Another Piece of Breen History

Note: topic is child sexual assault.

Another piece of Walter Breen/Marion Zimmer Bradley history came via snail mail today.

List of Sponsered Reviews

Book                                      Sponsor    Review      Status
Max Gladstone's Trilogy                   Kithrup/      S         Foraging* 
                                          Seth Ellis
                                          icecreamempress
?                                         melita66
The Long Run.                             melita66      R          Acquired                                          
Riddlemaster of Hed                       Tavella       T         Acquired 
KJ Parker's Scavenger                     Connatic      S         Acquired
                                           ?
Geraldine Harris's Seven Citadels quartet Yhlee         T         Foraging
Footfall                                  nebogipfel    S         Acquired
A Desert of Stars                         James Angrove S         Acquired
Voyage of the Shadowmoon                  none                    Acquired
Sewer, Gas and Electric                   Marc Dionne   S         Acquired

Tentative schedule

Book                                      Status            date
The Long Run                              Acquired          Posted                                
Riddlemaster of Hed                       Acquired          Posted 
Voyage of the Shadowmoon                  none              Posted
Max Gladstone's Trilogy                   Acquired          Saturday - Monday
Wheel of the Infinite                     Acquired
KJ Parker's Scavenger                     Acquired          Thursday - Saturday 
Geraldine Harris's Seven Citadels quartet Foraging          um
Footfall                                  Acquired
A Desert of Stars                         Acquired
Sewer, Gas and Electric                   Acquired

A memory jog now might an idea

* The handy "check to see if a store in your area has a copy" button on the Chapters site is no longer visible but as it turns out no local store has it.


S = Sponsored
T = Tears
R = Rediscovery

Forthcoming WISCON update

The update I promised in our previous update will be posted tomorrow (Saturday late afternoon / early evening Seattle time).

Not cool

Thieves steal two of Herrle's Farm Market's hand-crafted benches.

Ford Fest 2014 Starts Weird and Turns Ugly

Men and women who have been in a warzone describe it as long stretches of boredom punctured by short bursts of action. Ford Fest 2014 was hardly Da Nang, but it was slow, it was hot, it was tense, and it was confusing. It was sometimes pitiful and largely absurd. It was a lot of waiting broken up by emotion and violence. It was a whole lot of ordinary people looking for a free burger, undercut by an angry, pushed-to-the-edge faction.

Good news for SUV drivers

There's at least one Mini driver out there who seems determined to create as much havoc as any SUV. First they pulled a U turn on Charles (coming close to cutting off a bus while also flirting with coming up onto the sidewalk where I was), then acting as though they had right of way turning right through a pedestrian filled crosswalk.

Wiscon Concom update for July 26th

We have several announcements to make as updates to our previous post:

1) In light of the intense community response to the Frenkel subcommittee's decision, and the concom's own concern about the "provisional ban," the WisCon concom is itself currently appealing the subcommittee's decision and will vote on the matter this week.

2) Debbie Notkin has resigned as Member Advocate, effective immediately.

3) The Bergmann subcommittee is assessing if they can continue given the valid concerns about Wiscon's existing process.

4) Regarding refunds of registrations for WisCon 39, we received this question via Twitter: "Will there be a policy for refunds for those of us who are against the con's current harassment actions?"

WisCon has traditionally had a fairly free refund policy for any registered members who are unable to attend. Anyone who has registered for WisCon 39 and would like a refund for any reason can request one by emailing registration@wiscon.info.