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CONTENTSFamousEsfackians.

Reader's ReviewsTheComicColumn.MovieReview.Dis, Dat, & DeUdderTing.Discounts.President's Message.NonConBacklash. MoreBacklash. EvenMoreBacklash OpenLetter ToAlberta Fandom.ComingConventions News/Stuff TheRussian Report

Fanzines & Things.Princess TheatreLetters. . .

Opinions stated in NEOLOGYare those of theindivid~al writers, not of ESFACAS.Thisissue"edited by GeorgesGiguere; all uncred-ited writing is by the editor.Contributing Editor: CathyJackel.ElectrOGtencilling courtesy Robert Runte.

Published by the WiredWires Press forESFACA5',Box4071, Edmonton,ABCanadaT6E458.

ARTISTCREDITS:Steven Fox, cover, p28,30; Brad Foster, p3,9,ll,13,15; Vixen/DianaVickp4,16,28; Adrian'K1einbergen, p6,7,10,26,29,31,bacovor; AndreaBaeza, p12,22,27; MauricPitt, p24; Mel.White, p2S. Artworkpp 17-20courtesy Boris Zavgorodny.

' r . .NEOLOGYis the bimonthly newsletter of theEdmont8nScience Fiction & ComicArt Society,

ESFACAS.All contents copyright @1985by theSociety. All rights returned to contributors.NEOLOGYis free to membersof ESFACAS($10/yror $S"but-of-town) or for trade with otherfanzines, letters of comment,contribution,whim,or help collating. Single issues $1.

ESFACASmeets every Thursdayat 7:30pm, inroom14-14, ToryBuilding, Uof A,.Edmonton.

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* **************It's endemicto deadlines that the fount of babble diminishes; having wrappedup thelayouts, I've foundmyself with little space left for editorializing, and even less towrite

TheRationalization: WhenI started as NEOLOGYeditor twoyears ago, I was ~i~l;,a freelance electrician and was able to fit the two-weeks-every-two-monthsnecessary in.'

Holding'irr:fpresent job erodes muchof myfree time, and I need a break for manyreasons.I think I've taken NEOLOGYas far as I could, for now, and feel no guilt in handing overthe reins - and the club newsletter has always been somethingthat interested partiesshould be into. At a recent general meeting, a showof hands indicated no less than 7people':,'llOuldbe interested in editing an issue; this leaves the door open for small-but-frequent issues, totally diffe%'ent editorial viewpoints, and the injection of newbloodinto the EdmontonSFfan publishing scene. I firmly believe that this is a GoodThing.

As well, I I11be free to publish myownzine, COMPOUNDFRACTURE,after a hiatus ofover five years. This will include the usual fine interior art, articles and commentarysuited to mytemperament(ie, strange humour), and a four~colour mimeoedcover. I'dappreciate it if people noted mychange of address (it's only been a year~ folks):9645-84ave, Edmonton,Alberta, T6C1E7, Canada.

I've Really Enjoyeddoing NEOLOGY.As it's been fundedpretty muchsolely by member

ship dues, I'd like to sincerely thank all the membersof ESFACASfor letting meplay attheir expense. Hopeyou think it's been worth it. I'd like to thank mywriters, and single


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* ****.*********** *i IRMOUSESFACKIAHS:

* *t****a***************C ath y J ack el, t h e cu rren t P res id en t of

E SFA CA S, llIas b orn in T oro nto, O ntario o nFebruary 13, 1965. She las obv Iousl ydest ined for higher things in I I fe, andindeed, a short ~ years later, her parentsm oved her frail Taronto (elevation 109 II.)to Ed.onton (e levation 671 Ill .).

The next IllelllorabIe event in her I I fecame in Grade i , when she discovered AndreHorton's books, followed In Quicksuccession by t he rest of the SF pantheon.She found sc ience f Ict i on to be a greathelp in enduring her typically fannlsh(I.e. m iserable) y ears at h ig h s ch ool.

I n the summ er o f 19B2, Cathy j 0 InedE SFA CA S, and lent to her first convent ion

(H oncon 5 ) that October. Since then, shehas attended other N oncon's, U -C on's, ando ther co ns to o n um ero us to len t ion (u nlessof ::ourse the ed itor las pay i n g me by the.ord), I nc Iud i ng Noncon B, .here she lionM OST E LE GA HTa( the costum e contest, assholDn In the phot 0, (Phot 0 court esy 0fG ec.rg es G igu ere, co stu me b M C ath y Jack elana A.ber Oaks, make-up by TIm HamllelI .)

T o fin ance h er co nv en tio n h ab it, C ath yhas worked a t jobs, ranging froll l port-t imecashier at the Princess Theatre, through anum ber of typical boring SU llllU lr jobs, to

o ne sp rin g as a n electricians h elp er.I n January of 1965, at Dewey's afteran ESFACAS meeting, Cathy unll1iselyconsulllod an excess of C2H50H and ended upvolunteering to run for President of ESFACAS. Before she had tile to thinkbetter of it the electIon .as over and sheIllas president.

In her year as p resident she oversall alo ng n eeded by -I a. rev lsi on, a lIlem bersh I pdrive that included an open house held oneSat urday on call p us , and a resurgence inattendance a t the leekly meetings.

I find the distinguishing feature of Cathy's tenure as pres i dent nos been hersingle minded dedication to the job andher search for excellence. T his is perhapsbes~ ev i denced by her pi anll for theobi igatory post-presidential G aflation.N ot be i ng cont ent to .ere I y avo id ESFACASf or a m n i I e as lIlost past pres i d enls havedo'~, she is moving to Austral ia . foraij!;,:,l' after cO lp letin g h er l ille in o ffice.

Cathy I illts her Interests asre,~ 'i n9, good choco Iate, ethn i c food;

dane in 9 , art and conventi

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to haV ing becolle Ii Idly interested in fillmusic. (RuDours that the Canada A ustral ia hal f of her airl ine ticket havbeen paid- for by G**rg*s G *g**r*, MSk**t and St*v* F*hn*st*lk are allostcertainly unfounded.)

Among her Iat est ach I evement II llincludes discovering chocolate coatecoffee beans (helpful for gett Ing by onh ou rs sleep at co nv ent ion s), COIlP Iet i ng handgun safety courlle, learing to driv1 1 I1 thout cruncn I n9 anyonell car and lIakit through yet another semellter at tUniversity of Alberta, where she working on her BSc in Physics.

Cal hy's plans inc 1 ude get ti ng hdr i vel's license, graduat i n g from the UA, and stalking the perfect tan AUlltralla.

Fino II y, I 0 d like to III ish Cat hy a I I tbest, and thank her for providing tdeta i I s I needed to Iend th i s biography certain air of t ruth.

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ~ ** . *: R E A DE R ' S R E V I EW S :

* ** * * * * * * * * * * * * ~ * * * * * *V_b y D EL OR IS B OO KE R

T HE C AT W H O W AL KS T HR OU GH W AL LS , H ei nl ei n

G .P .P ut na m' s So ns , N Y 19 85

T ES SE RA CT S, e di te d b y J u di th M er ri llP re ss P or ce pi c, V ic to ri a 19 85 $ 9 .9 5 t pb

T ESS ER AC TS i s J ud it h M er ri ll 's 2 0t hb oo k. T he re i s so me th in g p le as an tl y r ou nda nd c om pa ni on ab le a bo ut s uc h a n a nn iv er s-a ry , a nd t he re i s s om et hi ng e qu al ly p le as -

a nt a bo ut t he c on te nt s o f t h is a nt ho lo gy .

T hi s i s a v er y C an ad ia n s or t o f bo ok ,

w it h s to ri es a bo ut l on el in es s, d es ol at io n,

i de nt it y c ri se s, a nd t he g en er al w ha t- ne ss

o f t he w hy . T her e a re f iv e pi ec es by t he

e xp ec te d b ig n am es : S pi de r R ob in so n' s G OD

I S AN I RO N m ak es a no th er a pp ea ra nc e - at

l ea st t he t hi rd b y m y c ou nt . ( Th is m ay t ur no ut t o be t he c an ad ia n e qu iv ale nt o f T HE

NI NE B IL L IO N N AME S O F G OD , at lea st a s f ara s f re qu en t a pp ea ra nc es g oe s. ) N ot t ha t G ODi sn 'i -a w el l- wr it te n p ie ce , y ou u nd er st an d;

I j us t w ou ld h av e e nj oy ed s om et hI ng b ra nd

n ew . P hy ll is G ot tli eb 's T AU F A LE PH , t heVs to ry o f t h e la st J ew 's d es ir e f or a p ro pe r

b ur ia l, h as a n ic el y i ro ni c e nd in g. T he re

a re a f ew o th er e as il y r ec og ni ze d n am es -J oh n R ob er t C ol om bo , W il li am G ib so n, M ar ia n

E ng el , a nd C hr is to ph er D ew dn ey - wh o h av ea ll c on tr ib ut ed f in e p ie ce s.

T he b es t t hin g a bou t th e b oo k i s t he

l ar ge n um be r o f c on tr ib ut io ns b y p e op le

w ho se n am es a re n o t -y et -h ou se ho ld b yw or ds

i n C an ad ia n S F. r p ar t ic u la r ly l ik e dM i c h a e l J . C on ey 's T HE B YR DS, w it h i tse xc el le nt p or tr ay al o f a s oc ie ty t ha t e ve n-

t ua lly d ri ve s a ll i ts m em be rs i nt o a p ar t-

i cu la r l y o dd f an ta sy . S us an S wa n' 5T HE M AN

D OL L i s a w ell -d on e v ar ia nt o f t h e P yg ma l-i on l e ge nd , t ho ug h s cu lp te d m ar bl e r ea ll y

i s a lo t m or e r om an ti c t ha n s il ic on b it sp ur ch as ed f ro m a s u pp ly c at al og ue .

H OM E R Y T HE SE A b y E li za be th V on ar bu rg

a ls o c on si de rs t he q ue st io n o f t he s oc ia l

po si ti on o f a nd ro id s, t hi s t im e f ro m t hea nd ro id s' p oi nt o f vi ew . T he c ha ra ct er s i nt hi s s to ry w er e p ar ti cu la rl y w el l d ev el op ed .

O th er f re nc h- ea na di an c on tr ib ut or s i nc lu deS TA R DU ST ' BO U LE V AR D b y D a ni e l S er n in e . a n dTH E T RA IN b y M arc Se vig ny. O f t he t wo t hel at te r i s mo re s uc ce s' sf ul , t h ou gh t he f or -m er m an ag es t o b e m o re c he er fu l. B ot h. c on -

c er n l if e a ft er a c a ta st ro ph e, n uc le ar w ari n Se rn in e' s s to ry , a nd a d epo pu la ti on o f

t he p la ne t ( na tu re & c au se o nl y h in te d ai n S ev i gn y ' s w o rk .

M er ri ll p ro vi de s b ot h a f or wa rd a nd a

a ft er wo rd , b ot h o f w hi ch a re w el l w or th

r ea di ng . A ll i n al l, I 'd r ec om me nd t hi s

( es pe ci all y i f yo u c an b or ro w i t, r at he r

t ha n pa y th e r at her hi gh pr ic e f or w hat

i n t h e e nd , j us t a n o v er si ze p ap er ba ck ).

