THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #26 – February 17th 1995


A fast, grubby and frequent little science fiction newsletter produced for 
the Australian National Science Fiction Association by Marc Ortlieb, P.O. 
Box 215, Forest Hill, Vict, 3131, AUSTRALIA 
(e-mail: Marc_A._Ortlieb@ausom.oz.au. Please note the change).
	
Postal subscriptions $6-00 for ten issues, the increase due to new format.
(Cheques made out to Marc Ortlieb please. Stamps accepted). Available for 
items of gossip. E-mail copies free. Ask to be put on the mailing list, 
or grab it from aus.sf on Internet, the Ausom FC BBS  543 3411 or 
Psibaud  (03) 804 3205.   

ONE RESCUED FROM THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION. ONE GONE.
Encouraged by a recent rumoured sighting of a thylacine in Tasmania, 
THYLACON has increased its profile. Their postal address has changed to 
P.O. Box 418, Sandy Bay, Tas 7005 and Roy Ferguson has agreed to do the 
Ditmar Awards.They have reduced their membership, from $75 to $60 until 
the end of March. Group memberships for ten or more club members. There 
has been a switch of hotels from Wrest Point Casino to Hadley's.  
Meanwhile it appears that VOYAGER has bitten the dust.

DITMAR NOMINATIONS OPEN
Thylacon has called for nominations for the 1995 Australian Science 
Fiction Achievement Awards. Categories are Best Australian Long Fiction, 
Best Australian Short Fiction, Best Fanzine, Best Fan Writer, Best Fan 
Artist, Best Professional Art. In addition, nominations are called for 
for the William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review. The Australian 
Science Fiction Foundation has compiled a list of eligible candidates for 
the two fiction Awards. That will appear in Thyme and the Bullsheet.  

KRYTEN IN MELBOURNE
Robert Llewellan, the actor who plays Kryten in Red Dwarf, will be at the 
ABC Shop on the corner of Bourke St and Elizabeth St on February 24th 
between 12:30 and 1:30 pm. 

UPCOMING CONVENTIONS

TRI(C)ON Dr Who February 18 Paramatta Travelodge Rosehill NSW GoH Mark 
Strickson $25 at the door. 1 Woodberry St Winton Hills 2153
 
SWANCON '95 W.A. regional April 13-17  Perth Sheraton Hotel. GsoH Pat 
Cadigan & Ellen Datlow. Att $70. P.O. Box 318 Nedlands  6009  
Ph/Fax 09 367 7236 skribe@iinet.com.au

CONQUEST '95. NZ Nat Con1995. April 14-17, Airport Quality Hotel, 
Auckland GsoH: Roger Zelazny, Vonda McIntyre, Richard Taylor, Keith 
Smith P.O. Box 26-311 Auckland, NZ.  E-Mail: ncates@chenov1.auckland.ac.nz

FORCE ONE (1st Star Wars NatCon) 15-17 April,  Melbourne  Town House, 
GsoH Steve Sansweet, Hugh Fleming, Jon Berg. $110. PO Box 427 Northcote 
3070. 03 416 8998

THYLACON 1995 Lit NatCon,June 9-12, Hadley's Hotel, Hobart. GsoH Kim 
Stanley Robinson, Peter Nicholls and Grant Stone.$60-00 until March 31. 
Sup $20-00. Voting $5-00. P.O. Box 418, Sandy Bay, Tas 7005 
(002) 312-560 e-mail cnelson@mariner.amc.edu.au.

ARCON Aussiecon Reunion Convention- celebrating twenty years of Australian 
Science Fiction. September 22-24  GsoH Robin Johnson & David Grigg Savoy 
Plaza Hotel Melbourne. P.O. Box 215 Forest Hill, Vic 3131 Att $50-00.

CONTINUUM (Conquest 95) September 22-24 Lennon's Hotel GPO Box 1376 Brisbane 
4001 (07) 273 6512 

CONDIMENT '95 1995 Media Natcon October 14 Melbourne Town Hall

MUTAGEN 96 January 26-29 1996, Dr Who GsoH  Peter Davison (O.C.P.)  Chris 
Barrie (O.C.P.)  Paul Cornell. Att $90-00. GPO Box 910G Melbourne 3001. 
(03) 534-2752

FESTIVAL OF THE IMAGINATION/ CONFUSION 96/SWANCON 21 Lit/Media NatCon 
Easter 1996. Uni of W.A.Supp $15.

