THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #77 – May 30 1997
A rhapsodilian 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).
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CONTEST
Bob Riel provides the following information about the 17th Annual
Science Fiction Writers of Earth SF/F Short Story Contest. "It's a
unique international competition open only to *unpublished* authors,
i.e., those who have never received $$$ for a published piece of
fiction. And it's truly cosmopolitan, with entries from the US, UK,
Canada, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, even Sri Lanka. Last year
Australia took out 2nd place, the Yanks claimed 1st, 3rd, and 4th,
with a Pom and a Canadian in the top ten. There's a bit of a rivalry
developed betwixt Oz and the Brits -- they beat us in '95, but in
'96 we out polled them for entries and relegated them to fifth.
This year, though, they're planning to blitz us (I'm in e-mail
contact with Dilip Agarwal, the Londoner who's coordinating their
effort). Plus I understand that Grand Master Arthur Clarke Hisself
is pushing the Sri Lankans. I've made an arrangement with Contest
Administrator Gil Reis in Texas, USA, to accept entry fees in AUD
(A$6.50 for the first entry, $3.00 for each additional), which saves
currency conversion costs and covers postage to the US, (though not
IRC's for results). Prizes are US$200/100/50, and results appeared
last year in Locus, Science Fiction Chronicle, and other neat
places. Deadline is 30 October. Anyone interesting in joining the
Australian side can get entry forms by sending an SSAE to SFWoE, C/-
Rob Riel, 11 Kepler Street, Wulguru, QLD, 4811, or check out their
website at http://www.flash.net/~sfwoe.
BULLSHEET MEDIA WATCH
Lucy Sussex has a review of in The Saturday Age 17/5/97 Jack Dann
notes "Some good news. The Memory Cathedral is #2 on the best
seller list here in Australia.* The English Patient is #1 and The
God of Small Things is #3.The Age 17/5/97" P.S. on May 24th, The
Memory Cathedral made #1.
AUSSIECON THREE
Perry Middlemiss reports "At the May committee meeting of the
Melbourne-based Aussiecon Three committee the following appointments
were made: Club Liaison - Beverley Hope; Airline Liaison - Michael
Jordan; Australian Database - Jamie Reuel "
CONVENTION NEWS
Swancon 23 have announced their major GoH Lois McMaster Bujold to
subscribe to their e-mail list, send a message to
listserv@gu.uwa.edu.au with the following single line in the body of
the message: subscribe swancon substituting your
real name for
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
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 Centrepoint
Convention Centre. Confirmed GsoH Andrew J Robinson ( Garak: DS9);
Richard Arnold (Star Trek consultant); Julie Caitlin Brown (Na'Toth,
Babylon 5); 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
LONESTARCON2 55th World Science Fiction Convention August 28-September
1 1997 Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center San Antonio, Texas GsoH
Algis Budrys, Michael Moorcock, Don Maitz and Roy Tackett Attending
$135 Supporting $25, Children, 3-12 $40(Rates apply until July 31,
1997) LoneStarCon2, PO Box 27277, Austin, TX 78755-2277 E-mail:
lsc2@io.comURL: http://www.io.com/~lsc2
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
CONQUEST 97 THE TONIGHT SHOW October 10 - 12 1997 Mecure Hotel, North
Quay, Qld GoH Richard Arnold GPO Box 1376 Brisbane Qld 4001 (07)
3266-3103
TIMESTORM November 21-23 1997 Australia's 14th National Doctor Who
Convention Guest of Honor (subject to work commitments): Sophie Aldred
(Ace) Edmund Barton Convention Centre, South Road, Moorabbin. $75 until
16 May, $85 until 18 July, $95 until 19 September, $110 until 18
November, $130 at door GPO Box 4782UU Melbourne Vic 3001
http:\\www.ipax.com.au\~dave\timestorm.html dave@ipax.com.au
kergulen@onaustralia.com.au
MULTIVERSE 3 February 13-15 1998 Edmund Barton Centre 488 South Road
Moorabbin Victoria GoH Rob Grant P.O. Box 355 World Trade Centre
Melbourne, Victoria 3005 Australia http://www.vicnet.net.au/~multiver
CONSTRUCTION (New Zealand NatCon) Queen's Birthday Long Weekend 1998
West Plaza Hotel Wellington GoH Neil Gaiman P.O. Box 11559 Manners
St Wellington New Zealand
CSO (Dr Who NatCon) April 17-19 1998 Brisbane Travelodge Roma Street
Station GsoH Caroline John & Geoffrey Beevers ph Trevor Gensch (07)
5499 0265
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.
EVENT INFORMATION
Susan Smith Clarke sent the following piece.
"Star Trek: The Exhibit-be a part of it!
You can be part of Star Trek: The Exhibit, the blockbuster new ST
exhibition coming to the Powerhouse Museum! The Powerhouse is
looking for enthusiastic fans to act as volunteer guides/ explainers
within the exhibition on both weekdays and weekends between
September and February.
