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ANSIBLE(R) 412
NOVEMBER 2021
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### THE CONVERSATION BATH ###
THE INKLINGS GROUP -- not the C.S. Lewis/J.R.R. Tolkien literary circle but
a modern outfit named after it -- has signed a lease to run the Lamb & Flag
in Oxford, an old Inklings venue closed by its owner St John's College in January 2021 but now set to re-open. (BBC, 5 October) [SF2C]
URSULA K. LE GUIN has a $25,000 prize named in her memory, to be first presented for 'A book-length work of imaginative fiction written by a
single author' published in English in 2022, and then annually. Nominations open 1 February 2022. See www.ursulakleguin.com/prize.
DEMI LOVATO the US singer offers a new slant on political correctness
regarding xenomorphs and other easily offended extraterrestrials: 'I think
that we have to stop calling them aliens because aliens is a derogatory
term for anything. [...] That's why I like to call them ETs! So yeah,
that's a little tidbit. A little information that I learned.' (_Daily
Mail_, 11 October) [SF2C] From whom or what it was learned remains unclear.
JAMES D. MACDONALD pointed out that two titles supposedly belonging to the Circle of Magic series written with his late wife Debra Doyle -- _Mystery
at Wizardry School_ (Hodder 2003) and _Voice of the Ice_ (Hodder Australia 2003) -- 'are pirate books. We did not write them. They were written and published without our knowledge or permission, and, as you might expect, we never saw a dime from them.' See his late-2020 blog post: madhousemanor.com/2020/11/04/pirate-books/. Hasty updates followed at ISFDB
and the _SF Encyclopedia_. As for the expected eager co-operation of Hodder
in tracking down the culprit, 'There are difficulties and stone-walling at every turn.' (9-11 October)
### CONDENAST ###
5-7 Nov [] ARMADACON 2021, Future Inns, Plymouth. GBP35 reg; GBP30
concessions. More at www.armadacon.org.
HYBRID. 5-7 Nov [] CORFLU 38, Mercure Holland Hotel, Bristol. GBP60/$75
reg; GBP15/$20 supporting; virtual (Zoom) membership free from robjackson60
at gmail dot com. Hotel booking form at corflu.org. Special publication: _Daangerous Visions_, a fanfiction anthology ed. Sandra Bond.
ONLINE. 6 Nov [] TOLKIEN SOCIETY AUTUMN SEMINAR. Free. See www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien-society-autumn-seminar/.
12-14 Nov [] DESTINATION STAR TREK, ExCel, London. Day tickets GBP29; 2
days GBP44; 3 days GBP54; various exorbitant 'VIP' rates rising to a
GBP2,999 'Admiral Package' at destinationstartrek.com.
12-14 Nov [] NOVACON 50, Palace Hotel, Buxton. GBP50 reg; under-17s GBP12; under-13s free. Day: Fri GBP15, Sat GBP25, Sun GBP20. _Registration closes
on 9 November; no memberships at the door._ See novacon.uk. Alas: Emma
Newman, one of four guests of honour, will be unable to attend.
13-14 Nov [] COMIC CON, Harrogate Convention Centre. Part of the Thought
Bubble comics festival. GBP28 weekend pass; GBP17/day; under-12s, over-65s
and carers free. See thoughtbubblefestival.com.
20-21 Nov [] STEAMPUNKS IN SPACE, National Space Centre, Leicester.
GBP15.50. See spacecentre.co.uk/event/steampunks-in-space-2021/.
26-28 Nov [] UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL, QUAD Centre, Derby. GBP60 reg; for individual event tickets see www.derbyquad.co.uk/UKGSF2021.
3-5 Dec [] STEAMPUNK CHRISTMAS, Nothe Fort, Weymouth. GBP6 Fri, GBP12
Fri+Sat, Sun free. See www.asylumsteampunk.co.uk/christmas/.
4 Dec [] DRAGONMEET (gaming), Novotel Hammersmith, London. 9am-midnight.
GBP10; child GBP5. Group rates at www.dragonmeet.co.uk.
4-5 Dec [] FOR THE LOVE OF SCI-FI (comics), BEC Arena, Stretford,
Manchester. Tickets from GBP41.80 at fortheloveofsci-fi.com.
