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 A Mimosa Fanthology, a.k.a. Mimosa 28, was published in June 2002, and is ©2002 by Nicki and Richard Lynch, with individual rights reverting back to contributors after this use. 'Worldcon', 'NASFiC' and 'Hugo Award' are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society; excerpt from the song "Paradise" ©1971 by John Prine. All opinions and versions of events expressed by contributors are their own. |
| CONTENTS | PAGES |
| Cover: A Mimosa Fanthology by Charlie Williams | 1 |
| Opening Comments: Our Back Pages by Rich & Nicki | 3-4 |
| The Ill-Fated Biocell by Jeff Duntemann [from Mimosa 1] | 5 |
| The Great Hearts Shoot-Out by Lon Atkins [from Mimosa 2] | 6-9 |
| What I Learned From Watching Star Trek a 'Serious Scientific Speech' by Bob Shaw [from Mimosa 3] | 10-14 |
| The Wrath of Khat by Ron Lee [from Mimosa 3] | 15-17 |
| The Untimely Mrs. Jones by Meg Stull [from Mimosa 3] | 18-19 |
| Gopher Broke by Pat Molloy [from Mimosa 4] | 20 |
| Coffee, Tea and Me by Nicki Lynch [from Mimosa 5] | 21-23 |
| The Degler Legend by Dal Coger [from Mimosa 5] | 24-25 |
| The House on Summit Avenue by Harry Warner, Jr. [from Mimosa 6] | 26-28 |
| Paradise by Rich Lynch [from Mimosa 6] | 29-33 |
| The Two Bobs an interview with Bob Bloch and Bob Tucker [from Mimosa 7] | 34-36 |
| Chicon Ho! by Dave Kyle [from Mimosa 8] | 37-42 |
| Five Years Before the Bench by Richard Brandt [from Mimosa 8] | 43-46 |
| Prose is the Wine; Poetry the Whiner by Dave Luckett [from Mimosa 9] | 47-49 |
| Farewell No.6...Perhaps by Vincent Clarke [from Mimosa 10] | 50-52 |
| Operation Dessert Storm by Bruno Ogorelec [from Mimosa 11] | 53-56 |
| The Wonders of Science by Terry Jeeves [from Mimosa 12] | 57-59 |
| My First Orgy by Steve Stiles [from Mimosa 12] | 60-63 |
| Magna Charters by John Berry [from Mimosa 13] | 64-66 |
| Play Ambushes and Other Surprises by David Thayer [from Mimosa 13] | 67-71 |
| You Do It With Mirrors by Dave Langford [from Mimosa 14] | 72-80 |
| A Child's Garden of Rockets by Mike Glyer [from Mimosa 14] | 81-83 |
| Tales of Adventure and Medical Life (Part 9) by Sharon Farber [from Mimosa 14] | 84-87 |
| Nancy With the Laughing Eyes by Howard DeVore [from Mimosa 14] | 88-89 |
| I Fried a Thousand Times by Andy Hooper [from Mimosa 15] | 90-93 |
| Foot and Drink by Walt Willis [from Mimosa 15] | 94-96 |
| I Married a Science Fiction by Esther Cole [from Mimosa 16] | 97-98 |
| Through Time and Space With Forry Ackerman (Part 1) by Forrest J Ackerman [from Mimosa 16] | 99-101 |
| Roots and a Few Vines by Mike Resnick [from Mimosa 16] | 102-107 |
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