Seldon's Plan

Zine
Title:	Seldon's Plan
Publisher:	a club zine, Wayne Third Foundation
Editor(s):	Laura Basta, Cy Chauvin; Alicia Madarasz; John R. Benson; Brian Earl Brown; Gene Mierzejewski, and others unknown
Date(s):	1969-1985
Series?:
Medium:	print
Genre:	gen
Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS & Science Fiction Fandom
Language:	English
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Seldon's Plan is a gen Star Trek: TOS and Science Fiction club zine for Wayne Third Foundation. It is also called "Seldon's Plan Newsletter."

The zine ran for fifty-one issues.

A Love Hate, Mostly Hate Opinion of Star Trek

Like all science fiction fans of the time, the massive influx of fans and their interest in what had been "pure" science fiction zines and cons, and then branching off into their own worlds, was a bit overwhelming.

"Seldon's Plan" was edited for a time by Laura Trise Basta, and she brought her love of Star Trek to the zine series.

The editors of "Seldon's Plan" included some Star Trek content early on, knowing full well it brought in readers and interest. But most of the zine subscribers were either anti-Trek, or were disinterested.

In the December 1971 issue, the editor wrote:

Trekdom has a lot of fans, so many that when the first Star Trek Convention was announced, (it will open in New York the last weekend of January, [1972]) there were soon 1200 prepaid memberships. Only God knows how many fans will swarm New York on the fateful weekend, when the StrekCon opens. Therefore, I doubt if most Star Trek fans will agree to my analysis of their beloved program. However, concerning fanzines, the economic fact of life is that as long as a fanzine has something to do with Star Trek, it will sell like hotcakes. Especially if it has good artwork. Whereas millions of science fiction fans wouldn't pay a dime for the average fanzine, Trek fans pay dollars for the average Star Trek fanzine. The most popular issue of SELDON'S PLAN NEWSLETTER happens to be one we produced in ditto last year as a satire on Star Trek. Although reproduction of that zine was just plain horrible, a fan offered Laura Basta, my compatriot editor, $2.00 for her personal copy.

In the March 1975 issue, the editor imagines a scenario in which another fan infiltrated a Star Trek fan club meeting:

I thought of writing a lengthy fictional account of Mike's venture into that part of fandom, and his visit to the W3F; but I decided that even the creditability of the dumbest morons (i.e., fans) would be strained by the notion of Mike Glyer in blue stretch-suit and pointed ears.

V.1 N.1 (Issue 1)

Issue 1 v.1 n.1 was published in December 1969.

V.1 N.2 (Issue 2)

Issue 2 v.1 n.2 was published in January 1970.

V.2 N.2 (Issue 10)

Issue 10 v.2 n.2 was published in April 1971.

V.3. N.4

published 1971

It was edited by Cy Chauvin.

V.3. N.5

It was edited by Cy Chauvin.

1971, 26 pages

V.4. N.1

Seldon's Plan v.4 n.1 has a front cover by Randy Bathurst, back cover by Terry Austin, and interior art by Laura Basta.

The editorial is by Guy Snyder, who states that he "was stuck with filling this space because Laura, the editor, has better things to do. I don't mind, I like to brag, but it's getting harder each issue to think up ideas as to what to put down here."

• News (3)
• Club Notes (7)
• Quest of the Golden Spock (9)
• Damnet (13)
• Galactic Workshop (14)
• just plain BULL (17)
• Red Eye (24)
• Starlight, Starflight (23)
• Chaos Year III (25)
• Monologs (26)
• Assorted Art (30)

Reactions and Reviews: v.4 n.1

SELDON'S PLAN NEWSLETTER, Vol. 4 #1. 30pp. mimeo. Combination of newszine, club bulletin, and typical college fanzine, (bad fiction, poetry, etc.) The news part is nearly all from LOCUS without acknowledgment.

It is our opinion that the above review is unfair and tends to reflect the considerable "old fan bias" against the publication of amateur science fiction.

