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ANSIBLE(R) 396
JULY 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, Tarn-Bird, Thunder Goblin or Sea-Dragon Conqueror.

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### DON'T LESNERIZE! ###

RICHARD ADAMS's estate succeeded in its bid to recover all the rights to his rabbit epic _Watership Down_, which Martin Rosen -- director of the 1978 animated film adaptation -- had claimed were his, making hefty profits from unauthorized sublicensing. The high court judge ordered payment of an immediate $100,000 in damages plus GBP28,000 in costs and further damages to be decided at a later hearing. (_Guardian_, 1 June)

JOHN BRUNNER's _Meeting At Infinity_ (1961), featuring the White Death plague, has (with hindsight) its prophetic moments: 'The doctor was a small man with a barking voice who wore a sterile mask night and day; to the patients he treated, and especially the present patient, the greatest danger was from unfiltered human breath.' [BA]

ERIC CARLE's _The Very Hungry Caterpillar_ was exposed as a starkly alienated Outsider figure: '... more than just a caterpillar: it is a classic existentialist antihero, a lonely creature of pure greed, guided only by its own ravenousness, skirting the knife's edge between self-destruction and growth.' (Sam Anderson, _New York Times Magazine_, 21 May) [PE]

JOHN CLUTE's personal tally of _SF Encyclopedia_ contributions has just crept past 2.7 million words, and our total count at sf-encyclopedia.com is a mere few hundred words short of six million. The first and second print editions ran to 730,000 and 1.3 million words respectively.

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE's estate is suing Netflix for claimed breach of copyright with the film _Enola Holmes_, based on novels by Nancy Springer (included in the lawsuit, along with her publishers Penguin Random House) that give Sherlock a teenage sister. The key assertion is that although Holmes is mostly in the public domain, he displayed human emotions and respected women only in late stories still under the control of the estate. (Raw Story, 26 June) [JB] Some readers will remember that the very first of the short stories begins with clearly indicated respect: 'To Sherlock Holmes she is always _the_ woman.'


### CONTUSION ###

ONLINE. 2 Jul [] VIRTUAL FIRST THURSDAY, 6-10pm, replacing the usual London pub meeting at the Bishop's Finger. See tinyurl.com/uow6hqn.

ONLINE. 4 Jul [] TOLKIEN SOCIETY SEMINAR, on adapting Tolkien to the screen etc. See www.tolkiensociety.org/events/seminar-2020/.

18 Jul [] SMALL PRESS DAY events throughout UK and Ireland. Likely to be postponed or held online only: see smallpressday.co.uk.

ONLINE. 29 Jul - 2 Aug [] CONZEALAND (Worldcon 78), New Zealand. Virtual attendance rates: $300NZ reg, $150 unwaged (NZ only), $150 YA (born after 2000), $75 child (born 2005-2010), 'kid in tow' (born after 2010) free, $75 supporting. See conzealand.nz. _Hugo voting closes on 15 July, when the Voters' Packet will be taken down. Ballots can be sent by mail to the administrator (in USA); online voting is not yet available._

POSTPONED AGAIN. 6-9 Aug [] STOKERCON (horror). See below.

POSTPONED TO LATE OCT. 27-31 Aug [] FRIGHTFEST (film), Leicester Square, London. _New dates awaited_ at frightfest.co.uk/filmsevents.html. 

CANCELLED. 28-31 Aug [] THE ASYLUM (steampunk), Lincoln. Next event: August Bank Holiday 2021. 'Indomitable' tickets to be transferred to 2021 and 'wristband' bookings refunded. Full announcement at www.facebook.com/groups/WelcomeToTheAsylum/ ... more to follow at www.asylumsteampunk.co.uk.

CANCELLED. 25-27 Sep [] FANTASYCON 2020, Resource for London. Refunds offered; or memberships transferable to 2021 (Midlands) or 2022 in London again, this time in an actual hotel, with GoH Liz Williams and Rivers Solomon. More to come at www.fantasycon.org.

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

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

POSTPONED TO 2021. 31 Oct [] BRISTOLCON, Bristol. See below.

