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ANSIBLE(R) 399
OCTOBER 2020 

From DAVID LANGFORD, 94 London Road, Reading, Berks, RG1 5AU, UK. Website news.ansible.uk. ISSN 0265-9816 (print); 1740-942X (e). Available for SAE or despicable secrets whispered by masked heresiarchs.

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### THE TWELVE FIGURES OF THE WORLD ###

JOHN CLUTE celebrated his eightieth birthday on 12 September, and as a special treat did not write any _SF Encyclopedia_ entries that day.

JENNY COLGAN, author in various genres, revealed one of the pitfalls of _Doctor Who_ novelizations: '... there is a very strict list of things you're not allowed to do. For Matt Smith's Doctor I wrote a scene where he pulled off his shoes and trousers, and it came back with: "The Doctor does not remove his trousers."' (_i_, 12 September) What, _never_?

MARK HAMILL tweeted: 'That debate was the worst thing I've ever seen & I was in The Star Wars Holiday Special.' (Twitter, 30 September)

HOWARD V. HENDRIX, a volunteer firefighter as well as an sf author, sadly lost his home in Pine Ridge, California, to the Creek Fire in mid-September. (_San Francisco Chronicle_, 15 September) [PN]

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN's failure to get planning permission for a 'medieval' castle on his Santa Fe property had substantial UK newspaper coverage. (_i_, 12 September) Intended to house a great many books and collectibles, with 'a roof deck and a lift tower', this edifice would have been four feet higher than allowed by local building regulations. Whether the specs included resistance to dragon fire is not known.

RHIANNA PRATCHETT noticed a subtle omission in an Instagram post by Simon Allen thanking many people involved with his new production: 'This is the show-runner of _The Watch_, failing to thank MY FATHER. This should tell you everything you need to know.' (Twitter, 14 September)

DAVID REDD reports on the 'Welsh Book of the Year 2020 (Welsh-language section). The steampunk novel _Babel_ by Ifan Morgan Jones was an unusual triple winner, collecting the main prize, the fiction award and the people's choice. The book features a crusading female journalist amid Victorian heavy industry and heavy crime, and being Welsh includes airships to Patagonia. (Steampunk is so new to Welsh that the author had to create the equivalent term himself, rather neatly as "agerstalwm".)' (4 September)


### CONSUBSISTENCY ###

ONLINE. 1 Oct [] VIRTUAL FIRST THURSDAY, 6-10pm, replacing the usual London pub meeting. See tinyurl.com/uow6hqn.

ONLINE. 2-4 Oct [] FUTURICON (Rikon/Eurocon); original venue was Rijeka, Croatia. Euro10 reg; Euro5 supp; under-14s free. See futuricon.eu.

ONLINE. 7-11 Oct [] GRIMMFEST (horror/cult films); original venue was Odeon Manchester Great Northern. See grimmfest.com.

ONLINE. 9-11 Oct [] LAKES INTERNATIONAL COMIC ART FESTIVAL, Kendal, Cumbria. Free virtual event. See www.comicartfestival.com.

CANCELLED. 10-11 Oct [] SURREY STEAMPUNK CONVIVIAL, Epsom. More at bumpandthumper.wixsite.com/steampunkconvivials.

ONLINE. 16-18 Oct [] THE INEFFABLE CON 2 (_Good Omens_). Guests include Neil Gaiman, Rob Wilkins. GBP25 reg. See theineffablecon.org.uk.

SOLD OUT. 22-25 Oct [] CELLULOID SCREAMS (horror films), Showroom Cinema, Sheffield. GBP90 reg. Still on, 'with reduced capacity and social distancing measures in place'. See celluloidscreams.co.uk.

22 Oct - 1 Nov [] EDINBURGH HORROR FESTIVAL, now 'to be about 95% digital' but including 'a socially distanced walking tour and access to the Edinburgh Dungeon combo'. See www.edhorrorfest.co.uk.

ONLINE. 22-25 Oct [] FRIGHTFEST (film); was to be held at Cineworld, Leicester Square, London. See www.frightfest.co.uk/filmsevents.html.

