September 28/2013

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.”

September 27/2013

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.

September 26/2013

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.

September 24/2013

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.

First publication in Amazing Stories!

 

My first article for Amazing Stories Magazine is now posted online!

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:

http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/09/edit-program-book-adventures-twentieth-century-computer-illiterate-amid-splendours-twenty-first-century/

September 19/2013

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.

Getting On Amazing Stories!

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.