First, a bit of specifics: News can not be copyrighted. In Volume 4, Issue 1 of SPN the news writer included only 28 lines of news directly attributable to LOCUS out of a total news volume of 265 lines. The journalistic practice of gleaning news out of other, publications rewriting in order to "localize it" and then displaying it as one’s own is common in the publishing world. However, since LOCUS would like acknowledgement - for their part in the. above issue of SPN, it is thus given in its proper order of magnitude among the other news sources used: Guy Snyder, THE DETROIT NEWS, THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Loretta Tabakow, LOCUS, Loretta Vitek. Because of the variety of sources our news writer must consult, as does LOCUS, to acknowledge all our sources would be amateurish and impractical.

Perhaps what is most indicative- of fan bias - on LOCUS's part in their review is the fact that out of 30 pages, only 7 pages of SPN Volume Four Issue 1 was devoted to poetry and prose. The rest: One page of index, five pages of news? 17 pages of reviews and columns. However, LOCUS made no mention of them.

Also, LOCUS seemed to ignore our two artists, Randy Bathurst and Terry Austin, both of whom are in great demand by such, publications as ENERGUMEN, (a 1971 Hugo award nominee).

It is our opinion that the LOCUS Review of SPN is merely another reflection of the repressiveness of the fan science fiction press toward new experimentation in SF, new authors, and only helps bolster the oppressive commercialism that seems to rule the current science fiction publishing world.

V.4. N.3

Seldon's Plan v.4 n.3 was published in December 1971 (last issue of the year) and contains 50 pages.

front cover of v.4 n.3, Guy Snyder

Editor: Laura Trise Basta, Managing Editor: Guy Snyder, writers: Carol Lynn, F.L. Reiss, Cy Chauvin, and Margaret Basta. The art is by Randy Bathurst and Guy Snyder.

STAR TREK was NBC's way of displaying science fiction in its completeness. They merely took the old space patrol myth, had writers recreate them (perhaps borrowing from long dead author's tales, or Lucky Star, Space Ranger) and then filmed the result. Luckily for Star Trek, some original ideas were able to surface, the show displayed some character evolution, but I think Star Trek came be summarized like this: It evolved around a super hero type main character, (Captain Kirk) and his relationships with fallen or flawed superheros. (Spock had a lack of emotion, McCoy suffered under too much humanitarianism, Scott under too much Scottish pride, and so on.)

Trekdom has a lot of fans, so many that when the first Star Trek Convention was announced, (it will open in New York the last weekend of January, [1972]) there were soon 1200 prepaid memberships. Only God knows how many fans will swarm New York on the fateful weekend, when the StrekCon opens.

Therefore, I doubt if most Star Trek fans will agree to my analysis of their beloved program. However, concerning fanzines, the economic fact of life is that as long as a fanzine has something to do with Star Trek, it will sell like hotcakes. Especially if it has good artwork. Whereas millions of science fiction fans wouldn't pay a dime for the average fanzine, Trek fans pay dollars for the average Star Trek fanzine. The most popular issue of SELDON'S PLAN NEWSLETTER happens to be one we produced in ditto last year as a satire on Star Trek. Although reproduction of that zine was just plain horrible, a fan offered Laura Basta, my compatriot editor, $2.00 for her personal copy.

If the above is not an example of the commercialization of fandom, then what is?

• Editorial Comment (see the previous issue for comments by Locus and "Seldon's Plan's" editor's response) (1)
• a letter of comment by Garry S. Mattingly (co-editor along with Ken Keller, editor, of the official newsletter of the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society, (KaCSFFS), entitled X-RAY DELTA ONE) (2)
• Index (4)
• Club Notes (minutes for several monthly meetings, about an average of 13 people in attendance) (5)
• News (8)
• Red Eye, commentary about commercialization of fandoms, Star Trek, SCA (11)
• Cryptogram by Fred Reiss (13)
• A Doll Aged, fiction by Guy Snyder (18)
• Creative Anachronism, a letter explaining tournaments (23)
• just plain BULL, book and television show reviews (24)
• Damnet, poem, not credited (33)
• CHAOS year III, editorial by Laura T. Basta (35)
• Box, fiction by Laura T. Basta (36)
• Galactic Workshop, essay by Guy Snyder (topic is writing) (43)
• Fearless Fan Editor, metafiction by Randy Bathurst (45)

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V.4 N.4

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Seldon's Plan v.4 n.5 was published in June 1972 and contains 32 pages. It was edited by Laura Basta.

