Southern Fandom Confederation Bulletin Volume 6, Number 12 May, 1998 Southern Fandom Confederation Contents SFC Handbooks The Carpetbagger 1 Members $5 New Web Sites 2 Non-Members $8 Zine Reviews 3 Southern Clubs 6 Plus a $2 handling and shipping charge if we have to mail it. Treasurer’s Report 8 Agenda for SFC Business Meeting 9 Ad Rates Southern Convention Listing 10 Type Full-Page Half-Page 1/4 Page Letters 12 Fan $25.00 $12:50 $7.50 Member Roster 16 Pro $50.00 $25.00 $12.50 ,i SFC and DSC By-Laws 18 £ T-Shirts Cover Artist Scott Patri Art on page 17 Nola Frame-Gray Size S to XL 2X 3X Price $15.00 $17.00 $18.00 Policies Plus $3 shipping and handling fee if we have to mail it to you. 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If you’re not sure what all this means, get in touch with him to work WorldWideWeb out a solution. SFC http://pages.prodigy.com/trfeller/sfc.htm Ton Feller http://pages.prodigy.com/trfeller/cover.htm Bill Francis htto://www.technonet.com/~wcfrancis/ Voice Mail: Tom Feller 800-436-0837 The Southern Fandom Confederation Bulletin Vol. 6, No. 12 The Carpetbagger by Tom Feller January 16-18: Chattacon Seventies. To my knowledge, we are the only Ripon grads Anita and I expected to arrive in Chattanooga before in fandom.) The fens were very friendly to my folks. My dark on Friday, but a car wreck on 1-24 delayed us for over thanks to Pam, Susan Stockell, Jane and Scott Dennis, Gary an hour. There is a very tall mountain between Nashville and Corliss Robe, and others who made them feel welcome. and Chattanooga called Mount Eagle. Anita gets very It also helped that they dressed like mundanes. My father nervous on this mountain, because of a car wreck years ago and I wandered down the hall for a little bit, but after seeing when she went over a cliff. We reached the mountain right the Con-Tour and Babylon 5 parties, he retreated back to around dusk, and it was foggy. Anita kept asking me to safety. Then we all attended the masquerade, which they "Slow down! Slow down!" as we drove down the far side. found amusing. Nonetheless I did not crash, so we survived the obstacle. The following morning, my parents proceeded to Florida We arrived at the convention in time for opening while Anita and I hung around the con for a while. On the ceremonies. Howard Waldrop related how pleased he was to way home, we stopped at the top of Mount Eagle, where spend Thursday night in the Memphis airport thanks to a there is a winery, and bought a couple bottles of Tennessee snowstorm. Chattacon has the custom of selecting the Fan wine. Guest of Honor by lottery. This year it was Michael Lowery, who is known in the region as the orange fool for dressing in January 19-February 26: orange. Then we attended the Jekyll Island for My work requires extensive travel, so I normally spend DeepSouthCon in 2000 bid party. Bill Francis served us my Wednesday nights in a hotel room far away from Brunswick stew in addition to the usual refreshments. Then Nashville. One week I had a couple assignments that were we joined Corliss Robe and visited the dance, which was a best accomplished by locking myself in a room with a little too contemporary for our taste. personal computer. Since I could do this at home as easily The consuite was located in Sublevel A (the hotel has as anywhere else, I stayed in Nashville. This happened to be two floors below ground). This maze-like complex is the week of the monthly meeting of the Club with No Name, divided into several little rooms that gave it an intimacy that as people then called it (It is now known as the Middle is unusual. Another major difference from previous years Tennessee Science Fiction Society.) It is an attempt to was that no smoking was allowed in the consuite. It restructure the three former clubs of Nashville fandom. certainly made it a more pleasant experience for those of us During the business part of the meeting we discussed dues who don't smoke. In addition, the hotel restaurant ran and names. We did accomplish the naming of the special buffets for the con. Saturday we attended several panels while waiting for Convention Facts the arrival of my parents. The first was "How to Live Forever" with Nancy Kress, Robert Sawyer, Catherine Name: Chattacon ConCave Asaro, and Gene Wolfe. They all thought it was possible in Date: January 16-18 February 27-March 1 the future to eliminate death by natural causes and discussed Clarion Hotel the consequences. Site: Park Mammoth Resort My mother and fether were on their way to Florida for a City: Chattanooga Park City winter vacation. They have never attended a science fiction convention and have long been curious about what Anita State: Tennessee Kentucky calls "my secret life". We met them at the nearby Days Inn Attendance: 1200 330 and proceeded to the Chattanooga Choo Choo for dinner. This is a large hotel-restaurant complex featuring the Guests: Howard Waldrop Bill Cavin Nancy Kress famous railroad engine. We ate at a restaurant that features Brace Jensen singing waiters and waitresses. Strictly speaking, we did not TerryBisocn have a singing waiter. Instead, he played saxophone and Charles Grant GeneWolft rather well at that Then we returned to the convention. Julia Morgan-Scott I wish to thank Mike Dillson for arranging free Saturday Robert Sawyer night passes for my parents. We visited the Boston/Orlando Charles Sheffield Michael Bishop in 2001 bid parly, which was hosted by Pam Fremon. (Pam Catherine Asaro and I both attended Ripon College in Wisconsin during the Page 1 J The Southern Fandom Confederation Bulletin Vol. 6, No. 12 newsletter. We decided to call it Kronos. The program Anita and I went swimming in the hotel indoor consisted of Ray Jones showing slides from Chattacon. swimming pool both Saturday and Sunday mornings. Or Then we retired to Rotiers, a local restaurant that inspired strictly speaking, Anita decided the pool wasn't warm the Jimmy Buffet song "Cheeseburger in Paradise". We had enough Saturday. She complained to the hotel staff and by dinner and watched Babylon 5. Sunday it was warm enough for her. One Saturday Anita and I attended an SCA collegium in Murfreesboro. They held the event in a church there. We New Web Sites attended classes on heraldry, costuming, and dancing. John the Mad Celt explained the history of Kingdom of Meridies by Tom Feller (Latin for "of the south"). They also served an excellent lunch, punctuated by the dessert, an apricot cheesecake. Memphis fen Claude Saxon passed away recently. Michael Landis has created a memorial web site for him at February 27-March 1: Concave http://www.watervalley.net/outrage/Claude. In stark contrast to last year, the weather was beautiful Silverline Comics is located at http://www.kakuta.com when we drove to the Mammoth Cave area of Kentucky. /silveriine. It includes previews of upcoming issues, a Another contrast was that we arrived early in the evening on schedule of releases, biographies of the artists and writers, Friday rather than 2 AM Saturday morning. (Last year, I press releases, submission guidelines, and ordering flew in, and the severe weather delayed my flight several information. hours.) Greg Bear's web page contains a list of upcoming book The hotel, a member of the Best Western chain, had one signings, reproductions of the covers of his books, some of obvious difference from last year. This year there was no his own writing and art work, Bear's credits, and a brief carpet in the corridors, and this reportedly had been the case biography.