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Noreascon 4, E. E. "Doc" Smith Exhibit
In September 2004, Worldcon was held in Boston, and was yclept Noreascon 4. At the convention was an exhibit devoted to E. E. "Doc" Smith and his works. Stephen Lucchetti, one of the exhibit organizers, was kind enough to provide some photos of the exhibit for those of us fans who were unable to attend.
Several Smith-related books debuted at Noreascon 4, including Lucchetti's Doc - First Galactic Roamer (available from NESFA Press). Lucchetti is planning an exhibit catalogue, complete with detailed photographs of the exhibits, for future publication. If you are interested, please contact him.
Picture of the middle and back of the
exhibit. Displayed are the three
paintings/tapestries
done by Douglas Lucchetti for the
exhibit, three locked display
cases in the background
containing rare printed materials,
and in the foreground
US paperback editions of Lensman
and Skylark
stories.
Photo by Stephen Lucchetti.
Fanzine and magazine area displaying
about
2/3 of the fanzines and magazines with articles by
and
about Doc Smith. On the top left are displayed his
MS and PhD theses. On the table are 2 ring biders
with
copies of articles from the magazines for people to
sit and
and read.
Photo by Stephen
Lucchetti.
Trestrail family standing in front of the
fanzine display. From left to right: Kim Trestrail
(Grandson
of Doc Smith, Verna's son, Smith estate
executor), Janet
Trestrail Bell (Granddaughter of
Doc Smith and Verna's
daughter), William Bell
(Great-Grandson of Doc and Janet's
son). Note that
William is holding a copy of Doc -- First
Galactic
Roamer.
Photo by Stephen Lucchetti.
The five above photographs are by Peter A. Young.
NOT displayed: Doc Smith
miscellaneous titles, stories in Lensman
universe, foreign language editions
including large Japanese
collection (much of which was donated to exhibit by
Nippon2007
WorldCon), and insides of locked cases with original magazine
stories,
letters to magazines, COSMOS (in original), Challenge From Beyond
(in
original), . . ., and large vertical locked case
where
manuscripts, letters, family photographys and Smith's Northwest
Smith belt
were locked away.
Back to Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
Introductory text copyright (C) 2004 Ethan Fleischer
Some pictures and captions' text copyright (C) 2004 Stephen Lucchetti
Other Pictures copyright (C) 2004 Peter A. Young