Ansible 142 [long]
David Langford
ANSIBLE 142
MAY 1999
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RECONVENE. The 50th British Eastercon, and the umpteenth in the Adelphi
Hotel, Liverpool, duly lumbered on its eldritch course (flower of
rhetoric copyright (c) H.P.Lovecraft) down the slipway. As usual the
Adelphi lounge promoted a languorous, sociable stupor, broken only by the
loud popping of male fans' eyes at the latest outfit worn by TAFF
delegate Vijay Bowen.... [] _Awards._ Chris Priest won the BSFA novel
award for _The Extremes_; BSFA short-fiction and art awards went to
Gwyneth Jones's `La Cenenterola' (_Interzone_ 136) and Jim Burns's _Lord
Prestimion_ cover. The new Richard Evans award is -- as explained by John
Clute in _A141_ -- for active authors whose commercial success hasn't
matched their critical acclaim: the panel's unanimous and popular choice
was M.John Harrison. Both the Paper Tiger art show award and the Ken
McIntyre award (formerly for fanzine art, now revived for `unpublished
artwork in Eastercon art show') went to Tom Abba. Doc Weir `fannish good
egg' award: 1/2r Cruttenden. All recipients except Gwyneth Jones were on
hand to accept in person. [] The con newsletter _Broadcasting Louse_,
writes Thog, was perhaps the most superbly brilliant ever, a triumph
ascribed to its policy of barring Langford from the newsroom. []
_Paragon_ in Blackpool -- see con list -- won the 2001 Eastercon biddung
with 114 votes; the recurring Isle of Sark spoof bid, Sarkasm, got 34.
[] For technical reasons I saw only bits of David B.Wake's multimedia
mega-production _Captain Tartan Saves the World ... Again_, but it wasn't
half ambitious -- with innovations unknown in traditional Dave Hicks/Mike
Siddall performances, such as rehearsals. [] Later, Pat Cadigan scattered
praise: `Having been to a number of British functions of various sorts,
I can assure everyone that there _is_ a Supreme Being in charge of the
universe, plus everything else. Her name is Chris Bell.' One exciting
Bellian exploit was the hasty metamorphosis of three room parties into
a single huge lobby-bar thrash, since the Adelphi bookings manager had
with great diplomatic skill placed a weary 74-year-old nonfan in a
bedroom at the epicentre of the Official Noisy Party Zone.
### FOR FEAR OF LITTLE MEN ###
PAT CADIGAN still uses the D-word: `I write to take serious issue with
Jane Johnson's statement [_A139_] about all writers being "a little bit
mad." I don't know who she's been having lunch with lately, but _I_, for
one, am _not_ "a little bit mad." _I_ am full tilt bonkers, and probably
dangerous as well. Hope this clears up any confusion. You dog.'
MICHAEL MOORCOCK and IAIN SINCLAIR speaking in concert were a sufficient
attraction to draw nearly 100 people (including such luminaries as Robert
P.Holdstock and Chris Evans) to the remote fastness of Dulwich library
on 25 Mar. Unfortunately, after a long embarrassing wait, a certain lack
of either Moorcock or Sinclair caused the meeting to disperse to the pub
-- pursued by a highly apologetic librarian.
ANDY OFFUTT had a heart attack on 16 Mar, followed by quadruple bypass
surgery on 19 Mar. A full recovery is expected. [K]
CHRIS PRIEST grumbles that his pseudonym John Luther Novak, used when
novelizing the new David Cronenberg sf-and-biological-yuck movie
_eXistenZ_, `has become one of the worst-kept secrets in publishing.'
Open the book and the very first sentence inside explains that JLN `is
the pen-name of award-winning novelist Christopher Priest.'
