SFWA Bulletin [v10 #4, No. 54, July 1975] ed. Stephen Goldin (Science Fiction Writers Association, 22pp, octavo s/s, cover: photo of RAH’s Grand Master Nebula by Jay Kay Klein) []
Given as The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America on the cover.
Details supplied by Bud Webster.
- · [illustrations] · William Rotsler · il
- · [illustrations] · Jack Gaughan · il
- · [illustrations] · Donald Simpson · il
- · [illustrations] · Barry Schneider · il
- ifc. · Now Hear This! · [uncredited] · cl; includes a note from Harlan Ellison concerning the reversion of rights from If via the publisher.
- 1 · Colophon and credits · [uncredited] · ms
- 2 · Table of Contents · [uncredited] · ms; photos of Damon Knight, Robert Heinlein, Ursula le Guin, Terry Carr(?) and a dais shot of Ellison speaking with three others seated around him.
- 3 · Notes from a Phantom Koala · Stephen Goldin · ed; “One of the main reasons for all these changes was the fact that you have had a change in editors. George Zebrowski, Pam Sargent and Jack Dann labored for about five years to put out the Bulletin. During their tenure there were many complaints about the way things were run - but then, there always are.”
- 4 · Nebula Awards Banquet 1975 · Jay Kay Klein · ar; of the editors’ panel he says, “Jim Baen began with a series of admonitions: wait at least six weeks before querying; don’t use yellowing manuscript paper - it makes the story look as though it’s been going the rounds; if you use an odd word or construction, underline the item with a series of dots and mark ’stet’ in the margin.” “The final item on the program was something new - the presentation of the Grand Master Award…which proved to be similar to the regular Nebula, but larger, and with an added base containing a large moon, a small Earth, and a rocket ship.” “To no one’s surprise, Bob Heinlein was the first Grand Master Award winner.…Heinlein spoke briefly and with considerable emotion…saying it was different from the Hugo - This is from my colleagues.”
- 8 · West Coast Banquet · Vonda N. McIntyre · ar
- 9 · Deadlines · [uncredited] · ms; “Due to a personality quirk on the part of the new Bulletin editor, an attempt will be made to publish the Bulletin on a regular basis. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause our readers.”
- 10 · In the Beginning · Damon Knight · ar; a short history of SFWA on the event of its tenth anniversary, by the man who founded it.
- 12 · From the Presidents · Robert Silverberg, James E. Gunn, Poul Anderson & Jerry Pournelle · ar; comments on their presidential tenures. Of his term in office, Silverberg says, “I was tyrannical, dictatorial and peremptory. I had little patience with such bureaucratic procedures as had evolved in the eoSFWAn period - there weren’t many then, but I couldn’t bear to deal with them - and I generally reached decisions alone and executed them alone, which method did succeed in getting things done swiftly, though it sometimes bugged my unconsulted vice-president, Jim Blish.…I was no model of democratic procedure, but I did accomplish the two things I set out to do as president. One was to bring the organization to financial balance.…The other aim was to settle, if at all possible, all grievances against publishers then outstanding.”
- 16 · From the Grievance Committee · Jerry Pournelle · cl
- 18 · Missing Persons · [uncredited] · ms; a report on a letter from Vertex: “Unfortunately lots of authors - and maybe even a SFWA member or two! - occasionally lapse and send out a manuscript which fails to list either their names or address or both, or fails to enclose the SASE”.
- 19 · Market Report · [uncredited] · cl; including Sam Lundwall’s call for “…good, fast-moving SF, hard SF preferred although I am including an occasional fantasy as well - I am rather fond of satiric SF myself, but above all it should be nice old wave SF without being Space Opera.” also, announcements of the new Oz prozine edited and published by Paul Collins, Void, and Peter Weston’s Andromeda.
- 21 · Full-page ad for Harper & Row · [uncredited] · ms
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