The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet #149 – August 11 2000
A mordacious newszine produced for the Australian National Science
Fiction Association by Marc Ortlieb, P.O. Box 215, Forest Hill,
Vict, 3131, AUSTRALIA
(e-mail: mortlieb@vicnet.net.au).
Postal subscriptions $6-00 for ten.(Cheques made out to Marc
Ortlieb please. Stamps accepted). Available for items of gossip.
E-mailed direct, a once off $10 fee. Free copy from aus.sf on
Internet or at http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/bullsheet.htm
VALE SIR ALEC GUINNESS
Sad to note the recent death of Sir Alec Guinness, a fine actor
who appeared in several excellent films, and also an excellent
critic of the science fiction genre and its afficionadoes. The
obituary in The Australian 8/8/2000 notes "He detested the Star
Wars phenomenon and the fans that went along with it. The dialogue
was "frightful rubbish!"" Sigh. Now there was an actor worth
respect.
IN ELECTRONS
Goblin Muse #4, August 2000 http://www.goblinmuse.com contained
"A Fine Day at the Zoo" Gene O'Neill, "Shooting Star" Robert L.
Slater, "Survival Guide" Robbie Matthews and "Pillows of Flesh,
Bone and Grass" M. Jane Letty
Eidolon Publications and Fictionwise.com have announced that
Fictionwise.com will distribute ebook editions of Eidolon magazine
in Palm, Rocket, and Acrobat (PDF) formats. The first issue, the
10th Anniversary double-issue, is available now from
http://www.fictionwise.com. Each ebook edition will be released
approximately simultaneously with the paper publication, and will
be removed from sale when the following issue becomes available..
Regular issues will cost US$5.49 and double issues are priced at
US$10.95. Eidolon Publications also announced the forthcoming
relaunch of their website Eidolon: SF Online. The official launch
will take place at a party in Perth on the night of Friday 01
September, will feature virtual appearances by a number of major
Australian writers associated with the magazine, and will be
accessible via the website at http://eidolon.net. A new "sitenews"
mailing list will keep you up to date about developments leading
up to the relaunch and will continue afterwards as a regular email
newsletter featuring news and information from the website. To
join the list, send email to listserv@eidolon.net saying
"subscribe sitenews".
FAN FUNDS
Irwin Hirsh notes that he has loaded 8 photos from his 1987 GUFF
trip into www.egroups.com/files/ozfan-history.
BULLSHEET MEDIA WATCH
Lucy Sussex reviews "Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas" in
The Age 29/7/2000. Terry Dowling reviews several F&SF Books,
including Rory Barnes & Damien Broderick's The Book of Revelation,
in The Australian 29-30/7/2000 Nick Stathopoulos is interviewed
in issue 14 of The Paper Snarl (See below for more details.)
2000 DITMARS
I gather, indirectly from various people, that information on the
progress of the 2000 Ditmars is available to those who frequent
the Eidolist and that I'm terribly slack as a newszine editor
because I don't subscribe to the Eidolist. Okay. I'll admit it;
it's all my fault. Okay? (I still haven't seen a nomination form
yet.)
PERIPATETIC FANS
South Australian Roman Orszanski was in Melbourne for an
Environmental Conference over trhe weekend of July 28-30. He
managed to catch up with an assortment of Melbourne folks in the
process.
BLOWING MY OWN TRUMPET
What's the point of running a newszine if you can't take advantage
of it. Anyway, I'd like to note the fact that, according to the
Chicon Infobot News, I got two filk songs into the Chicon 2000
filksong book.
CONVENTION NEWS
In their latest Conquest 2000 Newsletter, Conquest note that their
Guests are Virigina Hey and Richard Arnold. (Later they mention
Virginia Hey, so the first might just be a dreaded typo.)
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
CHICON 2000
The 58th World Science Fiction Convention August 31 to September
4, 2000 - Hyatt Regency Chicago IL GsoH Ben Bova, Bob Eggleton,
Jim Baen, Bob and Anne Passovoy, Toastmaster: Harry Turtledove
$US135.00 for residents of North America $US150.00 rate for bona
fide residents of other continents P. O. Box 642057, Chicago IL
60664, fax: 312-946-3779 http://www.chicon.org/
CONQUEST 2000
October 6 to 8 2000 Brisbane Convention Centre GsoH Virigina Hey &
Richard Arnold GPO Box 1376 Brisbane 4001.
http://conquest2000.tsx.org
BOBW 10
Babylon 5/Crusade October 14th & 15th 2000Sydney Guests:Tracy
Scoggins, Peter Woodward Maggie Egan David Allen Brooks
http://www.bobw.com.au (02) 9453 0290.
