THE W S F A JOURNAL (The Official Organ of the Washington S. F. Association) Issue Number 71: March-May '70 1970- DISC LAVE SPECIAL Copyright (c) 1970 by Donald L. Miller. All rights reserved lor contributors. The JOURNAL Staff Managing Editor &. Publisher — Don Miller, 12315 Judson Rd., Wheaton, MD, USA, 20906. Associate Editors — Art Editor: Alexis Gilliland, 2126 Penna. Ave., N.W., Washington, DC, 20037. Fiction Editors:- Doll & Alexis Gilliland (address above). News Editor: OPEN. Overseas Agents — Australia: Michael O'Brien, 158 Liverpool St., Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, *7000 France: Patrice Duvic, 26 Rue de Launay, 91 Orsay, France. South Africa: A.B. Ackerman, P.O. Box 6, Daggafontein, Transvaal, South Africa. United Kingdom: Peter Singleton, 60bu, Block U, Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne, Berks. RG11 7EG, United Kingdom. Still needed for Germany, Italy, Japan, Scandinavia, and South America. Contributing Editors — Bibliographer: Mark Owings. Book Reviewers: Al Gechter, Alexis Gilliland, Dave Halterman, Ted Pauls. Comics Reviewer: Kim Weston. Fanzine Reviewer: Doll Gilliland. feature Writer: Alexis Gilliland. Film Reviewer: Richard Delap. .. News Reporters: Positions OPEN for Club, Convention, Fan, Professional, and Publishing Reporters. Pollster: Michael Shoemaker. Prozine Reviewer: OPEN. Pulps: Bob Jones. Translators — Franch: Steve Lewis, Gay Haldeman. German: Nick Sizemore, Steve Lewis. Russian: Nick Sizemore. Spanish: Gay Haldeman, Joe Oliver. Still needed for Italian, Japanese, Swedish. Consultants — Archaeology: Phyllis Berg. Astronomy: Joe Haldeman. Biology: Jay Haldeman. Chemistry: Alexis Gilliland. Computer Science: Nick Sizemore, Burt Randolph. Electronics: Beresford Smith. English Usage: Phil Bridges. Mathematics: Ron Bounds, Steve Lewis, Burt Randolph, Medicine: Bob Rozman. Mythology: Thomas Burnett Swann, Dave Halterman Physics: Bob Vardeman. Psychology: Kim Weston. NOTE: Send all correspondence for the last three groups % the Managing Editor. Published bi-monthly after thish. This issue ^1.00 (counts as two issues on subs); other issues $0$ ea., 3/^1.25, 8/^3»OO. See DATA SHEET for rates for overseas, for SON OF THE WSFA JOURNAL, and for advertising, as well as for back-issue information. Make checks payable to "Donald L. Miller". Free for published contribs (articles, art, substantial LoC's, reviews, etc.), and for prearranged trades. Deadline for issue #72: June 29 (articles, reviews, etc.) or July-6 (LoC's, ads). ~ pyj 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ............................................................................................................................ Page 1 THE JOURNAL STAFF; COLOPHON................................................................................. -.. Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................. Pages 3,11 IN BRIEF -- Misc. notes, editor's comments, etc. .......................;........... Page li A SNAKE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, by Thomas Burnett Swann ............................... Pages 5-7 WATER FROM THE SFA: CHAPTER.20,172, by Alexis Gilliland........................... Page 7 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ODDITIES, by Phyllis K. Berg................................. ;................. Page 8 REACTION IMAGES, by Sandra Me sei ........................ ....................... .......... Pages 9,10 THE PULP SCENE — ,fA New Magazine of Weird Adventures" (Part I of three-part series on THE THRILL BOOK), by Bob Jones ............................... Pages 11-15 MUSINGS ON MARINER-OBSERVED MARTIAN MYSTERIES, by Bob Rozman................ Page 16 "RECOLLECTIONS FROM MY PAST" (1970 DISCLAVE GuesL-of-Konor Speech), by Will F. Jenkins ("Murray Leinster") ........................................................... Pages 17-21 THE NEW MALARIA, by Alexis Gilliland ............................................................. Page 22 CHAPDELAINE'S TRAVELS, by Perry A. Chapdelaine .............................................. Pages 23-30 THE ETYMOLOGY OF FLAPPER, by Alexis Gilliland ................................................ Page 30 SMOF MINORITY REPORT #3, by David Halterman.............................................. .. Pages 31,32 MINI-REVIEW: The Wisdom of Spiro T. Agnew, by Amram Ducovny (review­ ed by Alexis Gilliland) ...........................................................................'............... Page 32 A NOTE ON NUMEROLOGY, by Alexis Gilliland ...................... .................................. Pages 33,3h 1970 MARCON — Brief Report, by Jay Haldeman •...................... ............................ Page 3I1 MOON DUST MAKES ME SNEEZE, by Bob Vardeman ....................................................... Pages 35-38 ENCYSTMENTS — Pulp Fiction in Paperback, by Dave Halterman .................. Page 38 SEX AND THE SINGLE CELL — Part I: "The Menace of the Mad Chromo­ some", by David Halterman ........................................................................................ Pages 39,hO SFWA NEBULA AWARDS’BANQUET, 1970 (New York) — A Report, by Jay Kay Klein................................................................................................................................... Pages 111-116 1 ........................ AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, by -Nick Sizemore ........... Pages 117-50 THE LONG-DISTANCE PHONE, by Alexis Gilliland ............................'..................... Pages 51,52 TRIVIA QUESTIONNAIRE: Number 1-70, by Cecilia. Grim Smith ............ Page 52 TALES TO WAG YOUR DOG BY — Fiction, et al.:. "The Confrontation' Show", by Alexis Gilliland ............................................ Pages 53-611 "Mini-Novel II — Wherein Asgard the Butcher Discovers that Richard Lovelace Knew About What he Was Writing", by John Guzlowslci .... Page 6I1 PHYSICAL MEDICINE IN SCIENCE FICTION — IV. "Murray Leinster's Med Ship Series", by Bob Rozman ................................................................................... Pages 65-6? THE INKWORKS — Comics Column, by Kim Weston (OUR FIGHTING FORCES #1211; AQUAILAN #119; JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #78 & 79; IRON MAN #25; SUB-MARINER #25; YOUNG LOVE #78; SECRET HEARTS #1111) .. Pages 68-70 THE GREATEST OF THE GREATEST; or, WRITERS PITTED AGAINST THEMSELVES: Thia Issue, Kuttner vs. Kuttner (& Van Vogt Poll Results), by Michael T. Shoemaker ................................................................................................... Page 70 SWORDPLAY & SORCERY: The Thongor Series (Part 1/2), by Albert Gechter) ............................................................................................................................ Pages 71,72 (Continued on next page) "I Table of Contents (Continued from oreceding page) VIEWS, REVIEWS, AND ,.RCHIMEDELN SPIRALS: Book & Movie Reviews: Ted Pauls: To Live Again, by Robert Silverberg (Doubleday) ............. Pages 73,7h Alexis Gilliland: The Silver Stallion, by James Branch Cabell (Ballantine) .................................. Pages 7U, 75 Ted Pauls: The Watch Below, by James White (Walker & Co.) .................. Pages 75-77 Dave Halterman:’ 'The World’s Desire, by H.-Rider Haggard & Andrew •Lang (P.F.•Collier &'Son) ("An Old-Timer Review") ............................... Pages 77,78 Ted Pauls: Best'SF; 1968, edited by Harry Harrison & Brian Aldiss (Berkley) ...................................................................................................................... Pages 78-80 Richard Delap:’ ’ The Magus (20th-Century-Fox) (FILM REVIEW) .................. Pages 80,81 Alexis Gilliland':’ An Essay on. Liberation, by Herbert Marcuse (Beacon Press) ......................................................................................................... Pages 82,83 Ted Pauls: The League of Grey-Eyed Women, by Julius Fast (Lippin­ cott) ............................................................................................................................. Pages 83-85 Dave Halterman: Edgar Rice Burroughs: Master of Adventure, by Richard A. Lupoff (Ace) ..................................................................................... Pages 85,86 Alexis Gilliland: POSTER REVIEW ........................................................................ Page 86 DOLL’S HOUSE — Fanzine Reviews, by Doll Gilliland (DYNATRON hl; OUIWORLDS I, II; L'ANGE JACQUE h; OSFIC 22; GRANFALI.OON 8; SPECULATION 25; THE EtlRTH GAZETTE; SFCOMMENTARY 6, 8; ENER- GUMEN 1; THE ZINEPHOBIC EYE; FOCAL POINT 2:1: BEABOHEMA 8; KALKI 12; IMRYRR 1:1; WEIRDBOOK THREE; OXYTOCIC 1; MOEBIUS TRIP 3; GORE CREATURES 17; SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW 36; SCYTHROP 21; WOKL; SCHAMOOB 5, 6; MIRAGE 9; RIVERSIDE QUARTERLY h:2; HECKMECK 2h; MAYBE h; THE NEW CAPTAIN GEORGE’S WHIZZBANG 7; EXILE 7; HAVERINGS 13;* SOUTH AFRICAN SF CLUB NEWSLETTER 3, h, 5) .. Pages 87-9h FANSTATIC AND FEEDBACK — Lettercolumn: I. GENERAL: TWJ #70 — Jeff Smith, Buck Coulson, Richard Brooks, Joe Kurnava; Mike Glickso’nn....................... ...................................................... Pages 95-98 II. GENERAL: TWJ 7/69 — Robert Moore Williams, Dave Halterman (in response to the preceding letter), Bruce Gillespie .......................... Pages 98-100 III. ELECTRIC BIBLIOGRAPH' ADDENDA/CORRIGEND.-. — Jeffrey Smith, Robert Briney ........................................................................................................... Pages.100,101 IV. WE ALSO HEARD FROM; -- Bill Linden, Bernie Ackerman, Stan Woolston ............. '....................................... Page 102