MICHAEL SWANWICK tries hard to be Cadiganesquely shameless: `I'm not
writing to mention the surprise 50th birthday pardon held here in
Philadelphia at the studio of Walters & Kissinger for artist Bob Walters,
arranged by Tess Kissinger and including a rakish mix of guests from the
worlds of art, science fiction, and paleontology. Not even to note that
in place of individual gifts, Tess solicited contributions toward a new
and enormously loud drum set, thus proving that love is not only blind
but deaf as well. No. Ruthless self-promoter that I am, I am writing to
alert the world that the Bob Walters cover of the upcoming _Asimov's_
(showing a group of unsuspecting yuppies about to be eaten by a
tyrannosaur, and illustrating one of my stories) features Your Humble
Correspondent in a cameo apperance. Bob invited Marianne and me to his
studio, posed me with a wine glass, and said, "Look fatuous!" I haven't
seen the final work, but when questioned, Bob said, "Marianne looks fine,
but you -- oh man!" and doubled over, helpless with laughter. So I can
only assume that I succeeded.' [6 Apr]
### CONSIES ###
9 May [] FANTASY FAIR, Cresset Exhibition Centre, Peterborough. 10:30am-
4pm. Contact Bruce King, 01480 216372.
20-24 May [] TRINITY (Eurocon), Dortmund, Germany. #33 reg, cheques to
`German Conventions'. Contact UK agent Mike Cheater at 42 Elm Grove,
Southsea, Hants, PO5 1JG. Trinity has had trouble with a German Christian
group who think sf fans are occultists and demanded -- with lawsuit
threats -- that the con change its `blasphemous' name.
26 May [] BSFA OPEN MEETING, Florence Nightingale pub, on York Rd/
Westminster Bridge Rd roundabout. 7pm on; fans present _c_5pm.
27 May - 24 Jun [] DON LAWRENCE exhibition, Gardner Arts Centre,
University of Sussex, Falmer. First major UK exhibition by the artist
best known to fans for the _Trigan Empire_ series in _Look and Learn_
long ago.
28-30 May [] SECCON, Hertfordpark Hotel, Stevenage. #23 reg _to 15 May_,
#27 at door. Contact c/o 92 Lichfield Rd, Cambridge, CB1 3TR.
4-6 Jun [] AVALON (_Trek_), Meadowside Centre, Burton upon Trent. #50
reg. Contact (SAE) 28 Yew Tree Rd, Hatton, Derby, DE65 5EX.
11 Jun [] BFS OPEN NIGHT, Princess Louise pub, High Holborn, WC1. 6pm on.
With launch and multiple signing for Pumpkin Books.
13-15 Aug [] WINCON V (Unicon), King Alfred's College, Winchester. Now
#28 reg, #18 supp, to rise again on 1 Jul. Contact 53 Havant Road, North
End, Portsmouth, Hants, PO2 7HH.
9-10 Oct [] OCTOCON X (Irish national con), Royal Marine Hotel, Dun
Laoghaire, Co.Dublin. _Now #18 reg_ to 31 Aug, #22 at door. Contact c/o
43 Eglinton Rd, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland; UK c/o 64 Richborne Tce,
London, SW8 1AX. +353 (0)1 2605204, fax 2694039.
5-7 Nov [] NOVACON 29, Britannia Hotel, New St, Birmingham. GoH Ian
Stewart. _Now #32 reg_; #35 at door. Contact 14 Park St, Lye,
Stourbridge, W.Midlands, DY9 8SS.
12-14 Nov [] ARMADACON 99, Copthorne Hotel, Plymouth. GoH Stephen Baxter,
Michael Sheard, Lionel Fanthorpe. _Now #27 reg_; #22 concessions or
#11/day. Contact PO Box 38, Plymouth, Devon.
21-24 Apr 00 [] 2KON (Eastercon), Central Hotel, Glasgow. #25 reg (#30
from 1 Dec), #20 unwaged, #15 supp/junior (8-15), infants (0-7) free.
Contact 30 Woodburn Terrace, St Andrews, KY16 8BA.
28 Apr - 1 May 00 [] AD 2000 (_Trek_), Palace Hotel, Manchester. Now #50
reg, rising to #55 in Jul. Contact (SAE) Sector 14 (AD 2000), PO Box
3870, Troon, Scotland, KA10 7PZ.
13-16 Apr 01 [] PARAGON (Eastercon), Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool.
GoH Michael Scott Rohan, Stephen Baxter, Lisanne Norman, Mark Plummer,
Claire Brialey. #25 reg, #15 supp, #12.50 junior (12-16), #5 child (5-
11), infants free. Contact 349 Myrtle Rd, Sheffield, S2 3HQ.
