• EVENTS • LETTERS • FEATURES • MOVIES • REVIEWS • BOOKS • LISTINGS • NEWS • Vol. 28 Issue 4 Number 323 April 2000 $2.50 THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE WEST COAST SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION SF Book Review Page 8 Seacouver Page 8 Conspiracy Theory Page 10 Zine Publishing Page 6 WCSFA WCSFActivities Memberships New ...................................... $26.00 New Family .......................... $32.00 Contributor’s Deadline - April 14th, May Knight/McDonald bus along Burrard. Begins Renewal ................................ $25.00 19th, June 16th, July 14th, August 18th, 8:00pm. On the Friday before long weekends, Family (2 Votes) ................... $31.00 Sept. 15th, Oct. 20th. Send, your sub- FRED will be at the lounge of Bosman’s Hotel. (Above prices includes subscription to missions, comments, loc’s to John Wong This is two blocks east and a part of a block north BCSFAzine. Please e-mail at 2041 East 10th Avenue, Vancouver, of the Burrard Motor Inn (actual address is 1060 [email protected] if you wish to B.C., V5N 1X9 or E-Mail me at Howe St.). receive the magazine electronically.) [email protected] BCSFAzine Pickup/Collation at FRED - The Fri- Make checks payable to WCSFA F.R.E.D. - Every Friday day before the first Sunday of the month. Pick (West Coast Science Fiction up your issue of BCSFAzine at FRED! Pristine, Association) The weekly gathering of BCSFAns and all others interested in joining us for an mint condition copies are available at FRED. Call Send cheques to: WCSFA Steve to let him know you wish to pick up your #110-1855 West 2nd Ave. evening of conversation and relaxation, with pool table option. At the Burrard copy. Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1J1 WCSFA Motor Inn opposite St. Paul’s Hospital Executive Meeting. April 8th, 1 pm. WCSFA Executive (Downtown Vancouver) 6 blocks south of Firehall Branch Library 1455 West 10th Avenue, • President .... R. Graeme Cameron Burrard Skytrain Station. 3 blocks west of Vancouver. Tenth & Granville. • Vice President....... Palle Hoffstein Granville (where many buses run). #22 • Treasurer............... Doug Finnerty • Secretary...................... Alyx Shaw • Archivist .... R. Graeme Cameron Upcoming Conventions • Editor ................. John C.H. Wong • Members at Large: .. Lisa Gemino ................................ David Langtry Norwescon 23 April 20-23, 2000 Seatac, Wash- 5151 Wiley Post Way, Salt Lake International .................................... Donna Read ington Center Salt Lake City, UT 84116 ................................ Garth Spencer Telephone: 801-539-1515 • V-Con 25 Rep ................................ Guest of Honor - David Brin Guest of Honor - Gregory Benford Membership Rates • Keeper of FRED, V-Con Ambas- Artist Guest of Honor - Barclay Shaw Before November 15th, 1999 $25.00 sador for Life Fan Guests of Honor - John and Bjo Trimble Miscon 2000 May- 26-28 2000 ...........................Steve Forty (S.40) Norwescon 23 Pre-Registration Guests: Jesse Marcel, Jr., Steve Jackson, PO Box 68547, Seattle, WA 98168-0547 Tom Smith BCSFAzine Specialists Hotel: The Doubletree Seattle Airport Ho- Memberships: Layout, Acrobatics & Image tel is the site of Norwescon 23. The hotel is $15 until end of 1999 Digitalist ............ John C. H. Wong located at 18740 International Blvd in Hotel: Double Tree Hotel Edgewater 100 Madi- Hyper Text Modem Retrieval son Tel: (406) 728-3100 Specialists ... Dave and Chris Hale, Seatac, Washington. ...........................Dale McGladdery Call (206) 246-8600 for reservations. These Room Rates: $79/night Text Editor ...............Pauline Walsh rates are available for up to 3 days before Miscon P.O. Box 7721 Missoula MT 59807 Page Reproduction and book and after the convention. www.miscon.org construction . Quality Printing Inc. World Horror Con 2000 May 11-14, 2000 SEACOUVER 2000 June 30th to July 3rd. Vancou- Cover Art ....................... M. Ferrari Guests:Peter Straub, Melanie Tem, \Harlan ver, BC A “Highlander: The Series” convention. Ellison, J. Michael Straczynski, Steve Guests, Jim Byrnes, and various actors from Advertising this issue Rasnic Tem, Ellen Datlow, Dan Simmons Highlander: The Series and Highlander: The Dragonfly, Imperial Hobbies, Address: WHC2000, Inc. PO Box 32167, Raven Michael’s Books, PoCo Place, Featuring guided bus tours to locations with ac- Wrigley Cross Books Aurora, CO 80041-2167 For a limited time, WHC2000 member- tors from the Highlander Series © April 2000 Volume 28, #4 Issue ships will cost $75 Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel & Marina from Fri- 323 is the club newsletter published To Obtain Room Reservations: Adam’s day, June 30 through Monday, July 3. Admission by the West Coast Science Fiction Mark Hotel, 1550 Court Place, Denver CO (in Canadian funds) is $90 for the full convention, Association (A Registered Society) 80202, 1-800-444-ADAM, (303) 893-3333 $60 for Saturday or Sunday only, $30 for the re- W.C.S.F.A. is also known as Room rates start at $125/night for