Table of Contents

Message from the Chair ......................................... 3
Committee and Staff ............................................ 4
Guest of the Convention
     Author Guest of Honor - Patricia C. Wrede ................. 6
Artist Guest of Honor - Chris Butler ........................... 8
Fan Guest of Honor - Lynn Gold ................................ 10
Program Participant Bios ...................................... 12
Departments ................................................... 19
     Art Show ................................................. 20
     Dealers' Room ............................................ 21
Friday Events ................................................. 25
     Ice Cream Social ......................................... 25
Saturday Events ............................................... 26
     Masquerade ............................................... 26
Parties: Don't Go Home at Seven ............................... 28
Maps .......................................................... 30
A Brief History of Loscon ..................................... 36
A Short History of LASFS ...................................... 38
Awards
     The Evans-Freehafer Award ................................ 42
     The Forry Award .......................................... 44
     The Rotsler Award ........................................ 44
     
The Program ................................................... 46
Loscon Policies ............................................... 55
Members of Loscon 28 .......................................... 56
Indices & Thanks .............................................. 59

Building the Future, One Mind at a Time

by Chaz Boston Baden

If you're passionate about SF, it usually means you're interested in the future. And our children are our future; they're the ones who'll be running things, sooner than we expect. If we shortchange their education, we shortchange our future and theirs.

"Grown men and women, sixty years old, twenty-five years old, sit around and talk about the 'golden age of science fiction,' remembering when every story in every magazine was a masterwork of daring, original thought. Some say the golden age was circa 1928; some say 1939; some favor 1953, or 1970, or 1984. The arguments rage till the small of morning, and nothing is ever resolved. Because the real golden age of science fiction is twelve..." (Peter Graham)

Science Fiction, or Speculative Fiction if you prefer, is the literature of possibilities. (Fantasy with rules - a consistent universe - comes under the heading of Speculative Fiction in my book.) SF is a great medium for cautionary tales - "what if this goes on?" SF offers hope for the future, exploring the options of "what if this happens?" or "what if this had happened instead of that?" What if a storybook princess in a fairy tale world decided she didn't want to be a typical storybook princess?

"If science fiction has a major gift to offer, I think it is just this: the capacity to face an open universe. Physically open, psychologically open. No doors shut." (Ursula K. LeGuin)

Loscon's theme is based on the topic of "Education." I picked Patricia C. Wrede because she has written some wonderful books for young readers. (She's written marvelous grown-up fantasy books too, of course, which just adds another layer on the cake.)

"I can't think of a better antidote to teenage peer pressure and conformity than SF. There is a correlation between reading SF and having the freedom and self-confidence to disregard convention and think for yourself." (William Sleator)

I might add that Chris Butler's hard-science background is there to counterbalance the fantasy author, and that both Chris Butler and Lynn Gold are nice people you'll be glad to meet on the party floors even if you don't get to their daytime panels. But I'm running out of

Committee and Staff

Access: Patrick Fahey, Kathleen Fahey

Anime: Brett Achorn, Stacey Hallman

Archivist: Tadao Tomomatsu

Art Show: Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink, Jerome Scott, Fuzzy Niven, MJ Jewell, Charles Matheny, Janet Baernstein, Shari Taylor

Artists' Concourse: Selina Phanara and Stacey Hallman (on-site rep)

Autographs: Rebecca Barber, Bruce Rowan

Belly Jam: Kristine C. Cherry

Blood Drive: Dennis & Kristine C. Cherry; Kathy and Dora Carter, Pamela DuPuy, Jennifer Cole, Sherry Brehm, Rick Smith

Cartoons: Tom Safer

Con Suite: Eylat Poliner; Karl Lembke, Mark Poliner, Brian Gitt, Chandies Dale Williamson, Allison Kristine Haft, Rosalinda Duran-McKellip, Tom Safer, Anna Safer, Regina Reynante, Greg Reynante, Terry Brussel-Gibbons, Paul Brussel-Gibbons

Dance, FND: Michael Molisani; Chris Pariso, Susan Gleason, Cindi Cabal, Chris Barbour

Dance, History of Rock: Shawn Crosby; Michael Reed

Daily Newsletter: Mike Glyer

Dealers Room: James M. Briggs; Kris Bauer, George Mulligan

Directional Signage: Katt Thornton

Fan Lounge: Bruce Pelz

Fan Tables: Ed Hooper; Joyce Barnes

Filk Music: Blars; Gerry Tyra, Sandy Tyra (tech), Colleen Savitzky

Gaming: Rick Fleming, Sundance

Green Room: Val Ontell, Ron Ontell; Sandy Cohen

GOH Liaison: Allan Rothstein, Chaos Savitzky, Tess Kessler

Hall Costume Awards: Anne Morrel, Bill Ellern

Hotel Liaison: Christian McGuire; Kim Marks Brown, Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink, Lynn Boston Baden, Allie Johnson

Ice Cream Social: Mark Poliner, Shawnna Fox, Maria Rodriguez, Pat Lawrence

Information: Michael Molisani; Cathy Mullican, Emily Christensen, Nikki Better

Kids Room: Alison Stern; Lucy Stern, Ronald Frescas

LASFS Table: darcee golden

Listening Lounge: Greg Barrett, Joe Zeff, Harold Goldstein, Kevin Reames, Patrick Fahey

Loadmaster: George Mulligan

Logistics: Bob Null

Lux Theater: Shawn Crosby, Herr Direktor: Michael Reed
Cast: Colleen Crosby, Colleen Kennedy, Scott Martin, Pat Mannion, Elizabeth Bowes, John Bryson, Tadao Tomomatsu, Patrick Beckstead, Christian McGuire
Crew: David Milano, Brian Reynolds, Jeff Bergdahl, Kim Bergdahl, Judy Adler, Phil Adler

Lynn Gold Party: Scott Beckstead, Sherri Benoun, Joan Steward, Rebecca Barber, Bruce Rowan

Masquerade: Carolyn Louaillier, Fred Louaillier, Jess Miller, Dale Hales

Office: Michael Mason, Joyce Sperling, David Keller, Deanna Bayless

Operations: Alex Chin, Bert Boden

Party Maven: Janis Olson

Programming: Richard Foss; Jace Foss

Program Ops: Cathy Beckstead, Joyce Sperling, Casey Bernay, Elisa Sheets, Valerie Milewski

Publications: Colleen Crosby; Karena Kliefoth, Lynn Boston Baden, Shawn Crosby, Hazel the Bear

Publicity: Wolf Foss

Regency Dance: John Hertz

Registration, On-Site: Kim Bergdahl, Pat Lawrence, Shawnna Fox, Lynn Boston Baden, Maria Rodriguez, Emily Christensen, darcee golden, Rebecca Barber

Registration, Pre-Con: Elayne Pelz

Student SF Contest: Lynn Boston Baden, Pat Lawrence, Melissa Campbell, Maria Rodriguez, Kim Marks Brown, Hazel the Bear

Tech: Mike Donahue; Charlie Hoff, Greg Hart, Scott Beckstead

Toy Drive: George Mulligan

Treasurer: Elayne Pelz

Video Channel: Diana Dougherty, Michael Thorsen, Tom Safer

Virtual Masquerade: Michael Thorsen

Volunteers: Anastasia Hunter

Webmaster: Rachel Heslin

Author Guest of Honor

Patricia C. Wrede

by Lois McMaster Bujold

Also like many other writers, Pat was a bit of a late bloomer, her life taking many turns before setting true course on writing. She followed a bachelor's degree in biology from Carleton College with an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota. She began her first novel, Shadow Magic , as a post-graduate "hobby", between 1974 and 1980. In 1980, three months before Shadow Magic sold, Pat joined the Minneapolis writers' group "the Scribblies"; among her fellow luminaries-to-be were Steve Brust, Emma Bull and Will Shetterly, and Pamela Dean. No one writes in a vacuum. Pat quit the day job as a financial analyst with the publication of her fifth book; being an accountant, she was better fitted than most of us to the self-regulated, or self-deregulated, life of the self-employed.

What the official biography does not tell you is that Pat is also an extraordinary mentor. I first met Pat by mail when our mutual friend Lillian Stewart Carl sent her my first short story for critique, about the time Pat sold her second novel, Daughter of Witches. Pat, bless her, sent me back a 14-page letter of comment, which was more attention than I'd had from one human being in years. Behavior which is rewarded is repeated; Pat has been my most valuable first reader ever since. Her ability to "talk book", and be at least temporarily as interested in her student's work as her own, is as rare as it is fine. Her generosity of spirit has provided me with aid, comfort, critique, mental stimulation, and a shoulder to gnash my teeth on in the face of the vagaries of the publishing industry. All this and tax advice too. Pat has gone on to find other students, including taking on the task of tutoring in an adult literacy program. Others may complain about low literacy rates in this country; Pat is one of the few people I know who is actually doing something practical about it.

So talk to Pat about her books: the Lyra series; the epistolary Regency fantasy romp she wrote with Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery and Cecelia; the meticulously-researched Elizabethan fantasy and adult-fairy-tale-retelling of Snow White and Rose Red; Mairelon the Magician and its sequel Magician's Ward ; the elegant short story collection Book of Enchantments; and Talking With Dragons and its prequels, the enormously popular and successful YA series she's written for Jane Yolen at Harcourt Brace. (I'm still sorry she couldn't title the third one Bowling for Dragons, as its working title ran for some months; but alas, there was no bowling in it.) Get her to tell you about her about her trips to Skywalker Ranch for the Star Wars YA novelization projects for Scholastic. (She also has a not-so-secret passion for computer games.) And ask her about her students. Pat is one of the most life-enhancing people I've ever met. She has surely enhanced mine.

