THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #36 – July 21st 1995
A slack but 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@fc.ausom.oz.au).
Postal subscriptions $6-00 for ten issues.(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 orthe Ausom FC BBS 9543 3411
STAR TREK: THE NEW AGE?
The most recent Captain's Log features an flier for a lecture by
one Jim Golding Phd(sic) who is talking about such matters as the
Star People, star seeding of humanity, time as such, ceasing to be
in 2012 and "coming home". The flier assures us that his
information and Star Trek are derived from the same source!
Sounds almost as bad as the plot for the Robinson's recent
Starmind novel. (Then again, this could be some subtle Trek
humour which is going right over my head.)
ON THE BOX
Ex-MSFC member Alison ap Rys appeared on Sale of the Century
18/7/95. She was beaten convincingly by the carry-over champion,
but got the last word in. The final question in the Fast Money
was "What sort of fiction did Isaac Asimov write?" "Science
Fiction!" exclaimed Alison. Regular Nova Mob attendee Bruce Barnes
is back on the Box. He appears as a parking inspector, someone who
obviously wouldn't listen to Fox FM in their latest advert.
IN PRINT
Katerine Phelps, author of Surf's Up: Internet Australian Style,
and sometime fan, has been increasing her media profile. Juice
magazine (July 1995) includes a photo that would grace any SCA
event and mentions that the media have dubbed her "Princess
Internet". She also features prominantly in the July 1995 issue of
Internet Australasia, in a piece called "Net Girl"
CONVENTION UPDATES
Arcon has released its July newsletter. TerraCon has also released
its update.
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
STARFEST August 26 World Congress Centre. Guests Marina Sirtis &
Dave McDonnell. Pre-bookings $35 ($20 for children) c/o Austrek
GPO Box 5206AA Melbourne Vic 3001 $42 at the door.
THE REUNION #3 August 25-27 Susan Clarke 6 Bellevue Road
Faulconbridge NSW 2776.
MINI-CONVENTION September 9-10 Trek Australis Ashfield Catholic
Club, 7 Charlotte St Ashfield
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. Att Ages 12-18yrs $30. Supp $20.
CONTINUUM (Conquest 95) October 13-15 GsoH Jerry Hardin O.C.P. &
Richard Arnold. Gateway Hotel, Brisbane GPO Box 1376 Brisbane
4001 (07) 273 6512 Att $85 until August
BASICON 1995 Media Natcon October 14 venue tba $20 Att ($100 at
the door.) Hucksters $30. Banquet $7 P.O. Box 567 Blackburn 3130
TERROR 95 Horror Convention. October 27-29 Caulfield Arts Complex
Victoria. GsoH Richard Harland, Michael Helms & Big Bad Ralph.
$40 to 1/6/95; $45 to 25/10/95; $50 at the door. Hucksters $75.
P.O. Box 7545 St Kilda Rd Melbourne 3004 (03) 9509 0766
MUDCON November 18-19 Winery tour/Convention. Susan Clarke 6
Bellevue Road Faulconbridge NSW 2776
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 April 4-8 1996. Kings Hotel Perth. GsoH Bruce
Sterling, Neil Gaiman & Robin Pen. Membership $50 until May 31;
$60 from then until September 30; Supp $20; Voting $10. GPO Box
G429, Perth, 6001 Ph:(09) 434 4167. E-mail julian@multiline.com.au
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
MEDTREK V Australia Day Weekend 1997 UWS Hawkesbury Richmond NSW
Susan Clarke 6 Bellevue Road Faulconbridge NSW 2776
CONSPIRACY 1997 18th New Zealand National Science Fiction
Convention (bidding for the 15th Australasian SF Media Con) March
28 to 31 1997. Airport Hotel Wellington N.Z. GsoH tba. PO Box
10104, Wellington, New Zealand.Email: concom@sans.vuw.ac.nz
AUSTRALIA IN '99 Bid for the 1999 World Science Fiction
Convention. $10 pre-supporting rate. P.O. Box 99 Bayswater 3153.
