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2 File 770: 150
File 770s 150th Issue:
Thats a nice
round number but Im even more excited
to say this is the fourth issue in a little
over 12 months. Theres a stat to cheer
for. All I want to do in recognition of
this milestone is produce the best possi-
ble regular issue of File 770 I know how.
(Note to Mike Glicksohn: I even had it
proofread! Greater love hath no fan.)
Anyway, therell be a bigger occasion
to celebrate when this zine marks its 30
th

anniversary in January. I plan for another
issue in between now and then, too.
Introducing Jennifer Gates: Cover
artist Jennifer Gates makes her fanzine
debut in this issue with her digitally
colored image of a furry alien from In-
troduction to Crossworlds. Jennifer ma-
jored in art at Azusa Pacific University.
This piece was in her senior show. Diana
introduced us after seeing Jennifers
work while she was a student in Dianas
C.S. Lewis course.
Jennifer and her friends began creat-
ing the background story two years ago.
They developed a fictional world incorporat-
ing their favorite elements of fantasy and
science fiction with swords, magic, and fu-
turistic technology.
Jennifer aspires to become a comic book
colorist in the future and says, I hope that
my art may someday lead to a complete book
or comic.
My Lack of an Electronic Editorial
Policy:
How long should the fan who pro-
duces paper and PDF versions of his fanzine
wait to post the electronic version?
I envy the sound sleep enjoyed by Earl
Kemp, David Burton, and Arnie Katz who
never have to answer this question because
they only produce PDF versions of their
zines.
Peter Weston says he waits a whole
month before posting Prolapse. It makes
point about what kind of zine he is doing.
Someday maybe I will have the same clarity
about the role of the paper and electronic
versions of File 770. Right now I have a
tendency to want to tell the whole world
Look, I actually put out another one!
If You Give a Dog a Bad Name: Let us
now conclude this celebration of the 150
th

issue of File 770, a fanzine whose successes
cannot be attributed to a brilliant choice of
title.

Brian Earl Brown wrote in Ansible #5:
The party in the Ladies Powder Room at
Seacon sounds like a Legendary Event, sort
of like Room 770. Maybe Glyer will change
the name of his newszine to Ladies Powder
Room. It would be a relief.

Heinlein Centennial
Tim Kyger wants you to know that the
long watch is over! The Heinlein Centen-
nial, a commemoration of Robert A.
Heinlein's life and influence, will be held
July 6-8, 2007 in the green hills of Kan-
sas City, MO. There will be exhibits,
tours, art, sales, and programming in
three principal tracks -- general science
fiction, academic Heinleinia, and space.
A birthday celebration, the Gala, is
planned for Saturday, July 7, Heinlein's
100th birthday. Several guests have al-
ready committed to attend, including the
head of NASA, Dr. Michael Griffin;
astronaut and moon-walker Dr. Buzz
Aldrin; and the first winner of the
$500,000 Heinlein Prize for Accomplish-
ments in Commercial Space Activities,
Dr. Peter Diamandis. There will be video
appearances by Sir Arthur C. Clarke and
Ray Bradbury, a double star sighting.
Tim Kyger is chairing the event.

Stiles Publishes His
Completed TAFF Report
Steve Stiles celebrated the 40th anniver-
sary of his 1968 TAFF trip by publishing
Harrison Country, the finished version of a
report hes been writing in installments. The
historic zine premiered earlier this year at
Corflu Quire in Austin, Texas. It boasts
cover and interior illustrations by Stiles, one
of fandoms finest artists, including his leg-
endary two-page Krazy Kat pastiche, TEFF
Tearaw Tales.

Harrison Country is available in North
America for $7.00 (postage included) pay-
able to Suzanne Tompkins, PO Box 25075,
Seattle WA 98165, USA. It is available in
Britain and Europe for 3 pounds (plus 55p
P&P) payable to Bridget Bradshaw, 103
Rustat Road, Cambridge, CB1 3QG, UK. All
proceeds to TAFF.















File 770:150 is edited by
Mike Glyer at 705 Valley
View Ave., Monrovia CA
91016.
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Art Credits
Art Credits
Art Credits
Art Credits
Jennifer Gates: Cover
Grant Canfield: Bacover
Alan White: 2, 3, 9, 10
Brad Foster: 5, 26, 28, 32
Bill Rotsler: 2, 16, 17, 18, 20
Taral: 7, 15, 31, 35
Keith Stokes: (photos) 4,22,23,24
Theresa Pridemore: (photos) 21,
22, 23
Joe Mayhew: 6
Leah Zeldes Smith: (photo) 9
Lenny Provenzano: (photo) 25
Angelo Dinallo: 11
Steven Barber: (photos) 20
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Editorial Notes by Mike Glyer

June 2007 3
Warner Fanzine Collection
Arrives in Dallas
The sale of the late Harry Warner Jr.s fan-
zine collection to James Halperin of Dallas
has at last become public knowledge. The
wealthy Texan is co-owner of Heritage Rare
Coin Galleries, whose website declares it is
the worlds largest and most successful
numismatic company, with nine offices
throughout Europe and North America, and
annual sales in excess of $140 million. He
is also the author of two published science
fiction novels, The Truth Machine and The
First Immortal.
As Robert Lichtman understands it,
Halperin bought Harrys collection from
Jerry Weist in a private sale. And presuma-
bly Weist bought it from the church (no
doubt via their attorneys) to whom Harry left
everything. He (Weist) appears to have
bought some or perhaps all of Harrys SF
collection, too, because a couple months ago
he mounted some huge auctions via eBay
that included vintage pulps that he said were
from Harrys collection.
Faneditor John Purcell has visited
Halperin in Dallas and interviewed him for
the next issue of Askance. Purcell said in his
LiveJournal that he asked Halperin about his
interests in numismatics, futurism, art (he
has acquired a pile of original comic art -
awesome Robert Crumb works on display in
his office), growing up on Mad Magazine,
EC comic books compared to comics of the
60s and today, writing, science fiction,
and how he acquired Harry Warners fanzine
collection.
Halperin does not have immediate plans
to donate the collection to a university. Pur-
cell believes Halperin may help Jerry Weist
write a book about fanzines using his newly-
acquired research material. Weists previous
book, Bradbury:An Illustrated Life was
nominated for a Hugo in 2003.
We await the next Askance and.the rest
of the story.

Bjo South of the Border
Bjo Trimble went on the Mayan Highland
Backstrap Weaving and Dyeing Tour to
Chiapas, Mexico, in early March with other
fiber arts enthusiasts. Ruth Schooley wrote
about their daily discoveries on her
Twistedspinster blog.
The pair got off to a rough start. They
were stuck for two hours in Migracion at the
Mexico City Airport, missed a connection,
and arrived a day late in Tuxtla Guitiérrez,
state capital of Chiapas and hub of their ad-
ventures.
There was plenty of action once they
arrived. Schooley tells that when they went
to Zinacantan, to a place whose name trans-
lates to Work of the Women in the Center,
they were treated to homemade to