CANCELLED? 2-8 Nov [] TALOS IV: SF Theatre Festival of London, The Cockpit, London. _No longer visible in the Cockpit theatre events list._

POSTPONED AGAIN. 6-8 Nov [] DEAD BY DAWN (horror film festival), Filmhouse Cinema One, 88 Lothian Rd, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZ. _New dates 22-25 April 2021._ Tickets GBP80 from www.deadbydawn.co.uk.

CANCELLED. 13-15 Nov [] DESTINATION STAR TREK, ExCel, London. _Next event 12-14 November 2021._ See destinationstartrek.com.

ONLINE. 14-15 Nov [] PUNCTUATION, UK, via Discord, Zoom and other platforms. GBP5 reg: see punctuationcon.uk. Bring your own semicolons.

CANCELLED. 5-6 Dec [] FOR THE LOVE OF SCI-FI (comics), BEC Arena, Manchester. _Next event 4-5 December 2021._ See fortheloveofsci-fi.com.

CANCELLED. 5-7 Feb 2021 [] LONG PLAY, '33 (and 1/3)rd UK Filk Convention', Grantham. Details awaited at www.contabile.org.uk. [RR]

RUMBLINGS. _Whitby Goth Weekend_ for October is cancelled: see www.whitbygothweekend.co.uk. Hoped 2021 dates are 23-25 April and 29-31 October.
     _Into the Unknown: A Journey through SF_, the London Barbican exhibition (see _A359_) that visited Athens, Odense and Rotterdam, has ceased touring for pandemic reasons. [BT]
     _Lawless_, the UK comics con, feels it's 'not looking bright for May 2021' and may postpone to 2022. (Facebook, 8 September)
     _Sci-Fi London_ still expects to run 'sometime in 2020' according to sci-fi-london.com, but I doubt it.


### INFINITELY IMPROBABLE ###

THE CRITICAL HERITAGE. A review of Stephen Baxter's latest _World Engines_ novel casts a new light on the sf concept of the multiverse which may surprise Michael Moorcock. Its multiversal recommendations sidebar includes: '_The Number of the Beast._ Robert A. Heinlein's is the first and best in this genre.' (Sally Adee, _New Scientist_, 22 August) [PDF]

AS OTHERS SEE US. On B. Johnson's Operation Moonshot: 'But some public health officials are dubious. Some say the plan is not a moonshot, but a Jules Verne fantasy.' (_Washington Post_, 13 September) [MMW]

AWARDS. _American Book Award_ winners include _The Memory Police_ by Yoko Ogawa. [L]
     _Arthur C. Clarke:_ _The Old Drift_ by Namwali Serpell.
     _Ditmar_ (Australia) best novel: _The Year of the Fruit Cake_ by Gillian Polack.
     _Dwarf Stars_ (short poems): 'Standing Up' by John C. Mannone (_Nadwah: Poetry in Translation_, 12/19)
     _Elgin_ (poetry collection): _Soft Science_ by Franny Choi. CHAPBOOK _The Book of Fly_ by John Philip Johnson. [F770]
     _National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters:_ Walter Mosley.
     _Norma K. Hemming_ (Australia): LONG (tie) _From Here On, Monsters_ by Elizabeth Bryer; _Ghost Bird_ by Lisa Fuller. SHORT _Winter's Tale_ by Nike Sulway & Shauna O'Meara.
     _Primetime Emmy:_ 'best limited series' was _Watchmen_, with several other wins.
     _SF Poetry Association:_ LONG 'Which is Which' by F.J. Bergmann. SHORT 'Skylarking' by F.J. Bergmann. DWARF 'Where Do We Go From Here?' by Ojo Taiye
     _Sidewise_ (alt-history): awards for 2019 work will be presented at the 2021 Worldcon together with those for 2020.

IA! IA! ACADEMIA! 'Inhabiting the Chthulucene: Forging Tentacular Intimacies at the End of the World' (_Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment_, Autumn 2019) says and indeed gibbers it all. [PE]

PUBLISHERS AND SINNERS. Eagle-eyed fans complained that the cover art for Gollancz's new audiobooks of Anne McCaffrey's Pern series used some inappropriate dragon silhouettes, including Smaug and the dragon from _Shrek_. These were soon traced to a Shutterstock clip-art package which presumably costs money. Gollancz: 'We apologise for the use of copyright images in our recent PERN covers. These were provided by a 3rd party and we've informed them they're hosting copyright material. We'll be redesigning them and thanks to everyone who raised this. The incorrect ones will soon be sent _between_'. (Twitter, 2 September)

