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 25th issue was published in April 2000 and is ©2000 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: The Kronicles of Kaptain Koala  by Julia Morgan-Scott	1
Opening Comments: South by Southwest, An Antipodean Adventure  by Richard & Nicki	3-9
I Remember Him -- A Tribute to Walt Willis  by John Berry	10-12
Worldcon Memories (Part 4)  by Mike Resnick	13-20
Through Time and Space with Forry Ackerman (Part 10)  by Forrest J Ackerman	21-22
The Greatest Show On ....  by Ron Bennett	23-25
How I Spent My Summer (Actually Their Winter) Vacation  by Eve Ackerman	26-28
At the Movies  by Nicki Lynch	29-30
My Own Personal First Fandom  by Joe Mayhew	31-33
Chat cartoon  by Teddy Harvia	33
Scraps from an Album  by John Foyster	34-36
The Legendary Hydra Club  by Dave Kyle	37-41
The Summer of `39  by Harry Warner, Jr.	42-43
Bob and Walt, A Remembrance  by Joyce Scrivner	44-46
The Harp at Chicon  by Walt Willis	47
Mimosa Letters	48-57
Closing Comments: Other Places, Other Fandoms  by Richard Lynch	58-59