Southern Enclave Issue 29 - a Star Wars Fanzine

68 Pages·1991·6.4 MB·English

by  Cheree Cargill (ed.)

SUMMER. 1991 ISSUE 29
HEIR TO THE EMPIRE
by Timothy Zahn
Rev-iew-ed. by Z_ p- Flc.:::arian.
Finally. What should I say, after so many calling two very alien guardbeasts Stunn and
Starwarless years? What can I call this book? Drang was either an in-joke or an insult to the
A tasty norsel. No nore, alas. readers' intelligence. After all, it is a far
The plot line could be a comic book epi away Galaxy. .. Karrde, a new kind of snnggler
sode. RI€IIlants of the Empire schaning, our king, was a good character. The "~rl~' (yOu
heroes resisting. There is sare interesting kn<JN, saooone that MIOO represent a female for
tension within the Alliance, though, that pro lllke) is a weak idea at best. Fanzines had lots
mises-maybe-deeper and better chapters. Now, of better possibilities for our Jedi. She is,
wi th the CCIIIIIll1ist regimes collapsing allover of course, the ex-right-hand of the ~ror
the world, a nore canplicated line of politics and hates lllke with a passion.
III1St not be too difficult to find! But then,
plots are rere devices for good characters to
ride on, so on to the serious matter: what has SE WINS 3RD FAN Q
happened to our heroes? IVe are pleased to announce that SOUTHERN
I III1St say that Zalm' s book got them and ENCLAVE won its third Fan Q Award at
got them right. l£ia, pregnant with twins, MediaViest*Con 11, held on Memorial Day
calmer, nore resoorceful, and as bright as can weekend in Lansing, Michigan. As with the
be. Han, nore mature, otherwise not III.lch previous two awards, this honor belongs to
changed. He still has the Falcon. lnke, a you--the readers and contributors. Without
full Jedi l1OW, nearly invincible (well, Zalm your continued enthusiasm and input, SE
managed to conjure up sarething to endanger him would be absolutely nothing! A big, big
quite seriously). Artoo matured well: he is THANK YOU! to each and everyone of you out
absolutely wooderful in this book. There is there!
O1ewie, and a tantalizing background with him,
plenty of new beings, new creatures. However,
Now the villains: A wooderful lqlerial the x-wing as his persmal vehicle and go
Mniral and a vmY mysterioos Jedi master, who wherever he feels like. In a military or
knoirls... 'ftle Admiral, lin, has a pretty low ganization, he enjoys remarkable independence.
opinion of Vader, and when it ~ to fight But those are the questions fanzines enjoy
ing the Alliance, this opinion seEDS to be answering. zahn never bothered with them.
justified. 'ftle Jedi master has possibilities;· SImn:ing up, the look was a disappointuelt
he might be crazy and evil, or good and cun CXJI1)ared to the incredibly deep sool-searChing
ning. We will see in the next two looks, I CIII and beautifully CCJIIllicated stories of the fan
sure. writers, rut it was also sarething no true SW
I've never thought how intx>rtant Artoo, fan can live without-a good, 10iest dose of
Jro, the Falcon, and illke's x-wing were to Ire good, honest sw. It was like watching the
until I ''met'' them in this look and realized Trilogy on yOOr haJevideo with a good friend.
. that they are integral parts of the charac- And for that, I CIII ~ul.
ters. We still don't knoirl how illke can use
OTHER POINTS OF VIEW
. llaggie IbfilltrJwska to Ire that these "light spots" are nmtly in
areas that tooch 00 the events of the first
I've only read HEIR 10 'IHE »tPIRE once, three lIDvies. If, as 10018 stated, "Incas was
and that quickly, just before leaving for not directly involved in the approval," it's
Italy. I foond it a pleasant read, definitely easy to guess that I.ncas withheld those parts
airred at the Yamg Adult market. Yes, the plot of the story he wanted to fOOlS 00 himself in
is siq>le and straight-forward; if the readers upcan:ing films.
