WOOD Susan Wood died from an over­ dose of barbiturates on Nov­ ember 12. She was 32. She was an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia. Her critical essays on science fiction regularly appeared in STARSHIP, and had prefaced several recent works by or about Ursula LeGuin. She coedited ENERGUMEN with former husband Mike Glicksohn, She was nominated for the Hugo nine times, three as coeditor or NERG (won 1973). and six times as Best Fanwriter (won 197^ and 1977» tying the latter year with Geis). Her passing was marked in the Vancouver Province by Bruce McLean in a condescend­ ing and obnoxious report whose least objectionable paragraph was, ”As an SF scribe might chronicle it, citizen Wood journeyed into the null on Greg­ orian Calendar’s Day 12, Month 11, near to 10^5 hours.” That Susan Wood could be treat­ ed with less than human dignity by her local paper is a source of outrage to me. FILE 770:23, edited by Mike Glyer at 1^97^ Osceola St., Sylmar The creation of some suitable CA 913^2. Available for news, memorial has been suggested by trades with clubzines or newzines, her friends. When anything and subscriptions at the rate concrete is decided F77O offers of four issues for $2.00 US. to help promote it. Overseas rates: seamail ^/$2(US), air printed rate $1.00 (US) each. Recent thoughts on the function Please pay in US funds, and of F77O lead me to conclude make checks payable to the editor. that any other details would be outside the scope of this Issued: November 30, 1980 publication. HUGO NOMINATED FANZINE UNDERGOES NAME CHANGE OPERATION: Jeanne Gomoll writes that "Jan Bogstad has decided that she does not want to renew permission granted to SF3 at the beginning of this year to continue using the title JANUS for our /Madison WI group_/ fanzine. Jan had originally thought of the name for the group’s zine, and thus her •ownership’ of it. Our use of the title will officially end with the publication of JANUS 18 this December. Number 19 of the group fanzine will come out with a new title, as yet undecided. Jan continues to plan for her own zine, a genzine to be called NEW MOON, but as yet an issue has not come out. As far as I know, no Madison-baded zine will have the name JANUS after this ;ast issue is published. The new name of the SF3 zine will be announced in JANUS 18. *sigh*M This stirs unasked for editorial comment -- since when can anybody own a title? And how silly to think that any other zine could presently brand itself JANUS and survive in the shadow of the real McCoy, whatever its new name? FAMOUS BOOKSTORE ANNOUNCES TRANSPLANT: A CHANGE OF HOBBIT will serve the sf collecting public at its Westwood location for the last time on January 11, 1981* On January 19, the store will reopen at 1853 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica CA 90405. During the week between addresses the store will close. The phone remains (213) GREAT SF. FAN FUND NEWS: Enclosed with this issue of FILE 770 is a ballot for each of the Down Under Fan Fund (DUFF) and the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund (TAFF). Readers are urged to participate by donations and by voting. TAFF candidates are Gary Farber and Stu Shiffman, while DUFF contenders are Jon Singer and Joyce Scrivner. Ballots have had their text reproduced from masters, even though your editor cannot answer such technicalities as -- how can a write-in vote work if only two candidates have qualified as nominees? The Get-Up-and-over-Fan Fund (GUFF) presently is choosing between Malcolm Edwards and Joseph Nicholas to represent Britain at the Australian national convention. Voting deadline is 2/14/81, and I have copies of the ballot which you may obtain by writing(with an aase)to me, Rob Jackson is UK administrator. Jolin Foyster is Australian administrator, and winner of the previous GUFF trip in ’79« Grant Canfield has announced his TAFF candidacy, supported by a slate of fanartists, for 1983- This announcement was spotted in Rotsler’s personalzine KTEIC. Jim "Standing Buffalo" Gilpatrick is exploring the possibility of a fan fund to exchange visitors between Westercon and DeepSouthCon. jan howard finder has announced THE DUFF MARSUPIAL PICTURE BOOK for purposes of fundraising for DUFF. The offset, 8^ x 11 publication will see a print run of 500. The drawings will be straight, not fantasized, and accompanied by descriptive text. Artists committed presently include Randy Bathurst (emu and giant earthworm), Tina Bear (tree kangaroo), Harry Bell (lace monitor), Ann Chancellor (wallabie), Cecilia Cosentini (tiger cat), B. Dalzell (amethystine python), Sally Fink (black swan), Phil Foglio (kangaroo), Eddie Jones (Tasmanian devil), Victoria Poyser (bandicoot), Stu Shiffman (blue tongue skink). FILE 770 Z Silver Tongued Devil Several