THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #56 – June 21 1996
More of the same 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).
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PEOPLE
Tim Jones notes that he and Kay are the proud parents of
Gareth Christopher Stanley Jones, born on Friday 31 May.
Isobel Carmody featured in The Sunday Age 9/6/96 discussing
her favourite book, Sheri S. Tepper's _Beauty_.
Lucy Sussex notes Isobelle Carmody's short story 'The
Pumpkin-Eater' and Julie Haydon's _Lines Upon the Skin_ were
both longlisted for this year's Tiptree award."
Lee Harding has sold a novel to a publisher in Sydney.
Expect it in March '97.
Rumour has it that there are plans to film one of Leanne
Frahm's short stories. (Leanne complains that there is never
enough gossip in The Bullsheet but then she never sends me
any...)
BULLSHEET MEDIA WATCH
The Australian Magazine June 15/16 featured Asimov's
Foundation trilogy in its"The Vulture" column. It is a
remarkably accurate summary.
STOKER AWARDS
At the Warwick Hotel on Saturday, June 8th, the Horror
Writers of America gave the Bram Stoker Award for Superior
Achievement in 1995 to: Best Novel: Zombie Joyce Carol
Oates; Best First Novel: The Safety of Unknown Cities Lucy
Taylor; Best Novella: "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe" Stephen
King; Best Short Story: "Chatting with Anubis" Harlan
Ellison; Best Fiction Collection: The Panic Hand Jonathan
Carroll Best Non-Fiction: The Supernatural Index Michael
Ashley and William Contento; Lifetime Achievement Award:
Harlan Ellison
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
MULTIVERSE 2
September 7 - 8 Edmond Barton Centre Moorabbin $30 or $20/day
P.O. Box 355 World Trade Centre Melbourne Vic 3005.
CONQUEST 96
September 27-29 GsoH Marina Sertis, Majel Barrett & Richard
Arnold. Mecure Hotel Brisbane. GPO Box 1376 Brisbane Qld
4001.
WHOVENTION III
Continuity 13th National Dr Who Convention October 4-7 GsoH
Elisabeth Sladen, Tony Howe. Rydges North Sydney $100. P.O.
Box 148 Gladesville NSW 2111 Dallas.Jones@sydpcug.org.au
MUTAGEN
tba GPO Box 910G Melbourne 3001
CONSTELLATION
NZ Natcon: Queens Birthday Weekend 1996 The Christchurch City
Travelodge, NZ GsoH Robert Sheckley, Peter Jackson, James
Dignan P.O. Box 29-119, Fendalton, Christchurch NZ. Email: c.
brandenburg@lincoln.ac.nz
SWANCON 22
January 24-27 1997 Tradewinds Hotel Fremantle (to be
confirmed) GsoH Howard Waldrop, Stephen Dedman & David Cake.
$60 until 1/10/96. P.O. Box 318 Nedlands WA 6009
MEDTREK V
January 25-27 1997 UWS Hawkesbury Richmond NSW GsoH Marilyn
Pride & Lewis Morley $50 until June 30. Susan Clarke 6
Bellevue Road Faulconbridge NSW 2776
http://www.ar.com.au/~medtrek
BASICON 2
September 27-28 1997 Media & Mainstream NatCon YWCA Cato
Conference Centre Melbourne $20 attending membership ($100 at
the door). P.O. Box 567 Blackburn 3130
CONSPIRACY
1997 18th New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention
March 28 to 31 1997. Airport Hotel Wellington N.Z. GsoH: Pat
Cadigan (confirmed) Danny John-Jules & Robert Llewellyn
(O.C.P). Dan McCarthy. Australian address PO Box 1044,
Bundoora, Victoria 3083. Full NZ$60 / AU$54. Supp NZ$15 /
AU$14. PO Box 10104, Wellington, New Zealand.Email:
concom@sans.vuw.ac.nz
FORCE 2 (Star Wars)
June 7-9 1997 Edmund Barton Conference Centre 488 South Rd
Moorabbin Vic P.O. Box 427 Northcote 3070
AUSTRALIA IN '99
Bid for the 1999 World Science Fiction Convention. $10
pre-supporting rate. P.O. Box 99 Bayswater 3153.
ZAGREB IN '99
Bid for the 1999 World Science Fiction Convention. $8
pre-supporting rate. c/o Atlas, Suite 1999, Lastovska 23,
10000 Zagreb Croatia
GoH = Guest of Honour
O.C.P. = Other Commitments Permitting
tba= to be announced.
OTHER EVENTS
N.S.W.
