___________ file 710 2 File 770:113 Harian Eilison Has Roy Tackett Recovering Heart Surgery From Stroke On Friday, April 12, Harlan Ellison experienced chest pains Roy Tackett, long-time publisher of Dynatron and a GoH of but ignored them for awhile. They got worse, so he went next year’s Worldcon in San Antonio, suffered a stroke in into the doctor, thinking the doctor would schedule him for January and has been recovering in a Veterans Administra­ another angioplasty. Instead, the doctor informed Harlan tion Hospital. The stroke affected his left side and his he'd had a small heart attack and hospitalized him on speech. Sunday, April 14 for a quadruple bypass operation. Ellison has been recovering in Cedar Sinai hospital. Eleen Tackett reports that Roy is making steady progress. She told Chad Lundgren, editor of the Albuquerque SF Ellison’s heart surgery understandably compelled Susan Society clubzine, that Roy has done a little bit of walking Ellison to cancel his appearance at Albacon ’96 in Glasgow with a cane, and his left side is strong, the control pathways the weekend of July 15. (The committee promptly offered just need re-establishing. The goal Roy and his therapists membership refunds and will evaluate whether to go ahead have is for him to be able to walk by his birthday, May 8. with the con — even though they still have Terry Pratchett Roy would also like to make it to Leprecon, May 17. as the other guest of honor!) Lundgren adds there has been one unfortunate develop­ ment, Roy has been "colonized" by VRE (vancomy­ cin-resistant enterococci), an antibiotic-resistant bacte­ 1996 DUFF Winner Elected ria. "Right now, this is only a threat to people with weakened immune systems, which Roy does not have a problem with, so it’s mainly a hassle with everyone Perry Middlemiss has been declared the winner of the wearing gloves and such." Down Under Fan Fund by Australian administrator Alan Stewart and North American administrators Pat and Roger Eleen Tackett has been married to Roy for about four Sims. Pat and Roger report, "Email allowed us to total the years. Lundgren credits her with helping Roy to recover vote on both sides after mail was received at the Sims’ faster, both because she helps motivate him and be­ home on April 22. Perry will be attending L.A.con III in cause she’s raising hell at the VA hospital to get them Anaheim, California. to give him enough therapy. "We have a great big thank you for all who voted both ’ Good here and Down Under. Also a very special thank you to Occasionally There s News those voters who sent more than the required amount. Early next month we will do a mailing of our DUFF Alexander Lawrence Meltsner was bom to Janice Walk-About, with information about the 1997 DUFF race Eisen and Ken Meltsner on March 26 in the Memorial to send a fan Down Under to the 1997 Australian Medical Center at Johnstown, PA. At birth, Alexander National Convention in Melbourne, Australia. The results weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and he was 20 inches are as follows: long. Australia US Tot Diana Harlan Stein, three time fan-artist Hugo nomi­ nee, art information pusher, Dorsai Irregular and real Perry Middlemiss 21 42 63 charmer, and husband David M Stein, Michigan fan, Danny Heap 18 26 44 information junkie, Dorsai Irregular and man about the Stephen Dedman 3 6 9 world would like to inform everyone that Diana’s 7.5 No Preference 0 9 9 month pregnant, heading for a June 18 due date. Write-In 0 0 0 Mother and future fan doing well. [[Report by David Hold Over Funds 1 0 __0 Total 43 83 126 M. Stein]] Insufficient Funds 0 1 1 Stop the Presses! Well, not exactly. When the DUFF Postmarked After 15th 0 3 3 news release shows up in e-mail the day after work on Unable to Be Counted 1 0 __1 the issue is finished, today’s fanzine editor with lead­ Grand Total 44 87 131 ing-edge technology runs into the pressroom, shouts "So there it is! One visit and one race down. A trip report "Tear up the masters!", pauses to realize he’s alone in to finish and one more race to go!" the room, then sits down at the computer to yank another illo out of the layout so the final item will fit. April 1996 3 File 770:113 is edited by Mike Dateline L.A.con ill: 0: So, kimo- Clyer at P.O. Box 1056, Sierra sabe, how do you explain this Madre, CA 91025. Telephone biweekly publishing pace? Don't number: (818) 355-3090. E-mail: you have a worldcon to work File [email protected] on, or something? File 770 is available for news, A: You'd be surprised how it artwork, arranged trades, or by speeds the production of this 770 subscription. Subscriptions cost zine when the news and kind $8.00 for 5 issues, $15 for 10 is­ the text we have to produce for sues, mailed first class in North the con the same thing. See you America or surface mail rates in another two weeks! (Wow, overseas. Air printed matter ser­ look how my nose grows every 113 vice is available for $2.50 per is­ time I say that...) sue. 1996 HUGO AND CAMPBELL AWARD NOMINEES Released by David Bratman cord, California. 