AS OTHERS SAVOUR US. 'Ridley Scott and sci-fi go together like peanut butter and jelly.' (Forbes.com, 2 September) [MMW]

R.I.P. _Sei Ashina_ (1983-2020), Japanese actress in the superhero series _Kamen Rider Hibiki_ (2005) and the film _Nanase: The Psychic Wanderers_ (2010), committed suicide on 14 September; she was 36. [AIP]
     _Michael Bernander_ (1959-2020), Swedish fan who in the 1980s co-edited the noted sercon fanzine _Zimeria_, died on 1 September aged 61. [J-HH]
     _Althea Braithwaite_ (1940-2020), UK author, illustrator and publisher best known for'Desmond the Dinosaur' children's books such as _Desmond and the Monsters_ (1975) -- some adapted for tv -- died on 27 August aged 80. [AIP]
     _Kevin Burns_ (1955-2020), US producer of many genre-related documentaries and the rebooted _Lost in Space_ (2018-2019), died on 27 September aged 65. [DKMK]
     _Bart Bush_, US comics fan, collector, con-runner (OAFcon), publisher of fanzines including the 1970s _Comic Detective_ and compiler of _The Art of Lou Fine_ #4 (1987), died in early September. [PDF]
     _Michael Chapman_ (1935-2020), US cinematographer for _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ (1978), _The Man with Two Brains_ (1983), _The Lost Boys_ (1987) , _Scrooged_ (1988), _Ghostbusters II_ (1989), _Evolution_ (2001) and others, died on 20 September aged 84; director credits include _Annihilator_ (1986) and _The Clan of the Cave Bear_ (1986). [SJ]
     _Ron Cobb_ (1937-2020), US-born (though long resident in Australia) cartoonist, animator and film designer who worked on _Dark Star_ (1974), _Star Wars_ (1977), _Alien_ (1979), _Back to the Future_ (1985), _Total Recall_ (1990) and others, died on 21 September aged 83. [PDF]
     _Mac Davis_ (1942-2020), US composer/songwriter with genre film credits for _Next_ (2007) and _Passengers_ (2016), died on 29 September aged 78. [A-TC]
     _Bob Fujitani_ (1921-2020), US comics artist of Japanese/Irish descent whose career ran from 1940 to the 2000s and included a long stint on _Flash Gordon_, died on 6 September aged 98. [PDF]
     _Terry Goodkind_ (1948-2020), bestselling US author of the lengthy 'Sword of Truth' epic-fantasy sequence that began with _Wizard's First Rule_ (1994), died on 17 September aged 72. [AIP]
     _Ronald Harwood_ (1934-2020), South African playwright and screenwriter who scripted a dozen episodes of Roald Dahl's _Tales of the Unexpected_ (1979-1981), died on 8 September aged 85. [SJ]
     _Jim Janes_, US comics artist whose many credits since 1972 include DC's _House of Mystery_ and _Legion of Super-Heroes_, and the animated _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_ (1988), died in early September. [PDF]
     _Randall Kenan_ (1963-2020), US author who used supernatural themes ambiguously in _A Visitation of Spirits_ (1989) and overtly in his collection _Let the Dead Bury Their Dead_ (1993), died on 28 August aged 57. [AIP]
     _Shiro Kishibe_ (1949-2020), Japanese actor who played Sandy in the tv series _Monkey_ (1978-1980), died on 28 August aged 71.
     _Stevie Lee_, US wrestler (as Puppet the Psycho Dwarf) and actor in _American Horror Story_ (various iterations), _Oz the Great and Powerful_ (2013) and _The True Tale of Ole Splitfoot vs. The Lesbian Warrior Nuns of the Great White North_ (forthcoming), died on 9 September aged 54. [AIP]
     _Michael Lonsdale_ (1931-2020), Anglo-French actor whose films include _Hibernatus_ (1969), _Moonraker_ (1979, as Bond villain Sir Hugo Drax), _Chronopolis_ (1982) and _Kaena: The Prophecy_ (2003), died on 21 September aged 89. [MMW]
     _Sam McBratney_ (1943-2020), Northern Irish author whose works -- mostly for younger readers -- include the sf novel _The Final Correction_ (1978) and the supernatural _The Ghosts of Hungryhouse Lane_ (1988), died on 18 September aged 77. [AIP]
     _Sue Nichols Maciorowski_ (1965-2020), US animation visual development and story artist best known for her work on Disney films from _Beauty and the Beast_ (1991) and _Aladdin_ (1992) to _Moana_ (2016), died on 1 September aged 55. [F770]