Artist Guest of Honor

Chris Butler

by Tracy Butler, as told to Hazel the Bear

I saw him after he had seen me. Somebody had said something that really irritated me, and I felt this tap on my shoulder. I turned around and it was some guy asking me if I knew where the recycling bin was. I snapped at him because I was already irritated and fuming at something. I didn't realize that was Chris.

Later when we went into the main hall I saw him again, literally from across the room, I saw my love across a crowded room and it was pretty much just like that. Before the end of the meeting I had his e-mail address, and we started e-mailing back and forth, cyber flirting.

We met again at the Renaissance Faire a few months later, found we were very attracted to each other and started carrying on a long-distance relationship for about a year and a half. My mother, Alexis Walser, was very much into sci fi fandom. She'd done some artwork for Jerry, Larry, and Steven Barnes, for one of their collaborative books. Before I managed to move back to California she had fallen ill with terminal cancer. This was while Chris and I were cyber-flirting together. And when I couldn't get to San Diego to see her, he would drive down there just to be with her when he knew I couldn't be. He said that she was actually very influential, she helped him a lot with some of the pieces he was working on at the time. Such as "Still Life on Mars" and "One Mistake For a Man" (the "lost car keys on the moon" painting), and one with a steam locomotive on the moon.

Shortly after she died, I finally moved back out to California in November 1996 and we decided to take the relationship one step further and started living together. A few years later, in May 2000, when were on Catalina Island, he proposed to me. He actually wrote a press release for our engagement!

Sometime after I'd moved back from Arizona, I asked Rick Foss how he and Greg had planned to get me back out to California. His response was: "Live bait."

Some miscellaneous factual stuff:

Chris is a member of the Orange Country Astronomers and the Steamship Historical Society. He's interested in paleocartography - one of his current projects is a set of globes showing the earth's continents during various prehistoric periods. Another project is a book of paintings called "L.A. Before Civilization," which documents a hypothetical Roman survey team's visit to Southern California.

11:20 pm EST, May 8, 2000 For immediate release/(API-Avalon, Catalina Island, California)

Sources here in this sleepy island resort have reported confirmation that at long last, Chris Butler and Tracy David have formally announced that they are engaged to be married. The announcement came after Butler and David spent a leisurely day here touring the island while avoiding the press and photographers that follow their every move.

Community leaders had earlier expressed confusion as to the exact nature of the announcement, but by nightfall word had spread across the city that one of America's most celebrated couples had become engaged. Several hours later Butler's publicist Edward J. Finklestein emerged from Avalon City Hall to acknowledge the rumors were true.

"They are definitely getting married," Finklestein stated. "Although no date has yet been set, we will know more on that in a week or two, after their schedulers have a chance to look at the logistics. It will probably be in the fall, possibly October." Shortly after Finklestein spoke to the press, reports were received that two young women, possibly college students, fatally lit themselves on fire, in protest on the Avalon city pier. Butler has been the subject of numerous stalking incidents in recent years but it was unclear at this hour if the immolations in Avalon were connected.

In response to the news of the culinary world's leading bachelorette, Chef Phoeliea Garbonseiau locked himself in his Paris apartment and cancelled a banquet for the President of France. "I cannot believe she is with that American imbecile, that space artist. Until she comes to her senses, I am through with food, I wish never to eat again."

In Washington, President Clinton announced he would delay his upcoming trip to China until the situation was more certain. White House spokesperson Joe Lockhart explained, "We have no reason to think that this is not a good thing for Mr Butler and Ms. David, but also for the country and the international community. The President recognizes that sooner or later they were bound to make up their minds and he sympathizes with Mr. Butler. I believe the President described Ms. David once as a fine-looking woman, or words to that effect."

Publicist Finklestein deflected all direct questions regarding the upcoming ceremony by feigning a seizure. However, source close to families expect details to emerge shortly on what could be the marriage of the century.

Fan Guest of Honor

Lynn Gold

by Chaz Boston Baden

And Lynn is our Fan Guest of Honor.

Lynn is active in filk music circles. She has been on the Internet since before it was the Internet. Her Bichon Frise - a little white dog known as Fuzzball - is a regular party hound, and has been known to wander in and out of room parties cleaning up any bits of food that have fallen onto the floor. That's more or less how we met... well, actually, if I recall correctly, I met her when she was helping EPS hold an @! party at Loscon. She was helping him shop, because he'd flown in and she had a car. (That happened a lot, with EPS coming up with a new theme idea each year and Lynn helping him implement it.)

I learned from Lynn that you don't, actually, need to go up and down each and every aisle of Price Club in order to do your party shopping. She taught me her Macaroni & Cheese recipe (and I have used it to great results). Lynn has run the Con Suite at a Westercon, and she taught me her minimum standards for running a decent party (which have served me in good stead). She helped a bunch of Babylon 5 fans run a wonderful party at Loscon a few years back, during the height of the show's popularity, using a modest budget and a lot of prep work by the fans involved.

So, anyhow, Lynn's well-known for throwing parties and for her musical talents. (If you ever run across a recording by a group called N Strings Attached, that's the group she and her friends formed once upon a time.) I'm pleased to announce that Lynn has designed a party for Friday Night with a theme of "George R. Orwell School: For a Well-Rounded Education," and she'll be performing in our Saturday Night Concert. And you'll probably find her in the filk room from time to time as well.

Footnotes.

2. Peabody was our dog in Redondo Beach, who was too wild to keep. That's enough about dogs, though; this article's really about Lynn.

3. EPS, often pronounced "eps," stands for Eric P. Scott, who is a Bay Area fan with a hat. A frequent flyer, he's hit the point where he can fly anywhere for next to nothing, and shows up at numerous conventions each year (including a couple L.A. cons), because travel is often cheaper than food. (And, assuming you fly to your relatives, travel will get you food.) But this article isn't about EPS, it's about Lynn.

4. Lynn Gold is no relation to the L.A. fans Lee & Barry Gold. There are lots of fans named after colors (in LASFS we have Gold, Green, Gray, and Brown, for example). Pay it no heed. Lee is often described as an "Honorary Relative of Lynn Gold" to underscore the fact that there's no actual relationship. (And in case your next question was about Barry, he's not a relative either.) But enough about these other Golds, I'm trying to write an article about Lynn.

5. Lynn's Macaroni & Cheese recipe includes such diverse ingredients as real Tillamook cheese, and those little plastic "crocks" of Kakauna cheese food product. It all works out wonderfully in the end, and you can cook the whole thing in your room using two crockpots (one to boil the pasta, the other to make the sauce). One word of caution, though, it takes a long time to boil water in a crockpot. You might consider starting the water right after breakfast.

6. Things to consider for a good room party: Have something that the other parties don't have. Think about the theme for your party and how to tie in some of the food to the theme. Home-cooked goodies are good. Hot food coming out during the party is a real draw, and can get people to sit and wait for the next batch coming out of the toaster-oven. Investing in prep time can save a lot of money. M&M's and potato chips are expensive. Try to have something from all four categories of soda (caffeinated, non-caffeinated, diet caffeinated, diet decaf) available. The coffee drinkers out there really appreciate good coffee, you won't need much but they'll be willing to sit and wait for a fresh-brewed pot. The hosts should act like they're having a good time. If you're helping with a party and start feeling cranky, leave the room and get some air.

7. Lynn's website address is http://www.rahul.net/figmo/ . The "figmo" is an Army acronym, having something to do with "I've got my orders." FYI: Figmo is her e-mail address but not her fan name.

Photo courtesy of www.trex.org.

Program Participant Bios

Program Descriptions begin on page 46.

Forrest J. Ackerman is the living legend, a man who has been an author, agent, publisher, museum curator, and first and foremost, a science fiction fan. (See also pages 38-39.)

Karen Anderson has written many works of science fiction and fantasy, and is also known for her collaborations with her late husband Poul.

Chaz Boston Baden is a gregarious, imperious, and friendly fellow, who takes digital photos for "Hazel's Picture Gallery." (See www.boston-baden.com.) He is a member of the L.A. in 2006 Worldcon bid, and also chair of Loscon 28.

Lynn Boston Baden is a practicing librarian who enjoys science fiction, fantasy, and cozy mysteries. She has a weakness for dark chocolate and burly men with teddy bear ears.

Kage Baker has attained considerable acclaim and several award nominations for her stories about The Company, a group of manipulative time travelers. Her most recent novel is The Graveyard Game.

Steve Barnes is an author and screenwriter who has written several best-selling books, some in collaboration with authors such as Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. He also created the Life Writing Program, designed to develop both writing skills and self-reliance.

Steve Bartlett is a space activist and science fiction fan who works with Microcosm Space Systems.

Jeremy Bloom is a freelance journalist, screenwriter, and the publisher of Frequency Magazine, published in audio compact disc format.

Emma Bull is renowned as an author, musician, singer, raconteur, and generally interesting person. She has written award-winning novels and performed on several CDs, and is half of the goth-folk duo The Flash Girls.

Chris Butler is an artist, an astronomer, and a steamship enthusiast. Read more about our Artist Guest of Honor on page 8.

Chuck Cady works for Exponent Technology, a company making specialized law enforcement and military hardware.

Marty Cantor first became notorious as the publisher of Holier Than Thou, a fanzine that set new records for bizarre topics and splendid writing. His current publication is called No Award, and is available on paper or the Net.

