I have lately been reading Don't Try This At Home, an anthology of science fiction convention reports by David Langford. I don't really know most of the fans he talks about in the book, but Langford is a witty and inventive writer, so that keeps me reading.
The ebook is one that I downloaded free from the TransAtlantic Fan Fund Free Ebooks website maintained by Langford. There are 117 titles so far; they are collections of fanwriting written by well-known science fiction fans. The idea is that if you like your free ebook, you invited to donate to the Trans Atlantic Fan Fund, which pays to send SF fans across the Atlantic. I made a small donation as I was working on this blog post.
Many of these TAFF ebooks are convention reports, a staple of SF fanzines.
My new Robert Shea anthology, Every Day is a GOOD Day, includes a convention report written by Shea, "Hasta La Vista, Chicon," a report on the 49th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Chicago in 1991. Robert Anton Wilson, Timothy Leary and Philip Jose Farmer all put in an appearance. Shea was a science fiction fan who went to SF conventions, so the report reflects that side of him.
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