1) Transferred info on VCONs 11-15 from Cancyclopedia to Conventions section of site.
2) My second column for AMAZING STORIES MAGAZINE has been posted online. Check it out via the link in the Welcome section above. The title of the column is: “Why Frederik Pohl Thought I was a Lunatic, or: How Not to Treat a Guest of Honour.”
1) Added BROKEN TOYS (#21) Sept 2013 — edited by Taral Wayne, under Zines, Ontario, Taral.
2) Added THE FROZEN FROG (#6) March 1993 — edited by Benoit Girard, under Zines, Quebec, Benoit Girard.
3) Added DNQ (#4) 16 June 1978 — edited by Taral Wayne & Victoria Vayne, under Zines, Ontario, Taral.
4) Added THE CENTRAL GANGLION (#4) 15 June 1983 — edited by Garth Spencer, under Zines, British Columbia, Garth.
5) Added BCSFAzine (#31) Jan 1976 — edited by Fran Skene, under Clubs, British Columbia, BCSFA, Fran.
6) Transferred info on VCONs 6-10 from Cancyclopedia to Conventions section of site.
1) Added “U”, “UNENDURABLE PLEASURE INDEFINITELY PROLONGED”, & “UNIVERSAL MUSKETEERS” entries to U section of Canfancyclopedia.
2) Added “VERTICALINEATION”, “VETERAN”, & “VISITS (FAN)” entries to the V section of Canfancyclopedia.
3) Added “WAW WITH THE CREW IN 52” entry to the W section of Canfancyclopedia.
4) Transferred info on VCONs 1-5 from Cancyclopedia to Conventions section of site.
1) Separating Club/Orgs section into two sections. Transferring Org files from Club section to Org section. Adding new files to both.
1) Converted ( W ) — from WARDROBE to THE WORLD CONFEDERATION OF CANADIAN FANS in LEGENDS & LORE into a complete Canfancyclopedia listing, under Fan History, Canadian Fancyclopedia.
2) Converted ( X ) — from X-ACT in LEGENDS & LORE into a complete Canfancyclopedia listing, under Fan History, Canadian Fancyclopedia.
3) Converted ( Y ) — from YOBBER in LEGENDS & LORE into a complete Canfancyclopedia listing, under Fan History, Canadian Fancyclopedia.
4) Converted ( Z ) — from ’Z’ to LE ZOMBIE in LEGENDS & LORE into a complete Canfancyclopedia listing, under Fan History, Canadian Fancyclopedia.
1) Converted ( U ) — from ‘U’ to THE USUAL in LEGENDS & LORE into a complete Canfancyclopedia listing, under Fan History, Canadian Fancyclopedia.
2) Converted ( V ) — from VANCOUVER AREA FLYING SAUCER CLUB to VOMBI in LEGENDS & LORE into a complete Canfancyclopedia listing, under Fan History, Canadian Fancyclopedia.
Titled: “How Not to Edit a Program Book, or: The Adventures of a Twentieth Century Computer Illiterate in the Twenty-First Century’, it blows the lid off the Convention Program Book Industry.
Remember the old ’60 Minutes’ news-magazine TV show? With Dan Rather as the hard-hitting journalist? And Andy Rooney as the curmudgeonly yet friendly essayist expounding on minor yet fascinating aspects of daily life?
I hope to be the ‘Andy Rooney’ of contemporary fandom. After all, he discovered the ultimate secret of journalism: “You don’t have to make sense or get your facts right to be successful, just make people chuckle.”
I will be doing a weekly column for the ‘Fannish Friday’ section of the online Amazing Stories Magazine. Second column already submitted. Third being written. Ideas for twenty more lurking in my brain. Great fun, at least for me. Not sure about my readers…
I think the following link will get you there:
1) Converted ( P ) — from PAN-GALACTIC GARGLE BLASTER to PSFiC in LEGENDS & LORE into a complete Canfancyclopedia listing, under Fan History, Canadian Fancyclopedia.
2) Converted ( Q ) — from QUOTE-CARD to QUOTE-COVER in LEGENDS & LORE into a complete Canfancyclopedia listing, under Fan History, Canadian Fancyclopedia.
3) Converted ( R ) — from RAY GUN to ROSCOE in LEGENDS & LORE into a complete Canfancyclopedia listing, under Fan History, Canadian Fancyclopedia.
1) Converted ( S ) — from SCIENCEERS to SURREY FAN CONTINGENT in LEGENDS & LORE into a complete Canfancyclopedia listing, under Fan History, Canadian Fancyclopedia.
2) Converted ( T ) — from TAPERA to TWILTONE in LEGENDS & LORE into a complete Canfancyclopedia listing, under Fan History, Canadian Fancyclopedia.
I am ecstatic to announce I am the newest member of the online Amazing Stories Magazine Blog Team. Thank you Editor Steve Davidson for inviting me!
My first Blog written but not yet posted. I am mum on details till then, but boy am I excited!
Meanwhile, I will get back to posting new material to this site in the next couple of days.
Still immersed in working on the VCON program book with no time for anything else, but I’ll be back to working on this site soon.