage of mailed to: Kick Internet Piracy, P.O. Box the proliferation of Internet cafes around the world to e-mail new's from their ports- 55935, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413. of-call. All that’s been missing is the tra­ ditional, “having a great time, wish you Heinlein Gets the Chair were here.” Hmm... All of fandom has read by now that the March 12 - Cape Town, South Africa Aerospace Engineering Department at March 15 - Luderitz, Namibia the United States Naval Academy is tak­ March 27 - Dakar, Senegal ing applications for the Robert A. Hein­ April 4 - Valletta, Malta lein Chair in Aerospace Engineering. April 9 - Kusidasi, Turkey Heinlein, one of the most popular science April 11 - Port Said, Egypt fiction writers in the world and the first April 17 - Barcelona, Spain to be designated a “Grand Master,” was April 19 - Casablanca, Morocco also a graduate of the Naval Academy in 12 File 770:138

Good eating and good shopping Fancoil ver’s are usually worth a headline in Unofficial SF Club Bruce’s e-mails, like this descrip­ Garth Spencer, BCSFAz- tion of an early stop in South Af­ ine ’s new editor, reports rica: “We’ve been spending most of an interesting legal fact our port time shopping. And eat­ that keeps the Vancouver ing. (As if there weren’t enough to club from registering its eat on the ship... .) One of the name: “BCSFA is only more interesting local foods is informally organized; it called Bunny Chow (or just doesn’t exist in law, be­ ‘Bunnys’). They take a half a loaf cause we can’t register a of bread, hollow out the center, non-profit society with the and pour in some kind of curry province with the name dish -- I had a chicken Bunny in ‘British Columbia’ in the Durban. There are also sort of title. (We would have to mini-Bunnys which appear to be advertise it to 70% of the bread pockets (large) with the fans in the province, and curry dish inserted. Quite tasty.” prove that we have done Though contrary to what you so, and how do you prove might think, Bruce admits, “We're that?)” not the most adventurous of eat­ A difficult thing to ers.” Pondering whether there was prove, but impossible? anything worth eating locally at the Won’t one of the tradi­ stop in Turkey, Bruce wrote, “I tional solutions work? suppose there's always Turkish Nail an issue of BCSFAz- Delight - the real stuff, not the ine to the door of the city Bonomo's junk. . We took a break cathedral? Drape a club in the Grand Bazaar and had drinks — Diet Mr. Albom. “Please email me all the info banner over an elephant and lead it down Coke, of course - and a plate of Baklava. and mail your most recent edition and future Burnaby St. while someone bangs a bass That the stuff we get in the states dares to editions for review and possible write up in drum? Print up bumper stickers that say, use the same name is really a crime!” FactSheet Five written publication...” Uh, “Honk if you’re a British Columbia SF fan”? Spring weather can be fierce, even in probably not. balmy southern Italy. Storms plagued the Opening The Time Capsule stop in Naples and interfered with “the Pom­ The Buying Lantern Is Lit In 1990, Mike Rembert asked the members peii trip, which would have been great ex­ Copies of Lan's Lantern, published by the of Harry SF, a northeastern Ohio club, to cept it rained pitchforks and hammer­ late George "Lan" Laskowski, who passed write down their predictions for life in the handles all day, together with a wind strong away about a year and a half ago, are still new millennium. With Howard Hartzog’s enough to turn the umbrellas inside out, and available for purchase from Kathleen Las­ help, these were assembled into a one-shot a temperature far too low for comfort, even kowski. She’s also selling much of Lan’s sf zine called the Time Capsule. Rather than in a jacket.” book collection. burying the Capsule, copies were distributed Bruce ended one of his latest posts, Special Author issues of Lan’s Lantern to all the members. The turn of the millen­ “Elayne says I should assure everyone - and available for postage and production costs nium was the date set for “opening” the maybe disappoint a few — that we haven’t ($4 each): Poul Anderson, Clifford D. Si- Time Capsule. been turned off of cruising yet (after 6 of our mak, Bob Tucker, Hal Clement, Theodore According to Doug and Mary Piero 9 weeks), but we have decided that we need Sturgeon, A. E. Van Vogt, Fritz Lieber, Ar­ Carey, “Old science fiction fans aren't bad at one of the larger ships -- with a self-service thur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Jack William­ crystal gazing.” Some of Harry's predictions laundry and several jacuzzis - for anything son, and Robert A. Heinlein. She also has for 2001 included: longer than a 7-day cruise.” copies of “general” issues #31, #39, #40, • A new space station in orbit. They’re on the way to Barbados, using #41, #42, #43, #45, and others. • Years of Hubble Telescope successes the days at sea to rest their legs from shop­ Contact: Kathleen Laskowski, 2466 Val­ erase the stigma of early failure. ping in the bazaars of Turkey and Egypt. leyview Drive, Troy, MI 48098-5317. • Window-size satellite dishes challenge cable TV. Five Sheets To The Wind Niekas • Chrysler under foreign management. J. Michael Straczynski told us what hap­ Ed Meskys had Niekas 46 available at Bo- • Increases in home schooling. pened to the first four Babylon vessels, but I skone. The issue includes articles and col­ ♦ SF con attendance has dropped dra­ don’t think anyone ever revealed the fate of umns by Ray Nelson, John Boardman, Ben matically. the four zines that preceded FactSheet Five. Indick, Diana Paxson, Pat Matthews, Anne • Popular music is so nihilistic that no Or why the number never changes although Braude, and others. The usual, or $4.95, or adult can bear to hear it. the editor does. And it’s happening again. 4/S19. Contact: Ed Meskys, RR #2 HBox • Computer-controlled stage manage­ “FactSheet is alive and well and will soon 63, 322 Whittier Hwy, Center Harbor NH ment (lights, mikes, etc) for theaters. be kicking under the scrutiny of Dwayne- 03226-9708 • VCRs that can skip recording commer­ Michael D. Albom ,” says an e-mail from cials. April 2001 13

• Voice recognition for computer secu­ This one is complained about by more than Now On Sail rity and computing in general. just me.” Indeed, the problem is more com­ Hurry online and buy dozens of copies of • New metallic threads used in fiber mon in fandom than you might think. I’ll Eve Ackerman’s novel, Pirate’s Price, writ­ arts. leave it up to you to decide if it was written ten under her pen name of Darlene Mar­ • Workfare replacing welfare. by the president of your club. shall. The humorous romance, set in 19th • More recycling. Hint: It wasn’t written by the President of century Florida, is available in e-book for­ • Electric vehicles on the roads. the Melbourne SF Association. That issue mat from Daylight Dreams, www. • Disappearance of the middle class as was handled by Terry Frost in the August daylightdreams.com. There’s an excerpt the gulf between rich and poor widens. 2000 issue of its clubzine, Ethel the Aard­ from the novel on the website. • Computer jobs eliminate lower class vark. Terry wrote, “I don’t care if you come “If someone asked me to describe my jobs. straight from working in a colliery to the book in one sentence,” says the Florida fan, • Little guys swallowed up by big corpo­ meetings. I don’t care if you tripped over in applying a Proustian definition of sentence, rations. the abattoir just before the end of the shift. I ‘Td say it’s about a pirate ship crewed • Computer shopping for food, clothing, don’t care if your flatmate dumped the con­ mainly by men who’ve been at sea with toiletries and toys. tents of a cat-litter tray into the pockets of other men far too long, and their captain is a • Electronic greeting cards. your parka... three months ago. Buy some woman pretending to be a man who has a bit roll-on Norsca and rub it over your flabby • Israel becomes more militant. of a swish to his walk and then one day they torso before you lumber into the building. • Pacific Rim market domination col­ capture her estranged husband, who she's It’s not a sign of masculinity to be able to lapses. been robbing blind, and things get interest­ make camels retch. It’s not an effete bour­ Ending on a coy note, they say, “Of ing.” Eve insists, “It's a romance. Trust me geois thing to run water over yourself in course, like any Cassandra, we don't mention on this.” months that have the letter J in them. .. If the wrong predictions here!” She started Pirate’s Price in 1993, set it this little heartfelt plea doesn’t work, I rec­ aside for six years, “Then finally planted my ommend that the committee pass a special Fans Find Wealth butt in the chair and finished it. And sold it, by-law to increase the smelly-bloke member­ which is even better.” on the Internet - Their Own ship rate to around the same price as a top of Expect another one soon. The working If the Internet isn’t making you rich, it may the range DVD player. Membership cards title is Captain Sinister, also a pirate saga. at least help you break even. All those TV for these special members should be printed on car deodorizers.” news stories about the state holding un­ How Few Remainder claimed money for you are a “sweeps week” Mike Walsh’s Old Earth Books has obtained cliche, but LASFSian Matthew Tepper took KaCSFFS 30th Anniversary reprint rights to the works of Edgar Pang- the advice and inched closer to his next The Kansas City Science Fiction and Fan­ bom. Old Earth will bring out editions of shopping spree at Tiffany’s. He looked up tasy Society celebrated its 30th Anniversary West of the Sun, A Mirror for Observers, his name on the California state controller’s with a banquet on March 24. Three honorees Wilderness of Spring, The Trial of Callista web site and learned an insurance company were recognized for service to the club, one Blake, Davy, The Judgment of Eve, The had a $55 check waitmg for him. After Joe from each decade: Susan Satterfield, Becky Company of Glory and a one- or two-volume Zeff heard Tepper announce the find at a Rickert, and Sally Osgood. The banquet was omnibus of shorter fiction. club meeting, he visited the controller’s site, followed with a dance. Walsh wrote online, “Each book will be too, and found $160 being held for him. The For more details check http://www. reset and published in hardcover with the check is on the way. kcsciencefiction.org/30th.htm The biggest such recovery has been made usual good stuff: acid free paper and sewn signatures.” He’s planning to release the from the state of Colorado by the Denver World Wide Party 8 Area Science Fiction Association. DASFAx first few at Millennium Philcon. It may be the middle of winter where you reports the club’s building fund was found Two other Pangbom works are not part are, but midsummer night is on the way. by the State Treasurer’s department in much of the agreement: his first novel, A-100: A Dale Speirs reminds every fan that the 8th the same way that America was discovered. Mystery Novel, and the announced but never Annual World Wide Party is coming again “What? It was lost?” commented Thea published Atlantean Nights Entertainment, on June 21. At 2100 local time, “Raise a Hutcheson, who has been quietly taking care although Walsh says this may change in the glass and toast your friends in the Papemet of it for years. When the DASFA gets its future. around the world. Have a party if you will, $1,200 back, technically they won’t be any do a one-shot zine, prepare and post a batch richer than they were before, but they feel Focal Point Book of mail art, or whatever else you may think like they are. Mike Weasner has a chapter in a book of.” scheduled for May titled Astronomy With Benoit Girard of Quebec first suggested Small Telescopes, from Springer Verlag. Clean Up Your Act! the idea, and with a boost from Franz Miklis The book has chapters devoted to several The newly elected head of a well-known of Austria it has been orbiting fandom ever types of small telescopes. Mike wrote the science fiction club ended his inaugural ad­ since. Speirs explains, “The idea behind a chapter on the Meade ETX. The book is dress with this complaint: “Lastly and most 2100 toast is to get a wave circling the edited by Stephen F. Tonkin. Weasner is not sorry I am to mention it. BATHE, WASH planet celebrating zineish friends and con­ the only LASFSian who contributed to the YOUR CLOTHES! This is your responsibil­ necting everyone in the Papemet briefly by a book - Jay Freeman of the Bay Area also ity. You are adults. It is embarrassing and common activity.” wrote a chapter. Other contributors are annoying to mention this. Does the club Kevin Daley, Dwight Elvey, Robert Hatch, have to do something to enforce cleanliness? Dave Mitsky, and Tim Tonkin. 14 File 770:138