NELCON
a relaxacon 17-19 November, 2000 The Country Comfort Motel, Port
Stephens N.S.W.. Membership $20 Accommodation (B&B): $62 per
person per night double/twin $51 per person per night triple
(prices include GST) Edwina Harvey by e-mail at
e.harvey@unsw.edu.au or by snail mail c/- 12 Flinders St,
Matraville. 2036
http://members.optushome.com.au/aussff/Nelcon.html
CAMP COSTUME
8-10th December 2000 Polana Camp, Healesville $60 until October
29th, $75 up to the 1st of December 2000, $100 from 2nd of
December to the door. Cost includes all meals from Friday dinner
through to Sunday lunch, accommodation, all workshops & events.
BYO sleeping gear, drinks & special snacks. Attn: Wendy - Camp
Costume, The Australian Costumers' Guild, PO Box 322, Bentleigh,
Vic, 3204.or Chris Telephone: (03) 94574061
ARMAGEDDON PULP CULTURE EXPO
10-11 February 2001 Auckland New Zealand Special guests include
George Lazenby, Virginia Hey , Kevin Smith, and Walter & Louise
Simonson. Entry only $10 nz http://www.pulpexpo.com
BOBW 11
17-18 February 2001 (STARGATE SG1) Guests: Teryl Rothery
Christopher Judge Don S. Davis http://www.bobw.com.au (02) 9453
0290.
WHOVENTION 2001
16-18 February 2001 Rydges North Sydney 54 McLaren St North Sydney
Guest: To be announced Membership Until August 31 $60 for DWCA
members, $80 for non DWCA members Until October 15 $75 DWCA
Members, $95 non DWCA members PO Box 4 Epping NSW 2121
http://www.eagles.com.au~dwca dwca@eagles.com.au
SWANCON 2001 THE MASQUERADE
40th Australian National Science Fiction Convention April 12-16
2001. GsoH Rosaleen Love, Marilyn Pride, Lewis Morley, Kate Orman
and Sue Ackerman The Rydges Hotel Perth. P.O. Box 162 Nedlands
W.A. 6909.Attending $80; $100 at the door. Supporting $20
http://www.sf.org.au/swancon2001 P.O. Box 162 Nedlands W.A. 6909
swancon2001committee@egroups.com
FRIENDS OF SCIENCE FICTION
May 20, 2001 GoH James Marsters (Spike, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
ocp Lidcombe Catholic Club Sydney.FSF Members $50 Non-members $70.
email bookings@fsf.com.au or http://www.fsf.com.au
ODYSSEY CON
The 2001 New Zealand National SF Convention Auckland.
enquiries@odyssey-con.sf.org.nz
THE MILLENNIUM PHILCON
The 59th World Science Fiction Convention August 30 to September
3, 2001 The Pennsylvania Convention Center & Philadelphia Marriott
Hotel GsoH Greg Bear, Stephen Youll, Gardner Dozois, George
Scithers Toastmaster: Esther Friesner. Attending $145 Supporting
$US40 Millennium Philcon Post Office Box 310 Huntingdon Valley, PA
19006-0310 U.S.A. phil2001@unix3.netaxs.com
http://www.netaxs.com/~phil2001
COSTUME CON 20
February 15-18 2002 Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre
$A50Daily Admission $100 until Dec 31st 2000; $A130 Jan 1st 2001 -
Dec 31st 2001 $160 Jan 1st 2002 - Feb 15th 2002 The Australian
Costumers' Guild PO Box 322 Bentleigh Vic 3204
stilskin@netspace.net.au http://www.vicnet.net.au/~costume/
CONVERGENCE
41st Australian National Science Fiction Convention June 7 - 10
2002 GsoH Joe Haldeman, Sean Williams Lucy Sussex, Gay Haldeman
and Race Mathews Toastmaster Jack Dann Cato Conference Centre
Melbourne Web:- http://www.vicnet.net.au/~converge/ email:-
contact-convergence@egroups.com.