Robert J. Cesarone is a mission specialist at Jet Propulsion Labs.

Shawn Crosby has been making something from nothing professionally for over 20 years - toys, action figures, display models, and props. Not just the President of Toy Club for Men, he is also a client, and secretly plots scenarios in which his large army of custom action figures and vehicles takes over the world.

Hugh Daniel is a computer security expert who is also an avid science fiction fan.

Sue Dawe is a well-known science fiction artist and costumer, as well as a Star Wars fanatic extraordinaire. She once turned a flamingo into a Sith lord.

John de Chancie has written novels and short stories in the field of science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history.

Buzz Dixon is an author, screenwriter, and story editor who enjoys cheesecake and sushi, presumably not in the same bite.

Don Dixon is an astronomical artist of considerable renown. His work has graced many prestigious magazines, and he is on the art staff at the Griffith Observatory.

Harlan Ellison has been hailed as a visionary both in the science fiction field and in mainstream literature. He has a rare ability to write tales that are both uplifting and profoundly disturbing.

Dr. Michael Engelberg is a film producer and writer who works to bring decent science fiction to the big screen.

Dr. William Ernoehazy is an internist and medical researcher who has assisted many authors in getting the bloody bits right.

Richard Foss is a journalist, travel agent, restaurant reviewer, and science fiction writer who has stories coming out in Analog and Alternate Generals II. He is also occasionally active in science fiction fandom and conrunning.

Laura Frankos has written mysteries and science fiction stories. Her most recent SF publication was "The Great White Way" in Analog Magazine.

Frank Kelly Freas is probably the best known science fiction artist and illustrator in the world, possibly the solar system.

Laura Brodian Freas is a science fiction artist who is also a classical music DJ.

Chris Garcia is the Curator of the Computer History Museum in San Jose.

David Gerrold has been an imaginary companion all of his life. That so many otherwise intelligent human beings continue to believe he exists represents hard evidence of the power of human imagination. If you prefer, you may imagine that he lives in Northridge with his son, three neurotic dogs, and several snooty cats, and that he is a renowned writer of books and screenplays.

Mel Gilden is one of the best known children's and Young Adult writers, and he has also written several media-related works.

Mike Glyer is the publisher of File 770, perhaps the world's best known science fiction fanzine.

Lynn Gold writes and performs her own songs, including "Buy Me a Whale" and "Iguanas (They're Not Just For Breakfast Anymore)," and is one of the net's living dinosaurs. See page 10 for more information on our Fan Guest of Honor.

Robert Gounley is a mission specialist at Jet Propulsion Labs.

Ashley Grayson is the founder of The Ashley Grayson Literary Agency, where he represents many bestselling SF, fantasy, and children's authors.

Barbara Hambly has written science fiction, fantasy, historical novels, detective fiction, and works that cross these and other categories. When not writing and editing she pursues interests in classical dance and other arts.

Francis Hamit is an investigative journalist, military scholar, and author of computer-related books. He is currently working on a novel about the Confederate secret service.

Keith Hartman wrote the nonfiction book Congregations in Conflict and the critically acclaimed genre-bending novel The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse. His new book, The Gumshoe Gorilla, was released in September 2001.

Hazel the Bear is a quiet, friendly creature, who enjoys making Jell-O and hanging out at science fiction conventions.

John Hertz is an attorney, history and dance scholar, and fanwriter who is well known in the science fiction community. He is widely credited with introducing Regency dancing to science fiction conventions.

Eric Hoffmann is a film historian with a particular love of science fiction and horror.

Aleta Jackson is one of the principals of X-Cor Aerospace, a private rocket company based in Mojave, California.

Charles L. Jackson II, AKA The Emperor, is a reviewer, cartoonist, and film historian.

Roby James has written two science fiction novels, Commencement and Commitment, that have received excellent critical reviews. She is also a professional photographer and lives in Arizona.

Warren James is a published SF author and the host of Hour 25, a popular internet radio show about science fiction.

James Killus is an atmospheric scientist and SF writer who has published two novels and many short stories. His most recent work is "Aphrodite's Children," a story of the colonization of the atmosphere of Venus.

Dr. Alan Koslow is a surgeon who has been active in science fiction fandom for 35 years. He lives in Des Moines, Iowa.

William "Buzz" Lange is a helicopter pilot and rocket engine tester for X-Cor Aerospace.

Brad Linaweaver first became famous when his novelette "Moon of Ice" made everybody's short list of the best works of 1982. Since then he has written or co-authored a huge pile of novels, short stories, scripts for low-budget films, and other works.

Lux Theater is best known for its own brand of total immersion live theater events. Transcending its Enigmatic roots in improvisational comedy, the Lux team has presented such environments as Crosstime USO, Milliways, and the live 1940's radio broadcast of The Adventures of Luke Skywalker. Information is available at http://www.luxtheater.com.

Doctor Lynn Maners is a doctor of cultural anthropology, so please don't tell him about the pain in your abdomen. The good professor teaches in Tucson, where he is also a science fiction reviewer and author.

Craig Miller has chaired Worldcons, written screenplays for hit cartoon shows, and done all manner of things in the science fiction and fantasy field.

Vera Nazarian is an author, musician, artist, and teacher. She has two novels coming out in 2002, and probably dozens of songs and paintings by then.

Larry Niven is a master of thoughtful and intelligent science fiction and fantasy, and he has a shelf full of Hugo awards that prove that his work is appreciated.

Val Ontell is a teacher and librarian in the San Diego area who has been active in SF fandom for many years.

Phil Osborn is a former public school teacher who created the "Computer Gang Project," and pioneered several home schooling conferences. He has also written many articles about technology and education.

Dr. Jerry Pournelle is one of the leading authors of military SF, and he has made millions of people less afraid of their computers with his dispatches from Chaos Manor.

Tom Safer is a theater technician and serious cartoon fan.

J. Neil Schulman is a Libertarian SF author and publisher who runs Pulpless.com, an E-book publisher with over forty titles available.

Eric P. Scott has hosted many room parties, including @! (Internet fandom) parties at Loscon back in the days before the dot-com boom and bust.

Will Shetterly writes decidedly unusual fiction. His most recent novel is Dogland, about a Florida attraction that never was.

Sherwood Smith has written award winning books in several genres, among them science fiction, fantasy, and Young Adult fiction.

Sharon Sprague-Morgan is an opera singer and professional researcher.

Tadao Tomomatsu played the part of a Japanese tourist in Inspector Gadget, which was typecasting, since he actually is a tourist. He has also played various other characters in film, TV shows, and other productions and is very active in local SF fandom. Tadao will be chair of Loscon 29, next year.

Harry Turtledove is on everyone's list of the top alternate history authors, but he has also written historical fiction, fantasy, and SF.

Christine Valada, Esq. is an attorney specializing in the area of author's rights and is the Legal Counsel for the Science Fiction Writers of America.

Katie Waitman attracted immediate acclaim for her first novel, The Merro Tree, and followed this up with the darker The Divided. She is currently working on another book in the series.

Chris Weber is a comic book and Young Adult fiction writer, as well as an avid SF fan and filksong writer.

Ken Wharton is a physicist and science fiction writer whose new novel, Divine Intervention was just released by Ace Books.

Lee Whiteside is the webmaster of SFTV.org and an avid fan from Arizona.

Karen Willson is not just a science fiction and Young Adult writer, she is also a screenwriter and the creator of "A Girl's World Clubhouse" at www.agirlsworld.com. When not writing, she is an avid costumer and filksinger.

Janet Wilson-Anderson is a famed costumer who has judged, won, and run more masquerades than just about anybody.

Patricia C. Wrede (pronounced REE-dee) is the author of a number of fantasy novels which can be enjoyed by both young people and adults. Her interests include sewing, embroidery, desultory attempts at gardening, chocolate, not mowing the lawn, High Tea, and, of course, reading. Read more about our Author Guest of Honor on page 6.

Frank Wu is a professional science fiction and fantasy artist who won the Illustrators of the Future Grand Prize in 2000. His work has appeared in Fantastic Stories, Talebones, Darkling Plain, and Altair Magazine, among other outlets.

William F. Wu is the author of 14 novels and nearly 60 short stories in magazines and anthologies such as Star Wars: Tales From Jabba's Palace.

Doselle Young is the writer/creator of "The Monarchy" comic series from DC/Wildstorm, and has written for many other series and publishers, His first trade paperback, Bullets Over Babylon was just released this month.

Janine Ellen Young was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award for her first novel, and her second made the Locus Recommended Reading List. She's currently at work on the third.

Departments

Access Department

Anime

For anime fans with a few hours to spare, the Anime Room is a great place to rack up volunteer time. If you think you'll have the block of time to spare, keep us in mind.

In keeping with the education theme, there will be some blocks of programming suitable for "all ages," as well as late-late shows. A good resource for parents or anyone else interested in finding quality anime for their kids or themselves is "The Parent's Guide to Anime" on the Anime Cafe, www.abcb.com/parents/.