### INFINITELY IMPROBABLE ###
YET MORE AWARDS. _Philip K.Dick Award_ for original US pb: Geoff Ryman's
_253: The Print Remix_. [GVG] [] _Nebulas_ ... SHORT Bruce Holland
Rogers, `Thirteen Ways to Water' (_Black Cats and Broken Mirrors_).
NOVELETTE Jane Yolen, `Lost Girls' (_Realms of Fantasy_ 2/98). NOVELLA
Sheila Finch, `Reading the Bones' (_F&SF_ 1/98). NOVEL Joe Haldeman,
_Forever Peace_. AUTHOR EMERITUS Philip Klass (William Tenn). GRANDMASTER
Hal Clement. [SHS] SFWA's Ray Bradbury dramatic achievement award was
picked up by J.M.Straczynski for _Babylon 5_.
VIRUS ALERT. The cryptic appearance of `Michael Arthur C.Clarke' in
_Interzone_ 143's Ansible Link column (`I never wrote that!' --
D.Langford) indicates an outbreak of the dread Michael virus, triggered
by _IZ_ deadlines. Thought to be at risk are Michael Christopher Priest,
who spotted this, Michael Michael Swanwick and Iain Michael Banks.
RANDOM FANDOM. _Chris Bell_ on Reconvene: `I had a rather more fraught
time than last one or the one before, on account of the coach-party which
used their contract with the Adelphi to pre-empt 15 of our rooms for the
Saturday night. They didn't declare themselves until the Tuesday before
the con, which made it a tad difficult to do anything about it. Still,
Hero Fans slept in other people's rooms to make space for them, and I had
my basic faith in the thorough goodnature of the fan as a species very
much boosted.' [] _Ron Bennett_'s April heart bypass operation was
successful, but he subsequently had a stroke which partly paralysed his
left side. Intensive physiotherapy continues; Ron is reportedly fairly
cheerful but bored. He's in Ward 14 of Leeds General Infirmary. [TJ/KS]
[] _Alison Freebairn_, who is braver than me, is `travelling across
Europe in an aid convoy to Bosnia, Croatia and possibly Montenegro ...
going the hard way overland, taking medicine and clothes to Kosovar
refugees. It'll be grim but I'm hoping to link up with fannish types on
the way, for light relief and beer. It will be May/June, for 3 weeks.'
Fans sought in the above places and Austria, Slovenia, etc: contact 41
Kendal Rd, East Kilbride, G75 8QT; e-mail alison...@cableinet.co.uk.
[] _Steve Green_ broke his left wrist last weekend and may be slow to
answer letters or e-mail for 4-6 weeks. [] _Perry Middlemiss_, Aussiecon
chair, annnounced the birth of William Perry LeGarey Middlemiss on 3
April. `Both mother and son doing well.'
R.I.P. _Adolfo Bioy Casares_ (1914-1999), the Argentine author and
anthologist, died on 8 March aged 84. His work is very highly admired in
Argentina, though his reputation outside was overshadowed by that of
long-time friend and collaborator Jorge Luis Borges. [] _John Broome_,
writer of the early _Green Lantern_ comics, died in April aged 85. He had
retired from comics in 1970. [RH] [] _Carl Johan Holzhausen_ (1900-1999),
notable Swedish sf/fantasy author and translator, died in March aged 99.
Embarrassingly, various sources including Sam J.Lundwall's bibliography
of Swedish sf and the _SF Encyclopedia_ addenda had in recent years
anticipated this by listing Holzhausen as dying in 1989. [JHH] [] _Oliver
Reed_ the well-known actor died on 2 May aged 61. Some of his genre
movies made it into the SF and Fantasy Encyclopedias: _The Curse of the
Werewolf_ (1961), _The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll_ (1960); _The Damned_
(1961), _The Devils_ (1971), _Z.P.G._ (1971), _The Brood_ (1979), _Dr
Heckyl and Mr Hype_ (1980), _Adventures of Baron Munchausen_ (1989), _The
House of Usher_ (1989), and _The Pit and the Pendulum_ (1990).
FANFUNDERY. _Paul Kincaid_ is the new GUFF winner after a close-run race,
and thus will travel to the Aussie Worldcon in Melbourne. First-round
voting, Europe/Australasia/total: Steve Davies 29/2/31, Julian Headlong
20/6/26, Paul Kincaid 20/7/27, No Preference 2/0/2, Hold Over Funds 0.
