Ansible 136 [long]
David Langford
ANSIBLE 136
NOVEMBER 1998
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MORE DEBAUCHERY. Our favourite Gollancz editor Jo Fletcher's 40th
birthday was marked by a surprise party in Hampstead, organized by Steve
Jones. The most admired present was a clockwork skull that chattered its
teeth when wound up (and so would you). A fairly glittering throng
included John Brosnan, who wanted to know if you could buy chocolate
Terry Pratchetts; John & Judith Clute, now locked in deadly combat with
Camden building regulations; Rob Holdstock, who paled on learning that
the press release for his new Earthlight sale alleges that the tipple of
choice in Holdstock/Jarrold pub sessions is a half-pint of lager shandy;
Roz Kaveney, babbling about plans for a lengthy US research trip as Kathy
Acker's biographer; and Paul McAuley. Gollancz staff dwelt with morbid
glee on a hostile takeover bid from Macmillan. Discreet flyers on every
available surface advertised versatile Jo's poetry collection _Shadows
of Light and Dark_ (#12.99/$21.50, #1 UK p&p, from Alchemy Press, 46
Oxford Rd, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 6DT) and her secret powers of
choral singing. Gosh.
### THE BURROWERS BENEATH ###
PAT CADIGAN continues to ingratiate: `Langford, you dog. First, you
stopped libeling me in that rag you publish. Then you failed to show up
at my book launch. Now I am off to the US to promote, with shameless yet
unabashed enthusiasm, my new novel, _Tea From An Empty Cup_....' She's
back, and speaking at Paddington Library (billed as Queen of Cyberpunk)
on 23 Nov. More library fun: Gwyneth Jones, Pimlico, 10 Nov; John
Whitbourn, Marylebone, 18 Nov; Paul McAuley, ditto, 24 Nov; Peter
Hamilton, Paddington _children_'s library, 26 Nov (must book tickets:
0171 641 4475); C.Greenland & R.Holdstock, Westminster City Archives, 10
St Anne's St, SW1P 2XR, 30 Nov. All talks 6:30-7:45pm.
SAM J.LUNDWALL was reported in a Swedish newspaper as having published
his last book: `I woke up one day and realized I couldn't publish books
any more. The losses have been too big.' Lundwall-watchers note that the
same paper quoted him as `quitting publishing forever' on several past
occasions, each followed by a relapse.... [AE]
CHRIS PRIEST learned again that sf is ok if written by the Right People,
like novelist Maggie Gee. Radio 4's _Start the Week_ featured hard man
Jeremy Paxman grilling her approximately thus: `Now don't get me wrong.
I can't stand science fiction. All those stupid ideas. But your book is
SET IN A PLAUSIBLE FUTURE! It takes TRENDS FROM THE REAL WORLD! You are
a woman but you WRITE IN THE VOICE OF A MAN! It has GLOBAL COOLING! I'm
impressed, I'm amazed, where do you get ideas like that?'
DARRELL SCHWEITZER fears that _Weird Tales_ contributors may flee in
droves at _A132_'s innocent mention that _WT_ is now edited by George
Scithers. `No, it is actually edited by George Scithers and Darrell
Schweitzer, as it has been for many years, even, I admit, the years in
which I was listed as sole editor. The only change (a significant one)
is that _WT_ has a new _publisher_, Warren Lapine's DNA Publications....
_WT_ now has 3 companion magazines, _Absolute Magnitude_ (sf, ed Warren),
_Aboriginal SF_ (ed Charles Ryan), and _Dreams of Decadence_ (vampires,
ed Angela Kessler). The most important result of this is that _WT_ is
really a quarterly, for the first time since 1990. The only "editorial"
change is that we no longer list George as publisher, so we now list him
as co-editor.' DNA is now also publishing the small-press _Pirate
Writings_.
