Rare SFWA FORUM #38, 39, 48 Science Fiction Newsletters

Rare SFWA FORUM #38, 39, 48 Science Fiction Newsletters - eBay (item 310112932039 end time Jan-06-09 19:19:01 PST)

These three issues of SFWA Forum are No. 38, February 1975; No. 39, March 1975; and No. 48, November 1976. Ted Cogswell edited the first two. The third seems to be the first issue taken over by someone identified only as Deb. Offset-printed, folded and bound with staples, they feature an old piece of art and old photo with funny caption, and art by William Rotsler. Interior illos are by S. Gross and Michael Bishop.

Contents:

• No. 38 (36 pages)
• Editorial
• From the Vice-President, "Buz"
• Straw Vote on Suggested Changes in SFWA By-Laws and Procedures
• SFWA Preliminary (Nominating) Ballot for 1974 Nebula Awards (ballot enclosed)
• The Mortal Storm--letters from:
• Craig Strete
• Wilson Tucker
• Arthur Clarke
• Jim Gunn
• Dick Lupoff
• J. E. Pournelle and Associates
• F. Clayton McCarty
• Grant Carrington
• Fixing Golf Balls for Fun and Profit by Andrew M. Stephenson (IBM Selectric repair)
• Market Report
• Nebula Awards Report
• Cover is old print of pirate swarming a ship, labeled "offutt and the creditors"; interior illos by S. Gross and other old print snippets
• No. 39 (18 pages)
• Editorial
• Straw Vote Results
• From the Vice President, F.M. Busby
• Obit for Hans Stefan Santesson
• SFWA Elections 1975
• The Pentagram Papers: Series VII--letters from:
• Joanna Russ
• Arthur C. Clarke
• Let's Get Down to Brass Tacks--letters from:
• Edward Wellen
• James Gunn
• Stephen Utley
• Ruth Berman
• Ursula Le Guin
• Seth McEvoy
• Jack Wodham
• F.M. Busby
• Lee Overstreet
• Bob Ottum
• Michael Bishop
• andy offutt
• John Brunner
• Cover photos of three vets, labeled "SFWA Salutes her Departing Secretary"; cartoon by Michael Bishop
• No. 48 (28 pages)
• Editorial
• News Release and Comment by Robert Bloch
• From the President, Andrew J. Offutt
• From the Secretary
• New Members
• From the Treasurer, Joan Hunter Holly
• From the Grievance Committee, Jerry Pournelle
• SFWA Nebula Awards Report
• Let's Get Down to Brass Tacks--letters from:
• Bob Silverberg
• Jerry Pournelle
• Jack Dann
• R. Faraday Nelson
• James Tiptree
• Daniel Dern
• Howard Goldsmith
• Randall Garrett
• Margaret St. Clair
• John Brunner
• F.M. Busby
• Market Report
• Cover by William Rotsler; interior illos are old print snippets

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Rare SFWA FORUM #27, 28, 30 Science Fiction Newsletters

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These three issues of SFWA Forum are No. 27, 17 December 1972; No. 28, 27 February 1973; and No. 30, 27 June 1973. George H. Scithers' editorship ended with No. 30 as Jerry Pournelle just became president. Offset-printed and bound with staples like a fanzine, they feature one front cover by Roy G. Krenkel, one by Ray Capella and one by Tim Powers. Interior illos are by Frank Kelly Freas, Dan Adkins, Michael Fountain, E. Michael Blake, Steve Stiles, and Eddie Jones.