• The Letters To SPN (7 pages)
• The News (3 pages)
• The Cryptogram Answered (3 pages)
• Red Eye (1 page)
• Club Notes (1 page)
• Star Tracks 1 (3 pages)
• Just Plain Bull (review of Star Trek 5) (2 pages)
• Star Trek Rumor Mill (4 pages)
• The Chekov Syndrome (2 pages)
• The Lone Ranger and Tonto Versus The Starship Enterprise (3 pages)

V.4 N.5

Seldon's Plan v.4 n.5 was published in June 1972 and contains 34 pages.

It is a special Star Trek issue, with fiction and a list of zines.

The editor was Laura Basta.

V.5 N.1

Seldon's Plan v.5 n.1 was published in 1973 and contains 48 pages. It was edited by Laura Basta.

front cover of v.5 n.1

back cover of v.5. n.1, Janice

The art is by M. Andres, Terry Austin, Randy Bathurst, C. Lee Healy, Mick Kurcharski, Jeff Schalles, Cara Sherman, and Janice.

• The News (2)
• Club Notes by Carol Lynn (6)
• A Rose is a Rose is a Rose..., fiction by Frederick L. Reiss (8)
• Chaos Year IV by Laura Trise Basta (This is a long, thoughtful essay about women's power and place in science fiction, and the world. It is interspersed by many pithy misogynistic quotes in the side columns.) (9)
• He, fiction by David Lillard (19)
• Kraith Fragments by Jacqueline Lichtenberg ("For those interested in anything Vulcan, the Lichtenberg in depth exploration of the Vulcan race is an interesting alien treatise. Her stories, novels and essays have appeared in fanzines too numerous to mention. Kraith Collected 1 and III plus the Kraith Writer's Guide are available from: Carol Lynn (until July) [address redacted] or Debbie Goldstein [address redacted] The fanzines are offset.") (22)
• just plain BULL, book and movie reviews (two of them are by David Gerrold: When Harlie Was One, and The World of Star Trek, see that page) (24)
• And They Shall Beat Their Swords by Peter Loranger (32)
• Damnet, Grass, poem by Laura Trise Basta (39)
• Pyre, fiction by Laura Trise Basta (41)
• Space Cadet Pledge (48)

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V.5 N.3

Seldon's Plan v.5 n.3 was published in June 1973 and contains 48 pages.

V.6 N.1 (whole 33)

Seldon's Plan 33 (v.6 n.1) was published in December 1973 and contains 38 pages.

cover of issue #33, Todd Bake

It has "The Return of Seldon" on the cover. This may have to do with the gap between issues, and there being a new editor. There is also talk in this issue of renaming the zine, but that did not occur.

It was edited by Gene Mierzejewski, and is his first.

Associate Editor: Cy Chauvin. Art Director: Todd Bake. Contributing Editors — Lea Roffey, Rancid J. McCleever, Al Azif, James Venturini, Carol Lynn.

The art is by Todd Bake, James Venturini, Randy Bathurst, Cy Chauvin, and Gene Mierzejewski.

From the editorial:

Cy Chauvin — who is still with us, being the associate editor of SPN — is well on his way to becoming Wayne State's Big Name Fan and, we predict, he will eventually become a Secret Master of Fandom. We'd like to see some fiction come from Chauvin's type writer, however; think of the fun we could have by billing a story as "Cy-fi."

