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WARP 79 / Summer 2011 / 2 T A B L E of C O N T E N T S Summer 2011 • Vol. 25 • 03 FEATURE ARTICLES Conventions & Events / 22 Polaris / The Brain from Outer Space Star Dracula, Part IV /5 Les couilles dans l’espace, deuxième partie / 8 DEPARTMENTS Starfleet Treachery / 12 Stargate Enterprise / 15 You’ve Got Mail / 3 Upcoming Conventions & Events / 4 REVIEWS Awards News /23 (Auroras / Constellations / Hugos) Literature / 17 MonSFFA Discount Programme /14 Rama II / Hugo-Nominated Short Stories The MonSFFun Page / 28 Graphic Novels / 18 MONSFANDOM La servante de Lucifer Meeting Reports: May to July / 25 Movies / 20 Cars II / X-Men First Class / John Carter Trailer Good to see. I am looking forward to podcast. In the future, the fanzines will be meeting CUFF delegate Kent Pollard at able to win Best Fanzine, and the podcasts SFContario 2/CanVention 31. He’ll be the will be able to win the Best Fancast Hugo. third fan fund delegate I will meet this I think this is a very good compromise, year. TAFF delegate John Coxon came and fanzine fans everywhere will be through Toronto, and we saw him at the pleased, I think. Reno Worldcon, and DUFF delegate Jump back to Polaris 25…I hope David Cake was in Reno as well, and he’ll Josée Bellemare is enjoying the be in Toronto in a few days. steampunk Mickey she won from our Unfortunately, the Lillians were not in tables! Reno, but Guy had the best of all I never thought I’d see the pantheon reasons…a new job. of fannish ghods in this zine! Great little As for my letter…still job hunting. bit of fannish history. Same with the other I’ve had some good interviews lately, but quiz…wonder how many people were September 8, 2011 potential employers just don’t want to able to answer those questions? make a decision. More voice work, I am done now…we are still Dear MonSFFen: though, and this time, it’s a paying gig, recovering from the Reno Worldcon, in narrating Powerpoint presentations for a more ways than one. The great save for It is still summer, don’t let them tell nutrition company. The Aurora ballot is London in 2014 has begun! Wish we you otherwise! There’s still about two out, hope everyone will vote!, and I found could join you for Con*Cept this year, but weeks of it left, according to the calendar, out I got 19 nominations for the Hugo while we save for London, that doesn’t so enjoy it while you can. I didn’t know ballot, and hope to do better in Chicago allow anything other than local cons for a Warp 78 was out until Cathy told me, so next year. while, or until our employment situation here’s a quick letter. Guest editorial…as soon as Chris improves. Take care, and see you at I don’t watch Big Bang Theory, and Garcia and James Bacon won the Best SFContario 2! have never seen it, but with lines like Fanzine Hugo for The Drink Tank, I Yours, Lloyd Penney. Imperial Romulan Battle Bagel…well, I thought of Chris making a dream come Hi Lloyd! probably still won’t watch it, but I would true, and then I thought of Guy Lillian be sorely tempted. III…he may have lost Best Fanzine, but at I’m so far behind with WARP, It’s Hey, a good, solid letter column! least he lost to a fanzine, and not a just about winter, now! Con*Cept takes WARP 79 / Summer 2011 / 3 up so much of my time. However, I am Barbara Silverman), a sprightly article Academy Award for his role in Charly, retiring as chair of Con*Cept. It’s been from Lloyd Penney on his early fannish adapted from Daniel Keyes' Hugo Award- fun, but I want my life back! days and Hugo nomination news (this winning short short "Flowers For Good that you’ve got at least one issue dates from early summer). Cathy Algernon" and the Nebula Award-winning paying voice job, who knows what doors reprints my editorial on the award from novel of the same name. His other it might open? I’m also planning for TZD #27, which I greatly appreciate. A lot appearances included The Twilight Zone London, but don’t want to miss Chicago. of color, a lot of verve, I wish I lived ("A Hundred Yards Over the Rim", 1961), I’m afraid I might have to give Texas a nearer Montreal – and could speak French, Brainstorm (1980), Escape From L.A. miss. so I’d know what Marquise was writing (1996) and the Spider-Man trilogy (as I was at the business meeting that about. Uncle Ben, 2002-2007). In 1977, changed the Hugo rules. It was quite a Robertson uncovered a scandal at debate! Hi, Guy! Columbia Pictures involving the cashing Regards to Yvonne! Sorry not to see you at World of fraudulent cheques by the studio head; Yours in fandom, Con in Reno, we missed you at the although it was Robertson who reported Cathy Faned’s feast. I hear Chris Garcia is in the these criminal activities, he was running for next year’s Hugo, best effectively blacklisted for three years. presentation, short form. :-) I’m glad the -- Steve Hugo was won by a real zine this year. Hi, Steve! The story by Marquise has to do with From Guy Lillian’s Zine Dump 28:, a You’d think the studio would be review of WARP 78 an astronaut who has an encounter with a human foot, while in space! The narrator grateful, but it’s always easier to blame Montreal’s genzine remains a lively thinks she can shed light on the subject, the whistle-blower for raking up a and colorful contribution – and is but is having trouble getting to NASA scandal, isn’t it? probably the only chance most fanziners without a passport. Thank you for the Fortnightly within our purview get to practice their Yours in fandom, Fix, always enjoy the read. French. Par Marquise’s article “Les Cathy couilles dans l’espace” has a prominent Yours in fandom, place among the attractive illustrations, Cathy lists of upcoming events (there are many), reviews (Green Lantern – not the most From Steve Green, an obituary for actor, disappointing dud of summer 2012, but Cliff Robertson, (1923-2011) still lame – anime, and many books), fiction (third part of a vampire novel by The actor Cliff Robertson died Francois Menard and a Trek piece by Saturday, 10 September, the day after his 88th birthday. He received the 1968 UPCOMING EVENTS October 1-3, Cape & Kimono, Quebec, October 27-30, World Fantasy December 2-4, SMOFcon 29, QC http://www.capekimono.com Convention, San Diego, CA Amsterdam, Netherlands www.wfc2011.org/html/mainmenu.html http://www.smofcon29.org/ Oct 7-9, Salute to Supernatural, Toronto, ON October 29, Ajax Model Show, Ajax, Dec 30-Jan 1 Futurecon, Toronto, ON http://www.creationent.com/cal/superna ON no website http://futurecon.wordpress.com/ tural_toronto.htm November 18-20, SF ConTario, April 13-15, 2012 Ad Astra, Toronto. October 14-16, Con*Cept 2011, hosting Canvention, Toronto, ON ON http://www.ad-astra.org/ Montreal, QC www.conceptsff.ca http://sfcontario.ca/ July 6-8 Polaris Toronto, ON October 23 ToyCon, Montreal, QC November 12-13, Hal-Con, Halifax, http://www.tcon.ca/polaris/modules/tcon http://site.toysonfire.com/montreal_toy_ NS http://hal-con.com/ guests/ con/montrealtoycon.html WARP 79 / Summer 2011 / 4 Star Dracula Part IV François Ménard The story so far: When the Jump-gates failed, worlds colonized by humanity were isolated for over 350 years, until the invention of the super-light drive.