IAN WATSON foresees Doom: `For the final day of their Millennium Con the
Israelis have hired none other than Armageddon, namely the museum at
Megiddo (which otherwise is just a lot of baked earth). A fleet of cars
will head there climactically from Tel Aviv. Truly inspired.'
ALLAN WEISS told _Ansible_ that, contrary to Lloyd Penney's _A135_
report, he has no lawsuit against the _Toronto Star_. Also, Karl
Schroeder of the writers' organization SF Canada notes that although 4
of 100+ members did resign over the Weiss/Sawyer lawsuit, this wasn't for
fear of litigation but because SF Canada refused to take sides despite
alleged social pressure by Robert Sawyer's supporters on those trying to
stay neutral. Karl adds: `Allan Weiss has never sued anyone before, and
has no other known enemies; consequently there is no belief in the
community as a whole that Mr. Weiss represents a threat to any other
writer.'
### CONSILIENCE ###
Nov [] C.S.LEWIS CENTENARY EXHIBITION, Belfast Central Library. Contact
Linda Greenwood, BCL, Royal Ave, Belfast, BT1 1EA.
14 Nov [] DANGERCON 7 (_Dangermouse_), Ruskin House, Croydon. 11am-11pm.
Fan GoH Alan Sullivan. #5 reg at door. Cheques to Robert Newman, 37 Keens
Rd, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 1AH; 0181 686 6800.
13-15 Nov [] NOVACON 28, Britannia Hotel, New St, Birmingham. GoH Paul
J.McAuley. No more advance memberships; #35 at door or #15/day. Contact
14 Park St, Lye, Stourbridge, W.Midlands, DY9 8SS.
13-15 Nov [] ORYCON 20, Doubletree Hotel, Portland, OR, USA. No more
advance memberships; $45 at door. Several guests, including (hence
_Ansible_ listing of a US non-Worldcon) me. (503) 283-0802.
20-22 Nov [] ARMADACON X, Copthorne Hotel, Plymouth. #25 reg, #19
unwaged. Contact PO Box 38, Plymouth; 01752 267873/812698.
25 Nov [] BSFA OPEN MEETING, Jubilee pub nr Waterloo, 7pm on; fans around
from 5pm. With Robert Holdstock. (No Dec meeting. As of 27 Jan, meetings
move to the Florence Nightingale: see _Rumblings_.)
6-7 Mar 99 [] MICROCON 19, University of Exeter. Fee update: no advance
booking since `MicroCon is FREE! Well, not entirely, we ask that all
attendees make a contribution to the University Rag charities.' Contact
16 Fairlea Close, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0NN.
9 May 99 [] FANTASY FAIR, Cresset Exhibition Centre, Peterborough.
10:30am-4pm. Contact Bruce King, 01480 216372.
?Summer 00 [] CONSTRUCTION (conrunning), somewhere in UK. The flyer makes
us hope there will be seminar's on the use of apostrophe's. Contact
Ground Floor Flat, 32 Theobald Rd, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1LP.
_Rumblings_ [] LONDON MOVE. Various fan groups plan to move from the
Jubilee pub (current site of 1st-Thur-of-month London sf meetings) to the
nearby Florence Nightingale, after Jubilee landlord Kevin transfers to
the FN on 9 Jan 99. Kevin promises guest beers, upstairs function space
(holds 150) thrown open on first Thursdays, disabled access on request,
and substantial improvements to the FN's present tattiness. Directions
for Jubilee-goers wanting to take a look: walk to Westminster Bridge end
of York Rd and clockwise round the roundabout. [] CORFLU 2001 ... Tommy
Ferguson announces a Belfast bid for this fanzine convention. Contact 40
Deramore Ave, Belfast, BT7 3ER; 01232 293275.
