At 1 anta Science Fiction Organizations and Whatever Newsletter Kay AUG GREAT feet... Alas, we have never run a photo of Kathy, and it has been a long time since we ran one of her illos. The illo pro­ blem should be fixed before the end of Letters the year. I would love to fix the photo problem, too. If only the black patent leather did not glare under photo flood lights — its worse than bare head skin and you cannot powder it, either. _ Dear ASFOAWN: . —CELK0-- 1 Your continued generosity with co­ -----000O000— pies of ASFOAWN has not been matched by prompt enough responses from me. In Dear ASFOAWN: fact, you were overly generous with what I suppose was the May issue, which con­ It may come as a shock to your tained the May Con Calendar, because I younger readers, but not everything Joe received two copies of it in separate Celko says is strictly reliable. We envelopes. Or may be you've been misled will be charitable and attribute to his by that baseless rumor about my having notoriously poor eyesight (we won't had myself cloned in an effort to speed mention his depraved imagination) the up my output of LOCs. fact that he mistook my pet spider Bhernard for a tattoo. Ehernard normal-; I'm amazed by the appearance of L. ly lives in my pocket, but as the bikini Sprague de Camp. I first saw him in was much too small to have anything of person in either 1960 or 1961 at a the sort, Bhernard had to do the best he PhillyCon. and I cannot detect from this could. Thank you for this opportunity photograph any evidence that he has to clear up the misunderstanding. grown older m more than two decades since then. love. Carolyn Coogler Every time I buy a pair of shoes, its starts to fall apart after three [ I wondered why that damn thing kept months or so. If I complain to the moving all over your body...of course, store where I made the purchase, the so did I --CELKO—] clerk always explains about the man-made materials in the soles and uppers which -----000O000— do not wear the way leather did. Now I read in your newszine about this Kathy Dear ASFOAWN . who is selling these leather conven­ Whoever wants to know...there is iences and for the first time I begin to still a small collection of leather get an idea.abouf where the leather I headwear available... Also, the picture need on feet is going. of me on the the June issue is fairly On the other hand, if that is she accurate... We won't say just how much who is pictured on the cover of the June so. You know how Joe is, he's always issue, I admit that the leather makes a had this hangup for fine leather... beter appearance on her than it would on Anyway, with my getting married in my feet. August, he's had some problems finding anyone of my stateuesque (5'10”) propor­ The June issue makes me think wistfully tions to make keeping the garments about how much more I would have ap­ worthwhile... Far better to just get preciated one of its features if I were new... (and if you believe any of the still a fan historian. Eack in the preceding I have an Island in Alaska years when I was searching for infor­ just right for sunbathing... mation to convert to fan history books, love, Kathy Kaufmann I grew tremendously elated when I came across some like this history of the [ Carolyn might be interested in the DeepSouthCon and the tabulation of the Alaskan land. Can spiders buy ittle basic facts about each of the events up bitty parkas? —CELKO—] to now. Your continued use of jet black ink on matte white paper is a solace to decomposing eyeballs like mine. Yours, etc. News Harry Warner, Jr. [ I dropped some paragraphs for sake of space. They had to do with the pho­ LIGHTRUNNER by Lamar Waldron and tographs that were run recently. And Rod Whigdon will be out from The Donning yes, we want to run more photographs. Company (5659 Virginia Beach Blvd. Nor­ I never saw your feet, Harry, but folk VA 23502) in September of this just as a guess, I would say that Kathy year. The cost is $9.95 for paperback looks better. Unless you really have edition (ISBN 0-89865-315-0) -MORE- ASFOAWN CALENDAR GROUP: Worldcon Atlanta, Inc. (Bid for 1986 World SF Con) CONTACT: WorldCon Atlanta, Inc. Box Con 10094, Atlanta, GA 30319. , , COST: A pre-supporting membership, is $5.00, which gets you the bidzine. ’’South on Peachtree”. Tee shirts ana other such goodies can be had also. WHEN & WHERE: Room parties at all kinds CONVENTION: Atlanta Fantasy Fair of conventions, newszine coming out. CONTACT:Atlanta Fantasy Fair. Box 566. WHAT: Trying to get a worldcon in 1986, Marietta, GA 30061. Send selfyaddressed just like the name says. stamped envelopes for information. Six­ teen page progress report on request. GROUP: Digression (Oglethorpe U.SF & FO) WHEN & WHERE: 1983 August 5-7 at the CONTACT: Kevin Kinchloe, Box 266. 