CANCELLED. 31 Oct - 1 Nov [] FESTIVAL OF FANTASTIC FILMS, Manchester. Next event Autumn 2021. See fantastic-films.com/festival/.

2-8 Nov [] TALOS IV: SF Theatre Festival of London, The Cockpit, London. _New dates; was 15-21 June._ See cyborphic.com/talos-2020.

POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 2021. 13-15 Nov [] NOVACON 50, Mercure Sherwood Hotel, Nottingham. Same venue; dates to follow; 2020 memberships will be refunded or transferrred. See novacon.org.uk.

POSTPONED TO 2021. 14-15 Nov [] COMIC CON, Harrogate. See below.

28-31 Jan 2021 [] STOKERCON (horror), Grand and Royal Hotels, Scarborough. _Tentative new dates depending on developments; event first postponed from April to August._ Memberships and hotel bookings to be carried over. GBP100 reg; HWA members GBP90. See stokercon-uk.com.

30 Oct 2021 [] BRISTOLCON, Hilton DoubleTree Hotel, Bristol. GoH Anna Smith Spark and Adrian Tchaikovsky. See www.bristolcon.org.

13-14 Nov 2021 [] COMIC CON, Harrogate Convention Centre. Part of Thought Bubble festival. _New dates; 2021 tickets refunded or carried over._ GBP28 weekend pass or GBP17/day. See thoughtbubblefestival.com.

RUMBLINGS. _Worldcon 2022:_ Chicago, Illinois, vs Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Site selection voting opened in June and closes on 29 July. See conzealand.nz/about/explore-worldcon/world-science-fiction-society-about/2022-worldcon-site-selection. [] _Arvon Writing Courses:_ venue closure extended to 31 August; the next sf course is 14-19 September.


### INFINITELY IMPROBABLE ###

AS OTHERS REPORT US. Isaac Asimov is remembered in a characteristic pose: 'Today, though, his image -- with its wide smile behind heavy black eyeglass frames ...' (Jay Gabler, 'What to Make of Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi Giant and Dirty Old Man?', Literary Hub, 14 May) [JH]

AWARDS. _Arthur C. Clarke_ shortlist: _The City in the Middle of the Night_ by Charlie Jane Anders; _The Light Brigade_ by Kameron Hurley; _A Memory Called Empire_ by Arkady Martine; _The Old Drift_ by Namwali Serpell; _Cage of Souls_ by Adrian Tchaikovsky; _The Last Astronaut_ by David Wellington.
     _Lambda_ (LGBTQ) genre winners: NONFICTION _In the Dream House_ by Carmen Maria Machado. LESBIAN ROMANCE _Aurora's Angel_ by Emily Noon. SF/FANTASY/HORROR _The Deep_ by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes. [KB]
     _Locus Awards:_ SF NOVEL _The City in the Middle of the Night_ by Charlie Jane Anders. FANTASY NOVEL _Middlegame_ by Seanan McGuire. HORROR NOVEL _Black Leopard, Red Wolf_ by Marlon James. YA NOVEL _Dragon Pearl_ by Yoon Ha Lee. FIRST NOVEL _Gideon the Ninth_ by Tamsyn Muir. NOVELLA _This Is How You Lose the Time War_ by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. NOVELETTE 'Omphalos' by Ted Chiang (_Exhalation_). SHORT STORY 'The Bookstore at the End of America' by Charlie Jane Anders (_A People's Future of the United States_). ANTHOLOGY _New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color_ ed. Nisi Shawl. COLLECTION _Exhalation_ by Ted Chiang. MAGAZINE Tor.com. PUBLISHER Tor. EDITOR Ellen Datlow. ARTIST John Picacio. NONFICTION _Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction_ by Lisa Kroger & Melanie R. Anderson. ILLUSTRATED/ART _Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art_ ed. John Fleskes. SPECIAL AWARD _Writing the Other_ by Nisi Shawl, Cynthia Ward and K. Tempest Bradford.
     _Rhysling_ (poetry): SHORT 'Taking, Keeping' by Jessica J. Horowitz (_Apparition Lit_ 1/19). LONG "Heliobacterium daphnephilum" by Rebecca Buchanan (_Star*Line_ Summer 2019).
     _SFRA Award for Lifetime Contributions to SF Scholarship_ (renamed because 'Pilgrim Award' was too much of a mouthful?): Sherryl Vint.

