THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #37 – 4th August 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
or
mortlieb@vicnet.net.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 or the Ausom FC BBS 9543 3411
CAMPBELL AWARD FOR EGAN
Greg Egan's Permutation City has won the Centre for the Study of
Science Fiction's John W. Campbell Award. In addition, Greg's
Hugo—nominated story "Cocoon" topped Novelette Category in the Asimov's
9th Annual Readers' Poll. The latter was announced in the September '95
Asimov's which features Greg's story " Luminous". Meanwhile, Lucy
Sussex reports "Cathy Tasker, the editor who was behind the Harper
Collins (oz) Moonstone imprint of juvenile sf, has been sacked. What
this does to the list I dunno. She can't have gone because of the sales
figures, because the books haven't been out very long."
WORKSHOPPERS COLLABORATE
Lucy Sussex reports "Cupid, though he sometimes shoots slowly, shoots
surely. Writers Philippa Maddern and Ted Mundie are getting married
twenty years to the month after their first meeting, at the workshop run
by Ursula Le Guin at the Worldcon, Melbourne, 1975. " My apologies, by
the way, for failing to note the recent marriage of Janine Webb to Jack
Dann.
LONEY RETURNS
Having spent a while in Washington D.C., working for unnameable
Australian government agencies, Mark Loney is returning to Australia,
via Ditto 8 (U.S. Fanzine Fan Convention). He'll be dropping in on
Melbourne in late November before taking up residence in Canberra.
ASSORTED FAN INFORMATION
Perry Middlemiss is enlisting support for the Timebinders Fan History
Project in Australia. The aim is to preserve old fanzines and fan
history on disk and in sites on the Internet. Gil Poznaski featured
extensively in an article on the Internet in The Age Saturday Extra
29/7/95. Among those lucky few off to The Scottish Convention are
Stephen Boucher, Becky Tully, Danny Heap, and GUFF winners Ian Gunn and
Karen Pender-Gunn, all of whom have been loaded down with promotional
materials for the Australia in '99 WorldCon bid.
CONVENTION INFORMATION
The ARCon Memory Book, being edited by Jean Weber, will feature a piece
by Ursula K. Le Guin. Jean says it's something in the way of a sequel to
her speech at Aussiecon in 1975.
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 GoH 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
Thanks to all those who sorted me out over the Sydney Dr Who Fan Club.
The correct details appear below.
N.S.W.
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 The Sydney Doctor Who Science Fiction Fan Club
hopes to meet the fourth Saturday of every month but that occasionally
doesn't happen. Our next meeting dates are August 19th, September 23rd,
October 28th, November 25th. Entry is $5 for members $6 for non-members.
At the Anglican Church Hall, 2 Rochford Street Erskineville (Near
Newtown) 9:30 to 4:00 $15.00 made payable to Neil Hogan GPO Box 2870
Sydney NSW 2001.
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 Café 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
Friday nights. P.O. Box 212 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
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 August 26 Collectors showcase The Horticultural Society Hall
31 Victoria St P.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005 (03) 583
7404
NOVA MOB September 6 Ali Kayn Alan Stewart's Place. Phone Alan Stewart
for details (03) 9429 8354
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
DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA GPO Box 4782UU Melbourne VIC 3001 email:
borad@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au. $12 per year. Fanzine Sonic Screwdriver.
Meetings Second Saturday of the month.
QLD
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
WARP SPEED (Toowomba) August 26 GPO Box 2004 Brisbane 4001 (07) 356 5472
WARP SPEED (Brisbane) August 27 GPO Box 2004 Brisbane 4001 (07) 356 5472
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.
THE 'NOCK August 8 6:30pm The Brechnock Hotel, King William St, Adelaide.
CRITICAL MASS September 6 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)
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 August 17,
7:30pm, Wig and Pen, Canberra House, Canberra ph (06) 288 6391 (ah) PO Box
47, Civic Square ACT 2608
FANZINES
THYME #104 Alan Stewart P.O. Box 222, World Trade Centre, Melbourne 3005.
E-mail s_alanjs@eduserve.its.unimelb.edu.au Comes with Australian Sf News
#64 Alan Stewart & Merv Binns, Artychoke #13 Ian Gunn and Dave Langford's
Ansible #96 in which Peter Nicholls quotes me as saying "Who is this mad
old fart?" when he stood up at the Constantinople Business Session in 1994.
For the record, I am and was fully aware of which mad old fart Peter is.
Even if I didn't recognise him the lingering odour of cigar smoke gives him
away.
OSCILLATION OVERTHRUSTER 002 News & assorted info. Sue Ann Barber P.O. Box
1169 Bibra Lake 6163. E-mail activeim@perth.dialix. oz.au
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.
WEB PAGES
Ibn Qirtaiba is the name of an SF fanzine new to the World Wide Web. It
covers both written and media SF and includes reviews, interviews, fiction
and feature articles. Issues 1 to 9, originally published in hard copy,
are currently available, and new issues exclusive to the Web are soon to
come. Submissions of articles or letters are welcome!
Ibn Qirtaiba is Netscape 1.2 enhanced and graphics-intensive. If you have
trouble accessing it at a reasonable speed, try turning off "auto load
images". If this still doesn't help, try visiting again in about the
middle of August, when the bandwidth of the magazine's current server will
be upgraded. Please contact Jeremy Malcolm
if you are willing to mirror Ibn Qirtaiba.
BABYLON 5 OZ FAN CLUB
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~bab5oz/bab5oz.html
DAVID GRIGG
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~drgrigg
DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA
yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~borad/dwcv-home.html
DR WHO FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIA
modjadji.anu.edu.au/steve/dwfca/dwfca.www.html
IBN QIRTAIBA
http://odyssey.apana.org.au/~terminus.
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, Lucy Sussex, Justin Ackroyd, Cath Ortlieb (BS 36), Neil Hogan,
Grant Stone, David J Richardson, Thyme
DEADLINE FOR #38
Tuesday August 15th. Distribution Friday August 18th.
AUSTRALIA IN '99 NEWS
The Bid currently has around ninety local pre-supporting members.
We will be running a "bidding party" at the MSFC meeting on September 1st,
to give people an idea of what running the bid involves.
The bidding committee and other interested parties meet monthly at Alan
Stewart's place.
A second issue of Platypussary, along with a new flier are in the pipeline
and will be available within the next month.
We currently need more presupporting members and more people to join LACON
III in order to vote Australia in the site selection ballot.
CONTACTS:—
P.O. Box 99 Bayswater 3153 for more information on the bid. ($10 for a
presupporting membership)
L.A. Con III Eric Lindsay & Jean Weber 7 Nicholl Ave Ryde NSW 2112 . ($A42
supporting membership which entitles you to vote for Australia in '99.)