     _John J. Myers_ (1941-2020), former archbishop of Newark who collaborated with his lifelong friend Gary K. Wolf on a 2006 sf story (pseudonymously) and the 2008 novel _Space Vulture_, died on 24 September aged 79. [SHS]
     _Ernie F. Orsatti_ (1940-2020), US stuntman and stunt co-ordinator whose films include _The Swarm_ (1978), _The Entity_ (1982), _Phantasm II_ (1988), _Tremors II: Aftershocks_ (1996) and _Doctor Dolittle_ (1998), died on 12 September aged 80. [AIP]
     _Helen Reddy_ (1941-2020), Australian singer and actress with a genre film credit for _Pete's Dragon_ (1977), died on 29 September aged 78. [A-TC]
     _Franco Maria Ricci_ (1937-2020), Italian publisher, editor and collector whose arts magazine _FMR_ featured Borges, Calvino, Eco, Barthes and others, and who also published slim anthologies of fantastika selected and introduced by Borges, died on 10 September aged 82. [PDF/RB]
     _Chandler Rice_, US comics fan, dealer and convention runner who owned Desert Wind Comics in Las Vegas, died on 29 September. [PDF]
     _Dame Diana Rigg_ (1938-2020), noted and beloved UK actress whose genre credits include _The Avengers_ (1965-1968), _On Her Majesty's Secret Service_ (1969), _The Great Muppet Caper_ (1981), _The Worst Witch_ (1986), _Snow White_ (1987) and _Game of Thrones_ (2013-2017), died on 10 September aged 82. [MJE]
     _Cecilia Romo_ (1945-2020), Mexican actress who began her career as an extra in _Dune_ (1984), died on 31 August aged 74. [AIP]
     _Lizzie Sanders_ (1950-2020), noted UK botanical artist who also illustrated and painted covers for books including such children's fairytales as _Princess Stories_ (1998) by Geraldine McCaughrean, died in July aged 70. [AIP]
     _Charles R. Saunders_ (1946-2020), US author of much African-rooted fantasy since 1974, including the 'Imaro' and 'Dossouye' series, reportedly died in May aged 73. He edited _Stardock_ (1977-1978) and _Dragonbane/Dragonfields_ (1978-1983, latterly with Charles de Lint). [GVG]
     Late report: _Charles Schlessiger_ (1933-2019), US literary agent who represented Joan Aiken and Kate Wilhelm, died on 3 December aged 86. [GVG]
     _Norm Spencer_ (1958-2020), Canadian actor best known for voice work in such Marvel-based productions as _X-Men: The Animated Series_ (1992-1997, as Cyclops) and _Silver Surfer_ (1998), died on 31 August aged 62. [PDF]
     _Bo Stenfors_ (1928-2020), Swedish fan and author active from the 1950s beginnings of fandom in Sweden until about 2015, died on 30 August aged 92. Fanzines included _Sexy Venus_, _Candy Fantasy_ and _Drunken Saturnus_; he edited _SF Forum_ 1962-1963 for the Stockholm fan club SFSF, which he co-founded. [J-HH]
     _Yuko Takeuchi_ (1980-2020), Japanese actress in _Ringu_ (1998), _Flashforward_ (2009-2010) and others, commited suicide on 27 September aged 40. [PDF]
     _Tony Tanner_ (1932-2020), UK director of the original Broadway _Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat_ (1982), whose actor credits include _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_ (1993), _Exorcism_ (2003) and _Return to the Batcave_ (2003), died on 8 September aged 88. [AIP]
     _Carl-Henning Wijkmark_ (1934-2020), award-winning mainstream Swedish author who used such sf tropes as dystopia in _Den svarta vaggen_ (_The Black Wall_, 2002) and timeslip in _Vi ses igen i nasta drom_ (_See You Again in the Next Dream_, 2013), died on 4 September aged 85. [J-HH]
     _Jimmy Winston_ (1945-2020), UK actor and Small Faces musician whose credits include _No Blade of Grass_ (1970), _Tam Lin_ (1970) and _Doctor Who_: 'Day of the Daleks' (1972), died on 26 September aged 75. [GC]
     _Arthur Wooster_ (1929-2020), UK assistant director and cinematographer whose many credits include _Warlords of the Deep_ (1978), _Arabian Adventure_ (1979), _Highlander II_ (1991), _The Avengers_ (1998) and several Bond films, died on 1 September aged 91. [SJ]
     _Jerome M. Zeitman_ (1930-2020), Hollywood agent and producer of _The Starlost_ (1973-1974) and _Damnation Alley_ (1977), died on 17 September aged 90. [AIP]