C al lo o! C all ay ! H oo ra y h oo ra y - an d

s im il ar e ff us io ns . T HE C AT W H O W A L KS

T HR OU GH W AL LS i s t er ri fi c, e as ily a s g ooa s y ou r f av ou ri te o f h is o th er b oo ks .

W he re t o s t ar t n ow . T he c ov er ? T he d uj ac ke t i s g ra ce d w it h a g or ge ou s a nd w it

M ic ha el W he la n p ie ce ( r kn ow w he re m y m oi s g oi ng n ex t a rts how I g et to ). O ne n ictouch is the num ber o f references in the

i ll o t o d e ta il s i n t he s to ry . O bv io us ly

W he la n r ea d t he b o ok c ar ef ull y b ef or e h ew en t t o w o rk o n t he p ai nt in g.

T he s to ry i ts el f i s He in le in a t hi s b

- a c ou ple o f s t ro ng c ha ra ct er s, a g oo da ct io n p lo t, c og en t p ol it ic al a nd s oc ia la na ly si s a nd s om e g oo d h um ou r ( ma in ly o ft he m i ld ly s at ir ic al o ne -l in er v ar ie ty ).T he b as ic s it ua ti on b eg in s s im pl y e no ug h

C ol. C ol in C am pb el l ( Re t) , a' ! !!!1 ..

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-a fine ee~ecrl;ionof fantasyand ecience fic-tion .

ing with a charmingand beautiful compan';:ion whentheir pleasures are disrupted bythe untimely murder of a stranger whoin'"truded upon their evening. At first it ispique, vulgar curiosity if you will, .thatmovesCampbelland GwenNovakto pursuethe question of whyand by whosehand thevictim met his fate. All too soon it be-

comesobvious that there are morecomplexplots involved than anyone expected. Pur-suers becomethe pursued as C&Nare forcedto flee fromtheir orbital Cooperative tothe libertarian republic of Luna, and fromthence to even stranger societies.

1 0 3 5 5 W l1 Y1 e Ave n u e

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Heinlein takes the opportunity in thisbook to pay a return visit to the LunaofTHEMOONIS AHARSHMISTRESS.Thosewhohave assumedthat Heinlein had a whole-hearted approval of Libertarian politicalideas will get a shocle, as will those whobelieve that unrestrained free-enterpriseCapitalism is the answer. Both societies,seen from the point of view of a pair of

fugitives, demonstrate that any .societysufficiently organized, no matter how, torequire cops and IDcards, is by its verynature. going to be more-or-less corruptand oppressive.

CAT'ssubtitle, ACOMEDYOFMANNERS,isparticularly relevant to the characters'experience with the powerstructure ofvarious communities, planets and societies.Manners, courtesy and civilized relationsbetweenmembersof a communityare the realfocus of this boole. The characters are in-

terested in surviving, but they're evenmoreinterested in. surviving with style anmutual enjoyment of the experience, an at-titude the world could use moreof.Recommended*l*!*!*!*!

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** *: T H E C O M I C C O L U M N :

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- by JIMOWENSHowardChayleinhas recently freed him-

self frommost of the creative chores onAMERICANFLAGGIchoosing, after Joe Statons3-issue stint as artist, to let MarieBadgerand RandyEmberlin becomethe regu;Larart-"ists, and at the sametime, he will beginco-writing and co-plotting each issue' withSteven Grant. Don't be surprised if Chaylcinleaves the booleentirely in the not-too-

distant future.But fear not, true believers, this seem-

ingly callous action on the part of Mr. Chas been done solely to free his awesometalent to pursue other projects:

1. THESHADOW,a 4-issue DC.m~iBez>ies."Wholcnowswhat evil lurks in the. hearts ofmen?"After 40-odd years., he's baclel Withthe ability to cloud men's minds, hot deathblazing fromtwin Ingrams gripped by theicy hands of death hfros.lf. "Theweedofcrime bears bitter fruit crime does notpay, The Shadow:lcnows. " Don't miss thisJ

2. TIME2. Comingfrom First Comics,it'sunscheduled aa of righ.t now:,deals with

"nother of the bizarre fu~~.s 'tilat Ch.ayktn

is so fond of, and, sinceit'll be good.

3. The NICKFURY/t)LVERINEGRAPHICNOVEL,fromMarvel, natch. The title justabout says it all. It hasn't been scheduleyet, but look for it mid '86.

Frank MUler' s DARl


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r ea d c om ic b oo ks a ga in - S O N O F A M BU SH B UGl ea ps y ou r w ay . A 6 i ss ue m in is er ie s, t hef ir st i ss ue w il l s hi p M a rc h 1 1 wi tH a n o ns al e d a t e o f M a rc h 1 4.

N e xt u p o n D C 's ' Re p ri n t S er i es i s R O O TSO F T H E S WA MP T HI NG . T he o ri gi na l L en WeinlB e rn i e W r ig h ts o n s t or i es b e lo n g i n e v e ry -o n e' s c o ll ec t io n . I f y ou c u rr e nt ly r e ad S T,c h ec k o u t t h e o r ig i na l , y o u' ll l ik e i t !

T HE D EA TH O F T HE J US TI CE S OC IE TY O F A M -E RI CA G RA PH IC N O VE L i s no m or e. I ns te ad , D Cw il l b e p ub li sh in g i t a s t he J SA S PE CI AL # 1.T h is i s , t o m a ke ' i t m or e a v ai l ab l e b y g i vi n gi t n e w s s t a nd d i s t ri b u ti o n . We d o n 't k n o wt oo m u ch a bo ut i t y et , o th er t ha n t hi st e as e r: " I t' s 1 9 86 , a n d A d o lp h H i tl e r i s .b ac k t o w re ak h is f in al v en ge an ce o n t heJSA." '

I f y ou c a n b el i ev e i t , D el UX e C o mi c sw i ll s o on b e g i vi n g u s T H E 1 f0 NE Y MO O N ER S

C O MI C . R a lp h, N o rt o n, T r ix i e a n d A l ic e i nf u l l 4 - e o lo u r g l o ry . H m m m. A n d w : b i .1 ew e ' r eo n , m em o ry l an e , r e me m be r J O NN Y Q U ES T, t h e' 60 s ca r to o n s t ar ? H e 's b a ck t o o, a n dC o m i co h a s h i m . . f s t i s s ue , m i d -' 8 6.

O ne t hi ng y ou w on 't b e s ee in ~ f ro m _ C om i co e v er a g ai n , i s E V A NG E LI N E. H e r

\ ) r e at o r s w o n t h e ir c o u rt c a s e a n d h a v et a ke n t h ei r b o o k t o D e lu x e C o mi c s. A s i s su e# 3 w as r ea dy p ri or t o t h e d is ag re em en t b e-t w e e n I f u nt a n d C o m i co , l o ok f o r D e l ux e ' sf i rs t i s su e r e a l s o on . A ' Sw e ll , C o mi c o a n d

B i ll W i ll in g ha m h a ve k i ss e d a n d m ad e u p,a nd a s y o u r e a d t hi s n o w, E LE ME NT AL S # 5s h ou ld h a ve b e en a v ai la b le f o r a w h il e .

I f y o u 'r e p at i en t ly w a it i ng f o r M E G A LI T I{o r E C H O O F F t l TU R E P AS T o r f r a nk l y , a n y th i n gt h a t C o n t in u i t y P u h li s h in g h a s p . .o m i se d . d o n' t h o l d y o ur b r ea t h. N e al A d am s d o es n Itk n ow t h e' m ea n in g o f t h e w o rd " D ea d li n e"a nd w hU e I 'm ' su re h is b oo ks w il l b e p ub -l is h ed , e v en t ua ll y, I ' m n o t g o in g t o w o r rya bo u t i t . ' '

F o ll ow i ng i s a c o mp le t e l i st o f d e a t hs

i n C R I SI S O N I N FI N IT E E A RT H S:- N i g h t h a w k- D o v e- L o r i L e m a ri s- G re e n A r ro w ( G ol d en A g e)

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* *: M O V I E R E V I E W S :* ******************E N EM Y M I NE : r e vi e w b y D I AN E W A LT O N- L eB L AN C

I ' m s t i l l r i pp i ng m a d o ve r D a ve B i ll i ng -t o n' s r e vi e w ( i n th e E d m on t on S u n) , a n dd i sa g re e w i th t h e m a n, c om p le t el y .

F ir st , h e c l ai ms t he p l ot i s o ld a ndc li ch ed . B ig d ea L T he p lo t o f " St ar W a rs ",o nc e y o u t ak e a ll t he g li tt er a wa y, i sn 'te x ac t ly a n o r i gi n al o ne . I t mu s t h a ve b e ena g oo d e n ou g h p l ot " to w i n B a rr y L on g ye a rb ot h a H u g o a n d N e bu l a n o mi n at i on f or b e s tn ov e ll a o f t h e y e ar w h en i t w as p u bl i sh e d.I t 's n o b l oc k bu s te r " S ci _ fi " e p ic . I t 's ad a rn e d g oo d s t or y , w i t h c h ar a ct e rs t h at a r ew e ll - er a ft e d a n d e n jo y ab l e. L o ui s G os s et tJ r. ' s al ie n D ra c i s m or e t ha n a g u y i n af r og s u it , a s B i ll i ng t on s e em s t o i m pl y .

T ru e, h e d oe s l ea rn E ng li sh w it h a d i st -r a ct i ng l y C a ri b be a n a c ce n t, b u t t h e p e r-f or m an c e i s w ar m a n d o f t en c o mi c al a n da l w a ys v e r y c o n v i n ci n g . Q u a i d' s c h a ra c t e re v ol v es f ro m a h o ts h ot f ig h te r p i lo t w i tha x en op ho bi c m an ia t o a m a n m ou rn in g t hel os s o f h i s f r i en d , a n d d e t e rm i ne d t or ai se i ts o ff sp ri ng t o b e p ro ud o f i tsf or e be a rs . I h a d n o t r ou b le b e li e vi n g t h att h is c h an g e w a s p o ss i bl e .

I f y o u' r e u n fa m il i ar w i th t h e s t or y ,

h e re g oe s Q ua i d a n d G os s et t p l ay f i gh t -

e rs o f t w o w a rr in g r ac es , t he h um an s a ndt h e D r a es , N b o a r e l i za r dl i ke h u ma n oi d s.( S ur e , w e a l l w on d er h ow G os s et t c a n p o s-s ib ly b re at he u nd er t ha t m as k, b ut t hee ff ec t i s g oo d. ) D u ri n g t h e b a tt l e, t h eD r ac ' s e s ca p e p o d l a nd s o n a h os t il e p l an -e t , a n d t h e h u ma n f ol l ow s f or r e v en g e, o n lyt o l os e c on tr ol o f h i s s hi p, a nd c ra sh ,k i ll i ng h i s c o- p il o t i n t he p r oc e ss , T h et w o, b e nt o n 1 d 11 i ng e a ch o th e r b e c a us et h ey a r e, o f c o ur s e, e n em i -e s , f in d t h att he y m us t d ep en d o n e ac h o th er f or s ur vi v-

a l. A s t he y l ea rn a bo ut e ac h o th er , t he yb e c om e f r i en d s .