Second round, redistributing JH votes: SD 38/3/41, PK 31/12/43. Total
votes 71/15/86. [JN] [] DUFF. _Janice Gelb_ was the clear first-round
winner and will likewise travel to Aussiecon. Voting, NA/Australasia/
total: Lise Eisenberg 58/9/67, Janice 154/15/169, Andy Hooper 76/6/82,
No Preference 7/0/7, Hold Over Funds 2/0/2, Write-in 1. Total votes
298/31/329. [JM] [] AULD LANG FUND. _Dave Langford_ overcame stiff
opposition from write-ins (No Award, Hold Over Funds, The Door, etc) and
was boggled that this one-off did indeed raise more or less enough for
a flight to Australia, now duly booked. Huge thanks to organizers Marc
Ortlieb and John & Eve Harvey, and all contributors. Now Aussiecon shall
know the meaning of fear, i.e. the Live Thog Hour. [] ELECTRICAL EGGS UK.
_Cuddles_ sends thanks to all for the #70 raised at Reconvene via sales
and raffle tickets. More t-shirts now in from USA: enquiries F1/2, 10
Atlas Rd, Springburn, Glasgow, G21 4TE.
OUTRAGED LETTERS ... _Greg Frost_ reveals all: `Regarding Simon Green's
comments about Whitley, the aliens, and the proctological exams of lore,
it has recently been proposed that the alien ships in fact run on
methane, and they aren't remotely interested in the human posterior; they
are simply refueling.' [] _Simon R.Green_ on the world of comics: `Peter
David's latest villains are a Kali-worshipping cult that are trying to
influence young children's minds through TV. The name of their programme:
TeleThuggies.' [] _Harry Harrison_ footnotes an _A138_ obit: `Joe Orlando
started as Wally Wood's assistant, became an adept Wood-style artist.
Worked with Harvey Kirtzman on the parody of _Little Orphan Annie_ called
_Little Annie Fanny_; I think it was in _Playboy_. Saw him last in NY
when he was one of the editors of _Mad_. They all hated me there because
I told the True Story of EC comics to a comic fanzine. Joe whispered to
me that I was right.' [] _Richard Newsome_ debunks the anti-sf Falwell
rant (_A141_): `After this quote was circulated at Lunacon I went to the
public library and checked their complete file of _Reader's Digest_ --
there is no such article and no such quote by Falwell in that or any
other issue. [...] This hoax had its origin in atheist circles, where it
has been posted on websites and circulated in e-mail for years.' Alas.
SMALL PRESS. _Ken Cheslin_ is at it again, this time assembling an `Atom
2000' anthology; he asks fans to send copies of Atom cartoons for
inclusion. 29 Kestrel Rd, Halesowen, W.Midlands, B63 2PH.
FAAN AWARDS. FANZINE _Outworlds_. WRITER Ted White. ARTIST Ian Gunn.
LETTER HACK Harry Warner Jr. NEW FAN Karen Johnson. [AH]
C.O.A. _British SF Association_ enquiries, 1 Long Row Close, Everdon,
Daventry, NN11 3BE. _Carpe Noctem_ & _Bleeding Edge_ mags, 1093 E Main
St #518, El Cajon, CA 92021, USA. _Tommy Ferguson_, Flat 4, 10 Arundel
St, Nottingham, NG7 1NL. _Kim Whysall & Tony Hammond_ (from 11 May), 33
Meyrick Dr, Wash Common, Newbury, Berks, RG14 6SY.