As you may have noticed from the table of contents, there is no Star Trek material at all in this issue. No pastiches of ST, no parodies of ST, no news of ST— nothing. This is due to our personal bias and is not meant as a slap in the face to Trekkies, although at times we think they deserve one. Anyhow, if you ordered a copy of this fanzine because you thought it would be a trekzine and you are disappointed, well, that's life. (Being a fan-ed means never having to say you're sorry except when confronted by a lawsuit.)

Speaking of Star Trek, there are a couple of trekzines put out by W3F members. BABEL and S.T.A.R.BORNE are both putout by Laura and Margaret Basta. KRAITH COLLECTED is put out by Carol Lynn. Address any inquiries to the young ladies aforementioned at the addresses listed or to the W3F mailbox.

Some club changes are afoot:

Yes, it's true, folk, that this is the last issue of Seldon's Plan Newsletter. Early this year we tried to get the club to agree on a name-change of the fanzine, but the motion was voted down at a meeting, so we were stuck with the monicker for this issue. But enough is enough, and the name must be changed— or else.

The title of the 'zine once had a certain relevance. Y'see, it's put out by the Wayne THIRD FOUNDATION, and to keep the motif of Asimov's "Foundation Trilogy" true to form, the fanzine had to have some reference to the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon in its name. But we have found the title unwieldy and unworkable, meaning little to people who have read the Triology and meaning nothing at all to the many who have never delved into Asimov's future galactic society. Not only that, but the fanzine has never been a newsletter, being, up to this issue, primarily a forum for generally mediocre fan fiction.

The strongest argument against the name is the format we plan to put into effect. Besides performing a mercy killing on most fan fiction, we will be leaving the limited bounds of "pure" science fiction. In the pages of our periodical will be discussions of the talent (or lack thereof) of David Gerrold's writing coexisting with essays on Lovecraft. In our opinion, the segregation of fantasy from SF has been a result of snobbishness on the part of fans of both genres. We find both types of fiction to be amusing and often thought-provoking, so we are lowering the barriers that have been keeping them apart.

Since SF will no longer be the only domain of this 'zine, the name should be changed to reflect the contents.

The editor described one of this zine's contributors, starting with a description of her body:

(Lea Roffey is a voluptuous young woman who has been adding to the mayhem of Wayne Third Foundation meetings lately. She is the daughter of an Albanian immigrant and, according to her, she was "whelped on the back of a mustang during a cattle drive in Utah." She attended Vassar, Radcliffe, Brandeis and Qkefenokee Junior College before coming to WSU, from whence she has already gotten her degree. She has an off-beat but enjoyable talent when it comes to writing, and her poetry was so good that I dropped my intention of making verse taboo in the pages of the 'zine. She is very beautiful, very talented and— shucks— very married. Her assorted madness will be published here as long as it keeps coming.)

The zine is about to critique the work of David Gerrold:

Every so often a new writer bursts upon the scene with such glowing confidence such exuberance, and such a vast outpouring of work that everyone is overwhelmed, "He's great," the fans say, "A Hugo winner for sure."

Unfortunately, when we examine closely the works of such writers all too often we find that they are nowhere near as good as the vast claims people have made for them. In order to maintain their vast productivity, these writers are usually forced to take the literary equivalent of a laxative, and unfortunately the results in these cases is often remarkably similar (i.e. shit). Such is the case with one David Gerrold.

[snipped: much critique about Gerrold's works]

As can be seen, while David Gerrold has some talent, his abilities has been vastly over-rated. As I have remarked elsewhere, it is no crime for a writer to produce bad fiction--but it is a crime for everyone to equate such a writer with God.

Next issue, Ms. Mary Brenner will contribute a rebuttal to Cy Chauvin's article entitled "The Assassination of Cy Chauvin Viewed As A Downhill Motor Race," with introductory material by J.G. Ballard (including a segment from his famous essay, "The Author As Sacred Ground"). Illustrations will be by Todd Bake.

