THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #73 – March 28th 1997
A supervacaneous newszine 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).
Postal subscriptions $6-00 for ten.(Cheques made out to Marc
Ortlieb please. Stamps accepted). Available for items of gossip.
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Internet or at
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FAAN GUNN
Congratulations to Ian Gunn on winning the 1997 Fan Achievement Award
presented by this year's Corflu (The Annual Convention for fanzine fans
in the U.S.A.) for best fan artist. You never know, he might get a Hugo
yet (Nominations for this year's Hugos should be postmarked by April
1st to reach the Hugo Awards sub-committee by April 6th. If you haven't
nominated yet, it's probably too late.) The Fanwriter FAAN Award went
to DUFF candidate Andy Hooper (I gather that it was presented by
another DUFF candidate, Janice Murray). Andy & Victor Gonzales took the
fanzine FAAN Award for their zine Apparachik.
PUBLISHING
The new Tasmanian science fiction anthology ThylaXene is now available
in Melbourne (at least it is at Slow Glass Books.) It features"Adrift"
, "The Noog - a moral tale" and "Spaceman Cometh" by N.E. Doran; "4
a.m. Immortal ", "Femora Artifice ", "Search and Rescue ", "The Secret
Marriage ", "To Be A Freeman " and "The Valued Citizen " by Stuart
Newman and "ThylaXene - A History" by Craig Wellington. Alan Stewart
notes that Dance to the Sun by William Esrac will be published as a
Baen paperback in June 1997. A different version was serialised in
Tomorrow SF.
BULLSHEET MEDIA WATCH
Lucy Sussex reviews Arthur C. Clarke's 3001:The Final Odyssey in The
Sunday Age 16/3/97. She manages to sneak in plugs for George Turner and
Greg Egan in the process. Shane Morrissey got another spot on 3LO in
connection with the Star Wars relaunch. Jack Dann notes that The Memory
Cathedral has received good reviews in Sydney's the North Shore Times
and in The West Australian. Race Matthews gets another political Letter
to the Editor into the Age 24/3/97.
AUSSIECON THREE
Perry Middlemiss reports " This is to announce that Stephen Boucher has
been appointed head of the WSFS Division of Aussiecon Three. Roy
Ferguson and Justin Ackroyd will comprise the first cut of the Hugo
Awards sub-committee. In addition, Jack Herman from Sydney has agreed
to Chair the Business Meetings at the convention. It is expected that
an announcement of the Site Selection officer will be made soon."
CONVENTION NEWS
Alan Stewart reports that the 1997 Dr Who Natcon will probably be held
in Melbourne later this year but that there are no confirmed details
yet.. He also mentions that the 1998 Dr Who Natcon - CSO will be at the
Brisbane Travelodge, Roma Street Station GoHs (provisional) Caroline
John, Geoffrey Beevers. Contact Trevor Gensch (07) 5499 0265
Susan Clarke reports "Medtrek 5's books were finally balanced and after
all the bills were paid, $1,000 each was raised for Juvenile Diabetes
and Mountains Family Support Group for Children with Learning
Difficulties. Both of them are smaller charities so the amount raised
has made a difference. Not too bad for just over 100 attendees and a
maximum of $70 membership (most joined at $40).
Phantasia in Penrith is starting a Sunday chat group which will appeal
to people further west of Parramatta. Contact kemil@ozemail.com.au.
Graeme Batho and I are moving (when we sell the house at Faulconbridge)
That is going to be a real culture shock to people when the Hotel
Faulconbridge closes down. It is being replaced by the Hotel Warrimoo
which is currently being built (or negotiated to be built) at present
just three minutes walk from the railway station, bus stop and on the
Great Western Highway. Our current address is P O Box 517, Springwood
NSW 2777."
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
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
HIGHLANDER DOWN UNDER April 26-27 1997 Mercure Hotel Brisbane GoH
Peter Wingfield Features a Ceilidh. $75 as long as a $25 deposit is
paid by 1/3/97. GPO Box 2004 Brisbane Qld 4001 (07) 3282 4220 email
sonjav@powerup.com.au (please put HL Downunder in subject line)
HOLODICTION Sydney May 10, Darling Harbour. Expo and Convention with
Armin Shimmerman (Quark) and Tim Russ (Tuvok) Phone 02 9311-3841
HOLODICTION Melbourne May 11, Carlton Hotel. Armin Shimmerman (Quark -
DS-9) and Tim Russ.(Tuvok - Voyager) Phone 02 9311-3841
TELECON '97 June 1997 Dates and venue to be confirmed Melbourne. GsoH
include Ed Bishop (UFO, Capt. Scarlet)), Louise Pajo (UFO, Dr Who),
Tom Oliver, Charles Tingwell, Val Lehman, Colette Mann, Adrian
Sherlock. $100 or $150 at door. Cheques payable to James Overton. 12
Hamilton Street Crib Point, 3919 Victoria. email -
jamieo@peninsula.starway.net.au.
