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MAY 2025
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RECONNECT. The Belfast Eastercon (18-21 April) has duly happened, with
physical attendance reported as 900+ members.
FUTURE EASTERCONS: 2026 is Iridescence at the Birmingham NEC Hilton;
2027 is Unconfined at the Crowne Plaza, Glasgow; more about both in the
events list below. A combined 2028 Eastercon/Eurocon run by the BSFA was
proposed; a different 2028 bid was also planned by Marcus Streets, and
there will be Discussions.
THE FAN FUNDS AUCTION raised over GBP1,100.
BSFA AWARDS. SHORT FICTION 'Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the
Omelas Hole' by Isabel J. Kim (_Clarkesworld_). SHORTER (novelette/novella)
_Saturation Point_ by Adrian Tchaikovsky. NOVEL _Three Eight One_ by Aliya
Whiteley. YOUNGER READERS. _Doctor Who: Caged_ by Una McCormack.
COLLECTION/ANTHOLOGY _Punks4Palestine_ ed. Jasen Bacon. AUDIO 'The Personal
Touch' by Rick Danforth. ART Jenni Coutts, cover of _Nova Scotia Vol 2_.
SHORT NONFICTION 'Why A.I. Isn't Going to Make Art' by Ted Chiang (_New
Yorker_). LONG NONFICTION _Track Changes_ by Abigail Nussbaum. TRANSLATED
SHORT WORK 'Bone by Bone' by Monika Rusval, translated by Vivien Urban
(_Samovar_).
DOC WEIR AWARD for unsung fan heroes: Christine Davidson, co-founder
of Glasgow's Satellite conventions and organizer of programming at these
and other events, including a major track of the 2024 Glasgow Worldcon.
More than 100 Doc Weir ballots were cast.
OVERHEARD: 'If there's one thing to make your Science Fiction hard,
what would be your Viagra?' 'A WorldCon shouldn't be a floating viscous
scum.' 'What about the elvish military-industrial complex?' 'Dragons
hoarding cryptocurrency.' 'It does cross the line into tasteful understated
tentacle porn....' 'I think that traditional publishing is determined to
shoot itself in the head with an AI bot.' (Various fans via Reconnect's
Discord.)
### SHINBONE ALLEY ###
NICOLA GRIFFITH is the 2025 SFWA Grand Master honoree. [SFWA]
JOE HALDEMAN will receive the US National Space Society's inaugural Arthur
C. Clarke Award (no relation to the UK novel award) for 'inspiring and
educating the public about humanity's journey to space'. [F770]
URSULA K. LE GUIN's estate was alerted to the Amazon Kindle ebook _Earthsea
Wizard_ by 'Traci Holme', since taken down. This was an AI- or otherwise
machine-processed version of _A Wizard of Earthsea_ starring the young mage
'Sparrow Eagle', who has the same adventures as the original Sparrowhawk
but in sadly mangled prose. [RC] There are hints of back-translation from
Chinese: the island of Gont becomes Gongte, its village Ten Alders is here
Shiyang Village and the invading Kargs are Kalgs.
WILLY LEY (1906-1969) -- German-born advocate of space travel as early as
1926, rocketry pioneer, US sf fan, author of many pop-science books and
science essays in the sf magazines -- was in the news again when his
cremated remains came to light in the basement of a New York co-op
apartment building. Some feel the ashes should most fittingly be sent into
space, but it's expensive.... (_New York Times_, 21 April). [MF]
CHARLIE STROSS grumbles: 'Great to see _The Guardian_ recycling an article
of mine from 2023 without attribution' (Bluesky, 15 April). He cites his
'Torment Nexus' speech (antipope.org, 10 November 2023) and the
_Guardian_'s 'Will sci-fi end up destroying the world?' (14 April 2025)
MATTHEW VAUGHN, producer/director whose credits include _Stardust_,
_Kick-Ass_ and _X-Men: First Class_, was knighted in Rishi Sunak's
resignation honours. Newspaper comment: 'He is known as one of the
relatively few high-profile people in the arts to support the
Conservatives.' (_i_, 12 April)
### CONOLOPHUS ###
2-4 May [] PARACINEMA CULT FILM FESTIVAL, QUAD Centre, Derby. Weekend
passes GBP30 (GBP25 concessions) via paracinema.co.uk.