Here are some of the titles we will be showing:

• You're Under Arrest
• Oh My Goddess OVA
• Patlabor TV
• Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
• Project A-ko
• Slayers
• Night on the Galactic Railroad
• Big O
• Cowboy Bebop (shown as an all-night marathon of all 26 episodes)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team
• Jubei-chan
• Saber Marionette J
• Crest of the Stars
• Gasaraki
• Reboot
• Slayers Book of Spells
• Martian Successor Nadesico
• Dragon Half

Artists' Concourse

Art Show

Art Show Hours

Friday		10 am - 6 pm
Saturday 	10 am - 6 pm
Sunday		10 am - 12 pm (when the auction starts)
Closeout		Sunday when the auction ends

Artists displaying at this year's Loscon include the following:

• Patrick Boaz
• Katrine Cady
• Alan Clark
• Leslie D'Allesandro-Hawes
• James Stanley Daugherty
• Lela Dowling
• Marc Fishman
• Barbara Fister-Liltz
• Dorothy C. Fontana
• Laura & Kelly Freas
• Denise Garner
• John Garner
• Susan Gleason
• Mary Hanson-Roberts
• Cleo Hanzlik
• Annette Hassell
• Tara S. Hendricks
• M.J. Jewell
• Shari Land-Kessler
• Frank Liltz Lubov
• Theresa Mather
• Therri Moore
• C.H. Morgan
• Betsy Mott
• Lorien Patton
• Jennie Roller
• Sandra Santara
• Denise Satter
• Cathy Schmid
• Lee Seed
• Ellen Shipley
• Dennis Skotak
• Terrie Smith
• Lisa Snellings
• B.J. Staehlin
• Teresa Trousdale-Swanson
• Lillian Tunnell-Barnett
• James Wappel
• Benton C. Warren
• Leo Winstead
• Frank Wu
• Dale Ziemianski

Art Show Docent Tours

This is a practice we borrowed from museums, where docents are informed guides who point out things that help people to appreciate what they see.

Art Show docent tours can include two people or twenty. The late Bill Rotsler, among his many talents, was so fascinating a docent that tours he led tended to accumulate fans, by the end resembling a rehearsal for grapes or bison.

Our docents are selected from pros and fans alike. Look for a schedule near the Art Show entrance (through the Dealers' Room).

Autographs

Cartoons

Children's Room

Con Suite

Daily Newsletter

Dealers' Room

• A Wrinkle in Time
• Adventures in Crime and Space
• Aerie Faerie
• Alicia Austin Art
• Angelwear Creations
• Be Dazzled By Design
• Book Universe
• Bridge Publications
• Cargo Cult Books
• DAG Productions
• Dangerous Visions
• Dragon Gems
• Dragon Marsh
• Earthdaughter Arts
• Fantasy Friends
• FoPaws Productions
• House of Artemas
• Hutchison Books
• Jerry Ohlinger's Movie Memorabilia
• Kelly Freas Art
• Kristy Smart Coat Designs
• Lunar Traders
• Magic Velvets
• Margaret Mannatt Fine Books
• Massoglia Books
• Money-changers
• Nova Science Fiction Magazine
• Paul Kennedy, Bookseller
• Soundtrack
• Springtime Creations
• Therri Moore Designs
• Wonders & Delights

Fan Lounge Reference Library

Filk Music

Gaming

Hall Costume Awards

Listening Lounge

Virtual Masquerade

Volunteers Wanted

DESCRIPTION: This is a pass/fail course. Give blood, you pass. Don't give, you fail. The class will be followed by a lab session (cantina) for juice studies, homemade cookie examination, gummy frog dissection, and running chocolate lab mice through graham cracker mazes.

Successful students will be entered in a raffle for prizes, including a $10.00 and $20.00 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble bookstore, tickets to the L.A. Planetarium and a free membership to next year's LosCon. The raffle will be held during the Masquerade half-time. Provided class supplies will include balloons and a free button from the EarthDaughter Arts dealer's table.

Depending upon availability,

PREREQUISITES:

COST: One unit (of blood).

Friday Events

Hour 25 Taping

Ice Cream Social

Knowledge is Power!

Lux Schoolhouse Theater is a tribute to the Saturday morning television that YOU grew up with. The live on-stage revue stars your favorite childhood TV pals: sing along with Schoolhouse Rock, agonize with Charlie Brown, sling webs with Spidey, and harmonize with the Muppet guys. Audience sing-along is encouraged! And what Saturday morning experience would be complete without commercial breaks, with flashback clips from Beany and Cecil to Bugs Bunny to Sesame Street to everything else we could get our hands on. So come and join the fun in Academy 2 & 3 at 8:30 pm, immediately following the Ice Cream Social. Presented by Lux Theater, the people who brought you Milliways and The Adventures of Luke Skywalker.

Regency Dance

Regency dancing is measured and elegant; the English Regency period was about the year 1800. Napoleon ruled Europe, and George Bryan "Beau" Brummell ruled England. You may have read about the regency period in novels by Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen. Recent films set in the regency period include Emma and Sense and Sensibility. Come to dance or come to watch, but you may find that it's surprisingly easy to learn.

Celtic-Eclectic Cabaret

Friday Night Rock Dance

Saturday Events

Tai Chi

Locks of Love

Student Science Fiction Contest

Masquerade

This year's Masquerade will have two $50 cash prizes awarded to the best presentations. One will be the Judge's Best in Show, the other will be voted by the audience.

If you are wearing a hall costume, please consider joining us on stage to show off your creation. Masquerade registration is open from 10 AM to 6 PM on Friday, and 9 AM to 2 PM on Saturday. If the mood strikes you, don't worry about not having a fancy presentation; we will be happy to help.

Seating will begin at 7:45 PM, with seating for those with special needs beginning at 7:30 PM. If you require seating in the Handicapped Accessible area, please let Access (located in the main concourse of the Convention Center) know ahead of time, so we can accommodate you.

There will be no flash photography allowed inside the ballroom during the masquerade. This is both for the safety of the performers and for the enjoyment of others.

Filk Concert

History of Rock and Roll Dance

Don't Go Home at Seven:

An Introduction to Room Parties

There will be bunches of signs posted for the parties, so you can watch for them and write down room numbers. Or you can just go to one of the party floors (for example, the fourth floor) and work your way up and down the hall and stairs to the other floors, looking for open doors.

"But I didn't get an invitation! I'm not going to go where I'm not invited."

On the party floors, the open door constitutes an invitation, especially if you hear conversation inside. Most of the parties are an excuse to hang out and talk, or drink strange and exotic beverages (Diet Coke with Lemon? what were they thinking?) and nibble on unidentifiable delicacies or crottled greeps.

There are a couple of parties that are actually sponsored by Loscon. The rest of them are run by private individuals or other organizations. The Loscon-sponsored parties are:

Friday Night: "George R. Orwell School: For a Well-Rounded Education" also known as the "Lynn Gold Party." Our Fan Guest of Honor was given a room, a modest budget, and a small crew of local fans, and together they've planned this party for you.

Saturday Night: "Forry's 85th Birthday Party." Forrest J Ackerman, the L.A. fan with a hundred film cameos to his name, a thousand monster movie props in his home, and a million friends around the world, turns 85 this year. Forry was "Mr. LASFS" for thirty years, see page 38 for more info.

Friday/Saturday night: "Loscon 29 Party." Meet next year's Loscon chair, Tadao Tomomatsu.

The parties don't usually get too loud, although twenty fans talking in a hall having a conversation can make a bit of a noise. If you're staying on a party floor and are concerned about late-night conversations outside your door, please ask the front desk to move you to a "quiet floor." Trust me, you'll be happier that way.

Party Notes

Convention Center

Art Show Hours

Friday		10 am - 6 pm
Saturday 	10 am - 6 pm
Sunday		10 am - 12:00 pm
      Auction	12:00 in the Vine Room
Closeout		Sunday when the auction ends

Dealers' Room Hours

Friday		10 am - 6 pm
Saturday 	10 am - 6 pm
Sunday		10 am - 5 pm

Blood Drive

Ice Cream Social

Regency Dance

Lux Schoolhouse Theater

FND-Friday Night Rock Dance

Masquerade

History of Rock Dance

Autographs

For additional event information, see Pocket Program.

Main Hotel

Anime Room

Childrens Room

Friday		10 am to 6 pm
Saturday 	10 am to 6 pm  
Sunday 		10 am - 4 pm

Con Suite

Friday		9 am to midnight
Saturday 	9 am to midnight
Sunday 		10 am to 4 pm

Gaming

Listening Lounge

Celtic-Eclectic Cabaret

Filk Concert

Midnight Horror Readings

See Pocket Program for additional information on readings and other events throughout the convention.

