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Extraterrestrial s?" Noon “Where Are ‘The given the age of the is EVERYBODY?’ asks why, The Fermi Paradox | "there Duncan in the Galactic Civilization. the Galaxy, we aren't already Earth and Joe Haldeman suggest possible Prof Roy, Chris Boyce and Lunan, John Brunner, ; answers. Story Competition Award. ipm The prize is an Amstrad Herald/Albaconannounced in December. The competition. was Duncan Lunan, Prof Roy The Judges were Chris Boyce, computer/word processors was the outcome? “The entries were received. What and Alasdair Gray. 240 starting from 240.00" results, im reverse order, (Panel) 2.30pm Poetry in SF. Morgan and Diane Duane, popular panel with Edwin fontinuing from last year’s and discuss and Donald Saunders read Brunner, Alasdair Gray this year John Saunders’ contribution will works with Duncan Lunan. Donald their favourite Harry Mar tinsson’s SF epic poems and translation of cover Hugh McDairmid’s "Aniara" 3pm The Thing, to which Albacon From Another World and bill of The Thing a badge. We @ double rates on production af admitted at concession members will be Albacon immensely over the GFT as they have helped would ask you to support the years. Show. 7pm Not The Wogan you to a chat show about town John Wilkes invites That dashing young man {il. Be prepared for to all the guests of Albacon which will introduce you something completely different. (an illustrated talk) in Spm Cinemagic. how minatures are used lan Rintoul, explains Award winning filo maker, and Gerry on the work of Ray Harryhausen tv and cinema. Centering B.C.” SPFX for from “One Million Years be screening film extracts Anderson, Jan will and some very rare unused episode of "Thunderbirds" together with a complete more surprises in There may also be a few T.V.'S “Terrahawks". the last shots from be a question period in saying what. There will store but lan isn’t , section of the talk. APTEPNATIVE PROGRAMME (An SF Quiz). quiz requiring 4 bpa Jeopardy ina marathon SF you to take part weekend in Wareham invites participate aver the Peter and 2 English) te of 4, (2 Scottish think you have a vast teams and Sunday. If you Friday, Saturday first round knockout rounds on up here for the SF trivia, then turn knowledge of chance to win an and unbeatable be chosen for a lucky enough to and see if you're unbelievable prize. (A Panel) SF field to the Future. of the literary Bp Backs of the present state pf a discussion Jane Johnstone, The first part Lunan, doe Haldeman, This time Duncan to keep by Chris Boyceo writer trying chaired the science fiction the plight of novel. Where is SF and others discuss the mass audience increasingly dictating Is there anything alive ina market caught up with it? future finally try to now? Has the The panel will literature SF of the future? horror become the new to say? Will trends. way, present market analyse, in @ constructive Dance). words in the 10pm Ceilidh. (A the most mispronounced apart from one of What ais 4 ceilidh, nor it's American it’s not "keek-a-bid", Well, to begin with, on the "kay". language? "Kay-li", with the stress it’s pronounced but in cousin, "*ke-hall-di"3 for 50g and story ", an informal gathering Says » at's kind of Barn-dance The dictionary Come and enjoy our emphasis is on dancing. Scotland the land, "Hopscotch". the best band in the and shout "hooch"to FICTIONWRITING
SCIENCEand of the Glasgow 10 lectures by Duncan Lunan —- author, SF critic III short Herald, and organiser of the Glasgow Herald/Albacon on writing story competition - plus discussions with emphasis techniques. themes, such .as The course will take ten major science fiction the paranormal, interstellar travel, time travel, robots, and ‘modern’ science and consider the differing treatments of them in An example would fiction from the early 1940's to the present. far future in Arthur be the radically different treatments of the Wolfe's tetralogy C Clarke's "The City and the Stars" and Gene be linked to the 'The Book of the New Sun’. The course may also A list of recommended founding of a Glasgow science fiction circle. reading is available. , Enrolment Secretary, Course begins in October 1986. Write to the 57/61 Oakfield University of Glasgow, Department of Adult Education, Ext. 4394. Avenue, Glasgow G12 BLW. Tel.No. 041 339 8855, _
| Members of Albacon III will be allowed in at the £1.10p concession rate on production of their membership badge.
