From: Steve Davies Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Vom Issue 10 (Worldcon Newsletter) Date: Sun, 03 Sep 95 17:34:37 GMT Organization: The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save For Sacnoth Lines: 202 Reply-To: steve@vraidex.demon.co.uk VOICE OF THE MYSTERONS The INTER-ALIA Newszine Sunday 27th August - Early Evening Edition - Issue 10 WSFS Report There are no Monday meetings. Edited highlights of WSFS business follow: The motion to block selection of a Worldcon within 60 miles of the NASFiC held in the year of site selection failed ratification on a 26-26 tie. The motion to eliminate the "Best Original Artwork" Hugo category was adopted and will take effect if it is ratified at LACon III. A motion was adopted prohibiting Worldcons from gathering additional demographic data on the Site Selection and Hugo ballots beyond that required by the WSFS constitution or useful for the efficient administration of the balloting. (Cont. p. 94) Mexican Fandom If you don't like a "wall of sound" with your Mexican food, don't spend the time and money to go out to the Great Western Road for your dinner. (RP) Internet Piracy The electronic addresses for Bucconeer are baltimore98@access.digex.net and http://www.access.digex.net/~balt98. We are also on GENIE. Gaying the Worldcon A UK gay fanzine is being set up. If you'd like to receive copies - or contribute (even better) - do please leave your name and address with the Safer Sex stall in Hall 4. Film Reviews One-screen reviews of SF&F films from a fannish perspective, usually within two days of general release. Get on an e-mail list by contacting Richard S Russell (RSRMadison@aol.com). Major Ukrainian Crisis At the Pan-European party last night at the Central, a major personal catastrophe occurred. A bag was stolen containing two passports and all of the Ukrainians' money. Alexander and Hellen are devastated. Please help them by shopping at the Ukrainian table in the Fan Fair, or leave some money in the collection box at information. Fireworks Retargetted The (Scottish) Sunday Mail has printed a highly patronising story about Intersection headed "'Weirdos' Show is Branded a Rip-off". Their office is the large building just up the Clyde from the SECC. Tech Ops have been notified. Hogu & BlackHole Awards The annual Hogu & BlackHole Awards were presented at the Hogu Ranquet today. Thirty Hogus and seven BlackHoles were awarded, including: Hogus: Best Hoax Convention - DragonCon Special Bagelbash Award - Architect of the SECC Hall Best New Feud - Sen. Exon (Neb.) vs. Internet Best Has-Been - Richard III Nixon & Tim Illingworth (tie) BlackHoles: Greed Award - Bill Gates Half-assed Con Officiousness (The "Connie" Award) - NASFiC officious guards (Cont. p. 94) Sunday Night Party List Time Room Party Forte Crest Hotel 11-517 Michigan (ConFusion/ Conamazoo) 10- Ballroom Standing Worldcons - CONadian, LACon III, San Antonio in 97, Bucconeer Central Hotel 9-11:30 108 4 UK 2 10-1 Clydesdale Albacon 10- 104 Friends of 1/2r Cruttenden ? 103 Canadian Publishers' Party 10- 105 Mexicon Hat/ Reading Matters 10- Arran Eternicon 10- 102 SFCD Youth Hostel 10- Park Terrace Romanian Evening Night of Masques The masquerade video will be shown at 7pm tonight in the Science programme room in Hall 4. Anyone flashing will be ejected, especially if they're trying to take photographs too. The Glittering Prizes Those short story competition results in full. Fantasy: 1st Place: "Clocks" by Kari Close Runner-up: "Slave of Desire" by Alison Mitchell Honourable Mention: "Dragonmind" by Marcus Hernigan SF: 1st Place: "Baby-Sitting the Burglar" by Lynda Manning-Schwartz Honourable Mention: "Virtual Empathy" by Constance Williams Horror: 1st Place: "Selfless Addiction" by Robert Williams Honourable Mention: "Legends and Bad Dreams" by Steve Kerry Judged by: Morgan Llywelyn (Author) Michael Scott (Author) Jody Lynn Nye (Author) Christopher Schelling (Editor) Meg Davis (Literary Agent) Bill Fawcett (Book Packager, Author) Prizes can be collected from Programme Ops (next to Green Room) from 17:30 for winners and 20:00 for honourable mentions Morning Coffee Extra Kaffeeklatsch with George R R Martin, 11:00 Monday. Sign-up sheet at Information Desk. Lost