CONSTELLATION NZ Natcon: Queens Birthday Weekend 1996 The Christchurch City 
Travelodge, NZ GsoH Michael Moorcock, James Dignan $50.00 during 1994/5
P.O. Box 29-119, Fendalton, Christchurch
NZ. Email: c. brandenburg@lincoln.ac.nz

GoH = Guest of Honour
O.C.P. = Other Commitments Permitting

OTHER EVENTS

N.S.W.

GARGOYLE CLUB First Friday of month 7.00pm, Royal Exhibition Hotel Surrey Hills

FUTURIAN SOCIETY OF SYDNEY 3rd Friday of month 7pm Room 1615 University of 
Technology Sydney

SYDNEY DR WHO FAN Club 4th Sunday of month Sefton District Girl Guides Hall. 
P.O. Box 381, Chester Hill, 2162 (02) 727-4272

NEWCASTLE DOCTOR WHO SCIENCE FICTION CLUB 3rd Sunday of the month, Alice 
Ferguson Community Centre, 30 Caldwell St Merewether P.O.  Box 140, 
Kotara Fair 2289, ph (049) 57 5109  (049) 43 2666 

VICTORIA

ENTERPRISE February 25 1.005.00 pm Trek Trivia Quiz & Starfleet Exams 
Horticultural Society Hall 31 Victoria St P.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre 
Melbourne 3005 

MSFC February 17 Kurt Russell Film Festival; February 24 Swap Card Night;  
7-30pm St David's Church Hall 74 Melville Rd West Brunswick P.O. Box 212 
World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
February 18 11-00 am BBQ near the Yellow Peril. Filming Australia in '99 Video. 
February 23 Stargate Premier (phone 5837404 to book) 

NOVA MOB March 1 8.00pm Alan Stewart's Place (No current dinner venue. The Erawan 
has become a take-away only) Alan Stewart on recent Mars novels. Ph 03 429-8354

TIME-TREKKERS March 3 46 Sternberg Street Bendigo Star Trek:Voyager Bendigo 
premier. P.O. Box 934 Bendigo 3550 

AUSTREK March 4 2-5pm Hobson's Bay Secondary College 88 Graham Street 
Albert Park 

STAR TREK MARATHONS The Glasshouse Theatrette,  RMIT Union 360 Swanston St 
6:30pm first Sat of the month.

AUSTRALIAN BABYLON 5 Fan Club P.O. Box 41 West Brunswick 3055
 
QLD

CAMP WARRAWEE February 17-19 P.O. Box 10308 Adelaide St Brisbane 4000?

WARP SPEED February 25 GPO Box 2004 Brisbane 4001 (07) 356 5472

COSMIC COTILLION April 1 Irish ClubGPO Box 2004 Brisbane 4001 (07) 356 5472
Conquest 95 March 5 GPO Box 1376 Brisbane 4001 (07) 273 6512   

QUEST Star Trek March 12 12noon - 4.00pm Yungaba Community Centre, 100 
Mains Rd Kangaroo Point (07) 356 5472

A.C.T.,S.A., Tas, W.A.

No current information

FANZINES

THYME #100 Alan Stewart P.O. Box 222 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005. 
Thyme gets its ton and to celebrate, Alan releases a collection of material 
from previous issues. A nice potted history of the last fourteen years of 
Australian fandom.

THE CAPTAIN'S LOG # 211 Star Trek Katharine Shade for Austrek GPO Box 5206AA 
Melbourne 3001

ULTRAWARP #11 Michael Cloonan & Greg Smith P.O. Box 934 Bendigo 3550
 
BBS

ECHO BASE HOTH (03) 563-1323. 

PSIBAUD, (03) 804 3205, free single line stand-alone science fiction and 
education BBS 

UNISFA http://www.gu.uwa.edu.au /unisfa/.   
Ausom's First Class Bulletin Board has added a science fiction conference 
called Sci Fi (03) 543 3411 

DAMIEN WARMAN http://smug.student. adelaide.edu.au/damien/home.html 

DEADLINES

Duff 			March 5th 1995.
Ditmar Nominations	March 24th 1995
Guff			March 31st 1995.

