The National Fantasy Fan Cras ad Stellae — Tomorrow to the Stars Volume 77 Number 10 October 2018 Elections Film Bureau, returns to life after many years of silence. Its first newsletter appeared in the most recent issue of Jon Swartz has volunteered to serve as teller for our Tightbeam. 2018 elections. The ballot is on Page 11 of this issue . From one zine published on occasion, we now have To vote, you must be a dues paying, life, or founding TNFF, Tightbeam, Ionisphere, Origin, N’APA, Eldritch member. You may vote electronically by sending your Science, and soon the revived Mangaverse. Members no votes to [email protected]. You may vote on longer have to scavenge for back issues. Our member paper by sending your ballot to Jon Swartz, 12115 Missel disk was recently sent to all members, with all known Thrush Court, Austin, TX 78750 back issues of our zines included. We have received nominations for the Presidency We’ve also had a marked increase in membership and Directorate, and have some candidate statements. from under 40 dues-paying members to over 60, not to The statements appear below. The current nominees are: mention close to 150 new Public Members. President-George Phillies, Directorate—Judy Carroll, Some projects are just beginning. Our new advertis- Jefferson Swycaffer, John Thiel, and R-Laurraine Tuti- ing campaign put a full page ad in the recent DragonCon hasi. program book, and thanks to John Thiel tried to put an ad in the first issue of Amazing. Candidate Statements For the coming year, I would like to do considerably more advertising, add more activities, fill out the staffing Judy Carroll: I am running for the Directorate. I will in more bureaus, see more member activity, and see our do my best to support the N3F President and to help the zines improve. club in any way I can. Zines John Thiel: Reacting to all directorial communica- tions I have received. When I notice things that seem to First, thanks to very long time member Beth Slick, go wrong in the N3F, I submit them to other directors for who has supplied us with a series of issues of Tightbeam consideration. I make occasional suggestions for what I from the early 1970s. think would be improvements. The National Fantasy Fan continues its regular monthly publication. We receive rare messages that Jefferson Swycaffer: I'd like to run for re-election to people have not received issues sent by email. If you are the Directorate seat. My platform is still the same: to one of these people, please speak up and an extra copy assist the President in maintaining the fan-club I love. will be sent. Tightbeam is now under the co-editorship of George George Phillies: Over several years now, I believe I Phillies and Jon Swartz. Issue 290 is approaching publi- have saved our Federation faithfully as President. Thanks cation as I type. to the hard work of many members, the number of active Ionisphere has recently mailed an issue. bureaus has greatly increased. Our newest bureau, the The next issue of Origin will be mailed with this is- sue of TNFF. This issue is divided among Elections, Zines, Club News, Letters of Comment, Sercon, and Book Reviews, with a unique science fact article. TNFF Page 2 Your Volunteer Team Jefferson Swycaffer is taking over as the new N’APA collator. Directorate: David Speakman—davodd@gmail Chair The next issue of Eldritch Science is close to publi- Judy Carroll - [email protected] cation. A few more fiction submissions would certainly Jefferson Swycaffer - [email protected] be welcome. John Thiel - [email protected] R-Laurraine Tutihasi - laurraine@ mac.com Bureaus President George Phillies [email protected] Writers’ Exchange Treasurer The Writers Exchange is for anyone interested in David Speakman [email protected] writing. If you have a story you would like read and com- mented on, or if you just want the excitement of reading Editorial Cabal: unpublished work, then the Writers Exchange is here for Editor, TNFF: George Phillies [email protected] Art Editor, TNFF: Cedar Sanderson [email protected] you. Published or unpublished - all are welcome. You Editorrs, Tightbeam: George Phillies [email protected], may join as a writer, a reader or both. Jon Swartz [email protected] Last month in TNFF I included the following quote Editor, Ionisphere: John Thiel [email protected] by Melissa Donovan, from her article, Are There Any Editor, Eldritch Science: George Phillies Original Writing Ideas Left? Editor, Mangaverse Jessi Silver [email protected] Editor, Origin: John Thiel [email protected] "...two stories that are extremely different from one N’APA Collator:Jefferrson Swycaffer [email protected] another can share many similarities, including the basic Keeper of the URLs: David Speakman [email protected] plot structure and character relationships, and it proves Host of the Web Site: David Speakman [email protected] that writing ideas will manifest in different ways when Bureau Heads executed by two different writers." Anime/Comics: Kevin Trainor [email protected] Artists Bureau: Cedar Sanderson [email protected] I am quoting this again because of an interview I read Birthday Cards: R-Laurraine Tutihasi [email protected]; between the Library of America and Lisa Yaszek, editor Judy Carroll [email protected] of The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Sto- Book Review Bureau: G. Phillies [email protected] ries by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Fandom History/Research Bureau: John Thiel kinethiel@ Guin.