HORROR-FREE ZONE. Plans for a _Frankenstein_ museum in Bath (where Mary Shelley lived and wrote from September 1816 to March 1817) have been approved. A leader of the project said: 'It's in the top 100 most influential books of all time -- but no-one in Bath mentions it.', and added the reassurance 'There won't be any blood or gore.' What, no charnel-houses or workshop of filthy creation? (BBC, 4 June) [AIP]

R.I.P. _Kelly Asbury_ (1960-2020), US filmmaker who directed _Shrek 2_ (2004) and _Gnomeo & Juliet_ (2011, which he also co-wrote), with art/animation credits for _The Black Cauldron_ (1985), _The Little Mermaid_ (1989), _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ (1993) and others, died on 26 June aged 60. [AIP]
     _Milena Benini_ (1966), Croatian sf novelist, translator (of Moorcock and others) and fan with some short stories in English translation, died on 4 June. She contributed to such works as _The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy_ (2003, ed. Darin Park & Tom Dullemond). [VJ-K]
     _Steve Bing_ (1965-2020), US film producer and writer who invested some $80m of his inherited fortune in the production of _The Polar Express_ (2004), committed suicide on 22 June; he was 55. [SJ]
     _Frank Bolle_ (1924-2020), US comics artist who worked on many genre titles including _Captain Marvel_, _Doctor Solar_, _Flash Gordon_, _The Phantom_ and the _Tarzan_ newspaper strip, died on 12 May aged 95. [PDF]
     _Charly Bravo_ (Ramon Carlos Miron Bravo, 1943-2020), Spanish actor in many genre films including _1001 Nights_ (1968), _Night of the Werewolf_ (1981), _The Sea Serpent_ (1985) and _Eliminators_ (1986), died on 23 June aged 77. [SJ]
     _Pat Brymer_, US puppeter and stuntman whose credits include _My Stepmother Is an Alien_ (1988), _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade_ (1989) and _Team America: World Police_ (2004), died on 12 April aged 70. [AIP]
     _Wendy Cooling_, UK author, editor and promoter of children's books, founder of Bookstart and MBE for services to children's literature, died on 23 June. [AIP] She edited several genre anthologies including _Out of This World: Stories of Virtual Reality_ (1997).
     _Stuart Cornfeld_ (1952-2020) US producer/actor whose credits include _The Fly_ (1986), _Megamind_ (2010) and _Vamps_ (2012), died on 26 June aged 67. [AIP]
     _Linda Cristal_ (1931-2020), Argentinian actress best known for _The High Chaparral_, with genre credits in various tv series and _The Dead Don't Die_ (1975), died on 27 June aged 89. [SJ]
     _Denise Cronenberg_, US costume designer for her brother David Cronenberg's _The Fly_ (1986) and many later films, died on 22 May aged 81. [TM]
     _Wally K. Daly_ (1940-2020), UK writer whose three-part radio sf trilogy opened with _Before the Screaming Begins_ (Radio 4, 1978), and who novelized his cancelled 1985 _Doctor Who_ story as _The Ultimate Evil_ (1989), died on 30 April aged 79. [S]
     _Bruce Jay Friedman_ (1930-2020), US author and screenwriter who published short sf and co-scripted _Splash!_ (1984), died on 3 June aged 90. [PDF]
     _Mark Glamack_, US animator who worked on many productions from Disney's _The Jungle Book_ (1967) to _Courage the Cowardly Dog_ (1999-2002) and directed the tv series _She-Ra: Princess of Power_ (6 episodes, 1985) and _Bionic Six_ (22 episodes, 1987), died on 29 May aged 73. [AIP]
     _Milton Glaser_ (1929-2020), noted US graphic designer who created (amid much else) the I [heart] NY logo, the DC Comics 'bullet' logo and a number of sf book covers, died on 26 June aged 91. [AIP]
     _Mary Pat Gleason_ (1950-2020), US actress in _I, Madman_ (1989), _Evolution_ (2001), _Bruce Almighty_ (2003), _The Middleman_ (2008), _Earth to Echo_ (2014) and others, died on 2 June aged 70. [SJ]
     _James S. Henerson_ (1936-2020), US screenwriter/producer who wrote many episodes of _I Dream of Jeannie_ (1967-1970) and was executive producr of _Starman_ (1986-1987), died on 18 June aged 84. [AIP]
     _Jim Holloway_, US artist whose work appeared in _Dragon_ magazine and games products including _BattleTech_, _D&D_ and _Paranoia_, died on 28 June. [PDF]
