tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71727240051248881502024-03-05T07:24:04.621-08:00Science Fiction SocietyAlumni of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UICC, UIC, Circle, whatever) gather to celebrate their time as young fen, including their fanzine Tesseract.U. of IL, Science Fiction Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930173779681469283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172724005124888150.post-70870820275704118612009-12-19T12:16:00.001-08:002009-12-19T12:54:39.074-08:00Raul Rousset Jr Discovered<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgh5SzysEoklw-tYuEaeUSZT_5viIBLCh0QB7SYcHVHE1u_gYWxQn2AVc-CzcJ9eLLRmjYO_uw-m-VwHqfmH5Qtr-72GtzzcBGyJtblaA9eyYGXqfPcne9mLdbIh6HLqUhPb6MashKvGzu/s1600-h/RRjrPortrait.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgh5SzysEoklw-tYuEaeUSZT_5viIBLCh0QB7SYcHVHE1u_gYWxQn2AVc-CzcJ9eLLRmjYO_uw-m-VwHqfmH5Qtr-72GtzzcBGyJtblaA9eyYGXqfPcne9mLdbIh6HLqUhPb6MashKvGzu/s400/RRjrPortrait.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417044523917504386" /></a>Embarrassing re-acquaintanceship:<div><br /></div><div>I'll admit my ignorance, so I can learn, but it doesn't mean I won't be embarrassed inside.</div><div><br /></div><div>That's what happened when <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BelovedSonofGod">Raul Rousset, Jr.</a> found me on FaceBook. He remembered me from the SFS and another unconnected place, but I couldn't recall him. The mental blankness was so strong that I wondered if he was just crawling through my profiles and coming up with plausible stories. In other words, I wondered if he was trying to fool me.</div><div><br /></div><div>He called himself a Dungeons and Dragons player, so I can understand not knowing him from there because I didn't play. The second contact story was much more interactive.</div><div><br /></div><div>He said he struck up a conversation with me as I stood outside my electronic game room job as attendant for Rubus Gameroom on north State Street, off Rush Street. He said I told him that I was going to leave the job soon because I was joining the Navy. He even applied for and got my position, while using me as a reference during interviewing.</div><div><br /></div><div>The one undeniable fact I had was that when I started <a href="http://sciencefictionsociety.org">the SFS website</a>, his name was on one of <a href="http://sciencefictionsociety.org/sciencefictionsocietyoftheuniversityofillinoisatchicagouicsfspagetwo.html">the membership lists</a> that I copied to the first webpage there. It was historic, primary source documentation, so I felt I had to believe him, even though I still can't find a single memory about him, inside my cabeza.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, I'm glad that we parted on good terms and I have the chance to get to know him again. </div><div><br /></div><div>I wonder if you remember him and if you can share memories about him.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>U. of IL, Science Fiction Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930173779681469283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172724005124888150.post-89730969016100167582009-11-21T05:15:00.000-08:002009-11-21T06:05:01.009-08:00Tesseract - Club Fanzine<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sciencefictionsociety.org/images/TesseractLogo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 171px;" src="http://sciencefictionsociety.org/images/TesseractLogo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.sciencefictionsociety.org/tesseractfanzineindexforclubmagazineatuniversityofillinoissciencefictionsociety.html">http://www.sciencefictionsociety.org/tesseractfanzineindexforclubmagazineatuniversityofillinoissciencefictionsociety.html</a><br /><pre id="line160"><span class="attribute-value">Index of Tesseract, the club fanzine,<br />at the gathering place for those who<br />were members and friends of the<br />Science Fiction Society at the<br />University of Illinois at Chicago.<br /></span></pre>U. of IL, Science Fiction Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16930173779681469283noreply@blogger.com0