This is the inside of the front cover of the Rune #76 fanzine, published by the MN-Stf sf club in Minneapolis in 1987. This is supposed to show the 'other side' reaction to the fannish seance shown on the front of the cover. Various fannish entities react in comprehensible and incomprehensible ways. I believe I see a robotic version of Ralph124C41+; I see Ghu-ghu the purple fanish ghod (discovered by Donald A. Wolheim in the 1940s, and featured in several 3-way religious wars within 1940s sf fanzines). I see a futuristic tube of mimeo ink, representing another of the religious factions. Roscoe, the fannish beaver, and subject of enlightenment for another faction. There is a duplication machine of unknown alignment, and other spirits of unknown affiliation. Not an electron in a tube of one of these entities, yet perhaps they can answer the questions of the future of hard-copy fanzines.
You can probably find more clues to theses legends of ancient science fiction fandom in Wikipedia, a futuristic tool, which is probably made out of tons of zipping photons, some of which are passing through us as we look at our radiating media screens. Wikipedia will probably refer you to on-line copies of "FANcyclopedia" (Volumes 1, 2, and/or 3) which may have less photons in mass 8) but does have a lot of old sf fan culture information.
In very tiny print on the facsimile image of the original printed page (at the bottom) it says "DavERommWanted something like this" (The editor of this issue of RUNE) and "John Stanley (gave) some technical advice" and "for Tom Foster (of Memphis Tennessee) & Schirm (Marc Schirmeister of Pasadena California)."
You can probably find more clues to theses legends of ancient science fiction fandom in Wikipedia, a futuristic tool, which is probably made out of tons of zipping photons, some of which are passing through us as we look at our radiating media screens. Wikipedia will probably refer you to on-line copies of "FANcyclopedia" (Volumes 1, 2, and/or 3) which may have less photons in mass 8) but does have a lot of old sf fan culture information.
In very tiny print on the facsimile image of the original printed page (at the bottom) it says "DavERommWanted something like this" (The editor of this issue of RUNE) and "John Stanley (gave) some technical advice" and "for Tom Foster (of Memphis Tennessee) & Schirm (Marc Schirmeister of Pasadena California)."
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RUNE 76 August 1987 Editors: Jeanne Mealy & David E Romm (http://falh.net/fanzines.html)
I not only have several unopened cases of 8-inch floppies around the house, I have a drive with which to read and write them. These things are the future, I tell you!
I used to distribute the monthly software floppy for my computer club right around that time. It was also available as printed listings, so you could sit and type it in. Let's see you do that with a "Smart Fone."
I not only have several unopened cases of 8-inch floppies around the house, I have a drive with which to read and write them. These things are the future, I tell you!
I used to distribute the monthly software floppy for my computer club right around that time. It was also available as printed listings, so you could sit and type it in. Let's see you do that with a "Smart Fone."
Thank you for providing the link to the Minn-Stf fanclub zines. I had actually forgotten that would be available. RUNE #76 hasn't been scanned in yet, but I am sure it will be scanned and linked in a future.
I still have some small floppy-discs from an early job doing computer graphics. At the moment, I don't have a compatible disc-reader.
Yeah. Portability has a hard time working with large displays (and large keyboards).
I still have some small floppy-discs from an early job doing computer graphics. At the moment, I don't have a compatible disc-reader.
Yeah. Portability has a hard time working with large displays (and large keyboards).
That visual joke may have been one suggested by DavE Romm. It was easy to do. There were several small 'light tables' in the editing space. (glass-topped frames with small electric lights... for tracing art onto mimeograph stencils... or retracing pencil or ink art.) Pre-graphics software.
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