CoAs

Thylacon P.O. Box 418, Sandy Bay, Tas 7005
Marc Ortlieb Marc_A._Ortlieb@ausom.oz.au

SOURCES
Warp Speed, Carey Handfield, Black Light, The Captain's Log, David Tongs, 
David Richardson, Roy Ferguson, Chris Nelson, Keith Curtis, Ultrawarp

JOVE NODS, BULLSHEET HAPPENS
Oops. Sorry to those who turned up at 10.00am, for the Dr Who Club Foot 
Rally. It wasn't due to start until 12.00 noon.

DEADLINE FOR #27

Tuesday February 28th.  Distribution Friday March 3rd.

AUSTRALIAN FANZINES OF 1994

The following is a list of fanzines that I've seen or had mentioned to me 
as appearing in 1994. Please feel free to send me evidence of any I've 
missed. I'm not counting Aurealis,  Eidolon or Bloodsongs  as fanzines. 
I don't know whether or not Roy Ferguson will. The definition of fanzine 
specifies "non-professional". These fanzines will, by definition,  contain 
work by people eligible in the Fan Writer and Fan Artist categories.

ARTICHOKE  Ian Gunn
AUSTRALIAN SF NEWS  Merv Binns
AUSTRALIAN SF WRITER'S NEWS THE   Dirk Strasser & Steven Paulsen
BLACK LIGHT  Sean-Paul Smith & Damian Christie
BUSSWARBLE  Michael Hailstone
CAPTAIN'S LOG THE    Katharine Shade
COMMUNICATOR THE  Derek Screen  
DAG SPEAKETH THE  Anonymous
DAN WANKETH THE   Danny Heap
ETHEL THE AARDVARK   Paul Ewins
FNAC  John Foyster 
FROG ON A CASHBOX   Anonymous
ICEWORLD   Damian Christie
INSTRUMENTALITY THE  Donna Heenan
MENTOR THE   Ron Clark
METAPHYSICAL REVIEW THE   Bruce Gillespie
MUMBLINGS FROM MUNCHKINLAND   Chris Nelson 
NEMESIS  Ausfa
OR SO YOU SAY   Shayne McCormack
RON'S THE ONE   John Foyster
SCARAMOUCHE   Terry Frost
SKRIBE  Paul Branch & Celine Zhu
SONIC SCREWDRIVER   David Richardson
STEVE ALBINI'S LOVEGUN  Lucy Sussex and Julian Warner
SYDNEY FUTURIAN  Ron Clarke
THYME   Alan Stewart
TOTAL ANIMAL SOUP OF TIME THE   Terry Frost
ULTRAWARP    Michael Cloonan
WEBER WOMAN'S WREVENGE   Jean Weber
ZINE THE   Stephen Smith

This does not include the myriad of Anzapazine titles that has appeared in 
ANZAPA  over the year. Nor does it include Ian Gunn& Kerri Valkova's 
AUSTRALIAN FAN DIARY or Ali Kayn's SCIENCE FICTION FAN RESOURCE BOOK.

THYLACON INFORMATION


THYLACON : the 1995 National Science Fiction Convention

Hobart, 9-12 June 1995

An old style National convention with an emphasis on all fields of SF,
reading, writing, viewing and fandom.  It has a major strand devoted to the
emergence of "young adult" themes in recent SF and another on terraforming
-- both this planet and others.  It will also have a games program,
including a Magic (TM) tournament, a masquerade, a hucksters area, auctions,
literary and mdeia panels and a fanroom.

Our Guests of Honour are:

INTERNATIONAL

Kim Stanley Robinson

Hugo and Nebula Award Winner
Red Mars (novel), Green Mars (novel)
Escape from Kathmandu (short)
and other works

AUSTRALIAN

Peter Nicholls

Hugo Award Winner
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction


Grant Stone

The Culture Vulture (7ZR)
Weird News (5AN, 6WF)
Faster Than Light Radio Show (RTR-FM, Perth)


Membership Rates
$60 until the end of March, then $75, or a day rate of $25 (subject to
revision), or for a club group of 10 or more (non-transferable, etc.) $40
until the end of March and then $55.  Supporting membership $20.

