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MichaelWalsh commented on the post, Oh the Hugos, Ahh the Hugos, Ewww The Hugos 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Why the 1954 Worldcon didn’t do a Hugo is one of those mysteries of fandom.
One suggestion as to why they didn’t is that they heard that Jack McKnight spent the entire Philcon in his shop making the #$%@ Hugs […]
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MichaelWalsh commented on the post, Oh the Hugos, Ahh the Hugos, Ewww The Hugos 1 month, 2 weeks ago
“The Hugo Awards – aka the Science Fiction Achievement Awards – were conceived as a one-time affair by the hosts of the 1953, 11th annual World Science Fiction Convention”
Not really.
The Philcon folks […]
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MichaelWalsh commented on the post, Amazing News, Saturday, March 2, 2013 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Those ‘zines were great. Geis had opinions and he knew how to cogently express them.
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MichaelWalsh commented on the post, The Clubhouse: ConFusion at 40 (more or less) 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Such an image to close with!
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MichaelWalsh commented on the post, The Clubhouse: Five words every fan should know 3 months, 4 weeks ago
FWIW, a Google Map search for the Slan Shack address reveals a street view that shows it’s still there. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/bgwdyek
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MichaelWalsh commented on the post, The Clubhouse: Common language 4 months ago
The link for “unsuspecting lexographers” seems to be broken. I am curious as to what you linked to.
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MichaelWalsh commented on the post, Demolition 4 months ago
I met Bester once, back in the 70s at a Philcon if I recall correctly. He seemed like a visitor from the future – bemused over the interest in his writing.
I envy anyone encountering Bester for the first time.
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