Lloyd's Locs Box - Fanzine letters of comment - May 19th, 2008
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Loc on Motorway Dreamer 5 (John Nielsen Hall, ed.)
Dear John:
First of all, a great pleasure to meet you and Audrey at Corflu Silver. Of course, there's never enough time to sit and chat properly, so as enjoyable as the convention was, the best place to actually chat and discuss ideas is the fanzine and the letter column. With all that in mind, here's a loc on Motorway Dreamer 5.
Many thanks for a printed copy of the issue... more and more, I know how expensive the copies are getting, plus the postage and envelope. I must rely on the technology making them cheaper, or on the generosity of the faned.
Fandom is about creativity, about finding what you like to do or what you're good at, with a fannish bent to it. I've been involved with other areas of fandom, like costuming and convention management, and I've had my fun there, too. There are too many people who seem to take delight in pointing out that you are not a fan, or not fannish enough, because you partake in a fannish activity outside of their own interests.
Given how much Tibet is in the news these days, your article about your travels in Tibet are timely. There are times I see familiar orange and dark magenta robes on the streets of Toronto; most people seem to recognize them as Buddhist monks, and they are left alone, or simply treated with courtesy, as you’d treat anyone else on the street.
Graham Charnock’s This Septic Isle…I may be Canadian, but I did have Scottish grandparents, and you might be surprised how many references I know, especially to anything to do with the D.C. Thomson comic books, chocolate bars, television and radio, and liquor, especially now that Yvonne now works for Diageo Canada. We’ve got more pint glasses than some bars now, and sometimes, there is Bailey’s merchandise coming home, or a sample of a new product. Yvonne says that it’s the only office she’s ever working in where booze on your desk is okay. On the main floor of the Diageo part of the building are the executive offices on one half of the floor, and a large bar on the other half. Best thing about her working there is the office is two blocks north of where we live, and with gasoline here at about C$1.25 a litre, she’s given herself a bit of a raise by simply not driving the car much.
(I will ask a silly question…I listen to Radio 2 on the Internet fairly frequently. I think it would be hilarious if the Chris Evans in your locol was the same Chris Evans who does the afternoon Drivetime show. Probably isn’t, but…)
This time around, it’s not necessarily comments on the issue, but comments on what the issue brings to mind. Perhaps not much of a loc, but it is a holiday weekend for us here (Victoria Day), and it is cold and damp outside, instead of the usual sunny and warm weather we’ve been led to believe we should be getting each time. Anyway, I hope this isn’t too early for assembling the next issue, or perhaps this will get the next issue going. Take care, and see you when that next issue comes around.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
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Loc on The Drink Tank 168 & 169 (Chris Garcia, ed.)
Dear Chris:
I’ve got The Drink Tank 168 and 169, and you’re working on 170! Time for some fast loccing! Something intelligent and pertinent? Not at this speed, guy…
168…Handicapping the Hugos…I haven’t paid much attention to them this year, because we’re not going to Denver, and never bought a membership of any kind. However, doing this in a year will be very interesting.
I keep hearing that anthologies are going away, that no one reads them. I cut my skiffy eyeteeth on anthologies, so I hope they stay. I would think books of short stories would be a no-brainer, but I keep hearing the opposite.
Dan Steffan and Kurt Erichsen, not to mention Marc Schirmeister, are always left off the Best Fan Artist list, and they should be at least nominated. Do we wonder to ourselves, who did we nominate and vote for last time, and do it again? Steve Stiles is on the ballot, and he’s overdue, too.
Bless your heart for listing me as being left off the list for Best Fan Writer! I am hoping that I might be on the ballot in Montreal. Hope does spring eternal, but many Canadian fans have no idea that I write for fanzines. I do plug for Guy Lillian and Challenger. He has always wanted a silver rocket, and he has worked hard to produce a good fanzine. If I had a vote, I’d vote for him.
Seeing Steve Green is here…he sent me an invitation this very morning to come and join FAPA. I’d like nothing better than to join the apa, but I have little enough time as it is, and I must still devote a big chunk of time to jobhunting. As I’ve done before, Steve, I must turn you and FAPA down. But, who knows what will come down the timeline? Never say never.
169…Costume Con came to Toronto some years ago, but it was so quiet, I never knew it had been here. We’d volunteered to help with it, too… Big ideas are often torn down by small people with smaller brains. It is so easy for others to try to ruin your idea, as friends of mine in British Columbia found out as they tried to set up a ren faire, and others came around to try to ruin things for them. Some of them were SCA types, and others were totally unknown factors. Think the BArea could stand another Westercon?
You must join up with us who at least try to inhabit the Bill Mills’ Virtual Fan Lounge. I’ve missed the last couple of them because of just being busy, but I hope to hit more. I’ll need to be satisfied with the Virtual Fan Lounge because I have no idea how I’d ever justify the money for Seattle. I think Las Vegas was it for me as far as Corflus go.
I don’t think anyone would laugh at four Hugo nominations, especially none of us who have none at all. If I was to call anyone a #2 Fan Face, I’d have to seriously qualify and explain the term… Rob Sawyer will be in Las Vegas himself soon at Xanadu, the convention Scott Anderson is chairing. I hope lots of Vegas-types will get a chance to meet Rob; he’s always up and ready to talk.
Hope this makes it into issue 170. Tonight is a regular local fannish pubnight (Third Monday), so we must shortly get ready to go and party. It’s a long weekend this weekend (Victoria Day), so we’re at home relaxing, doing a little cooking and ready to party tonight. Thank you again for more good zines with lots of fine pictures, and I am certain 170 will be fun.
Yours, Lloyd Penney.
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