Argon of Cantee
| Fan Club | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Argon of Cantee |
| Dates: | 1968-? |
| Founder(s): | |
| Leadership: | Pat Munson-Siter, Randall S. Stukey |
| Country based in: | USA |
| Focus: | SF/F, Pern, Star Trek, Elfquest |
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Argon of Cantee was "a small, international SF/F fan club with special interest groups covering Anne McCafferey's Pern, Star Trek, Elfquest and others." It had an APA called Argon APA and a clubzine called Dragonwings.[1][2]
It was originally known as "Argon Weyr". Along with the APA, it also put out The Five Star Stories Series Guide by Pat Munson-Siter. According to the Five Star Stories Series Guide, Argon of Cantee was celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1993.
Fort Weyr A10 or Fort A10 was a subsection of Argon of Cantee that was led by Randall Stukey. Its RP was in a timeline called "AIVAS-10" that was set during Pern's 10th Pass and had something to do with the supercomputer AIVAS.
About
President: Patricia Munson-SiterVice-President: Randall Stukey
Section Leaders
Cantee: Lynn Dimock
Elfquest: Debra Reuss
Fort Weyr (A10): Randall Stukey
FEMC Argon: Patricia Munson-Siter
JRV Kantele: Randall Stukey
Are you interested in more than a single area of science fiction or fantasy? Do you like animation and Japanese manga? If so, you owe it to yourself to find out more about Argon of Cantee! Argon is a small, friendly, independent science fiction and fantasy group. Argon members are interested in a variety of topics, and enjoy discussing them in both our newsletter and APA. Our interests cover Pern, Star Trek, Star Wars, animation of all types, and science fiction and fantasy in general.Membership costs $15 for four issues of the club newsletter and also allows you to participate in any of the special-interest sections run by club members under the auspices of Argon. The clubzine, Dragonwings, generally runs 30 to 40 pages and includes reviews, fan fiction, art, and discussions about how to improve your writing and the process of world building. (Many of our members are interested in either improving their fan fiction writing or becoming professional writers.) Other subjects include Japanese animation and manga, background articles on science and real-world magic, and just about anything else that members think might be interesting! Several special-interest sections run by club members allow those interested to write interactive, persona-based fiction as well as develop detailed backgrounds for the universes these stories are based in. Current sections, either active or under development, include Argon Weyr, Five Star Stories "F.E.M.C. Argon", a Star Trek alternate universe, Elfquest, and World of Valdemar. More information on the sections is available to members.
Argon of Cantee began its life as Argon Weyr shortly after Analog magazine published "Weyr Search" in the late 1960's. We have been active ever since, first as a local SF group, then becoming a correspondence group in the mid- 1970's. While Argon is perhaps best known as a Pern group, we have always been very active in other aspects of fandom as well. Argon is an independent group and is not part of the current "Organized Pern Fandom" you may have heard of.
Argon of Cantee is not an "anime fan club." It is a general interest SF/F club that just happens to have some interest in some types of Japanese Animation and manga -- generally the stuff that isn't very popular with "normal" anime fandom. There's little or no interest in girls-with-guns anime, Cream Lemons, etc. Also, anime is just ONE of MANY interests covered in Argon of Cantee newsletters, sometimes issues will go by without any anime articles. Therefore, if you are looking for your standard male-dominated, anime is everything (and better if it has lots of shower scenes) club, don't even think of joining Argon of Cantee because it isn't such a club and NEVER will be.