Program Book Corflu 36 FIAWOL Cambria Hotel, Rockville, Maryland May 1-6, 2019 !1 !2 Contents Weather Forecast ---------------------------5 Program --------------------------------------7 Local Restaurant Guide -------------------13 Other Shops and Services ----------------16 Auction Catalog ----------------------------17 Corflu Swag from Fannish Clothing Emporium ----------------------------------35 The Membership ---------------------------36 The Committee----------------------------- 38 Timespinner Press -------------------------39 !3 !4 Weather Forecast for Rockville, Maryland (per weather.com, as of 4/29) Wednesday, May 1 Cloudy, high 74°/low 62°, 20% chance of rain Thursday, May 2 AM Clouds/PM Sun, high 86°/low 62° 20% chance of rain Friday, May 3 PM Thunderstorms, high 81°/low 61° 80% chance of rain Saturday, May 4 Showers, high 77°/low 58°, 60% chance of rain Sunday, May 5 Showers, high 74°/low 56°, 40% chance of rain Monday, May 6 AM Showers, high 77°/low 57°, 40% chance of rain !5 !6 Program Wednesday, May 1 Exploring Baltimore, hosted by Steve & Elaine Stiles (daytime) Welcome Party (and Collating Session) hosted by Michael Dobson at his house (6pm until late) Thursday, May 2 Exploring Gallery Place, hosted by Colleen Brown (daytime) Convention Hospitality Suite (6 pm until late) Friday, May 3 National Mall Day (all-day, on your own) Registration*, Cambria Hotel lobby (4 pm-6 pm) Welcome Ceremonies, Guest of Honor selection, The Social Circle (Cambria hotel restaurant), 6 pm Convention Hospitality Suite (6:30 pm until late) Bheer Tasting, hosted by Geri Sullivan (consuite) * Pre-registration will take place at Michael’s house on Wednesday evening, and in the consuite Thursday evening. !7 Saturday, May 4 Ongoing Events Convention Hospitality Suite (opens 8 am for breakfast, closed during programming, open late) Registration†, outside Sinequa Room (11 am -3 pm) Fanac.org Scanning Station next to Registration desk (11 am - 3 pm) Wine Tasting, hosted by Spike (consuite, evening) † Closed intermittently for program items and breaks. Registration will continue in the consuite later. !8 Saturday Daytime Program (Sinequa) 12:00 pm — A Bheer Can Tower to the Moon and Other Fannish Memorials (Luis Ortiz, Joe Siclari, Susan Graham, Michael Dobson) 12:50 pm — 1:00 pm BREAK 1:00 pm — The Void Boys Speak! (Greg Benford, Jim Benford, Ted White, Luis Ortiz) 1:50 pm — 2:00 pm BREAK 2:00 - Fan Art Panel (Steve Stiles, Grant Canfield, Jay Kinney, Dan Steffan 2:50 pm — 3:00 pm BREAK 3:00 pm - AUCTION (Andy Hooper) 6:00 pm — 8:00 pm DINNER BREAK !9 Saturday Evening Program (Sinequa) 8:00 pm - Just a Minac, hosted by Sandra Bond 8:50 pm — 9:00 pm BREAK 9:00 pm — Time Chunnel, a play by Andy Hooper 10:00 pm until late — Cards and games in the Sinequa Sunday, May 5 Convention Hospitality Suite (opens 8 am for breakfast, closed during banquet, open late) 12 noon - Banquet Guest of Honor Speech, FAAn Awards presentation, fwa Past President, etc. 2pm until late — Cards and games in the Sinequa !10 Monday, May 6 Antietam and Hagerstown trip, led by Andy Hooper !11 !12 Local Restaurant Guide All within easy walking distance. Visit http:// tinyurl.com/FIAWOL for more information and links to restaurant websites. Bar Louie Urban bar and eatery, 