3-4 May [] PORTMEIRION STEAMPUNK event, Portmeirion. Day tickets GBP13,
under-15s GBP11, under-5s free. See steampunk.wales.
3-4 May [] PORTSMOUTH COMIC CON, Guildhall, Portsmouth. Tickets GBP33;
concessions and day rates at portsmouthcomiccon.com.
7-9 May [] GIFCON (University of Glasgow conference), 'Queering the
Fantastic', online. See tinyurl.com/yfdbvdwj.
17-18 May [] HORRORCON UK, Magna, Sheffield. Ticket prices and sales
awaited at horrorconuk.com.
17-18 May [] STEAM TRAINS AND FAIRYTALES (steampunk), Midland Railway
Trust, Butterley. See
www.ministryofsteampunk.com.
19 May [] TOLKIEN LECTURE by Zen Cho, Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke
College, Oxford. 6pm. Free tickets from tolkienlecture.org.
24 May - 31 Aug [] DESIGNING TERRY PRATCHETT'S DISCWORLD (Paul Kidby
exhibition), Weston-super-Mare. See tinyurl.com/pkdwexhib.
25 May [] PAPERBACK & PULP BOOK FAIR, Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, Coram St,
London. 9:30am-3pm. GBP3 entry. See
etcfairs.com/2025/03/24/next-themed-fair-paperback-pulp-fair/.
6-8 Jun [] CYMERA: Scotland's Festival of SF, Fantasy & Horror Writing,
Edinburgh and online. See www.cymerafestival.co.uk.
19 Jul [] SMALL PRESS DAY, various events throughout the UK and Ireland,
and online. See smallpressday.co.uk.
9-10 Aug [] DUBLIN COMIC CON, Convention Centre, Dublin. Various ticket
prices (extra for early entry, etc.) at dublincomiccon.com.
13-17 Aug [] SEATTLE WORLDCON 2025, Seattle, WA, USA. _Now $300 full adult
registration._ See seattlein2025.org for other rates. Hugo voting opened in
April and the voter packet of nominated works is available to members: see
seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-awards/how-to-vote/.
3-6 April 2026 [] IRIDESCENCE (Eastercon), Birmingham NEC Hilton. GoH R.J.
Parker, Emma Newman, Dr Karen Lord, and Serena Culfeather & John Wilson.
GBP80 reg; GBP50 concessions; GBP20 'child/teen'; GBP40 supporting only.
See eastercon2026.org.
26-29 March 2027 [] UNCONFINED (Eastercon), Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow.
GoH P. Djeli Clark, L.R. Lam, Mark Meenan and Tamsyn Muir. Early-bird rates
ended on 30 April: now GBP90 reg, GBP65 concessions, GBP25 under-27s, GBP5
under-13s. See easterconglasgow.org.
### INFINITELY IMPROBABLE ###
PUBLISHERS AND SINNERS. That is not dead which can eternal lie: 'Arkham
House Publishers is officially back in business!' Alas, not quite the same
business: despite the traditional Sauk City location, the new
www.arkhamhousepublishers.com has shaken off the fusty Derleth/Lovecraft
heritage to become a vanity press offering not only to publish your book
but to write it for you, apparently with AI. [LP] As HPL himself might have
remarked, what a congeries of iridescent spheres. Meanwhile the former
www.arkhamhouse.com lives only in the Internet Archive.
BLURBISMO. '... failed visionaries who preach a dysfunctional anti-human
future such as Ursula LeGuin _[sic]_ and the covens of woke disciples
infesting the literature of the imagination.' (Amazon blurb for _The
Politically Incorrect Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy_ by D.J. Butler)
[CF]
AWARDS. _Astrid Lindgren Memorial_ (children's fiction): Marion Brunet.
[F770]
_Compton Crook_ (debut genre novel): Samantha Mills, _The Wings Upon
Her Back_.
_Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement:_ David Cronenberg,
Dame Susan Hill, Del Howison, Sue Howison. Also Specialty Press Award to
Mocha Memoirs Press.
_Hugo_ best novel finalists: _Alien Clay_ by Adrian Tchaikovsky, _The
Ministry of Time_ by Kaliane Bradley, _Service Model_ by Adrian
Tchaikovsky, _Someone You Can Build a Nest In_ by John Wiswell, _A
Sorceress Comes to Call_ by T. Kingfisher, _The Tainted Cup_ by Robert
Jackson Bennett. 1338 nominating votes received. For the full list see
seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-awards/2025-hugo-award-finalists/.