HUGO NOMINATIONS. NOVEL (332 ballots cast) _Children of God_, Mary Doria
Russell; _Factoring Humanity_, Robert J.Sawyer; _Distraction_, Bruce
Sterling; _To Say Nothing of the Dog_, Connie Willis; _Darwinia_, Robert
Charles Wilson. [] NOVELLA (187) `Aurora in Four Voices', Catherine Asaro
(_Analog_ 12/98); `Get Me to the Church On Time', Terry Bisson
(_Asimov's_ 5/98); `Story of Your Life', Ted Chiang (_Starlight 2_);
`Oceanic', Greg Egan (_Asimov's_ 8/98); `The Summer Isles', Ian R.MacLeod
(_Asimov's_ 10/98). [] NOVELETTE (222) `The Planck Dive', Greg Egan
(_Asimov's_ 2/98); `Time Gypsy', Ellen Klages (_Bending the Landscape_);
`Steamship Soldier on the Information Front', Nancy Kress (_Future
Histories_; _Asimov's_ 4/98); `Echea', Kristine Kathryn Rusch (_Asimov's_
7/98); `Zwarte Piet's Tale', Allen Steele (_Analog_ 12/98); `Taklamakan',
Bruce Sterling (_Asimov's_ 10/98); `Divided by Infinity', Robert Charles
Wilson (_Starlight 2_). [] SHORT STORY (240) `Cosmic Corkscrew', Michael
A.Burstein (_Analog_ 7/98); `Whiptail', Robert Reed (_Asimov's_ 10/98);
`Maneki Neko', Bruce Sterling (_F&SF_ 5/98); `Radiant Doors', Michael
Swanwick (_Asimov's_ 9/98); `The Very Pulse of the Machine', Michael
Swanwick (_Asimov's_ 2/98); `Wild Minds', Michael Swanwick (_Asimov's_
5/98). (_Swanwick Speaks:_ `For once I am pretty much guaranteed to have
a story rank higher than fifth place in the voting. A modest
accomplishment, perhaps, but mine own.') [] RELATED BOOK (159) _Science-
Fiction: The Gernsback Years_, Everett F.Bleiler; _Hugo, Nebula & World
Fantasy Awards_, Howard DeVore; _The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of_, Thomas
M.Disch; _Spectrum 5_, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds.; _The Works of
Jack Williamson_, Richard A.Hauptmann. [] DRAMATIC (261) _Babylon 5_:
`Sleeping in Light', _Dark City_, _Pleasantville_, _Star Trek:
Insurrection_, _The Truman Show_. [] EDITOR (244) Gardner Dozois, Scott
Edelman, David G.Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Stanley Schmidt,
Gordon Van Gelder. [] ARTIST (214) Jim Burns, Bob Eggleton, Donato
Giancola, Don Maitz, Nick Stathopoulos, Michael Whelan. [] SEMIPROZINE
(214) _Interzone_, _Locus_, _The New York Review of SF_, _SF Chronicle_,
_Speculations_. [] FANZINE (208) _Ansible_, _File 770_, _Mimosa_,
_Plokta_, _Tangent_, _Thyme_. [] FAN WRITER (199) Bob Devney, Mike Glyer,
Dave Langford, Evelyn C.Leeper, Maureen Kincaid Speller. [] FAN ARTIST
(174) Freddie Baer, Brad Foster, Ian Gunn, Teddy Harvia, Joe Mayhew,
D.West. JOHN W.CAMPBELL AWARD (180) Kage Baker, Julie E.Czerneda, Nalo
Hopkinson, Susan R.Matthews, James Van Pelt. 425 ballots cast; ties led
to 6 or 7 nominees in some categories. Marc Ortlieb counts just 6
Australian contenders: Greg Egan (twice), _Dark City_, Nick Stathopolous,
_Thyme_ and Ian Gunn.
GROUP GROPES. Reading 9pm-Mon pub meets are on the move again in May:
10th, Brewery Tap, Castle St; 17th, Sun, Castle St; 24th, Hook & Tackle,
Katesgrove Lane; 31st (TBC) Old Society, Friar St.
LIBERTY OR LICENCE? In a simple yet profoundly silly ceremony after my
talk at Reconvene, Cheryl Morgan and Kevin Standlee presented _Ansible_
with a Californian car licence plate bearing the word ANSIBLE. This came
`From The Automobile of Galen A.Tripp'. Er, thanks to all....