111 Gibbs St. Bonchon Chicken Korean chicken BBQ, 107 Gibbs St. Buffalo Wild Wings Sports grill and bar, 33-C Maryland Ave. Dawson’s Market Cafe Buffet in an upscale grocery store, 225 N. Washington Finnegan’s Wake Irish pub, 100-F Gibbs St. First Watch Breakfast and lunch, 100-D Gibbs St. Five Guys Burgers and fries, 130 Gibbs St. Giuseppi’s Pizza Plus Pizza and more, 199 E. Montgomery Golden Samovar Russian and Central Asian, 201 N. Washington Gordon Biersch Brew pub and restaurant, 200-A East Middle Lane !13 La Canela Peruvian, 141-D Gibbs St. La Tasca Spanish, 141 Gibbs St. Lebanese Taverna Lebanese, 115-A Gibbs St. Peter Chang Chinese, 20-A Maryland Ave. Spice Xing Contemporary Indian, 100-B Gibbs St. Sushi Damo Japanese, 36-G Maryland Ave. Thai Pavilion Thai, 29 Maryland Ave., Unit 308 !14 Vie de France Bakery/Sandwiches, 39-A Maryland Ave. World of Beer Gastropub, 196 E. Montgomery !15 Other Shops and Services Within Walking Distance Banks HSBC, 200-C E. Middle Ln. Suntrust, 100 Gibbs St., Unit A ATM machine in Cambria hotel lobby Cleaners Rockville Town Square Cleaners, 130 Gibbs St. #D Dessert Berry Cup (frozen yogurt), 36-B Maryland Ave. It’s Sugar, 130-B Gibbs St. Marble Slab Creamery (ice cream), 100-I Gibbs St. Mr. Smoothie, 33-G Maryland Ave. Groceries Dawson’s Market (natural foods, also beer and wine), 225 N. Washington St. Pharmacy CVS, 360 Hungerford Dr. !16 Auction Catalog Auctioneer: Andy Hooper !17 Lot #1 — Hyphen 21, October 1958 Recipient: The Corflu 50 Editor/Author: Chuch Harris, Walt Willis Donor: Nigel Rowe Contents: “nside Coverage,” an editorial by Chuch Harris Bob Shaw, “The Glass Bushel” “The Only Way” by Walt & Madeleine Willis “The Decline and Fall of English Literature by Bob Tucker “A Brush With William Pugmire Esq. “ by “Obadiah Bip” “The State Harpside” by Sid Birchby “Son of Grunch,” a column by Vincent Clarke “A Wending in the West” by Mal Ashworth Art by Arthur Thomson Lot #2 — Starling 16, January 1971 Recipient: Corflu 36 Editor/Author: Hank & Lesleigh Luttrell Donor: Andy Hooper Contents: “Dance to the Music” by Juanita Coulson “The Polymorphous Pree-vert” by Greg Shaw “LA Experience” by Greg Benford “Me and the Civil War” by Jim Turner “Wild Hair,” a column by Bob Tucker “The (Almost) Eternal Con” by Lesleigh Luttrell Front cover art by Tom Foster Lot #3 — The Eastercon Speeches, 1979 Recipient: TAFF Editor/Author: Rob Jackson/Bob Shaw Donor: Andy Hooper Includes 5 speeches presented at Eastercon from 1974 to 1978. Introduction by Mike Glicksohn Cover art and interior cartoons by Jim Barker !18 Lot #4 — Minac #8, late 1963 Recipient: DUFF Issue # and Date: #8 1/2 , late 1963 Editor/Author: Bill Blackbeard and Rdd Boggs Donor: Andy Hooper A HOAX issue of Les Gerber and Ted White’s frequent fanzine MINAC, with editorials by Boggs and Blackbeard. Lot #5 — The Barsoomian #12, March 1967 Recipient: FANAC.org Editor/Author: Paul C. Allen Contents: “Locating Tarzan’s Birthplace” by Rev. Hardy Blaine “Laugh it Off” by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1943) “TV Tarzan: Ron Ely” by Paul C. A;;en “Supernaturally ERB” by Fred Kwoecien “Burroughs Publicity” by Paul C. Allen Front cover art by George Schneider Lot #6 — ERB-dom #15, February 1966 Recipient: FANAC. Org Editor/Author: