I was incredibly flattered when Marc Ortlieb (in Australia) and John & Eve Harvey (in Britain) announced what they called the Auld Lang Fund -- a one-off fannish travel fund aimed at getting me to the Australian Worldcon Aussiecon Three in September 1999. As one fund-raiser, John & Eve have produced Pieces of Langford, a booklet of their 25 favourite Langford columns from SFX magazine ... this costs a trifling £5.00 post free from John Harvey, 8 The Orchard, Tonwell, Herts, SG12 0HR, or $10 airmailed to the USA (dollar checks to Dave Langford at the Reading address below -- I can convert to sterling and pass to John).
In aid of this clearly noble cause, I hunted through the dusty heaps of old Langford fanzines and am offering the gleanings to fannish completists at suitably outrageous prices. See below. All proceeds to the fund. Sterling cheques or dollar checks to Dave Langford, 94 London Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5AU, England. Australian dollars should be sent to Marc Ortlieb, PO Box 215, Forest Hill, Vic 3131, Australia. Items may be reserved by e-mail for up to two weeks. 21 January 1999
Since then, the Aussie trip has come and gone (and been utterly splendid -- huge thanks to everyone).The remaining fanzines are still on sale, with proceeds now going to the GUFF fund which transports worthy fans between Europe and Australasia on a regular rather than a one-off basis.
Ansible Series 1 (1979-1987)
This first run of 50 issues was stopped dead by the shock of its 1987 Hugo win. Most Ansibles had a 2pp litho reduced front section, with the rest stencil-duplicated (exceptions are noted); from #42 it was all reduced litho except for enclosed flyers. The annotation "(<10)" means there are fewer than 10 copies of that issue remaining.
Each £1.20, $2.00 US, $3 Australian, post free:
- #6, Feb 80, 4pp (<10)
- #8, Apr 80, 6pp (<10)
- #9, Apr 80, 4pp plus 2pp TAFF Talk 4 (TAFF newsletter)
- #10, Jun 80, 4pp (<10)
- #11, Aug 80, 4pp plus 2pp The Northern Guffblower 7
- #12, Sep 80, 4pp plus TAFF and (in some copies) GUFF ballot forms
- #13, Oct 80, 4pp plus 2pp TAFF Talk 5
- #16, Mar 81, 4pp plus 2pp The Northern Guffblower 8
- #17, Apr 81, 4pp plus (in very few copies) 2pp "Literary Supplement"
- #18, Jun 81, 8pp
- #19, Jul 81, 6pp plus 2pp TAFF Talk 8 (<10)
- #20, Aug 81, 5pp plus 3pp TAFF Talk 9 and The Northern Guffblower 9 (<10)
- #24, Mar 82, 4pp (<10)
- #23, Jan/Feb 82, 6pp (<10)
- #30, Nov 82, 8pp plus Addendum slip
- #31, Feb 83, 10pp (<10) -- in some copies, alas, the last lines of the "Higher Education Supplement" are printed off the end of the page. Accidentally included when these were stapled at some later date is a 4pp section on Eastercon from the otherwise vanished #33....
- #36, Dec 83, 6pp
- #37, Feb 84, 5pp plus one side of The Northern Guffblower 11 (rare inverted copy, would be worth millions if this were only philately)
- #38, Easter 84, 8pp plus Britain in '87 flyer
- #41, Dec 84, 4pp plus (in a few copies) Cymrucon and Stuff-For-Sale page (<10)
- #42, Mar 85, 4pp plus fan poll form
- #47, Nov 86, 6pp
- #48, Feb 87, 8pp (<10)
- #49, Apr 87, 4pp (<10)
- #50, Aug/Sep 87, 8pp (<10)
Cloud Chamber
This has been circulated through many APAs (amateur press associations) since 1976 -- details elsewhere. Warning, warning -- I make no claims for its literary merits, and a few of the mailing comments to other APA members now baffle even me: think of it as a cryptic crossword challenge. The annotation "(<10)" means there are fewer than 10 copies of that issue remaining. All 2pp stencil-duplicated (mimeo) except where stated.
Each 60 pence, $1.00 US or $1.50 Australian, post free:
- #3, Aug 79
- #4, Mar 80, 6pp
- #5, Mar 80
- #7, Feb 81
- #9 (<10), Dec 81, 4pp
- #10 (<10), Jan 82, 4pp
- #11 (<10), Jan 82
- #12, May 82
- #13 (<10), Jul 82, 6pp -- first draft of (most of) article "The Moving Accident" as later revised for Langford collections
- #13 bound with #14 (2pp, <10) and other oddments, Jul 82
- #15 (<10), Jul 82
- #16 (<10), Oct 82
- #17, Oct 82 -- first draft of (rest of) "The Moving Accident"
- #18, Dec 82
- #19, Mar 83
- #20, Apr 83
- #21 (<10), Oct 83, 4pp
- #22, Oct 83
- #23, Oct 83
- #25, Nov 83
- #26, Feb 84, particularly poorly duplicated
- #28, May 84
- #29, Jul 84
- #30, Sep 84, 4pp
- #31, Oct 84
- #32, Oct 84
- #35, Apr 85, one side, litho reduced
- #36, Dec 86, one side, litho reduced
- #37, Oct 87, one side, litho reduced
Other Old Stuff
I'm still turning out old cupboards and drawers. The most copious remaining resource is a great pile of back issues of Ansible Series 2 (1991-current, all 2pp A4 photocopied), which I could sort and offer on -- let's say -- the same basis as Cloud Chamber. Since all these issues are available on the web site in glowing HTML, including the artwork, maybe there's not much point? But will add a list of available issues on request. Also thought to be up there among the cobwebs: at least one complete spare run of Ansible Series 1, which I think would have to go to e-mail auction, and further ephemera.
Meanwhile ...
- The Northern Guffblower (not numbered but #4) with the report of John Foyster's GUFF victory, May 79 -- a bland exterior which conceals the naughty Not Checkpoint 96, parodying Peter Roberts's Best in British Fanzines poll with a properly voted-on and similarly reported poll for the Worst of 1978-79. 6pp duplicated, £1.20, $2 US, $3 Aus. (<10)
- Sglodion 3, mostly personal stuff but with an Ellison-related rant from Chris Priest, Apr 91. 12pp A4 photocopied, £2, $5 US, $7.50 Aus. (<10)
Sorry, no copies left of the previously listed Drilkjis 3 and Twll-Ddu 15.