The book has been announced on Ama­ ner a necktie of about the age of our zon.com. Orders through Mike's ETX site friendship, say 30 years, with no other (http://www.weasner.com/etx) will be cred­ remark than Ed Green asking, “Is that ited to Mike. tartan?” I hope not, I said; I’m not enti­ tled to any that I know of. Short Waves Marty Cantor will be delighted to know that Changes of Address The Leaky Establishment by David Lang­ Allan D. Burrows, ford was the first release from Big Engine, E-mail: [email protected] Britain’s new subscription book publisher. Linda Bushyager, Juliette Woods and Damien Warman, E-mail: [email protected] runners-up in this year’s GUFF race, seem Connor Freff Cochram, to have located a consolation prize - they’re E-mail: [email protected] moving to Texas. Woods told Australian SF Donald & Jill Eastlake, 155 Beaver St., Bullsheet #163, “I now have a Finn idea of Milford, MA 01757 where we're going once I've finished my the­ Teddy Harvia, 12341 Band Box Place, sis. From July we'll be in Austin, Texas. I Dallas, TX 75244-7001 have a postdoctoral appointment at the Elspeth Kovar, E-mail: [email protected] Texas Institute for Computational and Ap­ Richard Labonte, Marlborough Farm, 166 plied Mathematics at the University of Stoughton SideRoad, RR2 Calabogie, Texas. Damien will be able to complete his ONKOJ 1H0, Canada PhD and do a bit of TA work there. We’ll be Cheryl Morgan, there for at least a year, depending on E-mail: [email protected] hospitable local fans, able fanwriters, fine whether I get an Australian fellowship or Bruce Pelz, E-mail: [email protected] companions, Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund win­ not. We will try and arrange to drop by and Elayne Pelz: E-mail: [email protected]. ners -who published their trip report, Uplift visit people in Europe and the UK en route.” Gene Stewart, E-mail: [email protected] hosts of mystery fandom, Friends of the Julie Zetterberg married Greg Sardo Paul Treadway, 22 York Street, Cambridge, Great and Near Great (as Bill Rotsler put on on January 20 in a ceremony held at the Mu­ CB1 2PY, U.K. a name badge for Larry Niven), could either seum of Flight in Seattle. Many members of Roger Wells, 8152 SW Hall Blvd. #405, of them have for the occasion been sur­ the costuming community participated. The Beaverton, OR 97008; rounded by fans of any number and celeb­ bridesmaids were Frances Simmons and E-mail: [email protected] rity. Each instead had a small family gather­ Kathy Sanders, and the Matron of Honor was Susan Taubenek. Spinning another tra­ ing. As soon as Roger Wells saw his COA in the For June’s the definition was commodi­ dition, the “Groomswomen” were Betty- last issue, he wrote, “Yes, my mailing ad­ ous. The three children of her body were Bigelow and Dr. Lynn Kingsley. dress has changed yet again. I was laid off present, two of which, being married, The wedding cake looked like a stack of from my position at New Edge Networks in brought their own families. But she has also three hat boxes, with a special topper made Vancouver, just after really getting moved to taken an interest in younger fans as almost by Betty Bigelow. [[Source: Michael Citrak, Vancouver; about 30% of the workforce was to adopt them, and some of these filially Westwind 1/2001 [[ let go. Within a few weeks I had four of­ attended. I myself owe more to June than 1 Karen Pender Gunn has changed her fers... I've accepted a position managing the can easily recount. Deft and encouraging, first name to KRin. She is organizing a Re­ productization department at the Beaverton, crisp, discerning, and cheerful, the Mary lay for Life team to walk the Whitehorse OR office of Wind River Systems, headquar­ Poppins of APA-L, she has figured in adven­ venue in November to raises money for the tered in Alameda, CA.” tures from strange steak dinners at the Pa­ Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria, Australia. Richard Labonte says, “I’ve given up cific Dining Car, and hammering hazelnuts, The cost is $10 per person and the idea is gay bookselling after 20 years and plan to to editing the Rick Sneary memorial fanzine, that the team takes it in turn to walk, with spend the next couple of years living on a Button-Tack. Let us all rejoice in such the whole thing running for 48 hours. If you farm I’ve owned communally with several friends, and revel in a fandom where they are interested, contact her at: other college friends for 25 years now. Next flourish. [email protected] time I read File 770 I’ll be rocking on the As a present I found at the last moment a KRin is back working, at the Anti-Cancer front porch.” 75th anniversary edition of K. Grahame, The Council Library. [[Source: Australian SF Linda Bushyager says her new e-mail Wind in the Willows (1913), in hard covers Bullsheet #166]] handle, Misscraps, “Comes from the casino with illustrations by E. H. Shepard, who game of craps. I played a lot of it for awhile. conferred with Grahame but alas finished Actually right now my game of choice is Moffatt House At 75 too late for him to see the whole. Making video poker - if you know the correct strat­ by John Hertz this arrive in time (indeed, as it happened, egy and on some machines you can have a on the very day) was a feat. It proved to con­ [[Reprinted from Vanamonde 415 by per­ slight advantage over the casino.” Linda and tain drawings no edition in June’s library mission.]] Ron will soon move closer to the action: they had, and with my urgent instructions fol­ Len Moffatt having happily celebrated are building a house in Las Vegas. “We ex­ lowed it came, as promised, with a card his 75th birthday, that June would go on to pect house to be completed and to move HIPY PAPY BTHUTHDTH THUTHDA hers was a consummation devoutly to be around August or September, though we BTHUTHDY. In the vicissitudes of fate and wished, which last Friday (April 20) came to don't know exactly when. Our current house fashion I was able to wear to Saturday din­ pass. These two diamonds of the first water, will be put up for sale in March.” April 2001 15

asked how he got all these movie!” A woman came up later and said people to show up and he his talk was “The most wonderful evening replied “People will go I’ve ever spent!” anywhere to get an award!” So Don didn’t have to languish in the He found by giving fannish hospital after his car accident, I spent a losers an award as well, he week in his home dishing out drugs and could gamer their complete emptying his bed pans. allegiance, and thus always He relished appearing on The Tonight have someone to lick the Show and other interview programs both on Obituaries stamps, fold the flyers and TV and radio. stuff the envelopes; I was At some point, Don knew the Society one of them. was decaying (if not why) and devised a Pat Ellington He lived in his grandparent’s house in new, more glamorous organization that Appreciation by Robert Lichtman South Los Angeles forever yet was never would only include people in the movie aware of the changing surroundings. I called industry. He called it “The Academy of Pat Ellington, widow of the late Dick El­ him during the Watts Riots, having seen a Horror Films, Science Fiction Films and lington and a long-time fan, passed away on TV helicopter shot of the liquor store on his Fantasy Films.” I opted for a shorter name, Thursday, April 12, 2001, at Alta Bates comer burning to the ground. He couldn’t but he wouldn’t have it. Finally, I offered to Hospital in Berkeley, California. A long­ understand why “People are carrying televi­ donate money to put the club on the map, time smoker, she'd been diagnosed with sion sets down the middle of the street!” put on our first awards show and buy the cancer about a year ago, but it was her While he told people he was a history first award if we could shorten the name to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that instructor, he was actually the librarian at “The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy was the immediate cause of her death. Pat's Woodbury College and a clerk in a law and Horror Films.” Imagine my surprise main fan activity was in the ’ 50s, when she office specializing in draft law. On at least finding out the first award goes to Don had articles in a couple issues of “Joan W. three separate occasions he took the Bar Reed “Because I thought of it!” When Don Carr’s” Femizine. She assisted Dick in the exam, but never passed. While never actu­ discovered industry people didn’t share the production of The Bosses' Songbook and ally receiving a degree, he adopted his same allegiance factor as fans, he opened had an illustration in it, and in the ’60s and lifelong moniker “Dr.” and enjoyed collect­ the ranks to anybody with money for a early 70s was a member of FAPA jointly ing honorary' degrees and had stacks of membership with Dick. She’s survived by their daughter bogus shingles on every possible subject. There were many at the time who Marie, her sister Mary and her brother He also had a number of those mail order thought Don an idiot and wanted to wrest Fred. ministries and offered to marry fans. the reins of power from him, but in the end, It was the beginning of the end when he none of the usurpers had the energy or the fell in with these guys purporting to be wild self-aggrandizing attitude to actually Dr. Donald Anthony Reed Monarchs and Royal emissaries. He began do it. March 18, 2001 the “Royal Order of Count Dracula” and Meeting Arnold Shapiro (multi-Emmy Appreciation by Alan White insisted on “Knighting” everyone with this winner for productions such as Scared big Dracula Sword causing Robert Bloch Straight) was a thrill and his ability to “I discovered at a young age 1 could never and others to drop out in disgust. produce our television award shows was become a God, so I decided to become a He was such a character, yes, I was assured. It was Arnold that commissioned judge. ” — Donald Reed mesmerized by his ability of persuasion and and produced the actual Saturn Award the potential for meeting just about anybody much to the surprise of Don who wanted the How can one put into words the passing of while in his company. Many club members trophy to be known as the “Dr. Donald A. Dr. Donald A. Reed, a sad and spoiled anti­ were called-on for a number of odd jobs. Reed Award.” Under Shapno’s guidance, fan who, since 1960 has provided (one way For example, I wrote the first half of his the show boasted absolutely everyone from or another) a much needed service to the book, The Films of Robert Red­ genre fans of Hollywood? It’s hard to pro­ ford, and others wrote the rest. vide epilogue for this elfish man-child, but He was also paid for teaching knowing him 25 years, I am as qualified as one-night adult classes at USC, anyone. but convinced someone else to I was smitten by the Count Dracula actually teach the class for free. I Society in 1963. Don and Manny Weltman attended his class on “Special created this odd assemblage of genre movie Effects,” only to find I was actu­ and literature fans, pseudo-intellectuals, ally the instructor! Don had would-be authors and script-writers. The bi­ strange powers of recovery as monthly meetings were a haven for fans in well. At a USC screening of King the ‘60s and actual celebs like Ray Brad­ Kong, the projector broke before bury, Robert Bloch, A.E. van Vogt, Christo­ a single frame hit the screen. pher Lee and others attended regularly. While a rep was offering to give Don was on to something, having an annual everybody their money back, Don banquet presenting awards to everyone from ran to the front of the theatre and Wolfman Jack to Rock Hudson, Bob Clam- gave an hour-long dissertation on pett, Robert Wise or Gene Roddenberry! I why “King Kong is a great 16 File 770:138

