Issue No 25 Humor & SF Vol. 10 No 1 Winter 1986-87 ISSN 0275-3715 Issue No 25 Humor & SF Vol. 10 No 1 Winter 1986-87 ISSN 0275-3715 Features Subscription Information 2 In tro d u c tio n : On Femi A th re e -is s u e su b sc rip tio n to Aurora nism, S cience F ic tio n , and Humor Diane M artin Is a v a ila b le fo r $10 w ith in the US, 4 Dear E d ito r ia l Horde (L e tte r s ) You Folks or $13 o u tsid e the US. A ll su b scrip ­ 36 C o n trib u to rs ' G a lle ry Themselves tio n s requested a t former ra te s w ill be c re d ite d a t c u r r e n t r a t e s . 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Typing f o r #25 Double Nocturne by C ynth was done by Ja n ic e Bogstad, Michael ia F e lic e DuCharme, Diane M artin, and P eter A Door into Ocean by Joan Slonczew skl Wlnz. Layout by Diane M artin, w ith Ibis by Linda S te e le ad v ise fro® Jeanne Goraoll and a s s i s ­ 29 Barbary by Vonda N. M cIntyre tance by Ja n ice Bogstad, Susan Ko­ Ja n ic e Bogstad vacs, Hank L u t t r e l l , Laura S p iess, 29 Downtime by C ynthia F e lic e Ja n ic e Bogstad and Martha Stephenson. Other a s s is ­ 30 Age of Wonders by David H artw ell P h ilip Kaveny ta n c e by P h ilip Kaveny and John 3 Snead. P r in tin g by I n s ty P r i n t s , 0 The Coming of the Quantum Cats by F re d e ric k Pohl P h ilip Kaveny U n iv ersity Ave, Madison, WI. A ll of 30 The Proteus Operation by James P. 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Fiction 18 Bad F r u it A llan M orris 25 F e lin e Eyes Paul G russendorf Poetry 3 Over Your Shoulder P at S tew art 10 The M irro r's T ale P at S tew art 12 The L i t t l e Green M artian 'a re C arol P o ste r Brad W. F o ste r FC, 2, 18 Women: A Pictorial Archive from 19th Steven Fox FC, BC, 2, 5, 11, 12, 18 Century Sources s e le c te d by Jim H a rte r 3 Jeanne Gomoll 4, 7 (Dover, 1982) 10 SF Joan Hanke Woods FC, 6, 27 Harter's Picture Archive for Collage David Johnson 16 & Illustration e d ite d by Jim H a rte r Box 1624 R obert K ellough FC, 31, 33 (Dover, 1978) 3, 10 Madison, WI M ockingbird, S te lla 12 Picture Sourcebook for Collage & De­ Joe Pearson 23 coupage 53701-1624 e d ite d by Edmund V G illo n , J r o Greg Rlhn 14 (Dover, 1974) 3 1 Introduction: On Feminism, Science Fiction, and Humor (and Madison Fandom) by Diane Martin I remember when we s t a r t e d p u b lic iz in g th a t J a n u s (and l a t e r A u ro ra ) was a f e m i n is t s c ie n c e r a r e . For th o se o f you who a r e re a d in g t h i s now, f i c t i o n f a n z i n e . We f e l t we had to e x p l a i n p r e p a rin g to w r ite l e t t e r s of comment, s a y in g , o u r s e lv e s . And ( r e ) d e f i n e n o t o n ly fem in ism , b u t "B u t w hat a b o u t ___ ? Or ?" Go ahead! a l s o s c ie n c e f i c t i o n and f a n z in e . And e x p la in the We'd lo v e th e In p u t. c o n n e c tio n a s w e ll. T h in g s a r e l i t t l e e a s i e r now. You may have n o tic e d , In g la n c in g a t th e ta b le I t ' s 10 y e a r s l a t e r . The i d e a t h a t SF i s o f c o n te n ts , t h a t t h i s is s u e a ls o f o c u s s e s on p a r t i c u l a r l y w e l l - s u i t e d to women w r i te r s b ec au se Joanna R uss.