Further Confusion 2006
is proud to announce our second Guest of Honor, Jane Lindskold.

Jane is the author of
Through
Wolf's Eyes,
Wolf's
Head, Wolf's Heart,
and many other works of fantasy. Further Confusion is excited to
have this most wonderful author join us in January 2006.

More information about Jane can be found on her website at
http://www.janelindskold.com/

We would also like the announce that we are sponsoring a Film
Festival, which will showcast animated and live-action short films
with anthropomorphic themes submitted by both fans and film-makers. All
films shown will be judged by a select panel for a 1st place cash
prize.

For further inquiries, or to submit a film, please contact
filmfest@furtherconfusion.org

An African Grey is numeralogically smarter than most birds--and some people. He understands a variant on the abstract concept of "none", something very difficult to teach animals.

The teaching techniques used with the parrot may prove useful for instructing learning disabled children. The full story is available here from Science Daily.

Trickster

S-f & graphic novel publisher Byron Preiss was killed in a traffic accident on July 9th. Several obituaries hae been posted, one of the longest and most detailed by comics artist Jim Steranko.

Aside from whatever else he published and wrote since the 1970s, Preiss was the first major (or semi-major) publisher to show serious interest in anthropomorphic s-f. Preiss' company iBooks had published the American edition of the French award-winning “Blacksad” anthropomorphic graphic novels, and has just begun reprinting Alan Dean Foster's out-of-print “Spellsinger” novels. iBooks has been negotiating with Sofawolf Press to publish a mass-market paperback edition of its 2003 short story anthology "Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction", edited by Fred Patten, retitled "Furry!: The Best Anthropomorphic Stories Ever!", early in 2006. But with Preiss dead, what will happen to iBooks and its plans for further anihropomorphic books?

The listing of the Ursa Major Awards for this year as posted to Flayrah was taken from an inacurate one I goofed and posted to rmf. The winner of the Comic Strip award this year was:

Faux Pas by Robert & Margaret Carspecken. (Internet, thrice-weekly, 2004 strips from January 1 to December 31 [#534])

See the official Ursa Major Awards site at for the full listing.

--Kay Shapero
for the Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association

Hearken to the call, one and all! Be ye scaled or furred, earth-treader
or bird, sound the call and spread the word: Further Confusion shall
soon come to be; join us for five days of fine revelry. An artist has
been named as our first honored guest; and now with a fair scribe we've
been blessed. And even long before our gathering shall begin, we shall
hold camp -- and a feast!

1.  Picnic & Campout Information
2.  Our Second Guest of Honor
3.  Staff Needed
4.  Pre-Registering for FC
5.  Furry Night Live! returns
6.  Furry Marketplace
7.  FC Film Festival
8.  Conbook Submissions Needed
9.  Membership Badge Art Needed
10. Hotel FAQ for Booking Rooms
11. Further Confusion Masquerade
12. Next Public Meeting