Charlton Heston, George Bums to Mark Hammill. Fantasies of The LASFS Shapiro presented Don with an offer that by restructuring the Academy like the Oscar Answer Man Academy, keeping books and actually having elections, he would ensure the success and Not long ago the Lasfs.org website’s everyone would have doors on their roofs, longevity of our organization. This was what “Answer Man” received a letter written in and cities would look very different. I’d been waiting for — the legitimizing of the pencil by a shaky I O-year-old hand: “As for whether magic is science fiction, Academy! Don’s reply was “I’d rather be a “Dear Science Fantasy Society: I would a very wise man named Arthur C. Clarke big fish in a little pond” and “Poof!” it was like to know how can a person have a fan­ once said, ‘Any sufficiently advanced tech­ essentially over. tasy. Write down about that for me and write nology is indistinguishable from magic.’ In 1989 I bowed out from sheer frustra­ down some steps about how I can have a That means, to people long ago who never tion and he never spoke to me again. While fantasy. Then, I would like to know is magic had light bulks or cars or computers, those everybody has a Don Reed story, in the end, science fiction. Here’s an example of what I things would be mysterious and magical. he will only be remembered for his quotes mean. I mean like if somebody could zap “Of course, if by ‘science fiction’ you on the covers of bad videos. something and it would turn into something mean ‘make believe,’ then that’s a much or if somebody could do a magic spell. If harder question. Because, you see, we’re all In Passing magic spells are real, please send me some. like those people long ago. When we don’t Love, Chris.” know much, everything, even a light bulb, is Rosemary Hickey passed away on April 26. LASFS member Bret Achom, who magic. Later, when we understand it, we She was in her 80s, and had been living in a worked on The Iron Giant with Warner say, ‘That’s not magic, that’s electricity.’ nursing home in Houston for some time. Bros, and now works for Disney, therefore And then, much later, if we’re lucky, we During the 1950s-1970s, she was an active knows a bit more about the art of illusion realize that the world isn’t a simple place, member of the University of Chicago Sci­ than the average fan, volunteered to answer and that there’s a lot we don’t understand. If ence Fiction Club and a committee member Chris’s letter. His thoughtful reply is worth you’ve ever stood outside when it was for ChiCon HI. Earl Kemp wrote online, “In repeating in these pages: snowing on a quiet day and listened to the her own right, she was quite a hostess for sf “Dear Chris: I’m writing to answer your sound of the snow and the way nothing affairs, a sportswoman, and a formidable foe letter to the Los Angeles Science Fantasy sounds like it usually does, or watched with a target rifle.” Society. They thought that 1 might be able to lightning storms on a hot, dry summer day, Pierre Versins, writer, faneditor, critic, answer your questions. As for what we do you might know what I mean. and author of the Encyclopedic Des Voyages down here, we’re pretty much like anywhere “I’m sorry to say that I don’t have any Extraordinaires, De L'Utopie Et De La else, except we enjoy science fiction and magic spells to send you. At least as far as Science Fiction (Worldcon special commit­ fantasy stories, usually in the form of books, I’ve seen, magic is something each person has to find on their own. 1 can remember tee award, 1973), died peacefully in his movies or TV. We hang out together, and sleep in April at a hospital in Avignon, talk about lots of things, and go places writing a letter very much like the one you France, his home town. He’d returned there together, just like any group of friends. just did, and I know that isn’t the answer you wanted. All I can say is that if you keep after living long years in Switzerland, where “As to how a person can have a fantasy, he founded the SF museum La Maison it’s mostly a matter of taking the way the your eyes open and look at the little things d'Ailleurs. In 2000, he was GoH of the world is, and imagining changing it any way that most people never notice, you’ll find French SF Convention in neighbouring you’d like. One way to do that is to ask that there’s a very magical world out there. Sincerely, Brett Achom.” L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue. He was 78. [[Source: ‘What if?’ ‘What if people could fly?’ is a favorite of mine. There’d be no more cars, Joyce Scrivner]] 2000 NEBULA AWARDS

These are the winners of the 2000 Nebula Bradbury Award: 2000X - Harlan Ellison, inevitable confusion occurred: ‘Td mentioned Awards, given out at the Beverly Hilton Hotel host/story editor; Yuri Rasovsky, producer/ previously that I felt the signage in the party in Beverly Hills, CA on April 28: director; Warren Dewey, sound Engineer. room should say more than just Sponsored by Novel: Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio These are the results of the 2001 SFWA SCIFI, Inc. for fear of confusion with the Sci- (Ballantine Del Rey) Officers Election: President: Fi Channel in the minds of the party's at­ Novella: Linda Nagata, "Goddesses"(Sci Norman Spinrad; Vice President: Sharon Lee; tendees. What I hadn't counted on is that the Fiction/Scifi.com) Secretary: Madeleine Robins; Treasurer: folks who maintain the SFWA website and Novelette: Walter Jon Williams, "Daddy's Chuck Rothman; Canadian Regional Director: SFWA's e-mail announcement list would get World"(A’ot of Homan Bom, Roc) Chris Atack. into the act. They both announced that the Short Story: Terry Bisson, "macs"(F&SF, Dessert Party will be sponsored by Scifi. Oct/Nov 1999) Just Desserts com.” Script: David Howard & Robert Gordon, SCIFI, Inc., the folks who brought you L.A. Miller and Christine Valada, who coordi­ Galaxy Quest (Dream Works SKG) con IH, tried to kiss up to the pros attending nated the Nebulas, both caught the mistake Also honored at the ceremony were: Nebula Weekend in Los Angeles by sponsor­ and prompted changes to the website and a SFWA Grand Master: Philip Jose Farmer; ing a Dessert Party. corrected e-mail message to be sent out. SFWA Author Emeritus: Robert Sheckley; Craig Miller said I-told-you-so when the bonifying robots. After, sketching a rough of what you want the final to look like, crank up your program. Since Bryce gives you a variety of shapes to use, I prefer working from what I determine will be the biggest geometric inexpensive and scanners are sold at shape outward. Sometimes melding supermarkets for less than $100. Now it’s shapes together, sometime, just sticking t happened in such a short period of the programs that are grossly expensive. them on! time. The individual occupations of Adobe’s Photoshop allows manip­ What you are working with can “Graphics Designer, Layout, Paste- ulation of art and photos to create the become a tangle of wires and shapes, so I IUp and Typesetting Artist” was going the unreal or enhance what already exists. usually make additional articles on way of the Pinsetter. Throughout the 70s Combined with other art programs like separate pages and paste them into the I had designed movie advertising material Corel’s 3D software Bryce, new worlds major piece to be attached later. on typesetting machines, developing can be created by anyone with the time to Something like building a real robot. reams of film that would be cut into spare and the spirit of adventure. When working in a three dimensional gallies, waxed and pasted onto layout With a boost from the internet, you world, care is taken the image is correct boards. Stills were photographed with can now, not only create your fanzines from every angle. Up, down, back and huge cameras, trimmed, waxed and put in with all the bells and whistles of the forth; the pieces can be moved around the place with T-Squares, X-Acto knives, largest design companies, but either print skill and patience. Fixing a minor typo them out or circulate them anywhere in was costly and time consuming. the world via the internet absolutely free. In 1984 Apple released it’s personal One such zine I am thankful to be in computer and a Brave New World began. cahoots with is Joyce Katz’ Smokin’ Like a scene from Return of the Fly, the Rockets where I’ve been given the Layout, Paste-Up, Designer and freedom to do anything I want AND in Typesetter all melded into one huge, color. Since Mike received a letter multi-tasking person. Looking back, the wondering how I created some of the thought of running an entire graphics and covers for File 770, I thought I would printing department on 4 megs of Ram give a behind-the-scenes look at creating seems unthinkable. the cover for Smokin’ Rockets #3. Layout programs like Quark X-Press There are many 3D rendering made it possible to quickly and easily do programs on the market, but for only what had taken hours to do in the past. $150, Bryce is perfect for novice or pro Fixing a mistake became instantaneous alike and available for both Mac and PC. and cost nothing. Compared with today, Both Bryce and Photoshop are huge the computers, printers and scanners were memory hogs, so come prepared. grossly expensive. No more wrestling with stencils and GETTING STARTED corflu. At last a state-of-the-art fanzine Bryce allows you to assemble any can be created to rival the big boys. number of wire-frame shapes to create Today, computers are relatively anything from scenic landscapes to A big (left) hand for the little robot screen freely. A completed art piece can be viewed from any angle! By accessing one of the many “material” pallets, you can create the metal coverings for your robot and rocket, plus terrain material for your landscape. Bryce 4 now allows you to animate your new figures and the environment you create for them!

TO REVIEW... You have created your wire frame picture, covered each figure with its respective material, chosen the proper “camera angle”, rendered your scene and finally, saved your project. Printing out a proof copy is a wise move too. Now it is imported into Photoshop to make some color adjustments and apply the rocket smoke. The Smokin’ Rockets masthead that was made in Typestyler 3.5.8 is also imported into Photoshop and the entire concoction of art is squished together, ready to be printed out or e-mailed to anyone in the world. ■ This article is meant solely to acquaint more fans with just a tad of the technology available to them. Yes, it’s presented as an overview of a process I Here is a shot of the working page showing the shapes palette at the top use and enjoy and has been quite and 3-dimensional movement controls along the left side. Notice the flurry of wires simplified. No, I’m not thumping the tub and in the background, the mountain range. for Adobe or Corel. Apply a material surface to each object, render your picture and voila!

Anyone who has tried drawing with a mouse SQUEEK! knows its limitations... The Wacom Art Tablet allows you to draw/erase or trace directly into your computer much as you would with pen on paper. The thickness and quality of your line is reflected by the pressure you apply to the tablet. Once your art is in the computer, it is available for any changes, clean-ups, effects and applying color. Different pens function as either a drawing instrument or an airbrush, giving the artist a wide variety of styles and effects. If you are already familiar with drawing and computers, the transition is easy. The tablet and pens give you the ability to draw naturally as you would with pen or brush. All my covers and filler art are created on a Mac G4/500 using Photoshop 5.5, Bryce 4, Typestyler 3.5.8, Wacom Tablet (12x12) and Stadtler technical pens, either singly or in any combination. For black and white printout, artwork is sent to a HP Laserjet 5000 for printing at 1200 dpi.

