Harrison Country by Steve Stiles

[randy_byers]

Well, kids, I'm very pleased to announce that another publication that will be debuting at Corflu Quire is Steve Stiles' TAFF report, Harrison Country, about his trip to the UK in 1968. I have the first copies in my hot, happy hands, stroking, stroking, stroking them. This is the first completed North American TAFF report since either Roy Tackett's in 1985 if you count his short account as a full report, or the Moffatts' in 1974 if you don't. It's a beauty, too, becoming more and more, um, eccentric as it proceeds through both narrative and compositional time. (Must've been the VURGUZZ.) It's full of great artwork, too, as you'd expect from somebody who goddamn bighod deserves a Hugo. The Krazy Kat pastiche newsletter that we reprinted in Chunga is included as an appendix.

This will be availabe to North Americans from Suzle (and from Jerry Kaufman and me at Corflu) for $6, and to Europeans from Bridget Bradshaw for 3 pounds (plus 55p for postage). If you are not from North America or Europe, drop me or Suzle a line, and we'll figure something out. All money goes to TAFF, of course.

I'm feeling a flood of printed matter building to break on Corflu. What are you bringing?

And way to go, Steve! You are showing the rest of us North American slackers the way! (You're next, akirlu.)

Comments

[smofbabe.livejournal.com]

Yay! Will copies be available from anyone at Boskone in a couple of weeks? For obvious reasons, it's easier for me to pick one up in person :->

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Hm, well, there should be, shouldn't there? We should be able to arrange for that to happen.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Raises hand. Can hand-carry copies from Austin to Boston. Willing to serve as East Coast Agent to Boskone and other conventions I get to and to then send $$$ to Suzle or wherever I'm instructed to. Reporting for duty, and All That Jazz....

(Except for the potential problem of selling out in Austin, which seems entirely possible if I remember the initial print run correctly.)

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Yes, let's see what's left over at the end of Corflu. I'm bringing fifty copies, but I'm sure other arrangements can be made if we sell all of those. Thanks, Geri!

[replyhazy.livejournal.com]

We're bringing a oneshot. Which might be done. Maybe. And the rest of the Corflu bags. And a never-worn still-bright Corflu 10 shirt for the auction, donated to be sold for corflu.org. Mmm, aTom art...

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

It'd be great to see another fanzine from you guys, if it works out that way. I'm not sure I know what the Corflu 10 shirt looks like, but I guess I'll find out!

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

They are beeyoootiffull.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

If it fits, you'll want to bid on it. It rocks.

Okay, so they're asteroids. The shirt still rocks.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Are you saying that asteroids are rocks?

[numbat.livejournal.com]

How nice to learn that Steve has finally finished his TAFF report. It is more or less a complete version, isn't it? Anyway, off the top of my head I'd agree that the Moffatt effort is the last full length NA TAFF report. Is Terry Carr's article/summary of his trip more recent that Roy Tackett's?

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Excellent question. According to Mr. Langford's TAFF website, Terry's "condensed trip report" was published in '84, while RoyTac's was published in '85.

[spikeiowa.livejournal.com]

OH PLEASE bring a Stiles report for me!!

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Okay then, here's a copy with your name on it.