T h e D r a c b e co me s p r eg n an t ( n ot w i t hQ u ai d 's . a s si s ta n ce , I m i g h t a d d) , b u t d i esg i v i ng b i r th . , a n d m a k e s" t h e h u m an p I ' Ol l l i set o r a i s e t h e i n fa n t" " a nd o ne d a y, r e tu r n i tt o t h e h om e p la ne t o f t h e D ra cs , a nd r ec it ei t s l i n ea g e i n f r on t o f t h e h i gh c o un c il .W h en t h e t a le e n ds , Q . ua : l: dd o e s ' : l u s tt h a t -h av in g c om e t o l o ve t he c hi ld D ra c a s i fi t w er e h is o wn . t he s ce ne w he re h e t ea ch est he k id t o p la y f oo tb al l i s s i mp ly

m a r v e l l o u s .

T h e s t or y h a s h u mo ur , e x ci t em e nt , s a d-

n es s, a c er ta in a mo un t o f g o re , d ec en t s et sa nd S FX , a n d w a s w el l w or th t he p ri ce o fa d mi s si on . M a yb e t h e f a c t t h at i t wa s m a d ei n G e r ma n y b y t h e d i re c to r o f " D as B o o t"a n d " T h e N e v er e nd i ng S t or y ", W o lf g an g P e t-e rs en , h as s om et hi ng t o d o w i th i t. S om e-

t i me s t h e A m e r ic a n i n fl u en c e o n a " s ci _ fi "f li c k i s t o i t s d e tr i me n t.

T hi s o ne i s no t w i th ou t f la ws , b ut t he ya r e m i n or o ne s . T h e b a tt l e, c r ui s er s s t il lr oa r t h ro ug h t h e v a c uu m o f" s p a ce , a n d m ak eg r an d " b oo ms " w h e n t h ey e x pl od e , b u t w ec an l iv e w i th t ha t. T he p la ne t t he g uy sl an d o n s ee MS t o h a ve on ly t wo f om s o fr e si d en t l i Ie . T h e l i tt l e g u y i s f oo d f o rt he b i g g uy , b u t I wa sn 't q ui te s ur e w h att h e l i t t le g u y' s s ou r ce o f s u st e na n ce w a s.

H ow ev er , 1 0 a nd b eh ol d, b ot h h um an a nd D ra ci nn ar ds f ou nd t he l it tl e g uy t o b e m os td i ge s ti b le . Q u ai d d i d a w o nd e rf u l j ob o fr e tc h in g o ve ~ t h e l i za r d' s s u rv i va l r a ti on sa nd t he D ra c s ee me d t o h av e n o t ro ub le w it hb a rb e cu e d l i tt l e g u y, a l th ou g h w e a l l k n o wf ro m " V " t ha t l i za r d c r ea t ur e s p r ef er t h eu .d i nn e rs s t il l s q ui r mi n g. T h e s e ts a t t h eb e gi n ni n g o f t h e f i lm a r e o b v io u sl y m a tt ep a in t in g s, b u t t h e v ol c an i c C a na r y I s la n dl oc a ti o n s h ot s m o r e t h an m a ke u p f or " t h at .

A ll i n a l l, !d id n ot f ee l r ip pe d o ff b y

t h i s f i l m . I t w a s a $ 5 . 5 0 w e l l s p e n t .


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- b y K E VI N K O Z OR I Z

T he B AT MA N m ov ie i s m o vi ng c lo se r t of i lm i ng . T i m B u r to n h a s b e en s i gn e d t od i re c t. H i s p re v io u s w o rk i n cl ud e s t w oD i sn e y s h or t s a n d P e e W e e' s B i g A d ve n tu r e.

F i lm i ng o f S T AR T R EK I V h a s b e e n d e la y edw h il e N i ch o la s M e ye r d o es a s c ri pt r e wr i te .F il mi ng i s s et t o b e gi n i n F e br ua ry w it h aD e c em b e r ' 8 6 r e l ea s e .

G e or g e L u ca s i s w o rk i ng o n a l iv e -a c ti o nv e rs i on o f M a r ve l c o mi c s' H O WA R D T H E D U C K .E v er y f o rm o f s p ec i al e f fe c ts f r om p up pe t s

t o c o m p ut e r a n im a ti o n w i ll h e u s ed t o b r i n gt h e f a r- f lu n g f o wl t o l i fe .

T wo m ov ie s b as ed o n o l d T V s er ie s a rep la n ne d . L o ok f o r T H E U N TO U CH A BL E S a n d T H ES AI N T a t l o ca l t h e a tr e s w i th i n t h e n e x ty ea r. R og er M oo re i s s et t o d i re ct , n ot t os t ar i n , T H E S AI N T.

D an ny D eV it o a nd J oe P is co po s ta r i nB r ia n D e Pa l ma ' s W I SE G U YS . D e sc r ib e d a s

, " L au r el a n d H a rd y m e et t h e G o df a th e r, " i t IIt, - "I D ou t t w o m u g s w h o a r e s o i n co m pe t en t t h at

t h ei r u n de r wo r ld b o ss o r de r s t h em t o k i l l

e a ch o t he r , f o r l a u gh s .

K A RA T E K I D I I i s i n p ro d uc t io n . S am ec as t a nd d ir ec to r. T he p ic tu re i s s ai d t oe x p an d t h e c h a ra c t er ' s r e l at i o ns h i ps a n dgoals.

A ft er c au si ng m os t o f t h e c as t a n d t hed i re c to r t o l e a ve a f te r o n ly ~ 6 d a ys , .P r i nc e c o m pl e t ed h i s new m o vi e , U N DE R T H EC H ER R Y M O O N, i n h i s o w n s t yl et ? ).

F r an k T h o r ne h a s a n n o un c ed t h at t h er i g h ts t o h i s G h i ta c h a ra c t : er h a v e b e e n

o p t io n e d. S e ve r a l . s t u d io s a r e s u p po s e d t ob e i n te r es t ed . T h e p ro j ec t i n d e ve l op me n ti s b a s ed o n t h e f i rs t : G h it a g r ap hi c n o ve l.T ho rn e w ou ld l ik e t o s e e D ar yl H al ma h i nt he t it le r ol e a s a he h as t he " r ig ht & pa no f e m o t io n , a n d a s li g ht ly s pa c y l oo k ."

S te ph e n K i ng w i ll m a ke h i s d i re c to r ia ld e bu t w i th O V ER D RI V E, b a se d o n .h a i s h or ts t or y T R UC K S. K i ng t h en j o in s f o rc e s w i thG eo rg e R om er o f or a s cr ee n v er si on o f P E TS EM A TA R Y. F i lm i ng b e gi n s t h is s p ri n g i n

' - ' Ki n g ' s h o m e to w n o f B a n g o r, M a i ne .

J .L e e T h om ps o n w i ll d i re c t C A PT A INA M ER I CA a l iv e a c ti o n v e rs i on o f t h e M a r

S PI D ER - MA N , R O BO T EC H T H E M O V IE : T H E U N T OS TO R Y, a n d T H E M A ST E RS O F T H E U N I V ER SE .

S tr a ng e T i tl e O f T h e M o nt h D e pa r tm e ntH ow ie M an de l s ta rs i n B OB O, T HE D OG B OY .

M o nt y P y th o n' s T e rr y G i ll ia m w i ll d i rT H E P R OB A BL E A D VE N TU R ES O F B A RO N M U NC H AUa s e i th e r o n e f i lm c o st i ng $ 3 O rn i ll io n , ot w o a t a c o mb i ne d c o st o f $ 4 O rn i ll io n . H il at es t f il m, B RA ZI L, h as y et t o he p ut ig e ne r al r e le a se b e ca u se t h e s t ud i o w a nt sc u ts t o t h e l en g th , a n d a h a pp y e n di n g.( C an y o u b e l i ev e i t ? S u re y o u c a n. J

D a vi d C r on e nh e rg i s d i re c ti n g a r e ma ko f T H E F LY . I n t hi s v er si on , t he h er os lo w ly m u ta t es o n to t h e f ly . C r on e nb e rga ls o r e w ro t e t h e s c r i pt , b a s e d o n a s t orb y C h ar le s P o gu e .

A n A M A Z IN G S TO R IE S s c ri pt i s h e ad e d ft h e b i g s c re e n. B A TT E RI E S N O T I N CL U DE D w ao r ig i na ll y w r it t en f o r t h e t u be , b u t S pib e rg d e ci d ed i t w ou l d m a k e a b et t er m o vi e

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *-by Cathy Jackel

In a household of anarchists, who

washes the dishes? At an ESFACAS

meeting, who collates Neology for

more than five m~nutes? If y ou put a

fan in a room alone, will slhe tryto start an argument anyway? The

third question is left as an

exercise for the reader, but I do

have some comments inspired by the

first two.

The first is a result of simple

mathematics. If it takes 5 people 4

hours to finish a boring job that

leaves them no time to talk to their

friends, then it will take 25

people about 3/4 of an hour, andthey can talk to each other while

they're doing it. THIS IS A HINT!

Secondly,if more people stood up and

said, not,"I think we should do X",

but, "I volunteer to organize X ",

no one would ever again complain

that not enough happens around here.

THIS IS ALSO A HINT!

There are, 1 a m happy to say,

already a decent number of people in

ESFACAS who do not need to read the

above paragraph. 1 would like totake the opportunity to thank them

in print for all they have done for

the club.

Much to my relief, this is.the

last one of these messages I'll have

to write. In a few weeks, some other

p~~~ dedicated soul will have

taken over, and 1 shall be free to

indulge in ESFOS's philosophy of

Fandom Without Guilt. Not that it

hasn't been an interesting year, forme anyway, There are a number of

things I'd do differently next time,

especially in terms of delegating

chores and recording things which

needed to be done. But there are

also some things which I a m veryproud of. .

The big one is, of course, is that

the reports of ESFACAS's demise were

greatly exaggerated. Not that I'm

claiming responsibility for the fact

that we're still here, but 1 like to

think I've done something to help.

Meetings are still going strong,

there are lots of new members who

weren't here a year ago.

I'm also glad to have rebegun t

discount setup with various Edmont

stores. It's a fine example of a

beneficial symbiotic relationship,

not to mention a good reason tojoin the club. The next step, of

course, is to print up some small

cards with an ESFACAS blurb on th

front and a list of discounters o

the back, and spread them around

town.

Finally, there was Micron. If y

all should be interested in anothe

one, I'dbe willing to organize i

I k now, 1 k now, I'm a masochist a

heart.

Speaking of hearts, there will

a Valentine's Day party at my hou

that.s 8715-120 st, on Saturday

February 15 a t 8 pm. This event i

open to all ESFACAS members and

their friends. The themes are frui

and veggies for the calOrie

conscious, and chocolate for the

calorie unconscious. Bring your o

beverages.