### INFINITELY IMPROBABLE ###
WORLD FANTASY AWARDS. John Clute and John Grant danced a jig at the
_Encyclopedia of Fantasy_'s PROFESSIONAL category win. Also: NOVEL
Jeffrey Ford, _The Physiognomy_. NOVELLA Richard Bowes, `Streetcar
Dreams'. SHORT P.D.Cacek, `Dust Motes'. ANTHOLOGY _Bending The Landscape_
ed Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel. COLLECTION Brian McNaughton, _The
Throne of Bones_. ARTIST Alan Lee. NON-PROFESSIONAL Fedogan & Bremer.
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT Edward L.Ferman, Andre Norton. [GVG]
PUBLISHERS & SINNERS. Virgin Publishing launch a new sf/fantasy imprint,
Virgin Worlds, in March 1999. Policy is to publish new or little-known
British writers; the three initial novels are by Trevor Hoyle and two
unknowns. Extrapolating from a recent experience with Virgin Trains,
_Ansible_ assumes these books will appear late, move at a snail's pace,
and completely miss the connection with any follow-up volume.
RANDOM FANDOM. _Paul Barnett_ (`John Grant') is marrying Pamela Scoville
... or rather, `Pam and I are already married, but plan to sign the legal
documents just before Eastercon.' [] _Gregory & Joan Benford_ have
reportedly split up. [] _Vince Clarke_ was making fair progress and hoped
that he'd `be eating pulp (at least) by Xmas.' But he's now back in
hospital with severe depression: Gillies Ward, St.Mary's Hospital,
Sidcup, Kent, DA14 6LT.[] _Neil Craig_ cunningly publicizes his Glasgow
sf/comics shop `Futureshock' with swastikas and pro-Serbian sentiments
in the window, plus tasteful soundbites like `Bosnian Muslims were famous
for staging massacres of their own people and blaming the Serbs.' [C] []
_Electrical Eggs UK_ (disabled access at cons) plans an illustrated
`Easter EGGS' calendar: interested artists contact F 1/2, 10 Atlas Rd,
Springburn, Glasgow, G21 4TE. [] _Kev McVeigh_ warns literary pilgrims
that `The Griffin -- the Glasgow pub featured in I.Banks's _Espedair
Street_ -- is to close for modernization (plastic, chrome and fake
panelling probably).' [] _Steve Stiles_ is the first recipient of the
Rotsler Memorial Fanzine Artist Award ($300, a plaque and sempiternal
fame), acknowledging his 39 years of fine fan art. SCIFI, the Southern
California Institute for Fan Interests, set up the award. [GFS] [] _Peter
Wareham_ found this clue `in the _Daily Telegraph_'s General Knowledge
Crossword, 10 Oct: "What Romulan and Klingon ships do to be rendered
invisible (5)". In the _Telegraph_! What _is_ the world coming to?' []
_Pam Wells_'s excuse for missing Novacon is `a parachute jump in aid of
Children in Need'. Sponsors are urged to send Pam all their money: Flat
6, 7 Bootham Tce, York, YO30 7DH, cheques to University of York Mature
Students' Association. Videotapes of the death-defying event may well
become available!
C.O.A. _Amanda Baker & Dave Clements_, 70 Birchwood Gdns, Whitchurch,
Cardiff, CF4 1HY. _Keith & Alison Brooke_, 53 Chapel Rd, Brightlingsea,
Essex, CO7 0HB. _John Collick & Judith Fenny_, Flat 1, Halterworth House,
Halterworth Ln, Romsey, Hants, SO51 9AE. _Gary Deindorfer_, Trent Center
West, 465 Greenwood Ave #1104, Trenton, NJ 08609, USA. _Tom Digby_, 1118
Oakmont Dr #5, San Jose, CA 95117, USA. _Mike & Diana Glyer_ (and _File
770_), 705 Valley View Ave, Monrovia, CA 91016, USA. _Charles Platt_, PO
Box M, Jerome, AZ 86331, USA. _Chris Terran_ (and _Matrix_), 53 Riviera
Gdns, Leeds, W.Yorks, LS7 3DW.