     _Sir Ian Holm_ (1931-2020), distinguished UK actor whose many genre credits include _Alien_ (1979), _Time Bandits_ (1981), _Brazil_ (1985), _eXistenZ_ (1999), _The Lord of the Rings_ (2001, 2003) and _The Hobbit_ (2012, 2014), died on 19 June aged 88. [LP]
     _Anita Linda_ (1924-2020), Filipino-US actress in 200+ films including _Magica blanca_ (1955), _The Devil's Daughter_ (1974), _Lorelei_ (1975), _Kill Barbara with Panic_ (1995) and _Seance_ (2007), died on 10 June aged 95. [SJ]
     _Louis Mahoney_ (1938-2020), Gambian-born UK actor in three _Doctor Who_ stories (1973, 1975, 2007) and films including _The Plague of the Zombies_ (1966) and _Omen III: The Final Conflict_ (1981), died on 28 June aged 81.
     _Colin Manlove_ (1942-2020), Scots fantasy scholar and anthologist whose ten books of criticism began with _Modern Fantasy_ (1975) and include studies of J.K. Rowling (2010) and George MacDonald (2019), died on 1 June aged 78. [DAA]
     _Fabrizio Mioni_ (1930-2020), Italian actor in _Hercules_ (1958), _Hercules Unchained_ (1959), and some genre tv series, died on 8 June aged 89. He was married to Maia 'Vampira' Normi (1922-2008). [SG]
     _Lennie Niehaus_ (1929-2020), US composer whose film credits include _Ratboy_ (1986) and _Space Cowboys_ (2000), died on 28 May aged 90. [AIP]
     _Michael O'Hear_, US actor and producer seen in many genre productions from _FrightWorld_ (2006) to _Captain Isotope & The Enemy of Space_ (2018-2020), died on 24 June. [SJ]
     _Dennis O'Neil_ (1939-2020), US comics writer who worked on _Green Lantern_/_Green Arrow_ and _Batman_, editing DC's Batman titles 1986-2000, died on 11 June aged 81. [F770]
     _Stella Pevsner_ (1921-2020), US children's/YA author who used supernatural themes in _Footsteps on the Stairs_ (1984) and _Why the Ghost Cat Wore Rubies_ (2019), died on 11 June aged 98. [PDF]
     _Peggy Pope_ (1929-2020), US actress in _The Last Starfighter_ (1984) and _Once Bitten_ (1985), died on 27 May aged 91. [AIP]
     _Taryn Power_ (1953-2020), US actress in _Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger_ (1977) and _The Sea Serpent_ (1985), died on 26 June aged 66. [SJ]
     _Jean Raspail_ (1925-2020) French author whose sf novel was the racially controversial _Le camp des saints_ (1973, trans as _The Camp of the Saints_), died on 14 June aged 94. [AIP]
     _Carl Reiner_ (1922-2020), multiple Emmy-winning US comic actor and film-maker whose genre credits include _Oh, God!_ (1977), _The Man with Two Brains_ (1983, which he co-wrote) and _All of Me_ (1984) as director, and _The 2000 Year Old Man_ (1975, written with Mel Brooks), _The Blue Elephant_ (2006), and _Toy Story 4_ (2019) as actor, died on 29 June aged 98. [AS]
     _Ramon Revilla_ (1927-2020), Filipino actor whose films include _The Killing of Satan_ (1983) and _Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom_ (2005), died on 26 June aged 93. [SJ]
     _Joel Schumacher_ (1939-2020), US director whose films include _The Lost Boys_ (1987), _Flatliners_ (1990), _Batman Forever_ (1995) and _Batman & Robin_ (1997), died on 22 June aged 80. [PDF]
     _Joe Sinnott_ (1926-2020), Marvel Comics artist and inker active from 1965 to 2019, working on _Fantastic Four_, _Spider-Man_ and others, died on 25 June aged 93. [PDF]
     _Monica Stephens_, long-time employee of Steve Jackson Games and companion of Steve Jackson, who was active in fandom (_inter alia_ co-editing the 1988 Worldcon daily newsletter), died on 18 June aged 59. [F770]
     _Mel Winkler_ (1941-2020), US actor in various genre series including _The New Batman Adventures_ (voice, 1997-1998) and _Oswald_ (2001-2003), died on 11 June aged 78. [AIP]
     Late report: _John Winston_ (1927-2019), UK actor in the original _Star Trek_ (1967-1969, as transporter chief), _The Wrath of Khan_ (1982) and _Max Headroom_ (1987), died on 19 September 2019 aged 91. [DSTN]
     _Carlos Ruiz Zafon_ (1964-2020), Spanish author best known for the Gothic mystery _La sombra del viento_ (_The Shadow of the Wind_, 2001), who also wrote horror and supernatural fiction, died on 19 June aged 55. [MJE]