want to go en to higher <XJII)lications in poli All in all, I think HEIR 10 'IHE EMPIRE is
tics, they can pick up C. J. <l1erryh. 'Ibe look a story fans can Wild fran, one that leaves
certainly makes it clear that no one at I.F lot~ of roon for the reader's imagination to
thought that the ~ror' 5 death was the end fill in holes. Although I know other fans
of the Blpire. wanted a deeper storyline, for Ire, the loose
None of the characterizations made Ire ness is just fine.
wince; regarding them, Zahn seEEd to tooch on
DJJSt of the intx>rtant points that have been Delme Kittle
raised over the years by fandan, such as Inke' s
discanfort over what he's supposed to do with Well, I just finished readihg IIEIRS ro 'IHE
himself now and Han's Clli>iv alence regarding his EMPIRE by 'l'iIIDthy Zalm. I loved it. He:incor
status as Leia' s partner. When I reached the porates all the characters fran the novies and
end, with Leia being called lady Vader by one adds a few of his own and there's plenty of
of the lqlerials, I laughed out lood at the action, suspense, etc·. We get: Leia pregnant
neat way Zahn. had worked in that particular with twins, an evil Jedi clone, and a new lead
we
question. As for Leia, I thought she handled er of the Blpire. I hope don't have to wait
her pregnanCy realistically, in the SiIOO mat too lcng for the next installment of this look.
ter-of-fact way the nothers I've known have In the look, he incorporates a few can
handled theirs. I liked the CCJlt)etence Inke ments fran the RPG.universe in regards to Bes
was allowed, and the sense of "life goes en" pin's foonder and a neighboring planet. I
10}
for limdo. No one was a superhero, the "bad der if he did that or if the I.ncas people said
guys" were intriguing, and the :insinuations to. I'd love to see him interviewed and find
about the Clone War days if not many, were rut how IIIlch leeway he had.
intriguing .
As for the anissions: for a look with l1Jris~
politics as a main plot point, lbl ftbtl1na is
very sketchily drawn, and there's no explana I really enjoyed HEIR 10 'IHE EMPIRE (read
tion or discussien en how just well known it all in one day!), rut I have a few ques
Inke's and Leia' s relationship is. It occurred tions. First, how can an ysalaniri repel the
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Force when the Force is part of all beings? I've certainly read DIlch better written and
Second, what in Hades has I.JJke been doing for insightful stories in zines. It held my in
five years? 'Ibird, what happened to Cl1ewie's terest while reading it, rut did not cx:Jq)e1 De
fmly? Did he think it too big a risk to bring to pick it up again whenever I laid it down.
years
leia hare, too obvioos a place to hide her, or Many of the images of the galaxy five
has he forgotten he has a wife and S<Il? And post-JEDI were very well done, as was the JX)li
lastly, a clooe with Jedi powers? Is thls .pos tical situation. :&It the JX)rtrayals of the
sible? It's certainly intriguing, especially main characters were shallow and they did not
with the added interest of his "defect". 'Ibe seen to have ci1anged III1dl in that time perioo.
ending was terrific, and I'm looking forward ()}e snall JX)int that. niggled at 100 was the
. to part two. JX)rtrayal of leia' s pregnancy. Granted, she
went through her rrutine as any DDd.em wanan
lIiBg rat:Jme woold-by rot letting it slow her up very nnch,
and it should have to a certain degree. As a
'Ibe new book(?} is a great disappointnent. wanan who worked right up to the onset of
I had expected seething geared IOOre to a mat labor, I can testify that there are certain
ure audience. 'Ibis was well-written, rut Nancy realities of pregnancy that just can't be
Drew was IOOre adult in cmcept. Jt>re to the ignored---or:>ming sickness, swollen ankles,
point, I <msider the book a ripoff! If you fatigue, etc. I have a feeling that, if a
are going to break a story up into 3 parts, be wanan had written thls book, leia 1DIld have
hcnest about it! Teclmically, you might call foond time to PIt her feet up <Jlce in a while!
thls a trilogy. 'lbere will be 3 volmes, basic However, all in all, HEIR 'ID 'lHE DIPIRE
ally it is just that abanination-a ccntinued was a nicely done book, ooe that I think we can
story. add to the vol~ of "secondary canon", DUCh
as l{e treat the novelizations and possibly the
Daley books. It's probably ''lmst'' reading for
any SW fan, rut it certainly won't win a Pulit
I foond HEIR 'ID 'lHE EMPIRE to be a low zer Prize.
key, readable, rut not very exciting book.
