SCOTLAND THE BRAVE
The midnight 31st May deadline on the Trans-Atlantic Fan-Fund
ballot shows that Ethel Lindsay has become the first femme-fan to
be voted a TAFF Delegate. Final U.K. figures were ETHEL LINDSAY
41, EDDIE JONES 29. The final Stateside figures are not yet to hand
but Eric Bentcliffe informs me that Ethel was leading 68 - 24 last
week.
Ethel, an exiled Scot, is past Chairman of the Science Fiction
Club of London and a founder member of OMPA in which apa her fanzine
SCOTTISHE has become increasingly popular over the years. She has
served on several convention committees and has worked behind the
scenes on most British fan gatherings during the past five years.
Defeated rival Eddie Jones of Liverpool is the first to congratulate
Ethel on her victory, writing "Congratulations, Ethel, the
the best fan won. U.S. Fandom, you’re in for quite a pleasant surprise
for Ethel possesses an effervescent personality, good humour and
a sincere wish to help others. You have one of the wisest exports
Britain could hope to make to America. Entertain her. Spare no expense
to make her trip a memorable one, but remember to send her back.
British fandom would be lost without her.”
Ethel says that she can’t believe its true and that she’s sick
with excitement and hopes that she doesn’t die of excitement before
the trip. She writes, “I would like to thank everyone who supported
TAFF and especially Eddie for being such a wonderful companion in
the campaign.I have not yet worked out a travel programme, but will
do so just as soon a I simmer down a bit from the exhilarating happiness
that surrounds me at the moment.”
CONGRATULATIONS, ETHEL !- —— Ron Bennett.
LATEST “BID ONCE” AUCTION LOTS: 50% of buying price goes
to any fannish charity or organisation buyer cares to name. Send
your ceiling price only. Each lot sold to top bidder at 2/6d (35cents)
above second highest bid. Each bundle mailed promptly Sat 14th July.
LOT 4 APHORRETA, the British wonder-zine of 1958-59 - 8 issues.
Numbers 2 (Lacking cover), 4, 6 – 10. LOT 5. IF-WORLDS OF
SF. U.S.-Editions. First two volumes complete. 12 issues March 1952
– Jan 54. Reserve £1. LOT 6: - Early Nova mags, SCIENCE FANTASY
3, 4, 6, NEW WORLDS 4. Four magazines, good condition. LOT
7 BRE hardcovers - Steve Frazee: .THE SKY BLOCK; Ward Moore: BRING
THE JUBILEE:;, Heinlein: THE MAN WHO SOLD THE MOON; Bleiler and Dikty:
THE BEST SF STORIES (First Series). 4 books in d/w.
ELLIK TALKS TAFF ON BBC. During his recent TAFF trip to
the British Harrogate Convention, Ron Ellik detoured to Cheltenham
where he was interviewed on tape by Eric Jones, about science fiction,
TAFF, and the. BSFA. The tape was sent to the BBC who broadcast
the tape on the West Home Service early morning “Today” programme.
Newspaper reporters have since been trying to contact Ron for a
story. (EJ & KC).
KEN SLATER REPORTS that Harry Harrison spent four days
in the Aldiss hot-house before returning to Denmark and writes that
Digit have brought out (May 30th) the following four pbs at
2/6d per: The Troglodytes (Nal Rafcam), A Planet Named Terra (Victor
Wadey), The Sea Lady (Wells) and Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde (Stevenson).
Ace American Double F-139 has @ 40cents Poul Anderson’s The Makeshift
Rocket (A Bicycle Built for Brew from Analog ‘58) backed with Un-Man
and Other Novellas (Margin of Profit and The Life Coward are the
others.) From Monarch comes a sexed up version of Russ Winterbotham’s
The Space Egg, previously of Amazing and Avalon. Published by the
Manchester University Press @ 21/- comes a study of the scientific
romances, The Early H.G.Wells by Bernard Bergonzi, a 226pp work
which is an item of value to the sf addict with more than cursory
interest in the history of the modern sf novel. Apart from a serious
study of the work of Wells and an excellent bibliography covering
many of the uncollected items, the contents also include two stories
reprinted from the “Science School Journal” 1887-88, “A Tale of
the 20th Century” and “The Chronic Argonauts.” - (KFS).