CON JOSE
The 60th World Science Fiction Convention August 29 to September
2, 2002 San Jos McEnery Convention Centre GsoH Vernor Vinge,
David Cherry, Bjo & John Trimble, Ferdinand Feghoot Toastmaster
Tad Williams. P.O. Box 61363 Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363 U.S.A.
ConJose@sfsfc.org http://www.conjose.org/ Attending membership
rate goes up to A$205 (Supporting A$60). Australian agent: Terry
Frost, 4/8 Walker St, West Brunswick, VIC 3055. Cheques payable
to "60th World Science Fiction Convention."
GoH = Guest of Honour
O.C.P. = Other Commitments Permitting
tba= to be announced.
EVENTS
Note that there is an annual calendar available on the Vicnet SF
web site at http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/2000cal.htm
CLUB NEWS
ACT
CANBERRA SPECULATIVE FICTION GROUP August 16 Writers Centre at
Gorman House. les.petersen@detya.gov.au CSFG-subscribe@egroups.com
NSW
SYDNEY FUTURIANS September 8 7:00pm Room 1615, 16th floor,
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Tower building, Broadway
SKYFORCE SYDNEY October 22 12:00pm to 5:00pm Lidcombe Catholic
Workmen's Club 24 John Street, Lidcombe
QUEENSLAND
THE FORCE GUILD ASSOCIATION August 13 Metro Arts Brisbane GPO Box
3156 Brisbane Qld 4001. http://theforceguild.ozlinx.com.au/
STARGATE:SG1 AUGUST 20 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Brisbane
CONQUEST September 3 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Brisbane
GPO Box 1376 Brisbane Qld 4001
QUEST September 10 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Brisbane GPO
Box 2084 Brisbane Qld 4001
BRISBANE DR WHO CLUB September 24 Red Cross Centre, 409 Adelaide
St Brisbane P.O. Box 10308, Adelaide St, Brisbane, Qld 4000
BUFFY November 25 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Brisbane
S.A.
PARSEC: THE AUSSIE STAR WARS APPRECIATION SOCIETY August 27 12-5
pm Adelaide High School P.O. Box 306, Greenacres, S.A., 5086
http://www.parsec.homepad.com/
CRITICAL MASS September 6 No meeting details available Writers
Centre Adelaide PO Box 3355, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA 5000
dmw@pobox.com
VICTORIA
MSFC August 11 Video night 8:00 pm St. David's Uniting Church
Hall, 74 Melville Road, West Brunswick P.O. Box 212 World Trade
Centre Melbourne 3005 http://www.vicnet.net.au/~msfc/
MSFC@eGroups.com
FRIDAY NIGHT MOB August 11, August 18, August 25 6:00-7.30pm.
Informal eating and nattering. Myers Cafeteria Melbourne
FRIENDS OF MIDDLE EARTH SF & F MASQUERADE BALL August 12 6:30 pm
Monash Inn 72 Clayton Rd North Clayton 3168 ph 0401 547 894 or
9775 8016 or fome@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
SKYFORCE 2000 August 12 1:00 to 5:00pm Charles Pearson Theatre ERC
University of Melbourne P.O. Box 427 Northcote Vic 3070
http://www.starwalking.net
SPACED OUT August 12 2:00pm "What is Slash Fiction?" ALSO
Building, 1/35 Cato st, Prahran Vic spaceout@vicnet.net.au
MULTIVERSE PREVIEW HOLLOW MAN August 21 7:00pm Hoyts Cinema
Centre, 140 Bourke Street Melbourne $10.50 per adult, $8.50 per
child http://www.vicnet.net.au/~multivrs/
DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA August 25: Fast Eddys Night Fast Eddys
Cafe, top end of Bourke Street (Next to the Metro Nightclub). 7pm
onwards. PO Box 734, Niddrie Victoria, Australia 3042
ENTERPRISE August 26 Discussion Star Trek's influence on the
worldP.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
enterprs@vicnet.net.au http://www.vicnet.net.au/~enterprise/ 0418
56 1701
6TH ANNUAL AUSTRALIAN COSTUMERS' GUILD BALL August 26 The Centre
Ivanhoe, 275 Upper Heidelberg Rd. Ivanhoe. PO Box 322, Bentleigh
Vic 3204 stilskin@netspace.net.au
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~costume/
AUSTREK September 2 2:00pm St Mark's Church Hall Cnr Canterbury
& Burke Rds, Camberwell GPO Box 5206AA Melbourne 3001
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~austrek/
NOVA MOB September 6 Alan Stewart on Stephen Baxter 13 Frederick
St Brunswick
DANDENONG SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY September 13 8:00pm Dandenong
Library Meeting Room P.O. Box 706 Frankston Vic 3199 Ann McGann
0407 510 159
COSTUMER'S GUILD September 24 Ross House 247 Flinders Lane,
Melbourne. PO Box 322, Bentleigh Vic 3204
W.A.