Property One ConFiction (1990 Worldcon) name badge, in the name of Dave Lally. Please hand in to Information Desk. Thanks. (DL) Tragic: The Saddening Eat Your Heart Out Critical Wave believes that it should warn collectors of fannish memorabilia that there are 100 different quotations on the quote slips being distributed around the Worldcon, and that rarer slips are only available to those willing to bribe its editors with beer. Meanwhile, Wave has launched a special offer to Intersection members - copies of the full run from 9 to 42 for only #30, from the Dealers' Room. The Bartered Bride First Ann Green is "married" to Dave Mooring during Friday evening's Virtual Wedding. Now she's been asked to take part in Sunday's "Blind Date" game. Is the committee trying to tell her something? (SG) Found Property A bag containing cassettes and CDs used in the Masquerade is at Security. Please will any contestants who have not claimed theirs do so as soon as possible. Other lost property should still be claimed from the Information Desk, not from Security. Dinosaurs Herd Those tottering First Fandomites who can still venture out at night are invited to a First Fandom gathering in Room 108 at the Central. The time will be after 21:00 ending about 23:30, on Sunday. Frank Smith is your host, to include 4UK+. (DK) Saturday Parties We began on the steppes of Russia at the Moscow in 2017 bid party. (They're serious, folks, and they've got 19 years of bid partying; we couldn't be happier!) To judge from their start, Moscow is going to be a force to reckon with, what with thirty different bottles of Russian vodka. The Central Committee greeted us with red bandannas and a song. They were ready to party! Scott's favourite vodka - he tried them all (oi, my head!) - was a brandy like variety called Maroseika. We heard entry into the suite become more of a challenge. Scott Dennis lamented, "I couldn't get in!" Later, the Russians opened their door onto the suite used by Antarctica, producing a shotgun arrangement of four rooms and creating the shortest distance between Moscow and the South Pole. We picked up our polar bear dot stickers then mingled our way to the Zagreb in '99 bid party. The Zagreb gang had a smooth routine: greet us with a shot of home-made 18-year old plum brandy and a shpek panceta--a sandwich made of home-made bacon, which was pungent and tasty. The Zagreb suite was a popular spot, as was the Australia in '99 party. Inflatable platypi festooned the room, and we enjoyed the 100 reasons why Australia should host a Worldcon. Kurt's favourite: "The birds laugh." But do they party? Intrepid reporters like us will find out and let you know. Scott needed a sugar high (to counter the alcohol haze) so we began a search for Oreos, which concluded in the Chicago in 2000 bid's Oreo bowl. Thanks, guys. Meanwhile, KC in 2K continued their tradition of sticking their heart on our badges. This is one group with a lot of heart - and soul. Toward midnight, the combination of serious bid parties on the first floor of the Central Hotel attained critical mass and spilled out to transmute into the mother of all hall parties. This party configuration doesn't occur often; we last noted it during MagiCon. The Russians were still passing out vodka. Although their supplies were near depletion, their enthusiasm never flagged. Such an exhibition of Russian soul and spirit compels us to award the Moscow in 2017 bid party Saturday Night's Party of the Night. Party on, gang! See you tonight. (KB/SB) Grovelling Apology #6 Boston and Philadelphia in 2001 were mistakenly included in the Saturday night party list. Our apologies to both bids and to anyone who was disappointed. Body Count Increases in SECC Horror We have 4,200 full members in attendance with 600 special or day members. Credits This issue dedicated to Mneme, muse of um, err... Remembrance of things past by Mike Scott, total recall from Alex Stewart, remembered wholesale by Rog Peyton, Dave Lally, Kurt Baty, Scott Bobo, Steve Green, David Kyle. Memory. That was it. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen M.W. Davies | steve@vraidex.demon.co.uk | sdavies@cix.compulink.co.uk | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------