If you are over 18, live within easy reach of Sydney, are prepared
to make a regular commitment of your time and love to tell people
about Star Trek (especially if you have prior experience in public
contact), then we'd love to hear from you. The museum will provide
full training, a volunteer benefits program and, if you don't have
your own ST costume, a Star Fleet uniform for you to wear on duty in
the exhibition.
At the moment, we are preparing a register of interested volunteers:
interviews and final selection will take place within a few months.
If you would like to be considered as a Star Trek volunteer, then
please contact the Powerhouse Museum's Volunteer Co-ordinator,
Lorraine Barlow, on (02)92170386.
Could You Be a Federation Ambassador?
Do you have a blockbuster Star Trek costume? Would you like to be
invited to the opening night of the Powerhouse Museum's blockbuster
Star Trek exhibition? Then you could be just the fan we're looking
for!
The Powerhouse is seeking fans with highly detailed and authentic
Star Trek costumes to act as 'Federation Ambassadors' for the
exhibition's opening night. You need to have a great costume, not be
media shy, and be prepared to act as a guide/host during the
evening's festivities. If you think this could be you, please send a
photo of yourself in costume, with a brief outline of any previous
public contact/media experience you may have had to:
Kerrie Dougherty, Curator of Space Technology, Powerhouse Museum,
P.O. Box K346, Haymarket NSW 2000
The museum will select a small group of fans from all applications
received by July 31, to act as Federation Ambassadors on opening
night, September 25."
Jane Routley will be signing at Slow Glass Books on Friday 13th
June.
CLUB NEWS
Sian O'Neale provides an update on Dr Who Clubs around the country.
"Keith Walker is trying to get a new Dr Who Club off the ground as
the Wagga DWFC failed...The Time Lords club has also closed down
because editor/president Lee Zachariah is studying for his VCE this
year. The Canberra DW Club has also closed down."
Star Walking has announced the nominations for its Obie Awards (The
Second National Star Trek Achievement Awards) Nominees are
Amateur Writing: Katharine Maxwell, Peter Roberts. Jeremy Sadler,
Malcolm Trebilco, Jan Wilson.
Amateur Costume: Gus Araya, Alison Barton, Marjorie Cammer, Michael
Wilson.
Amateur Art: Darren Reid, Catherine Scholz, Michael Wilson.
Amateur Hard/Soft Craft: Rae Avery, John Gatt, Emily Martin, Wendy
Wadsworth, Michael Wilson
Amateur Audio/Visual: Justin Dix, H. Gibbens, H. Gibbens & Danny
Heap, Darren Maxwell.
Professional Writing: Carolyn Golledge.
Professional Costume: Dave Hankin, Drew Senior, Leigh Senior.
Professional Art: Tony Bela, Hugh Fleming, Matthew Hatton.
Professional Hard/Soft Craft: Gary Armstrong
Voting is open to members of Force Two and to members of Star
Walking Inc. Votes close on May 30
OTHER EVENTS
A.C.T.
CANBERRA S FS ph (06) 288 6391 (ah) PO Box 47, Civic Square ACT 2608
N.S.W.
SOUTHERN SCIENCE FICTION GROUP June 21 12.30 Mortdale Hotel Bistro
Contact 15 Shade Place Lugarno (02) 534-3595.
SYDNEY SKYFORCE August 30 1-5pm Sydney University Contact Hector -
0411 363 5021 PO Box 804 Kensington NSW 2033 Email
hbocaz@mail.usyd.edu.au
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
http://www.nlc.net.au/~fsf/Fanzine Friends of Science Fiction
Newsletter
FUTURIAN SOCIETY OF SYDNEY Room 1615 University of Technology Broadway
http://tanelorn.socs.uts.edu.au/~iwoolf/writings.html
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
FUTURIAN SOCIETY OF SYDNEY Room 1615 University of Technology
Broadway
http://tanelorn.socs.uts.edu.au/~iwoolf/writings.html
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
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
CONQUEST June 1 10am General Elections Metro Arts 109 Edward St
Brisbane GPO Box 13676 Brisbane Qld 4001
QUEENSLAND STAR TREKKERS (Quest) June 8 12.00 to 4.00 pm Metro Arts
109 Edward St Brisbane GPO Box 2084 Brisbane 4001
HYPERION June 14 5.30 pm - 10 pm Metro Arts 109 Edward St Brisbane
(07) 3341 0307
NEW ALLIANCE June 15 P.O. Box 7446 East Brisbane Qld 4169
BRISBANE DR WHO FAN CLUB June 15 Queensland Rail Institute Center,
Brisbane Central Station PO Box 10308, Adelaide Street, Brisbane QLD
4000. email timelord@closer.brisnet.org.au
HIGHLANDER July 20 10 am to 4.00 pm Metro Arts 109 Edward St
Brisbane Newsletter The Buzz
VORTEX July 23 QUT (ITE Building Room 303)G.P.O. Box 2084 Brisbane
4001
BRISBANE SKYFORCE September 13 10am - 6pm University of Queensland
Contact Nick - (07) 3369 9744, PO Box 5732 West Hill QLD 4101 Email
water@thehub.com.au
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 annual fanzine Jethryk
VICTORIA
MSFC May 30th Indoor mini-Golf 8.00pm St David's Church Hall 74
Melville Rd West Brunswick P.O. Box 212 World Trade Centre Melbourne
3005
DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA May 31st. 2nd screening of the first 7
episodes of SERIES 4 of Babylon 5 Computer Science Lecture Theatre,
basement, Computer Science Building, 221 Bouverie St. (On the other
side of Grattan Street from the 'main' Uni of Melbourne Campus) GPO
Box 4782UU Melbourne 3001 email: borad@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
AUSTREK May 31 Trekivia Galore. Trivia quests and the Annual
Starfleet Exam. St Mark's Church Hall, cnr Burke and Canterbury Rds,
Camberwell. 2-5pm. Traders, displays, games and activities,
refreshments available. Further information: Rose Mitchell
mitchell@vicnet.net.au or Steve Hartshorne 9749 1851 (AH) Traders
welcome. To book tables contact Rod Tyrrell 9899 4536 GPO Box 5206AA
Melbourne 3001
THE DAEMONIACS CLUB June 4 7-00 pm. The Kew Community House Number
4, 4-10 Derby St Kew 3101. P.O. Box 1528 Collingwood Vic 3066
NOVA MOB June 4 13 Frederick St Brunswick.