Southern Science Fiction Group July 13 (soup & video night)
contact 15 Shade Place Lugarno (02) 534-3595.
The Winter Ball August 31 1996 7.00pm Elim House Burwood NSW
Susan Clarke 6 Bellevue Road Faulconbridge NSW 2776
SKYFORCE Sydney September 14 The Faculty of Nursing, 88
Mallet Street Camperdown.
NEWCASTLE SCIENCE-FICTION CLUB First Sunday of every month,
Alice Ferguson Community Hall 30 Caldwell St, Merewether.
Call Craig 049 871413 for more details.
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
FUTURIAN SOCIETY OF SYDNEY
http://ftoomsh.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~ian/writings.html
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:
neelix@eagle.asstdc.com.au $9 per year
THE THURSDAY NIGHT GROUP Informal eating and nattering.
5-7pm Thursday Nights. Ali Baba Cafe on George St.
TAVERN Monthly booze-up for Doctor Who fans in Sydney. First
Friday of month, 6 pm. Museum Hotel.
PARRAMATTA SF DISCUSSION GROUP 1st Thursday of the month
7pm Infinitas Bookshop, 5/1 Horwood Place, Parramatta. (02
633 5682) ianm@mpx.com.au
SYDNEY DW SF FAN CLUB Anglican Church Hall 2 Rochford St
Erskineville GPO Box 2870 Sydney 2001
neelix@eagle.asstdc.com.au
NSW UNI SF CLUB newsletter Sub Space Relay (02) 481-9419
VICTORIA
MSFC June 21 Coffee, Cake & Conversation 7.30 pm St David's
Church Hall 74 Melville Rd West Brunswick P.O. Box 212 World
Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
THE FIRST ANNUAL COSTUMER'S BALL June 22 6.30pm Dallas Brooks
Hall 300 Albert St East Melbourne. $42/head ($38 for
Costumers' Guild members) P.O. Box 322 Bentleigh Vic 3205
(03) 9557-7088
AUSTRALIAN BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB June 22 1.00pm at the Online
Cafe & The Melting Pot restaurant. 357 Smith Street Fitzroy.
P.O. Box 41 West Brunswick 3055 Fanzine Babbling On
RENDEZVOUS June 22 11am. 5 Epsom Court Donvale Vic Video
evidence regarding certain conspiracies. BYO
ENTERPRISE June 23 1pm The Horticultural Society Hall 31
Victoria St Starfleet Mini-Olympics P.O. Box 466 World Trade
Centre Melbourne 3005 (03) 9583 7404
NOVA MOB July 3 Paul Voermans talking about Samuel R. Delany.
13 Frederick St Brunswick.
AUSTREK July 6 Starfleet Examination day venue tba GPO Box
5206AA Melbourne 3001 e-mail austrek@tbsa.com.au
DANDENONG VALLEY SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY July 10 Should SF
Stay in the Gutter Where It Belongs? 8.00pm Dandenong
Library. Ann McGann 63 Woodside Ave, Frankston, 3199.
05971-3645.
MSFC Mid-Winter Fete July 13 St David's Church Hall 74
Melville Rd West Brunswick
DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA . July 14 Horticultural Hall at
31-33 Victoria Street in the city from 11am GPO Box 4782UU
Melbourne VIC 3001 email: borad@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
PHRYNNE FISHER CLUB July 20. Afternoon tea 3.00pm at the
Windsor, 103 Spring Street Melbourne 3000. P.O. Box 41 West
Brunswick 3055
SKYFORCE (Star Wars)August 10 St Mark's Church Hall, cnr
Burke Rd & Canterbury Rd Camberwell. 1.00 to 5.00pm P.O. Box
427 Northcote 3070
FOME 3rd Annual Masquerade Ball August 10 7:00 pm Glenferrie
Masonic Hall, 3 Launder st Hawthorn. Prices will be no more
than $15 (concession should be cheaper), finger food will be
provided. Bookings FOME c/o The Union, Monash University,
Clayton Victoria 3168 fome@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
6TH ANNUAL SCI-FI BALL August 31 6.30pm The Heidelberg
Centre, Ivanhoe $40. 1 Bourke Court Laverton 3028
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.