THE WEAKEST LINK. _Jeopardy_ answer requiring the correct question: 'We got this word from a 1920 play by Karel Capek about mechanical _[sic]_ men and women.' _Contestant:_ 'What is Android?' (_Jeopardy_, 6 June) [AIP]
     _Ben Shephard:_ '_The Honourable Schoolboy_ and _Smiley's People_ are sequels to which 1974 John Le Carre novel?' _Contestant:_ '_Frankenstein_.' (ITV, _Tipping Point_) [PE]

MAGAZINE SCENE. Andy Cox tells me that _Interzone_ is skipping the July/August issue: number 288 will be dated September/October.
     Neil Clarke bemusedly reports: 'Someone tried to submit "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke to _Clarkesworld_. All they changed was the author's name and one word in the title.' (Twitter, 19 June)
     John Joseph Adams of Adamant Press says that _Fantasy_ magazine, dormant since 2016, will return in November: see fantasy-magazine.com.

RANDOM FANDOM. _The Fandom Directory_ stirred to life in June with an unexpected flurry of update requests. Entries at fandata.com that located me and _Ansible_ in the city of Berkshire have duly been amended.

THE DEAD PAST. _20 Years Ago:_ ' I think we may say that Harry Potter fever is getting out of hand when the _Washington Post_ devotes 39 column inches, including two pictures, to the astonishing story that some kid managed to buy this year's manifestation before the release date.
     Nancy Stouffer's plagiarism charges include a claim to have invented the term Muggles, conflicting somewhat with the _Oxford English Dictionary_ -- which lists "muggle" as 1205 Kentish dialect for "tail" and, better still, 20th-century slang for marihuana. Children's Author In Covert Drugs Advocacy Scandal!' (_Ansible_ 156, July 2000)

EDITORIAL. Ansible Editions is pleased to announce the release of _The Full Glass Bushel_ by Bob Shaw, edited by Rob Jackson and myself: this collects all Bob's 'Glass Bushel' columns for _Hyphen_, plus his six non-Bushel articles in _Hyphen_ and the two further Bushels published 1984 in _Science Fiction Review_. Another free ebook from the TAFF site (where donations are appreciated): taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=Bushel. Work continues on the tentatively titled _Slow Pint Glass_, collecting Bob Shaw's _other_ fanwriting not included in the above or in last year's _The Serious Scientific Talks_.
     _Puff Love_, the final mystery novel by John Sladek, has been delayed but should appear before long as a trade paperback.

