from Rich and Nicki Lynch, P.O. Box 3120, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20885, U.S.A. e-mail: mimosazine (at) yahoo (dot) com Mimosa is a fanzine very much devoted to the preservation of the history of science fiction fandom. The non-electronic version of this 24th issue was published in August 1999 and is ©1999 by Nicki and Richard Lynch, with individual rights reverting back to contributors after this one-time use. 'Worldcon', 'NASFiC' and 'Hugo Award' are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society. All opinions and versions of events expressed by contributors are their own. illustration by Sheryl Birkhead

CONTENTS	PAGES
Cover: Guarding Yggdrasil  by Charlie Williams	1
Opening Comments: A Night at the Ball Park  by Nicki Lynch	3
Memories of Vin¢  by Ron Bennett	4-7
Through Time and Space with Forry Ackerman (Part 9)  by Forrest J Ackerman	8-9
Science Fiction Under Martial Law  by Malgorzata Wilk	10-13
Worldcon Memories (Part 3)  by Mike Resnick	14-21
Reading for Fun and Non-Profits  by Eve Ackerman	22-24
Phamous Phantasy Phan  by Dave Kyle	25-28
Nights of Thunder  by Curt Phillips	29-33
A Cartoonist Remembers Ian Gunn  by Teddy Harvia	34-37
Mimosa Letters	38-44
Chat cartoon	44
Closing Comments: Non-Stop Parking and Other Remembrances  by Richard Lynch	45-51