Contents:

• No. 27 (10 pages)
• Note, editorial
• Letters from:
• Robert Coulson
• Robert E. Margroff
• Scott Edelstein
• A. Bertram Chandler
• Bruce McAllister
• Michael Bishop
• Phyllis Eisenstein
• Alpajpuri
• S. Joyce Van Scyoc
• From the President: Poul Anderson
• Cover by Ray Capella; interior illos by E. Michael Blake, Steve Stiles and Eddie Jones
• No. 28 (22 pages)
• Note, editorial
• Presidential Report: Poul Anderson's course of action to save SFWA
• Secretarial Report: R. S. Coulson
• Editor's Report: G. H. Scithers
• Science Fiction Writers' Speakers' Bureau, Harvey L. Bilker
• Science Fiction Writers' Speakers' Bureau Contract, Gordon R. Dickson
• Letters from:
• Joanna Russ
• Charles Platt
• Harry Harrison
• Joseph Green
• James Blish
• E. Michael Blake
• Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• A. Bertram Chandler
• Poul Anderson
• Harvey L. Bilker
• G. H. Scithers
• Arthur Byron Cover
• John W. Jakes
• Cover by Roy G. Krenkel; interior illos by Dan Adkins and Michael Fountain
• No. 30 (24 pages)
• Note, editorial
• Letters from:
• Arthur Byron Cover
• Scott Edelstein
• andrew j offutt
• Brian W. Aldiss
• Thomas F. Monteleone
• Phyllis & Alex Eisenstein
• Ted Cogswell
• F. M. Busby
• Harry Harrison
• Michael Bátki Bratmann
• Susan Janice Anderson
• James Tiptree, Jr.
• Nicholas Zvegintzov
• A. Bertram Chandler
• Dr. Willis E. McNelly
• Richard A. Lupoff
• Vonda N. McIntyre
• Ernest Taves
• John Millard
• Harlan Ellison
• Secretary, Treasurer Announcements, Joe W. Haldeman
• Ex-President, Poul Anderson
• New President, Jerry Pournelle
• Cover by Tim Powers; interior illos by F. Kelly Freas

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Rare SFWA FORUM 24-26, 1972 Science Fiction Newsletters

Rare SFWA FORUM 24-26, 1972 Science Fiction Newsletters - eBay (item 310112357525 end time Jan-03-09 19:56:31 PST)

These three issues of SFWA Forum are No. 24, 15 August 1972; No. 25, 20 September 1972; and No. 26, 3 November 1972. George H. Scithers was editor and Poul Anderson just became president with No. 24. Offset-printed and bound with staples like a fanzine, they feature one front cover by Roy G. Krenkel and two front covers and all interiors by William Rotsler.

Contents:

• No. 24 (22 pages)
• Note, editorial
• Policy, G.H. Scithers
• Mail, includes letters from:
• James Tiptree, Jr.
• Anonymous
• Bill Pronzini
• L. Sprague de Camp
• George H. Scithers
• Poul Anderson
• Brig. Gen. Theodore R. Cogswell
• Alex & Phyllis Eisenstein
• Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• Norman Spinrad
• Arthur C. Clarke
• Howard Waldrop
• Ben Bova
• George H. Smith
• John Brunner
• Spring, poem by L. Sprague de Camp
• Financial Report, Joe Haldeman
• Secretary's Report, Robert Coulson
• Cartoons by Rotsler
• No. 25 (16 pages)
• Note, editorial
• Mail, includes letters from:
• L. Sprague de Camp
• H. K. Bulmer
• Robert Hoskins
• Barry N. Malzberg
• Dean Koontz
• President, Poul Anderson
• Ursula K. Le Guin
• Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• Scott Edelstein
• Ejler Jakobsson
• Ruth Berman
• Roger Ellwood
• Ernest H. Taves
• George H. Scithers
• Swordsmen illos by Rotsler
• No. 26 (16 pages)
• Note, editorial
• Mail, including letters from:
• Jim Gunn
• Charles Platt
• Thomas F. Monteleone
• E. Michael Blake
• Lin Nielson
• A. Bertram Chandler
• Secretary, Robert Coulson
• Ex-Veep, Tom Purdom
• New-Veep, Norman Spinrad
• Ray Puechner
• Harvey L. Bilker
• Jerry Pournelle
• G. H. Scithers
• President, Poul Anderson
• Damon Knight
• Alpajpuri
• Palm tree illos by Rotsler

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