GERFAN NEWS: Information on the Unterwossen Con, 24th
August, in Bavaria may be had from Fran Ettl, 8211 Unterwossen,
Freuhlingstrasse 6. Note that ‘8211’. Many German addresses have
recently been given new zone numbers on a national basis. For example,
Burkhard Blum is no longer at 16 Hofheim/Ried but now at 6844 Hofheim.
(Jakobstrasse 17). FANZINE NEWS Helmut Klemm’s THE BUG EYE is to
change its title to LAUNE. Mario Kwiat who published the very successful
PLEHBOI last year was recently married; is planning a second edition
this year. Fan Directory of Gerfans a la Broyles planned for later
this year. Shortened version of Goon Goes West also planned for
this year with The Enchanted Duplicator a possible for 1963.
Last three projects in the hands of Tom Schluck. Big split in Gerfandom
at the moment. Franz Rottensteiner wrote a series of articles criticising
the standard of translations from English and American sf stories
and was immediately boycotted by many clubs. Many German club-leaders,
it appears, write books for lending libraries and have vested interests
in the matter. (TS & BB)
Further on the above: The second Plehboi collection will be titled
BABBIT. Out early 1963. DM 2 from Mario Kwiat, 44 Muenster, Box
4002 K, Germany.
1961 FAN DIRECTORY. 500 addresses. 1/6 or 25cents from Bennett
or Bob Pavlat.
BASTION 3 (Spring 1962, from Eric Bentcliffe, 47 Alldis
Street, Gt Moor, Stockport, Cheshire & Norman Shorrock, 2. Arnot
Way, Higher Bebington, Wirral, Cheshire.) Outstanding in this issue
of Merseyside’s offering to the zinescene is the artwork by Eddie
Jones and Jim Cawthorn, excellent stencil studies of serious artwork.
Dick Lupoff writes about New York fanzines and Brian Aldiss contributes
a survey of literary bombs. Mike Moorcock visits Sweden and Eric
Bentcliffe and John Roles take up Drums Along the Mersey where John
Owen left off in that brilliant, readable, deadpan style. Good stuff
this.
HYPHEN 31 (March 1962 1/-, Walt Willis & Ian McAulay,
170 Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast 4, N. Ireland.). Carried over
from SKYRACK’s last issue.... The usual standard - A melange of
material by Jimmy White, Bob Shaw, George Charters Atom and George
Spencer. A neat cover and a beautiful bacover with a .superb Lighthouse
touch.
THE SOL READER (1/9; Tom Schluck, Hannover, Altenbekener
10, W. Germany) A selection of the material recently published in
the Gerfanzine SOL, and specially translated into English. An interesting,
if stilted, array, with one really outstandingly interesting and
enthusiastic entertaining item, a meeting with von Braun by Wolfgang
Thadewald.
FOCUS 3 (January 1962; Mervyn Barrett, 74 Jolimont
Street, Jolimont, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). Interesting but
average material by Roger Horrooks and Alan Dodd. (And thanks for
the stamps, Merv).
SHANGRI-L’AFFAIRES 60 (Jan-Feb 1962; Edited by Fred Patten;
1/8d from Archie Mercer, 434/4 Newark Rd., North Hykeham, Lincoln)
A goodly selection of material by John Berry, Jack Harness, Hal
Lynch, Dirce Archer, Bjo, Roy Tackett and others.
SCIENCE FICTION PARADE (March 1962; Stan Woolston, 12832
Westlak Street, Garden Grove, California, USA) A revival of the
newszine inaugurated to spread the gospel of the 1958 SolaCon. This
issue devoted to fan- and prozine listing and survey.