AS OTHERS PRAISE US. 'If you want to see TV and film truly explore morally compromised women complicit in corporate greed and government surveillance and outright murder, your best bet is science fiction. Try _Westworld_.' (Sonia Saraiya, _Vanity Fair_, July/August) [DMK]

THE DEAD PAST. _20 Years Ago_, there was traditional viewing with alarm: '_Geoffrey Wheatcroft_ on the late Kingsley Amis: "He became a science-fiction fan, rarely a good sign ..."' (_Ansible_ 159, October 2000)
     _50 Years Ago_, Terry Carr admired a neologism by Harry Warner Jr: 'the term "prohh" to serve as a kind of analogy of "faaan" as spake by Tucker, i.e. to indicate obnoxiousness. The prohh is the guy who harangues everyone with tales of everything he writes or sells, or plans to write or sell ...' (_Focal Point_ 2:15, October 1970) He is now on Facebook.
     _81 Years Ago_, an early and tasty As Others See Us example: 'Thus the science pulps. What's to be made of them? It is easy enough to classify these exhibits in paranoid phantasies connected to trivial fiction for the titillation of tired, dull, or weak minds.' (Bernard De Voto, 'Doom Beyond Jupiter', _Harper's Magazine_, October 1939) [PDF]

OUTRAGED LETTERS. _Gregory Feeley_ sends a stern warning: 'According to the _New York Times_, the Booker prize nominees include "Diane Cook's _The New Wilderness_, set in a dystopian future in which almost all of the natural world has been destroyed." I hope that you lot over at _Ansible_ are not going to take advantage of this and claim this distinguished novel for science fiction.'(email, 15 September)

EDITORIAL. Four years after registering Ansible(R) as a UK trademark (with much help from fan friends), I felt a shudder of nameless dread on learning that sf critic Sean Guynes was to launch an online _Ansible Review of Books_ and had already set up a website. Before I could send my tactful email mentioning trademarks, Hugos and 40-odd years of publication, others had alerted him and his co-editors to the clash and the title had been changed. Of course I have no problem with _Ancillary Review of Books_ (ancillaryreviewofbooks.org) and hope it does well.

RANDOM FANDOM. _Europa SF_ has shut down, perhaps for good. They said goodbye last December, mentioning that the scifiportal.eu domain would expire in August 2020; fannish support led to a January relaunch, but presumably the domain registration was never renewed.

THOG'S MASTERCLASS. _Neat Tricks for Mask-Wearers._ 'The bookdealer at the other end of the wire actually smiled audibly.' (Harry Stephen Keeler, _The 16 Beans_, 1945) [RGJ] 'His brownish-gray hair rustled in the breeze, and he smoothed it with an irritated glance at the sky.' (Erik Henry Vick, _Claw & Warder 1: Seduction_, 2020) [JLG]
     _Belly Flop Dept._ 'For his stomach hung out like a great flabby breast -- and he held on to it with both hands like a woman guarding her breasts from an invader.' (Harry Stephen Keeler, _The Search for X-Y-Z_, 1943) [RGJ]
     _Dept of Watching Too Much Anime._ 'The boy's wide eyes were impossible moons in his unstubbled face.' (Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom, _The Lazarus Effect_, 1983) [BA/CM]
     _Logistics Dept._ 'The tower was instantly forced, and a thousand swords were plunged at once into the bosom of the unfortunate Probus.' (Edward Gibbon, _The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_, 1776-1789)
     _Pantone Number Needed._ '"Then what, pray tell, good officer, can I do for you?" Wirth's eyes had turned a deadly shade of brown.' (W. Michael Gear, _Abandoned_, 2018) [AK]


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### ENDNOTES ###

PAYPAL TIP JAR THINGY. Support _Ansible_, cover website costs and keep the editor happy! Or just buy his books.

VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
     1 October 2020, evening: Alison Scott has set up this alternative to the physical London First Thursday meeting: 'Please share this with people who you know typically come to the Bishop's Finger, but aren't on Facebook.'
     6 October 2020, from 7:30pm: Handheld Book Club with Una McCormack and Nicola Griffith. GBP3.60.
     15 October 2020, 8pm-9pm: Event Horizon online.
     18 October 2020 (and every other third Sunday of the month), afternoon/early evening: Sheffield SF and Fantasy Society online meeting using Zoom. For access details contact Fran Dowd, thesofa [at] gmail dot com.

FANFUNDERY. _GUFF:_ Alison Scott has taken over the role of European administrator from Marcin Klak, along with the contact/donations address guffeurope at gmail dot com.

NAMING THE GUILTY MAN. 'If it had not been for Prof. Albert Einstein and his famous equation on the interrelation of matter and energy, it is improbable that science fiction would be the rising star of literary respectability it is today. There have been science fiction writers (in the space opera sense of the term) since Roman days, and some of them have been great, H.G. Wells and Jules Verne as examples. But only recently has science fiction become widely read, and Dr. Einstein can be thanked -- or blamed -- for its emergence.' (William Hines, 'Belles-Lettres Go Out Of This World As Science Fiction Grows Up', _Washington Star_, 16 March 1952) [PDF/MMW]

ME, ME, ME. In a stupendous departure from tradition, no free ebooks were released this month at taff.org.uk. Items in the pipeline include a Langford fanwriting collection in the general vein of _The Silence of the Langford_ (1996), tentatively titled _Beachcombing_; and -- at some undetermined point after the December issue has appeared -- volume four of the collected _Ansible_, covering the decade 2011-2020. _Beachcombing_ may possibly also have a POD paperback incarnation if I can muster the energy.

TARDIGRADES BANNED! A recent discovery is that PayPal automatically blocks any payment involving the word 'tardigrade'. As they explained in tones of deep non-apology, 'Certain words can trigger our security system. Unfortunately, this cannot be overridden. I would advise you to change the wording on your website to prevent this from happening.' One suggested explanation is that an arms company called Tardigrade Ltd is included in a US sanctions list: of course there is no conceivable way for PayPal to distinguish between this outfit and people selling models of cute little animalcules. (BoingBoing, 11 September)

SOME LINKS from the _Ansible_ home page.
     Ditmar Awards (Australia) full results
     Michael Hogan medical fundraiser
     Michael Moorcock interviewed
     _SF2 Concatenation_ Autumn 2020 Newscast
     Speculative Fiction Showcase (with thanks for Ansible Editions plugs)

THOG'S GOLDEN OLDIES from _Ansible_ 159, October 2000. _Dept of Communications:_ 'They went back to the pilot's room where Solly blinked the running lights. / "Please inform us if you can hear this transmission," came the reply. "One blink for yes. Two for no."' (Jack McDevitt, _Infinity Beach_, 2000)
     'The housekeeper found her way into the bedroom and lay down in a pathetic crumble.' (James Patterson, _Virgin_, 1980)
     'And he burst himself with chortles.' (Sheri S. Tepper, _The Family Tree_, 1998)


_Ansible_(R) 398 (C) David Langford, 2020. Thanks to Brian Ameringen, Rene Beaulieu, Adam-Troy Castro, Gary Couzens, Gregory Feeley, Fanac.org, _File 770_, Paul Di Filippo, Malcolm Edwards, Richard Glyn Jones, John Linwood Grant, John-Henri Holmberg, Steve Jones, Amanda 'Dr Bob' Kear, Daniel M. Kimmel, _Locus_, Caroline Mullan, Phil Nichols, Charles Platt, Andrew I. Porter, _Private Eye_, Roger Robinson, Steven H Silver, Bryan Talbot, Gordon Van Gelder, Martin Morse Wooster, and as always our Hero Distributors: Durdles Books (Birmingham SF Group), SCIS/Prophecy and Alan Stewart (Australia).

1 October 2020

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