from Rich and Nicki Lynch, P.O. Box 3120, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20885, U.S.A. e-mail: mimosazine (at) yahoo (dot) com Mimosa is a fanzine very much devoted to the preservation of the history of science fiction fandom. The non-electronic version of this "Welcome to the Future" 27th issue was published in December 2001 and is ©2001 by Nicki and Richard Lynch, with individual rights reverting back to contributors after this one-time use. 'Worldcon' and 'Hugo Award' are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society. All opinions and versions of events expressed by contributors are their own. illustration by Sheryl Birkhead

CONTENTS	PAGES
Cover: Welcome to the Future!  by Teddy Harvia and Brad Foster	1
Spaceport `50 -- A Convention Report  by Ron Bennett	3-5
Opening Comments: Welcome to the Future  by Rich & Nicki	6-11
Living the Future  by Eve Ackerman	12-14
A Personal Sense of Wonder  by Robert A. Madle	15-19
Interplanetary Travel -- At Last?  by Fred Smith	20-21
Time Capsule  by Mike Resnick	22-23
Chat cartoon  by Teddy Harvia	23
The Young Diplomats of East Paterson, New Jersey  by Fred Lerner	24-25
Some Notes on 2001: A Space Opera  by Alexis Gilliland	26-28
Tales of Adventure and Medical Life #15  by Sharon Farber	29-31
The Gods of Rushmore  by Esther Cole	32-33
Arthur C. Clarke, Fan  by Dave Kyle	34-37
With Fists Full of Fantasy  by Earl Kemp	38-40
Through Time and Space with Forry Ackerman (Part 12)  by Forrest J Ackerman	41-42
Life at Safaripark (or) How I Became a Tiger Toy  by Steven Lopata	43-47
Underground Report  by Bruce Pelz	48
Mimosa Letters	49-59