STEFANTASY (February 1962; Wm. M. Danner, R.D.1, Kennerdell,
Pa., USA) Professional-type humour presented in a professional manner.
Material by J Peff, Michael Frayn and one Colin Freeman.
PANIC BUTTON 7 (Winter 1962; Les Nirenberg, 1217 Weston
Road, Toronto 15,, Ont.,Canada). High class captioned photos as
the trade mark and material by Len Moffatt, Roy Tackett, Jim Linwood,
Walter Breen, Rog Ebert, Norm Clarke and Gary Deindorfer.
WARHOON 15 (Richard Bergeron, 110 Bank Street, New York
14; 5 for $1; April 1962) A 70 pager. Wow! Backed for this year’s
Hugo is the latest Wrhn with material by Bergeron, Virginia Blish
(on La Dolce Vita), Redd Boggs (File 13), James Blish, Walt Willis
(The Harp That Once or Twice), Robert Lowndes, Brian Aldiss, Nancy
Rapp (Tattooed Dragon satire), and interesting lengthy-letter-writers.
THE HARROGATE CONVENTION was first reported in the Yorkshire
Evening Post for Easter Monday. For once the “green monster walking
down the street” element was happily absent and the report was a
straightforward account quoting seven Germans attending the con,
150 attending in all, Brian Burgess the owner of one of the biggest
SF libraries in Britain and the first conference of “the organisation”
taking place in Leeds 35 years ago. Ah,well.....
Ken Cheslin, 18 New Farm Road, Stourbridge, Worcs., plugs UCHUJIN
and says that he’s expecting a tape from the Japanese fans and will
willingly lend it to clubs, groups and individuals. Ken himself
recently visited Cheltenham fandom and will be visiting his parents
in Birmingham early in June. :::: BSFA Newsletter 13 in from the
new editor, Ella Parker, full of meat and vastly interesting.::::
Mike Kilvert, con attending founder of the Stourbridge group, marries
2nd June. :::: Many thanks Disclave attendees for the postcard with
birthday wishes from Peggy Rae McKñight, Pat Lupoff, Dave
& Ruth Kyle , Andy Main, Larry McCombs, Will Jenkins,
Mother and Bob Pavlat, ::::Happy Lupoff’s Day to you too!!. ::::
Don Ford & Bobbie Gray note - US Service paper STARS AND STRIPES
featured Tower of London armour on l4th May linking pressure resistance
with that of space suits. :::: Richad W. Calkins, creator of Buck
Rogers, died 13 May in Arizona, aged 68. :::: Thanks Tom Schluck,
Gerfans, Ian and Betty Peters and Ethel Lindsay for the one-shot
produced in Hampton Court Maze. :::: And thank you, Sandra Hall,
for the copy of the fanzine with the circulation of 8,000
- a publicity leaflet for the recent Municipal elections, .Sandra
having stood for the Fulham m Borough Council. No news available
on the result. Anyone? :::: Recent issue of Amateur Cine ran pic
of Les Childs in a still from the Cheltenham film “The Test.”
HARROGATE CONVENTION final balance sheet held up. Money
still to come in from Advertisers and non-attendees who cancelled
too late for rooms to be sold. The hotles billed the con for rooms.
The Clarendon billed for a table. Two American Embassy posters disappeared,
as did some thirty convention pencils which should have been mailed
out to non-attending members.
LATE DISCLAVE CARD from Dave & Ruth Kyle who
inform that fans were on the roof. Next Stateside national con is
the WesterCon June 30th-July 1st at the Alexandria, Los Angeles,
followed by the ChiCon, the Chicago Worldcon which will be attended
by three British fans at least in Walt Willis (and Madeleine of
course), TAFF Delegate Ethel Lindsay and Tony Glynn. That’s 31st
August-3rd September.
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