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CREVV ROSTER
Debbie Ki ttle
I graduated fran the University of Maryland in
1984 with a B.S. degree in Animal Science. I've
worked at Gaithersburg (Maryland) Animal Hospital
since March 1983 and am IlOW' senior technician.
Aside fran assisting the doctors, I set up
aPIX>intnmts, x-rays, penonn dentals, do all the
ordering of drugs and set up continuing educatioo
talks for the doctors and staff. When I'm not
working, reading zines and writing stories, I
collect and read oonic books, play tennis and
volleyball and go to flea markets. In the picture,
I'm 00 the left. We were preparing togo whitewater
rafting 00 the Nenana River in Alaska. It's a
glacier fed river and a coostant 37 degrees. It
nm.
was a lot of I prefer to take the pictures
instead of being the subject.
Matthew Jlhitney
Born NoveOOer 3, 1961. Single. College grad
(Accounting, '83). CUrrent professioo: high school
teacher. Active in fandan since 1980. Major; fan
nish interests: SW, 8I', ro, B&B, ReS, J .• R.R. 'Ibl
kien, Katherine Kurtz, McCaffrey's PERN. other
interests: 8xl0 still collecting, general IIDvies
(oot just SFI F) and plays, autographs, history,
science and the space progran, listening to DIlSic
(50's to present, classical, folk, nelievel-what
ever's good), writing fanfic, conventions, Renais-
sance Faires. .
Note 00 the photo: 'Ibis was taken at a I.Dng
Island Creatioo ~, late smoer '88. Dave Prowse
didn't tell 100 he was going to play it for laughs,
rut when he put 100 in the choke mId, I hcJmvad it
up as best I coold .
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There Is Another
STAR WARS fandom is alive and growing in Europe
Maggie Nowakowska
reporting from ALIANCECON II, May 18-19, 1991, Republic of San Marino (Italy)
When speaking of SW fandom, there's no doubt Milan), the mail also stopped getting through. Not
in my mind now that both hope and people are the fun, so close to a con. Fortunately, Express Mail goes
"other." I've just returned from Italy, from ALLIANCE to Italy. Second, the day we were set to leave, Seattle
CON II, and I am happy to report that the fans I met to NYC to Milan, our flight gets cancelled half an hour
there are vividly interested in STAR WARS and the before take-off. I never knew I could run from the last
worlds of fandom inspired by the Saga. gate to the ticket counter so fast carrying a duffle full
I met fans interested in fanzines, in role-playing, of heavy fannish necessities.
and in modelling. We talked about missing scenes in The agent took a deep breath when we told him
the movies, the starships and the costumes. We that we weren't vacationers; we had to make connec
socialized, watched interviews and old SW lV pro tions, no questions asked. Well, maybe we should
grams and, of course, TESB and JEDI. have asked questions because he rerouted us
For 4 days, Italian fans, along with representa through St. Louis to Charles DeGaul Airport in Paris,
tives from Germany and England - and yours truly which is an airport that is so spread out that the bus
with my partner in adventure, Susan Matthews - you take after disembarking onto the tarmack travels
proved false the claim that SW fandom must die. between terminals by taking the highway. Something
Yes, there were some differences between the else we didn't learn was that our layover times
continents, but in the differences lay ways through between flights was reduced to about 45 minutes
which American SW fandom can prosper and grow. assuming the planes were on time. I won't bore you
As for how Susan and I ended up in Italy this
May. .. well, a long time ago, in a winter far far away, an
editor of an Italian fanzine asked if he could reprint the
two articles I had written on Joseph Campbell for
Southern Enclave.
