SWILnews #4
                        For the week of Oct. 2-8, 1988.

EVENTS:
   The Pterodactyl Hunt, as you've probably all figured out by now, is due 
to take place on this Friday, October 7.  Hundreds of swords have been 
rolled, googols of trash bags have been miraculously changed to armor, and 
we still don't have enough orcs and hobgoblins.  Talk to Geoff ("Orc King") 
Hopcraft, Bruce ("Hobgoblin Emperor") Hahne, or Joel ("Wizard") Offenberg 
if you want the chance to gang up on hapless players.  The rain date for 
the Hunt will be Saturday the 8th.
   The science fiction discussion table topic for Satyrday, appropriately
enough, will be Monsters in sf and fantasy.  After the SWIL meeting this 
Saturday we'll be deciding on topics for next semester, so talk to Chris 
Cobb then or earlier if you've got suggestions.
   If you want to order this semester's SWIL t-shirt (with the slogan "SWIL 
Crazy After All These Years"), please put your name on the list on the 
SWILboard, with an indication of what size and color shirt(s) you want.  
Current colors available include blue and green (shades undetermined).  
Previous years' shirts will be orderable at the reunion.

OOPS:
   I expect any day now to hear from a group called "Accuracy In SWILnews" 
after the mistakes I made last week.  A couple of corrections: the space 
shuttle launch (which DID take place, though a bit late) was the first in 
32 months, not 26.  _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ does not start a new 
season until the end of this month (though it is indeed on Wednesday  
nights).  And _Fawlty Towers_, which I didn't mention, can be seen Sunday 
nights at 7 PM on channel 12.
   Also, after reading descriptions of sf magazines at the meeting, I 
neglected to call for another vote.  But I gathered from the first vote, the 
previous week, that not too many people cared what magazines we subscribe 
to, so unless I'm overwhelmed with protest, I'm going to continue with the 
plan to subscribe to _Visions_ and possibly _IASFM_.

ATTENDANCE:
   We have two new non-members!  Jeff Hildebrand and Peter Wagner were 
dismembered last Saturday.  Unless I've made a mistake somewhere, this 
coming Saturday will not be anyone's third consecutive meeting; however, 
five of you can still be dismembered before October break!
   Present and accounted for at the last meeting were: Bruce "I _got_ my 
bicycle!" Hahne, Arle Gnearad the buy-miser, Rick "Pardon me while I crawl 
over you" Post, Josh "not-Mackay" Smith, Peter "I want mustard" Wagner, 
Jeff "I'm just Shadow construct" Hildebrand, Deborah "I'm not invisible 
right now, but even if I were I'd still be here" Holtzman, David "Since 
when did quotes enter attendance" Auer, Chris Cobb and his Capitalist twin 
Ark, Jill "Backrub, anyone?" McElderry, Devin "Not really my name" Nisbet, 
Joel "Thank God the Hunt is this weekend!!", Jim M (present but not 
accounted for), Hannah, A. Raff, Riddlemaster of SWIL, Maris Grey (I'll use
my pseudonym only once), Erwin Rommel (Naturlich), Ben "Yobabyobabyobabyo"
Rothfeld, Janice, Jonathan "I don't have to write anything here if I don't
want to" Wald, Andy "Yes he does" Perry, Laura "I've got my Helmet" Almasy,
Lisa, Leif "SSC" K., Lastname.Firstname.Lastname.symmetry.Karen, and "Mikles".

Why is a raven like a writing-desk?
                                  Unmusically,
                            Jed, Riddlemaster of SWIL