OH DEAR. Marvel Comics recalled over 250,000 copies of their _Wolverine_
comic book when a passing remark about an adversary -- `the killer known
as Sabretooth' -- turned out to have been lettered as `the kike known as
Sabretooth.' Just to make things worse, the offending issue was scheduled
for sale on Yom Kippur.... Although it seems that no copies were actually
sold, Marvel have grovelled extensively. [BB]
R.I.P. _Ted Hughes_ (1930-1998), Poet Laureate since 1984, died of cancer
on 29 Oct; a great deal of his verse was fantastic, and his children's
fantasy _The Iron Man_ (1968) is widely loved. [] _Roddy McDowall_ (1928-
1998), the one-time child movie star best known to sf fans for his adult
appearances in _Planet of the Apes_ (1968) and its sequels, died of
cancer on 3 Oct. He was 70. [BB]
KNIVES OUT IN AUSTRALIA. _The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian SF and
Fantasy_ (ed Paul Collins, assoc eds Sean McMullen & Steven Paulsen; MUP
is Melbourne University Press) was not universally welcomed, despite fine
bibliographies. While numerous minor writers get kindly and even gushy
entries, laden with cosy trivia apparently lifted from author
questionnaires, multiple award-winner Terry Dowling is singled out by
Collins for dismissive sneers (`obscure ... impenetrable ... obtuse')
found nowhere else in the book. Critics are unhappy: Damien Broderick
calls this `regrettable', Peter Nicholls prefers `disgraceful', and to
John Clute's finely tuned nostrils the treatment of Dowling `stank'. It
is said that the associate editors objected strongly, with McMullen
returning his editorial fee and asking that his name be removed from
future editions.
SMALL PRESS. For inscrutable reasons _Bernard Pearson_ sends his artistic
creation `The Millenium Bug', an enjoyably disgusting beastie some 3"
high which is busily rending and devouring a computer. Gorblimey.
Enquiries: Windy Ridge Studio, Woolpit, Suffolk, IP30 9SH.
TO BOLDLY SUE ... Paramount were unhappy about Sam Ramer's book _The Joy
of Trek_, and succeeded in having it banned `pending the outcome of a
full-blown copyright infringement trial in which the studio will seek
over $22 million in damages.' The judge opined that Ramer's use of plot
summaries and exposition of _Star Trek_ background (which `fictitious
history is a story, created and owned by Paramount') went far beyond fair
use. An appeal is in progress. Paramount's lawyers cocked things up by
telling bookshops that sales of existing stock -- allowed under the
injunction -- would be in contempt of court ... thus providing Ramer's
company Carol Publishing with grounds for a countersuit.
THE PERILS OF PLASTICINE. _Neil Gaiman_ exposes bits of _A135_ as old
news: `_Archangel: Thunderbird_ (which I tend to think of as Tony Luke's
Thing) has been showing on the UK Sci-Fi Channel for about six months
now, so I fear that my TV debut has already happened. I'm sure I'd be a
shoo-in for the Best Heavily Electronically Treated Plasticine Demon
Voice BAFTA award, if only there was one.' Our reporter _Joe McNally_
blames the astute publicity folk who sent `advance' promotional bumf in
mid-Sept. Neil's next thrilling role is as `an alien in a CD-ROM Game
called _Flying Saucers_ ... where I had to say things like "don't give
up little saucer buddy!" and "aaargh!" a lot. If _Flying Saucers_ ever
comes out, _Ansible_ readers around the globe will write to you saying
"I was playing this game and guess who said `aaargh' a lot but Neil
Gaiman."'
WEDDING BELLS. _London, 24 Oct:_ Even Dr Plokta's superfluous technology
can't fix the weather, and the heavens opened to mark the most stupendous
_plokta_ wedding since ... well, the last one. This time it was Alison
Scott and Steve Cain. Apparently the rain had only been really bad during
the parts of the wedding meant to happen outside. [] The bride sported
an elaborate ivory silk and net hat that you'd almost have expected to
get in the way of her drinking, and an extremely elegant hairstyle._
_It's not meant to be important what anyone else wore. [] Alison and
Steven arrived at their Jubilee Tavern reception to find many of the
guests already there getting confused about which pub meeting this was.