12/34

: ~ ~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * :: N O N C O N B A C K L A S H :* ********************- by DELORISBOOKER

It was nice to see that most people hadfun at ~!onCon8. Weapologize, (of course)'f"", the various glitches and surprises, and

etend profound gratitude to those whosegall.ant leaps into various hreaches savedthe day (at the I'ate of about once every20 minutes). Whenit wasallover and thevaI'ious mushroomclouds and dust halls hadsettled, it wasnice to discover that OUI'committeewas,still talking to each otheI'.

This brings meto the real point ofthis article: Robert Runte's I'atheI' trans-parent efforts to toss the cat amongthepigeons concerning futu:re NonCons.First,a fewfact, though. As far as art shows

and dealers roomsare concerned, I don'tthink anyoneattending a NonConneed feeldeprived. NonConartshows over the last 3years have comparedvery favourably iliththose at other conventions I have attended(including cons in Winnipeg,St. Louis,Texarkana, Sacramento, WashingtonDC,Vancouverand MOfl,Cow,ID).NonCon'iswellknounboth. fOr the q,uality of the materialo~'::",redfor sale and the sophistication,~n.Jdiscernment of the buyers (not to men-tion the high prices paid for goodm.iteriall. The size of the dealeI's room

was limited by space considerations in thehotel, hut most pe.opleseemedto findsomethingt:>suit their fancy. Mr. Runteh.imself is not exactly famousfor the ex-uavagance ..of his conventi.on',lifestYle, soI can'timaginawbat he wantedthat hecouldn't find. '.

Thellttfe faz,agoabOutthe origin ofConVersiondoesn't really beaI' muchI'eSII'o-blanca to actual events. ConVersiondevel-oped fIooma split in Calgary fandomcausedby events and personalities in Calgary. No

interference fIoomEdmontonwas needed - thelocal mi~e was sufficientlY volatile toCI'eate,an explosion all'by itself. Robertshould leave historica~ fiction to thosecompetentto w:rite it.

Manyof NonCon's'problemsmaybe traceddirectly to the constitution of the AlbertaSFConventionSociety, a documentwhichow~smuchto Robert's not-too-fine Italianhand. That constitution, which incidentallycontains no provision at all for annualreports or financial statements to the

membership-at-large, \laS carefully const-

I'Uctedby Robert and a couple of hisfIoiends so that the Society executive haswhat amountsto carte blanche in selecting


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14/34

On Brockman, Runte, and the Editor

by Tony Higgins. theoretical Old Guardian

and maybe a member of Them

I was interested by the various comments made

by these three people in the last issue, and decided

to break my long-standing tradition of not writing

letters.To begin, the history recounted by Allan was

surprisingly accurate, certainly from his viewpoint.

I appreciated the chance to hear from 'the other

side', although I would much prefer to keep sides

out of it. (Personal feuds may be unpleasant. but I

like them better than being accused because I am

supposedly one of THem or THEM, howeY", you

spell it.lI was not present for those events which made

up the central theme of Allan's letter, so I can't

comment on the events themselves. However, i

would like to point out that I, too, have .uffered

violence at the' hands (more precisely, the knee) of

Geotges; that has not prevented either of us from" finding a way to be more friendly in later days.

As far as the reference to the years of the Old

Guard walking in and taking over business meet-

ings at ESFCAS,there is some truth to it - more

than a little, In recent years, many of us have stayed

away in droves, however.To get on to the concerns raised by Robert, I

would like to point out that in NonCon, as in any

other political situation, the issues people believe

exist are the ones that exist for them! I won't bother

.to argue with some of Robert's points, but I would

like to comment on the matter of the Calgary con-

ventions.Yes indeed, Calgary's Onocon and ConVersion

may be better conventions than NonCon has been

recently. If so, great. I hope the example they've

given will help the people here in Edmonton bring

renewed interest and energy to NonConNine. If

these southern cousins developed better cons by

being forced to break away from the rigid control

and formula of the organizers of Edmonton's Non-Cons, then they certainly learned (and profited)

from their experience, The more power, and credit,

to them.Like Georges, I am prepared to accept many of

the criticisms made by Robert and Allan. Often,the fans who have been involved in the club, and

the con, for a long time are reluctant to give up

control of something they started. II's not an un-

usual phenomenon - ever hear of 'apron strings' 1

To describe it as 'a paranoid monopoly of control',

.however, is more than a bit extreme.I'd like to point out that I (and to my knowledge,

most other 'Old Guard' members) am more than

willing to recognize the 3W, the LoL, and anyone

else who demonstrates interest and involvement,

as a 'legitimate member of Fandom' (Robert's

phrase). I think that many of them have contributed

to the club, and the con, in ways that reflect their

views and degrees of interest. I'm more than happy

to turn the club over to them entirely; the can, I

want some further involvement in myself - let's

see if we can share it, instead,

Bouom line is I'm in fandom because I enjoy it.

I work hard putting on cons because I enlov the

work, and the opportunity to get involved with

other people who enjoy the event. I attend other

people's cons because I enjoy them, I'll willingly

listen to anyone, if thev'lI have the courtesy to

listen to me, and I'll take any suggestions on impro-

ving the club, or the con,This may not sound like the Tonv Higgins you

came to know (and sometimes, to endurel in past

vears; irs not. But I know what I said then was

how I felt then; what I believe now is what vou

have (if you've gotten this far) fusttaken the trouble

to read.Finally, I believe George, has shown one of two

rational reaction, to thl ' current situation in

ESfCAS.. First, like Georges, you can work within

the situalion,. and work for those changes you see

as important. Second, you can decide that it's no

longer enjoyable, and withdraw (from the club, if

not trom tandom). I won't criticize anyone for eitherchoice, but I encourage everyone to do one or the

other, Blaming people for problems, and accusing

people of actions and attitudes, does nothing about

the difficulties themselves,

As I have chosen the course of becoming less

involved in ESFCAS(and I won't organize a busi-

nessmeeting putsch), may 1offer one or two parting

shots: _ Allan, if ESFCASgoes down the drain, it will be

because people don't care enough about it to do

something. I hope it doesn't, but it may.

_ Robert, thanks for your work, your opinions, and

your involvement over the years. I haven't always

agreed (Hell, how often have I agreed with any-one?), but I have always appreciated the viewpoint.

However, you'd better be a little more careful in

the aUitudes you ascribe - they may not always

hold true,_ Georges, I may have turned Yuppie (I may always

have been a Yuppie at heart!), I may be married

(actually, that happened about NonCon,l, to the

chairman of NonConNine), but I don't like to think

of myself as complacent; I've just become involved

in 'fandoms' outside SF,such as politics. However,

I do take exception to being


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************************' * ' ' '*: P I D DL I N' I N T H E R A IN :

* *************************- b y R IC K L eB LA NC

S ni ck er . S ni ck er . I l ik e R o b er t R un te 'spi ec e i n l as t i ss ue . I n g en er al r d o e ve nh ea rt il y a gr ee w it h h is o pi ni on . S ni ck er

s ni ck er . . I t' s s im ply t ha t s om e o f w he t h es ay s f all s w it h t he m ig ht y b lo ws o f t hef ea th er , a nd h el l, I 'm t ic kl is h.

I r eme mb er a d ay in h is to ry w her e Di & I

w er e a sk ed t o p ar ti ci pa te i n an e ve nt b ec -

a us e R ob er t a nd D E O T HE R Si de ( no t n e ce ss -a ri ly T HE M) f el t t ha t w e t wo w er e " th e o nly

n eu tr als i n t he w ar t he at re . I mu st a dm it

th at I' ve g on e t o a f ew bo rin g c ons i n my

d ay . So me o f t he m h av e e ve n b ee n N on Co ns .

( Sm il e, R ob er t. ) T he re fo re , I 'd l i ke t oi ni ti at e a n ew s id e, t he M id dl e G ua rd , t o

c ov er t he peo ple w ho m ig ht b e to o y ou ng t obe O ld G uar d an d t oo old to b e Y oun g G ua rd .

No w t hen , t o a pply fo r th e M G ( da t' s o kay

b oy s, d e t r ai n a in t t i n y et ), y ou h ave to

k now bo th th e YG an d th e O G.

T hi s g iv es r is e t o a f e w pr ob le ms :1- y ou 'r e l im it in g m em be rs hi p, ' ca us e t he

: lu n g g u ar d w o n' t r e co g ni z e t h e o ld g u ar d ,

' -- an d t he o ld g ua rd r ef us es t o c om e t o m e et -i ng s t o re co gn ue t he y ou ng g ua rd , t he re -f or e t he Y G c a n' t r ec og ni ze t he O G, a nd t he

O G c a n' t t alk t o Y G t o s ay B oo , y 's ee !!

2 - No w i f Mi dg ar d c an 't d ef en d A sg ar d, w hoc an ? T ho rr y! S o, i t lo ok s l ik e e ve ry bo dy

i s o ff d ef en di ng t he ir o wn a ss , w hi ch m ak es

g re at c opy b ut d oe sn 't g et m uc h d on e. N ott ha t t hi s m at te rs m uc h. H is to ri ca lly , i tse ems to t ra ce b ac k to t wo peo ple , o n o p-

po si te s id es o f v ie w t ha t po la ri ze d t he

c lu b o ne w a y o r a no th er , g at he ri ng s up po rt -e rs a lo ng t he w ay . N ow . i f e ve ry bo dy p er -c ha nc e h ad b ee n s en si bl e ( gi gg le ), t he se

a ug us t p er so na ge s w ou ld h av e b ee n t uf te do n t he ir t ut us a nd a ll t ha t y ou w ou ld h av e

h ad w ou ld h av e b ee n a d if fe re nt p ol ar iz at -i on p r od uc ed b y o t he r o pi ni on at ed p ip pl e.H ey , i t' s h ot a ir t ha t k ee ps b all oo ns i nt he a tm os ph er e. A s f ar a s I c an t el l, e ve ry -

b od y i s an A SSG UA RD IA N s in ce t ha t s ee ms t ob e e xa ct ly w ha t t he e xe rc is e i s. a ll a bo ut .F ra nk ly , Sc ar le tt .. . I d on 't c ar e w h er e

y ou f ar t.