To see this cover in color and other computer art, go to: WWW.fansitel.com > Wow! You can download Smokin’ Rockets at: WWW.iPDFinc.com April 2001 19 Residuals by Tadao Tomomatsu

[[Tadao Tomomatsu will he Fan I caught it. And it’s an Guest of Honor at DemiCon in Des outtake. Moines, IA over he May 4-6 It was two days of weekend.]] work in Oxnard, CA. I live around Burbank. Residuals Needless to say, a rather by Tadao Tomomatsu long drive. Although it was just as the SAG/ Greetings to one and all. AFTRA commercial My Name is Tadao Tomomatsu: strike was getting Actor, Comedian and Jack of Most underway, doing this Trades. promo was fine with A Japanese-American from Texas. SAG and AFTRA Experiment # JA-355947-TX because the company An experiment that went signed the interim Horribly, Horribly Wrong.... agreement. Much to the I’ve never actually written up great financial relief of what’s happened in my life, my the actor. Yay. misadventures are often told in I waited for a script person with a myriad of voices to on Monday, with the match the personalities. And I write shooting scheduled on the way I speak, or in the Classic Tuesday. I got nothing, “Radio Script/V.O. (Voice Over) so I called in and Format.” So I will apologize for my checked: apparently they spelling and grammar, for those of were still writing the you used to such things. script. Talking about I should explain who I am first a “while the ink was still bit and the silliness may ensue soon wet”isn’t even the half of it. have a BA degree in Communications afterwards. Don’t get me wrong. The Co/Director Broadcasting: TV, Radio and Film, with a T and crew were all professionals. minor in Theater Arts: Acting. What does I’m the very odd one in the family. A Instead of getting a copy of a script at this mean? My back-up job is just as long line of Priests and a long Line of around 6 p.m. I get it at 9 p.m. And it’s difficult to get and find as my “career” is. Samurai before that. Dad broke away with three pages -- only a paragraph or so each. So. Relating stories about Hollywood. I’ll being a Scientist. Mom used to be a Now it’s a mad rush and a few hours of be the first to admit; I’m rather biased. And Translator/Director at NHK: The Japanese sleep to get this down. I am telling stories out of sequence. I’m not Version of Public TV. And I’m generally And being Japanese, and usually this is starting with the very first “Acting” job I had considered the Isei/Nisei of the Family. so, I go early to the location. or how I got started. That may be later, when Mom and Dad were the first to live in the U. There were also three ladies with I remember. S. There for Nisei. Isei because I’m the first speaking parts. Now the first thing they The old phrase goes, “Actors are the one bom in the US. And oddly, as a Texan. were asked as a group was, “Are you afraid greatest liars.” I admit that I am a comedian/ Yes, I had a Texas Accent. Took me about of snakes, can you handle snakes?” Of storyteller and an actor. Most all of the four years to get rid of it. But don’cha’ll course, the answer is yes. You see, in stories are true. The names are changed or worry nun. Takes a whole hoot to get me Hollywood if you are asked can you fence, unmentioned to protect the innocent. I will back to ride’n hard and scoot’a boot. Yup. can you ride a horse, etc. you say yes. If be the first to admit these are fun stories, Ok. So an Actor. I have to admit I can’t someone asks if you are a god you say YES. and if most of what I mention ever gets out explain it myself. Oddly, I looked on it as a Well, all three ladies said yes. the other phrase is “You’ll never do lunch in challenge of sorts. It was something that no Then the pythons came out. this town again” comes to mind. So just look one else in the family was doing. And as the First thing was the tall skinny blond who upon these as “Stories.” At least I can keep only Asian in a Midwestern, somewhat was try ing to figure out what was so terrible my residuals. redneck area I had to be creative. Not to about pythons. Well if they don’t like you no Where to begin. The last thing mentioned mention being a.... problem. If they really like you and they give in File 770 was a bunch of “promos” for Ok ok.. .that’s neither here nor there. you a hug... .kiss your lower ribs goodbye.. “Crocodile Hunter” on Animal Planet. If you I do have to mention that I am a Oh, no problem. I don’t have any. caught me, I was flubbering words out to a “Working Actor.” Oddly enough that means Blink... blink... Green, Fuzzy, Alligator puppet. People that I’m not working most of the time And it suddenly dawned on us guys. thought it was great. However the odd news. anyway. Such is the life in Hollywood. I do We’ve heard the legends but we never 20 File 770:138 thought we’d actually meet one. Legend has remember is it was parking near the food Conservation, not restoration, is the it that some women have their lower ribs tables. And the handler is reading a paper in objective. “All our books are intended for removed so they can fit into tighter dresses. the truck. There is this tremendous ...uh . reading,” says the department’s Mike It’s a Hollywood thing. well for lack of a better term “Burp.” A Western. A large part of the work involves When they brought out the four foot Crocodile Burp. . .and the truck shakes ever books and manuscripts from the 20th albino python, most of us were outside the so slightly.. century - modem wood-based paper classroom watching the “replay” monitor, Without missing a beat the Handler degrades faster than the rag paper used in without no sound. After the shooting was drops the paper. .and does the fist thumping older, more expensive publishing. Cheap over, the blond came straight out, started on chest bit, says, “Excuse me.” acid paper turns yellow in a few years. a cigarette and filled us in on what was said. And goes back to reading the paper. Reversing or stabilizing the effect of the acid On screen we saw the python on both is the main treatment needed by modem shoulders. She was rather stiff She was ++ Tadao Tomomatsu books and prints. “We have a 300 year scared, and as soon as the python was on her backlog,” a doleful conservator told shoulders the python’s head was moving and Reynolds. eventually was entirely on one shoulder Long, Hot Summer And the conservators appeal to book when this conversation finished. The Lord of the Rings movie premiere isn’t lovers - don’t use sticky tape to fix loose Director: Okay., get ready. until December, but Forrest DeLanger pages! Treatment can remove the plastic Blond: Wait, can we do something. already got his name in the paper by being strip and adhesive, but the staining is Director: What first in line for tickets at the Rancho Santa permanent. Blond: Film me being scared.. Fe, CA theaters. The 46-year-old bachelor The Tolkien Society’s idea has inspired Director: And then? with no life declared, “Only one person can Adopt-A-Book to appeal to other literary Blond: Film me being scared. be first in line, and it should be me.” groups for funds to conserve “their” author’s Director: And then? Alan White clipped this article for File early editions. Blond (Shaky) Film me being 770, and added a note warning, “This is a Adopt-A-Book’s website, www.bl.uk/ scarrredd... hoax.” I guess, after Alan read what 1 had to adoptabook, has been named as “most Director: Okay. Then let’s do that and say about Frohvet last issue, he wasn’t sure I loved” in the UK by one publication. The we’ll add to that. Roll ‘ein. could tell the difference. Tolkien Society also draws visitors to its V website at www.tolkicnsociety.org As the film was rolling, the snake fell off Brush Up Your Tolkien her left shoulder and she jumped. Those of UK Census Undercounts us watching went, “Ouch, that must hurt the While the world lines up to see the movie python. Wait, she looks version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Jedi Faithful scared...” (Lightbulb over our heads.) Rings, Britain’s Tolkien Society is keeping The British government nearly had a Jedi Now there was a brunette there also. Not its eye on the place where it all started - jihad on their hands. According to online to put too fine a point...she was five foot., Tolkien’s books. Decades after publication, news sources, Star Wars fans were taken in and exceedingly skinny. Yes she was scared. copies of early editions in the circulating by an e-mail hoax suggesting that the However, her python wanted to see what collections of public libraries require forthcoming U.K. Census would recognize size bra she was wearing. And “his” head conservation to stay in service. “Jedi” as a religion if enough people wrote it started to nudge inside of her shirt. All we Tolkien Society Trustee Trevor Reynolds on the form. The Office of National see for a few seconds is her treating it like a said, “I saw a newspaper article about the Statistics denies that they will count the guy. Looking down and slapping its head, British Library's Adopt-A-Book scheme write-ins. Their representative told saying, “Hey, get out of there!” which explained how much of our literary reporters, “There wont be any coding for Just like it was a guy...hmm go figure heritage was at risk, so I contacted them to Jedi. So it won't be called a religion even if Now Beth, the third lady, she’s from see whether any books by Tolkien were in 10,000 people do it.” If the official had Michigan. Beth is a self-proclaimed farm need of conservation. They told us that three nothing further to say, I’m sure that was only girl. African American...who is doing the books needed work and that this would cost because he felt the grip of an invisible hand “Hispanic” Rosie Perez Voice. She also them £1300.” closing on his throat. //Source: Chronicles speaks eight languages. She's outgunned me The Society has paid to conserve all three of the Dawn Patrol]] by at least five. And she surprised me. She books: a rare UK first edition of The Hobbit, speaks practically perfect Japanese. an early Puffin paperback edition of The Coming This Summer Hobbit, and a USA first edition paperback of She starts off fine. “You .know, you’re a Area (19)51 SF Film Festival grumpy little snake.” However, by the fifth Tolkien’s elegiac fairy tale Smith of Wootton Forrest J Ackerman will host the Area (19) take, the python is now head level and Major. A spontaneous collection among 51 SF Film Festival, part of Kansas City’s staring at her. Every take her voice was members during the Society’s annual mini­ “Halfway to Hollywood” cinema celebration getting shakier and shakier, and still with conference Oxonmoot last September raised in June. Area (19)51 is sponsored by the the Accent. about one-third of the money. The rest came Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Ahhh, the things you do in Hollywood. from the Society’s publications budget. Society, Inc. and Photoplay Inc., in v The British Library invited the Tolkien association with the Fine Arts Theatre Society to send four members to visit the As I mentioned in an earlier File 770, we Group. had the “Lubriderm” Crocodile as well as Library’s conservation department and Seven classic SF films from 1950-1951 the pythons. “meet” the adopted books. The places were will be shown: Destination Moon, The Day A huge Ford pickup with a truck cover allocated by a draw among members who the Earth Stood Still, The Thing From holds the Croc and the pythons. All I had contributed to original collection. Another World, When Worlds Collide, The April 2001 21

Man From Planet A', Lost Continent, Flight to Mars. Five rare 35 mm episodes of the early TV series Space Patrol will also be screened. The Area (19)51 festival boasts high- quality 35 mm prints from the collection of a noted Kansas City area theater owner, hi the case of The Thing From Another World, the print is a pristine original vault find from Australia with deleted scenes not available since the film's original release in 1951. During the festival, there will also be the theatrical premiere of a new documentary on the making of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Original props, posters, and stills from these films, not seen for half a century, will be on display at the Englewood. These films launched the beginning of the modem science fiction film era and contain wonderfully entertaining insights into the Atomic Age. They represent the hopeful, innocent qualities of the era but also draw attention to the fears of atomic warfare, racial unrest, communism and possible life on other worlds. Visit the festival website (still under construction) for more information and schedules: www.halfway2hollywood.com