TIME TREKKERS June 6 46 Sternberg St Bendigo P.O. Box 334 Bendigo
3550.
DANDENONG SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY June 12 Ann McGann P.O. Box 706
Frankston Vic 3199 015 510 159
JANE ROUTLEY BOOK SIGNING June 13 6.30 pm Slow Glass Books, 305
Swanston St Melbourne
AUSTRALIAN BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB June 14 Ballarat Meeting at Glen &
Carol Tilley's house 16 Lindsay's Rd Ballarat P.O. Box 41 West
Brunswick 3055 Fanzine Babbling On Email James Allen@vut.edu.au or
bfive@VNET.ibm.com
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.
ENTERPRISE June 28 Starfleet Olympics Horticultural Society Hall 31
Victoria St Melbourne Vic P.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre Melbourne
3005 (03) 9583 7404 enterprise@minerals.csiro.au
THE SECOND ANNUAL COSTUMERS' BALL July 26th Streeton Room, The
Centre Ivanhoe, 275 Upper Heidelberg Rd Ivanhoe. P.O. Box 322
Bentleigh Vic 3204 email stilskin@netspace.net.au
SKYFORCE (STAR WARS) August 9 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
AUSTREK ART SHOW August 9 St Mark's Church Hall Camberwell
FOURTH ANNUAL FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION MASQUERADE BALL August 9
7:00pm - 12:00pm Glenferrie Masonic Hall 3 Launder Street Hawthorn
Contact Fellowship of Middle Earth c/o the Union Monash University
Clayton Victoria 3168 Phone: (03) 95455203
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
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.
SWANCON FREEFORM May 31 1pm 1 Archdeacon St, Nedlands Set in 1930's
Egypt Costs: $4 con members $5 non-con members If you're interested
in playing, please contact Grant Watson (nzone@iinet.net.au, or by
phone on 9390 8472) by Thursday.
SWANCON 23 QUIZ DAY June 29 12.30pm Hyde Park Hotel Perth
THE NEUTRAL ZONE No longer meeting PO Box 1169, Bibra Lake, WA,6965.
Phone (09) 434 4167, email: nzone@iinet.net.au Fanzine The Final
Frontier
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 RECEIVED
THE CAPTAIN'S LOG 237 Rose Mitchell for Austrek GPO Box 5206AA
Melbourne 3001
STRANGE MATTER #19 Sian O'Neale 185 Kooyong Rd Toorak 3142
EMERALD CITY #21 Cheryl Morgan cherylmorgan@compuserve.com or
http://www.emcit.com
WEB PAGES
For a full listing,
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/zines.htm
Moved
Australian Writer's Web
http://www.ozramp.net.au/~aplank/Writers.htm
Susan Smith-Clarke
http://www.fandom.net/~Susan/index.html
Dr Who Club of Victoria
http://www.ipax.com.au/~dave/dwcv/
Event Horizon
http://www.dcc.net.au/eh2
Terry Frost
http://netspace.com.au/~hlector
DEADLINES
OBIES May 30th 1997
ANZAPA 176 June 6 1997
AUSTREK ART SHOW July 1 1997
DITMARS September 19 1997
ASFMAS (postal) September 26 1997
ASFMAS (on site) 4pmSeptember 27 1997
SFWoE SF/F Story Contest 30 October
ALTAIR COMPETITION November 1 1997
SOURCES
Alan Stewart, Warpspeed, Susan Smith Clarke, John Crnjanin, Sian
O'Neale, Jack Dann, Bob Riel
DEADLINE FOR #78
Tuesday June 10th.
Distribution Friday June 13th.