Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 05:35:33 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: "Jack L. Chalker" <jchalker at miragepress.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Ted White in Jan 05 Asimov's magazine
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

    I think Ron and Jerry first pulled that one at the 1971 Westercon, and
then did it at the '72 LACon. Ron first used that costume in the late 60s
for a costume from "The Technicolor Time Machine" and then reused it long
after for a series of costumes, "Gay Mouser" being one. Chicon III was in
1962, though, not 1960. Sixty was Pittsburg, 61 was Seattle. jlc

At 04:54 PM 11/7/2004, you wrote:

> > twhite8 at cox.net 11/6/04 9:05:37 PM >>>
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Sam Lubell" <samlubell at verizon.net>
> >To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
> >Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 7:25 PM
> >Subject: [WSFA] Ted White in Jan 05 Asimov's magazine
> >
> >> Ted White is mentioned a few times in the "Thought Experiments"
>column by
> >> Roger Ebert in the January 05 Asimov.  Once in a list of fanzine
>writers
> >> for Xero, once in a list of attendees at a Chinese dinner in Times
> >square,
> >> and he even got his own sentence, "I actually sold two stories to
>Ted
> >White
> >> when he was editing Amazing and Fantastic, circa 1970."
> >
> >I'll have to get a copy.  Egoboo is egoboo.
> >
> >Actually, I've known Roger since the very early '60s, when he got
>rides to
> >Midwestcons with Bob Tucker.   And I was delighted to buy those two
>stories
> >by him -- I just wish he'd sent me more.  And I well remember that
>Chinese
> >dinner -- a farewell to Roger, because he was going to Africa with
>the
> >Peace Corps.
> >
> >I believe Roger's piece is also the introduction to THE BEST FROM
>XERO, a
> >recent hardcover book which I noticed Mike had copies of last night.
>
>A nice piece of marketing on the part of Tachyon Publications
><http://www.tachyonpublications.com/> publisher of The Best of Xero.
>
>Roger Ebert's intro is quite fascinating and well worth picking up
>either Asimov's, or better yet, the actual book.  Discover what all of
>this fannishness is about.
>
>The author photo used in the book is amusing:
>
>"Dick and Pat Lupoff as Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel at the World
>Science Fiction Convention in Chicago, 1960. Dick's costume was made
>from a set of long-johns; Pat's from a T-shirt. Both wore pillow cases
>for capes."
>
>Ah, back when costuming wasn't as dreadfully serious as it is now.
>
>Which reminds me . . .it was at a pre-Discon II (I believe) Worldcon
>Masquerade where Ron Bounds and Jerry Jacks were Fafrd & the Gay Mouser.
>  "Come, Fafhrd, bring your mighty weapon - and your sword"  (This was
>one of the quotes on the pillars in the N4 Concourse, more here:
>http://www.noreascon.org/exhibits/pillarquotes.html. Test your
>fannish knowledge!)
>
>mjw
>
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