GoH = Guest of Honour
O.C.P. = Other Commitments Permitting
tba= to be announced.
OTHER EVENTS
N.S.W.
FUTURIAN SOCIETY OF SYDNEY July 21 7pm. Room 1615 Uni of
Technology Sydney. Other Dimensions
THE WINTER BALL July 29 Elim House, Shaftesbury St Burwood (NSW).
$50. Bookings by July 20th 6 Bellevue Road Faulconbridge NSW
2776. Proceeds to the Linda Cox Chan Fund for Diabetes Research.
TREK AUSTRALIS August 13 11am-2pm Ashfield Catholic Club, 7
Charlotte St Ashfield
SOUTHERN SF GROUP August 19 12.30 pm Lunch at the Mortdale Hotel
Bistro; talk "Series, are they a pain in the " (02) 534-3595 15
Shade Place Lugarno (02) 534-3595
SYDNEY DR WHO FAN CLUB 4th Sunday of month Sefton District Girl
Guides Hall. P.O. Box 381, Chester Hill, 2162 (02) 727-4272 (Kate
Orman reports " The Sydney Doctor Who / Science Fiction Fan Club's
current address is GPO Box 2870 Sydney NSW 2001, phone (02)
5577036, email neelix@eagle.asstdc.com.au. They no longer meet at
Sefton." Ron Clarke's The Sydney Futurian still reports them as
meeting at the Sefton Guide's Hall. Could someone throw some light
on this?)
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) 543 603 (049) 43 2666 e-mail
shadow@scorch.hna.com.au
BABYLON 5 OZ FAN CLUB PO Box 161 Adamstown NSW 2289. Fanzines
The Babble-on Babylon 5 and Gold Channel e-mail
shadow@scorch.hna.com.au
PENRITH SF GROUP (047) 322-179 or (047) 301-073
AUSTRALIAN SF ASSOCIATION GPO Box 4440 Sydney 2000
DR WHO FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIA PO Box 4 Epping NSW 2121 email:
Kate.Orman@mq.edu.au $9 per year
GARGOYLE CLUB First Friday of month 7.00pm, Royal Exhibition Hotel
Surrey Hills
THE THURSDAY NIGHT GROUP Informal eating and nattering. 5-7pm
Thursday Nights. Ali Baba Caf on George St. (Contact Graham Batho
(02) 807-2573 for details)
TAVERN Monthly booze-up for Doctor Who fans in Sydney. First
Friday of month, 6 pm. Museum Hotel (just behind the Australian
Museum)
VICTORIA
MSFC 7-30pm St David's Church Hall 74 Melville Rd West
Brunswick July 21 Urban Myths July 28 Milo, Munchings & Musings
P.O. Box 212 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
SCIENCE EXPLAINS THE ALIEN PRESENCE July 25 6.30pm South Melbourne
Conference Centre. $30 at the door. (03) 9506-4255. Dr Jim Golding
Phd. (sic)
THE SECOND ANNUAL FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION Masquerade Ball July
29 7.30pm Glenferrie Masonic Hall 3 Lauder St Glenferrie. $17 at
the door. Bookings 5628784. 5400323. e-mail
eleni@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au. The Fellowship of Middle earth,
Monash University Union Clayton 3168
NOVA MOB August 2 Beverley MacDonald Alan Stewart's Place. Phone
Alan Stewart for details (03) 9429 8354
TIME-TREKKERS August 4 Bendigo Community Support Centre 46
Sternberg St Bendigo P.O. Box 934 Bendigo 3550
STAR TREK MARATHONS August 5 6:30pm State Film Centre 1 Macarthur
St East Melbourne (03) 9758 1807
AUSTREK August 6 2pm Coppin Hall 313 Punt Road Prahran. Star Trek
Games GPO Box 5206AA Melbourne Vic 3001
DANDENONG VALLEY SCIENCE FICTION & FUTURIST SOCIETY August 11, 8pm
Dandenong Library. Ann McGann 63 Woodside Ave, Frankston, 3199.