HYBRID. 4 Dec [] TOLKIEN SOCIETY YULEMOOT, Bacchus Bar, Birmingham, and
online. Free? See www.tolkiensociety.org/events/.
15-19 Dec [] DISCON III (Worldcon), Washington DC, USA. $225 reg; YA $115; virtual $75; supp $50; other rates at discon3.org. Note that Hugo voting at members.discon3.org closes on 19 November. _Main convention hotel now sold
out; overflow options still available._
8-10 Apr 2022 [] TOLKIEN SOCIETY SPRINGMOOT/AGM, Mercure Exeter Rougemont Hotel, Exeter. See www.tolkiensociety.org/events/.
9 Apr 2022 [] BEDFORD WHO CHARITY CON (_Doctor Who_), King's House,
Ampthill Road, Bedford. 10am-5:30pm. GBP42.50 reg; under-19s/students
GBP22.50; under-14s GBP15. More at bedfordwhocharitycon.co.uk.
15-18 Apr 2022 [] RECLAMATION (Eastercon) can at last reveal its venue: Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre (formerly the Park Inn), London
Heathrow. GBP70 reg; GBP40 concessions; accompanied under-18s GBP25;
under-5s free; GBP35 supporting. See reclamation2022.co.uk. Alas, Zen Cho
had to withdraw as a GoH; but Tasha Suri has joined the guest list.
28-29 May 2022 [] EM-CON (media), Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham. Weekend
tickets GBP30 (GBP40 early entry); day rates at www.em-con.co.uk.
HYBRID. 3-5 Jun 2022 [] CYMERA SF FESTIVAL 2022, Edinburgh and online. See www.cymerafestival.co.uk.
28-29 Aug 2022 [] STARS OF TIME (media), Tropicana, Weston-super-Mare. 10am-5pm. GBP9; under-12s, OAP and disabled GBP5; under-4s free. Family of
2+2 kids GBP22; 2+3 kids GBP24. See www.starsoftime.co.uk.
24-25 Sep 2022 [] NOR-CON (media), Norfolk Showground Arena. Ticket sales
to follow at www.nor-con.co.uk.
15-16 Oct 2022 [] OCTOCON, Croke Park, Dublin. Euro60 reg; concessions
Euro40; YA or supporting Euro20. Registration open at octocon.com.
RUMBLINGS. _Worldcon 2023:_ the Memphis (USA) bid folded, leaving only
Chengdu (China) and Winnipeg (Canada). [MJL] The site selection voting is
open, closing 7, 14 or 17 December for postal, email and at-con votes.
_Worldcon 2029:_ Brian Nisbet and Marguerite Smith plan to bid for a tenth-anniversary Dublin event. See twitter.com/Dublin2029.
### INFINITELY IMPROBABLE ###
TOO GOOD TO CHECK. 'Denis Villeneuve Scrambles To Read Second Half Of Dune
/ HOLLYWOOD, CA -- _Dune_ director Denis Villeneuve has received alarming
news: Legendary Pictures greenlit _Dune: Part Two_. Unfortunately, now that means Villeneuve has to read the rest of Frank Herbert's seminal science fiction novel.' (IT Slop parody site, October)
AWARDS. _Mythopoeic_ (fantasy): ADULT _The House in the Cerulean Sea_ by TJ Klune. CHILDREN'S _A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking_ by T. Kingfisher. SCHOLARSHIP/INKLINGS _Tolkien's Lost Chaucer_ by John M. Bowers. SCHOLARSHIP/OTHER _Fantasies of Time and Death: Dunsany, Eddison, Tolkien_
by Anna Vaninskaya. [L]
_Sturgeon_ (short story): 'An Important Failure' by Rebecca Campbell
(8/20 _Clarkesworld_). [L]
ASTRONOMY MASTERCLASS. '"Largest comet ever seen!" Scientists claim giant
comet is hurtling towards the Milky Way'. (_Express_, 4 October)
WE ARE EVERYWHERE. _Steve Holland_ reports that the Autumn _Eagle Times_ -- magazine of the _Eagle_ Society devoted to the comic -- ventures into
fannish fiction with 'the first part of another P.C. 49 adventure, "The
Case of the Unconventional Convention", set at the 15th World Science