A Brief History of Loscon

LA 2000
December 5 - 7, 1975
International Hotel, Los Angeles
GoH: None
Chair: Milt Stevens
(199 / 196)

Loscon 2
October 15 - 17, 1976
Pacifica Hotel, Culver City
GoH: None
Chair: Ron Bounds
(??? / 175)

Loscon 3
April 1 - 3, 1977
Quality Inn Airport, Los Angeles
GoH: None
Chairs: Ed Finkelstein & Mike Glyer
(163 / 149)

Loscon 4
November 4 - 6, 1977
Quality Inn Airport, Los Angeles
GoH: Jerry Pournelle
Chair: Marty Massoglia
(279 / 253)

Loscon 5
November 3 - 5, 1978
Huntington Sheraton, Pasadena
GoH: Robert Bloch
Chair: Susan Fox
(383 / 347)

Loscon 6
November 10 - 12, 1979
Airport Park Hotel, Inglewood
GoH: A. E. van Vogt
Chair: Alan P. Winston
(732 / 691)

Loscon 7
November 28 - 30, 1980
Anaheim Sheraton, Anaheim
GoH: Larry Niven
Fan GoH: Alva Rogers
Media GoH: Jack Arnold
Chair: Mike Shupp
(1120 / 1055)

Loscon 8
November 6 - 8, 1981
Huntington Sheraton, Pasadena
GoH: William Rotsler
Fan GoH: Len & June Moffatt
Chair: George Jumper
(1016 / 968)

Loscon 9
November 26 - 28, 1982
Universal Sheraton, Universal City
GoH: Poul Anderson
Fan GoH: Milt Stevens
Chair: Dan Deckert
(1390 / 1345)

Loscon 10
November 25 - 27, 1983
Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena
GoH: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Fan GoH: Fuzzy Pink Niven
Special GoH: John Myers Myers
Chair: Bruce Pelz
(1048 / 1009)

Loscon Eleven
November 23 - 25, 1984
Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena
GoH: Curt Siodmak
Fan GoH: Forrest J Ackerman
LASFS GoH: Bill Warren
Chair: Charles Lee Jackson, II
(1002 / 959)

Loscon 12
November 29 - December 1, 1985
Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena
GoH: Robert Silverberg
Fan GoH: Terry Carr
In Absentia GoH: Daniel Pinkwater
Chair: Craig Miller
(1387 / 1318)

Loscon the 13th
November 28 - 30, 1986
Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena
GoH: John Brunner
Fan GoH: Bruce & Elayne Pelz
Chair: Danise Deckert
(1343 / 1282)

Loscon XIV
November 27 - 29, 1987
Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena
"Galactic Empires"
GoH: C. J. Cherryh
Fan GoH: Tom Whitmore
Chair: Fred Patten
(1359 / 1330)

Loscon Fifteen
November 25 - 27, 1988
Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena
"South Gate in 'Eighty-eight"
GoH: Vonda McIntyre
Fan GoH: Stan Woolston
Artist GoH: Patricia Davis
Chair: Rick Young
(1250 / 1000)

Loscon Sixteen
November 24 - 26, 1989
Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena
"Where Anything Can Happen"
GoH: Spider & Jeanne Robinson
Artist GoH: Erin McKee
Fan GoH: John & Bjo Trimble
Chair: Richard Foss
(1221 / 1098)

Loscon 17
November 23 - 25, 1990
Buena Park Hotel, Buena Park
GoH: Barry B. Longyear
Artist GoH: Reed Waller & Kate Worley
Fan GoH: Ben Yalow
LASFS GoH: George Alec Effinger
Chair: Robbie Cantor
(1107 / 1040)

Loscon 18
November 29 - December 1, 1991
Hyatt Regency, Long Beach
"Robotics & Computers in SF/Fantasy"
GoH: Mike Resnick
Artist GoH: Brad Foster
Fan GoH: Allan Rothstein
Chair: Rick Young
(1064 / 1019)

Loscon 19
November 27 - 29, 1992
Airport Marriott, Los Angeles
"Into the 21st Century on a Sturdy Broom"
GoH: Barbara Hambly
Artist GoH: Don Maitz
Editor GoH: David Hartwell
Fan GoH: Mike Glyer
Chairs: Christian McGuire & Shaun Lyon
(1285 / 1241)

Loscon 20
November 26 - 28, 1993
Burbank Airport Hilton, Burbank
"Take This Con and Stuffie It!"
GoH: Roger Zelazny
Artist GoH: Rick Sternbach
Fan GoH: Paul Turner
Chair: Chocolate Moose (with Elayne Pelz)
(1204 / 1187)

Loscon 21
November 25 - 27, 1994
Burbank Airport Hilton, Burbank
"The Changing Face of Science Fiction"
GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold
Artist GoH: Alicia Austin
Editor GoH: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Fan GoH: Robbie Cantor
Special GoH: "Superguest" Julius Schwartz
Chairs: Shaun Lyon & Christian McGuire
(1173 / 1155)

Loscon 22
November 24 - 26, 1995
Burbank Airport Hilton, Burbank
"The World of SF"
GoH: Bob Shaw
Artist GoH: Lubov
Fan GoH: Larry Stewart
Chair: Robbie Cantor
(1124 / 1098)

Loscon XXIII
November 29 - December 1, 1996
Burbank Airport Hilton, Burbank
"Relax in the Company of Friends"
GoH: Harry Turtledove
Artist GoH: Vincent DiFate
Fan GoH: Bob Null
Chair: Christian McGuire
(1127 / 1117)

Loscon xxiv
November 28 - 30, 1997
Burbank Airport Hilton, Burbank
GoH: S. M. Stirling
Artist GoH: Mitchell Davidson Bentley
Fan GoH: Geri Sullivan
Media GoH: J. Michael Straczynski
Chair: Ed Green
(1376 / 1296)
"Dedicated to the Memory of William Rotsler"

Loscon 25
November 27 - 29, 1998
Burbank Airport Hilton, Burbank
"Twenty Five Years of a Good Thing"
GoH: David Brin
Artist GoH: Sue Dawe
Fan GoH: Marjii Ellers
Chair: Kimberlee Marks Brown
(1206 / 1141)

Loscon XXVI
November 26 - 28, 1999
Burbank Airport Hilton, Burbank
"It's the End of the World as We Know It...and We Feel Fine"
GoH: Connie Willis
Artist GoH: Alex Ross
Fan GoH: Joe Siclari
Chair: Liz Mortensen
(1386 / 1204)

Loscon 27
November 25 - 27, 2000
Burbank Airport Hilton, Burbank
"The Dawn of a New Millennium"
GoH: Orson Scott Card
Artist GoH: Bob Eggleton
Special GoHs: Harry Knowles, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Frank Kelly Freas
Fan GoH: Craig Miller & Genny Dazzo
Chairs: Shaun Lyon & Christian B. McGuire
(1375 / 1317)

Loscon 28
November 23 - 25, 2001
Burbank Airport Hilton, Burbank
"Education - Building the future one mind at a time"
GoH: Patricia C. Wrede
Artist GoH: Chris Butler
Fan GoH: Lynn Gold
Chair: Chaz Boston Baden
( / )

Loscon 29
November 29 - December 1, 2002
Burbank Airport Hilton, Burbank
"Planet Loscon"
GoH: David Weber
Others to be announced
Chair: Tadao Tomomatsu

A Short History of LASFS

The pioneering science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, began monthly publication in April 1926. It printed opinions and criticisms from its readers, along with their full addresses, in a "Discussions" column. Rejoicing in their newfound kindred, many early fans, most of high school and college age, began writing to each other. Within a few years, a group of two or three hundred of these pen pals around North America and Britain had formed a loose social association. Some organized more formally. A Science Correspondence Club was started during 1928, and began publishing a club magazine, The Comet, in May 1930. By the early 1930s several of the more literate fans, individually or in collaboration, started their own amateur magazines in emulation of the professional SF magazines. The prevailing attitude and sense of purpose of these early fans and fanzines was the serious advancement of science fiction.

The earliest localized SF club was The Scienceers in New York City, which first met on December 11, 1929. Its fanzine, The Planet, began in July 1930. In addition to amateur fiction and popular science articles, it reported on the meetings and social activities of the club. Copies of The Planet were mailed throughout the fledgling SF fandom, and encouraged many fans to start similar clubs in their cities. These clubs usually drifted apart after a few months or years as their adolescent members developed other interests, but there were always some SF clubs to inspire new fans to create or join local clubs.

In May 1934, Wonder Stories announced the creation of the Science Fiction League, an international SF club which was to be coordinated through a column in the magazine. Members living in the same city were encouraged to get together and start a local SFL chapter. The first SFL chapters were on the East Coast, but on Saturday, October 27, 1934, seven Los Angeles SFL members and two guests met in the garage of member E. C. Reynolds. These nine fans sent a letter to Wonder Stories asking to become an SFL chapter. The Los Angeles Science Fiction League (LASFL) was granted a charter dated November 13, 1934 as the club's fourth chapter.

The LASFL met irregularly during its first year. This changed when Forrest J Ackerman, a hyper-enthusiastic L.A. fan who was in college in San Francisco at the time, returned home at the beginning of 1936 and quickly became the club's most active member. Bolstered by Forry's efforts, LASFL began meeting regularly every other Thursday in February 1936, increasing to every Thursday by 1939. He became the nucleus of a group of similarly enthusiastic young fans such as Walter Daugherty, T. Bruce Yerke, Paul Freehafer, Ray Bradbury, and Ray Harryhausen who transformed the LASFL from a tiny literary discussion club into a lively social group. They invited all SF authors visiting or living in Los Angeles to come to the LASFL. Arthur J. Burks, Robert A. Heinlein, Jack Williamson, Henry Kuttner, and other celebrities accepted the invitation.

Ackerman was particularly active in helping the LASFL publish its own mimeographed fanzines. They were full of humorous, pun-filled reviews and parodies of current SF, as well as discussions of the LASFL's picnics, holiday parties and group outings to scientific lectures at Cal Tech or the local planetarium in addition to the club meetings. These soon established the LASFL's reputation throughout budding SF fandom as "Shangri-L.A."; a paradise for young SF fans. This reputation helped L.A. fandom win the World Science Fiction Convention for 1942 (postponed until 1946 due to World War II).

When the parent Science Fiction League began to fall apart in the late 1930s, Forry aided the club in staying alive by declaring its independence on March 27, 1940 as the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society. Forry remained active in the club for the next two decades. He seldom held a formal club office, but he was always there to keep things moving while others came and went. Forrest Ackerman was Mr. LASFS for thirty years. By the time he stopped participating regularly in the mid-1960s, he left a firmly established club behind him.