_Philip K. Dick:_ _Time's Agent_ by Brenda Peynado.
_Prometheus_ (libertarian) finalists: _Alliance Unbound_ by C.J.
Cherryh and Jane S. Fancher, _In the Belly of the Whale_ by Michael Flynn;
_Cancelled: The Shape of Things to Come_ by Danny King , _Beggar's Sky_ by
Wil McCarthy, _Mania_ by Lionel Shriver.
_SFWA Solstice Award:_ Eugen Bacon.
AS OTHERS SEE US. From a review of _What in Me Is Dark: The Revolutionary
Life of Paradise Lost_ by Orlando Reade: '[He] unearths _Paradise Lost_ in
unexpected places [...] even in Philip K. Dick's science fiction --
declaring _Blade Runner_ "the most influential cinematic version of
_Paradise Lost_."' (Andrea Brady, _Times Literary Supplement_, 29 November)
[O]
R.I.P. _Sergey Alekseyev_ (1952-2025), bestselling Russian fantasy author
who published over 40 novels, died on 21 April aged 73. [AM]
_Sian Barbara Allen_ (1946-2025), US actress in _The Scarecrow_
(1972), died on 31 March aged 78. [SJ]
_George Barr_ (1937-2025), US artist active since 1959, whose early
work in fanzines led to several Hugo nominations and a 1968 win as best fan
artist and who professionally created book covers and much interior art for
magazines etc until about 2016, died on 19 April aged 88. [SF] He published
one art collection, _Upon the Winds of Yesterday_ (1976).
_Damien Broderick_ (1944-2025), Australian sf author, anthologist,
critic and scholar whose first major novel _The Dreaming Dragons_ (1981)
won a Ditmar award -- as did his later _Striped Holes_ (1988) and _The
White Abacus_ (1996) -- died on 19 April aged 80. Notable nonfiction
includes _Reading by Starlight: Post-Modern Science Fiction_ (1995) and his
Singularity study _The Spike_ (1997; rev 2001). He received the 2010
Chandler award for career achievement in sf. [RH]
_Cora Sue Collins_ (1927-2025), US former child actress in _Black
Moon_ (1934), died on 27 April aged 98. [SJ]
_Pilita Corrales_ (1939-2025), Filipino actress in _Mirror, Mirror on
the Wall_ (1988), _Vampire ang daddy ko_ (169 episodes 2013-2014),
_Basement_ (2014) and others, died on 12 April aged 85. [SJ]
_Colin Fox_ (1938-2025), Canadian actor in _Virus_ (1980), _Murder by
Phone_ (1982), _Food of the Gods II_ (1989), _Scanners 3_ (1991) and many
more, died on 5 April aged 86. [SJ]
_Barbara Frischmuth_ (1941-2025), Austrian author of the 'Sternwieser'
fantasy trilogy (1976-1979) and other genre novels, died on 30 March aged
83. [AM]
_Vladimir Gerasimov_ (1950-2025), Russian actor and dubbing director
who dubbed over 300 productions including _Star Wars_ 1-2, _Back to the
Future_ 1-2, _Babylon 5_, _2012_, _Super 8_ and _Game of Thrones_, died on
16 April aged 74. [AM]
_Kerry Greenwood_ (1954-2025), Australian author best known for the
Phryne Fisher period mysteries, who also wrote _The Broken Wheel_ (1996)
and several more YA sf novels, died on 26 March aged 70. [GC]
_Will Hutchins_ (1930-2025), US actor in _Take Me to Your Leader_
(1964) and _The Horror at 37,000 Feet_ (1973), died on 21 April aged 94.
[SJ]
_Nicky Katt_ (1970-2025), US actor in _Gremlins_ (1984), _Martians Go
Home_ (1989), _Knight Rider 2010_ (1994), _Phantoms_ (1998) and others,
died on 8 April aged 54. [SJ]
_Gerard Kennedy_ (1932-2025), Australian actor who co-starred in _Body
Melt_ (1993), died on 21 April aged 93. [SJ]
_Svetlana Kharlap_ (1940-2025), Russian voice actress who dubbed
_Gremlins_, _It_ (the 1990 miniseries), _Last Action Hero_, _Contact_ and
others, died on 26 April aged 84. [AM]
_Val Kilmer_ (1959-2025), US actor in _Willow_ (1988), _Batman
Forever_ (1995), _The Island of Dr Moreau_ (1996), _Red Planet_ (2000) and
others, died on 1 April aged 65. [SG]
_Daniel Kluger_ (1951-2025), Israeli author who wrote in Russian, four
of whose 11 novels were sf/fantasy, died on 3 April aged 73. [AM]
_Marvin J. Levy_ (1928-2025), US publicist for many Spielberg films
including _E.T._ (1982) and _Jurassic Park_ (1993), died on April aged 96.