Fiction Convention at the King's Court Hotel, London, in September 1957 and involving real-life attendees, including John Beynon Harris (John Wyndham)
and Forrest J Ackerman'. (Bear Alley, 4 October)
R.I.P. _Jack Angel_ (1930-2021), US voice actor whose many genre credits include _All-New Super Friends Hour_ (1977), _Transformers: The Movie_
(1986), _Toy Story_ (1995), _The Iron Giant_ (1999) and _A.I._ (2001), died
on 19 October aged 90. [F770]
_Lou Antonelli_ (1957-2021), US author active since 2003 who published several sf collections and the novel _Another Girl, Another Planet_ (2017), died on 6 October aged 64. [SHS]
_Chris(topher) Ayres_ (1965-2021), US voice actor in many English
versions of Japanese anime from _Gatchaman_ (1973-1974) and _Super
Dimension Fortress Macross_ (1983-1995) to the _Dragon Ball Z_ franchise (2010-2018), died on 18 October aged 56. [SJ]
_Susan Bartholomew_, UK author of _The Lake of Destiny_ (2011) and
other fantasy novels, and (as Endelyon) of interactive fiction and text
games, died on 26 September. [CM]
_Kit Berry_ (Kirsten Espensen), UK author whose initially
self-published Stonewylde fantasy series opening with _Magus of Stonewylde_ (2005) was taken up by Gollancz in 2011, died on 29 October. [LW]
_Anders Bodelsen_ (1937-2021) noted Danish author whose sf novels are _Villa Sunset_ (1964) and _Frysepunktet_ (_Freezing Point_, 1969), died on
17 October aged 84. [OMJC]
_Leslie Bricusse_ (1931-2021), UK songwriter and composer whose
credits include _Doctor Dolittle_ (1967), _Willy Wonka & the Chocolate
Factory_ (1971), _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone_ (2001) and _Jekyll
& Hyde: The Musical_ (2001), died on 19 October aged 90. [AIP]
_Kevin Richard Brighton_, art assistant on various 1980s/1990s
Fleetway comics including _2000AD_ and the _Judge Dredd Megazine_,died on 8 September aged 61. [SH]
_Denise Bryer_ (1928-2021), UK voice actress in Gerry Anderson series
from _Twizzle_ (1957-1958, title role) to _Terrahawks_ (1983-1986) -- also _Return to Oz_ (1985), _Labyrinth_ (1986) and _G-Force Intergalactic_
(1993) -- died on 16 October aged 93. [SJ]
_Wiktor Bukato_ (1949-2021), Polish fan, award-winning translator and publisher, and former chair of the European SF Society, died on 26 July.
[ESFS]
_JoAnna Cameron_ (1951-2021), US actress who starred in _The Secrets
of Isis_ (1975-1976) and played Isis in _Shazam!_ (1975-1976), died on 22 October aged 70. [SJ]
_Ralph Carmichael_ (1927-2021), US composer who scored _The Blob_
(1958) and _4D Man_ (1959), died on 18 October aged 94. [SJ]
_Geoffrey Chater_ (1921-2021), UK actor in _The Strange World of
Planet X_ (1958), _The Day the Earth Caught Fire_ (1961), _If ..._ (1968),
_Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde_ (1973), _The Aerodrome_ (1983) and others, died
on 16 October aged 100. [SJ]
_David H. DePatie_ (1929-2021), US animation producer/writer with innumerable credits 1964-1985 for his co-creation the Pink Panther, died on
23 September aged 91. Other works include _Doctor Dolittle_ (1970) and
various Dr. Seuss and Marvel superhero adaptations. [AIP]
_Carole Nelson Douglas_ (1944-2021), prolific US author best known for detective fiction, who also wrote fantasy (the Kendric and Irissa/Sword and Circlet series) and sf (the Probe diptych), died in late October aged 76.