The LASFS went through some drastic personality changes before settling down into its current self. SF fandom in the Thirties was dominated by intellectual young men who gave the original LASFL the atmosphere of a college fraternity. During the early Forties, the club almost self-destructed due to fannish politics. Cliques and factions battled, attempting to impeach club officers, arguing endlessly over trivial differences of opinion, and setting up rival local SF clubs. At the same time, with World War II in progress and most SF fans over 18 in the Armed Services, the LASFS took on the atmosphere of a fannish USO. Los Angeles was a major embarcation center for soldiers and sailors shipping out into the Pacific, and LASFS members were always ready to stop fighting long enough to greet and play host to fans in uniform passing through L.A. to the front.

Perhaps in reaction, as soon as the war ended the club swung to the opposite extreme, shunning most fannish activities as irresponsible. The attitude was encouraged that fans should aspire to become professional SF authors, and several local writers including A. E. van Vogt, Ross Rocklynne and L. Ron Hubbard became regular participants. The LASFS instituted a "Fanquet", an annual banquet honoring those members who made their first professional SF sale. Several members did sell one or two short stories, and one, E. Everett Evans (for whom the Evans-Freehafer Award is co-named, with Paul Freehafer; see separate section), became a minor popular author during the 1950s until his death in 1958.

A major accomplishment of the LASFS in the late 1940s was the creation of the annual West Coast Science Fantasy Conference (Westercon). At this time the only SF conventions were in the New York/Pennsylvania/New Jersey area, plus the annual World Science Fiction Convention which had come to Los Angeles in 1946 but was usually held in a city East of the Mississippi. Two LASFS members, Walter Daugherty and Dave Fox, felt that the fans in Western cities deserved their own annual convention. In 1948 the LASFS started the Westercon in emulation of the Worldcon. Los Angeles-area fans held the first three Westercons until the convention was well-enough established that fan clubs in such cities as San Diego and San Francisco were ready to host it. Today the Westercon is over fifty years old, and has met in cities ranging from Vancouver, BC to Honolulu, HI to Boise, ID to El Paso, TX. The Westercon's Bylaws specify the LASFS as the archive of Westercon business and the default administrator in the case of the failure of any individual Westercon (which has never happened). In 2002 Westercon 55 will return to Los Angeles for the first time in eight years.

By the early 1960s the LASFS had worked through its extremes to become the casual, open-to-all interests club that it is today. There are always some SF authors and artists in residence, from Fritz Leiber in the late Fifties to Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle today, including Stephen Goldin, David Gerrold, Steven Barnes, John Dalmas, William Rotsler, George Barr, and John De Chancie among others. Some were well-established when they moved to Los Angeles and others became authors while they were fans in the club. But there is no longer pressure for members to write if they prefer to remain fans.

In the Sixties the LASFS regained the lively spirit of its beginnings, with the additional benefit of a growing female presence in SF fandom. The club became more family oriented, with several marriages between members during the Sixties and Seventies including Bjo & John Trimble, Len & June Moffatt, and Bruce & Elayne Pelz. Fans began to specialize into sub-groups, devoting themselves to hard-science SF, Tolkienish high fantasy, SF movies, comic books, specific movie and TV series including Star Trek and Dr. Who, roleplaying games, Japanese anime, mystery/detective fiction, computer groups, even cliffhanger serials and old Westerns through the efforts of Charles Lee Jackson II. Despite this fragmentation, the LASFS counted them all as part of All Things Fannish, encouraging a strong spirit of camaraderie and family. The LASFS began to build this spirit during the 1960s, incorporating in 1968 as a non-profit educational organization and buying its own property in 1973. In 1977 the LASFS replaced it with a larger clubhouse at the current location in North Hollywood. In 1993 the club completed renovations to its front building, remodeling and doubling the size of its SF library which now contains well over 10,000 volumes.

In December 1975 the Society prepared LA 2000, a special convention to celebrate the club's 2,000th meeting. More a relaxicon than a convention in the traditional sense (such as featuring guests of honor or holding a formal program), the event was so enjoyable that it was repeated in 1976, moving to October to honor the club's anniversary and calling itself Loscon for the first time. The Loscon was held twice in 1977, the second that year being the first with an official guest of honor, Jerry Pournelle. By 1978 it had settled into an annual November affair, the Los Angeles Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, and starting with Loscon 9 in 1982 the Thanksgiving weekend has become traditional. Loscon 7 in 1980 was the first to top 1,000 members, and attendance has not dropped below a thousand since 1984.

LASFS's regular Thursday night meetings, starting around 7:00 p.m., usually boast sixty to one hundred fans of all ages. About half the attendees participate in the formal meeting and program, which may include a speaker, an SF movie, a panel, or auctions of SF items. The rest are present to use the club's library (a trove of SF books, magazines, audio and video tapes, available to all members), or to gather in informal groups in various spots around the clubhouse to socialize, pursue their special interests, or work on individual club projects. (The LASFS has organized SF exhibits for local public and university libraries, and a committee publishes an updated "LASFS Recommended Reading List for Young Readers" which has been requested by librarians across the country. The LASFS maintains social contact with other major SF clubs throughout America.) The clubhouse is also open every Friday night for more informal socializing and open gaming. In addition, on the Second Sunday of each month the LASFS hosts an open house for gaming fans. The LASFS also runs a SF exhibition booth at the annual UCLA Book Fair, and holds an annual "LaLaCon" two-day relaxicon each Spring.

Come to the LASFS table at Loscon and find out more about the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, which sponsors Loscon. Or drop by LASFS any Thursday night at, 11513 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601.

Current LASFS Elected Officers

President	Ed Green
Vice President	Merlin R. "Bob" Null
Scribes		Mike Glyer
		Karl Lembke
Treasurer	Liz Mortensen
Registrar	Michael Molisani

LASFS Board of Directors

Chairman	Bill Ellern
Vice Chairman	Karl Lembke
Comptroller	Mike Glyer
Secretary	Mike Glyer
Members 	Mike Stern
		Joe Zeff
		Mike Thorsen
		Michael Mason
		Kim Marks Brown
		Elayne Pelz
		Liz Mortensen
		Merlin R. "Bob" Null

For more information, see the club's website at www.lasfs.org.

The Evans-Freehafer Award

The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society began to honor its own in 1959 with the creation of the Evans-Freehafer Award, named after two of the club's most influential and popular members, E. Everett Evans and Paul Freehafer.

E. Everett Evans - "Triple-E" or "Tripoli" - was one of the first LASFSians to become a successful professional author, with over a dozen short stories and novels published during the 1950s before his death in 1958.

Paul Freehafer was only 27 when he died of a rheumatic heart in 1944, but it was his cheerful enthusiasm for carrying club projects to completion that made the LASFS one of the leading SF clubs of the late 1930s and early 1940s.

The Evans-Freehafer Award is presented at each Loscon to that year's recipient. The award is decided by a special committee made up of the three previous years' recipients, and the winner is a closely-guarded secret until the announcement. The award is presented for service to the LASFS, recognizing hard work and dedication to the club. Only two people, Bruce Pelz and Bob Null, have received this award two times.

In 1972, rather than present the award to a currently active member, the decision was made to give the award to Forrest J Ackerman, retroactively all the way back to 1942, for his years of service to the club.

Evans-Freehafer Award Recipients

• 1959 Al Lewis
• 1960 Rick Sneary
• 1961 John Trimble
• 1962 Virginia Mill
• 1963 Leland Sapiro
• 1964 Paul Turner
• 1965 Fred Patten
• 1966 Bruce Pelz
• 1967 (no award)
• 1968 Charles Crayne
• 1969 Bruce Pelz
• 1970 Don Fitch
• 1971 Milt Stevens
• 1972 Forrest J Ackerman (retroactive to 1942)
• 1973 Bill Warren
• 1974 Lee Gold
• 1975 Tom Digby
• 1976 Craig Miller
• 1977 Jerry Pournelle
• 1978 Jim Glass
• 1979 Louis E. W. Gray
• 1980 Elayne F. Pelz
• 1981 Merlin R. Null
• 1982 Fuzzy Pink Niven
• 1983 Marjii Ellers
• 1984 Gavin Claypool
• 1985 Susan Hazeltine
• 1986 Galen Tripp
• 1987 Mike Frank
• 1988 Charles Lee Jackson, II
• 1989 Robbie Cantor
• 1990 Gary Louie
• 1991 George Mulligan
• 1992 Merlin R. Null
• 1993 Michael Donahue
• 1994 Len & June Moffatt
• 1995 Ed Green
• 1996 Leigh Strother-Vien
• 1997 Tim Merrigan
• 1998 Liz Mortensen
• 1999 Greg Bilan
• 2000 Mike Thorsen

The Forry Award

Each year since 1966, the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society has presented the Forry Award for Lifetime Achievement in the field of Science Fiction. Named after long-time fan and "Mr. LASFS", Forrest J Ackerman, the award is chosen by members of the club during a meeting usually in the mid- to late Fall of each year, and announced at the Loscon.

