Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:16:57 -0500 (EST) From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Something to look forward to . . . ? Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> wrote: > Since Keith is busily putting back issues of the WSFA Journal online > (many kudos to him for that!), Thanks. Please also give credit to Wade, who actually scans them. I then fix the scanner-generated typos, and any other seemingly non-deliberate misspellings, convert them into HTML, index them, and put them on the web. > here's something to look forward to: > "the zenith came in 1972 when Miller succeeded in publishing a > gargantuan 134-page issue for that year's Disclave" Don't hold your breath, though I do hope to get to it eventually. If I remain on the current schedule, I expect to finish 1984 in March, 1983 in April, 1982 in May, 1981 in June, 1980 in July, and both 1979 and 1978 in August. After (i.e. before) that, there's a gap during which no Journals were published. I don't yet know how long the gap is, or the size, date, or print quality of each of the Journals before the gap, or which issues we may be missing. But getting each of the Don Miller (pre-1978) issues online will certainly take a lot longer, even if the print quality is excellent, as my understanding is that *all* of them were quite long. I'm currently going quickly mainly because the 1980s issues are usually just four pages each. 134 pages is equivalent to about three years of 1980s issues, or about one year of Sam's recent issues, assuming the print size and quality are comparable. With one trivial exception, none of the 1984 issues has any book reviews. But there are numerous good movie reviews, mostly by Geoffrey Gould. And there are some good con reviews and other articles by Joe Mayhew. There are also lists of WSFAns' birthdays, of upcoming cons all over the US, and of *all* recent SF and F books. Those issues aren't just meeting minutes. When I speak of issues online, I'm speaking mostly of text. There seems to be little interest or support for graphics. There's currently no graphics in the pre-1991 issues, and it's somewhat spotty in later issues, with some images being missing, and others way too large. Fixing this will require someone who is willing and able to do a lot of work on graphics. I'm willing, but not able, as mine is a text-only Internet account, and I access it on a text-only terminal. > <http://jophan.org/1960s/chapter3.htm> Two years ago I promised Lee that I wouldn't look at any of Rich's web pages. She has not released me from this promise. > Oddly enough 2008 not only has a 5th Friday in February, but will > also be the 60th anniversary of the club (assuming we accept 1948 as > our founding, and it would seem to be, if nothing else, an agreed > upon date). I thought it was 1947. All I recall is that it was founded in a coal cellar, and was originally WSF Society rather than WSF Association. None of the founding members are still in the club. As far as I know, none are still alive. In the lifetime of the club, there have been two Fifth Fridays in February: In 1952 and 1980. In 1980, we held Datclave. I don't know if anything special was done in 1952. An annual February relaxacon remained a WSFA tradition for several years after 1980, even though there still hasn't yet been another 5th Friday in February. In 1984, it was called "Bobclave/George The Party". At somebody-or-other's request, I added "Datclave II" on Fifth Friday, February 29, 2008, to our calendar of upcoming events a few months ago. In September 2002, I posted the following to this list: In 2036 (the Datclave after next) Lydia will be 41, I will be 79, and we will be holding our 36th Capclave. (That's STILL not as many Capclaves as there have been Disclaves.) Someone will be hosting the 94th Worldcon. The median Worldcon (half before, half since) will be Noreason III, held in 1989. First Fandom will no longer exist. -- Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/ Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.