ry, Reis rete 12 Rose Street Se veooa TL Bi crud rae i HG Glasgow G3 SGOW Fik ag . SASils p ee é THEATRE HT ee 041-3326535 by the PURECRCTIE,aiken (koe: ig Scottish Film Council 4 FUTURESHOCK,:200 Woodlands « Administrator KEN INGLES Pitre tasACNes nh reg WATT Manager CHARLIE Ohi]easinaeEa Asst. Manager JIMMY QUINN 2 Chiet Projectionist BARNEY MCCUE Fri 28 March 2.00 onty Special Thanks JAYNE PILUNG (BF) Double Feature Programme: CKET PRICES THE THING FROM Adult Full Price £220 eve perfs. £1.80 mats ANOTHER Students/Senior WORLD 18 School Pupils £150 eve perfs £1.00 mats Inspired by John W. Campbell's short Unemployed: £1.50 eve double story “Who Goes There?", this bills & main HOWARD HAWKS production endures eve perfs. as a sciencefiction classic, excitingly £1.00 early eve staged with blood-curdling action and suspense. The Antarctic perts & discovery of a spacecraft frozen mats, under the ice yields an alien, which Senior Citizens: £7.00 all nerfs proves blood thirsty once unthawed. Children (under MARGARET SHERIDAN and KENNETH 15) £1.00 ail pers. TOBEYstar. USA 19517 87 mins SHOWN To obtain concessions from adult full FIRST. price, proof of status must be shown The managementreserves the right of admission
Ail patrons may purchase tickets in advance for main evening performances indicated in BOLD ITALICS in the Programme Summary on the back page of this brochure Tickets purchased in afivance guarantee admission to a specific performance but will not reserve a plus particular seat, Patronsare advised to come early for the best choice of THE THING 18 seats. Tickets may not be exchanged or refunded JOHN CARPENTER's remake is more In addition to purchasing tickets In faithful to Campbell's story, showing person GFT offers a __timited in graphic and gruesome detail the TELEPHONE and POSTAL booking nature and actions of the ‘Thing’, a service. Telephone bookings must be shape-changer able to assimilate and coflected and paid for at least one day copy exactly any life form. It can be in advance. Postal bookings for adult destroyed by fire, if only KURT full price tickets only should be RUSSELL canfind out what and where accompanied by a SAE. date options it is. A genuine evocation of alien and an open cheque/PO payable to menace. USA 1982 109 mins GFT
SATURDAY “MAIN PROGRANME
That go Sump in the Night (a talk) Noon Things of Glasgow University ever seen a ghost? Professor Archie Roy Have you some with the paranormal, putting forward explains his experiences of dealing some of the unexplained happenings he theories of his own that may explain has come across. Crystal falls? ipm Do Computers Have based Beccon Series of talks loosely This is the third in Jonathan Cowie’s the Cosmic Overview". In this offering around the theme of “Human Ecology, and the picture they at how computers can model the future Jonathan looks any and, he promises, will not contain paint. The talk is slide illustrated computer jargon. Spm Guest of Honour Speech. hour session. Hear untold JoeWaldenanrevealsall in the first part of a 2 Norman Spinrad and about great SF writers of our time, including truths ; Harlan Ellison. Haldeman gives us an exclusive preview 4pm In the second part of the session Joe of a new short story soon to be published. Believes That: Spm Debate. This House in lunatic who repeatedly rapes a girl “John, a one-eyed slack-jawed slavering bottom, spreading her ripping her open from top to a graveyard, then, bloody across the grave, in graphic entrails (those he hasn‘t eaten) should be censored. with scything Dolby sound - a film'- Technicolour Mike and Alex Stewart. For the motion Against the motion Clive Barker, by Mic Rogers, Christie and Anne Fage, Chaired Dress. 7pm Photocall for Fancy The pics of all our fancy dress entries. This is your chance to get real good the alcove outside the main hall. location for this event shall be in be 7.30pm Costume Competition. which always promises to fancy dress competition This is the annual in taking part If you are interested as well as very funny. in spectacular details and helpful people know, you will find the ‘please jet Joyce Craig the costume workshop. up the Rocky Horror mess. people £1.30pm Cleaning Show we would like as many after the Rocky Horror We must mentionthat more the merrier. It the resulting mess. The to help clean up point out as possible people helping. We must with a fair number of shouldn't take long is cleared. We ask this will not run until the mess that the late night films and safety. in the interest of hygiene ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMME
Waverider. (an illustrated talk) diam to date on recent developements. Ken Bradshaw bring us up Gordon Dick and to prove Study Programme) are tying WASP team (waverider Herodynamic ASTRA'’s Prof. Terence Nonweiler, can re-entry vehicle designed by that the Waverider test. 60's but never put to the was claimed for it in the do all that conducted hypersonic to join NASA design study, Already they've been asked at Aerospace, and driven a model tests by courtesy of British wind-tunnel when it comes to But the big question remains; high speed on top of a car. WILL IT FLY? the sponsored rocket launch, Re-enactment Societies. (a panel) Noon explain how you can get involved the many re-enactment societies _ Members of the trade. You and show you a few tricks of in re-staging historic battles as you thought. may find it not as expensive (an illustrated talk) ipm SF Futures. of present day ideas as Ed Buckley gives us 4 representation Space Artist comics, and novels in many SF classics, films seen throughout the decades included. a 2pm Wot Another Trilogy how he started writing. , Talk bv Peter Morwood on 2. . opm Jeopardy Round started on Friday. knockout SF quiz that The second round of the Rings Around Uranus. . (An illustrated talk) épa the seventh planet and this year Voyager 1] flew past On 24th January close to earth of a worid never before seen transmited pictures and data back up. What did it find? Duncan Lunan shows us the latest pictures hot from the press at JPL and puts forward some theories to explain some of the bizzare findings. 7pm Book Reviews of the Year. (Panel). Paul Kincaid, Oscar Dalgleish, Caroline Mullan, and Ken Slater review and report on this year’s SF books. Genet Andy Nimmo reports on the very latest information gleaned fron the recent close encounter of the comet kind. Fpm The Turkey Buffet. (A Treasury of Trash) Bill Morris and Chris Q’Kane invite you to an informal event which will have you cringing in disgust and writhing in jaughter, as we kick off with a showing of “Q@-The Winged Serpent" followed by a serving of turkey soup and sandwiches and then on to a iook at some of the worst movie posters, album covers and book covers you could ever imagine, culminating in the hilarious “Worst Record Disco of Ali Time". Can you survive? PLEASE NOTE. there will only be a limited amount of soup and sandwiches to go round so get there early. 12 Mid Horror Stories. (readings) Clive Barker, Ramsay Campbell and John dJarrold read by candlelight a collection of short stories that will chill you to the bone. Don’t go in alone! SUNDAY =MAIN PROGPRANME
liam Forward to the Past. (Panel). The second of two panels which evaluate the continuing development and marketing of SF literature, raising important questions about it’s future potential. Joe Haldeman, Duncan Lunan, Jane Johnson, John Brunner and Rog Peyton discuss where SF literature has been and to what kind of audience it sells. ipa The Bidding Session. Every year rival SF fan groups present bids to host the National SF con. If you claim to be an SF fan you should be here for this one; your vote can mean the difference between winning and losing a bid. The Future of tastercons. (An open debate). From an agenda drawn up on the Friday night in the fan room Bob Jewett hosts an open debate with the audience on the present state of Eastercon bidding. the Is ther a need for two year bidding due to the ever increasing growth of Eastercon? Once again if you are an interested and concerned fan, you should be in on this one. Someone has to run the Eastercon; next year it could be you! 4pm Ulive Barker - In Ferson (Guest Speech) The very talented and humorous Clive Harker gives you an account of his career and his work, with a lopk to the future at some up-coming projects. Jeopardy - The Final. (A quiz). Spa ne peatleneec) an Friday. The fina) and conclusive round of the knockout SF quiz that began This one will decide who has the best knowledge of SF. Jom The Albacon Highland Games. (Silly Games). at each other's Join. in the hilarious fun as the Scots play the English Caber national games, plus some other mot so familiar ones. Featuring ALL at the Tossing, Tiddley-winks, Haggis Hunting and Highland Dancing - host the SAME TIME in one hall. Bill Morris, Jim Campbell and Bruce Saville be hauled epic event. Get in early if you want to participate; teams will screaming from the audience. ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMME Spm The Indian SETI Programme. ‘Talk). far FrofessorArchie Roy presents the latest facts behind the Search Extraterrestrial Intelligence in India. it will be the first time that this information hag been presented in this country. 6pm art at ridiculous prices. This 48 your chance to buy some of the best of SF collectors’ items in the The auction will also be a chance to snap up some book market 8pm Buest Artist's Speech. (An illustrated talk). work, and also a few Pete Lyon gives an entertaining presentation of his hints and tips for all you budding artists out there. 9.30pm Round Robin SF Stories. (A Panel). Clive Barker, John Jarrold, Panellists doe Haldeman, Bob Shaw, Duncan Lunan, and Chris Boyce, try to Terry Pratchett, Peter Morwood, Gus McAllister previous panellist ’s concoct a coherent SF story, each adding to the a concoction; it may even be a contribution. It sounds like it will be quite short story winner. 10. 30pm The Beccon Charades Quiz try to outdo one another in Lots of fun for audience and teams as they brain and body boggling quiz. MONDAYBeccon’s= MAIN PROGRAMME
2pm Beginning SF. (A Panel). Peter Morwood, Gus WeAllister pilus Joe Haldeman, Duncan Lunan, Chris Royce, of SF" panel, many aspiring writers others. At Albacon’85 during the "Future Herald/Albacon Il] story contest was were asking for guidance. The Glasgow at Glasgow University Adult Education one response, the forthcoming SFE course the Glasgow SF circle could be a third. Dept., will be another. Revival of include the above mentioned - Come and make your views known. Participants YOURSELVES. but most of all ladies and gentlemen, panel). Fiction andReality (an illustrated 3.30pm Space Stations in by the USA to building a space station In 1984 President Regan committed concept what the West and the right decision and is NASA's 1992,fut was it Haldeman Robert Law,Duncan Lunan and Joe the world really need? Ed Buckley, of space station developement. look at the past, present and future (A Panel). 4, 30pm Amateur Societies- Their role in Space Research. the space adyocacy is in practical In the USA, the fastest growing section of a solar sail race to the moon research. Getaway Specials fly on the shuttle, out research contracts. In the is planned, the Space Studies Institute gives in Europe ESA sponsors Youth in “ULE. there's ASTRA’s Waverider project; Youth in Space Delegate), Duncan Space.Gordon Dick (ASTRA President,U.K. Developement Conterence), Andy Lunan, (Gutreach Committee, Seattle Space (Rocket Propulsion Systems) Nimmo, (Space Settlers Society) and John Pitfield discuss the possibilities for developement. dpm Joe Haldeman's Movie Choice. (A film). around in films like "Rambo" and With so much Hollywood hype and nonsense some way to clear the fog by "Apocalypse Now", Joe Haldeman tries in Vietnam war. The story concerns the recommending this Australian view of the soldier buddies serving with the day-to-day existence of a small group of the most accurate representation of Qustralian SAS. doe believes this to be the war. 7.30pm The Committee's Farewell appreciation to those who fur chance to thank you all for coming and showing helped make your weekend. ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMME
Noon The Albacon Business Meeting. management and committee on serious Your chance to question the hotel business matters relating to the con. 2pm Future Cons. held of the various conventions being A short run down from representatives to there may be requests for help year. It is possible that during this want to have a events, 50 if you feel you organise some of the up-coming bash, come and let them know.
