Another reason to support Corflu Cobalt

[randy_byers]

If you're not able to make it to Corflu Cobalt in Winchester this year (as I'm not), please consider buying a supporting membership. It's a good thing to do just on general principle, but there's also something in it for you. As announced in the second progress report, there will be an anthology of contemporary British fanwriting given to all members of the convention, including supporting members. The fanthology will be edited by Claire Brialey, Mark Plummer, and myself, and it will contain British fan writing and art from the period 1995 to 2009 (thus acting as a follow-up to the outstanding Time Bytes fanthologies produced by Lilian Edwards and Christina Lake for the 1995 Worldcon). This is pretty much exactly the era in which I became active in fanzine fandom, so it has been fascinating to look back at the fanzines that hit me right between the eyes as I was forming my first impressions of the field. There's plenty of great material for us to choose from, and I'm confident the resulting anthology will be a lot of fun to read.

Supporting memberships are cheap, too: £10 (UK) or $15 (US). If you are outside the UK or the US, I'm sure something can be arranged. Consult the Corflu homepage for instructions on how to join. A good time guaranteed for all!

Comments

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

It's interesting this is the first I've heard of such follow up! But sorry you're still not coming :-(

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

I had a lot of fun on Saturday going through old issues of The Wrong Leggings, Gloss, and Floss, amongst other things. They don't make fanzines like that anymore!

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Nope and not much chance they will in future either!! I migt write fanfic tho..

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Actually t'other day I came across something of mine on Lj I'd forgotten about and wld genuinely like reprinted..

Forgive me am watching Cybermen ans being nostalgic!

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

So do you want to submit it to Chunga, or are you thinking of pubbing your ish for Corflu? Maybe a oneshot for old time's sake?

As for nostalgia, I'm sitting here listening to '70s soul music -- e.g., Lou Rawls, "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". Hell yeah!

[stevegreen.livejournal.com]

Well, I haven't rec'd a call, so guess I don't rate inclusion. Not exactly surprised about that, tho'.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Go to bed!

[stevegreen.livejournal.com]

Won't.

[kim-huett.livejournal.com]

I haven't signed up for a supporting membership as yet but must do if only so I can which, if any, of my reccomendations made it into the fanthology. There are certain people that i would really like to see included but a lack of spare time precluded me going into detail as to why X or Y absolutely must be represented regardless of guidelines given to me.