Unfeasible quantities of champagne were unloaded from the car. "Don't
forget you've got a daughter in there too!" yelled Friend of the Family
Sue Mason, evidently not for the first time. [] The late arrival of the
wedding party was blamed on the traditional excuse that the bride had
been editing the digital wedding photos; pint in one hand and laptop in
the other, Alison treated evening guests to a computerized presentation
of the festivities and floods they'd missed. We marvelled in equal
measure at the wonders of modern technology and the sight of Michael
Abbott in a tie.' (_Mark Plummer & Claire Brialey_)
THOG'S COPYEDITING MASTERCLASS. _Richard Bleiler_ remembers: `My all-time
horrible copyeditor story involves Gale: I did the piece on Thomas Burke
for the recently issued _Dictionary of Literary Biography 197_. One of
my original lines involved a story in which a girl's father rents her bed
to indigent seamen. The copyeditor changed bed to body....'
SOME HOPE. Millions of fans rushed me _Variety_'s report on the coming
US TV movie _Reaper_, featuring `a computer virus that produces images
that can kill anyone who sees them.' Now A.E.van Vogt turned a profit on
_Alien_'s pillaging of his `Discord in Scarlet', and I'm wondering
whether anyone remembers my own stories `Blit' (_Interzone 25_, 1988) and
`What Happened at Cambridge IV' (_Digital Dreams_, 1990)....
ICI ON PARLE RAMAN. _Joe McNally_ is at the cutting edge again: `Dropped
into Borders on Oxford Street this afternoon to check out their
"untranslated literature" section.... Fannish linguists will be glad to
hear that they sell Anne Rice and Arthur C.Clarke in the original
French.'
FANFUNDERY. _Joseph Nicholas_ bewailed early apathy about the 1999 GUFF
race to Aussiecon 3: `Is everyone so rich that they can afford to make
the trip at their own expense, and doubtless fuel their reception with
tureens of caviare and magnums of champagne?' Deadline extended to 30 Nov
1998. Candidates should send nominations (3 Euro, 2 Aussie), 100-word
platforms and #10 `bond' to Joseph, 15 Jansons Rd, S.Tottenham, London,
N15 4JU. _Stop Press:_ Julian Headlong and Paul Kincaid are standing,
nobly planning to nominate each other and do joint GUFF Profile-Raising.
[] DUFF: US candidates for a trip to that same Aussie Worldcon are Lise
Eisenberg, Janice Gelb and Andy Hooper. Ballots available in UK real soon
now, on request from _Ansible_.
OUTRAGED LETTERS ... _Richard Lynch_ disputes the universal obituary
listing of Leigh Couch as a member of First Fandom, which requires
visible fan activity before 1/1/38. Fanac from a girl of 12 (LC was born
in 1925) would arguably have been recorded in fan histories.... []
_Robert Newman_ listed all the ZZ9 people involved in that Neil Gaiman
TV debut (see above) and went on: `Criticism of _Archangel: Thunderbird_
is a criticism of members of ZZ9. We therefore declare a fatwah against
Joe McNally for calling it "sub-manga nonsense", even though that is
blatantly true and it is the biggest pile of wank I've ever seen.'
