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MOSCON REVIVAL/MOSCON 40 (Part 2)

MOSCON REVIVAL/MOSCON 40 (Part 2)

Figure 1 – Kathy Sprague

Last week I spoke about the genesis of MosCon “40”, drawing on my own inadequate knowledge of how the revival started. Mike Finkbiner dropped me a comment which filled in some of my blanks, and I’m happy to repost it here: “Steve—You give me too much credit. I think the original impetus to have a PESFA/MosCon gathering came from Madilane Perryat Beth’s (Toerne) memorial…

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RETRO: OF MOSCON AND HEINLEIN AND VERNA

RETRO: OF MOSCON AND HEINLEIN AND VERNA

Figure 1 – MosCon 1 Program book cover (excerpt) by Schomburg Like many SF fans — at least those of my generation, before SF/F (known as “sci-fi” by the general public) became ubiquitous in film and TV — I was a solitary reader of the stuff. You who have grown up in the last 30 years or so probably won’t get it, but we were mocked, ridiculed and bullied if we were even a little bit different —…

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MOSCON MEMORIES (Misty watercolour ones...?)         

MOSCON MEMORIES (Misty watercolour ones…?)         

Figure 1 – Alex Schomburg Although, as I’ve said, my memory is terrific with the sole exception of anything involving me (!), I will attempt to recall stuff from my fannish background. So to continue…. I first became aware of the art of Alex Schomburg when I was in junior high school, when I first saw some of the Winston series of YA (then called “juvenile”) SF books (see my Amazing Stories…

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