Camile “Caz” Cazedessus Donor: Andy Hooper Contents: “Pellucidar: The Perfect Paradox” by John F. Roy “A Glossary of Pellucidar” by Brennan & Roy “The Problems of timelessness” by Mike Resnick “Richard A. Lupoff – Master Sleuth” by Caz. Front cover art by Reed Crandall Lot #7 — SF Commentary #79 (The Tucker Issue, 2nd Edition), February 2004 Recipient: DUFF Editor/Author: Bruce R. Gillespie Donor: Randy Byers Contents: “Introduction: A Brief History of Bob Tucker, Fan” by Toni Weisskopf Paul Walker interviews Bob Tucker “A thousand and one nights at the bijou” by Bob Tucker “The Mysterious Wilson Tucker” by Lesleigh Luttrell !19 “Hidden Heroes: The Science Fiction Novels of Wilson Tucker” by Bruce Gillespie “Tucker’s Two Futures” by Hank and Lesleigh Luttrell “Where We’re Arriving” by Bruce Gillespie “The Work of Wilson Tucker: A Bibliography by Phil Stephenenson- Payne and Denny Lien Lot #8 — Phile #5, April 1968 Editor/Author: Graham Charnock Donor: Randy Byers Contents: “Portrait of the Artist as a New Dog” by Charnock “Beleaguered Marine, “ “Documented Fiction” by Christopher Priest “Delany’s Quest Novels,” reviewed by Charnock “Rhubarb Time” by Dick Howett “un Homme et Un Film,” cinema review by Christopher Priest “The Camp Camp” by James Sherwood Front Cover art by Felix Dennis Lot #9 — Burblings #12, February 1963 Recipient: Corflu 36 Editor/Author: Charles Burbee Donor: Steve Stiles Distributed through FAPA. Headings include: “Bulls and Turkeys,” in which viewing bullfights on television station KMEX leads Burbee to ask if we would give up Thanksgiving turkey if the Spanish would stop fighting bulls. “Gun Bug Dept.” discusses air rifle experiences in the 1920s and 1930s. “Gutter Gold,” on allowances. “Now’s Your Chance, Bubbles,” on a 4th of July incident involving flirtation and apparent levitation. Lot #10 — The Space-Time Buccaneers, 1999 Recipient: The Corflu 50 Editor/Author: Ian Gunn, Karen Pender-Gunn Donor: Paul Skelton 1999 Omnibus edition of Ian Gunn’s comic strip space-opera, compiled and annotated by Karen Pander-Gunn. !20 Lot #11 — SF Commentary #83, October 2012 Recipient: Corflu 36 Editor/Author: Brice R. Gillespie Donor: Randy Byers Contents: “Discovering Philip K. Dick” by Guy Salvidge. The letter-column includes “feature letters” by Mark Plummer, Patrick McGuire, Franz Rottensteiner, Yvonne Rousseau and Murray MacLachlan Rog Peyton shares his list of “The Top 100 SF Novels” Lot #12 — A Bright Particular Star, 2002 Recipient: Corflu 36 Editor/Author: Kim Huett/Lucy huntzinger Donor: Jae Leslie Adams 12 articles written by Lucy Huntzinger between 1987 and 1995, including “The Ben Yalow Mystique, “Love’s Heaving Bosoms” and “Shadowboxing the Blues” Introduction by Huett, Lot #13 — CHUCH…The Fanzine, February 1986 Editor/Author: Avedon Carol & Rob Hansen Donor: Ramdy Byers Contents: Front cover art by Rob Hansen “intro” by Avedon Carol “Quarrel” by Patrick Nielsen Hayden “Our Lady of Pain” by Dave Langford “Thank You Girls” by Christopher Priest “Finding Out by Jeanne Gomoll” “Outro” by Rob Hansen !21 Lot #14 — Skyhook #10 (Vol. 3, No. 2), Spring 1951 Recipient: DUFF Editor/Author: Redd Boggs Donor: Kim Huett Distributed through FAPA Contents: “Twippledop,” Boggs’ editorial “Song in a Minor Key” by C.