Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:02:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Letter from Jack Williamson
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

"Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu> wrote:

>> I recently read _Perfectly Normal Deviations_.

> Are you sure?  Amazon lists a very similar book:
> "Perfectly Reasonable Deviations [from the Beaten Track]"

Oops.  You're right, of course.

> He & Bob Madle were GoHs at the 1977 Worldcon.  I recall hearing
> that there wasa a concern that they were getting up in years and who
> knew how much longer they'd be around.

I recall reading that John Campbell told Fred Pohl that he (Fred) was
sure to die young.  Fred's still alive.  John's been dead for 37 years.

> Bob is still selling stuff ... bought the last three issues of
> Quanta, WSFA's first clubzine, from him a few weeks ago.

I'm glad to hear it.

I had intended to locate and place online all the issues of Quanta
once I had finished placing all the old WSFA Journals online.  Maybe
someday someone else will come along willing to do so, and WSFA maybe
won't treat him or her like some loathsome cockroach.