readers have drawn my attention to the fact that the winners of the 1980 Hogu and Black Hole Awards are not -universally known. To remedy this, Official Winners II are published below. (These are the results declaimed in the Sheraton/Boston hotel by Elst Weinstein, and, as usual, are not especially related to the votes cast...) THE DE ROACH AWARD: Noah Ward THE ARISTOTLE AWARD: Guy H. Lillian III BEST TRAUMATIC PRESENTATION: Krakatoa East of Portland BEST NEW FEUD: Bridget vs. Everybody FANDOM’S BIGGEST TURLEY Class I: Bill Bridget : Class .II: Doug Wright BEST HOAX AWARD.: GandaIf s BEST TYPEFACE: ■ Bandini Bold - BEST RELIGIOUS HOAX: Go'. of the Month Club BEST PROFESSIONAL HOAX: ' The New.Chrysler Corporation BEST FAN HOAX: John Bra z i ma n at V/r i ghtc 0n WORST FANZINE TITLE: Will Rogers In The 2'5th Century MOST BORING CON GUEST OF HONOR: Philip Jose Farmer BEST DEAD WRITER: John Norman MOST PUTRID LINE FROM METEOR:- "DuckJ” BEST ALIEN JOKE "...alone with Sigourny and her pussy and burning out before scoring." MOST BORING MOMENT FROM BUCK ROGERS TVs The one you watched ’ BEST SCIENTIFIC INACCURACY IN BLACn HOLE, THE MOVIE: Chargin admission WORST DREK FROM STAR TREK: "He’s Bread, Jim!" MOST PUTRID SCENE FROM . EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: "Give your father a hand, Luke." CLOSEST ENCOUNTER OF 4TH KIND:. Farrah & the Robot (Saturn 3) SPECIAL BAGELBASH AWARD: Lime jello . BEST HAS BEEN: Shah of Iran BEST HOAX CON: Upper-Mid-Mid-Upper Southclave MOST DESIRED GAFIATION: Bill Bridget FREE FOR ALL: "Smile, Yog-Soggoth loves you!" STANDARD BLACKHOLE AWA RD: Shelby Bush, Richard Geis, Andrew Porter, John Thiel INVISIBILITY AWARD: ' Glen Larson's'Talent INC OMPETENCE A WARD: Senator Pr'oxmire-- PUBLISHERS AWARD: Starblaze Editions ; GREED AWARD: The US Treasury HALF-ASSED CON OFFICIOUSNESS: Doug Wright BROWN HOLE.AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALISM: Roger Elwood MORE PRO NOTRS: Don' Glut has authored "The Incredible Hulk: Lost In Time" and "The Pink Panther: at Castle Kreep" published by Whitman. // CON ARTISTS- is the professional title of Graig Miller’s now­ independent publicity and promotion firm. He -current represents films for Warner Brothers and Grayson Productions. FILE 770:23 November. 1980 OHtWJ CrJ;\O§ GULF COAST SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY, according to its clubzine CATALYST, is progressing towards incorporation, and application for such plums as IRS 501 (c)(3) nonprofit status, and eligibility for cheaper bulk mailing rates. Evidently I underestimated the number of incorporated sf clubs in a past F77O -- I'd like to get comments from club members on their methods for accomplishing these things, with a view towards producing an article on it in the YEARBOOK. Betimes, the new GCSFS address is P0 Box 58783. Houston TX 77058. Avedon Carol’s WSFANAC, which is what I would make F77O into if it weren’t for the fact that after the first issue no one in’ fandom would talk to me again for the rest of my life, reports, "There still seems to be a minority movement afoot in WSFA /Washington Science Fiction Association -- DC_/ to eliminate the Life.Member­ ships. It’s quite obvious that this is aimed largely at Charles Gilliland, who is the only Life .Member who still appears at WSFA meetings with any regularity. As you know, Charles is a considerable drain on WSFA, as he consumes all of our beer and never so much as inconveniences himself for the club in any way (for example it might be different if WSFA kept him up all night by partying once a month in his home).... It seems to me that to revoke Life Memberships which WSFA has already granted would be a highly dishonorable breach of an old promise, and for no good reason. It is hardly as if WSFA can’t afford to honor those memberships." Bowling Green (OH): BGSU’s science fiction club can be reached through Franz Zrilich (241-S. Summit St., BG OH 43402). Winnipeg; Decadent Winnipeg Fandom, look to your laurels! As of March your city boasts a Star Trek club, which claims 175 members, amd can apparently be reached at the Manitoba Planetarium (190 Rupert St., Winnipeg MAN R3B 0N2 Canada). Source: Lewis Martin. Iowa City: Science Fiction League of Iowa City (SFLIS), contact Emily Epstein, P0 Box 525, Iowa City IA 52244. Florida: United Federation Organization, P0 Box 4206, S. Daytona FL 32021 Ireland: Irish Science Fiction Association, John P. McCarthy, 4 Castlewood Ave,, Rathmines Dublin 6 IRELAND. Australia: Monash University SF Association (MUSFA), c/o Union Building, Monash University, Wellington Rd,, Clayton Vic 3168. ALSO: AUSTREK, P0 Box 46, Rosanna Vic 3084 New Zealand: Auckland University SF Society, Jeffrey Leddra, c/o Auckland University Students Association, Private Bag, Auckland New Zealand.