There is no way on this twilltoned planet that this letter of comment will get to you on time for the 50th edition of Banana Wings. Mea culpa, it is all my fault. The entire month of June was spent working on an on-line graduate statistics class for my Doctorate in Education here at Texas A&M University, and then it took me a full week to ( Read more... )

Dale Speirs
Box 6830
Calgary, Alberta
CANADA    T2P 1E7

Dale,
I have to be a little sneaky in getting this loc printed off to send to you: our printer at home is acting really goofy, so I'll type it up here first then print it tonight so I can get it into the mail tomorrow. All I can say is that if it works, it works. Just so long as you get your loc.

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Good evening, Felicity! Actually, that should be "good morning" since it is now 12:10 AM as I write this, but who's quibbling? A loc is a loc, no matter what time of the day or night it is produced. Pub an ish, get a loc, life is good.

Say, it is encouraging to see just how busy you folks up in Vancouver are, especially with a wonderful line-up for ( Read more... )

Well, Arnie,

The time has come for another loc. I have a  bit of time available during this Summer of Dissertation, so here's a loc on your latest issue, which has numerous comment hooks. For that, well done, sir. Well done.

While I do enjoy reading faan fiction - and it helps to know who the faan fiction is referring to to glean as much enjoyment as ( Read more... )

So you folks  - meaning Graeme and Sayata - pub another progress report posing as a fanzine. I like it!

I really do like the idea of doing a PR fanzine.  You folks have good guests lined up, and if I lived a lot closer - like say, Seattle or Portland - I'd make my way up there. Connie Willis and Gregory Benford are two major writers, and either one ( Read more... )

Hello, Mike.

So I was perusing your latest issue on efanzines - the website that I can honestly state helps maintain my sanity - and noted three items of, er, note. First off, this loc cannot appear in the 12th issue of aMfO (interesting shorthand, I must say) because today is the 27th day of May and your cut-off date for locs was 12 days ago. You ( Read more... )

Arnie -

Sir, you have definitely gotten yourself into a rut. Publishing a fanzine every week? Good heavens, man, you're pubbing zines faster than Chris Garcia! And that takes into account all of the different titles Chris is involved with. Are you impressed by your productivity, or just on a roll? Mind you, I am not complaining, but you make it very ( Read more... )

Well, well. The FFix returns! And just in time, too; I've been having withdrawal symptoms again.

Steve, thank you for sharing your remembrance of that long-ago first convention. It appears I beat you into fandom by four years: my first con was in 1973, Minicon 7, up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seems like a lifetime ago. In fact, if I can make it up ( Read more... )

An interesting issue, Eric. Religion in all of its guises is one of those topics that is bound to create one of two responses: 1) a stimulating intellectual debate between people, or 2) arguing with a brick wall. Most of the time I suspect the latter occurs.

Speaking for myself, I cast myself squarely in the agnostic camp. I do not believe in a God ( Read more... )

Hi, Rich. I think it's time to write a loc on a zine that came out 5 months ago, especially one as wonderful as Sense of Wonder Stories. So saying, time to get on with it.

Seems to me that having Pat Virzi be your design engineer will simply make this zine even better. She has an excellent eye for graphics and layout, besides the technical know-how ( Read more... )