assu, named for the sound he makes during the hay fever season, was born in a small town in France, but emigrated to the United States at an early age. Because he had stowed away in a crate of books bound for the world science fiction convention, he was exposed in infancy. He never lost the effects of that pernicious influence, and many of his literary symptoms can be found on the scifaiku list. This magazine proves that the infection has spread.