SIDEWISE AWARDS for alternate history, 1999 shortlist ... LONG Greg Bear,
_Dinosaur Summer_; Stephen Fry, _Making History_; Pamela Sargent, _Climb
the Wind_. SHORT (<60,000 words) Stephen Baxter & Arthur C. Clarke, `The
Wire Continuum' (_Playboy_ 1/98); Ian R.MacLeod, `The Summer Isles'
(_Asimov's_ 10/98); Robert Silverberg, `Waiting for the End' (_Asimov's_
10/98); Howard Waldrop, `US' (_Event Horizon_). [SHS]
THOG'S MASTERCLASS. `In her new, improved mood, Thea didn't even mind the
unfortunate presence of Glenda Rossner and the heat-seeking missile that
passed for Glenda's mouth.' ... `Biederman also knew how to avoid hanging
himself with his own tongue.' ... `Now, every time she checked, the
answering machine was flashing like a festering boil.' ... `Thea's
stomach fisted.' (all Judith Kelman, _One Last Kiss_, 1994) [PB] []
`Serpents. Nightmare apparitions of gelatinous flesh that hardened on the
instant to steel-cable sinew and muscle. Serpentine forms of protoplasm
that ripped and tore with tentacular pseudopods as they streaked like
lightning through the air, frightful jaws agape for prey. Serpents that
were neither reptile, animal nor insect, but giant amoebae evolved to
giant size and appalling activity.' (Frank Edward Arnold, `The Twilight
People' in _Wings Across Time_, 1946) [BA]
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ENDNOTES.
_Post-Worldcon Fun._ Robin Johnson wants fans to know: `I am planning
a 5-day tour of Tasmania for Sept 7-12 (the Tuesday to Sunday
following the Worldcon). The details are on the Web at:
http://www.southcom.com.au/~robinjohnson/thylacon3' ... and RJ is
reachable at robinj...@southcom.com.au when he gets back from his
current British trip.
_Reconvene_ sends its utterly thrilling list of lost (or rather,
found) property. Roger Burton West says: `Anyone who wants to claim
something should mail mych...@firedrake.demon.co.uk or write to 3
West Shrubbery, Redland, Bristol, BS6 6SZ.'
* One red cuddly dinosaur
* One tupperware-style round box
* One pair black high-heeled pumps
* One pair prescription spectacles
* One small brown plastic hair-grip
* One black comb with outsize teeth
* Books by:
+ Jack L. Chalker
+ John Wyndham
+ Ian Fleming
+ M. Jay Livingstone
+ Laura Waring
+ Denis Schmidt (three volumes)
+ Arthur C Clarke
+ Peter F Hamilton
* One game CD, Krondor. Enough said.
Ansible 142 Copyright (c) Dave Langford, 1999. Thanks to Brian
Ameringen, Paul Barnett, Rob Hansen, John-Henri Holmberg, Andy Hooper,
Terry Jeeves, Kronos, Janice Murray, Joseph Nicholas, Patrick Nielsen
Hayden, Steven H.Silver, Ken Slater, Gordon Van Gelder, and Hero
Distributors: Janice Murray (NA), SCIS, Alan Stewart (Oz), Brum Group
News.
6 May 99
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David Langford
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David Langford
>_Paragon_ in Blackpool -- see con list -- won the 2001 Eastercon biddung
>with 114 votes; the recurring Isle of Sark spoof bid, Sarkasm, got 34.
I only wish I could add that the nonce-word "biddung" wittily describes a
major shit-flinging campaign between the named bids, rather than being
(hangs head in shame) a typo.
Daev
David Langford
>13-16 Apr 01 [] PARAGON (Eastercon), Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool.
>GoH Michael Scott Rohan, Stephen Baxter, Lisanne Norman, Mark Plummer,
>Claire Brialey. #25 reg, #15 supp, #12.50 junior (12-16), #5 child (5-
>11), infants free. Contact 349 Myrtle Rd, Sheffield, S2 3HQ.
Ouch. This may not have been my own typo, but anyway the street address is
379 Myrtle Rd.
Dave
Ray Radlein
>
> ANSIBLE 142
> MAY 1999
>
> _Harry Harrison_ footnotes an _A138_ obit: `Joe Orlando started as
> Wally Wood's assistant, became an adept Wood-style artist. Worked with
> Harvey Kirtzman on the parody of _Little Orphan Annie_ called _Little
"Kurtzman."
- Ray R.
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David Langford
wrote:
>David Langford wrote:
>>
>> ANSIBLE 142
>> MAY 1999
>>
>> _Harry Harrison_ footnotes an _A138_ obit: `Joe Orlando started as
>> Wally Wood's assistant, became an adept Wood-style artist. Worked with
>> Harvey Kirtzman on the parody of _Little Orphan Annie_ called _Little
> ^^^^^^^^
>
>"Kurtzman."