Spock Groks Observatory Leonard Nimoy is doing his part to ensure that Griffith Observatory lives long and prospers. The actor and his wife, Susan, have donated $1 million to refurbish the 66- Dragonriders Will Take To Air maybe that’s why they ‘discharged’ year-old Los Angeles landmark. “I think it’s me...)” - Nic Farey, this here #8 of cosmic consequence,” said Griffith Having mentioned in last issue’s obituaries Observatory Director Edwin C. Krupp. how Bill Donaho helped Anne McCaffrey’s novelette tie for the 1968 Hugo, it’s “I can read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I “There’s something really appealing about can shoot dice. That’s what 1 call a liberal Leonard Nimoy’s professional career and noteworthy that WB has ordered Pern as a series for the fall, an hour-long SF drama education.” Tallulah Bankhead, quoted in being able to bring it mto this space.” this here #8 The donation is the first contribution by based on her Dragonriders of Pern stories. an individual to the renovation effort, which Ronald D. Moore, a veteran Star Trek and Roswell writer, will produce the show, “I am the only member of the Melbourne SF has acquired about two-thirds of the $63 Club who has ever been officially censured according to Variety. [[Source: ASFACTS, million it needs from corporations, by the club for trying to set the Club 2/2001] foundations and public money. The face lift President on fire. I take a certain pride in is scheduled to begin next year and be this. It’s a marvelously gonzo non-recurring completed by late 2004. Clipping Service phenomenon. I wasn’t really going to set ex­ “By observing the sky and pondering our “During the “People vs. James T. Kirk” trial President Sasquatch on fire with the lighter place in the universe, people gain a new panel, panelist David Levine remarked, fluid and a Zippo. 1 figure that anyone who perspective on their daily lives,” Nimoy said ‘While it is true that Kirk decimated several threatens to blow a loud whistle in a small in a statement. “Griffith Observatory gives planets, the way those people dressed shows room while I have a splitting headache its visitors that opportunity. It is a Los they were begging for someone to come deserves a sudden jolt of mindless, Angeles icon, one which we need to ensure along and do just that.’” - Craig involuntarily farting terror. What I want to will be here for generations to come.” Chrissinger, "Random Chicago Worldcon see if the kind of club where threatening to About 2 million people visit the Notes, " Asfacts 9/2000 set the President on fire is taken in the spirit observatory a year to view the universe in which it is intended. If I threatened to set through its 12-inch Zeiss refractor telescope “Of course, the other big pain is that now the new President on fire, he’d just look me and planetarium. Millions more have seen I’ll actually have to pay for printing This in the eye and say, ‘If you do that, Sean-Paul its bronze Art Deco dome in films, including Here, nichevo, SingSing and the rest instead becomes President,’ which of course would the switchblade scene in James Dean’s of sneaking into work at 6 a.m. and slapping stop me dead in my tracks.” - Terry Frost, Rebel Without a Cause. [[Source: AP]] out the copies on that nice machine that Ethel the Aardvark, 8/2000 sorted and stapled 'em for me. Pah! (Hey, 22 File 770:138

honor for the winner will be announced Capclave is giving fans an incentive to join later. Address inquiries to Feghoot Con­ immediately. They will be holding a draw­ test, ConJose, P.O. Box 61363, ing from the first 50 people to register for Sunnyvale, CA 94088-4128, or send e- the convention and reserve a room in the con mail to [email protected]. hotel room. Grand prize: your room free for a night! Second prize: Membership reim­ ConJose Mailing Lists bursement and a Capclave T-shirt. Eight ConJose, the 2002 Worldcon, has started additional prizes will be given out, meaning two publicity listserves. The first will that 20% of the first 50 people will win distribute official information about the something. Thanks For All The Fish convention. The second will foster discus­ sion of ConJose-related subjects, including Charlotte Granted Exemption How much does a party for 300 of your travel and tourism in the BArea. Both lists Lance Oszko announced that on February 10 friends in Hawaii cost? James and Kathryn are open to anyone and can be joined by vis­ the IRS granted IRC 501 (c/3) status to the Daugherty turned in the final accounting for iting the ConJose web site and signing up: nonprofit corporation running the Charlotte Conolulu, and the convention's net loss http://www.conjose.org/Contact/maillists. in 2004 bid. Surprisingly, their application (made up for by a donation from the html. was approved within six weeks. Daughertys to the parent corporation, SFSFC) was $31,906. Tire 2000 Westercon took in $18,046 and spent $49,852. “Not A Lack of Conviction BucConeer Running that this was surprising,” wrote Kevin Stan­ If you bet that Omaha fans would inaugurate Out of Treasure? dlee, “We've known all along that Conolulu their new convention before a Bugs Bunny Comptroller Bob McIntosh reported to Buc­ would be almost certainly a money-losing cartoon would be nominated for the Hugo - Coneer’s corporate meeting on December 16 event, and the Daughertys did the bid as­ you lost. that there is a grand total of $28,800 left in suming that they would have to donate a Conviction, planned for the March 31 all accounts. ChiCon expenses were ex­ substantial amount of money to make it weekend, was cancelled for the second con­ pected to use most of remaining convention work.” A tip of the hat from Westercon secutive year. According to Selina Rosen, profits, with much of the rest going to fi­ members to James and Kathryn for their fans trying to make hotel reservations were nance Student SF Writing contests through generosity. told none were available. The hotel reserved ConJose. all its function space and rooms for other The committee will be looking for dona­ Drawing Card users, though the committee claims it had a tions to continue the contests, and may have contract. Organizer Ginnie Fee will What does Ferdinand Feghoot look like? try again. In the meantime, she is ConJose is looking for artists to answer this offering refunds. [[Source: Chroni­ question. The 2002 Worldcon is running a cles of the Dawn Patrol]] contest for the best visual representation of Ferdinand Feghoot, the Imaginary Guest of Honor. On the Con Patrol Ferdinand Feghoot, created by the late Czarkon will change its name to Reginald Bretnor, was the hero of a series of The Con Patrol in 2002. Organiz­ shaggy-dog stories, each one ending with a ers are moving the con to Kansas pun strong enough to cause internal hemor­ City, focusing on the members of rhaging in the unwary reader. For example, the online Dawn Patrol and adding who can forget his famous culinary creation, programming to make it a much the ground-glass-and-meat dish known as different con than it used to be. silicon came? Guests will include Web Hero The press release explains, “Due to all of GoH Keith Stokes, Dusk Petrol his roaming through time and space — hav­ GoFFs Carol and Dennis (The Un­ ing adventures here, saving galaxies there -- known Pfan) Dorns, Dawn Patrol ConJose has no photograph, or drawing, or and Technology GoH Ross Hatha­ anything, of Feghoot. But a representation of way and Special Guests who are the Imaginary Guest of Honor must appear still making up their minds. in the convention publications and web site For pictures of the last Czarkon: somewhere. All knowledge is contained in http://www.sff.net/people/ fandom... including, presumably, what Feg­ sfreader/czarkon.htm hoot looks like. Hence this competition.” The rules are: (1) The artwork must Join Capclave Now! prominently feature Ferdinand Feghoot. (2) How do committees get fans to join The artwork must be capable of being dis­ their conventions sooner? They’ve played at the convention and reproduced in been trying to solve this problem some manner in our publications. (3) The for a long time, not only to pay the deadline for entries is April 2, 2002. (This pre-convention expenses, but more Kosh goes Hawaiian, at Conolulu 2000. may change.) importantly, to based their budgets Photo by Phyllis Eide. Additional photos on Prizes and declarations of fame and on accurate membership estimates. File 770 web page. April 2001 23 found the first “contribution” in-house. Mi­ cans and Canadians and a delegation from chael Nelson's said there had been so few this bid attended Chicon last September South Gate Again in 2010? submissions for the BucConeer Memory where they created a great deal of interest By Andrew Porter Book that they should simply put the photos and excitement. However, some people be­ Another worldcon for LA, downtown instead on the web page and give its budget to the lieve the bid may founder before 2004. A of at the airport or in Anaheim? The old bat­ Student Contests. shame if it does because a Worldcon in Ja­ pan, though comparatively expensive, none­ tle cry of “South Gate Again in 2010!” is theless would be extremely exciting and growing more viable. The 1958 worldcon Power Play was held at the Alexandria Hotel in down­ Natural gas, electricity, gasoline - the cost interesting.... So this group of people have decided to defer further planning of a bid to town LA, which was ceded to the City of of every kind of energy has gone sky-high South Gate by LA for the weekend, because this year. Corporate price manipulation is hold a Worldcon in Australia until after Philcon (in August 2001).” Rick suspected, and it seems convention hotel Sneary's successful bid for that suburb didn't executives hated to see the bandwagon leav­ Mitchell adds, “It was never ever the intention of the above group of people to have any hotels large enough to hold a ing without them. Doubletree employees worldcon. told fans reserving rooms for the Portland hold this possible convention in Melbourne. This is a misconception that keeps being The passing years have not been kind to Westercon there would be a $3/night parts of downtown LA, or to the Alexandria “energy surcharge” added to the bill. perpetuated. There is also a bid for a World­ con to be held in Australia in 2008 originat­ Hotel, hi the intervening decades, the Alex­ When Westercon" s Patty Wells heard andria fell into disrepair, becoming a flop­ this, she contacted their sales manager and ing out of Sydney. As I understand this bid, the intent is to stage the Worldcon in Syd­ house for down-and-out LA denizens. Now, got the charge eliminated. She wrote online, with renovation sweeping the area, as de­ “It's the gambit where they try' it out and ney. ... Melbourne has staged all of the Aus- siecons because at the time of bidding, that scribed in “Swank Plans in Skid Row Los then deal with the groups that really object. Angeles” in the 1/25 New York Times, the What it looks like they're finding is that any city had (a) an appropriate venue to accom­ modate the numbers and (b) an active fan­ Alexandria's revival as a commercial hotel is professional group (where the room costs are growing more likely. As the Times noted, being reimbursed) is fine with eating it, the dom and (c) was not as expensive as Syd­ ney! Just had to throw in some intercity ri­ “The Alexandria Hotel, a flophouse on rest of us aren't. But you can't blame them Spring and Fifth, may be the next candidate for trying.” valry. “All Australian cities now have (or will for developers, with its grand ballroom with have within two years) purpose-built con­ a Tiffany stained-glass ceiling.” Aussie Worldcon Bidding vention centres and connecting international Although Rick Sneary is dead, maybe his Across Time and Space flights daily. Perth has recently broken dream has some life in it. Before Aussiecon Three ended, several fans ground for its convention centre, and it has were already promoting another Worldcon one of the most active fandoms in Australia Buhonicon down under in 2007. Since then, Smofs in­ today.” Bubonicon 33 will be held August 24-26, side and outside Australia have discussed Sydney’s Garry P Dalrymple replied in 2001 at tlie Howard Johnson East, 15 Hotel alternative venues and so many different #164. He researched the prospects of future Circle NE (1-40 and Eubank) in Albuquer­ years fans are confused whether we’re talk­ Australian Worldcon bids during Aussiecon que, NM. GoH: Sarah Zettel. TM: S. M. ing about the next Aussiecon or Ferdinand Three. “There was generous support for a Stirling. Guest Artist: Lee Seed. Auctioneer: Feghoot! future Australian Worldcon; none of the 200 Robert Vardeman. Rooms: $58 sgl-quad. “There are rumours that Australia may people I approached rejected the idea as im­ Telephone: (800) 877-4852. Memberships: move to 2009,” reports Bridget Wilkinson in plausible. Non-Australian respondents were $22 til 5/28, $25 til 8/13, $28 at the door. Fans Across the World d 108 Oh, that’s the supportive of a time frame of ‘more than Dailies sold at the door. Make payments to old rumor, Bridget, part of last year’s great five, less than ten,’ while Australian respon­ “NMSF Conference.” Contact: NMSF Con­ smoffy scheme to keep non-North Americans dents were more pessimistic, supporting a ference, PO Box 37257, Albquerque, NM from bidding for three consecutive years time frame of greater than nine years. I think 87176, E-mail: [email protected]. Web­ (2005-2008). it is very significant that for ‘Next Austra­ site: bubicon.home.att.net Stephen Boucher left the jasmine-filled lian Worldcon,’ Melbourne for a fourth time rooms of the Hawaii Westercon with a brief was very much a minority choice, rating not to shift the Aussie bid to 2009, but it may much higher than Perth which was an un­ have been too early to assume there was any known city to most respondents. kind of monolithic bid able to make such a “If the ‘Melbourne Worldcon Bid’ people decision. Australia’s rival local fandoms all are serious about being seen as a ‘Not neces­ want their say - and some are having it in sarily Melbourne’ bid, I have seen no evi­ the pages of Marc Ortlieb’s Australian SF dence of it, and it seems they are denying Bullsheet. themselves a significant advantage by not Rose Mitchell wrote in #163: “Most of making this point clear.” the Aussie fannish community has heard of a On the other hand, said Dalrymple, “I group of people, some of whom live in Mel­ have no objection to the next Australian bourne, who are working on a proposal to Worldcon being in Melbourne in 2007 or bid for a Worldcon to be held somewhere in 2008, provided the Smofs behind Melbourne Australia in either 2007 or 2009.... So far, do not drop the ball again, but instead an­ there is a declared bid for Japan (no city yet) nounce a commitment to developing the op­ in 2007. It is strongly supported by Ameri­ portunities for all Aust & NZ fandom.” 3-1 24 File 770:138 The Fanivore