The editor wrote about some upcoming conventions including Discon (Worldcon), a relaxacon planned for February 1974 by a fan club at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, and Datcon "to be held as soon as we can get enough beer money together. Pro guest of honor will be the editor of this 'zine. Fan guests will be anyone who chips in for the booze and/or pretty, young femfans who are dying to meet, an almost-pro and would do anything for him. See us around the holiday season for more information. Note: David Gerrold will not attend the latter three cons, so feel free to come."

• Holiday Greetings, Art Credits (2)
• Mutterings, editorial by Gene Mierzejewski (3)
• To Jonathan Livingston Pigeon, poem by Lea Roffey (6)
• From the Idiot's Desk, Confession by Gene Mierzejewski (meta fic starring Gene and Watergate) (7)
• Astrology for the Millions by Lea Roffey (tru-fax) (10)
• Clubfoot by Carol Lynn (club news) (13)
• When I Was a Child and He Was a Child, fiction by Lea Roffey (14)
• Kelly Freas Interview conducted by Gene Mierzejewski (true-fax) (17)
• David Gerrold on the Dissection Table, critique by Cy Chauvin ("Portions of this article have previously appeared (in a different form) in Vector and Amazing Stories, copyright 1973 by Malcolm Edwards, copyright 1973 by Ultimate Publishing Company, Inc.") (20)
• To WHV, poem by Lea Roffey (28)
• In Memoriam: Doc Simms, obituary by Rancid J. McCleever (29)
• Dead Tree Dept., book reviews (31)
• Ads & Stuff (37)

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V.6 N.2 (whole 34)

v.6 n.2 was published in 1974.

The editor was Cy Chauvin.

V.6 N.3 (whole 35)

Seldon's Plan v.6 n.3 was published in June 1974 and contains 56 pages.

front cover of v.6 n.3, Stephen Fabian

back cover of v.6 n.3, Randy Bathurst

It was edited by Cy Chauvin.

The art is by Roberta Brown, Randy Bathurst, Stephen Fabian, Sheryl Birkhead, Todd Bake, John Benson, Mike Symes (reprint), Terry Austin, and Unknown.

• Editorial: With My Finger on the My Typewriter by Cy Chauvin (lots of description about the Ann Arbor Relaxicon, Mead-Con, and Minicon in Minneapolis, also a lot about his car being attacked by David Gerrold fans) (2)
• The Science in Science Fiction by James Blish (This article was originally given as a speech before the Cambridge University SF Society in England, and printed in QUICKSILVER 2, April 1971; copyright (c) 1971 by Malcolm Edwards) (10)
• Brunner & Lovecraft: A Comparison in Fantasy by Joe Sanders (18)
• Eating Roasted Bug-Eyed Monster: Some Views of a Novice SF Writer by Guy Snyder (excerpts from his Ann Arbor Relaxicon Keynote Speech) (24)
• When Words Collide, letters (long, long letters agreeing with Chauvin's negative critiques of David Gerrold's writing, some fans coming to Gerrold's defense, and several book editors that took issue with poor reviews of their books...) (30)
• Dead Tree Department, book reviews by Cy Chauvin and Margaret Basta (one of them is a long review for James Tiptree Jr.'s "Ten Thousand Light Years From Home" - the reviewer refers to Tiptree as male) (44)
• Mutterings by Gene Mierzejewski (55)

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V.6 N.4 (whole 36)

Seldon's Plan v.6 n.4 (whole no. 36) was published in September 1974 and contains 46 pages. It was edited by Cy Chauvin. Todd Blake was the art editor. John Benson was the circulation manager.

front cover of V.6 N.4

This issue is a Discon special.

The front cover is by Terry Austin, interior art by Todd Blake, John Benson, Randy Bathurst, Roberta Brown, Wayne McDonald, Cy Chauvin, Frank Murray. The back cover is supposedly by Mike Gilbert, only the back cover is blank.

It contains many, many letters of comment. Some of the writers: David Gerrold, James Tiptree, Jr., Ursula LeGuin, Paul Walker, Sheryl Smith, Don Ayres, Darrell Schweitzer, Jeff Smith, Wayne McDonald. Some of the WAHF were Joanna Russ, Guy Snyder, J. Hunter Holly, and many others.