Of course, I said yes (who wouldn't?). Soon I was
writing new articles for Alliance and Gian Paulo
Gasperi and I were corresponding regularly. We
exchanged information on our mutual fandoms, and
Gian kept me up to date on the progress of the first
SW convention that the SW club, ALLIANCE, held in
conjunction with.the national Italian SF meeting, ITAL
CON (the Italian equivalent of WORLDCON). The first
can was such a success, ALLIANCE decided to hold
a second can. And to my suprise, and much blush
ing, in the mail came an invitation to be a Guest of
Honor at ALLIANCECON II.
No, I don't speak Italian; Gian Paulo had had my
articles translated. But, hey, it was two years away
and a person can learn, can't she?
Two years became tomorrow very quickly. Susan
and I took conversational Italian and I made dupes of
any SW material I had on tape. Jenni Hennig made a
copy of the SW Holiday Special; I caught first genera
tion copies of The Battle for Endor movie and The
Power of Myth series, and worked on an presentation
discussing the ways Joseph Campbell's Hero With a
Thousand Faces influenced Lucas and SW.
We were ready, by the Force, and boy did the
Force have a few surprises for us. First, the Gulf War
struck and although we got a fantastic airfare price Darth Vader (secretly known as Fabrizio
out of the slack in travel to Europe ($465 round-trip to Bertellino) invites fans to enjoy ALLIANCECON II.
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with details, but let it be said that we both flew and ran Wednesday afternoon was spent setting up for
like banshees across the hemispheres. the can; that evening everyone went to dinner in what
And after Milan, it was a 2 + hour trip to Modena. was to be the offiCial "cheaper-eats" of this con, a piz
Our weary brains were barely able to manage, "Sia zeria on the lower city's main street. The pizzas were
rna Americane; siamo stupide. E questa iI trano a quite different from the American version, thinner, with
Modena?" Let it be said here that Italians are gra only one topping, but Susan assures me they were
cious people, even with cross-eyed trourists, and great, and I can attest to the delicious calamari. Cap
yes, a gentleman replied, this is the train to Modena, ping the evening was the wonderful treat of a dessert
which is the eighth stop. To the delight of our weary torte and chorus of Happy Birthday - it was my 42nd
feet, Gian Paulo was waiting for us at the station and that day - offered by the ALLIANCE folk, the best
gently deposited us in our hotel. good-night to a birthday I have ever had.
Luckily for us, Gian'sfamilyfed us that night (Sig
nora Gasperi is a great cook) and encouraged us in And So Begins ALLIANCECON II
our primitive Italian. Without their support, I'm certain In size, ITALCON 17/ALLIANCECON II resem
we would not have had much confidence in our ability bled an American regional con. By the end of the
to communicate during the rest of the trip. event, we were assured by a visitor that this year's
The next morning we met the ALLIANCE fans with can represented the ideal "Eurocon" very well. Reg
whom we would be driving south to San Marino forthe istration and the dealers' areas for both cons, and all
convention. The scene is familiar to all fans: two ALLIANCE activities, took place in the Teatro Turismo
cars, eight fans, luggage and all the boxes and Vader on the hillside below the walled city; ITALCON pan
helmets needed to set up a con. els, the art show and the model show were held in the
It was two hours and 750m up to San Marino. old city's library, Biblioteca di Stato, amid medieval
(Some history: San Marino, the oldest republic in Eu splendor.
rope (independent for over 800 years) is located in the The presentations and the program were profes
heart of Italy between the Apennines mountains and sional all the way. Information on both cons' activities
the Adriatic Sea. Only 60 km big, tourism, philology, y.rere combined in a single, Worldcon-quality pro
and beauty provide the Republic's economic base.) gram book, complete with dramatic comic, articles,
(More history: ALLIANCE, founded in 1986, has art and schedules. The posters - ITALCON's circular
more than 250 members with interests in SW role maze representing its theme this year, The Labyrinth
playing, model-making, publishing Alliance, the club of Fantasy, and the ALLIANCE Yoda logo - came in
fanzine, and all the other usual sorts of fannish fun, two versions: one simply announcing the cons, the
talking, corresponding and getting together to enjoy other printed with the full con schedule. They were
the SW saga.) easy to read and everywhere for quick reference.
