From: Steve Davies Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: VoM Issue 5 (Worldcon Newsletter) Date: Sat, 02 Sep 95 22:35:48 GMT Organization: The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save For Sacnoth Lines: 188 Reply-To: steve@vraidex.demon.co.uk VOICE OF THE MYSTERONS The INTERPLANETARY Newszine Friday 25th August - Evening - Issue 5 Requiescat In Pace It is with great sorrow that we must announce the death of John Brunner who passed away this afternoon following a massive stroke earlier today. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him. We will be producing a special memorial edition of the newszine tomorrow and we invite those of you who knew and loved John as much as we did to contribute to it. Please come to the newsroom if you have something you wish to include. Grovelling Apology #3 The committee apologise for non-attendance at the feedback sessions so far. The first was due to the urgent need to provide PA facilities in Halls 3 and 4, and the second was due to the receipt of the bad news concerning John Brunner. We apologise to all programme participants and audiences for the poor sound quality in Halls 3 and 4 on Thursday, and hope that the situtation has now improved. Where to get the Newsletter Info Desk, Hall 4 Info Desk, Registration. Not Newsroom! In nice boxes with fluorescent pink signs saying "NEWS" on them. Only copies for partially sighted people are available from the newsroom We will try to distribute the late night issue directly to the hotels at around 10pm (provided we can find someone to distribute them for us) Parties, Parties, Parties! Time Room Party Forte Crest Hotel 9-2am Bothwell Baltimore in 98 9-2am Bothwell Atlanta in 98 9-2am Bothwell Boston in 98 9-2am Gallery Boston in 2001 9-2am Gallery Philly in 2001 9-? 120 Furry Fandom 10-? 1017 Niagara Falls in 98 10-? Urquhart (10th floor) SFWA Central Hotel 10-? Logie Baird Fan Beach Party 10-? 106 Norwegian/Agents 9-? Clydesdale Arisia Moat House 10:30 Argyle 2/3 UK Publishers Zagreb in 99 This party has been postponed until tomorrow (Saturday). No Pratchett Headline in Issue 4 Shock We apologise for the lack of a Terry Pratchett item in the previous issue. Specious Remarks "Splash without the humour, meets Aliens without the horror" - Claudia Mastroianni as channeled by Tom Galloway. Rock Around the World The moon rock will be on display by the PPARC stand in Hall 4 from 10am on Saturday and Sunday. SEX Part 1: Theory. What do men & women believe about each other's body Images and Experiences? Find out Sunday 1600 Hall 4 Fanroom. Part 2: Practice. Contestants wanted for the fannish version of "Blind Date" (Sunday 23:30 Central Hotel). All sexes and sexualities needed; both Gay and Straight rounds are planned. To volunteer contact Laura Wheatly/Lillian Edwards c/o Central evening programme. Part 3: Stamina. Attend the WSFS business meetings (ask Robert Sacks for details.) World SF AGM The World SF Association General Meeting will take place on Saturday 26th at 16:00 in the SFWA room inside the Green Room. Members and would-be members are welcomed. Subversion The Fan Newsletter Office is running in the Fan Programme area, for news inappropriate for the main newsletter. Simply the Best The real con newsletter is printing everything we can fit (without reducing the letter size to unreadable). There are three reasons to come to the newsroom. 1) To help. 2) To give us something for the newsletter. 3) To buy us a drink. Requests for additional copies of newsletters, information etc. should be directed politely to the information desk. There are no exceptions. In the Pink The daily pink sheets are more up-to-date than the listings in the programme book. Where they conflict, consider the pink sheets definitive. At least until the next batch of amendments turns up in the newsletter office... MSN Live Chats Saturday Anne McCaffrey 11:30am, plus Robert Silverberg, Samuel Delany, J.V.Jones, R.A.Allen and agent Dorothy Lumley. This packed schedule will grow as the day progresses (it says here). Blatant Plugs Guide to UK Fandom, available from Intersection table in dealers room and the fanzine table outside the Fan Programme in hall 4, only 1 (cost price). Suitable for new fans. Swede Ishes 2, fanthology of Swedish fan writing only #1. Voodoo Ahrvid Engholm or grab him if you see him. Evolution has a limited edition (free) glossy booklet featuring items about their guests by various famous people. Neil Gaiman, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Marvin Minsky, Dave Langford and Chris Priest, Geoff Ryman, Michael Moorcock and Jim Burns. Available from their desk in Hall 4. FATW Needs You The Fans Across the World table is located in the FanMarket and is selling merchandise from different countries to help financially restricted Western fans and East European fans (50/50) to attend European and World SF cons. Merchandise includes the first badges in the special ESFS and FATW series. Short Story Competition Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we are pleased to announce that all finalists in the competition will be receiving a free copy of Morgan Llywelyn & Michael Sooth's "Silverhand". Watch tomorrow's newsletters for details. The overall winners will be announced & prizes awarded at the Eurocon awards ceremony on Monday. Holy Missing Programme Items, Batman... Due to gremlins, the descriptions for some of the programme items have been missed out of the pocket programme. id264 Hypertext Fiction Demonstration. A reading and presentation with Kathryn Cramer. id265 Great Contributors to Screen SF. Spielberg, Lucas, Roddenberry, Larson, Pal,Nation, Harryhausen, Allen, etc. id268 Steal from the Best. What makes a good parody? Explanations from the best/worst filkers... (not necessarily different). id270 Does Fiction Warp Your Mind? Reality and fiction are blurring in the 'real' world: does this distort our perception? Are we losing the ability to separate truth from fiction? id271 Jack Barron to Pictures at Eleven: 25 years of the Media in SF. A talk on the changing role of the media and its treatment in SF. id272 A Certain Age. How does writing for teens and juveniles differ from writing for an 'adult' audience? But is it Art? The Art Show will open at 10:00 but will close early to allow artists to attend the Masquerade. During the Masquerade the Art Show will only be open to artists. Contact Sylvia Starshine at the Art Show if you have any questions. Sunday 09:00-12:00. And again after the auction 17:00-21:00. Pick a Site, Any Site Site selection voting ends at 1800 on Saturday. The daily business meetings are at 1000 in the Shuna/Staffa room at the Moat House. What's on at Kidcon Group 2 (ages 3 - 6) and group 3 (ages 7 - 12) will be taking field trips tomorrow (Saturday). Group 2 will be going on a River Clyde runabout from 10:30 to 12:30. Group 3 will be going to Haggs Castle, leaving at 13:30 and returning between 16:30 and 17:30. Children who wish to join these trips but who are not registered for Kidcon should report, with their parents, at 09:30 for group 2 and 12:00 for group 3. Both groups should be prepared for possible wet weather. Sunday's trips are still being planned. Today's highlight was Kidcon parading around Hall 4 in costumes, masks and Chinese dragon. Remember that children who have full membership of Intersection (Not J or C status) do not pay the nominal childcare charge to attend Kidcon. Credits This issue dedicated to Urania, the muse of astrology, star signs and other heavenly bodies. Rammed in by Chris O'Shea (Aries), fishy fingered by Steve Davies (Pisces) red-lioned by Alex Stewart (Leo), kidded around by Giulia De Cesare (Capricorn), nippy remarks by Kathy Westhead (Cancer) and hindrance by so many others with signs like slow children crossing. Fillo by Ian Gunn (Southern Cross and Bar). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen M.W. Davies | steve@vraidex.demon.co.uk | sdavies@cix.compulink.co.uk | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------