3000 Omni Hotel. Woodrow Way, Atlanta, GA 30319; COST: $19.00 at the door., , Ask abnut home:237-7622. club and family rates on tickets. The WHEN & WHERE: ?? hotel has a flat rate of $44.00 for a WHAT: ?? room with 1,2.3 or 4 persons. There must be at least roommate of age 18 GROUP: WABE Radio (FM 90.1) over. CONTACT: WABE Radio, 740 Bismarck, At­ WHAT: Chuck Jones. Theodore & Jayne lanta. GA 30324. Sturgeon, Forry Ackerman, Jerry Page. WHEN & WHERE: Your radio dial. Sharon Webb. Brad Linaweaver, Hank WHAT: Odd radio shows which have in­ Stine, Chucx Jones. Richard & Wendi cluded STAR WARS and CANTICLE FOR Pini, Ted White. Gil Kane, Chris Clare­ LEIBOWITZ. Ask about their monthly pro­ mont, Mike Grell, Howard Chaykin, Rick gram listing ($5.00, tax deductable). Obadiah..Rod Whigdon and Bob McCloud are now confirmed guests. This con runs to GROUP: Goethe Institute 3,000+ people. CONTACT: German Cultural Center, 400 Colony Square, Atlanta, GA 30361. CONVENTION: Rome Comic Book Convention COST: Free. CONTACT: Juli Cleveland, 309 Broad WHEN & WHERE: Almost every Wednesday at Street, Rome, GA 30161 19:00 hrs at the above address. WHEN & WHERE: 198 3 Sept 17-18.at Berry WHAT: Films, some in English, some in College, Krahnert Center, Highway 27 German, and some with subtitles. North, Rome, GA. COST: Two for $3.00, Sunday ony for GROUP: Complete Model Supply $2.00 . CONTACT: Complete Model Supply WHAT: Comic book convention with guests COST: ?? Roger Stern, Mark Gruenwald, ana Joe WHEN & WHERE: Every friday from 20:00 Rubenstein. Dealers room and movies. hrs until 23:00 hrs at Complete Model Supply, Westside Shopping Center, 806 CONVENTION: DeepSouthCon 22 _ Sandtown Road, Marietta, GA 30060. CONTACT: Chatanooga DeepSouthCon, Irvin WHAT: Gaming group Koch, 835 Chattanooga Bank Bldg, Chattanooga, TN 37402. Phone (404) 767­ GROUP: Atlanta Survival Games 7360. CONTACT: Atlanta Survival Games, 2710 WHEN & WHERE: 1984 Jun 21-24 at the Reid Rosemont Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30245. House Hotel in Chattanooga, TN. Dave Ellis (404)923-0054 COST: $10.00 until 1983 July 1, and WHEN & WHERE: Empty field on Old $15.00 until 1984 Jun 1. and $20 at the Peachtree Road. Take 1-85 North.to Exit door. If you have a badge from a prior 44; turn right and go 0.2 miles to DeepSouthCon then the door price is $15 • flashing light; Left onto Old Peachtree Hotel rooms are $41.00 for a single, Road for 1.0 mile and look for field on $48 . 00 for a double. right. Games will be played evry WHAT: Great Southern tradition. Joan Saturday. and if demand increases, Vinge is the Guest of Honor. Two everySunaay also. Jacunzis and one swimming pool, no beer COST: $16.00 for the rental of a gun, in the Con suite, just at room parties. holster, goggles, two C02 cartridges, The Guest of Honor is Joan Vinge, toast­ twenty rounds (two tubes) of ammo. master Karl Edward Wagner. Fan Guest of Additional C02 cartridge and tube ammo Honor is Jerry Page. Other guests are are $2.50. Sumtow Sucharitkul, Timothy R. Sullivan, WHAT: A kind of adult version of cowboys Robert Jordon, Charlie Grant. John M. and indians. Played with air guns and Ford, Sharon Webb, Ralph Roberts, Brad blood capsules. Linaweaver, John Maddox Roberts and others. Editors are Harriet P. McDougal (TOR). Jean Karl (Argo), Jan Frenkel (Bluejay), and Lou Aronica (Bentham). Artists guests are Bob Maurus and Doug Chaffee. CONVENTION: Chattacon 9 —MORE— —MORE— ASFOAWN through a radio adaptation of the story that I worked on with friends at Florida State University, some years back? BRADBURY: I listened to the tape several Interview times and found it to be a really good production, fascinating to listen to. Your main problem, of course, as you yourself might guess, was casting... that is, the voices of your players — AN INTERVIEW WITH RAY BRADBURY some of them were too young for tne part by Brad Linaweaver they were playing. Some of your actors couldn't bring to their reading the sort ASFOAWN: You said that you admire the of authority needed. I hesitate to films of Orson Welles. How did it feel mention this, for I loye all of you for to attend the televised banquet in honor doing the play in the.first place. But of him held in 1975? you must want criticism for me, yes? Anyway, the production, technically and BRADBURY: If you looked very closely, soundwise, was good.