THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #40 – September 15th 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.net.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 9545-5215
MORE REPORTS FROM THE SCOTTISH CONVENTION
(Intersection, the 1995 Worldcon)
Ex-Tasmanian fan Giulia de Cesare, now a resident of the UK, latched on
to Sharon, Danny and Becky with a cry of "At last! Australian accents!"
Stephen Boucher reports that other expatriates and current Australians
and assorted, including Cathy Kerrigan did sterling work on the
Australia in '99 table.
FAN ACTIVITIES
Ron Serduik has opened a bookshop in Brisbane called Pulp Fiction,
specialising in Fantasy, SF and Crime and Mystery. Carey Handfield and
Paul Voermans have been running Internet seminars for The Victorian
Writers' Centre. The next is on October 14th.
CONVENTION UPDATES
Only a week until ARCon. Meanwhile Terror 95 has gone the way of all
flesh. It has died the death. James Allen notes " due to not enough
paying members Terror 95 Horror convention has been cancelled. Those few
who have paid a membership will get a refund." Meanwhile New Horizons in
Brisbane has announced Parliament of Dreams, a Babylon 5 Convention,
for May 1996.
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
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. ($75 at the door) 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 Banquet $40
BASICON 1995 Media Natcon October 21 Melbourne University Student Union
Building. $20 Att ($100 at the door.) Hucksters $30. Banquet $7 P.O.
Box 567 Blackburn 3130
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 $60 until September 30; Supp $20; Voting
$10. GPO Box G429, Perth, 6001 Ph:(09) 361 8210 or (09) 381 7534. E-mail
julian@multiline.com.au
PARLIAMENT OF DREAMS Babylon 5 3-5 May 1996 The Ridge Hotel, Leichardt
Street Brisbane GoH Jerry Doyle (Garibaldi) $95 payable to New Horizons
PO Box 492, Corinda, QLD 4075 (07) 375-1775
CONSTELLATION NZ Natcon: Queens Birthday Weekend 1996 The Christchurch
City Travelodge, NZ GsoH Michael Moorcock, Peter Jackson, 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 September 15 7pm Room 1615 University of
Technology Sydney. Topic "The Long Night" P.O. Box K490 Haymarket NSW
2000
SYDNEY DR WHO FAN CLUB September 23 Anglican Church Hall, 2 Rochford
Street Erskineville 9:30 to 4:00 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:
korman@laurel.ocs.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 September 15th 7-30pmTea & Tidbits Sept 22 Beverages & Bickies
Sept 29 Cards Oct 6 Round Robin St David's Church Hall 74 Melville Rd
West Brunswick P.O. Box 212 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
GALLIFREY September 16 12 noon. Indoor rock climbing. Vic Ranges
Flemington. (ph) 0411 180 717. GPO Box 910G Melbourne 3001
DANDENONG VALLEY SCIENCE FICTION & FUTURIST SOCIETY September 19, 8pm
Dandenong Library. Ann McGann 63 Woodside Ave, Frankston, 3199.
5971-3645.
ENTERPRISE September 23 10am Car Rally Moreland Park Brunswick P.O. Box
466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005 (03) 583 7404
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
NOVA MOB October 4 Terry Frost Alan Stewart's Place. Phone Alan
Stewart for details (03) 9429 8354
STAR TREK™ MARATHONS October 7 6:30pm State Film Centre 1 Macarthur St
East Melbourne (03) 9758 1807
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
THE X-FILES FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIA P.O. Box 402, Niddrie 3042., Fanzine
The Field Journal.
DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA GPO Box 4782UU Melbourne VIC 3001. $12 per
year. Fanzine Sonic Screwdriver. Meetings Second Saturday of the month.
email: borad@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
AUSTRALIAN HORROR SOCIETY 1st Thursday of the month, 7.30 pm back room
Maori Chieftan Hotel, Moray St Sth Melbourne. P.O. Box 7545 St Kilda Rd
Melb. 3004.
QLD
BRISBANE DR WHO CLUB September 17 P.O. Box 10308 Adelaide St Brisbane
4000
QUEST Star Trek™ October 812 noon - 4.00 pm Yungaba Community Centre,
100 Mains Rd Kangaroo Point (07) 356 5472
WARP SPEED (Brisbane) October 29 GPO Box 2004 Brisbane 4001 (07) 356
5472
CONQUEST 95 November 5 GPO Box 1376 Brisbane 4001 (07) 273 6512
NEW HORIZONS December 17 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 October 4 8pm SA Writers' Centre, Second Floor, 187 Rundle
Street, Adelaide. 6:30 Five Spices Restaurant
THE 'NOCK October 11 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 No current information ph (06) 288 6391 (ah) PO Box 47,
Civic Square ACT 2608
FANZINES
SYDNEY FUTURIAN #10 Ron Clarke for The Futurian Society of Sydney P.O.
Box K490 Haymarket NSW 2000
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. Rumour has it that Austrek has bought The Captain's Quarters
equipment.
WEB PAGES
AFR
http://www.peg.apc.org/~roman/afr/afr_1/afr_1.htm
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
http://www.yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~borad/dwcv-home.html
Dr Who Fan Club of Australia
http://www.ocs.mq.edu.au:80/~korman/dwfca.html
Festival of the Imagination 1996 (under construction)
http://midnight.com.au/~mjl/foti1996.html
Ibn Qirtaiba
http://odyssey.apana.org.au/~terminus.
Eric Lindsay
http://www.maths.uts.edu.au/eric/sf.html
Kate Orman
http://www.ocs.mq.edu.au:80/~korman Kate Orman
Perry Middlemiss
http://www.peg.apc.org/~larrikin/welcome.htm
UniSFA
http://www.gu.uwa.edu.au/clubs/unisfa
VicNet
http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/sf/sfpage.html
DEADLINES
1996 DUFF Nominations October 31 1995
1996 FFANZ Voting December 8 1995
1996 Ditmar Nominations January 31 1996
1996 ASFMA Nominations January 31 1996
1996 DUFF Voting April 21 1996
SOURCES
Warp Speed, Sydney Futurian, Justin Ackroyd, James Allen, Ethel the
Aardvark, Stephen Boucher, Irwin Hirsh
JOVE NODS. BULLSHEET HAPPENS
Jove was really nodding off last issue. Apart from a fleeting appearance
of an apostrophe in the possessive "its" there was the misspelling of
the Hugo Winning Mirror Dance.
DEADLINE FOR #41
Tuesday October 10th. Distribution Friday October 13th. (A break for
the September School Holidays.)
AUSTRALIA IN '99 MIDDLEMISS FOR DUFF