[BM]
_Greta Edwards_ (_nee_ Tomlinson), artist in the Frank Hampson studio
who helped draw _Dan Dare_ for _Eagle_ (1949-1953) and was also the model
for Dare's colleague Professor Peabody, died on 4 September aged 94. [SH]
_Avril Elgar_ (1932-2021), UK actress in _Alice in Wonderland_ (1966)
and _The Medusa Touch_ (1978), died on 17 September aged 89. [SJ]
_Michael Ferguson_ (1937-2021), UK tv director/producer who directed
four _Doctor Who_ serials 1966-1971 ('War Machines', 'Seeds of Death', 'Ambassadors of Death', 'Claws of Axos') and four _Out of the Unknown_
stories 1969-1971, died on 4 October aged 84. [SJ]
_Jon Gregory_ (1944-2021), UK film editor whose credits include _Loch Ness_ (1996) and _The Road_ (2009), died on 9 September aged 77. [SJ]
_Sally Gwylan_, US author active from 2002, whose genre novel is _A
Wind Out of Canaan_ (2012), died on 8 October. [GVG]
_Cynthia Harris_ (1934-2021), US actress in _Mannequin: On the Move_
(1991 plus sequel) and _The Secret of Anastasia_ (voice 1997), died on 3 October aged 87. [LP]
_Alan Hawkshaw_ (1937-2021), UK composer with music credits for _The Monster Club_ (1981), _Doctor Who Online Adventures_ (2012-2013) and
others, die on 16 October aged 84. [SF2C]
_Bob Herron_ (1924-2021), US actor and stuntman whose credits (he was often uncredited) include _The Wild Wild West_ (1965-1968), _The Nude Bomb_ (1980), _Poltergeist_ (1982) and so on to _Bedazzled_ (2000), died on 10 October aged 97. [SJ]
_Halyna Hutchins_ (1979-2021), Ukraine-born US cinematographer whose
films include _Archenemy_ (2020) and _The Mad Hatter_ (2021), died on 21 October in an on-set accident when a prop gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin
(told by an assistant director that it was a safe 'cold gun') shot a live round; she was 42. [SJ]
_Toshihiro Iijima_ (1932-2021), Japanese director and writer for _Ultraman_ (1966-1967), _Ultra Q_ (1966) and later franchise productions to _Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact_ (2001), died on 18 October aged 89.
[SJ]
_Ravil Isyanov_ (1962-2021), Russian-born US actor in _GoldenEye_
(1995), _Arachnid_ (2001) and _Transformers: Dark of the Moon_ (2011), died
on 29 September aged 59. [AIP]
_Rick Jones_ (1937-2021), Canadian actor in the
Lovecraft/Derleth-based _The Shuttered Room_ (1967), died on 8 October aged
84. [SJ]
_Mary Kay Kare_ (1952-2021), US fan, multiple APA contributor and convention-runner whose many credits include Hugo administration for the
2008 Worldcon, died in early October. [SHS] An old fan friend who never
really recovered from the death of her husband Jordin Kare in 2017. [GHL]
_Bruce Kerr_ (1933-2021), Scots actor in_ The Brain That Wouldn't Die_ (1962), _The Brides Wore Blood_ (1972) and _Takeover_ (1988), died on 9
October aged 87. [SJ]
_Mamat Khalid_, Malaysian director whose films include _Zombies from Banana Village_ (2007), died on 24 October aged 58. [PDF]
_Gil Lane-Young_, long-time organizer of the annual UK Festival of Fantastic Films, died unexpectedly on 5 September; he was 75. [JM]
_Wes Magee_ (1939-2021), Scots poet and children's author whose genre titles include _The Phantom's Fang-tastic Show_ (2000) and _The Winterworld War_ (2002), died on 21 October aged 82.
_Joe Moudry_ (1947-2021), US fan in many APAs including Southern
Fandom Press Alliance and the Lovecraft-centred Esoteric Order of Dagon,
died on 15 October.
_Gary Paulsen_ (1939-2021), noted US author of many YA novels
including occasional sf ventures from _The Implosion Effect_ (1976) to _The Time Hackers_ (2006), died on 13 October aged 82. [PDF]
_Juli Reding_ (1935-2021), US actress in _Tormented_ (1960) and _Take
Me to Your Leader_ (1964), died on 16 September aged 85. [LP]
_Rossano Rubicondi_ (1972-2021), Italian actor in _The Eighteenth
Angel_ (1997), died on 29 October aged 49.