Accomodation available in a variety of price ranges.

Queries & cheques to Thylacon, PO Box 418, Sandy Bay, Tas. 7005
ph 002 - 312560


THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (DITMARS)

The 1995 Ditmars for work in Science Fiction and Fantasy during 1994 will 
be awarded at Thylacon, the 34th Australian National SF Convention, to be 
held in Hobart from June 9-12, 1995.

The Constitution of the Australian National SF Convention states, re awards:

The Convention Committee  will, by a vote of the Conventions members, after 
a nominating process involving Australian Fandom generally, award up to five
Australian Science Fiction Awards (of which, at least one must be for 
fannish endeavours) and the William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism and 
Review.For this purpose the Thylacon committee has appointed a sub-committee.

The following nominating form may be filled out by any member of Australian 
Fandom. The Sub-Committee will accept up to five nominations in each 
category from each nominator.

Following a tradition established in two previous National SF conventions 
Thylacon is taking nominations in six categories plus the William Atheling 
Jr. Award.

Voting forms compiled from these nominations will then be sent to all
members of Thylacon.

Completed forms must be sent to:Ditmar Sub-CommitteePO Box 12096 A'Beckett 
St Melbourne 3000

NOMINATIONS CLOSE: 24th March 1995

DEFINITIONS OF CATEGORIES

1. BEST AUSTRALIAN LONG FICTION: 

A science fiction or fantasy story of 17,500 words or more, written by 
an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia and which was 
published for the first time, and distributed in Australia by an Australian 
book publisher or distributor during the 1994 calendar year.

2. BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT FICTION: 

A science fiction or fantasy story of less than 17,500 words, written by 
an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia and which was 
first published in Australia during the 1994 calendar year.

3. BEST FANZINE: 

A non-professional publication devoted to science fiction,fantasy or 
related subjects, produced by an Australian citizen or permanent resident 
of Australia which was produced and generally available in 1994.

4. BEST FAN WRITER: 

An Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia who wrote material
which appeared in a fanzine produced and generally available in 1994.

5. BEST FAN ARTIST: 

An Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia  whose artwork 
(of whatever description) appeared in a generally available fanzine or 
through other public display in 1994. An artist does not qualify for this
award for any artwork which they were paid to produce. Artwork for public 
display must have as its theme, science fiction, fantasy or related subjects.

6. BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTWORK: 

An Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia  whose original 
artwork was produced by commission or for sale in 1994. The artwork must 
have as its theme, science fiction, fantasy or related subjects and have 
been publically visible in 1994 eg by display or as a magazine or book 
cover. 

THE WILLIAM ATHELING JR. AWARD FOR CRITICISM OR REVIEW: 

For a particular piece of criticism or review of science fiction or fantasy, 
or a body of shorter items, where the work or works first appeared in 
Australia in 1994.


For further information on Thylacon,
please write toThylacon, PO Box 418, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7006

Internet email address: cnelson@mariner.amc.edu.au

NOMINATION FORM

1. BEST AUSTRALIAN LONG FICTION (title, author, publisher)

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2. BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT FICTION (title, author, publication)

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3. BEST FANZINE (title,editor/publisher, address)

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4. BEST FAN WRITER (name, published examples)

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5. BEST FAN ARTIST (name, published examples)

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6. BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTWORK (name of artist, artwork and when/how displayed)

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 WILLIAM ATHELING JR. AWARD FOR CRITICISM OR REVIEW (Please supply the 
source of nominees in this category)

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NAME: ____________________________

ADDRESS:

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SIGNATURE:

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Thylacon Membership No: _________(if known)If you are not a Thylacon member 
and may be unknown to the Sub-Committee please supply the name of a fan or 
fan organization to whom/which you are known:

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NOTE: The Sub-Committee is the final arbiter on the eligibility of a nominee.

NOMINATIONS CLOSE: 24TH MARCH 1995

SEND NOMINATIONS TO:
PO BOX 12096, A'BECKETT ST, MELBOURNE  3000

1995 AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION (DITMAR) AWARDS

REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS ENCOURAGED PROVIDED IT IS VERBATIM