EIDOLON WEBSITE RELAUNCHING September 1
FANZINES
CONQUEST 2000 August 2000 4pp Conquest GPO Box 1376 Brisbane Qld
4001 Australia http://conquest2000.tsx.org
VANAMONDE 363-367 2pp each John Hertz 236 S. Coronado St No 409
Los Angeles CA 90057 USA
ELECTRONIC FANZINES
CHICON 2000 INFOBOT NEWS 27-Jul-2000 & 3-Aug-2000 Chaz Boston
Baden P. O. Box 642057 Chicago IL 60664 USA hazel@chicon.org
http://www.chicon.org/
EMERALD CITY 59 Cheryl Morgan http://www.emcit.com
cmorgan@ceres.wallis.com
THE PAPER SNARL 14 PaperSnarl@aol.com http://www.papertiger.co.uk
ANSIBLE 157 Dave Langford 94 London Road Reading Berkshire RG1 5AU
U.K. ansible@cix.co.uk http://www.ansible.co.uk/
DEADLINES
Bullsheet #150 August 22 2000.
Swancon 2001 Short Films August 20 2000
James White Award August 23, 2000
Chandler Award Nominations September 30 2000
GUFF 2001 November 13 2000
This Fanzine Supports The Minneapolis in '73 WorldCon Bid The
Toronto in 2003 WorldCon Bid. and the Australia in 2007 WorldCon
Bid Warman & Woods for GUFF!
OTHER STUFF
Paul Barnett notes "The Paper Tiger Online Gallery is at last
available for viewing.
http://www.papertiger.co.uk/ezine/fantasy_gallery/index.html
The designers at IllustratedLibrary.com, who have put the
site together, have been labouring mightily under very tight
constraints, and there are still modifications to be made to the
Gallery. In particular, for most of the artists there are yet more
pictures to be added -- for the sake of speed, the designers have
limited each artist to ten pictures, with the remainder to be
added once the initial pell-mell panic has died down a bit
(hopefully during this coming week).
CALL FOR PAPERS
SFRA 2001, The 32nd Science Fiction Research Association
Conference 24 to 27 May 2001 solicits papers, paper proposals, and
panel proposals from scholars interested in any aspect of Science
Fiction. In particular, the 2001 Conference will focus on the
prospects for science fiction in the coming millennium, its
historical roots and its connections to other genres.
Paper Proposal: Please send a 250 word abstract (Maximum 20 minute
reading time for the finished paper.) including the presentation
title, your name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail
address. The receipt of proposal will be confirmed by e-mail.
Panel Proposal: Please send the panel name and a 250 word
abstract. Please include the panel title, the panel chair (who may
be one of the presenters), mailing address, phone number, and
e-mail address of each presenter. The receipt of proposal will be
confirmed by e-mail. Mail Or E-Mail Submissions To: SFRA 2001,
Programming Chairman, Barbara Chepaitis, 19 Hillside Avenue,
Schenectady, NY 12308, USA; chepaitis@aol.com. SFRA 2001 will
accept submissions beginning Monday, 16 October 2000 through
Thursday, 15 March 2001
LETTERATURE
Garth Spencer writes "An "SF Fan's Consumer Advice Web Site"?
*Consumer*? Well, I guess it had to happen.
I saw the mention of someone's panels on "Care and Preservation of
Fanzines" right after seeing today's e-mail to Timebinders from
Don Fitch, commenting on a New Yorker article: apparently, North
American libraries are simply giving up large, bulky collections
like old, bound newspapers, sometimes replacing them with
microfilm; however, the microfilm is sometimes unreadable. Don
pointed out that we may be best advised, if we try to preserve
fanzines in libraries, to offer them microfilm or electronic
versions."