apm The Final Auction. treasures left out of up some of the valuable very last chance to pick Your cheap. prices are ridiculously the Sunday auction. The
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WRITERS or tne FUTURE
L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest has brought into being a whole new breed of talented science fiction and fantasy writers. Launched in America in 1984, the quarterly Contest for new and amateur science fiction writers was judged by a distinguished panel, including Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Stephen Goldin, C.L. Moore, Robert Silverberg, the late Theodore Sturgeon, Jack Williamson and Roger Zelazny. The judges were delighted with the high standara of entries and chose 15 of the best from among the prize winners and runners up for an unprecedented anthology of exciting new science fiction "L RON HUBBARD presents WRITERS OF THE FUTURE". Published in America last year, the Writers of the Future stories earned critical acclaim and the book became an overnight success, creating a whole new era of science Fiction, with many of the award winners going on to have further work published in other media as a result of their success in the contest. UK readers now have a chance to catch up with this new world of science fiction. L RON HUBBARD presents WRITERS OF THE FUTURE will be published in the UK on April 17th and available in bookstores at £2.75 or direct from the publishers New Era Publications at £2.75 plus 50p p & p. UK writers have their chance too - the Contesti.has now been extended to the UK and will continue well into 1986 - contest details available at Albacon. ExcitingNew Science Fiction from a f tRon new breed of writers Award-winning new SF and fantasy writers —chosen by top writers % pa in the field 4 (=) > * Nationwide cross-promotion - csic) Sfo} * with Writers of the Future 3 Ks) Contest =) [my 84 SM onealaecme i) otRom Ea around when I Seva On oe Zz re) THEODORE.STURGEON cs = ; a : ; o) — £2.75 — Order today! pe COMINGSOONIN PAPERBACK e- apo) ERA PUBLICATIONS UK LTD, - Eabe Order from: NEW iy DOWGATE, DOUGLAS ROAD, TONBRIDGE, KENT TN9 2TS *) Telephone: 0732 361082 a : FELMS AT ALBACON PTE - REVIEWED BY CHRIS O° KANE
THINGS TO COWE. ULE. 1936. Directed by Raymond Massey, Cedric Hardwicke, fargaretta Scott, Ralph Richardson. William Cameron Menzies. Screenplay by H.G.Wells. was the most Coming out of the famous London Film Studios of filexander Korda, this the first set ambitious SF film of the 1930’s. The film is divided into three parts, decades; in 1940 which uncannily sees the start of a world war that continues for of life, and the second deals with a community reduced by the war to a primitive way who announces that ruled over by a despot until the arrivel of a mysterious “airman” in Ab 20346 when the a new era of "law and sanity" has beguns the third takes place Utopian ruling technocrats have built a gleaming white underground city, supposedly from a huge cannon an attempt is being made to fire a manned projectile at the Moon maintaining despite the opposition from a horde of effete "artists" who are still are in that "there are some things that Man is not meant to know". Gut their efforts design for "Gone vain. Stunning SPFX for the first time by Ned Mann, who went on to to Come” in 1935. With the Wind", Wells published a version of the script as "Things DOC SAVAGE: MAN OF BRONZE. USA 1974 Ron Ely, William Lucking, Darrell Swerling and Mike Miller. of liquid gold owned by a tribe Doc fights with a villainous captain over a fountain grotesque team of helpers, he in a remote part of South America. Aided by his and the villain is last succeeds in preventing the gold from falling into evil hands in Doc's "rehabilitation seen singing in a Salvation Army band after a session on the first DOC SAVAGE pulp novel. centre”, This George Pal production is based Pal announced that he hoped to There are 181 movels in the series and at one point death in 1985. film them all. This was Pal‘s last movie before his DEATHWATCH. France 1982. ; Sydow. Directed by Romy Shneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton and Max Von Bertrand Tavernier. records the last An ambitious TY producer (with implanted camera behind wis eyes) he no longer has a days of a terminally ill] woman for a new programme, but discovers Glasgow. "orivate” life. Strong cast, excellent performances and shot in and around BLADERUNNER. USA 1982. novel "Do Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young. Directed by Ridley