I was delighted when the ALLIANCECON II open
ing cermonies began with a computer-graphics logo
that was absolutely first-rate (a short bit of animation:
as Gian Paulo explained, these things are expen
sive). It was clear that these fans had a great deal of
respect for themselves and their special interests.
Registration for both cons was on-going, with
zines for sale, posters displayed, and a selection of
over 60 American fanzines tracing the entire history of
SW fanzine publishing available for on-loan examina
tion. ITALCON's dealing area consisted of books,
books and more books, and posters and flyers; the
ALLIANCE room dealt mostly in magazines, models,
comics and photographs from the movies.
Lots of People from Lots of Places
Susan and I were not the only visitors to Italy for
the con. Two English fans, Jason Grant, The Moons
of Yavin SW club, and Craig-omigohd, what was
Craig's last name? Smith, I believe, but it isn't on the
ALLIANCE STAR WARS Club members,
flyer for The Uk STAR WARS Fan Club - arrived with
I to r: Beppe Fassio, Gian Paulo Gasperi, Elisa information on their organization; and from Berlin
Brandi, Roberto Gasperi, Sr. Gasperi, Angela came Frank Bitterhof, editor of the STAR WARS Fan
Fassio, Fabrizio Bertellino, and Sra. Gasperi. Connection.
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American fanzines in
the ALLIANCE welcome
and registration area,
many donated by
Jennie Hennig and
The Corellian Archives
A difference 'tween here and there: In Europe, The afternoon programming began with the
most zine activities seem to take place in clubs; zines showing of The Battle for Endor
are published by a club as part of membership. We Another difference in cons: Events in Italy went
had a bit a trouble at first explaining how American on far longer into the late afternoon than at American
zines are put together and distributed. The singularity cons. Whereas in the States, a major panel or pre
of zine projects, and the isolation of most American sentation would be held at 1 :00 or 2:00 pm, in Italy,
fans was seen as a difficulty to be overcome by get lunch began at 1: 00 and programming didn't resume
ting together with other fannish friends. On one hand, until 3:00 with the Big Show more likely to start at 4:00.
I agree that we could use more cooperation in our fan (As for dinner, restaurants don't open until 7:30!)
dom. On the other hand, Cheree in Texas can't very Friday's major panel, The International Situation
well give Ming in California or Catherine in NYC a call of SW Fandom, included me and the non-Italian fans,
and ask them to hop over to Garland for a weekend to Craig, Jason, and Frank. Gian Paulo sat as modera
put together the next SE. tor, with Elisa Brandi helping with translations.
Back to the con. P(ogrammlng began late Thurs I sat on two panels during the con and in both, the
day afternoon, with the official opening, the video main focus became how better communications can
"From SWto JEDI: The Making of a Film Saga," a pre both help everyone to know that other fans exist and
sentation by Frank Bitterhof on the missing scenes assist in better interaction among fans who have dif
from ANH and the various cuttings from the other ferent areas of interest within the SW universe.
movies, and the beginning of a tournament SW role I've already mentioned that European fans are
playing game. organized into clubs; I can add that they have some of
the same problems we have regarding lack of active
Communication, Communication, participation, keeping correspondence current and
Communlcations ... Vou Get the Idea the way differences of focus in fandom can keep indi
Friday started with videos of interviews and viduals within a club apart. Frank mentioned the
movie reviews, ancient and new, gleaned from our deadly phrase, consumer fandom, and said that the
home video library. Everything from Siskal and Ebert unwillingness of many people to write letters, let
to Hamill's introduction to the first commercial show alone contribute, was a major reason he decided to
ing of ANH to ABC 20/20's "Wizard of Skywalker put his club/zine on haitus. (By the by, The SW Fan
RanCh." Many ALLIANCE people are John Williams Connection was printed in English.)