Sh or t p oi nt s: R ah l R ah .! Y up , y ou h e

" -1- ig ht . T he re w er e d em d at v er e m if fe d a nd

d id n' t s ho w u p f or H o n Co n Ii. F r an k ly , t h ey

c an s .t uf f i t. I 'm a b i .g f an o f N on Ce n b ei ng

a p ro mo ti on al c on f or SF . T H e f ur th er

a fi el d N on Co n g oe s, t he b e tt er . ( Alt ho ug h I

r em em be r s om eo ne i nt er es te d i n a re la xi co n

d oi ng a 18 00w he n a c er ta in n am e w as

m en ti on ed - th at w e re d is ap po in ti ng .) H ea

y e! H ea r y e! L et a ll b e w a rn ed t ha t O no Co ni n ' 88 m ay t ra ve l n or th d ue t o t he O ly mpi c

G ot t ha t s tr ai gh t, O K? - On t he o th er h anE dm on to n f an do m c on tr ol li ng N on Co n 4 - hem an , I w an na k no w w ha t y a d oi n' . } lu st b e

g re at f ly er . I ne ed p ar t o f t h e a ct io n,' cu z my s ou rc e i s K at he ri ne J ep so n ( ofC on Ve rs io n) a nd y o ur s to ry s ou nd s a wf ul ly

f i ct i on a l t o m e . S ni c ke r s n ic k er so r ry.I J us t ca n't h elp i t. T he n a ga in , I l ike

C on Ve rs io n b et te r t ha n s om e o th er c on s. It re at i nd iv id ua l c on s a s s u ch . So me M os Co nh av en 't b ee n t he g r ea te st , d it to N on Co n,

a nd V -C on . H as n t t s to pp ed m e f ro m r et ur ni n

W or se - I ' ve s in ne d: I l ik e p e op le o n bO t

s id es o f t he C alg ar y f ra ca s. M us t b e g od -a wf ul t o ba ve s om eo ne l ik e m e a ro un d, w hof ra te rn iz es a cr os s t he b oa rd .W or se , I e v

v ot ed f or L au ra l as t e le ct io n. u nf or tu na te

l y, t he re w er e m or e a lt er na ti ve s t ha n s om

p eo ple s a~ , o r v er e p re pa re d t o d ea l w it h

I a g re e w i th t h e t h eo r y/ f ac t /s u pp os i ti o n( ha rd t o c ha ra ct er iz e t he se t hi ng s) t ha tt he re i s a ne ur ot ic /p ar an oi d e le me nt i n Em o n t o n . r h av e a ls o g iv en J ef f s up po rt i nh op in g t ha t h e w Ou ld p ro du ce a TV s ho w t hb et te re d m in e. I h av e s upp or te d h is b id fac on ; I 'm q uit e h appy t ha t h e w ill be ar


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ranging for another. I'll buy a membership.

$3000: Not 8 NonCons,but a me...,2 consthat were efficiently run with tyrants astreasurers.. Which.is a future option for aconcomto expendon another GoHperhaps,or simply blowon a comboLimeJe110/Goose-berry jamextravaganza. Or, in reality, tobe used as the Execwishes, in the promot-

ion of other cons rlthin Alberta; for theuse of seed money, in Carrot Creek, L1oyd-minster, or gosh golly wow,Edmoncbuk.Lusethis card wisely, it mayonly comearound a thousand times)

Put it this WilY: Di I> I have felt acertain frustration at times when'peopleput forward for whatever reason were notrecognized, even though they had been ac-tive in Alberta conac/fanac for up to 8years. We're not talking YoungGuardhere.We're talking Old Guardnot recognizing

Old Guard.on using Jeff's ideas. Seemslike some-

one whowewill mention later, asked us touse his ideas. At least, they wouldsee thelight of day. Yup, I'm talking about JeffLewis. Robert, calmdown,wehave witnesses.Frankly, I like Jeff's ideas. He'has myfull"permission",to retain all rights to his own

. ideas. I think that Jeff will do thembetter justice than I can. I hope to see themathis can. Y'see, Robert, a1though Jeff hasmanagedto miff other people, he bas. neverdone anything that I deemnasty against memyself, and 1. I have faults, as I'm sureJeff has, but weboth. live in the s.ameworld. Someof your theories. are ratherseivish, and yeu should be sheepish, and

I'm not willing to call you a baaaad boy.

**************************************. . - *: A N O P E N L E T T E R T O A L & E R T A S F F A N S :

* ** * * * * * * * * * * * . * * * * * * * * * * * ~ * ~ * * * * * * * * * *- fromDIANEWALTON-LeBLANC,President

Non~onSFSociety of Alberta

Themandate of the NCSFSAis to prom-ote an appreciation of SF in this prov-ince. \fe have chosen to do it by meansofthe annual NonConconvention, but there'snothing to say that another methodcan'tbe found. All it takes .is a bi.t of moneyand a bit of imagination and lots ofelbowgrease.

Well, as Robert likes to point out -moneywe've got. Sure it'll be handy inthe event that a NonConloses its shiJ:>t.Andsure, it has been carefully boarded

on Co Nine!October 10, 11, and 12, 1986

Guest of Honor: author and editor ~JudithMerrillFan Guest of Honor: Deloris Booker

Artist'Guest of Honor: Ken Macklin

Toastmaster: William R. Warren, Jr.

Memberships: $14 - availab le from concomm members orBox 4506, Edmonton T6E 4T7

V a u n r e e r s w e lc o m e - W e d o n o td is c r im in a te o n th e b a s is o ff a n fe u d !


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over the years by 'Somevery meantreasur-

ers. But there are other things that can~ be done with that money, if someboqycan

comeup with the bright idea and a will-

ingness to work.

So this is an open letter to AlbertaSF fans, from the current NonConSocietyexec, If you can comeup with an idea forpromoting Science Fiction in your town OX 'region, and tf you have a plan for carryingit out and the bodies to do the work, then

give us your proposal, and we'll seriously,consider helping out with funding. ItdoeenIt have t'o be anything of the magnit-ude of a 500 memberconvention. WQuldyoulike to hold a small coffee-and-eookes

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* *; C O M IN G C O NV EN T IO N S ; , * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *r-eON1M6: Feb .1-2, Winnipeg. Cancelled.

ONOCON'86: Feb 21-23, Sun BowInn, Calgary,Alberta. Memberships$12. Special Guests,relaxicon: features the CostumeDance.Write ONOCONc/o 116-2740BrentwoodBJ.ydmr,

vlgary, ART2L1J5.

NORKESCON9: March20-23, SeaTac RedLionInn. Seattle, Wsh!ngton. Guests: AnneMccaffrey, Kelly&Polly Freas . GI'SgBennett.

James&CookyOberg, Spider&Jeanne Rohinson.Memberships$US20to March 1. $25 at door.NWCon8,Box24207, Seattle, WAUSA98124.

CONTROVERSY:MaI'ch28-30, Holiday Inn, Edm-onton, Alberta. Guests: James Hogan, Dave

Siln. "Futuri.st" convention. Daypasses $6Fri&Sun, $8 Sat; memberships $15. Mail toAlherta ConTroversy Convention Soviety.11407,11020 Jasper Ave, Edm, ABTSK2N1.

KEYCON'86: May16":18. RamadaInn, lfinni-peg. Manitoba. GoHs:AnneMccaffrey. ErinMcKee.Beth"ri>iedman. $18 'to April 26. $22

at door. Box 3178. Winnipeg, MBR3C4E6.

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* *: N E W S / S T U F F :* ***************

E S FA C AS s t il l m e e ts e v er y T h u rs d ay i nt h e U n i ve r si t y o f A l b er t a' s T o ry B u il d in g ,r o om 1 4 -1 4 , f r om 7 : 30 o n . A t t en d an c e w a ve r sa r ou n d 3 0 ; a c t iv i ti e s r a ng e f ro m l i gh t g a m -

i n g t o wr i te r s' s h op t al k , a n d a l w ay s i n c-l u de C on v er s at i on , A r tw o rk , a n d f a nz i ne s .S o me m e m b er s l a te r a t te n d t h e i n fo r ma l E d -m on t on S F O l d G u ar d ( E SF O Gi e s) b a r n i g h ta t C h i c k ie , ' s L o u n ge , 1 0 3 2 0- 8 1 a ve , w h e r ef an n is h t r ad i ti o ns o f b he e r, d a rt s , a n ds m o ff i n g a r e o b s er v e d .

A N UT TY R EQ UE ST F RO M N A Z RA T, L OR D O F T H EB U NG L E: ' ' if a nt e d- D e ad o r A l i v e - a t e n( b in a ry 1 0 10 ) m e t e r l on g D r . W h o- t yp e s c ar f .S a id s c ar f s h al l b e c o mp r is e d o f c o l o ur ss u ch a s t h e f ol l ow i ng : D a yg l o O r an g e, E l ec -

t r ic B l ue , F l uo r es c en t Y e ll o w, H o t P i nk ,R a di o ac t iv e G r ee n , P a ss i on P u rp l e, S c in t il -l a ti n g S c ar l et , a n d L i vi n g D a rk n es s . T h es ec ol ou rs s ha ll a ls o b e c om bi ne d i n a p at te rnw h ic h 1 s JO O st i n ju r io us t o t h e R o m o S a p.v i su a l d e te c ti o n e q ui p me n t. T h e o r ig i na t oro f t h i s r e qu e st i s t o ta l ly i r re s po n si b le( s ic ) f or a n y p h ys i ca l , p s yc h ol o gi c al , o rp 3i on ic d am ag es t o a ny o f t h e b o un ty h un t-e rs p ur su in g t hi s q ue st . T he c re at or o f t h ea b ov e ' e n ti t y w i ll b e r a in - bu r st t h e c os t o ft h e m a t er i al s n e ce s sa r y f or t h e c o mp l et i ono f t h e p r ij e ct . W a rn i ng : u s e a p pr op r ia t e

v is ua l p ro te ct io n; t he s ca rf i s t o b e c on -s i de r ed d i sa r mi n gl y d a ng e ro u s. T h is i s e s -p ec ia ll y t ru e i f t h e s ca rf g lo ws i n t hed a r k a n d l o r p u l s a te s . "

W R IT E R' s W O RK S HO P S A N D M A RK E TS : T h eV - CO N 1 4 SF/! W r i t in g W o r ks h o p i s " ' p e n t ot h os e r e gi s te r ed w i th t h e c o nv e nt i on .D e ad l in e f or s u bm i lS B io n s i s M a r c h 3 1 , a n dt he y c an b e u p t o 5 0 0 0 wo rd s ( pr os e) o r3 p o em s. P ro a ut ho rs w il l c ri ti qu e t he w or ka t t h e c on . C o nt ac t V -C on 1 4, B ox 4 84 78 ,B e nt a l! C e nt r e, V a nc ou v er , B C V 7 X 1 A 2.

T he W RI TE RS O F T H E F UT UR E c on te st c on .t i nu e s. W o rk s a r e a d ju d ic a te d b y p u bl i sh e da ut ho rs ; p ri ze s o f $ 1 0 00 , $ 75 0, a nd $ 50 0a r e a w a rd e d q u ar t er l y. P i ec e s m u s t b e e i th -e r 1 0, 00 0 w or ds ( sh or t s to ry ) o r 1 7, 00 0w or d s C n ov e le t te ) l o ng . F or m o re i n fo n Da -t i on , c on t ac t t h e W o tF a t 2 21 0 W i l s h ir eB l vd . , S u it e 3 4 3, S a nt a M o n ic a , C A 9 04 0 3.I t b e a r s m e n t i on i n g t h a t M a r i .a n n e N i e l s eno f E d m on t on a n d J o n G u st a fs o n o f M o sc O W"h a ve b o th d i st i ng u is h ed t h em s el v es i n r e c -e n t c o nt e st s , w i th a w i n a n d a n b on . m en t io n . ,

finally, PreSs Porcepic is planning topublish a se cOnd ' volwne of TESSERACTS. an

iqa nt ho lo gy o f C an ad ia n S f& F, i n th e F a ll 1 98 6. D e ad l in e f or s u bm i ss i on s i s M ar c h 1 .T h ey ' re l o ok i ng f or p o e m s a n d s h or t s t or i e8n o t e x ce e di n g 7 0 00 w or d s. F o r, f u r th e r i n fo ,

c on t ac t t h e E di t or , P r es s P o rc e pi c , 2 3 5 -5 6 0 J oh n so n S t , V i c to r ia B e V8 W 3 C 6 .