Scott. From the Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. a group of Set in Los Angeles in the year 2020 at a time of overpopulation, colonies. Killing replicants (Androids) return to earth from the dangerous off-world they are pursued by a their masters and escaping to earth to find out why they exist, before word gets out Blade Runner, (Harrison Ford), sent by police to terminate them of control, and that to the public that the genetics industry is spiralling out Douglas Trumbull. Androids are becoming too human. Visually stunning SPFX from GHOSTBUSTERS. . Ever increasing paranomal occurences areplaguing the city of New York. Three extraordinarily bright, though somewhat off-beat to Say the least, university parapsychogists, having lost their research grant,decide to start a business known as "Bhostbusters". Walking a fine hair-line between genius and lunacy, they manage, more often than not, to emerge as winners. During the course of their business they encounter a girl with a very annoying supernatural problem, (Sigourney Weaver) on whose apartment the manifestations seem to centre and the fun really begins. cocggN fun film Don Ameche got the Gscar for Best Supporting Actor for his part in this accidently which has a group of senior citizens being rejuvenated when they when Atlantis interfere in some aliens’ attempts to rescue their companions, trapped sank. Don’t worry about the plot, just enjoy the performances. ALL OF ME Theofthe best comedies of recent years, it stars Steve Martin as the laywer who gets Lily Tomlin’s soul trapped in his body and has to find a way to get her out again. Prepare to have your sides ache watching the brilliant body movements as Steve Martin discovers how dificult it is to get around when one side is controlled by a : man and the other by a woman! SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COWES.
USA® 1983, Jason Robards, Diane Ladd, Jonathan Pryce, Pam Grier. From a story by Ray Bradbury. Directed by; dack Clayton. One smoked-scented October a carnival arrives unexpectedly in a small American town. Presided over by the sardonic Mr Dark, it fuels itself on the dreams of ordinary men and women and turns them into nightmares. One man and two young boys come to recognise the leering face of evil behind the carnival ’s jovial mask, the odour af corruption beneath: the heady scent of popcorn and candy-floss. How can one tired, ageing man and two small boys combat the terrifying forces ranged against them...?
@-THE WINGED SERPENT. USA 1993. Michael Moriarity, Candy Clark, David Carridine, Richard Rountree. Directed by Larry Cohen. A giant winged seerpent and bloody Aztec sacrificial ritual bring mounting horror to present day Manhattan... This is a real turkey, make no mistake. However there is somewhere, in among the dregs, a clever social comment about the small man on the street and his value to society. Michael WMoriarity turns in a teriffic performance as the man who knows the whereabouts of the hideous slaughtering serpent. This film, however, could be a political bombshell, as it carries the message that the New York Police Deptartment are totally ill-equipted to deal with flying serpents and other types of monsters, with such a back log of rape and mugging crimes to be dealt with. Be warned there are some really terrible lines in this ane. STARMAN. WSA 1998. Jeff Bridges, Nancy Allen. Directed by John Carpenter. The surprise hit of last year. Harlan Ellison slammed it for not doing anything new with a well used theme. Though that is true it is surprisingly well handled by director John Carpenter, not known for his sentementality. Jeff Bridges makes the whole film a delight to watch due to his very touching performance (he was nominated for a best actor oscar last year), but the story gets silly when the CIA get involved. MAG MAX II) - Beyond Thunderdome, Mel Gibson plus a cast of thousands (as usual) directed by George Miller. This is the third of the "Road Warrior Films" from Australian director George Miller, the story has now become rather ridiculous but it doesn’t really matter, for the visual. images and stunts make up for it. Miller has said that he will not make any more Mad Max movies. Let's wait and see if he means it. THE TERMINATOR British director James Cameron’s first and very promising movie burst explosively onto the screen as big Arnold Schwarzenegger is given his first decent role a5 a cyborg from the future sent back to Los Angeles in 1984 to terminate the life of a girl who will give birth to a son who could