Forry Award Recipients:

• 1966 Ray Bradbury
• 1967 Fritz Leiber
• 1968 Poul Anderson
• 1969 Larry Niven
• 1970 Harlan Ellison
• 1971 Theodore Sturgeon
• 1972 A. E. van Vogt
• 1973 C. L. Moore
• 1974 Robert Bloch
• 1975 Kris Neville
• 1976 Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 1977 L. Sprague de Camp
• 1978 Leigh Brackett
• 1979 Jerry Pournelle
• 1980 Robert A. Heinlein
• 1981 Horace Gold
• 1982 Arthur C. Clarke
• 1983 Frank Kelly Freas
• 1984 Julius Schwartz
• 1985 Robert Silverberg
• 1986 Jack Williamson
• 1987 Donald A. Wollheim
• 1988 Ursula K. LeGuin
• 1989 Andre Norton
• 1990 Isaac Asimov
• 1991 Curt Siodmak
• 1992 Hal Clement
• 1993 Roger Zelazny
• 1994 Frederik Pohl
• 1995 Harry Turtledove
• 1996 Chuck Jones
• 1997 Jack Vance
• 1998 David Brin
• 1999 Connie Willis
• 2000 Anne McCaffrey
• 2001 Ray Harryhausen

The Rotsler Award

The Rotsler Award was created by the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests, Inc. (SCIFI, Inc.), in 1997 to honor the lifetime work of outstanding fanzine artists, in memory of one of the most outstanding -- Bill Rotsler. It is awarded yearly by a specially appointed panel, and, by arrangement with the LASFS, it is presented at the Loscon.

Rotsler Award Recipients

• 1998 Steve Stiles
• 1999 Grant Canfield
• 2000 Arthur Thomson (ATom)
• 2001 Brad Foster

The Program

*Subject to change - See the program grid and daily newsletters

Adventures In Research - Writers and artists sometimes do mighty strange things just to make sure that they don't make their characters do something impossible. Hear them tell you what you don't need to do on the program known as Dauntless Data Hunting 101. (Hambly, Frankos, Anderson, Ernoehazy) Sat 1:00 pm Academy 3

Astronomical Art and Scientific Truth - Many works of astronomical art bend the truth to justify impressive vistas on cloud-shrouded planets or perpetually dark moons. Artists and astronomers will "out" the culprits or defend their actions. (F. Wu, Butler, Freas, Gounley, D. Dixon, Caesarone) Sat 2:30 pm Academy 4

Slide Show: Astronomical art of Aldo Spadoni (Aldo Spadoni) Sun 10:00 am Academy 3

Before The Killer App - What was the original purpose of the internet, and when did its real potential become apparent? A short history of a technical revolution, from people who were there. (Garcia, Gold, Grayson, Pournelle) Sat 4:00 pm Academy 4

The Best Books I Have Read This Year - And the ones that should be popular but aren't, and if we're feeling cranky we'll tell you the ones that shouldn't be popular but are. (S. Smith, Maners, Grayson) Sat 1:00 pm Academy 5

The Best Films You've Never Seen (And where you can see them if you're interested.) A retrospective of overlooked films. We will have a handout for people to carry away to the video rental store. (Hoffmann, Dixon, C.L. Jackson II, Warren) Sat 1:00 pm Academy 2

Building a Better Loscon - The infamous Gripe Session. What did we do right? What would you like to see next year? Members of next year's committee will be on hand taking notes. (Baden, McGuire, Tomomatsu) Sun 1:00 pm Academy 5

Building Big Worlds - Some worlds in fantasy and science fiction have unlikely or impossible ecosystems or combinations of culture and environment. What do writers need to watch out for, and what should readers notice? (Shetterly, Anderson, Dixon, Niven, Maners) Sat 11:30 am Academy 4

Charity Auction for SFWA Medical Emergency Fund with David Gerrold (David Gerrold) Sat 2:30 pm Academy 3

Classic SF Roundtable: Farmer in the Sky - This Heinlein novel is generally regarded as one of the great introductions to a host of SF ideas. Does it merit the acclaim? Come tell us what you think... Sat 11:30 am Vine

Comets: Investigating the Visitors - The tiny DS1 flight team overcame dwindling fuel, a failed star tracker,solar flares and a host of other challenges to achieve an amazing Ion powered flyby of comet Borrelly. Come hear the story and see some spectacular close-up images of a comet nucleus (Collins) Sat 10:00 am Academy 3

Costuming on the Cheap - You can make a light sabre with ten dollars worth of stuff from Home Depot, really! The materials for really cool props are probably in your closet and garage. The scrounge queen and friends tell you all about it... (Wilson-Anderson, Crosby, others TBA) Sun 10:00 am Academy 4

Dethroning The Emperors - Why are so many SF and fantasy worlds dominated by kings, or by rulers who might as well be kings? Are SF readers politically na‹ve or monarchists at heart? What are the best works that break with that tradition? (Shetterly, Turtledove, Waitman, Wrede) Sat 4:00 pm Sunset

Doctor Destructo Shows You How Things (used to) Work - Ever wondered what is inside stuff and how it works? So did Hugh Daniel, and he likes to take it apart to find out. Want to watch and learn, maybe help? Come to this presentation... Sun 1:00 pm Celebration

Enterprise: Does The Future of Star Trek Lie In Its Past? - Will the new series be more popular than previous versions in the long term? Is there something about this period in the Federation's history that is inherently more interesting than later periods? (Warren, Trimble, Mc Guire, Young, Whiteside) Fri 2:30 pm Gala/Festival

Free Enterprise In Space - Most of us agree that it has to happen. What are the first steps, and is anybody taking them? Is there a way that small investors can participate? (A. Jackson, Terman, de Chancie, Linaweaver, Caesarone) Sun 4:00 pm Vine

Growing Up With The Space Program - (Butler, Foss) Sat 4:00 pm Academy 5

Harlan Ellison vs. The Internet Pirates - The Net makes it very easy to spread information - and to steal it, and books are information. Come learn about the case that will make or break an author's right to make a living. (Ellison/Valada) Sun 11:30 am Gala/Festival

Harlan Ellison auction - Harlan Ellison will auction off trash and treasures to help cover legal fees in the pioneering authors rights case. Sun 1:00 pm Gala/Festival

Harry Potter and the Movie of Fire - Was it a good idea to make the film of the first book rather than a whole new episode? Did the Harry Potter movie really add anything to the enjoyment of the series? (Trimble, Tomomatsu, Spector, Warren) Sat 2:30 pm Academy 2

Hour 25 Taping - The popular internet radio show, recorded live at Loscon. Warren James, host. (Warren James) Friday 6:00 pm Academy 4

How Bad Can Television Get? (The Pessimists) - You might as well toss that set in the trash, because televised science fiction won't get better. The members of this panel explain why. (Cantor, Linaweaver, Dixon, Sprague-Morgan, Bloom) Sun 11:30 am Academy 2 How Good Can Television Get? (The Optimists) - You can have quality SF on television, really! Just ask the members of this panel. A few things may have to change, though. (Miller, Tomomatsu, Weber, Barnes) Sun 1 pm Academy 2

Human Cultures Are Weird! - It would take a brave author to invent cultures half as odd as the ones that actually exist. What are some of the really weird ones, and how did they adapt to their world? (Frankos, D. Young, Baker, Dumars, W. Wu) Sat 4:00 pm Celebration

I Sell So Many Books, Why Am I Broke? - Contracts, royalties, taxes, and the business of writing... (Ross, Grayson, Wrede, Dawe) Sun 11:30 am Academy 5

The Involuntary Human Is Dragged Kicking And Screaming Toward Sentience by the Cosmic Badger - David Gerrold will indulge himself in a freeform, rambling, disconnected, free-associating, scream of consciousness, inquiry into the process by which the unwilling get processed by language into the semblance of consciousness, which is actually only the training ground and not the actual arena of life; during which exposition the memetic traps will be closed upon the metaphorical legs of those members of the audience who have managed to stay awake. (David Gerrold) Sat 11:30 Gala/Festival

Jeff Walker's Trailer Park - Want to get a glimpse of the hot movies of next year, and perhaps score some promo items, t-shirts, and memorabilia? End the convention with a look at the future... (C. Baden, M. Donahue) Sun 2:30 pm Academy 3

Kelly Freas Portfolio and Slide Show - The underground vaults of the Kelly Freas Studios contain some of the greatest SF illustrations and art ever painted. See a whole bunch of the best at this program item... (Freas) Sat 11:30 am Academy 3

LA Fandom Retrospective with Len & June Moffat - Two of LA's best loved SF fans bring slides and memorabilia to show you how fandom used to be... Sat 2:30 pm Sunset

Land Warrior: Soldier of the Future - Most high tech weapons have been developed to keep the enemy at arm's length, pounding enemy positions with remote-control weapons. There are times, though, when it all comes down to a soldier on the ground. Land Warrior is the program that brings technology to the foxhole, and this presentation shows us the face of future war. (Cady) Sun 1:00 pm Sunset

Let's Scream At Each Other And Get It Over With - We've heard the usual arguments about education: teachers are incompetent, politicians meddle with the school system, the schools are prejudiced against fantastic literature, phonics vs. whole language, etc. Why not bring it all up here and clear the air? (Osborn, Ontell, Weber) Fri 4:00 pm Academy 5

Making Rocket Engines As Safe And Reliable As Jets - How close are we to efficient rocket-propelled vehicles? Closer than you might think, say the people at X-Cor. Come see the state of the art... (A. Jackson, De Long, Lange) Fri 4:00 pm Gala/Festival

Marketing Niches: A Necessary Evil? - A book can be marketed as science fiction, fantasy, or mainstream work without changing a line. What is the difference to the author, and who makes the decision? (Hartman, Turtledove, Nazarian, Wrede, Willson) Fri 4:00 pm Celebration

NASA: After The Goldin Age - What changes are likely now that Dan Goldin has left NASA? Are they likely to be for the better? (Gounley, Caesarone, Bartlett, Spadoni, A. Jackson) Sat 10:00 am Celebration

Our Friend The Virus - Viruses are just information, aren't they? Why can't we reprogram them to do things we want to be done - or can we? (Koslow, Ernoehazy, J. Young) Fri 1:00 pm Celebration

