THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #29 – 31st March 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).
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SWINGING SYDNEY FANDOM
Eric Lindsay reports visiting US West Coast fan Fred Patten was attacked by a
damper while dining with Sydney fans. He was saved by Nick Stathopoulos.
Fred was a featured speaker at a conference on furry humanoid animals.
Rich and Linda McAllister, Silicon Valley fans, will be in Sydney from 22nd
March, and are expected at Galaxy and after on Thursday, following a trip
to the Blue Mountains and dinner with Marilyn Pride, Lewis Morley, Jean
Weber, Eric Lindsay and others. The visitors report that, as far as they
know, they are not allergic to ferrets. Jean and Eric expect to be
visiting the USA before Easter, and will attend Corflu, the fanzine
convention in Las Vegas. The pair will also visit Seattle and Silicon Valley.
PAT & ROGER SIMS WIN DUFF
The votes were fairly evenly divided in Australia, but strongly biased
towards the Sims in the U.S.. Roger and Pat will be at Thylacon. Alan
Stewart will publish details on the voting and their itinerary. Another
DUFF candidate, Lucy Schmeidler, plans to attend Thylacon.
IN PRINT
As of issue #12 The Australian SF Writers' News ceases to be. It will be
incorporated in Aurealis. The following comes straight from #12. Julie
Haydon's first book "Lines Upon the Skin" will be published by Pan Macmillan
in June. Penguin have published Allan Baillie's children's novel "Magician".
Damien Broderick has been awarded a Category A one year fellowship by the
Literature Board of the Australia Council. Shane Dix, Dirk Strasser, Sean
Williams & Steven Paulsen have all sold to the British magazine Beyond:
Fantasy and Science Fiction. Dirk and George Turner have been published
in a German anthology "Die Pilotin".. Stephen Dedman has sold a story to
Ellen Datlow's anthology "Little Deaths: Tales of Horror and Sex".
ON THE BOX
TVTV (28/3/95) did another piece on Star Trek, including footage from a
Sydney Trek Convention that featured Walter Koenig & Gates MacFadden.
Featured in the report was comedian Steady Eddy who paid lots for an
autographed photo of Nimoy & Shatner.
PROFESSIONALS ON TOUR
Ellen Datlow will be in Melbourne in the week following Easter. Kim Stanley
Robinson will be visiting Melbourne and Sydney after Thylacon, arriving in
Melbourne on June 13 and departing June 14. He arrives in Sydney on
June 14 and departs for the USA on June 17. Jean Weber and Eric Lindsay
are organising something probably on June 16th near the UTS.
E-mail ERIC@ZEN.MATHS.UTS.EDU.AU Snail-mail Jean Weber, 7 Nicoll Avenue,
Ryde, NSW 2112 (enclosing a s.s.a.e. for return of the flyer)
CONVENTION UPDATES
The Festival of the Imagination 96 has announced its venue, the Kings Hotel
in Perth and Lit GoH Bruce Sterling. Membership is $50 till the middle of
May, supporting $20. Postal address GPO Box G429, Perth, 6001
Ph:(09) 434 4167.
Thylacon has sent out an assortment of information, including their hotel
booking form and assorted fliers. A Progress Report is due Real Soon Now.
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
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 Con 1995. 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
THE FESTIVAL OF THE IMAGINATION '96 ( Confusion 96/Swancon 21) Lit/Media
NatCon Easter 1996. Kings Hotel Perth. GoH Bruce Sterling. Membership
$50 till the middle of May, supporting $20. GPO Box G429, Perth, 6001
Ph:(09) 434 4167.
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 April 21 7pm Science fiction in science fiction
(fans in sf, etc). Room 1614, Tower Building, University of Technology,
17 Broadway, Sydney. Contact Ron Clarke (02) 489-5826
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
BABYLON 5 OZ Fan Club PO Box 161 Adamstown NSW 2289
AUSTRALIAN DR WHO CLUB PO Box 4 Epping NSW 2121
email: Kate.Orman@mq.edu.au $9 per year Fanzine "Data Extract"
VICTORIA
MSFC March 31 Coffee, Cake & Generations Chat; April 7 Instant Fanzine;
7-30pm St David's Church Hall 74 Melville Rd West Brunswick P.O. Box 212
World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
AUSTREK April 1 10am Village Cinemas Knox. Screening of Star Trek VI
followed by Generations. Phone 887 1701 for further details
NOVA MOB April 5 Alan Stewart's Place Wynne Whitford on Kim Stanley
Robinson's Red Mars. Phone Alan Stewart for details (03) 429 8354
SKYFORCE Star Wars April 8 1-5pm St Mark's Church Hall Camberwell.
ENTERPRISE Star Trek A.G.M. April 22 1pm Horticultural Society Hall,
Victoria St Melbourne P.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
STAR TREK MARATHONS Glasshouse Theatrette, RMIT Union 360 Swanston St
6:30pm first Sat of the month.
QLD
COSMIC COTILLION April 1 Irish Club GPO Box 2004 Brisbane 4001 (07) 356 5472
CONQUEST 95 April 2 GPO Box 1376 Brisbane 4001 (07) 273 6512
QUEST Star Trek April 9 12noon - 4.00pm Yungaba Community Centre,
100 Mains Rd Kangaroo Point (07) 356 5472
BRISBANE DR WHO CLUB April 16 P.O. Box 10308 Adelaide St Brisbane 4000
WARP SPEED April 29(Gold Coast) GPO Box 2004 Brisbane 4001 (07) 356 5472
S.A.
CRITICAL MASS April 5 8pm SA Writers' Centre, Second Floor, 187 Rundle
Street, Adelaide. 6:30 Five Spices Restaurant
AUSFA, c/- Clubs Association, University of Adelaide, North Terrace,
Adelaide SA 5001.
W.A.
UNISFA - University of Western Australia Science Fiction Association.
See Web page or e-mail (nulsmurf@tartarus.uwa.edu.au) Simon Oxwel for
more details.
THE WEST LODGE Doctor Who Fan Club. First Saturday of the month at the
Collins Street Centre, South Perth. Entry Fee $1.50members,
$3.00 non-members. Snail-Mail : P.O. Box 190 Mt Lawley 6050
E-Mail : nulsmurf@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
A.C.T., TAS
No current information
FANZINES
THYME #102 Newszine. Alan Stewart P.O. Box 222 World Trade Centre Melbourne
3005.
AUSTRALIAN SF WRITER'S NEWS #12 Dirk Strasser & Sarah Endacott
P.O. Box 538 Mt Waverley 3149. Now extinct, but back issues are available.
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WEB PAGES
UNISFA
http://www.gu.uwa.edu.au /unisfa/
DAMIEN WARMAN
http://smug.student.adelaide.edu.au/~damien/
SUNDANCE BILSON-THOMPSON
http://smug.student.adelaide.edu.au/~kickaha/
JOVE NODS; BULLSHEET HAPPENS
The phantom typographer was in full swing last issue. Mark "Rocky" Lawson's
wife is Jae and his daughter is Michelle Maria. The ASSF apologizes for
leaving "Deersnake" off their list of Australian Fiction for 1994.
DEADLINES
Ditmar nominations March 31st 1995.
Guff March 31st 1995.
SOURCES
Warp Speed, Eric Lindsay, Simon Oxwel, Australian SF Writers' News, Justin
Ackroyd, Dennis Callegari, LynC, Jean Weber, Alan Stewart, Michael O'Brien,
Dick Smith
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