your case almost, but explained to us that 15-20 years ago he was not quite, makes up very active in convention fandom under his for tire fact that you real name... He used to write articles of are wrong.” Life Lan's Lantern under his real name as imitates art. well.’” Let’s take that a All true. piece at a time: That brings us to my note in response to “When Frohvet File 770:136, in which I expressed the view first appeared, the that it would be gracious for someone like grapevine promised yourself, who has had many fannish honors, he was a hoax being to step aside for awhile and let someone else carried on by several have a chance. From this you conclude that I fans.” must be Moshe Feder. Uhh, no. I would be Although it’s true pleased if 1 were anything remotely like a I was, and am, using fan of Mr. Feder’s BNF status, it just ain’t a pen name, I dis­ so. Among other problems, 1 believe Mr. avowed being a Feder resides in the New York area. Ellicott “hoax” from the out­ City, Maryland, is where I actually live. set. And if anyone Anyone is welcome to visit (a trifle of ad­ concluded that I was vance notice would be preferred.) I am not “several” fans, that into fannish politics, indeed that was why I was their conclusion, “burned out” of fandom, as described to for which 1 accept no Tom Feller. I wince at “late middle-aged,” responsibility. depending on how one defines the term, but “...the deli­ it’s true enough. ciously paranoid In short, I keep telling people over and evidence that Fro­ over, that if they heard my “real” name, 90% hvet, a ubiquitous would go, “Who?” Not a BNF, not a hoax, letterhack, never just someone who wants to do a modest tried to get a copy of fanzine. File 770, or sent his As for my expressed views on the Fan fanzine Twink in Hugos, they reflect accurately my own opin­ trade.” ion as well as that of many others - Guy The adjective Lillian and Tom Sadler and Nic Farey “paranoid” is yours. among many have taken similar positions. However, had you (Nor did I at any point suggest you withdraw' asked, you might “permanently.” If you really want to know, well have found that my position is that anyone who wins three E. B. Frohvet I did not solicit trade with Fosfax, Plokta, Fan Hugos in any one category should there­ Nova Express, or many other fanzines, all of after not be eligible in that category for two My first reaction to File 770:137 (other than which turned up unsolicited in my mailbox; years. The present exclusionary nature of the admiring both front and back covers) was only then did I send my own zine in trade. Fan Hugos discourages fanac and initiative; that my slight influence in fanzine fandom “Authors of fannish hoaxes send their and relying on individual restraint has pat­ must be growing, if even the illustrious File material where the intended audience - ently failed.) 770 is doing covers in Frohvet Pink. There­ faanish fans - will see it. They simply don’t Whoa. Deep breath. Have we covered upon I opened the zine and discovered your have the time to raise a smokescreen by that'? editorial. To say that 1 was flabbergasted is writing to sercon fanzines.” //I can’t disagree that it's a pleasure to an understatement. Ah, we’re back to “hoax” and now recognize good fanzines with an award, There’s a scene in an unpublished story 1 “smokescreen.” In fact, as would be appar­ though the Hugos are not like the Winston wrote in which the students of a magic acad­ ent to anyone who has read my zine, my own Cup in auto racing — winning is not the ulti­ emy (the piece is several years old and pre­ interest has always been sercon, as evidence mate reward for participating. Being nomi­ dates “Harry Potter”) are offered a problem. by, e.g., a regular book review section. I fear nated for a Hugo is like the cherry on the It is in fact a sneaky trick problem. But one that, having been blindsided by this whole sundae if it happens - good, hut not the of the students argues intensely her solution. “hoax” preconception, you are trying to read main event. Then, of course, all that The target of the exercise says apologeti­ into my involvement a whole cryptic subtext “excludes" a fanzine from a Hugo nomina­ cally, “The enthusiasm with which you make which simply is not there. tion is a lack of votes. This year, 30-54 “Tom Feller reported in SFPA, ‘E.B. April 2001 25

votes was enough to qualify a Best Fanzine that Lois McMaster Bujold “reworked a Star been after me for a LoC on BSFAN for quite nominee — if there is a "problem ” couldn 't Trek novel” to the form of her first novel, a while, and I was pleased that Fd finally it be "solved" by relatively small numbers Shards of Honor, hi fact, as Lois has said written him a good one. I sat back and of people nominating other good fanzines? many times in many places, among them a waited for it to appear in print. Greater participation is the real key to di­ loc in my Twink #4, that an unwritten Trek It never did. Steve informed me that he’d versifying the winners. People often com­ novel was one minor source (“that old day­ accidentally thrown it out with the old news­ ment about the repeat winners without con­ dream”) which influenced Shards, and from papers and trash. “You’ll have to send me sidering that between 1990 and 2000 five which she took chiefly the name of the cen­ another copy,” he said. I told him I had no different fanzines won the Hugo. An even tral character “Cordelia,” her hair color, “... other copies. “You didn’t copy it?” he asked, higher rate of change is possible if more and the setting/idea (hardly new) of two ene­ sounding dumbstruck by my revelation. “No people make a commitment to nominate. mies forced to survive together... All the carbons? No xeroxes?” Whether the Hugo electorate is knowledge­ first media influences were jettisoned by “Steve,” I said, “it was just a Letter of able about fanzines, they can only vote for that time. I no longer wanted to write imita­ Comment. 1 don’t make copies of my Letters what is on the final ballot. It isn’t enough to tion anybody, I wanted to write original Bu­ of Comment.” He was crestfallen. “Oh,” he merely agree with Andrew Hooper’s highly jold.” The loc was in response to an article I said. insightful comment from 1988), "The people had done in Twink #3, psychoanalyzing Ser­ So I never had a LoC published in [that] nominate the Hugos are a small geant Bothari. BSFAN and was not motivated to write any group, and the people that are on the mail­ P S. Finally figured out what Grant Can­ more. I don’t react well when people toss ing lists for good fanzines are a small field’s wonderful back cover reminded me my letters out with the trash, sublime in the group, but they're not the same small of: Sort of a cross between the Bu-javid, the confidence that 1 can provide another copy. group." We are dealing with such small citadel of the aiji in Shejidan in Cherryh’s And perhaps it was Just As Well that letter numbers that individual fans who take the Foreigner, with Neuscwanstein Castle in was never published. Ghod knows what trouble to nominate can make a big differ­ Bavaria. Looks as if it would be a great David -- oops! Make that “E.B.” - would have thought of it then. He might never ence.]] place to live, as long as one’s legs were fit have reincarnated as “Frohvet.” Always entertaining to see Worldcon for lots of stair-climbing. from another point of view; although it ap­ [[I naturally rose to the bait - your hint pears your path and mine did not coincide. Ted White about his real first name, and his admission Concerning Dr. Bob Passavoy’s, “Do you that he was on the 1983 Worldcon commit­ have what it takes to be a fan?” - If his ex­ Did you have second thoughts about Alan tee. All I discovered is that nearly everyone amples are what it takes, then maybe not. White’s cover? Or have to make a substitu­ on the Constellation committee except the Glasgow Worldcon bid: I recall saying at tion? I ask because my copy is stapled twice, chairman was named David.]] the time that the 1998 Worldcon in early with a shred of pink paper under the first He was at the 1998 Baltimore Worldcon. August in Baltimore was advantageous due, staple — indicating that a cover was tom off He seems like a decent enough chap. He has among other reasons, that it fell during and a new one restapled. no presence in fandom under his real name, school holidays. This observation was gener­ [[The copy shop did an awful job on however, and I now think of him as another ally ignored. Worldcon is held on Labor Day Alan White’s cover, so I had them run an­ one of those fans -- like “Ted Johnstone” -- weekend, because it’s always held on Labor other version, and replaced them myself. ]] who has a separate name in fandom. No big Day weekend. “I like Buicks because they Or maybe it was a rewrite of the inside­ whoop. No real “hoax” either - I think you are my favorite car.” Oh, well... cover piece - your “Editorial Notes”? Had are vaguely recalling the attempt by Hooper [[In the past, Worldcons were typically you said something far more scathing about and Gonzalez to hoax fandom into thinking held on Labor Day weekend because it was a E. B. Frohvet? Or guessed a different iden­ they’d created “Frohvet”.. a kinda reverse dead time for hotels, so "bottom-feeders" tity for him? hoax of sorts. I don’t think anyone took them like sf conventions could get cheaper rates. I’ve met the man. I also had tangential seriously, even then. There's more competition for the weekend dealings with him under his real name, back now, but the Worldcon stays around Labor in the ‘80s. Under his real name (look it up Day for the same reasons many other an­ if you have a copy of the fanzine) he had an nual conventions stick with a fixed holiday article in BSFAN, back when the Baltimore or date, because predictability it helps clubzine was being edited by the Stileses. It maintain its core of regular attendees. Run­ was an once interesting and wrongheaded, ning the con anywhere between mid-August revealing what I think of as “typical” neo- nhw and Labor Day seems to work fine - and as fannish paranoia about what he perceived to f Mantel you said, an earlier date avoids a conflict be The Powers That Be in fandom. (My I fWi** for parents with kids in school. A date as memory of the piece has totally faded; I’m early in August as the U.K. bidders want to left only with my none-too-perfect recollec­ ( ymr hold it should work fine for them, but using tion of how the piece struck me then — more the same date in North America would put it than 15 years ago.) in conflict with some smaller cons - which This article inspired me. I wrote (on my brings us back to another advantage of manual Underwood) a long (several pages) keeping the Worldcon on a predictable letter of comment on it. I was proud of that weekend: fans aren't forced to choose be­ letter, I thought it one of my best. I mailed it tween two cons they want to attend.]] off to the Stileses with anticipatory pleasure. 1 looked Lloyd Penney repeats the common fiction forward to seeing it published. Steve had 26 File 770:138

Gould at BayCon 1968 and he did not hit it off with anyone there, seemed disappointed that hardly anybody remembered his zine. Maybe it's no big loss (he had become a law­ yer) but it rings in my resonant memory .

