By John Hertz: (reprinted from Vanamonde 1277-79) (“Los Angeles s-f convention”, our local con; sponsored by LASFS the L.A. Science Fantasy Society) was held on United States Thanksgiving weekend, this year 24-26 Nov, at the L.A. Int’l Airport Marriott Hotel in its ongoing renovations. Pro Author Guest of Honor Carrie Vaughan; Graphic Artist, Howard Chaykin; Mass Media, Jane Espenson; Fans, Kevin Roche & Andrew Trembley.

Attendance about 900. The Rotsler Award, named for Bill Rotsler and given annually for long-time wonder-working with graphic art in amateur publications of the s-f community, is announced at Loscon, with an exhibit of the winner’s work in the Art Show. The current judges are Mike Glyer (since inception, 1998), Sue Mason (since 2015), and me (since 2003).

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Tech wizard Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink helped me build this year’s exhibit. We included some of her work for Janus and its successor Aurora; Chunga; the Loncon III Pocket Programme Guide (72nd World Science Fiction Convention; she was Fan GoH); the Tiptree Award.

The Rotsler is sponsored by the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests (yes, that spells SCIFI; pronounced “skiffy”). Photo by Kenn Bates I led three Classics of S-F book discussions, trying to rouse consideration of the books, letting go for the moment their “messages”, “relevance”, politics, authors’ lives, none of which need help from me, and can even constitute a distraction. When you’re trying to grow wheat, a rose is a weed. Friday at 1:30 p.m., a reading-aloud session with Will Morton.