He also promoted _Back to the Future_ (plus sequels), _Who Framed Roger
Rabbit_, _Men in Black_, _Deep Impact_ and _Shrek_. [AIP]
_Bruce Logan_ (1946-2025), UK cinematographer and visual effects
artist whose credits include _2001_ (1968), _Star Wars_ (1977), _Tron_
(1982) and _Batman Forever_ (1995), died on 10 April aged 78. [AIP]
_Dennis McCunney_, US fan, Cult APA member and con-runner who chaired
Philcon in 1974 and 1975, and Lunacon 34 in 1991, died on 29 April. [F770]
_Robert McGinnis_ (1926-2025), prolific US artist who created over
1,200 paperback covers including several genre titles, and film posters
including _Barbarella_, died on 10 March aged 99. [F770]
_Patty Maloney_ (1936-2025), US actress in _The Star Wars Holiday
Special_ (1978), _The Ice Pirates_ (1984), _The Addams Family_ (1991) and
others, died on 31 March aged 89. [LP]
_Jean Marsh_ (1934-2025), UK actress in _Doctor Who_ (15 episodes
1965-1989 plus spinoffs), _Return to Oz_ (1985), _Willow_ (1988), _A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court_ (1989), _The Ghost Hunter_
(2002-2002) and others, died on 13 April aged 90. [O]
_Lee Montague_ (1927-2025), UK actor in _The Legacy_ (1978), _Jekyll &
Hyde_ (1990) and genre tv series, died on 30 March aged 97. [SG]
_Alexander Muratov_ (1935-2025), Ukrainian director and co-writer of
the fantasy film _Zolotaya tsep_ (_The Golden Chain_, 1986, based on a
novel by Alexander Grin), died on 14 April aged 89. [AM]
_Jay North_ (1951-2025), US Dennis the Menace actor whose genre
credits include _Arabian Knights_ (1968-1969), _Here Comes the Grump_
(1969-1970) and _The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show_ (_Flintstones_ spinoff,
1971-1972), died on 6 April aged 73. [F770]
_Mel Novak_ (1942-2025), US actor in many genre films from _The
Ultimate Warrior_ (1975) to _Mega Ape_ (2023) and _Space Sharks_ (2024),
died on 9 April aged 82. [SJ]
_Rudolf Pankov_ (1937-2025), Russian voice actor who dubbed over 800
films including _Jumanji_, _Contact_, _Men in Black_ and the entire Harry
Potter series, died on 18 April aged 87. [AM]
_Lar Park-Lincoln_ (1961-2025), US actress in _Friday the 13th Part
VII_ (1988), died on 22 April aged 63. [AIP]
_Roy Phillips_ (1943-2025), US musician whose 1960s band The Peddlers
did the theme song for the Dennis Wheatley-based _The Lost Continent_
(Hammer 1968), died on 24 April aged 81. [SJ]
_David Schleinkofer_ (1951-2025), US artist for many genre covers from
1976 to 1994, died on 20 April aged 74. [SJ]
_Kate Soley-Barton_, UK filk fan, Eastercon and filkcon regular and
member of the N'Early Music Consort, died on 17 April. [O]
_Damien Thomas_ (1942-2025), Egyptian-born UK actor in _Twins of Evil_
(Hammer 1971), _Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger_ (1977), _Never Let Me Go_
(2010) and genre tv series, died on 18 April aged 83. [SJ]
_Robert Trebor_ (1953-2025), US actor in _Universal Soldier_ (1992)
and _Hercules: The Legendary Journeys_ (1995-1999), died on 11 March aged
71. [AIP]
_Paul Wheeler_ (1934-2025), Jamaican-born UK author whose sf novel was
_The Friendly Persuaders_ (1968), died on 10 March aged 90. [JC]
AS OTHERS SEE US II. From a review of books about super-tall buildings
including one by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in Manhattan: 'Here, though,
SOM ups the visual ante with a zoomorphic surrealism that suggests a
colossal nest of robotic boa constrictors as imagined by some coked-up
sci-fi fanboy.' (Mark Fuller, _NY Review of Books_, May 2024) [JK]
RANDOM FANDOM. _Corflu 42_ (Newbury, April) news! Edie Stern was chosen by
the fickle finger of fate as Guest of Honour; Leigh Edmonds, by popular
vote, assumed the colossal responsibilities of Past President of fwa. _FAAn
Awards:_ FANWRITER Nic Farey. FAN ARTIST Teddy Harvia. COVER ART Elaine
Cochrane for _SF Commentary_ 118. LETTERHACK Leigh Edmonds. SPECIAL
PUBLICATION _Fandom and Its Part in Our Downfall_ (Claire Brialey and Mark
Plummer). PERZINE _This Here_ (Nic Farey). GENZINE _Banana Wings_
(Brialey/Plummer). LIFE ACHIEVEMENT Mark Olson.