GROUP GROPES. _The Black Lodge_, Birmingham's sf/horror pub meeting, has
moved: 1st Tue each month at Old Contemptibles, Livery St (Snow Hill
Station side entrance), 8:30pm on. [SG] [] _London (Media) Group_, Sat
21 Nov from 10am, New Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden.
Thog's Masterclass. _Dept of True Romance in Author's Acknowledgements:_
`And two very special people, Richard and Kahlan, for choosing me to tell
their story. Their tears and triumphs have touched my heart. I will never
be the same again.' (Terry Goodkind, _Wizard's First Rule_, 1994) [CB]
[] `Her blond cheeks gradually turned to a darker color as the day --
unlike other days, which were often as slow as forever -- devoured
itself, digesting hours in great gulps.' (A.E.van Vogt, `Humans, Go
Home!', 1969) [JB] [] _Dept of Short Attention Spans:_ p10. `Pick ... was
a six-inch-high sylvan, a forest creature ... with body and limbs of
twigs and hair and beard of moss.' p28. `A second look suggested [Pick]
was a poorly designed child's doll made out of tree parts. He was a
sylvan, in fact, six inches high ...' (Terry Brooks, _A Knight of the
Word_, 1998) [PBe] [] _Dept of Detached Privates:_ `Some detached part
of him heard the click of two sets of teeth meeting after they cleaved
through skin, meat, veins and urethra.' (Simon Clark, _Vampyrric_, 1998)
[PB]
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ENDNOTES.
_News from Novacon._ Martin Tudor writes: `Novacon 28, having
announced in PR#3 that all of the Britannia's single rooms had gone,
are now delighted to announce that the Britannia have kindly allocated
the corner rooms on each floor (which have small double beds in) as
additional singles. This is at least 24 extra single rooms. Although
the deadline for bookings has officially passed (which means the Hotel
are now able to take bookings from the general public at their regular
price) Carol Morton will continue to process them until 7 November.
(After that it will be advisable to call the Britannia Hotel direct
and you have no guarantee of receiving the reduced rate!)'
A further Novacon hassle is that, as a Christmas treat, the police
have closed Birmingham's New Street to all traffic, 10am-10pm. Thus
the promised disabled parking bays are inaccessible and loading/
unloading activities must move to the Britannia Hotel's alternative
bay in Commercial St, `facing C&A and beside Lloyds Bank'.
_Fantasy Encyclopedia Web Site._ By special dispensation of John Clute
and John Grant, that whole mass of corrections, updates and addenda to
the 1997 _Encyclopedia of Fantasy_ can now be consulted on-line at
http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/SF-Archives/Misc/fec.html ...
Ansible 136 Copyright (c) Dave Langford, 1998. Thanks to Barbara
Barrett, Paul Barnett, Paul Beardsley, John Boston, Caroline Bott,
John Collick, Cuddles, Ahrvid Engholm, Steve Green, Marcus Rowland,
Geri Sullivan, Gordon Van Gelder and our Hero Distributors: Janice
Murray (NA), SCIS, Alan Stewart (Oz), and Martin Tudor (Brum Group).
5 Nov 98
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David Langford
>?Summer 00 [] CONSTRUCTION (conrunning), somewhere in UK.
Oops. That should be Summer 01.
By the way, people who prefer to read Ansible on the web site may be out of
luck this time -- the server has been refusing uploads today, and probably
won't be fixed before I leave for OryCon.
Dave
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Richard Brandt
>
> THOG'S COPYEDITING MASTERCLASS. _Richard Bleiler_ remembers: `My all-time
> horrible copyeditor story involves Gale: I did the piece on Thomas Burke
> for the recently issued _Dictionary of Literary Biography 197_. One of
> my original lines involved a story in which a girl's father rents her bed
> to indigent seamen. The copyeditor changed bed to body....'
Looking over that sentence, I have to say it could have been
worse...
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== Richard Brandt is at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8720/ ==
"I would have returned his greeting in a proper American fashion
except that I hadn't brought either a .357 Magnum or a chainsaw
with me. " -- Terry Hughes
Harry Payne
<ans...@cix.co.uk> writes
>
>ANSIBLE 136
>NOVEMBER 1998
>_Dept of Detached Privates:_ `Some detached part
>of him heard the click of two sets of teeth meeting after they cleaved
>through skin, meat, veins and urethra.' (Simon Clark, _Vampyrric_, 1998)
>[PB]
A rewrite of Mr. Orton's "Prick up your ears", perchance?
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Harry Payne