Science-Fiction Five-Yearly

Issue Number Eleven

November 2001

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Lee Hoffman
Founder, editor emeritus
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Guest editor-publishers:
Geri Sullivan, Jeff Schalles, & Terry Hughes
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SFFY CD Scanning & HTML: Judy Bemis
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Front cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Stiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Front
SFFY Semi-Centennial! Already? . . . Lee Hoffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The SF Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kip Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
How to Write a Scientific Paper . . . . Greg Benford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
A Treatise on Dot. Com( edy),
With Purple Prose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denny Lien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Great Moments from Star Trek . . . . .Sir Arthur C. Clarke & Steve Stiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
The Secret History of Ansible . . . . . .Dave Langford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Crime Stalks the Fanworld . . . . . . . . Ted White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Never Back Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Schalles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
NEW! SFFY Letter Column! . . . . . . Faithful Readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
!Nissassa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nalrah Nosille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
All in the SF Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kip Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back

Art Credits:
ATom --3, 4, 31
Ken Fletcher --36, 38, 39
Sue Mason --33, 35
William Rotsler --1, 7, 10, 20, 22, 30, 32, 34
Stu Shiffman --8, 17, 24
Dan Steffan --Backcover (reprint from Mota 14)

Green ink compliments of Colin Hinz & Catherine Crockett

Interlinos: Art Widner/ YHOS, 1; Hyphen Eavesdroppings, 9, 18, 25, 30

This eleventh issue of the lustrous SCIENCE-FICTION FIVE-YEARLY is being
published fifty years after the first, but is not to be confused with Science-Fiction
Fifty-Yearly, also due soon in a mailbox near you. You'll have to talk
to Tucker about that one, but we'd love hearing from you in response to this
one. We share letters, so one to any of the following will be enjoyed by all:
Lee Hoffman . . . . . . . . 3290 Sunrise Trail, Port Charlotte FL 33952-6066
Jeff Schalles . . . . . . . . .3409 Columbus Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55407
Geri Sullivan . . . . . . . .3444 Blaisdell Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55408-4315
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©2001 by Ye Editors. All rights revert to contributors upon publication.
Available for The Usual until we run out.

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"Remember the eel with the big blue eyes."

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Data entry by Judy Bemis
Hard copy provided by Geri Sullivan

Data entry by Judy Bemis

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