5971-3645.
ENTERPRISE July 22 1-5pm Annual Interclub Ten Pin Bowling
Footscray Bowl P.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre 3005
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA September 23 6.30 pm 5th Annual S.F. Ball.
Royal Parade Hotel Parkville. $34/ticket. P.O. Box 466 World
Trade Centre 3005
FRIDAY NIGHT MOB Friday Nights 6-7.30pm. Informal eating and
nattering. K&Ms, Myer Arcade Melbourne
GAMMA QUADRANT OUTPOST A local chapter of the U.S. based Bajoran
Alliance, (Deep Space Nine) P.O. Box 567 Blackburn 3130
k.pender-gunn@latrobe.edu.au
AUSTRALIAN BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB P.O. Box 41 West Brunswick 3055
Fanzine Babbling On
QLD
WARP SPEED (Brisbane) July 30 GPO Box 2004 Brisbane 4001 (07) 356
5472
CONQUEST 95 August 5 GPO Box 1376 Brisbane 4001 (07) 273 6512
QUEST Star Trek August 13 12 noon - 4.00 pm Yungaba Community
Centre, 100 Mains Rd Kangaroo Point (07) 356 5472
BRISBANE DR WHO CLUB August 20 P.O. Box 10308 Adelaide St Brisbane
4000
NEW HORIZONS September 3 British Sf 776 Cavendish Rd Holland Park
4121 (07) 349 2229
11:21 (Qld X-Files Club) Contact Flat 2, 10 Roseglen St
Greenslopes 4120
S.A.
CRITICAL MASS August 2 8pm SA Writers' Centre, Second Floor, 187
Rundle Street, Adelaide. 6:30 Five Spices Restaurant
THE 'NOCK August 8 6:30pm The Brechnock Hotel, King William St,
Adelaide.
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)
THE WEST LODGE Doctor Who Fan Club. First Saturday of the month
at the Collins Street Centre, South Perth. Snail-Mail : P.O. Box
190 Mt Lawley 6050 E-Mail : nulsmurf@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
A.C.T.
CANBERRA S FS August 3, 7:30pm, general meeting, venue TBA ph
(06) 288 6391 (ah) PO Box 47, Civic Square ACT 2608
FANZINES
REVIEW ZINE #36 News & Reviews Susan Smith-Clarke 6 Bellevue Rd
Faulconbridge NSW 2776. $1/issue
STRANGE MATTER #13 Dr Who apa Sian O'Neale 185 Kooyong Rd Toorak
3142
ETHEL THE AARDVARK #61 Paul Ewins for the MSFC P.O. Box 212 World
Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
THE SYDNEY FUTURIAN #8 & 9 Ron Clarke for the Futurian Society of
Sydney PO Box K940 Haymarket 2000
THE CAPTAIN'S LOG 216 Katharine Shade for Austrek GPO Box 5206AA
Melbourne Vic 3001
BBS
ECHO BASE HOTH (03) 9563-1323.
THE CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS STAR TREK (03) 9723 8344.
Ausom's First Class BBS SF conference called Sci Fi (03)
9545-5215.
PSIBAUD is currently dead.
WEB PAGES
BABYLON 5 OZ FAN CLUB
htttp://www.ozemail.com.au/~bab5oz/bab5oz.html
DAVID GRIGG
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~drgrigg
DR WHO FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIA
http://della.anu.edu.au/dwfca/dwfca.members.html
PERRY MIDDLEMISS
http://www.peg.apc.org/~larrikin/welcome.htm
VICNET
http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/sf/sfpage.html
DEADLINES
1996 FFANZ Nominations August 11 1995
1996 FFANZ Voting December 8 1995
1996 Ditmar Nominations January 31 1996
1996 ASFMA Nominations January 31 1996
SOURCES
Warp Speed, Aaron Brockbank, Kate Orman, Review Zine, The Sydney
Futurian
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