E S FA C AS m e mb e r T o ny H i gg i ns ( N et C De m o-

c r at s ) r a n i n t h e p r ov i nc i jU b y el e ct i on i nW hi te mu d l as t m on th , c om in g i n s e co nd t oD o n G et t y ( P r o g r e ss i v e - Co n s er v a t iv e s ) , t h ep r es e nt p r em i er o f A l be r ta . F o r a l l i n te n tsa n d p u rp o se s , R i gg i ns w a s G e tt y 's o n ly r e alc o mp e ti t io n : a b ou t 3 0 00 p e o pl e v o te d f orT on y i n a l i gh t ly - at t en d ed v ot e .

V ic to ri a: E SF AC AS g et s a l ot o f w e ir ds tu ff i n t h e m a il , a nd m os t o f' it c om esf r om h e re . T h es e g u ys b r ea k a l Jn o st e v er yg u i d el i n e -f o r -e a s y -r e a d i ng t h e y c a n, a n da r en ' t b e n ea t h u s in g w h a t ev e r m a te r ia l s a r eh a nd y ( f ro m c om p ut e r o u tp r in t t o w a x c r ay -o n ). K a th l ee n M o or e r e po r ts o n t h e r e ce i pto f R A S P BE R R Y D R I N KZ l N E 1 # 1 1 3 8: I I H a nd - s c ra b -b l ed b y a s e mi - an on y mo u s V i ct or i a, f an c l an( p os s ib l y p r od u ct o f C a n 5 mo f) - a d e li g ht -f ul b l e nd o ~ v a r io us l i gh t i d io ci e s w i th2 r ub be r b an ds a nd 6 p a ge -1 6s . L es s d ed ic -a t ed t o R u n t e -h a it i ng t h an 1 # 12 , h ut s t il ll ot s o f f u n. D id J on at ho n h av e a ny th in g t o

d o w i t h it?"

C u ri o us a b ou t w h at ' s h a pp e ni n g w i th i nt h e S F b u si n es s ? F o r t r ad e n e ws , r e po r ti n g,p h ot o s, a n d m or e , c h ec k o u t e i t h er L O CU So r S C I E N C E F I : C T I : O NC H R O N I C L E . T h e y ' r ep r et t y m u ch t h e s a m e b u t f or e d it o ri a lb i as . F or f i rs t -c l as s s u bs c ri p ti on s , L O CU Sc ha r g e s $ 32/ 1 2i s ~e s or $ 61 / 24 is h e s , i n U S f u nd s , t o L o cu s P u bl i ca t io n s, B o x 1 3 30 5 ,O a kl a nd , C A U S A 9 4 66 1. S F C c h ar g es $21/yro r $ 3 9. 60 / 2y e ar s , a g ai n i n U S f un d s. ' Ma i lt o S c i e nc e F i ct i on C h ro n ic l e, B o x 4 1 75 ,

N e w Y o rk , N Y U S A 1 0 11 > 3- 4 17 5 . B o th m o nt h ly ,t h e e d i t or f i n d s t b e m i n va l u a bl e .


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* *: T H E R U S S I A N R E P O R T :* ***********************

....- b y B O RI S Z A V GO R O DN Y

T he g en re o f f ic ti on i s, i n my o pi ni on ,t h e m o st a n ci en t l it e ra ry a rt a mo n g a ll

p eo pl e s a t a ll t i m es . F a b le s , l e ge n d s, " a n dm y th s s t a rt e d c i r cu l at i ng a m on g t r i b a l

p e op le a s m a n l e ar n ed t o s p e a k. N a tu r a ll y ,t he p ri mi t iv e p eo pl e w e re n ot c lu ed u p o nt h e l aw s o f n a t ur e a nd c on s eq ue n tl y p er s on -i fi ed a n d t h e n d ei f ie d e ve ry t hi ng t he yc ou ld n ot u nd er s ta nd . B ut w h at i s i t 1 n o tSF i n i ts o r ig in a l f or m ? T h e t i m e w a s g li d-i n g b y w i t h w r it t e n l a ng u ag e s a pp e ar i it gh e re a nd t h er e, a n d f i c ti on c on ti n ue d t oh o ld i t s o w n, b e in g t h e b as i s o f l it er a rye ff o rt . T a ke t he B ib le , f o r e x am pl e. T hi si s th e p r i me s pe ci m en o f e a r li es t S F. I fw e d is ca rd t he r eli gi ou s s id e o f i t, t heG oo d B oo k m a k es a n e x ce ll en t r ea d in g a s a

s o li d S F. n ov e l t h at e n c om pa s s es t h e m a i nS F t h e m e s .

I n R u s si a t h e r o o ts o f S F c an b e " t ra ce dt o f o l kt a le s a n d p o pu l ar t r ad i t io n s a b o ute pi c h er oe s o f u n ex c el le d p ro we s s s u ch a sI l ya M u ro m e ts , D o br y n a N i J ci t ic h , a n d A l y-

" ha P op ov i ch . T he w ay t he y w en t a ro u nd' "- e dr es s in g t he w ro n gs a nd f i gh ti n g t ho s e

d ra go n s t s d ep ic t ed s o v i vi dl y t ha t o n ec a n n o t g e t a w a y f r or . lt h e i m pr e ss i o n t h e yw er e r ea l p e op le . B e tw ee n t he t i me t he yf ir s t a pp ea re d a nd t he t he m o me n t t he y w e re

c o mm i t te d ' to p ap er , t h e B y li n a s ( e pi c s lu nd e rw en t a g re a t d e a l o f c h a ng e, e a chs to ry t el le r h a vi ng a d l ib s o f h i s o wn .

T h e f i r s t l it e r ar y p ro d u ct i on s h e a r-i n g a n U I l ll li s t a k a h 1ei mpr in t o f SF c an b et r a ce d b a c k t o t h e . 18 t h c e n tu r y . T h e f a hl e ltw e re t he P ie r !a n s pr Ul g t ha t i ns pi r ed t hec la ss i cs o f s uc h r en o wn ed w r it er s a sP u s bk i n a n d G o g o l' a n d l e s s -k n O Kn O d oe v s ky( w ho w ro t e T HE Y EA R . O F 4 33 8 a nd a s er ie so f s 1 :o r i es a bo u t t h e o t he r w or l d, i m hu e dw i t h m y st i c is m , T H E M O T L E Y F A I RY ' l' A L ES ). _

T h e f ab U lo us / fa nt a st ic t re n d i s q u it e e v-i de nt i n s o me o f t h e w =k s o f D os to ev sk y,S ol lo g us , C h e rn y Sb e vs k y , a n d m an y o t he % ' "a ut ho rs o f t ha t t ~. T o te ll t he t r ut h,t h e m a j o r it o f t h e se a r e r a tb e % ' b o r in ga nd h ar d t o r e a d.

_ _ SF in it s t ru e fo rm s t ar te d t o de ve lo p, t t h e" t u rn o f t h e c e nt u r y. T h e t : ra n Sl at ' ; '

i on s o f J ule s V em e a nd H er be rt V ells a p-p ea r e d i n l a rg e q u an t i t i es , b r i ng i n g i nt h ei r w a k e a l o t .o f d e ri v a ti v e w r it i n gs .The number of Rus,!ian 5F'"writers grew

s t ea di ly , t ho u gh t h ey m o st ly t o ok c ue s f rt h e m o r e s u c ce s s fu l. W e s te r n p a ra g on s , o re la bo r at ed - th e t h em es t h en m uc h i n v o gu es u c h a s o c cu l ti s m, s p ir i ti s m a n d m y s ti c is mT h e n u m er o us n o ve l s b y K r yz h a no v sk a y a- R o che s te r a re m o s t r ep re s en ta t iv e o f t h e s o rto f SF p r ev al en t a t t ha t p er io d. T h e c on t emp or a r y c r i ti c s r e ga r d h e r l i t e ra r y m a s te r -p ie c es a s p e nn y d re a df ul s. S he m a de a h i tw it h t h e R u ss ia n p ub li c w it h a p e nt al og ya b ou t t h e t r a ns c en d e nt a l w o r ld , " a n d s u c hn ov e ls a s T H E P OT I ON O F L I F E, T H E M A GI CI A Na nd D EA TH O F TIlE T H E P LA N ET a re s at u ra te dw i t h p a r aa c ie n t if i c e x pl an a t io n s o f p r e ten at u ra l e ve n ts . G od , t he D ev il , a nd W iz ar dw o rk in g m ir a cl es a r e t h e i n e vi t ab le c ha r at e rs . a ct i n g i n h e r n o v el s.

O ne c an no t s ay t ha t a ll t he SF - pr od u ce di n R us s ia a t t h a t t im e w a s w r it te n a lo ng

.t he s e l in es . K up ri n' s T HE S TA R O F SO L OM ONa nd TIlE L I QU ID SU N , a s w e ll a s B r us o v t si m ag i n at i v e v r i ti n g s a r e p r e se n t ly e n j oy i n

,lllUch p o pu la r i ty w i t h t h e S ov i et r e a li e ra h i


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Just before the Revolution THEREDS'I'ARandrNGENEERMANNYby Bogdanovrang the bellwhh the SF-mindedpeople. Their impact on

.the social life continued even after the

Revolution and Lenin vas obliged to say afew words about the author's outlook, crit-

.icizing him for his erroneous view of soc-

ialupheavals.. The first years. after the

Revolution saw a flourishing of SF. At that

time, Belyaev madethe SF scene, devotingall his talent to this genre. Bedriddenwith spinal tuberculosis for several years,he lIIl:'OteTHEHEADOFPROFESSORDOWEL,clearly understanding howa head feels andwhat it tlUnks when the body is gqne. Thecomplete set of his works.comprised eightbooks' a. fiYe-volume set recently appearedto co~emo%'atethe centenary of his birth.Amongother books being reprinted are THEHYPERBOLOIDOFENGINEERGARINby AlexeiTolstoy as w:ell as his AEtITA. Curiously

enougn,the avant-garde critics in thosedayS could ne:itbm:' underatand nor appreci.,.ate these novela. Now,AELlTAis one of themost readable books in Soviet literature.

Somewords I!luetbe said about less-knownwriters and books that left thei,r mark. THE

GONGURICOUNTRYby Vivian Itin is a smalltale written during the stormy days of theRevolution. It was published hy the author,got favourable comtnentsfromGorky, but thenwas unjustly forgotten.' (As if to makeupfor that, two editions appeared simultane-ously in Novosibirsk .and l


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Varshavslcy.the brothers StI'Ugatslcy,andmanyothers. Bythe mid-60s the upswingwasclearly manifested. TheStrogatslcyIstalesHARDTOBEAGOD.MONDAYBEGINSONSATURDAY,and THEBIRDSOFPREYOFTHECENTURY.C8JIleto stay in Soviet SF. Excellent humourousstories by Varshavslcywere published. andthe first works of KyrBulychevappeared.Towardthe end of the '60s the level of SF

published deteriorated, I feel due to theattitude of the publishers toward SF. rath-eI' than by a crisis in the SFcommunity.

