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By [[Flash Sheridan|Ken "Flash" Sheridan]]

A brief addendum to [[Discon II Reminiscence (Kyle)]].  [[Harlan Ellison]] provided commentary on his presentation of ''A Boy and His Dog,'' not because of his loquaciousness, but because of an equipment shortage:  Each reel of film had to be rewound before the next reel could be shown, so Harlan entertained us to a background of loudly spinning film.  One comment I remember is that the producers wanted to change the title, so that it didn’t “sound like a Disney flick.”

I believe the [[Con]] made a fuss about being the first to require identification to pick up one’s badge, because of previous fraud.  They slightly backtracked in deference to an anti-government backlash:  Government-issued identification would not be required, with received envelopes presented as an alternative.  (It is possible I am confusing this with [[MidAmeriCon]].<ref>It was indeed [[MAC]], and not because of actual fraud, but fear of it, due to the sharp increase in [[Membership#Membership Types|at-the-door membership]] fees.</ref>)

I attended with [[Jim Huang]], driven from [[New Jersey]] by my mother, along with my sister and a friend.  Our best photographs were in our cameras, which were stolen from our hotel room.  (I may have scans of others, which I hope to post eventually.)

[[Bill Evans]] attended; he autographed the ''[[Skylark]]'' section of my copy of ''[[The Universes of E. E. Smith]].''

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