* comcast.net ; Jon Swartz [email protected] While discussing some of the authors included in the Fan-Pro Coordinating Bureau: John Thiel kinethiel@com- cast.net The National Fantasy Fan (Bonfire), Vol. LXXVII, Number Film Bureau: Eric Jamborsky <[email protected]> Franking Service: George Phillies [email protected] 10, September 2018, ISSN 2169-3595. Published monthly by Games Bureau: George Phillies [email protected] The National Fantasy Fan Federation. Gourmet Bureau: Cedar Sanderson [email protected] Historian: Jon Swartz [email protected] Join or Renew Information Technology: David Speakman davodd@gmail We offer four different memberships. Memberships with TNFF Lord High Proofreader: Jon Swartz [email protected] via paper mail are $18; memberships with TNFF via email are Membership Recruitment: Kevin Trainor wombat.socho $6. All other zines are email only. Additional memberships at @gmail.com, John Thiel [email protected] , Jeffrey the address of a current member are $4. Public memberships Redmond [email protected] are free. Send payments to N3F, POB 1925, Mountain View Neffy Awards Bureau: George Phillies CA 94042. Pay online at N3F.org. Our PayPal contact is Round Robins: Judy Carroll autumnseas8012@ yahoo.com; [email protected] Send [email protected] your email ad- Patricia Williams-King 755 Glen View Drive, Nashville, dress for a public membership. TN 37206 Short Story Contest: J. Swycaffer [email protected] COPYRIGHT NOTICE: All material in this issue, unless ex- Video Schedule: David Speakman [email protected] pressly noted otherwise, is contributed for one-time use only in Welcommittee: Judy Carroll [email protected] this publication in its various print and electronic forms including Writers Exchange : J. Carroll [email protected] fair use in electronic archival libraries. All other copyrights are retained by the contributor. Other use of any portion of this Many New Volunteers are needed: Electronic Publication publication in any medium requires the express permission of the Support, Convention Hospitality, Outreach, Correspondence, current (at time reproduction is to be made) President and Support the N3F. Volunteer Now! Directorate of N3F and the original copyright holder. TNFF Page 3 book Yaszek talked about Kate Wilhelm's story "Baby, We have one new member we would like to welcome You Were Great." this month, Bruce Gray. Welcome! We hope you have many long years with the N3F full of fun and fulfillment. "Wilhelm wrote “Baby, You Were Great” in reac- If you would like to help welcome new members to tion to a 1964 short story called “Semper Fi” by her this wonderful club please contact husband Damon Knight, who was a well-known genre Judy Carroll [email protected] author in his own right. Wilhelm appreciated Knight’s Also, for readers preferring social-group writer inter- exploration of what we would now call virtual reality actions, we have added a new Facebook group https:// and how it might enable us to live out our fantasies but www.facebook.com/groups/362882204252991 the Non- disagreed with his conclusion that if we could manipu- Political SF Writers Group, open to current and would-be late dreams, they would remain a private affair. In- SF writers, the group having the flat rule that discussion stead, as she put it in her introduction to the story for of contemporary politics is banned. [the collection] Better Than One, “in [my story], if dreams can be controlled, they will be.” In short, Wil- Round Robins helm decided to rewrite “Semper Fi” with a different— Electronic Round Robins and decidedly darker—plot, setting, and cast of charac- Greetings, Neffers! ters." We have important news for you about the Electronic Round Robins. Yaszek continues. "The origin story for Wilhelm’s No longer do you have to wait for two other members work also gives us a perhaps even more interesting to join the ERR of your choice. We have decided to look at a standard science fiction practice. From early change things around and bring more satisfaction and on, science fiction writers participated in the conversa- completion into your life. Starting right now all you need tion around science in society by invoking and revising to start an ERR is one more member." One more mem- each other’s stories.