a single served seating section, and $24 for the Jim Byrnes B.C.S.F.A. which is the social branch or double, $159/night for triple occupancy, Band performance (in addition to having a full or of the organization. and $179/night for quad. Sunday Only registration). The first 50 paid regis- trations will receive a free Sunday breakfast (value For comments, subscriptions Conduit 10 May 19-21, 2000 suggestions, and/or submissions, Author GOH: Charles de Lint $15). Tour prices will be finalized shortly. write to: Artist GOH: Brian Durfee For more information, or a Registration Form, WCSFA Mail: CONduit Organizing Committee email to [email protected] or send snail #110-1855 West 2nd Ave. PO BOX 11745, Salt Lake City, UT mail with SASE to: Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1J1 84147-0745 Seacouver 2000 BCSFAzine is also Phone Number: SLC: (801) 294-9297 Attn: Lisa King available as a full colour Ogden: (801) 776-0164 #101 - 1001 West Broadway, Unit 334 Adobe Acrobat file. Hotel: Salt Lake Airport Hilton, Vancouver, BC V6H 4E4 Friday, May 26, 2000 — Saturday, May 27, 2000 — Sunday, May 28, 2000. (The U.S. Memorial Day weekend.) MVCONVCONAMMALS B EWARE2525 Dinosaurs Attack! GoH: Robert Sawyer! GoH’S: Winner of five Aurora Spider and Jeanne Robinson! awards, including three for Best Spider is the Hugo Award Novel, Sawyer is the author of winning author of ‘Time Pres- ‘Far-Seer’, ‘Fossil Hunter’, sure’, ‘Mind Killer’, ‘Life ‘Foreigner’ (An intelligent Di- House’, ‘Night of Power’, ‘User nosaurs trilogy), ‘End Of An Friendly’, of the Callahan’s se- Era’ (also Dinosaurs), plus ries including ‘Time Travelers ‘Golden Fleece’, ‘The Termi- Strictly Cash’, ‘Callahan’s nal Experiment’, ‘Starplex’, Crosstime Saloon’, ‘Lady Slings ‘Frameshift’, ‘Factoring Hu- Fan GoH’s: Toastmaster: The Booze’, ‘Callahan’s Secret’, manity’, ‘Flash Forward’, & Lloyd & Yvonne Penney! Mr. Science! etc., and with his wife Jeanne, of ‘Illegal Alien’ . Sawyer will Well known long-time To- His ‘Corresponding Secre- ‘Stardance’, ‘Starseed’, and launch of his latest novel ‘Cal- ronto Fans and 1998 C.U.F.F. tary’ Al Betz won the 1991 Fan Starmind’. culating God’ at VCon. He will (Canadian Unity Fan Fund) Achievement Aurora, and is the be accompanied to VCon by his Winners. Lloyd and Yvonne holder of a special Elron award wife Carolyn Clink. have won three Aurora awards as well. for their Fannish activities. It is rumoured Mr. Science will perform a diabolical ex- Hotel: periment at the con. Day’s Hotel Surrey City Centre 9850 King George Hwy, Surrey, B.C., V3T 4Y3, Canada. (Lo- cation is 1/2 block from king George Skytrain Station) Tel: (604) Three Day Membership Rates 588-9511, Fax: (604) 588-7949, Toll free phone: 1-800-663-0660, Month Cdn US Email: [email protected] Web Site: SurreyInn.com March/April $40 $27 Special Convention room rates: single/double: $75 Cdn. May $45 $30 (Approx $50 US) • Quad: $85 Cdn. (Approx $57 US). (Send Cheques to above address payable to VCON) Children under 18 stay free! Other Guests include: Mary Choo, Carolyn Clink, Michael Coney, Don H. DeBrandt, Alyx Dellamonica, Lynne Fahnestalk, Steve Fahnestalk, Donna Farley, Stan G. Hyde, Eileen Kernaghan, Angelo Loperfido, Donna McMahon, Syne Mitchell, Rebecca V. Neason, Warren Oddsson, Reah Rose and MArcie Tentchoff For More Info: Write: VCon 25, Box # 274—1857 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1M4 Canada. • E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (604) 731-7553 Yes, we now have a web site courtesy Jacqueline Passey. It is located at: www.sfnorthwest.org/vcon/ Science Fiction, BCSFAzine Fantasy, Horror, is available to subscribers in Adobe Acrobat format. Check out the zine Mystery, in it’s full colour glory with all the bells and whistles of instant web links General Stock, and e-mail. New, Used, It is easy to change your subscription to this format. Go to the Adobe web site and download the free Acrobat Reader for you computer’s op- Collectable Books! erating system. (Make sure you get version 3 or higher). Then e-mail me at [email protected] and let me know that you want 1809 N.E. 39th to switch your subscription over. You will then receive the next zine in Avenue, Portland, OR, 97212 your e-mail. Telephone: (503) 281-9449 • Fax: (503) A sample copy of the Acrobat BCSFAzine is available on our website. 281-9706 ë http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/dh2/bcsfa Letters Of Comment Dear John pages that would be required to set BCSFAzine in a larger font, en- Fanzines have been arriving at their slowest pace in memory during large pictures so they could occupy complete columns, and so on. the past couple of months. Maybe computer fanac is finally winning It’s just that I don’t think fanzines from the pre-computer era, which over paper as so many people had predicted. Or maybe most fans are were almost always attractive to the eye in their simplicity and easy still broke from the expenses involved in attending the Australian to read (at least until office copiers became able to reduce the typed world con last year.