FORCE 2 (Star Wars) June 7-9 1997 GsoH Jeremy Bulloch (O.C.P.), Kenny
Baker (O.C.P.) & Steve Sansweet. Edmund Barton Conference Centre 488
South Rd Moorabbin Vic $125 ($150 at the door) P.O. Box 427 Northcote
3070
HOLODICTION Brisbane June 8 Mercure Hotel. Rene Ouberjonois (Odo -
DS-9) Phone 02 9311-3841
HOLODICTION Perth June 15, Enquire about venue. Rene Ouberjonois.
(Odo - DS-9) Phone 02 9311-3841
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS'97 June 20-22 1997 Sydney Masonic Centre.
Confirmed GsoH Andrew J Robinson ( Garak: DS9); Jeffrey Willerth
(Kosh: Babylon 5); Richard Arnold (Star Trek consultant); Jim Lockett
( Director, Official B5 Warner Brothers Fan Club, US) 2-Day Ticket
$140, Banquet (limit 150) $50, Cocktail Party (limit 150) $35. Friends
of Science Fiction. P.O Box 797 Fairfield, NSW, 2165 (02) 9523 8385
fsf@nlc.net.au http://www.nlc.net.au/~fsf/bobw/
HOLODICTION Adelaide June 22, Enquire about venue. Robert Picardo
(Doctor) and Rene Ouberjonois. (Odo) Phone 02 9311-3841
HOLODICTION "Mini Convention" June 29 Rene Ouberjonois and Robert
Picardo in Sydney. Phone 02 9311-3841
EVENT HORIZON II July 18-20 1997 Mercure Hotel, Brisbane GoH Michael
O'Hare (Commander Sinclair, Babylon 5) full membership $95 supporting
$30 until March 31 776 Cavendish Rd Holland Park 4121 Qld
http://www.eastwind.com.au/eh2/index.html Email E.Parry@hum.gu.edu.au
or johnc@eastwind.com.au
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.
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/basicon.htm
CONSCIENCE October 4 - 5 1997 Mecure Hotel, North Quay, Qld GPO Box
1376 Brisbane Qld 4001 (07) 3355 5938
MULTIVERSE 3 February 13-15 1998 tba
SWANCON TWENTY THREE 24th-27th April, 1998 (Anzac Day long
weekend ) Orchard Hotel, 707 Wellington St, Perth. GoH: t.b.a.
Guests: Tess Williams, Grant Stone.Dead GoH: Jules Verne Fan
Guest: Gina Goddard. Membership $60.00 until 31st August
http://www.gu.uwa.edu.au/swancon
E-mail:swancon23@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
AUSSIECON THREE 1999 World Science Fiction Convention. September 2-6
1999 World Congress Centre, Melbourne GsoH George Turner, Greg Benford
and Bruce Gillespie. Aussiecon Three, GPO Box 1212K, Melbourne, 3001,
Australia http://www.maths.uts.edu.au/staff/eric/ain99 email
julian@aussiecon3.worldcon.org
GoH = Guest of Honour O.C.P. = Other Commitments Permitting tba= to be
announced.
OTHER EVENTS
A.C.T.
CANBERRA S FS ph (06) 288 6391 (ah) PO Box 47, Civic Square ACT 2608
CANBERRA DOCTOR WHO FAN CLUB c/o Huw Buchtmann, 12 Joske Place,
Latham, ACT, 2615 Meetings first Saturday of each month (not
December!) Produces newsletter Dishrags to Drashigs
N.S.W.
