It was proposed that we hold our next meeting (March 11, see calendar) as a teleconference, to general acclamation. All are welcome, please contact Chad if you would like to participate. Our current plan is to use Skype in audio-only mode.

Discussed the need for better volunteer interviewer and internal desk procedures once we receive recordings. Rick will post a proposed acquisition workflow for review, and begin processing our backlog into the catalog.

One of our members, Larry Tucker, had a stroke in July, but attended ConFusion for a short while Saturday. Larry’s mother, Nancy Tucker Shaw, was SFOHA president for many years, and under his “Uncle Albert” persona, he did audio and video fanzines and at least one movie, “FAANS”, recorded at an early ConFusion, starring Howard DeVore as JoPhan, Roger Sims as the House Detective, Mike Glicksohn as a poker player, Ro Nagey as a juggling maniac, Jean Barnard on a balcony… we are speaking with the friends who are taking care of Larry’s things, but they are afraid he didn’t save any oral history recordings/videos. Larry told me a few years ago that he had lost all his original copies of FAANS… and all we have are a couple 4th generation or worse VHS tapes. If anyone has any of Larry’s work, please contact us!

Attending the at-con SFOHA meeting Sunday: Rick Jackson, Stephen Lucchetti, Chad Childers, Mike Gardiner, Joel Zakem, and Clark Wierda.

Also from ConFusion 2011 are these two recordings:

The Great Propeller Beanie War:

What are the issues of yesteryear in Science Fiction that seemed important at the time but now seem passe?

(Joel Zakem, Mike Resnick, Rick Jackson, Michael ‘FREON’ Andaluz, and Larry Tucker)

MP3

Transhumanism/Singularity:

Will the future spin out of control? Will we reach a point of such rapid technological progress that our limited biological brains cannot comprehend it? Vernor Vinge and Ray Kurzweill defined this concept, and we’re going to to talk about the subject.

(Richard Herrell, Aubrey de Grey, and Ben Best)

MP3

Enjoy!

SPACE DOG PODCAST

The newest episode of the Space Dog Podcast has an interview with Robert Silverberg. Marta Randall in the interviewer. It was recorded at the 1982 WorldCon in Chicago. Check it out at the Space Dog Podcast Site.

SPACE DOG PODCAST

SFOHA’s own podcast, The Space Dog Podcast, has just posted a new episode that features a speech by Isaac Asimov from 1974. Check it out at the Space Dog Podcast Site.

And did you know the Space Dog Podcast is the official podcast of the Science Fiction Oral History Association?

Go to the Space Dog Podcast site to check it out.

SPACE DOG PODCAST

The Science Fiction Oral History Association’s official podcast has officially started. The first episode features Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Lester del Rey, Frederik Pohl and Gordon R. Dickson. Follow the link to listen and subscribe.

Space Dog Podcast-Episode One

After the kaffeeklatsch, I just like saying kaffeeklatsch, it was time for my penultimate panel. I chose Novellas: The Perfect Format mainly because Grand Master and living legend Robert Silverberg was on the panel. Also on the panel were Peter M. Ball, Alan Baxter and Keith Stevenson.

And the last video is from the panel, The Race To The Red Planet with Kim Stanley Robinson, David D. Levine and Jim Benford.

Thanks again to Shane for posting these videos. He has more insight and photos on his blog.

[via: Shane on the Go]

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