_Takao Saito_ (1936-2021), Japanese author/artist whose _Golgo 13_ (1968-current) is the longest-running manga serial still being published,
died on 24 September aged 84. [PDF]
_Camille Saviola_ (1950-2021), US actress in _The Purple Rose of
Cairo_ (1985), _Addams Family Values_ (1993) and _Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine_ (1993-1996), died on 29 October aged 71. [PDF]
_Peter Scolari_ (1955-2021), US actor in _Amazons_ (1984), _Ticks_
(1993), _Honey, I Shrunk the Kids_ (tv 1997-2000) and _Gotham_ (2014-2019), died on 22 October aged 66. [SJ]
_Jan Shutan_ (1932-2021), US actress in _Star Trek_ (1969), _Dracula's Dog_ (1977) and _This House Possessed_ (1981), died on 7 October aged 88.
[SJ]
_Dorothy Steel_ (1926-2021), US actress in _Black Panther_ (2018) and _Jumanji: The Next Level_ (2019), died on 15 October aged 95. [AIP]
_Ruth Tompson_ (1910-2021), US animator whose Disney work ran from
_Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs_ (1937) to _The Lord of the Rings_ (1978)
and _Metamorphoses_ (1978), died on 10 October aged 111. [MMW]
_James Michael Tyler_ (1962-2021), US actor in _Jason's Big Problem_ (2009), died on 24 October aged 59. [LP]
THE WEAKEST LINK. Is George Orwell vanishing into the memory hole?
_Jeopardy_ answer requiring the proper question: 'He tinkers with history
at the Ministry of Truth, gets a girlfriend & has a very bad year.' _Contestants:_ 'Who is Snape?' 'Who is Harry Potter?' (7 October) [AIP]
COURT CIRCULAR. The litigation (since November 2016) between Dr Seuss Enterprises and ComicMix about _Oh, the Places You'll Boldly Go!_ ended on
5 October with the agreement that ComicMix won't publish this Seuss/_Star
Trek_ mashup written by David Gerrold and drawn by Ty Templeton, while DSE
will no longer try to collect damages. A major reason to abandon the 'fair
use' struggle was that Templeton is being treated for advanced cancer and should be spared further stress. [F770]
AS OTHERS CONTEXTUALIZE US. 'This vision of climate apocalypse is all too familiar today, but in 1963, when Frank Herbert started serializing his science-fiction epic _Dune_, it was deeply strange. The novel's story of a planet that had become a desert -- replete with psychedelic drugs, mystical visions and political assassinations -- fit awkwardly with the
chart-toppers of its time: _Surfin' U.S.A._, _Mary Poppins_ and _The
Beverly Hillbillies_.' (Daniel Immerwahr, _New York Times_, 23 October)
[AIP] If only John W. Campbell had warned Frank Herbert about this grave
lapse.
_SF ENCYCLOPEDIA_ LATEST. We have moved! Several stressful days after the domain transfer request, sf-encyclopedia.com switched from the Hachette web server to my own hosting service in the small hours of 6 October. _SFE_
access was restored soon after dawn; the SSL security certificate arrived
next day; by mid-October, after many rounds of routine updates, this
terrifying leap into the unknown began to seem almost like the new normal.
See sf-encyclopedia.com/news/new_world_order.
THE DEAD PAST. _20 Years Ago:_ 'Ken Follett, at a London charity auction,
bid GBP2,200 to feature as a character in Terry Pratchett's next novel. "I
want to appear as a giant but Terry is making no promises. All he asked me
is how I want to die, which is a little disconcerting." But ever so characteristic.' (_Ansible_ 172, November 2001)
FANFUNDERY. _TransAtlantic Fan Fund:_ the next TAFF race is to bring a
worthy European fan to Chicon 8 (the Chicago Worldcon) in September 2022. Nominations are open, closing 10 December; voting will run to 18 April. See taff.org.uk for more.
Anna Raftery's TAFF report _Cuttlefish and Cake_ is available for GBP5 from procrastinations.co.uk/asp-products/cuttlefish-and-cake/, with all proceeds going to the fund.
