Science fiction convention
to feature movies, auction
By BRAD ELLIS
"The Forbin Project” and “The
Rievers” head the list of films
to be shown at the Cepheid Vari-
ible science fiction convention.
The Cepheid Variable Science
Fiction Club of A&M will host the
convention, Aggie Con III, in
Bryan at the Holiday Inn, April
?-9. The convention is expected
attract book collectors and
comic book dealers from all over
Texas and possibly Oklahoma.
Earl Blair and Ken Donnell are
imong the movie collectors who
kave promised to bring films.
The main event at any conven
tion is the action in the Dealers’
Room. Collectors display their
materials on tables rented from
the sponsoring club. Buying and
selling goes on from morning un
til late night.
Some dealers will bring mate
rials they bought or otherwise
accumulated especially for the
purpose of selling at the conven
tion. Their commercial efforts al
ways yield a profit, sometimes
quite a bit of money. The com
mon fare encompasses comic
books, paperback books, movie
stills, radio tapes, movie posters
and even Mickey Mouse watches.
Some rare old items that com
mand the premium prices are is
sues of the old “Doc Savage” and
“Shadow” pulp magazines. Very
early Superman and Donald Duck
comic books from the ’30s and
’40s, and early ’60s Entertaining
Comics like “Weird Fantasy,” oft
en go for $10 or more.
Whenever movies are not be
ing shown, that room will be used
to hold auctions. The auctions are
unpredictable. They may run all
day or just a few minutes, de
pending on how much material
is to be auctioned. There is no
restriction on what can be auc
tioned and generally everything
is. Excitement runs high and usu
ally someone will get so caught
up in the competition fervor, he
will bid far higher than he in
tended to.
Aggie Con III will be more like
a Texas fandom party than any
thing else. Everyone is invited to
attend the convention and the
seminar on science fiction to be
held April 8 in the Physics Build
ing.
Although the Cepheid Variable
Club has sponsored two fan gath
erings in the past, this is the
club’s first real convention. The
club is exceptional among college
fan groups in that it competes in
size, wealth and activity with city
clubs like the Dallas Science Fic
tion Society. College clubs are
plagued with a transitory and sea
sonal membership, but this has
not daunted the A&M club.
THE BATTALION
Wednesday, March 29, 1972 College Station, Texas Page 3
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