Brad Foster

Got in File 770:137 this week. Nifty-cool robot cover. I can see why Alan had several editors trying to get it. Hey, if he ever gets into making 3-D models, I’d love one of that guy for my toy bot collection! Oh, and killer back cover, too, [[by Grant Canfield]] for a totally great wrap of art. I’ve always been a sucker for great fan­ tasy architecture work, and that’s a village­ sized house I’d love to live in. Enjoyed the Chicon report, always fun to read these, and fill in the gaps of what hap­ pened that I didn’t get to see myself. On our own trip between hotels for the Hugo cere­ mony, Cindy lost a one-of-a-kind brooch that we had traded an artist for at a street festi­ val. I spent the quarter hour before having to nerds” but today, people are only isolated by Alan White go down to the ceremony running around choice and as for being nerds, well, that's seeing if anyone had found it. We didn’t debatable. For all the noise fans make over science fic­ hold much hope that it would be retrieved, Gracious, what got into Dennis Lien lam­ tion and the future, they are probably, as a but put a notice in the daily zine asking if basting me for not mentioning the Garden of group, the least qualified to live in it. anyone had found it, then discovered a lady Allah hardback and then rambling on about As Samet Nuhiu pointed out last issue, had found it that very night and taken it over those “squarish things” called books? the SF conununity is probably the last to to lost and found. Talk about the honesty of Frankly, while I remember them being more take advantage of new technology in zine fans! We let her have her choice of a piece rectangular, I'd have been impressed if he publishing and certainly the last to recognize of artwork, even though she didn’t expect mentioned Sheila Graham’s Garden of Allah it. While they claim it’s the words that are any reward. (Have had other similar things which was about the property we were talk­ important, in the end, it only refers to a tech­ happen at previous Worldcons that keep my ing about, but I guess he doesn't read as nological constipation and a circling the faith in general humanity from going com­ much as he'd like us to believe. Interestingly, wagons mentality. I'm hard pressed thinking pletely sour.) of another awards group that as 1 write this, I see Amazon.com has a new' Was also fun to find out the day after the edition of the Hichens novel for $48.00; doesn't reward technical achievement and Masquerade that my shiny bald pate had meanwhile, there are two-first editions on E- advancement of the beliefs they claim to been broadcast on the closed-circuit system Bay that just sold for $2 each. Go figure. hold so dear This is why so many talented into the hotel during the break before the fans become fringe fans, leave fandom alto­ award s were announced. I wonder if 20 gether or move on to Comics Fandom where Greg Benford minutes of the back of my head has now technology and innovation is applauded. I used up my 15 minutes of TV fame? am at heartened to read there will be a spe­ Good issue! I always like worldcon reports; cial Hugo for the Best Website of 2001. yours and Elspeth Kovar's brought it all back James M. Taylor If anyone doubts TruFandom is dying, quite well. Like you two, to me Worldcons you have only to read File 770 obits that especially bring out my old fan joys, sen- I’m afraid the only fannish news I have to strike closer to home with every is­ sawunda and all. I seldom see any flaws, and report is undoubtedly old by this time, but I sue. Fandom was a gift to the Baby Boomers program glitches etc. matter little compared will go ahead anyway just to waste your that has gone to seed. Of course, our found­ with seeing some of my favorite people, and time. The Formans are moving from Las ing fathers didn't have TV and the Internet to fresh friends. Vegas. Just where isn’t clear, but some contend with and thus, Trufandom will only I approve of the retro Hugos, but geez, it where in the San Bemardino/Riverside area, survive by changing its definition, which is hard to assess through the haze of mem­ since Ken’s new job is in Colton. Now you means the SMOFs are going to get knocked ory, without doing major research work at lucky bastards will get to go to all their par­ down a peg and leam to love the word "Sci- the UC Riverside Eaton collection to see if I ties. Fi” or soon they won’t have anything to be truly recall who was good back there 50 Will Las Vegas fandom survive being the master of, secret or otherwise. Unless years ago... For example, in the mid-1950s gutted? Probably more important (at least to you can show me groups of teenage Trufen one of the major fmz was, in my opinion, me), will Snaffu live on? Will I (finally) out there, busily cranking their mimeos, Pin Cliff Gould's Oblique. Nobody recalls it have to get active in fandom? Maybe if only lost to see how we're repopulating our ranks. now, but it was a legendary' hot, focal point to get away from all the other problems that Marie Rengstorff rejoices in being “isolated fmz...for maybe 8 years, then gone. I met April 2001 27 seem to have converged recently But isn’t [[That's a bizarre comment. Though J.R. Mayhew continue to delight me. If only I relief from the more oppressive parts of real­ R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams could tell them in person again. ity an important part of fandom, even today? are the three Inklings at the center of the Julia Morgan-Scott's scratchboard art is [[Yes. And, apparently, once fandom Society’s “bull’s-eye,” its publications amazing. How does one think in reversed becomes too oppressive, people turn to TV cover all kinds offantasy writers, not only black and white. I hope she has come back wrestling for relief Where rasslin ' fans go Inklings. Sayers' background — as a con­ out of the woods after her robbery to create for relief when that passion becomes too temporary of the Inklings who had some more. intense I haven't figured out, though I read contact with them, a Christian, and a popu­ that Army recruiting was exceptionally fruit­ lar writer in her own right —, simply helps Dennis Caswell ful outside the XFL games at the LA Coli­ make her simpatico to some fans of Lewis, seum... J J Tolkien and Williams. Everybody realizes In the latest issue of File 770, you had an she never attended any of the meetings - obituary for Lyon Sprague de Camp. In this, Joseph T. Major though she was sighted at the Dead Inklings you mentioned that you did not believe that panel during the 1998 Mythcon. .. I got to de Camp had won the Hugo Award. I would Turnip Files Bankruptcy: fhat is an estab­ play Warren Lewis, and when someone in like to state that de Camp did in fact win the lished way of dodging a judgment. For ex­ the audience asked us, “What was the most Hugo Award in 1997, for his nonfiction book ample, T. Cullen Davis, the Dallas oil mil­ unexpected thing you saw when you got to Time and Chance. The fact that it was a non­ lionaire, skipped paying a wrongful death heaven?" my answer was: "Charles Wil­ fiction work would have escaped the notice settlement to his ex-wife by declaring bank­ liams. ’’]] of a number of your readers. ruptcy. (He had been acquitted of killing her David Bratman replies: that LOTR was I would like to mention that I had met L. daughter and her lover and shooting her, but always published as a three-volume novel, Sprague de Camp (and Catherine Crook de the wrongful-death suit came out differ­ but I have two single-volume editions and a Camp) a number of times. He was that rarity ently - shades of O.J.) Perhaps Ferry can seven-volume edition. among SF writers - a real gentleman. They further emulate Texas gym magnate Richard will both be missed. Mimis, who is under a $60 million judgment Eric Lindsay for the attempted murder of his former mis­ Connor Freff Cochran tress Janni Petrofsky, and ship all his assets I did like your take on the fan behind the fan abroad. behind the fan behind E B Frohvet. Thanks very much for the coverage in File [[Maybe Ferry is one of those disap­ I also like the idea of ditto 14 moving to 770. I really appreciate it, and hope some of pointed friends of Roger Clinton’s who Tucker. Sounds a great idea, and I hope lots your readers come check out the site. waited in vain for their names to show up on of fans attend. I also hope to give you lots more news in the list of Presidential pardons.]] We also have done a bunch of flyers for the future. The “Creative Options” essays Gordon Dickson: While I usually dislike our relaxa.con around 14-17 June 2002 in are only one of a long list of things I've been posthumous literary deals, not to mention Airlie Beach, the week after Australian Nat- working on over the years. Hiere should overriding the author's own judgment, I con in Melbourne, and two weeks after the eventually be some film and music really would like to see the publication of expected date of the New Zealand NatCon. business action to announce, too, if things Gordy’s unpublished historical novel in the We have spent a feverish week distributing continue to move at their current pace and Childe Cycle, The Pikeman. He had - I had them, although not nearly as widely as we direction. heard - actually written the book about Sir hoped, BTW, 1 did make it into the Clown Col­ John Hawkwood but had held it back for but at least some are getting out there now. lege back in 1974. One more experience for various reasons. If it were anything lile Dor- That also has its own web page (and even a the eclectic resume, along with being a sai it would be pretty good. PDF of our flyer) at: comic book writer/artist and a BBC-TV sci­ Win Chris Barkley’s Money: Judge h ttp ://psiphi. server 101 .com/relaxa.con/ ence reporter and a few other things. It has Roy Bean’s is “nearby” the Executive West index.htm been quite the journey since back at LACon for some rather large values of “nearby”; (and yes, I'm still not getting much sleep). about three miles in a straight line and Teddy Harvia somewhat longer if you actually drive in a Dave Langford surface car instead of using your equilibri- I love Alan White's impish computer- motor or ingravity parachute. rendered robot cover art. I can almost see it I like getting File 770 and hope you still The Fanivore: Harry Warner, Jr.: moving. Very moving. enjoy Ansible despite its recent overlays of Since the zones have been abolished, South ArmadilloCon has again invited me to a gloom. Hazel and I both loved the current Gate Again in 2010 is now perfectly accept­ guest. If it a ploy to get me to draw them back cover by, gosh wow, Grant Canfield. able. They can even have Sneary as Fan cartoons, it worked. I accepted and am creat­ In your letter columns, I couldn't work Ghost of Honor. ing art for their flyer featuring a monster out whether Samet Nuhiu's aside about Ansi­ Laurraine Tutihasi: Given that the attacking Austin. ble meant that it couldn't be found on the Mythopoeic Society has roped in Dorothy Much of Hugo voting is based on cult of web, that the web site offers only a paper Sayers, for her marginal association with the personality. You must be a real person who issue, or that the site design fails to “satisfy Inklings, and is well-known, but has ignored is bigger than life to win. If E.B. Frohvet some standards ” If the first was meant, the E.R. Eddison, who was actually invited to continues to hide in the netherland of ano­ spelling “Anisble” in that letter may offer a come, and is not well-known, I can see many nymity, that's where his nomination, how­ clue to the problem. On the second point, I good reasons not to be in the Mythopoeic ever well-deserved, will remain, too. retort that every single issue since Ansible's Society. The cartoons of Bill Rotsler and Joe launch in 1979 is archived on the web. On 28 File 770:138 point number three, I will join you in plead­ toons, including Robot Ballet: Rite of Sometimes, there’s fruits, and sometimes ing lack of time to construct colossal graph­ Springs. nuts, but every so often, there's a cream... ics, RealAudio accompaniment and Flash Thanks for the Chicon 2000 Worldcon (Beats the same old line about why Califor­ animations — though actually I think the text report. Isn’t it wonderful to not stand in line nia is like granola, hm.) is somewhat more important. when you register! That’s a great start to a 1 would be happy to send fannish news to con. Only dry' munchies in the con suite. Not Andrew Porter, but 1 haven't seen SFC in Sheryl Birkhead even any dip? (However, I don’t think I ever some time. Canadian distribution was non­ met a dry munchie I didn’t like.) Tire fan existent for some time; that may have As nifty as the front cover is, I was taken by history video sounds great. I hope it gets changed. I will double-check with Bakka