BIG SF (Star Trek/ general SF) Ballarat P.O. Box 178
Wendouree 3355
FELLOWSHIP OF MIDDLE EARTH Monash University F & SF Society
FOME c/o The Union, Monash University, Clayton Victoria 3168
fome@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au or eleni@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~fome/
FRIDAY NIGHT MOB Friday Nights 6-7.30pm. Informal eating and
nattering. K&Ms, Myer Arcade Melbourne
GALLIFREY GPO Box 910G Melbourne 3001
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
GOULBURN VALLEY SCI-FI CLUB bi monthly 4th Sunday of the
month. Willowmere Receptions Kyabram. P.O. Box 186 Kyabram
3620
THE QUANTUM LEAP FAN CLUB Newsletter The Leaper PO Box 315,
Northcote VIC 3070
RED DWARF FAN CLUB P.O. Box 1044 Bundoora 3083
RED SQUADRON (Battlestar Galactica) G.P.O. Box 2317V
Melbourne 3001
TIME TREKKERS P.O. Box 934 Bendigo 3550.
THE X-FILES FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIA P.O. Box 402, Niddrie
3042., Fanzine The Field Journal.
Qld
11:21 (Qld X-Files Club) Contact Flat 2, 10 Roseglen St
Greenslopes 4120
BRISBANE DR WHO FAN CLUB Every two months, third Sunday of
the month CWL Coffee Lounge, off Charlotte Street, Brisbane.
PO Box 10308, Adelaide Street, Brisbane QLD 4000. email
dhutchis@cin.gov.au Conquest GPO Box 1376 Brisbane 4001
S.A.
CRITICAL MASS July 3 Roman Orszanski "Real Flash, Huh? A
load of Bull". Writers Centre Adelaide PO Box 3355, Rundle
Mall, Adelaide, SA 5000 dwarman@maths.adelaide.edu.au
AUSFA, c/- Clubs Association, University of Adelaide, North
Terrace, Adelaide SA 5001.
SASTREK Star Trek P.O. Box 369 North Adelaide S.A. 5006 (08
337 8759).
W.A.
THE NEUTRAL ZONE Star Trek One off July 5th Murdoch Uni
Education, Commerce and Law Lecture Theatres #1 and #4 .
Entry $2.00. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start. Usual
meetings last Friday of each month PO Box 1169, Bibra Lake,
WA, 6163. Phone (09) 434 4167, email: nzone@iinet.net.au
Fanzine The Final Frontier Newsletter The Defector
WRITING SF AND HORROR August 17th Stephen Dedman will be
leading a workshop at Tom Collins House. Contact the
Fellowship of Australian Writers WA (09) 384 4771, PO Box
312, Cottesloe WA 6011.
UNISFA - University of Western Australia Science Fiction
Association. e-mail doi@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
THE WEST LODGE Doctor Who Fan Club. First Saturday of the
month at the Collins Street Centre, South Perth. P.O. Box
190 Mt Lawley 6050 E-Mail : null@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
http://www.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/~null/WestLodge/WestLodge.html
WESTREK Star Trek Club of Western Australia Inc. Last Friday
of month 6:45pm. (except December second Friday) Labour
Centre Building, 82 Beaufort Street Perth. Hall . P.O. Box
307 Bentley WA 6102 Phone: (09) 356 1757 Email:
evans@pf.adied.oz.au
A.C.T.
CANBERRA S FS July 4 7:30pm Woden Library. ph (06) 288
6391 (ah) PO Box 47, Civic Square ACT 2608
FANZINES
EMERALD CITY # 9 perzine Cheryl Morgan 100610.3413
@compuserve.com,
ANZAPA 170 Official Bloody Editor Marc Ortlieb P.O. Box 215,
Forest Hill Vic 3131,
DUFF TALKABOUT #2 Pat & Roger Sims 34 Creekwood Square
Cincinnati Ohio 45246-7587.
STRANGE MATTER #16 Sian O'Neale 185 Kooyong Rd Toorak 3142
(Sian even includes a photo of John Howard on his editorial
page, but I found it too large for the bull on my dartboard
and too small and not quite absorbent enough for the other
obvious use.)
THE COMMUNICATOR #17 Derek Screen for Enterprise P.O. Box
466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
WEB PAGES
For a full listing,
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/zines.htm
Garth Spencer notes a page for things Canadian
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/sig/rsn
DEADLINES
ANZAPA #171 6 August 1996
1997 DUFF nominations 30 September 1996.
SOURCES
Alan Stewart, Tim Jones, Lucy Sussex, Sue Anne Barber, Ann
McGann, Kathryn Andersen, T.R.O. Carey Handfield, Terry
Frost, The Communicator, Garth Spencer
REQUEST FOR WORKSHOP
Edwina Harvey notes, "Re Stephen Dedman conducting a SF &
Horror writers workshop in WA , would any writers in NSW be
willing to run a similar workshop for up and coming writers ?
Possibly, but not necessarily at Medtrek '97 ? If anyone's
willing to give it a shot, I'm prepared to try and organise
it. "
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