C.O.A. _Brian Ameringen/Porcupine Books_ www.porcupinebooks.co.uk.

THOG'S MASTERCLASS. _Simile Dept._ 'The exultant expression clung to his face for a moment, like a stopped movie, and then it cracked and slid slowly away, like thick snow cracking and sliding from a canted roof.' (Ira Levin, _A Kiss Before Dying_, 1953)
     _Alternate Geography._ 'On the Western shores of the Atlantic, the British appear to be forgetting their obsession with submerged nations -- again, except for Wells. While on the Eastern shores, the Americans ...' (Brian W. Aldiss, _Billion Year Spree_, 1973)
     _Dept of Sibilant Susurrus._ 'After a moment, he spoke hissingly. "You lie!"' (John Brunner, _Meeting at Infinity_, 1961) [BA]
     _Neat Tricks Dept._ 'His unnatural eyes floated back to mine [...] One of his thick, black eyebrows rose into the shape of a question mark.' (Deborah Harkness, _A Discovery of Witches_, 2011) [BR]


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### ENDNOTES ###

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VIRTUAL FAN MEETINGS.
     2July 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.'
     16 July 2020, 8pm-9pm: Event Horizon online.
     19 July 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.
     10 August 2020, 8pm-9:30pm: Event Horizon online.

EDITORIAL II. More than two months later, I'm still wrestling with the aftermath of the Lulu.com site redesign. The Ansible Editions mid-year royalty statements have been a pain because the glacial 'migration' of data from the old site still hasn't revealed the actual sales breakdown for April. Also lost in migration was my registered status as a UK taxpayer, which I first discovered when the June payment had 30% withholding tax deducted from US income. That one has since been sorted out, but I'm nervously waiting for the next nasty surprise....

OUTRAGED LETTERS. _Vernon Speed_ writes: 'Just in case you missed it, there was a significant reference to J.G. Ballard in yesterday's (Tuesday 30th) BBC 4 programme _The Hidden Wilds of the Motorway_. Mentioned (and showed) his house, talked about _Concrete Island_ and his influence on the presenter. Turned out that she is a big fan. / The whole programme was very interesting, but I wasn't expecting this extra bonus.' (1 July)

SOME LINKS from the _Ansible_ home page.
     _Beyond the Outposts_ review in _Locus_
     Official fundraiser for Uncle Hugo's and Uncle Edgar's bookshops

THOG'S GOLDEN OLDIES from _Ansible_ 156, July 2000. _Dept of Suggestive Motor Launches._ 'Discords of remote activity rose above the more intimate throbbing of our screw.' (Sax Rohmer, _The Mystery of Dr Fu Manchu_, 1913)
     _Dept of Scientific Method._ 'For one, Hackett found a way to find a way to discover how the broadcast-power receivers worked.' (Murray Leinster, _The Greks Bring Gifts_, 1964)
     _Dept of Non-Fiction._ 'Quotation marks of worry cleaved the aging man's forehead.' (Dan Baum, _Citizen Coors_, 2000) 'Which illuminates again the nerd underbelly that is an inclination towards the human-transcending and the synthetic-universe preferring.' (Paulina Borsook, _Cyberselfish_, 2000)
     _Elementary Dept._ 'Sodium is what stars are made of.' (Adam Roberts, _Salt_, 2000)


_Ansible_(R) 396 (C) David Langford, 2020. Thanks to Brian Ameringen, Douglas A. Anderson, Karen Babich, John Boston, Malcolm Edwards, _Daily Star Trek News_, Paul Di Filippo, _File 770_, Steve Green, Jon Hancock, Steve Jones, Vlatko Juric-Kokic, Todd Mason, Lawrence Person, Andrew I. Porter, _Private Eye_, Bob Rickard, Siadwell, Al Sirois and Hero Distributors: Durdles Books (BSFG), SCIS/Prophecy and Alan Stewart (Oz).

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