Worldcon swag

[randy_byers]

Zines:

* Bento 18, ed. kateyule & the Hugo-annointed davidlevine
* Yhos 63, ed. R. Twidner, who was my roommate & singlemalt-pimp
* No Award 16, ed. Marty Cantor, who kept me distracted during Chunga's Hugo loss with baseball geeking (thanks, Marty!)
* Into the Vortex 43, ed. jamesb (a Sproutlore zine that keeps jumping on my leg)
* put it this way, an inscribed poetry chapbook from Michael Layne Heath, whom I met for the first time
* Voyage 2, ed. Bill Rotsler (a portfolio zine copyright MCMLXXI)
* Hyphen 9, the first copy of this legendary Walt Willis zine in my collection
* Hyphen 33, which actually belongs to akirlu, but I toted it for her
* Why You Got This Zine 4, "ed." Kathleen Moore-Freeman and consisting of a long "why you got this zine" checklist with entries such as "Nous cherchons des plages perdues", "Spam filters don't work on hard copy", "You foundered on it in a dark and stormy night", "You buttered our muffins for us when we really needed them buttered", and "We've been taking most of our medication." Joe Bob gives it two thumbs way up. But way up what?

Books:

* Murder of a Mistress by Henry Kuttner -- an ancient Permabooks paperback mystery.
* The Day He Died by Lewis Padgett -- an ancient Bantam books paperback mystery.
* Prince of Peril & The Port of Peril by Otis Adelbert Kline -- two old Ace paperbacks with cool covers by Roy Krenkel.
* A Columbus of Space by Garrett P. Serviss -- another reprint from Apogee, whose edition of Serviss' Edison's Conquest of Mars (1898) I read most of on this trip, after finishing Dick's A Scanner Darkly on the flight down.
* Absolutely no first edition hardcovers of Leigh Brackett or CL Moore novels, although I fondled them desirously all convention long.

Tat:

* A Hugo nomination rocket pin (plus two for my co-editors).
* A wooden box used for drinking sake, which was a gift to Hugo nominees from Japan in 2007 (plus two for my co-editors, all of which were acquired thanks to the generous intervention of spikeiowa, since I spaced out picking them up at the post-Hugos party).
* A bandana from the Japan in 2007 party.
* Two little clip-on plush koalas from the Australia in 2010 party.
* A kangaroo scrotum from the fan fund auction, because I'm told I need to grow some balls. Sadly, women typically cringed away from it.
* A rubberband-propelled foam rubber Brewster Rockit.

Bulbs:

* A box of Ipheon Uniflorum from don_fitch, who told me this is an early winter blossom. Must plant soon!

Dosh:

* A wad of bills & checks worth approximately $300 according to hawkida, who collected the money at the kick-ass TAFF party Saturday night and asked me to pass the money along to svtompkins for the North American fund, which partially paid for the suite.
* $7 for additional presupporting memberships for the LesSeaCon bid, which I need to pass along to marykaykare, along with the names of the presupporters. Marci suggested that all members of the con should have a self-selected title, and one of the new presupporters -- a friend of n6tqs -- requested the title of Surly Oaf.

Poctsarcd:

* One written by taffbug for Dale Speirs, whose address she had packed in her luggage before she wrote the card. I brought the card to Seattle, put Dale's address on it, and mailed it this morning.

Comments

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to hearing how LesSeaCon has permutated. What does a presupporting membership cost, anyway?

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Presupporting memberships are a buck at this point. Did I mention that I signed up fourteen people?

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

I should give you a dollar. Maybe tomorrow at lunch.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Then again, maybe not. Space is running out! Act soon!

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Everyone I saw chatted up about it was very enthusiastic about the idea. Suzle is starting to look worried since this thing might grow legs of its own, and there is at least some danger that the Precursor-like faanish con either before or after might really happen. I don't remember what wag suggested we call it "Seacursor".

I wonder if I should get a small-size button-maker...? (Obviously, a bid for a *lesser* SeaCon should have *small* buttons.)

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

One of the telling aspects of how people responded was the number of people who found the flyer on the freebie table in the Fanzine Lounge and immediately came over and gave me a dollar. Instant enthusiasm, with no cajoling involved. The idea seems to sell itself.

I was under the impression that Jerry was the one who suggested that we turn it into a Precursor-like con, so Suzle has no one to blame but him. Then again, I'm not sure how I go that impression, so I could be wrong. Another idea I heard floating around was that we run it as a Fanzine Lounge within the Greater Seattle Worldcon, should it happen.

But that was another aspect of the enthusiasm: people immediately had more ideas about what it could be. Then there was Malcolm Kudra, our Surly Oaf, who complained that we were obviously amateur hoax bidders, because we didn't put contact info on the flyer. I replied that it was just another part of our effort to limit the number of people who signed up ...

[numbat.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, R. Twidner, the infamous twenties fan who published such fanzines as Stffer Jackass, Facts in the Case of the Teapot Dune Scandal, and Rump-Titty-Ta-Ta-Tee. Am amazed to learn he's still publishing Yestreen Heights Of Saturn, his long runing tribute to Sarge Saturn of Standard Magazines fame. I'd of thunk he would be out of material by now.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Yes, one of the scandals of the convention is that the Wall of Fame extended back only to 1936, thus giving Twidner no place to sign. The twenties fans have been sadly forgotten by these modern degenerates.

[numbat.livejournal.com]

Does our esteemed Mr Twidner have a current email address do you know? I'm sure he would enjoy humphing at my flight of fancy.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Yes, his e-dress is bugr at mcn dot org. Crap! I just realized that he explained the origin of "bugr" to me, and I've already forgotten. Ah well, at least I remember some of the fascinating tales of Francis Towner Laney he told me in the wee hours of Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Or do I?

[numbat.livejournal.com]

Have emailed him. No response as yet.