eventually become a dangerous resistance leader in the future war on earth between ruling machines and the remnants of mankind. The action seldom lets up, except for plot devices, and the pace is exhilirating as rnold deals out death and destruction in wholesale lots in the persuit of a pretty girl. There are some twists in the plot so I shall not reveal all here, but I don’t think you will be disappointed. James Cameron went on to write the action scenes for the dreadful Rambo and is currently editing the sequel toa Alien; we should expect plenty of visual fireworks but not a lot original input to the story. He seems to borrow freely from other people’s work and had ta settle recently out of court with Harlan Ellison on this one. Ellison accused him of stealing his Quter Limite stary, "Soldier" 2010: THE YEAR WE MADE CONTACT ;
"Nake contact with whom" you may well ask at the end of this one. A film that has all the classic signs of a story written for money and a movie produced for money. An absolute compromise between, writer, producer and director with the sole aim to please the market.Space ships go "whoosh" in the vacuum of space and highly trained and experienced crews run around cursing and swearing, making irrational decisions while on a mission to find out what happened to the mission of "Discovery Une" toa Jupiter in 2001. Peter Hymas manages to destroy the respectable image of space exploration that Stanley Kubrick so0 painstakingly built up over a period of four years (1964-1969) and what we end up with is a very mediocre pot of soup. The spfx are well up to 1985 standards as they should be for a production of this cost and if you haven't read the book the ending will make no sense whatsoever.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW I’m sure you will need no introduction to this one, and some of you will want no introduction ta this one, It's the movie you either love or hate, the movie that you can't hear for the fans singing along with, the movie that gets you wet, the movie that makes a mess that we can al] clean up. However it never falls to generate a terriffic atmospere in which to have a party. surely I don’t have to list the stars and the songs, but need only to say to those who are unaware of it (or virgins as the hype goes) that it is an affectionate send up of them good old horror SF aovies from way back then. The title number says it all. ICE PIRATES Didn't get much of a release this one, but it‘s a terrific send up of Star Wars and as many other 5F movies of the 70s. Far away in space lies a galaxy where water is a scarceand valuable comodity,(does it sound familiar ).The evil, Templar Empire controls the last source of fresh water, making them the richest, most powerful, least thirsty race. Their hold on the rest of humanity is maintained by shipping quantities of the precious liquid in frozen blocks to its colony worlds aboard a massive fleet of interstellar refridgerators. One force in the galaxy remains strong enough to challenge the mighty Templars. FRom their base on a bandit moan, daring anything for a drink, emerge a few brave, bold buccaneers- the ICE PIRATES...! Spot the SF send ups in this one PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO Woody Allen's excellent fantasy starring Mia Farrow as the girl whose heart throb steps off the silver screen and sweeps her away in his arms! A truly marvellous piece of cinema, full of warmth, wit and one Jiners. SHORTS THE LOCH NESS MONSTER DOCUMENTARY. USA 1982. Narrated by Leonard Nimmoy. This is a fairly factual account of the evidence gathered to date on "Nessie" it is a very fair and sincere presentation. THE LOCH NESS MONSTER MOVIE UK 1984. Produced by Jain Rintoul. This is a highly entertaining fiction fila produced by Edinburgh film maker Tain Rintoul. The miniature work is superb and there are some very humorous moments among the chaos. The story concerns the discovery of "Nessie" in Loch Ness by the Americans who have just purchased the land from Scotland. This unexpected discovery leads to a political battle between the SNP and the Americans over who actually owns the monster. Eventually it is legally declared that the monster belongs to the Americans, and it is not too long before they have poor old Nessie touring the country and raking in the dollars. Unfortunately their plans go wrong when the truck carrying the monster meets with disaster and both end up crashing off the Forth Road Bridge into the river Forth. Later that night, Nessie emerges from the depths to terrorize Edinburgh city centre... UFOs. USA 1982. Narrated by Leonard Nimmoy.