the back cover - then an, “Ah, yes” - when I passed around to other cons. Eggleton’s live Books if they have been able to obtain it. fd saw it was by Grant Canfield. I can hope painting demo was another wonderful oppor­ be interested to see what SFC looks like fandom will be treated to more of his work, tunity for fans. The pie toss, on the other since AP sold it to Warren Lapine. so many fans today have never seen his su­ hand, is too hostile for my taste. Great par­ I checked out the Irwin Hirsh website, perb creations. ties and programs. Thank you too for the and besides DUFF, GUFF and FFANZ, I’ve written “Philadelphia Pubs” several Masquerade winners list. They rarely get the there is now the National Australian Fan times asking for a Greg Bear bibliography. appreciation they deserve. [[Kudos to John Fluid, or NAFF (you Britfen, settle down), No response. Does any File 770 reader hap­ Hertz, for providing the list.]] which operates somewhat the same way pen to have or know of one? The one site 1 Chris Barkley’s column, “Win Chris CUFF does. ..a fan a part of Australia where found is linked to Amazon.com and is only Barkley’s Money!” was interesting. I’d the National Convention isn't gets to go to novels. And that was a long time ago. never heard of that SF trivia game at cons. where it is. Can a single country's fandom File 770 just keeps getting better. Just Congratulations on your win, Chris, btw! support four or more fan funds? Stay timed hope the fan news stays on the positive side! And 1 admire you for plugging away at read­ I'm not sure I've ever met Cliff Samuels, ing the Hugo contenders before you and and I've never been to a Calgary convention, Naomi voted. (I read a few online. I much Henry Welch but a Worldcon in Calgary might be an ex­ prefer doing my reading away from the com­ cellent idea. (Like 1 said last time, does Cal­ puter.) gary fandom know about this?) Should The reports on Chicon were interesting and I Dragon*Con take some fans away from have two items I'd like to clarify. Worldcon on the Labor Day weekend, First, I've always considered Kelly John Pomeranz smaller cities like Calgary should be able to Freas’s leather jacket as more Battlestar host a smaller Worldcon, with no problems. Galactica than Buck Rogers. It reminds me Well you invoked my name three times in a single issue, so I guess fd better drop you a It would be interesting to see what John very much of the jackets the fighter jocks Mansfield has to say about this...I'm sure no wore in that TV show. line... First, a correction: At the Chicon opening Western Canadian Worldcon bid would go Second, my recollection of registration ahead without his blessing. from Chicon V (I worked the first night) was ceremonies Kathi and I were engaged in animated non-verbal communication not I should also say this now: many thanks that the precon material didn't arrive until for all the Canadian-based articles and bits. that Wednesday. It was also in an unex­ with DC fan Bob Macintosh but with Aussie fan John Maizels. Unfortunately, his accent Always appreciated, as we don't have a pected electronic form and so all we had to newszine of our own right now, not since go by were a number of three-ring binders. I was so appalling that I'm not sure what we said either - my best attempt at translation MLR shut down. thought we processed people quite well all Greetings to Samet Nuhiu...who relays a things considered, since any worker could is: “Meet us in the Vegemite jar after the carpet escapes and well knit herrings.” (I name I haven't seen in quite some time, handle and member. The real annoyance was Krsto Mazuranic, the Mad Croat himself. that some of the badges (program partici­ gotta get a new phrase book...) I strongly recommend holding a surprise Mad bidders never desist! I hope Krsto is in pants, dealers, staff, etc.) were moved to good health. Could you try to find him (last another place or places with no apparent wedding. We had a camera ready as we an­ nounced the event to our assembled guests living in Samobor), and pass on our good rhyme or reason. It took me two days to find wishes9 I think Samet (and many others) my staff badge and I’m sure it was more at our New Years Eve party. The photo of the looks on their faces is one that we will will find that for every fan who is progres­ than frustrating to attendees who waited in sive and forwards-looking, there is another line only to be told that their badge couldn't treasure forever. who is nostalgic, and wishes for things as be found. Since there was no simple way to Lloyd Penney they are, or as they were. cross reference if another worker had Update on my letter...Con*cept may be handed one out or not it really ground things considered dead, only one year past an en­ I can sympathize with E.B. Frohvet on to a halt. I’m glad to see that some progress joyable con we attended. 1 hope Montreal spreading the wealth a little when it comes is being made in this area and I hope future fandom will consider starting again where to Hugos, but then, the awards go to the worldcons learn by the example. they first did, with a one-day convention, year's best, without consideration of who and building up again to a strong and fun was last year's best. Both arguments have Joy V. Smith convention. Concinnity is rising again, with merit, but until spreading the wealth be­ another relaxicon with none other than Dave comes the overwhelming choice, we’ll have Lovely cover. What’s the medium? [[See Kyle as GoH, in Ottawa in October. Hugos for the best of the year, and that's a Alan White’s article in this issue for the an­ Gene Stewart can be assured that those better indication of SF's quality. swer.]] I really liked the back cover too. pesky Canadians are indeed still alive. We're An update to Alan White's cartoon on (Exploring old houses and villages is fun.) just biding our time, smiling and quietly And I enjoyed the other artwork and car­ page 3...fandom is like a box of chocolates! watching the fannish melee south of the bor- April 2001 29 der. Every so often, we glance at one another College in Wayne, Nebraska, a farm com­ across from a person who identified himself and nod our heads knowingly. Worked for us munity a couple hours north of Omaha. as E. B. Frohvet. Apparently it was the same in Chicago, so who knows what else we'll Writer GoH was Canadian sf writer Julie person that Joseph T Major had met at an­ do? Well, I have some ideas, but Fm not say­ Czemeda and Artist GoH was Frank Wu. I other con and wondered if the next time it ing anything...but, we will have some pro­ attended as one of the pro writer guests and would be the same person. Frohvet freely gramming in English. made a splash at the story readings when I indicated that it is not his real name. I think To Joseph Major: Amie Katz captured went last and chose a 500 word short-short that Joseph T. Mayhew’s description is accu­ one main fannish neurosis exactly with his zinger. Relief! rate. So we are still left in the dark as to his “five fuggheads” jape in Jackpot! Who's the I also sat on a panel discussing electronic real identity. There were two other people at fugghead? Is it you? Is it me? publication along with fellow Omaha Neu- our table and maybe they will have some­ AUUUGGGHH! If I recall, I simply re­ tragonist Terry Hickman and Artist GoH thing to add. Guy IL Lillian IU did publish sponded by saying that this fugghead will Frank Wu. Attendance at the panel was the photo of Frohvet in Challenger #13 (Fall happily take more issues. Maybe Amie greater than expected and the weekend, 2000) even if it was only "the top half of his thinks I didn't get (or see through) the joke? which ended there for me, was a success. face" with the lower half covered by a copy No matter, the fugghead-don't-wannabees And Julie Czemeda proved to be a gracious, of Twink #18. Perhaps it will be enough for are still making a fuss, and fin sure Amie is generous GoH who made herself available someone to identify Frohvet. smiling. almost constantly, taught an insightful writ­ It is also my opinion that persons in the ing workshop, and attended many panels, Fan categories who have won more than one Gene Stewart often bringing along her entourage of admir­ Hugo should give someone else a chance. ers. Frankly, I am tired of seeing the names of Alan White's cover makes a nice alternative The WillyCon website is: Gardner Dozois and Dave Langford. Maybe rendering of The Iron Giant. http://www.wsc.edu/student/activities/ Locus too. On the subject of Frohvet's disappointing clubs/sfclub/willycon/willy03/willycon3.htm I forgot to mention that I really like the substantiality, if you're still craving an un­ Chris Barkley's money? Where's my cut? back cover by Grant Canfield. seen fan, may I humbly offer my own irreal­ Loved the frrantic pace and present-tense ity, if not unreality, as fandom's great invisi­ narrative. You wear me out, Chris. And way Letterhacks ’ Addresses to go on that trivia: impressive. ble professor of gibberish and blather ex­ Greg Benford, E-mail: [email protected] traordinaire, magus calibre deluxe? Ask Elspeth's Chicon only deepens the im­ Sheryl Birkhead, 25509 Jonnie Court, yourself: Has anyone ever really seen Gene pression Mike's report left on me; Fil work Gaithersburg, MD 20882 Stewart? And what's all this OLD 815 non­ my way slowly up to worldcons, I think. Dennis Caswell, Rt 1, Box 459, Harpers Allan Burrows - Unlike Ted White, I sense? Ferry, WV 25425-9320 never have strokes for the fun of it, thanks. Sorry to hear 4E Ackerman is being fur­ Connor Freff Cochran, 712 Bancroft Road ther screwed by the criminal Ray Ferry, and Also have no clue what you’re on about, but #109, Walnut Creek, CA 94598 1 hope his shenanigans land Ferry in jail for if it helps, I’m sorry, okay? Please dear Tom Feller, E-mail: [email protected] a good long time, perhaps sharing a cell with ghods forgive a poor confused old loccer his Brad Foster, P.O. Box 165246, Ed Kramer, who can perhaps teach him a trespasses, and lead him not into Trufen... Irving TX 75016 ad nauseum. thing or two about BOHICA justice. E. B. Frohvet, 4716 Dorsey Hall Dr. #506, So boycotting Fandom, Inc. is yet another Ellicott City, MD 21042 way to shore up the ghetto wall? John Mansfield Martin Morse Wooster, P.O. Box 8093, Hooray for ATom and alas for ATom and Silver Spring, MD 20907 KenCH: R.I.P. Ken Cheslin was good So even though you confirmed by email that Teddy Harvia, 12341 Band Box Place, enough to send me quite a load of ATom art I truly was the chair of ’94 [[ConAdian]], Dallas, TX 75244-7001 just before he died, and I can only hope he you still put it in the photo caption as 93. :- Robert Kennedy, 1779 Ciprian Ave., got my thank-you letter in time. ( How soon the Americans forget. So now Camarillo, CA 93010-2451; Glad to know Hour 25 stuck to its guns am I not only the only person whose real E-mail: [email protected] and made the move to freedom, so we can name was not used in Alternate Worldcons David Langford, E-mail: [email protected] all continue to enjoy it. but also, the one that the Americans changed Eric Lindsay, E-mail: The medical updates had me cringing the date of.... eric@ wrevenge. com. au and nodding in sympathy. Heal quickly, eve­ [[It must be the exchange rate - your Joseph T. Major, 1409 Christy Ave., ryone, and may heaps of bad karma crush Worldcon came 30% sooner...]] Louisville, KY 40204-2040 the souls of the scurvy mundanes who hurt BTW, the small detail left out of the Pen­ John Mansfield, E-mail: [email protected] any of you. neys’ trip report is the fact that the fund paid Lloyd Penney, 1706-24 Eva Rd., Etobicoke, Chicon 2000 strikes me, as veteran of for both Lloyd’s & Yvonne’s flights to ON M9C 2B2, Canada only one con, WillyCon UI, with all of 25 Montreal. Mind you, I see they are com­ John Pomeranz, 5927 3rd St. North, memberships, as overwhelming. Great re­ plaining that there is not enough money in Arlington, VA 22203; port, Mike. And by the way, from what I can DUFF to bring the two winners up from Oz Marie Rengstorff, E-mail: see in the pictures, you and I look alike. this year. [email protected] Might be fun to meet at a con one day and Fandom, got to love it... Joy V. Smith, E-mail: [email protected] confound everyone with a Separated At Gene Stewart, E-mail: [email protected] Birth? act. Well, a handshake'll do, though. Robert Kennedy James M. Taylor, 446 Raindance Place, WillyCon UI was held 26 - 27 March in Handerson, NV 89014 Henry L. Welch, E-mail: [email protected] the modem, light, and airy brick and glass At the Chicon 2000 Fosfax dinner I sat student center on the campus of Wayne State Ted White, [email protected] EASY CARTOONING • Lessen 12 wrrc& facial w A?wy THE F1E6T TW& APE ALP^W CRAWK "W dEF y®u MEW-

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