FUTURIAN SOCIETY OF SYDNEY March 21 7.00pm Scientists in SF Room 1615
University of Technology Broadway
http://tanelorn.socs.uts.edu.au/~iwoolf/writings.html
SYDNEY SKYFORCE May 24 1-5pm Sydney University Contact Hector - 0411
363 5021 PO Box 804 Kensington NSW 2033 Email hbocaz@mail.usyd.edu.au
AUSTRALIAN SF ASSOCIATION GPO Box 4440 Sydney 2000
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
DR WHO FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIA PO Box 4 Epping NSW 2121 email:
neelix@eagle.asstdc.com.au $9 per year
FRIENDS OF SCIENCE FICTION Star Trek, The X-Files, Babylon 5, Doctor
Who P O Box 797 Fairfield NSW 2165 Email fsf@nlc.net.au Fanzine
Friends of Science Fiction Newsletter
LOST IN SPACE AUSTRALIA P.O. Box N9 Petersham North NSW 2049
NSW UNI SF CLUB newzine Sub Space Relay (02) 481-9419
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
PARRAMATTA SF DISCUSSION GROUP 1st Thursday of the month 7pm
Infinitas Bookshop, 5/1 Horwood Place, Parramatta. (02 633 5682)
ianm@mpx.com.au
PENRITH SF GROUP (047) 322-179 or (047) 301-073
SOUTHERN SCIENCE FICTION GROUP Contact 15 Shade Place Lugarno (02)
534-3595.
SYDNEY DW SF FAN CLUB Anglican Church Hall 2 Rochford St Erskineville
GPO Box 2870 Sydney 2001 neelix@eagle.asstdc.com.au
TAVERN Monthly booze-up for Doctor Who fans in Sydney. First Friday of
month, 6 pm. Museum Hotel.
THE THURSDAY NIGHT GROUP Informal eating and nattering. 5-7pm
Thursday Nights. Ali Baba Cafe on George St.
WAGGA DOCTOR WHO FAN CLUB c/o Keith Walker, 52 Perseverance St, West
Wyalong, NSW, 2671
QUEENSLAND
COSMIC COTILLION April 5 The Irish Club Elizabeth Street (07) 3356 5472
CONQUEST April 6 Metro Arts 109 Edward St Brisbane GPO Box 13676
Brisbane Qld 4001
A.SF.B5 NEWSGROUP Gathering April 12 at Southbank, somewhere in the BBQ
area http://mama.minmet.uq.oz.au/~alice/bab5/brisylon.htm
HYPERION April 12 5.30 pm - 10 pm Metro Arts 109 Edward St Brisbane
(07) 3341 0307
BRISBANE SKYFORCE April 12 10am - 6pm University of Queensland Contact
Nick - (07) 3369 9744, PO Box 5732 West Hill QLD 4101 Email
water@thehub.com.au
QUEENSLAND STAR TREKKERS (Quest) April 13 12.00 to 4.00 pm Metro Arts 109 Edward St Brisbane GPO Box 2084 Brisbane 4001
WAR COUNCIL (Babylon 5) April 19 Metro Arts 109 Edward St Brisbane (07)
3355 5938
NEW ALLIANCE April 20 P.O. Box 7446 East Brisbane Qld 4169
BRISBANE DR WHO FAN CLUB April 20 PO Box 10308, Adelaide Street,
Brisbane QLD 4000. email abmartin@ozemail.com.au
KITOMER II: The Wrath of Karl April 25-27 Wivenhoe dam
HIGHLANDER May 18 10 am to 4.00 pm Metro Arts 109 Edward St Brisbane
VORTEX July 23 QUT (ITE Building Room 303)G.P.O. Box 2084 Brisbane
4001
FSFSA C/O Leela Cosgrove 3 Sollis St. Geebung Brisbane Q 4034
THE SPACE RANGER FAN CLUB Dinners at least once a month 104 Muir
Street, Labrador 4215 (07)55322812
TERMINAL PYRAMIDS The Wide Bay DW and B7 Fan Club 51 Rocky St
Maryborough QLD 4650 (071) 215 180 (Daniel Pattell)
TRILOGY (Dr Who) PO Box 2459, Southport, QLD, 4215 David Mark Sasche
sdavid@gc.design.net.au. Fanzine Entropy Will meet monthly on the
Gold Coast.
UQTREK The University of Queensland's first and only club for the
Appreciation of Star Trek contact Perryn Fowler
cs324423@student.uq.edu.au
S.A.
AUSFA, c/- Clubs Association, University of Adelaide, North Terrace,
Adelaide SA 5001.
CRITICAL MASS PO Box 3355, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA 5000
dwarman@maths.adelaide.edu.au
SASTREK Star Trek P.O. Box 369 North Adelaide S.A. 5006 (08 337
8759). carl@adam.com.au
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DOCTOR WHO FAN CLUB PO Box 3227, Adelaide, SA, 5000
(08) 294 8337 (Jeremia Boddey, president) Monthly meetings. Fanzine
Chameleon Factor ; newsletter Wall of Lies
VICTORIA
MSFC March 28 No meeting April 4 Quiz Night April 11 H.P. Lovecraft
Bad Horror Night 8.00pm St David's Church Hall 74 Melville Rd West
Brunswick P.O. Box 212 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
ENTERPRISE March 28 Royal Childrens Good Friday Appeal P.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005 (03) 9583 7404 enterprise@minerals.csiro.au
NOVA MOB April 2 Bruce Gillespie 13 Frederick St Brunswick.