& fairly factual and honest look at some of the hoaxes and baffling cases from the UFO phenomenon. SPACEPLACE. , USA 1976 A summary of the Apollo msonflight in 1969, capturing all the thrills of takeoff, weightlessness, the moon landing, and the first steps on the lunar surface - a timeless epic in ten minutes. FOR FITNESS. 1938. Scotland. Made solely to prepare the unsuspecting Scots for war, this is a terrible but hilarious film of how to enjoy Scotland's beautiful scenery and keep in tip top shape at the same time. Whatever you do do not take this seriously! SPACEBORNE on the moon, combine to show SA 1978. Rarely seen NASA film clips shat in space and celebration of man’s most the mystery and grandeur of space. An Oscar nominated dazzling accomplishment. RECORDED LIVE USA 1980, Winner of 15 international avards, this remarkable student film by S.S. Wilson parodies the Hollywood horror films of the Forties. A menacing reel of videotape pursues and devours a young san Jured to an old, deserted mansion for a phoney job. THE WIZARD OF SPEED AND TIME. USA 1986. From a mountain cave blasts an incredible creature... a Green Wizard running along at S00 mph in a wild roar around the world until he slips on a banana peel and inte a world record pratiali. & truly magical tour de force of special FAN PROGRANME FRIDAY
2pm What is Fandom? Most fan programmes start with an item like this! It is simply a quick introduction to the sort of things that are going on over the weekend for those of you who haven't ventured into the fanroom in the past. Spin Do We Need Fan Funds? A panel of people who have been involved in fan funds in the past discuss with the audience the role they play and seek to answer the charge that, with the present low air fares, the fan funds are no longer neccessary. épa My Favourite Con What makes a convention memorable and how reproduceable is it? More nostalgia dressed up as hard edged fannish criticism. Introducing Fanzines if A panel which sets out to explain what fanzines are and how YOU can produce one this very weekend! Come along and see how easy it is to become a real fan. Two Year or Not Two Year? out Rob Jewett chairs an informal discussion in which it is hoped to thrash an agenda for the big debate on Sunday over the future of the Eastercon. SATURDAY
12 noon I Was a Teenage Convention Groupie
John Jarrold gives his Fan Guest of Honour Speech. The time was chosen to be shortly after the bar opens as an aid to comprehension. 2pm Fop Quiz Doug MacCallum quizzes the people who gave the. most correct answers to the eliminators in the programme package. Come along and see if you could do better. épa The Tennis Elbow Foot Game Anyone remember this from the early days of BBC2? No? Good! Two or more teams will attempt to tie each other's tongues in knots and scramble their brains in this refined parlour game. Hearing is believing. Spa Is There Life After Worldcon? Old timers get together round the old campfire to tell us young ‘uns what happens when the Worldcon comes to town. Do the weak die and vigorous young fans shoot up in their place? Did Nostrodamus foresee the Metropole Hotel on Brighton? What is a Worldcon, and is it infectious? 9.30pm Live Libel, a Musical Cabaret pale into significance beside Tan Sorensen s previous dramatic presentations famous enough to be slandered this lemon. Only people wondering if they’re possible taste, but very badly. need attend. Note: it’s all done in the best Lipm The Heccon 87 Bidding Party bid. In which the Basildon bunch try to win your votes for their Birmingham No music, no sexism, just good clean fun. (Punch available}. SUNDAY tiam Hritish Science Fiction Association AGM
Members of the ESFA should attend to discuss the very important decisions - that need to be made about the future of the ESFA. Pop Quiz Final The kings of rock and roli trivia meet in the final tussle to decide who's got the biggest store of useless information. @iter APAs, What Comes Next?
Every convention has a discussion in which everyone puts forward their views on the current state of fanzines. This is the one for Albacon. Will more cgenzines appear as the Apa boom declines? Will floppy discs replace paper? Did D West really run off Simon Gunsley’s last zine on a clothes mangle? 7pm Connections f quiz in which the best minds in the fanroom try to work out the link between Albacon, the fan room and 1900 hrs. (Hint: it’s the name of a programme item)
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