fans, so I was glad to have captured a 1983 interview All three of the guys expressed great interesf in
with him on the TODAY show's JEDI special. making contact with American fans. I asked them if
Frank discussed the various starships, their simi they had ever sent information to SE. They didn't
larities and differences; he also showed videos of an know about SE and asked if It had ever been listed in
incredible display of SW models put on by ILM for a Starlog, which apparently is a major source of infor
Marin County fair. mation/communication for European fans. I said
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something about Starlog being considered too com Whose SW Is H anyway?
mercial for many fannish tastes, but that didn't make I was not convinced that I should be on the sec
sense to them, so I settled for adding that it just hasn't ond panel, SW Role-Playing: the Last Frontier of Fan
been a major source for fannish communication. dom? I don't rOle-play, I protested; don't worry, I was
They suggested it could be, at least overseas, so, fan told, we're sure you'll have something to contribute.
editors, maybe you have a market there. And much to my surprise, most of the conversation re
That evening, after dinner, we settled down to volved around the integration of role-playing into es
watch the trilogy - in Italian. Let it be said here that tablished fandom. Even arguing over the accuracy of
Han Solo sounds great in Italian. Everybody did, ac the information on the SW universe in the role-playing
tually, athough Luke's deeper voice was startling. games proved relevant to all fans.
Vader and the Imperials spoke perfect Italian while Basically, the question was one of What defines
the Alliance was more relaxed in its speech. And the STAR WARS universe? Whose universe is real?
some problems did not exist, such as how to interpret The world of the original fan who lived through the 6
the word master: In Italian, Vader addressed the Em years between ANH and JEDI? Or of the fan who
peror as padrone, a different matter inplying far more comes to SW with all the collateral material he or she
dangerous obligations than with Luke's address for could want available right now? Or the world of the
Yoda, which was maestro. role-player who has volumes of West End Games
We didn't see ANH; the film had an optical sound data on SWat hand and who is pushing the limits of
track while our machine read mag. But TESB and what defines SW as described in the role-playing
JEDI were filled our time well, especially with the cos game documentation? And how do these different
tume call held between the films. fans talk to each other if their SW "facts" and impres
European fandom isn't as enthralled with cos sions are not, and cannot be, the same?
tuming as Americans are. (In England, at the 1979 At the panel, at least four generations of SWfans
Worldcon, I was surprised at the casual attitude to were counted. And with the possibility (finally) of new
ward costumes; and there were no hall costumes.) movies, we're looking at at least another generation
This year, seven ALLIANCE masqueraders made the very soon.
long walk across the stage and up to the audience: I can't say we solved the problem. We discussed
three Lukes and one Lela, Han, Yoda and Vader each. the contradictions in the various presentations of SW
At 2 am, the theatre personnel kicked us out and and debated whether there should be a recognized
we stumbled back to our hotels to get ready for a 9 am canon. We talked about the image gamers have of
panel. (which Gian Paulo agreed the next morning, being young, Inexperienced boys who like to play
was a bit early. ... ) war games (the Italian gamers were interested in
many of the same things fanzine fans were: the poli
tics and the relationships of the SW universe). There
apparently is a bit of a controversy over We~t End's
authenticity - does anyone here in America have in
formation on that? Let Craig and Frank know about it!
I was invited to take part in a game that evening,
but the banquet got in the way. I wish I had gone.
Generally, I've believed that I have available energy
for only one output in SW tandom, writing, and have
kept to that. I could be wrong.
Other activities on Saturday included modeling
discussions and displays, viewing The SW Holiday
Special which hadn't made it past American borders
before - I know, it should have stayed in America.
Believe me, the audience groaned as much as we did
years ago. And, boy, did we get the questions about
American culture afterwards and how the Special
every came about in the first place!
At 4, I gave my paper, followed by the tape on
Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey.
Various annual awards were given out that even
ing in the Teatro. There is more overlap between the
Lucky me, Susan Matthews, and ALLIANCE editor, SF world and the fanlit world in Italy, which we were
and Con Coordinator, Gian Paulo Gasperi. glad to see. May it someday be more so here.
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A spectacular way to throw a Con
banquet.