Our Little Corner of the Galaxy - Artist Guest of Honor Chris Butler has studied the stars in our neighborhood, and this show of his astronomical art shows his visions of the galaxy.. Fri 2:30 pm Academy 3

Party Queen's Guide to Con Entertaining - Many convention parties consist of stale chips and stale conversation, with a few broken Oreos for variety. How do you make your bash the talk of the con? Party Goddess and Fan Guest of Honor Lynn Gold gives a few tips for hosting and decorating... (Gold, Scott, Dawe, Liz Mortensen) Fri 2:30 pm Celebration

Opening Ceremonies/Patricia Wrede Interview - Come meet our Guests of Honor and start off Loscon with a bang! (Wrede, Butler, Gold, C. Baden, Foss) Fri 1:00 pm Academy 4

Physics and Logic of Time Travel - According to the equations, time can go as easily backward as forward. Can this be right? How has this idea been used in SF, and how well? Warning: your head may hurt if you think about this one too hard. (Wharton, Terman, de Chancie, Baker) Sat 11:30 am Academy 5

The Prize For The Best Prize - Cash prizes have inspired inventors to attempt important achievements. What should we be trying to encourage now? (Rjames, Osborn, Bartlett, Digby, Spector) Sat 11:30 am Academy 2

Psychotic Fantasies - Many protagonists in science fiction and fantasy novels are driven or violent characters. Are sane, well-adjusted people boring, or perhaps less believable than madmen? (Hartman, Turtledove, Nazarian, Gilden) Sat 11:30 am Celebration

Remake This! - What SF and horror films had a great plot but suffered from technical limitations of plain awful acting? Are there gems out there just waiting for remakes? (F. Wu, Engelberg, C.L. Jackson II, Warren, Linaweaver) Sat 10:00 am Academy 2

Researching On The Net - Many internet sites carry false or misleading information for political or commercial reasons. How do you figure out what sites should be trusted, and how do you teach others to do so? (Sprague-Morgan, Ontell, Turtledove, Tomomatsu, Killus, Weber) Fri 2:30 pm Academy 4

The Retreat From Ambition - There seem to be fewer works of science fiction featuring space travel and planetary exploration. Do we find the real solar system too daunting, or have we run out of ideas? (Hartman, Turtledove, Frankos, de Chancie, Pearce) Sun 10:00 am Academy 5

Robocop Meets Real Cop - Many works of science fiction have featured futuristic police technology. What do real policemen think of those inventions? Well ask some on this panel, which will bring together writers who have written about police technology, people who develop that technology, and cops who use what we have today. (Cady, Hartman, Pournelle, Green) Sat 11:00 am Gala/Festival

Roundtable: Science Fiction 101 Updated - What books written in the last ten years are best to introduce newcomers to science fiction? Sat 2:30 pm Vine

Roundtable: Teaching SF - Teachers and librarians discuss what they're doing now to encourage SF reading. Sat 1:00 pm Vine

The Selling of SF Films 1930-1960 - SF film posters and lobby cards slide show and commentary. (C.L. Jackson II, Hoffmann) Fri 4:00 pm Sunset

Sex, Violence, and Youth - What is the proper age to introduce sexual themes and descriptions of violence into books. Hint: Never is not an option. They're going to see both on TV anyway. (S. Smith, Frankos, Dixon, Barnes, Pearce) Fri 1:00 pm Gala/Festival

SF Fandom on the Net - And is it more than just fanzines in a new medium? (Glyer, Cantor, Gold, Konkin) Sun 10:00 am Gala/Festival

Skeptical Teaching - Teaching people to think for themselves carries the risk that they will someday oppose their teachers' own ideas. How skeptical do we want our children to be? How do we find that balance? (Osborn, Nazarian, Koslow, Maners, Weber, Bondi) Sun 10:00 am Celebration

Small Press, Smaller Press, No Press At All... - Never mind the technological implications of books moving from paper to e-books and CRT's - what are the social implications? Do we want anybody with a website and a program to be a publisher? When something like that happened in music we got punk rock... are we ready for a literary version? (Nazarian, Bloom, Weber, Cantor, Schulman) Sat 1:00 pm Celebration

Societies Without Rules... And if there were any, would they still be societies? What social rules and taboos are needed to make a society work, both in the real world and in fiction? (Osborn, Maners, Killus, Barnes, Anderson, Schulman) Sun 11:30 am Academy 4

Star Trek - Sometimes You Have to Shoot Your Own Dog - Originally Star Trek reflected the values of Egalitarianism, Equality and Exploration. Is its only current value as a commodity to Paramount stockholders? (Trimble, Engelberg, Whiteside, Dixon) Sun 10:00 am Academy 4

Student Science Fiction Contest Awards and Reading - Loscon has sponsored a writing contest for seventh and eighth graders. Come meet the finalists and hear the winning story read by a professional actor. (L. Baden, Tomomatsu) Sat 1:00 pm Sunset

Teaching SF as Mainstream Literature - Teachers discuss how to get SF into the schools, and perhaps whether this is such a good idea in the first place... (Dumars, Taylor, Schoenhuth, Bondi, Ontell) Sat 10:00 am Vine

Teaching the TV Way! - Educational cartoons from WB, MGM, and Disney, with commentary by Tom Safer. Sun 10:00 am Sunset

Technology Seeks Application and Vice Versa - What has been invented that we aren't using correctly? What needs to be done but isn't because we don't have the gadget yet? (A. Jackson, Garcia, Niven, D. Young) Sun 11:30 am Celebration

The Third World in SF and Fantasy - The characters in most SF and fantasy act like Americans or Western Europeans. Are we interested in reading about people who are different from ourselves? If someone wrote the books in which people like themselves appeared, would people of other cultures be more likely to buy the books? (Frankos, Waitman, Maners, Barnes, Pearce) Sat 10:00 am Gala/Festival

Tom Safer Presents: Two Tapes from "The Bell Science Series." Get your minimum daily requirement of science the easy way with these educational cartoons! Fri 1:00 pm Sunset

TV and Film as Comfort Food - Why do we enjoy watching the same characters, themes, and situations again and again? How many changes can be added into a popular series without alienating the audience that wants to see what they already like? (R. James, Hoffmann, Whiteside, Miller, Tomomatsu) Sat 4:00 pm Gala/Festival

Two-D to Three-D: Making costumes from written sources - You read the book, now dress like the characters! Our experts show you how... (Dawe, Wilson-Anderson, Hertz, Brodian-Freas) Fri 4:00 pm Academy 4

Vampire Hunters Club : Deliberately Making a Cult Film - The story of a film made as a loving and loopy homage to horror, which will be shown in its entirety at this program. (Linaweaver, Ackerman) Sun 1:00 pm Academy 3

Victoria's Secret - Many works of SF, fantasy, and horror are set in worlds that are Victorian, either overtly or in all but name. What attracts readers and writers to this particular period? (S. Smith, Hambly, Shetterly, Bull, Gilden) Sat 2:30 pm Gala/Festival

Wassamatta U? - In keeping with our teaching theme, Tom Safer presents 12 episodes of Rocky and Bullwinkle + Fractured Fairy Tales, Aesop and Son, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody's Improbable History. Come appreciate the jokes you were too young to get the first time you saw these... Sat 10:00 am Sunset

What Isn't Scary Any More? - How have our tastes in fear changed? (Hoffmann, Garcia, J. Young, Ackerman, Dawe) Sat 10:00 am Academy 4

Who Watches The Watchers? - What are the limits of security and privacy? What level of privacy do criminals need that honest citizens don't, or is there a difference? If were going to allow somebody to regulate information, who should it be, and who should regulate them? (Note: flame-throwers will not be allowed in this program room.) (Osborn, Niven, Daniel, Hamit, Pearce, Hertz) Sat 2:30 pm Academy 5

World of the Dinosaurs - Science artist Chris Butler shares his internationally published dinosaur art, for a look at an alien planet full of wonder and danger - the world of the dinosaurs. (Butler) Sun 11:30 am Academy 3

Writers of the Future - The program that has launched dozens of careers introduces you to new winners. Sat 2:30 pm Celebration

Writing For Smart Kids - How do you write for intelligent young readers, and what do intelligent young readers want to read? Are books for young readers just books for older readers simplified? (Gilden, Wrede, A. Turtledove, Smith) Sat 10:00 am Academy 5

You Can't Write That Any More! - Has political correctness made the SF market more homogenous, and as a result less interesting? Could this be why it isn't selling as well as it used to? (Hartman, R. James, de Chancie, Ross, Pearce) Sun 1:00 pm Academy 4

Policies and Rules and Stuff

Weapons

• No real or real-looking projectile weapons (including firearms, crossbows, flame-throwers, and electricity-discharging devices) may be carried

• No weapon may be brandished or drawn in any part of the convention or in any public area.

• Dealers selling knives, swords, daggers, battle-axes, bat'leths or other replica weapons will wrap items for transport.

• Once in the hands of a purchaser, all items will be treated as above.

Violations of these rules will bring the wrath of the Committee upon you. You will probably be asked to surrender your weapon. If you refuse, you will be asked to leave the hotel and convention center for the rest of the con, and your membership fee will not be refunded.

We apologize if these rules seem to be a bit totalitarian, but they have been worked out over many years. What may seem like a little innocent fun to you can be very disturbing to regular hotel patrons, hotel staff or management, and even other convention members. These policies are not made to ruin your fun; rather, they were made with your safety inmind, so that you may enjoy the convention.

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