PUBLISHERS AND SINNERS II. Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance has reportedly
drifted into a habit of being flippantly insulting to authors who dare ask
to be paid. The HWA decreed: '... Cemetery Dance will not be allowed to
hear pitches during StokerCon. The Horror Writers Association stands up for
the rights of its members, including the right to receive royalties as
contracted, to have their works published as contracted, and to have its
members treated with civility and respect. Cemetery Dance appears to be
lacking in all of these areas.' [A-TC]
THE DEAD PAST. _20 Years Ago:_ 'Stephen Fry knows that Douglas Adams didn't
write that icky sf stuff: "I'm not a fan of science-fiction but neither was
Douglas. He just happened to write a book about space and time. / I
wouldn't want to mention names but I do think science-fiction writers take
themselves far too seriously." (Ireland OnLine news)' (_Ansible_ 214, May
2005)
_50 Years Ago_, a joke item in a list of Worldcon bidders -- '1984:
Great Britain (Winston Smith, Chairman)' -- was reprinted by 'Another
newszine, which shall remain nameless' without the Chairman giveaway,
panicking the Britain in '79 bid committee with the concept of another UK
bid unknown to them.... (_SFinctor_ 6, May 1975)
MAGAZINE SCENE. _Amazing Stories_ has reopened submissions for short
stories to be published online, hard sf preferred. $20 for original work
over 2,500 words; shorter and reprint items $10. Small change beyond the
dreams of avarice awaits at submissions.amazingstories.com.
FANFUNDERY. _TransAtlantic Fan Fund._ Congratulations to Mikolaj
Kowalewski, who is the 2025 TAFF winner and plans to travel to the Seattle
Worldcon in August. First-round voting: Zi Graves 55, Mikolaj Kowalewski
64, Jan Vanek jr. 10, Hold Over Funds 1, No Preference 8 (total 138). After
eliminations and reallocation of second choices, the final figures were
Graves 56 and Kowalewski 72. Further details in the official newsletter at
taff.org.uk/news/Taffluorescence8.pdf.
_European Fan Fund:_ as gloomily predicted in _A453_, the next EFF
race is delayed until 2026 owing to a lack of interested (at short notice)
candidates this year.
PUBLISHERS AND SINNERS III. More happy joy for impoverished authors and
small presses: as of 24 March, _Publishers Weekly_ demands a $25 fee for
each book submitted for review -- unless the publisher is a 'site license
subscriber' paying $950 or more per year. (_PW_, March)
THOG'S MASTERCLASS. _As One Does._ 'Jennika flinched as if she had
swallowed a thistle whole.' (Kevin J. Anderson, _Hopscotch_, 2002)
_The Tell-Tale Sign._ 'He could change his expression without effort,
and this signified great mobility of thought and temperament. Serge saw at
a glance that he was dealing with an intellectual.' (James Corbett, _The
Merrivale Mystery_, 1929) [WFD]
_Diagnoses._ The 'greatest neurologist in Europe' on cause of death:
'Something may have gone wrong with the youngster's brain, and I do not
deal in that realm.' (James Corbett, _The Monster of Dagenham Hall_, 1935)
'His pulse is gradually growing weaker and even the arteries of his blood
are drying up.' (James Corbett, _Her Private Murder_, 1932) [WFD]
_Dept of Possible Euphemism._ '"I am a big man," he said boastfully.