Harry (and the magic of cut-and-paste) can take the credit for that one.
Others have e-mailed with merry gibes at the similarly incorporated typpong
of Michael Sawniwck. This does seem to be the special typo issue of
Ansible, doesn't it?
Dave
Martin Wisse
>
>ANSIBLE 142
>MAY 1999
>
>From DAVE LANGFORD, 94 London Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5AU, UK. Fax
>0118 966 9914. ISSN 0265-9816. E-mail ans...@cix.co.uk. Cartoon: JOE
>MAYHEW. Available for SAE or mun mun-mun, mun-mun mun (mun).
>27 May - 24 Jun [] DON LAWRENCE exhibition, Gardner Arts Centre,
>University of Sussex, Falmer. First major UK exhibition by the artist
>best known to fans for the _Trigan Empire_ series in _Look and Learn_
>long ago.
But better known on the continent for his Vance-like Storm series, set on a
far future earth. With the added advantage of good scripts, something the
_Trigan Empire_ series lacked.
Martin Wisse
Karen J.
> ANSIBLE 142
> MAY 1999
> FANFUNDERY. _Paul Kincaid_ is the new GUFF winner after a close-run race,
> and thus will travel to the Aussie Worldcon in Melbourne. First-round
> voting, Europe/Australasia/total: Steve Davies 29/2/31, Julian Headlong
> 20/6/26, Paul Kincaid 20/7/27, No Preference 2/0/2, Hold Over Funds 0.
> Second round, redistributing JH votes: SD 38/3/41, PK 31/12/43. Total
> votes 71/15/86. [JN] [] DUFF. _Janice Gelb_ was the clear first-round
> winner and will likewise travel to Aussiecon. Voting, NA/Australasia/
> total: Lise Eisenberg 58/9/67, Janice 154/15/169, Andy Hooper 76/6/82,
> No Preference 7/0/7, Hold Over Funds 2/0/2, Write-in 1. Total votes
> 298/31/329. [JM] [] AULD LANG FUND. _Dave Langford_ overcame stiff
> opposition from write-ins (No Award, Hold Over Funds, The Door, etc) and
> was boggled that this one-off did indeed raise more or less enough for
> a flight to Australia, now duly booked. Huge thanks to organizers Marc
> Ortlieb and John & Eve Harvey, and all contributors. Now Aussiecon shall
> know the meaning of fear, i.e. the Live Thog Hour. [] ELECTRICAL EGGS UK.
> _Cuddles_ sends thanks to all for the #70 raised at Reconvene via sales
> and raffle tickets. More t-shirts now in from USA: enquiries F1/2, 10
> Atlas Rd, Springburn, Glasgow, G21 4TE.
Congratulations award winners. We'll be ready for you ... (I'm not going to
say WHAT we'll have ready for you. Tremble in fear. )
> FAAN AWARDS. FANZINE _Outworlds_. WRITER Ted White. ARTIST Ian Gunn.
> LETTER HACK Harry Warner Jr. NEW FAN Karen Johnson. [AH
Hee hee! I get to see my name in print! (I'm allowed to be pleased, aren't I?
It's the first time after all.)
This seems like an appropriate time to introduce myself. I've just managed to
get hooked up to the internet and into these Newsgroup things. Mind if I
come out and play? I'll try not to make any terrible gaffes.
Karen J.
Vicki Rosenzweig
wrote:
>David Langford wrote:
>
>> ANSIBLE 142
>> MAY 1999
>
>> FANFUNDERY. _Paul Kincaid_ is the new GUFF winner after a close-run race,
>> and thus will travel to the Aussie Worldcon in Melbourne. First-round
>> voting, Europe/Australasia/total: Steve Davies 29/2/31, Julian Headlong
>> 20/6/26, Paul Kincaid 20/7/27, No Preference 2/0/2, Hold Over Funds 0.