Towardthe beginning of the '80s and uptill now, neif interesting WI'iters have comeon the !teene. These are primaz>llythose whogrewup in the '60s; their fiI'st Slllllplesofwriting found their wayinto periodicalsalready in that decade. Nowthese WI'itershave acquired a style of their own, andlearned to wite IDOreneatly and profess-ionally. Amongthese writers one would

mentionSiletslcy, Basenlco,Polcrovslcy.Gev-orlcyan, Genkinand Kapura, all living inMoscow;in Leningrad Dymov,Loginov,.:J:z.-mallov and Ryhakovcameto the fore. InKrasnoyarslcthere vas Korabelnilcov;inAbalcan,Bushkov;in Novosibirsk Kubatiev;in PermPirozhnikov. Filenlco. & Shalamov.

Jne thing that distinguishes the SFautnorsof the '80s is their scattering OV"t'a widearea; in the past the SFscene was confinedalmost exclusively to the two capitals,Moscowand Leningrad. Nowindividualschools of SFhave been created in theTranscaucasus and Baltic countries. theUkraine. Siberia. etc. In fact Soviet SFbecamemultinational in the 'BOs.

YoungSF.critics appeared on the scene:Gopman,Galcov,Kusatiev and someothers.During the last decade a numberof theseson SFhad baen successful maintained withone appli:cant baing awardedthe title ofDoctor of Philology. To increase the'.ll:t:-erary skills of youngSFwriters, a yearlywriter's WOI>kshop/seminarhas been organ-,ized. Thesepositive facts, however. hideanother tale.

Publishing houses and editorial boardsare nowprinting deplorably small quantit-ies of SF. as before. The decisions on thefurther advancementof SFadopted by theState Publishing Committeetwoyears agowere supposedly designed to improvematters

\.A>ut so far nothing of the sort happened.Moreover. the prospective plans of thepublishing houses assign very little spacefor OF. Approximately180 titles had baen

published in 1 98 3 - one wouldconclude the

situation is not that bad. It turns outthe lion's share of that quantity is takeup by numerousrcprintings. Aportion isallotted to the so-called "concealed SF"(a term used to describe SFappearingwithout the SFlabel under the samecoveas non-SF). while the share of authenticnewSFis maddeninglysmall. This is maythe reason whysometalented SFauthors o

this decade cannot have theiI' books pub-lished. TheiI' stuff appears mostly in periodical publications or anthologies. Recently THELITERARYGAZETTEhas starteddiscUssion' on various aspects of SF. Hala dozen issues of this paper have carriedarticles of polemic nature. It's quite rewardingto follow various arguments andopinions of the readers, hut frankly onlytwomen-of-letters touched the sore spotsin today's SF. These are B.StI'ugatslcyandKyr Bulychev. The trouble with today's SFis that it is not published enough.anddefinitely not that it ignores the laws ophysics and has becomefrivolous. Bulychin his article CONCERNINGTHEPROBLEMOFTHESUMATRANRHINOCEROS1a'ote: "Whlleallthe scientists are debating the questionas to whether one can refer to the creatuas a rhinoceros. that endangeredanimal ipoised over the hrink of extinction. Stillthe pundits continue theiI' academicarguiwithout taking drastic measures to help."The simile is quite correct.

SFfan clubs appeared in this countryin the sixtie8~ it seems; I could not finan earlier mention of any. Little is knowof these early clubs, nowcalled the "FirWave":they sprang up simultaneously in omajor cities (Kiev. Bakan, Moscow,KharkLeningrad. etc). It's a matter of recordthat Kharkovfans threw a party in honouof Polish author Stanislaw Lam.Clubact-ivities were primarily confined to thediscussion of the SFnovelties and meetinwith SFwriters. Thoseclubs were separaten~ities shut off fromthe outside world.

though someof themhad theiI' SF stuffprinted in ~oca~newspapersand'tried topublish somehandwritten zines. In thelate '60s and early '70s, the "SecondWave"of fan clubs cameinto being, andwere far moreactive. Not content to justget together and chewthe SFr~ betweenthemselves.' they started looking aroundfor fellow fans and soon established contact with each other. Relations grewbeyoncorrespondence and soon one club was haviguests fromanother one. Themost importa

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chuckedtheir aloofness and started propo-gating SFamongthe general public: forinstance, they organized lectures in moviehouses prior to SF films, as well as inschools and at the institutes.

Themoreinteresting SFworks by fanll

were being recommendedfor.publication, asfor instance, the RITE!clubs in Perm' hadmembers'stories printed in 17 regionalnewspapers. This all paved the wayfor the"Third Wave":in the '80s hundreds of fanclubs rushed onto the SFscene over merelytwo years. The "SecondWave"also wasres-ponsible for .instituting the inter..clubmeetings whichbecamethe events of consid-erable significance in the '80s. Thus inOctober 1S81, under the auspices of theRITEY:an club, the first seminar of SFfanclubs wasattended by fans and authors from

Moscow,Leningrad, Rostov, Sverdlovsk, Vil-nius, Nefteyugansketc. etc. This was fol-lowedby other such meetings in Rostov,Sverdlovsk and l


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letters~ and a priceless bit of humourby MarcOrtlieb. Recommended.

BCSFAZINE150,151: British ColumbiaS F Asa'n, Box35577, Stn E, Vancouver, BCV6H4G9.26p, 12p, mimeo, available for $9/yr subscription, trade, contributions, etc. Alsoincludes RADIOWORLD,the catalogue of V-Conaudio&videorecordings. #150 is a goodretrospective on past BCSFAzinecontributions; 151 is back-to-business, with photo-reduced dot-matrix type (super bleccch) that's hard on the eyes, and a good cover.

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"wewant a Hugo!" emblazonedaCI'OSSthe frontpage is kinda silly. Limited interest.

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M AP L E L E AF R A G: 1 29 6 R i c ha r ds on S t, V i ct or i a, ' Be V 8V 3 E l. 1 6p ( #1 8) , 1 8p ( #1 9) , m l me o.A va i la b le f or $ 1 ( $8 /y e ar ) , t he pa u al , o r t r ad e ( tw o c o pi es , o ne t o B e F la t te P u bs ,# 30 1 - 11 0 10 - 82 S t, E dm , A B T S H 1 L 9 ). G a rt h S pe n ce r 's n ew s le t te r o n c a n ad i an f an d omc on t in u es ; i d th n e ws , l et t er s , r e vi e ws . a n d c on r e p or t s o n C a n ad i an f an d om . C on s is t en t -l y w e ll w or t h r e ad i ng ; m as s es o f f a c ts g ar n er e d b y t h e e d i t or a n d p r e se n te d c oh e re n tl y .H is b i g ge s t p ro bl e m s ee m s t o b e c om ba t ti n g t he l eg e nd a ry C an a di a n f an n is h a p at h y; as h am e , b e ca us e t h is z i ne c ou ld b e a q u it e a n i n fo rm at i on c l ea r in g -h ou s e w i th m or e n e ws .

T HE N O TI O NA L # 6: L e i gh E d mo nd a/ V al m a B r ow n , B ox 4 33 , C i v i c S q ua r e, A C T A u s tr al i a 2 60 8.

2 0p , m i me o. A v ai l ab l e f or $ A Ul o r $ A U 1S s u rf ac e /y r ( $ AU 23 a ir ) , o r f or n e w s , l e tt e rs ,r e vi e ws , o r t r ad e o ne - fo r- on e w i th o th er f an z in e s. T h is z in e f il ls t h e s a me n i ch e a sd oe s F IL E 7 70 i n t he U S o r M A PL E L EA F R AG h er e - a c om pe te nt n ew sz in e, r eg ul ar a ndi n fo rm at i ve . T h e q ua l it y o f t h e w r i t in g i s h i gh b u t t h e e d it or s d on ' t u se a r tw or k

N O VO I D 1 : C o Li n H i nz , 1 1 18 C ol l eg e D r iv e , s a sk a to on , S K S 7 N O W 2. 1 6p d ig e st s i ze , x e r ox .A va i la b le f or t h e U s u al ( t ra d e, ' c on tr i bu t io ns o f a r t , w r it i ng . o r $ 1) . F i rs t i ss u e ' o fa g e n zi n e f ro m a f an n is h f ro nt i er - S a s ka tc h ew a n. F ea t ur i ng s i ll y c om p ut r ol l n a tt e r,c on r e po rt s w i th p ic t ur e s ( g oo d r e pr o h e re ) , a N e of an 's D ic t io na r y o f F a ns p ea k , a n da n I A Sf M c ov er a r t i nd e x. K in d a u g ly o ve ra l l C i ni c ro re du c ed t y pe ) b u t l ot s o f e n t hu s ia s m

O N OM A -3 : G . A B r ya n t, R u e J e an P a ul y , 1 21 . B - 4 30 0 A N S, B el g iu m . 6 0p d i g es t s iz e , x e ro x.N o a v a il ab i li t y l is t ed ; t r y t ra d in g . K i ll e r g e nz i ne , w i th l et t er s , r e vi e ws , i n te r vi e ws ,

v ar i ou s a rt i cl e s, p oe t ry No t a ll o f i t i s g r ea t . b u t o ve r al l , a v e r y g oo d f an z in e .S P EA R 2 : S t ev e G e or g e, 6 42 I n ge r so ll S t, W i n ni p eg , M B R 3 G 2 J 4 . 1 2p x er ox . S t ev e 's w r it i ng

i s us ua ll y t he h ig h p oi nt o f h is z in es . b ut W it h t hi s i ss ue , h is n or ma ll y h ig h s ta nd ar d


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i s e c l1 ps ed s om ew h at , r em at > ka bl y, b y T im E nd er 's ' " SF : R u gb y o f t h e M i nd ", w hi ch p oi no ut t h e s y n ch r on ic it y o f t h e t w o h ob bi es . So r t o f . T h is i s t he f u nn ie st t hi ng I 'v e r e

a ll y ea r; St ev e d es er ve s a d o ub le d os e o f e g ob oo f or r u nn in g t hi s. H i gh ly r ec om me n de d

T HE SF SF S SH U TT LE : ~ 59 9 N W 5 t h A v e, B o ca R a to n, F L U SA 3 3~ 31. # 8, 8 p mi me o . N o a va il ab il

i ty H s t ed . A n e mp ha t ic al ly l oc al C lu bz in e .