"The women of the Masters like big men. They like to caress muscles like
mine."' (P. Schuyler Miller, 'The Titan' [part 1], _Marvel Tales_, Winter
1934) [CR]
_Good Enough to Eat._ 'Her face, though not unattractive, was
suggestive of a buttered bun ...' (John Dickson Carr, 'The Clue of the Red
Wig' in _The Third Bullet_, 1954) [BA]
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15 May 2025, evening: London Zoom meeting, third Thursday of each
month. 'Please share this with people who you know typically come to the
Bishop's Finger, but aren't on Facebook.'
https://bohemiancoast.medium.com/first-thursday-london-sf-fan-virtual-drinks-5232021e961fEDITORIAL. As usual there are a couple of TAFF ebooks/paperbacks in
preparation at Ansible Editions but not yet ready to be announced or added
to the ebook downloads at taff.org.uk. The _SF Encyclopedia_ team thanks
the League of Fan Funds very much indeed for hugely appreciated support in
the wake of Eastercon fundraising.
CON RUMBLINGS. _Worldcon 2026:_ LAcon V (Anaheim CA) membership rates are
expected to rise on 2 May. See
https://www.lacon.org/register/R.I.P. II -- LATE AND LAST-MINUTE REPORTS. _Taras Boko_ (1962-2025),
translator of Dick, Lovecraft and Pynchon into Ukrainian, died on 10 April.
[SHS]
_Priscilla Pointer_ (1924-2025), US actress in _Death Takes a Holiday_
(1971), _Carrie_ (1976), _Twilight Zone: The Movie_ (1983) and _Nightmare
on Elm Street 3_ (1987), died on 28 April aged 100. [SHS]
_Bert Tanner_ (1933-2024), US artist who created a number of covers
for _F&SF_ and _Venture_ from 1965 to 1973 -- plus some interior art for
_Venture_ -- died on 2 March 2024 aged 96. [AIP]
SOME LINKS from the _Ansible_ home page.
Damien Broderick 1944-2025 (obituary at _Black Gate_)
https://www.blackgate.com/2025/04/20/damien-broderick-april-22-1944-april-19-2025/ _Good Omens_ graphic novel: forewords and afterword now dropped
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dunmanifestin/good-omens/posts/4348036 Hugo finalists
https://seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-awards/2025-hugo-award-finalists/ Seattle Worldcon vets programme participants with LLM; comments at
_File 770_
https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-chair-2/https://file770.com/responding-to-controversy-seattle-worldcon/ _SF2 Concatenation_ Summer 2025 Newscast
http://www.concatenation.org/news/news4~25.htmlTHOG'S GOLDEN OLDIES from _Ansible_ 214, May 2005. _Game Theory Dept._ 'The
best aspect of it was that it was not the last place they'd look for her.
Anticipating her reaction, they would look at once in the last place.'
(John D. MacDonald, 'Escape to Chaos', 1951)
_Dept of Noisy Quietude._ 'He said, dropping his voice to a sibilant
whisper of well-nigh incredible loudness: "Doorr yonder!"' (Philip
MacDonald, _The Polferry Riddle_ [UK _The Choice_], 1931)
_Dept of Big Science._ '"The laboratory covers a dozen floors," the
general said, "and in it we have every kind of equipment known. We can
produce temperatures of minus 900 degrees Kelvin and we can build up our
furnaces to half a billion degrees ..."' (Silas Water, _The Man with
Absolute Motion_, 1955)
_Ansible_(R) 454 (C) David Langford, 2025. Thanks to Brian Ameringen,Sandra
Bond, Claire Brialey, Ramsey Campbell, Adam-Troy Castro, John Clute, Gary
Couzens, William F. Deeck, Steve Fahnestalk, Moshe Feder, Camestros
Felapton, _File 770_, Steve Green, Rich Horton, Steve Jones, Jerry Kaufman,
Andrey Meshavkin, _The Oldie_, Omega, Lawrence Person, Andrew I. Porter,
Christopher Rowe, Steven H Silver, Andrew Wells, and as always our Hero
Distributors: Durdles Books (Birmingham SF Group), SCIS/Prophecy and Alan
Stewart (Australia).
1 May 2025
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