>> Second round, redistributing JH votes: SD 38/3/41, PK 31/12/43. Total
>> votes 71/15/86. [JN] [] DUFF. _Janice Gelb_ was the clear first-round
>> winner and will likewise travel to Aussiecon. Voting, NA/Australasia/
>> total: Lise Eisenberg 58/9/67, Janice 154/15/169, Andy Hooper 76/6/82,
>> No Preference 7/0/7, Hold Over Funds 2/0/2, Write-in 1. Total votes
>> 298/31/329. [JM] [] AULD LANG FUND. _Dave Langford_ overcame stiff
>> opposition from write-ins (No Award, Hold Over Funds, The Door, etc) and
>> was boggled that this one-off did indeed raise more or less enough for
>> a flight to Australia, now duly booked. Huge thanks to organizers Marc
>> Ortlieb and John & Eve Harvey, and all contributors. Now Aussiecon shall
>> know the meaning of fear, i.e. the Live Thog Hour. [] ELECTRICAL EGGS UK.
>> _Cuddles_ sends thanks to all for the #70 raised at Reconvene via sales
>> and raffle tickets. More t-shirts now in from USA: enquiries F1/2, 10
>> Atlas Rd, Springburn, Glasgow, G21 4TE.
>
>Congratulations award winners. We'll be ready for you ... (I'm not going to
>say WHAT we'll have ready for you. Tremble in fear. )
>
>> FAAN AWARDS. FANZINE _Outworlds_. WRITER Ted White. ARTIST Ian Gunn.
>> LETTER HACK Harry Warner Jr. NEW FAN Karen Johnson. [AH
>
>Hee hee! I get to see my name in print! (I'm allowed to be pleased, aren't I?
>It's the first time after all.)
>
>This seems like an appropriate time to introduce myself. I've just managed to
>get hooked up to the internet and into these Newsgroup things. Mind if I
>come out and play? I'll try not to make any terrible gaffes.
>
>Karen J.
Welcome!
You seem to be doing just fine. Make yourself at home.
(FAQ is pointed to below, but it's more amusing than useful.)
--
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r.a.sf.f faq at http://www.users.interport.net/~vr/rassef-faq.html
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David Goldfarb
David Langford <ans...@cix.co.uk> wrote:
)_Simon R.Green_ on the world of comics: `Peter
)David's latest villains are a Kali-worshipping cult that are trying to
)influence young children's minds through TV. The name of their programme:
)TeleThuggies.'
I fear that this is inaccurate. While the insidious TV program of the
Kali cult *is* clearly a takeoff on "Teletubbies", the name does not
stray so close to trademark violation -- it's "Hugga-Tugga-Thuggees".
(Anyone interested in actually reading the story is directed to DC Comics'
_Young Justice_, issues 9 and 10.)
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Rachael M. Lininger
On Tue, 11 May 1999, Vicki Rosenzweig wrote:
>On Mon, 10 May 1999 16:10:27 +1000, "Karen J." <kare...@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>>Hee hee! I get to see my name in print! (I'm allowed to be pleased, aren't I?
>>It's the first time after all.)
>>
>>This seems like an appropriate time to introduce myself. I've just managed to
>>get hooked up to the internet and into these Newsgroup things. Mind if I
>>come out and play? I'll try not to make any terrible gaffes.
>>
>Welcome!
>
>You seem to be doing just fine. Make yourself at home.
>(FAQ is pointed to below, but it's more amusing than useful.)
Vicki, if it weren't amusing, it wouldn't be at all useful.
Rachael
--
Rachael M. Lininger | "Some causes of angst have not worn well."
lininger@ |
virtu.sar.usf.edu | Dr. A. McA. Miller
Gary Farber
[. . .]
: Hee hee! I get to see my name in print! (I'm allowed to be pleased, aren't I?
: It's the first time after all.)
Absolutely. You should be pleased as punch, and enjoy it all out, as much
as possible. It's Good to enjoy The First Time as much as poosible.
: This seems like an appropriate time to introduce myself. I've just managed to
: get hooked up to the internet and into these Newsgroup things. Mind if I
: come out and play? I'll try not to make any terrible gaffes.
Come play. Er, could you give yourself a number or middle initial,
though? I'm not sure if you're Karen Johnson number four, or five, or
seven, or which, in fandom. Er, you weren't married to Fred Haskell, I'm
sure, and probably aren't even from Minneapolis at all, where something
like three already established Karen Johnsons in fandom are from, right?
Play and enjoy.
Say, have you met "Michael Walsh" or "John Berry"? :-)
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