MULTIVERSE April 5 10:00am till 5:00pma day with Danny John-Jules
(Cat from Red Dwarf) Copeland Theatre, Faculty of Economics and
Commerce, Building 148, Melbourne University. $15
AUSTREK April 5 Costuming and Make-up Workshop. Horticultural Society
Hall, 31 Victoria Street, Melbourne. 2-5pm. Traders, displays, games
and activities, refreshments available. Further information: Rose
Mitchell mitchell@vicnet.net.au or 9304 1954 (AH) Traders welcome. To
book tables contact Rod Tyrrell 9899 4536
DANDENONG SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY April 9 Ann McGann P.O. Box 706
Frankston Vic 3199 015 510 159
JACK DANN SIGNING April 11 6.00pm Slow Glass Books 305 Swanston Street
Melbourne
SKYFORCE (Star Wars) April 12 Copeland Theatre Economics & Commerce
Building Uni of Melbourne 1.00 to 5.00 pm P.O. Box 427 Northcote 3070
Email Address: darren.maxwell@tmca.com.au
BABYLON 5 BARBECUE April 16 BYO BBQ held at Monash University Clayton
campus for B5 fanatics. Details of date and time will be given to
anybody interested. The tentative date is Wednesday 16th April. please
reply to IMCL2@student.monash.edu.au as soon as possible in
interested.
THE X-FILES FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIA June 21 6.00pm to Midnight Awards
Night Albert by the Lake Function Centre. Locked Bag 1013, Flemington,
3031. Fanzine The Field Journal.
AUSTREK ART SHOW August 2 St Mark's Church Hall Camberwell
AUSTRALIAN BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB P.O. Box 41 West Brunswick 3055 Fanzine
Babbling On Email James Allen@vut.edu.au or bfive@VNET.ibm.com
AUSTRALIAN COSTUMERS GUILD P.O. Box 322 Bentleigh Vic 3204 email
stilskin@netspace.net.au
AUSTRALIAN HORROR SOCIETY P.O. Box 7545 St Kilda Rd Melb. 3004.
BIG SF (Star Trek/ general SF) Ballarat P.O. Box 178 Wendouree 3355
DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA GPO Box 4782UU Melbourne 3001 email:
borad@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
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 Daniel Klein 0419 379 842,
AH:(03) 9850 7275
GOULBURN VALLEY SCI-FI CLUB bi monthly 4th Sunday of the month.
Willowmere Receptions Kyabram. P.O. Box 186 Kyabram 3620
PHRYNE FISHER CLUB P.O. Box 41 West Brunswick 3055
RED DWARF FAN CLUB P.O. Box 1044 Bundoora 3083
TIME LORDS c/o Lee Zachariah 3 Selwood Crt, Mornington, VIC, 3931.
Newsletter Eternity (was TARDIS)
TIME TREKKERS P.O. Box 934 Bendigo 3550.
W.A.
THE NEUTRAL ZONE April 18 Murdoch University's ECL Lecture Theatres
#1 and #4. 6.30pm. PO Box 1169, Bibra Lake, WA, 6163. Phone (09) 434
4167, email: nzone@iinet.net.au Fanzine The Final Frontier Newsletter
The Defector
JUMP POINT The Babylon 5 club of W.A. Email
info@jumppoint.net.au http://www.jumppoint.net.au/
UniSFA - University of Western Australia Science Fiction Association.
e-mail doi@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
THE WEST LODGE DOCTOR WHO FAN CLUB. 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
FANZINES
THE CAPTAIN'S LOG 235 Rose Mitchell for Austrek GPO Box 5206AA
Melbourne Vic 3001
BLACK LIGHT #21 Damien Christie for Gallifrey GPO Box 910G Melbourne
3001
WEB PAGES
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DEADLINES
DUFF voting April 1 1997
ANZAPA 175 April 8 1997
DITMAR & ASFMA nominations April 30 1997
Starwalking Art Folio May 1 1997.
Austrek Art Show July 1 1997
SOURCES
Alan Stewart, Warpspeed, Cath Ortlieb, Janice Murray, Robert
Stephenson, Alice Harris, Rose Mitchell, Robert Stephenson, Justin
Ackroyd
DEADLINE FOR #74
Tuesday April 8th.
Distribution Friday April 11th.