Rob Hansen's latest fanhistorical work for the TAFF free ebook library
is _Bixelstrasse: The SF Fan Community of 1940s Los Angeles_ -- another
huge compilation from original fanzine sources. We hope to publish this on
1 December.
THOG'S MASTERCLASS. _Distinctive Features._ 'The host for _Mornin', L.A.!_
was a blow-dry blond man with teeth that rivaled the full moon, Kathryn thought, in luminosity, though not in sincerity.' 'An artfully sculpted, skin-tinted pseudonose blended into her forehead.' (both Sterling Blake [Gregory Benford], _Chiller_, 1993) [BA]
_Dept of Nictitation._ 'Pale-blue eyes blinked nearsightedly behind contact lenses.' (Poul Anderson, 'Catalysis', February 1956 _If_) [CB]
_Physics Dept._ '... radio-active substances emit particles at speeds faster than light. Those particles go out of our time field, returning to
it when their speed drops again _[...]_ Cosmic rays are just free electrons that were shot from some radio-active substance perhaps ten minutes ago, perhaps ten years. Or even ten years in the future. It makes no
difference.' (Lee Elliot, _Overlord New York_, 1953) [BA]
_True Romance._ 'An hour of vigorous lovemaking had left him with partially vulcanized knees.' (F. Paul Wilson, _Conspiracies_, 2000) [BA]
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VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
18 November 2021, evening: the virtual London meeting is now on the
third Thursday. 'Please share this with people who you know typically come
to the Bishop's Finger, but aren't on Facebook.'
https://medium.com/@BohemianCoast/first-thursday-london-sf-fan-virtual-drinks-5232021e961f
21 November 2021 (every 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.
THE DEAD PAST II. _20 Years Ago:_ 'Elizabeth Billinger finds sf lurking in desert wastes: "Idly flicking through PricewaterhouseCoopers' free (but
deadly dull) publication _Private Client_ I was somewhat startled to find 'Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic _Dune_' cited in an article on Inheritance
Tax. John Whiting, President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, uses
the Arrakis tradition of returning to the people a deceased's water as an illustration of the 19th century theory that, without the intervention of
the state, death signals the return of a person's assets to the communal
pot." But was spitting on your host's floor a mark of high respect?'
(_Ansible_ 172, November 2001)
EDITORIAL. Your editor is too exhausted from _SF Encyclopedia_ work (with a little light ebook editing on the side) to editorialize.
SOME LINKS from the _Ansible_ home page.
Chesley Awards shortlists
https://asfa-art.com/news/2021-chesley-nominees/
Mythopoeic Awards (full announcement)
https://mythsoc.org/awards/awards-2021.htm
THOG'S GOLDEN OLDIES from _Ansible_ 172, November 2001. _Dept of Biometaphorical Research._ 'The remorse factor (Factor 26) flooded the
sites in Gary's brain specially tailored by evolution to respond to it.'
'... his glial cells purring with the sweet lubrication of his drink.'
'Cooks were the mitochondria of humanity; they had their own separate DNA,
they floated in a cell and powered it but were not really of it.' 'He'd
lived with the affliction of this debt until it had assumed the character
of a neuroblastoma so intricately implicated in his cerebral architecture
that he doubted he could survive its removal.' (all Jonathan Franzen, _The Corrections_, 2001)
'It was Mark Beasley, a photographer for the _Globe_ who wore a beard
that reached the middle of his chest and was nicknamed the Beast.' (Brendan DuBois, _Resurrection Day_, 1999)
_Dept of Heartfelt Romance._ 'I wanted him in my mouth, aquiver, like
the slippery muscle I'd once had a gloved hand on in an emergency room -- a fibrillating heart.' (Elizabeth Knox, _Black Oxen_, 2001)
_Ansible_(R) 412 (C) David Langford, 2021. Thanks to Brian Ameringen, Chris Bell, Olav M.J. Christiansen, _File 770_, Paul Di Filippo, European SF
Society, Steve Holland, Steve Jones, Guy H. Lillian, _Locus_, Michael J. Lowrey, Beth Meacham, Jim Montgomery, Caroline Mullan, Lawrence Person,
Andrew I. Porter, _SF2 Concatenation_, Steven H Silver, Gordon Van Gelder,
Liz Williams, Martin Morse Wooster, and as always our Hero Distributors: Durdles Books (Birmingham SF Group), SCIS/Prophecy, and Alan Stewart (Australia).
1 November 2021
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