94527-1986, or faxed "A Woman’s Liberation", by Ur­ L.A.con Hl Hugo Co-Administrator to (707) 745-0729. Until July 31, L.A.­ sula K. Le Guin (Asimov's, July 1995) con memberships are available for $130 "Bibi", by Mike Resnick and Susan L.A.con III, the 54th World Science attending or $30 supporting from L.A.­ Shwartz (Asimov's, Mid- December Fiction Convention, has released the con III, c/o SCIFI, P.O. Box 8442, Van 1995) nominations for the 1996 Hugo Awards Nuys CA 91409. "The Death of Captain Future", by and John W. Campbell Memorial Allen Steele (Asimov's, October 1995) Award. This year’s Hugos, the 43th Plans are pending at press time to make No Award annual awards, will be presented at a as many nominees as possible available ceremony in the Anaheim Convention on L.A.con Ill’s World Wide Web site, BEST NOVELETTE Center, Anaheim, California, on http://lacon3.worldcon.org/ "Luminous", by Greg Egan (Asimov's, Sunday, September 1, 1996. September 1995) BEST NOVEL "TAP", by Greg Egan (Asimov's, The nominees that follow were chosen The Time Ships, by Stephen Baxter November 1995) by popular vote by 442 members of (HarperPrism) "Think Like a Dinosaur", by James L.A.con or Intersection who submitted Brightness Reef, by David Brin Kelly (Asimov's, June 1995) valid nominating ballots. In some cate­ (Bantam) "When the Old Gods Die", by Mike gories more than five nominations ap­ The Terminal Experiment, by Rob­ Resnick (Asimov's, April 1995) pear due to tie votes. ert J. Sawyer (HarperPrism; "The Good Rat", by Allen Steele (Ana- serialized as Hobson's Choice, The nomination ballots were counted Analog, Mid-December 1994- and verified by the L.A.con III Hugo March 1995) Administrators, David Bratman and Seth The Diamond Age, by Neal Steph­ tfts lifts Goldberg. The final ballots will be sent enson (Bantam) to L.A.con members in a special mail­ Remake, by Connie Willis ing in early May. Only attending and No Award supporting members of L.A.con III are eligible to vote. Ballots must be postm­ BEST NOVELLA arked by July 31 and received by "Fault Lines", by Nancy Kress August 7 to ensure that they will be (Asimov’s, August 1995) counted. They must be mailed to: 1996 "A Man of the People", by Ursula Hugo Awards, Seth Goldberg, Voting K. Le Guin (Asimov's, April Administrator, P.O. Box 271986, Con­ 1995) 4 File 770:113 log, Mid-December 1995) Kindersley) Sokolow, screenplay "Must and Shall", by Harry Turtledove Alien Horizons: The Fantastic Art of 12 Monkeys (Universal) Charles Roven, (Asimov's, November 1995) Bob Eggleton, by Bob Eggleton (Dra­ producer; Terry Gilliam, director; No Award gon’s World/Paper Tiger) David and Janet Peoples, screenplay To Write Like a Woman: Essays in No Award BEST SHORT STORY Feminism and Science Fiction, by "TeleAbsence", by Michael A. Burstein Joanna Russ (Indiana University Press) BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR (Analog, July 1995) No Award Ellen Datlow "Life on the Moon", by Tony Daniel Gardner Dozois (Asimov’s, April 1995) BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION Scott Edelman "A Birthday", by Esther M. Friesner Apollo 13 (Universal) Brian Grazer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Fantasy and Science Fiction, producer; Ron Howard, director; Stanley Schmidt August 1995) William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert, No Award "The Lincoln Train", by Maureen F. screenplay McHugh (Fantasy and Science "The Coming of Shadows" (Babylon 5) BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST Fiction, April 1995) (Warner Brothers) J. Michael Strac­ Jim Bums "Walking Out", by Michael Swanwick zynski, Douglas Netter, John Cope­ Thomas Canty (Asimov's, February 1995) land, producers; J. Michael Strac­ Bob Eggleton No Award zynski, screenplay; Janet Greek, Don Maitz director Michael Whelan BEST NON-FICTION BOOK "The Visitor" (Star Trek: Deep Space No Award Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Nine) (Paramount Television) Rick Letters, by Isaac Asimov, edited by Berman and Ira Steven Behr, execu­ BEST ORIGINAL ARTWORK Stanley Asimov (Doubleday) tive producers; Michael Taylor, Cover of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Spectrum 2: The Best in Contemporary screenplay; David Livingston, director October-November 1995 (illustrating Fantastic Art, edited by Cathy Burnett Toy Story (Buena Vista) Ralph Guggen­ "Dankden" by Marc Laidlaw), by Bob and Amie Fenner (Underwood) heim and Bonnie Arnold, producers; Eggleton Science Fiction: The Illustrated John Lasseter, director; Joss Whedon, Cover of Analog, January 1995 (illus­ Encyclopedia, by John Clute (Dorling Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec trating "Tide of Stars" by Julia Eck- 1996 Hugo and Campbell Award Nomination Statistics The chart below shows, for each Hugo category, the total number of ballots marked, the total number of votes cast, the number of different candidates nominated, and the range of votes received by the finalists.