Seated, left to right: Gian Paolo
Gasperi, Jason Grant, Craig Smith (?!),
and Frank Bitterhof.
The film that night was HIDDEN FORTRESS, but and I returned to Modena with Beppe, Angela and
we had the banquet to attend. And what a banquet it FabriziO, Gian Paulo stayed on through the afternoon,
was! Held at a restaurant high within the old city - striking the set and greeting fans who turned up even
have I mentioned that LADYHAWK was filmed in San that late on a Sunday.
Marino? - it was simply marvelous. Early Monday morning, Gian Paulo, as sleepy as
American cons take note: spumanti (cham we were, returned us to the train station for our trip to
pagne) to start, beautiful service plates for four Milan. Good-byes were all too quick (for one thing,
courses (risotto with asparagras, lasange, scalap the train's 1s t class coaches were at the end of the
pine with potato and aspararas) piUS antipasto, two train instead ofthe beginning as we thought, so, once
kinds of wine and mineral water on the table at all again we ran), and in moments we were settling into
times, and espresso at the end is the way to put on a our comfy seats for a 2-hour doze north. The rest of
banquet. And all for about $38.00. the trip was uneventful (whew!); we made it through
The Italians know how to present awards, too: no the four layers of passport review to the plane in Mi
lengthy speeches, just a handshake, a kiss on the lan, stretched out on the couches of a last-stop TWA
cheek, and a thank-you. And I'm not going to tell any gate at JFK in NYC, and arrived safely in cloudy
one about how I was caught in the bathroom when the Seattle around 9 pm, Monday.
presenter called for the American guest to come up Now, the stories have all been told, the pictures
front. No, I'm not. Sic transit gloria. developed and the thank-you notes sent and re
ceived. It's sad, thinking it's all over and realizing that
lime to Go I'll never have mozarella cheese so good again ...
On Sunday morning, the con focused on a meet But, I am newly energized over SW fandom and
ing of Japanese animation fans, AIJA Association. George is getting closer to a recognizable date for
The various SW animations were discussed, fol the first trilogy. Things are definitely looking up.
lowed by a panel on the question of violence in Besides, there's always next year when ITAL
ani me. At 1: 00, ALLIANCECON II was officially CON will be held in Courrnayeur, on a lake in the
closed, which is not to say ended. Although Susan Pennine Alps near the French/Italian/Swiss border.
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For information on Italian fanzines, write:
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Tremors 41100 Modena, Italy
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Cloud City Fiorenzo Delle Rupi
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6100 Perugia, Italy. Fiorenzo Delle Rupi .50
Z. P. Florian • 33
For information the two English SW clubs,write: funna Frayser • 36
Chris Graham • 46
The Moons of Yavin The U.K. STAR WARS Auriette Hahn •• 58
J. Grant Fan Club Debbie Kittle 37
41 Pleydell Avenue 8 Victoria Close Jennifer Moore . 50
Upper Norwood Thombury Maggie bakowska · 52
London Bristol
Marti Schuller · 46
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United Kingdom
Matthew Whitney •• 40
I..eanne Wingo 56
Frank's publication, SW FAN CONNECTION, went
Judith Yuenger • 39
out of print in 1990. However, his eyes were gleaming
at the con, so if you'd like to make contact with an
avid SW fan in Germany, or order back issues with
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some great detail on Imperial rankings and a fine lay
out of the FALCON, drop Frank a line and see what's
happening now that he's home:
Cheree cargill . • • . . • • • • • 50, 64
Frank Thomas Bitterhof catherine Churko . • • . . • . • • • . • . 62
Provinstr. 100, Qu 3 Z. P. Florian . •• 34, 42, 45, 46, 49, 56
0-100, Berlin 51 Judi th low ••••••••••• Mastheads
Germany Carol Peters 36
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CLIPPINGS
'Thanks to the following for sending clippings:
carol Peters
Debbie Kittle
Auriette Hahn
Bev Clark
Maggie Nowakowska
Melanie Guttierrez
'lina Bentrup
Sorry we couldn't print them all!
How about these stairs to climb instead of
elevators?
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