Here’s a photo that’s not quite as old as the last one, digging only 17 years back in time, to Labor Day weekend of 1993. Sovereign Media co-owners Carl Gnam and Mark Hintz wanted to do something out of the ordinary at ConFrancisco, the 51st World Science Fiction Convention, to celebrate the first birthday of Science Fiction Age, and when we put our heads together, we figured—

Hey, it’s our first birthday! Why not cake?

So they shelled out for enough cake to serve around 2,000 people, part of which you can see below. There were several overflow sheet cakes to feed the ravenous hordes. The rocket ships, which ended up looking a little too much like Hugo trophies for my comfort (since SFA hadn’t actually won any) were made of solid chocolate. Andy Porter walked off with one of them, something he tells me every time I see him. He supposedly still has it in his refrigerator.

I’m holding copies of Science Fiction Age issues #1 (which debuted at the previous year’s Worldcon, MagiCon, held in Orlando, Florida) and #7. (more…)