S H O RT T R E K S Ir6 1 11 1, 1 2: S t ar T r e k W i n n i pe g , c / o I ' . an i t o b aP l a ne t a r i u m. N o a d d r e ss o r a v a i la bi li ty l is te d. T he g ro up i s a ct iv e, a n d t he z in e l oo ks l es s a wf ul t ha n i t u se d t o

S HA RD S O F B AB EL 17 : A d d r- es s a s f or A F o re ig n F a nz in e. Su b sc ri pt io n s $ U S5 /6 i ss ue s . 4 p,x er ox . F a n n e ws f ro m t he E ur op ea n W es t C on ti n en t a nd t hi s i s h o w t o u se r ed uc ed t yp

S MA R T- A SH 2 9 /3 0: C h im n ey v i ll e F &S F S oc i et y , 1 ~1 0 M cD o w el l R d , J a c ks o n , M S 3 9 20 ~ U SA . 2 4x e ro x. C lu b n ew sl et t er w it h a d e fi ni te f la vo ur o f ' th e ~ lu b i mb ue d t h er ei n. H ea vy g am

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i n gs . T hi s i s a R ea ll y G oo d M a ga zi ne .

S TA R SO N GS 6 ~: c / o 6 -6 9 D o n a ld S t, K i t ch e ne r , O N N 2 B 3 G 6. , A v a il ab le f o r t r a d e. ~ p x e ro x .N ot m uc h t o c om me nt o n. U se f ul b ut t hi n. G o od , c ol ou re d ( br o wn ) x e ro x r ep ro .

( W E IR D I N T I l E D A Y B U T ) ST R AN G ER I N T H E N I GH T # 1: B e t h F i nk b i ne r , B o x 8 5 21 ', M o s co w , IU SA 8 38 ~3 . A V er y G oo d G en z in e w h er ei n B et h c ol le ct s S tu ff f ro m i I' i en ds a nd l ov e rs os ub je ct s t h at a re o f i mm ed i at e i n te re st t o p eo pl ~ ( as o p po se d t o j u st f an s) i n t h e aT hi s w il l p ro ve t o h e t he P a ci fi c N oI ' th we st Su rp ri se Z in e o f t he Y ea r. R e co mm en de d .

T I lE T E X AS S F I N QU I RE R 1 2: F A CT , B o x 9 61 2, A u st i n , T X 7 87 66 . 1 4p , m i m e o. $ U S6 /6 is s ue s o r$ U S1. 50 e ac h; a ls o' a va il ab le f or t ra d e, e tc . T he T ex as v er si o n o f N EO LO GY , o nl y t yp es et i n t h re e c ol um n s/ pa ge - l oo ks g o od , i s i n t er e st in g r ea di n g. ( Ju s t r e ce iv ed # 13 )

\ - 'T R A NS MI SS IO N S, 19 ~ - i9 ~ : N o v a O d Y s se u s, B o x 1 53 ~ , P a n a m a C i t y, F L U SA 3 2~ 02 -0 12 3. e a c h 1 px e ro x . N o a v a il ab i li t y l is t ed ( t ra d e? ) . S ho I 't - s ho r t l oc a l n e ws l et t er .

WEBERWO MAN IS l lR E VE N G E 2 3: J e a n W e b er , B o x 4 2, L y ne h a m A C T , A u st r a li a 2 60 1. 2 0p , m i m e ow / xe r o x c o ve r . A v a i la b le f o r ~ h e U s ua l, " i nt e r es t in g c li p pi n gs , u n c an c el le d U S, U K ,

o r A u s t ra li a n p os t a ge s t a mp s" , o r A $ 1. 5 0 -t a i rm a i l. A f r i e nd ly - s ee m in g f a nz i n e w h er ep eo pl e c a n b e f ra nk - r e a ct io ns t o W i er d P eo pl e a t M ee t in gs , a n a I' ti cl e o n N e w Z ea laa n d p i le s a n d p il ea o f l et t e rs . , G e n er a ll y go o d w r it i ng , a ll e n te I 't a i ni n g. G r ea t c o ve

W E ST W IN D 1 00 : N o r t hw e st S F S oC i et y , B o x 2 ~2 07 , S ea t tl e, W A U SA 9 81 2~ . 4 8p , o f f s e t w i thc o lo u r w r a pa r ou n d c o ve r . N W S F S m e m b er s hi p s $ U S1 2 ( $ U S1 5 o u ts i d e U SA ) ; a ls o a v ai l ab lef o r t ra de . A n a nn iv e rs ar y c o ll ec ti o n o f t h e b e s t o f W es tw in d, a n d a d ef in i ti ve h is to

o f t h e c lu b a nd N or we s co n. C ov er s b y P o ys er a nd W ar r en . G o rg eo us . A m u s t- s ee .

T H E W H O L E F A N Zl NE C A T AL O G 2 2- 2 5, 2 6: B r i a n E a r l B r o w n, 2 01 01 W . C h ic a go 1 12 01 , D e tr o it , U SA 4 82 28 . 3 6p e a c h , m i m e o , * 26 i n c lu d es S TI C KY Q U AR T ER S 1 1. F a nz i n e r e v1 ev z 1n e a v aia b le f o r t r ad e, a rt w or k, o r $ U S2 .5 0. B ac k a ft er a l on g h ia tu s . Se nd h im y o ur z in e.

Z OO LO GY 1, 2: E dm on to n SF O ld G Ua rd ( ESF OG ) , c /o M ic ha e l Sk e et , 7 90 6- 92 A v e, E dm o nt on , A

T 6C 1R 7. A V a il ab le f or t ra de , l et t er s o f c om me nt , c on tr i bu ti on s, o r e di to ri a l w hi m ;f r ee t o m em be r s i n g oo d s ta n di ng " (b u t t r y t o f ig ur e o ut h ow t o s ta y i n g o od s ta n di nA z i ne t ha t h as n ot h in g t o d o w i t h r e al it y, i n c he er fu l w ay . I n cl ud es c o nf es si on s oe l ec t io n -r i g gi n g, n e ws f r o m Ha y R i ve r mrr, a nd a s tu dy o f R . L . Fa nt ho r pe , t he " un cr o wk in g o f s to ma ch - wr en ch in g SF ". T h e l as t w o rd i n E SF AC A S f an fe u d r ea ct io n . R ec om m en de

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LETTERS

We'z :L stan with 141 ;6 LBtters of Corrrnenton V 10 II 3

E.B.KLASSEN5 82 J o hn StV i c t o r ia , B e " V 8 T l T 6

M a n y t h an l cs f o r y o ur f a v ou r ab l e c O ll D De n t so n t h e M y le s' H ou s e i n ' 89 bi d l it er at u re .T he p er s on d o in g t h e W I ' it in g a nd l ay ou t f o rt he z in e s i s J o h n " He r be rt , o ne o f V i ct or i aO ld G ua rd w h o h a s n ev e r b e en i n vo lv ed w it ha ny o f t h e l oc a l c lu b s. E s se nt ia ll y, h ej us t b y p as se d t he a gg r av at io n a nd w e nts t r ai g ht i n to c y n ic i Sm . W h at h a pp e ns b e f or ea n e w u pd at e c om es o ut i s t ha t w e a ll s i~a b ou t n at te r in g o n t h e t o pi c o f t h e b i d ,a n d J oh n t a J< es t h e i de a s t h at s tr i ke h ima s t h e s t ra ng e st /f u nn ie s t, g o es h om e , a ndt y pe s h a pp ll y " a w ay c r e at i n g a n ot h e r s a ti r -ical ma sterpiece. "

\-J J us t s o t ha t n o o n e g e ts t he W I 'O ng i de a,V i ct or i a' s O ld G ua r d i s q u it e s er io U s a bo u tt he b id . W e w oU ld l ik e t o wi n. W e ~ ~ #f!tl\f! tJ~~#~itttt.f! w ou ld lo ve t o ma ke i te as y t o a t te nd t he W o r ld c on . T e ll u s w h e ny o u c an c o me o ut t o V i ct or i a, ~A we'l lm ak e s u re t h e c o n i s h ap pe ni n g t ha t w e e k-e nd . F or a f ew b uc ks , y ou c an e ve n b e aG oa . I f V ic to ri a' s t oo f ar t o t r av el -h ol d y o u r o wn W o r ld co nl A ny f a nn is h p ar t yi n t 89 w i ll b e c on si de re d a p ar t o f t he" of fi c ia l" w Wl dc on . J us t s e n d us f i v eb u ck s o r a f a nz in e ! J us t t hi nk , a y e a r. .. .l on gc o nv e n ti o n ! H e ll , c a ll u s p op ul i st s , w ed o n' t c a re l By t he w a y , w e s up po r t t h eB em ud a T r ia ng le h id

heditor heartily 1'eocmrnendBthisout-and-out hoa:I:WorUoon bid to a z : L .C01"1.'6spondsnceshould go to My"tss BoB,4196 B1.eki.nsopRoad, Viotoria, BCv a x 2C4.

I v e r y m u c h. e n jo y e d D e lo r i s B o ok e r 'sr e vi ew c ol um n, a s I a lw a ys h av e. T he a g g-r a v at i o n s h ow n w i th t h e n e w N i v en / Po u r ne l leb o ok , F O O TF A LL , p re t t y m u ch S\llllS u p t hea gg r av at i on t h at I f e e l wi th a ll t h e ir w or k( w it h t h e p o s si b le e x c ep ti o n o f I N FE R N O) .N /P h av e a F or mu la ( pi nn ed , I a m s u re ,o v e r t h ei r r e s pe c ti v e b e d s) " t h a t t h e y a d -h e re t o, i nc lu d in g t h e ' o ne en de a ri ng i d io -

s y ne r a cy f o r e a c h c h a ra c te r ,l e a d c h a r a c te r s ' .

No thubt N/P aonsidsro these to behumani.sing tmts...

Su ch t h in gs a s l au n ch in g s a te ll it es , c a r ry i n g o u t e x p e ri m e nt s i n m a nu f a ct u r in go r m e di ca l r e se ar c h a r e s m al l c h an ge b e s

t he a mo u nt o f m o ne y t h e m il it ar y c an t h ri nt o o rb it . I me an , w he n y ou c an s pe nd $o n a h a m m e r, s pa c e w e a po n s /d e fe n s e b u dg e ts ti ll f al l i nt o t h e r e a lm o f p e tt y c as h .

B ut t h en a g ai n, a ll s ci en t if ic r es ea ri n t he U S s ee ms t o be a t a s ta nd st ill. I~ a s r e c en tl y r ea di n g w he r e t he r e i s h op eo f b u il di ng a s ix b il li o n d ol la r p ar t ic lea cc e le ra t or i n t he n ea r f ut u re . I h at e tt hi nk a bo ut w ha t s i x b il li on c o ul d h on e stly b e h et te r s pe nt o n. B u t t hi s i s t hea tt it ud e i n pu re r es ea rc h i n mo st o f t h ew o rl d t od a y: t h e v a r io u s r es ea r ch g ro u psa re h id i ng a l ac k o f p ro gr e ss b e hi nd p rog re ss i ve ly m or e e xp en s iv e m a ch in e s. It hi nk i t wa s B li sh , i n t h e f ir st C IT IE S F L IG HT b oo k, w ho p oi nt ed o nt t h is a tt i tu

- " l le 1 1, tre c a n ' t d o d i ck a ll w it h t hep id dl y s tu ff w e' ve g ot n ow , s o o bv i ou sl yw e h av e t o b ui ld a b ig ge r o ne ;"

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