The letter from David Gerrold is the longest: it addresses many fans' previous letters regarding his alleged male chauvinism, his alleged ineptitude, his alleged ego, and his alleged use of too much sex in his books.

From the editorial:

This is our special Discon issue, for the 22nd World Science Fiction Convention which is being held in Washington D.C. this year. Since two of the contributors to this issue have been nominated for a Hugo award as best far writer, I'd like to make a few comments in that regard.

These two contributors (Laura Basta and Jacqueline Lichtenberg) have both been called strictly Star Trek writers by some fans, then in the same breath are said to be totally worthless (even though the speaker has never read anything by either). This has hurt both these writers.

In a letter that Jacqueline Lichtenberg sent me, she said that she resented being called a "strictly Star Trek" writer by LOCUS. "I have been active in sf fandom for over 15 years, long long before ST ever came along. I sold my first sf story before I wrote my first Star Trek fanzine story. My interest in ST is ST as sf, and this is reflected in my KRAITH series which takes sf themes ST did not develop in full and elaborates on those themes with what many people feel is commendable originality. Laura's sf affilation is similarly strong. I, personally, am proud to be labeled a "Star Trek writer"--but I balk energetically at the suggestion of "strictly a Star Trek writer" and find the entire underlying concept (that ST is somehow not quite sf) personally offensive."

Jacqueline's first professionally published story was in IF in 1968-1969, ana she has recently sold a novel to Doubleday called HOUSE OF ZEOR. Laura Basta edited SELDON'S PLAN by herself or with the help of another editor for nearly four years; and having known her personally for over a year, I can assure you that she is not the raving fanatic (who can think of and talk about STAR TREK only) that some sf fans envision whenever someone mentions ST. I have no great interest in the show myself, but I hate to see fans of it put down as being not quite human. The articles by these two women will give you a taste of their style, for the many fans among you who have not encountered either of the writers before. Hopefully, too, they will encourage some interaction between the two (now largely separated) fandoms. I think we all could benefit from that.

• Editorial by Cy Chauvin (Some topics: Laura Basta and Jacqueline Lichtenberg are not "just" Star Trek fans, some comments regarding Trek fans and Science Fiction fans, a short autobiography on Cy's writing career, a reminder that this zine is a group effort.) (2)
• Interview with Greg Benford by Cy Chauvin (6)
• The Two Perspectives by Angus Taylor (15)
• Critical Mass, an article about the differences among "Trekkies," "STrekkies," and science fiction cons, and conventions, by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (18)
• Sexism and Science Fiction, article by Laura Basta (22)
• When Worlds Collide, letters (28)
• Dead Tree Department, book reviews by Cy Chauvin (41)

V.7 N.1 (Issue 37)

Seldon's Plan v.7 n.1 was published in Feb/Mar 1975 and contains 54 pages.

front cover of issue #7, Phil Foglio

back cover of issue #37, John R. Benson

It was edited by Cy Chauvin.

The art is by Terry Austin, Todd Bake, John R. Benson, Sheryl Mirkhead, Philip Foglio, Wayne MacDonald, and Frank Murray.

John Foyster originally sent me a copy of his article (reprinted from Bruce Gillespie's excellent fanzine SP COMMENTARY, of which John is an occasional editor) for another project. Unfortunately, John said that he had lost interest in writing about sf, and was gafiating, and so wouldn't be able to rewrite the article for what I originally had in mind. I thought I would reprint the article here in SELDON'S PLAN instead, since it's a very good article and deserves to be seen by more American readers (when it first appeared in SFC, Bruce Gillespie's fanzine had a much smaller circulation in the USA than it has now). From the tone of John's last letter, I gathered that he wouldn't mind—though his hand writing is very difficult to decipher, and could mean practically anything. It's a good article, anyway.

About a fanzine depository in libraries, Sharing the Wealth:

Roger Sween's article, "Share the Wealth", proposes that a fanzine depository system be established at selected libraries across the United States. This is a very good idea (even if you, like I, don't entirely agree with some of the details on how this should be brought about). Like most fans, I've often wished there was someplace I could go to look at old fanzines; Roger's proposal is an attempt at making that wish come true. (The only library that I know of at the moment that collects fanzines and is open to the public is the Spaced Out Library, 566 Palmerston Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I visited it when I went to Torcon in 1973; it's based on Judith Merril's sf collection, which she donated to the Toronto Public Library system in 1971. If you'd like some place to preserve your fanzine for future fannish generations, this is the place to send it.)

The editor also talks about his starting a local apa in Detroit called MISHAP (the Michigan Society of Amateur Publishers). Part of the reason for forming the apa was that SELDON'S PLAN no longer seemed much of a clubzine anymore:

However, the real person to blame (or credit) for the formation of this new apa is Jack Harness, who wrote a really great article in PREHENSILE 13 called "The APALling Truth," which told the story of the Los Angles local apa, APA-L. he apa in Los Angles comes out weekly, which I find incredible, but MISHAP will be much more sedate; it's monthly. Actually, I was very enthusiastic over that whole issue of PREHENSILE 13: there wasn't a bad article in it. The length of the Los Angles Science Fiction Society's existence rather boggles the minds of the members of a very young group like the Wayne Third Foundation—their 40 years to the #3F's seven. I was rather amused by Mike Glyer's passing reference to the W3Fin his editorial, though: "In fact being so near Detroit ((Mike recently moved to Bowling Green, Ohio)) gave me the idea of disguising myself as a Trekkie and venturing into that part of fandom, but the only club I know of in that area meets on the same night as one of my classes..." After reading that, I thought of writing a lengthy fictional account of Mike's venture into that part of fandom, and his visit to the W3F; but I decided that even the creditability of the dumbest morons (i.e., fans) would be strained by the notion of Mike Glyer in blue stretch-suit and pointed ears.

• Editorial (contains lengthy comments on the panels at DisCon II, a con report for Kwest*Con, a con report on Wondaycon, and lots more) (2)
• SF and The Left Hand of Darkness, interview with Darko Suvin (This discussion-interview with Darko Suvin was conducted by Cathleen Toiny and Madlyn Ferrier of Thomas More Institute, Montreal, on March 20, 1973. Copyright 1973, 1975 by Darko Suvin. The editor wrote: "LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS, sf, and related subjects. It has the clarity and readabilty of an informal discussion, and at the same time much of the insight of an analytical essay. It is one of the most interesting pieces I've read on LeGuin in a long time. Hopefully, I'll get more items like this.") (6)
• Share the Wealth by Roger Sween (18)
• Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails: The Ideal SF Writer by John Foyster (21)
• Dead Tree Department, book reviews by Cy Chauvin and Robert Werner
• When Words Collide, letters (38)

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V.7 N.2 (Issue 38)

Issue 38 was published in March 1976 and contains 44 pages.

It was edited by Cy Chauvin.

V.7 N.3 (Issue 39)

Issue 39 was published in June 1976 and contains 64 pages.

It was edited by Cy Chauvin.

V.7 N.4 (Issue 40)

Issue 40 was published in September 1976 and contains 36 pages.

It was edited by Cy Chauvin.

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V.7 N.5 (Issue 41)

Issue 41 was published in September 1977 and contains 64 pages.

It was edited by Cy Chauvin.

V.7 N.6 (Issue 42)

Issue 42 was published in May 1978.

It was edited by Cy Chauvin.

(Issue 46)

Issue 46 was published in December 1979 and contains 30 pages.

The editor was Brian Earl Brown.

V.11 N.1 (Issue 47)

Seldon's Plan 47 was published in December 1980 and contains 30 pages.

The editor was Brian Earl Brown.

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V.11 N.2 (Issue 48)

Issue 48 was published in October 1982

The editor was Brian Earl Brown.

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V.11 N.3 (Issue 49)

Issue 49 was published in May 1983 and contains 44 pages.

It was edited by Gregg Trend.